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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfp6z8 wrote

Reply to comment by Bennito_bh in [OC] MCU vs. DCU in Rotten Tomatoes by theotheredmund

RT only tells you what percentage of critics gave a positive review, not how good something is. This is like having your height measured and complaining about how that number didn't tell you your weight.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcfq5h7 wrote

Telling what % of critics gave positive review is worse under every metric than simply averaging the scores my man. Outliers count for more under their system.

It asks critics: “Tell me with a score of 0 or 1, how good was this movie?”

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfrqfn wrote

It's worse in your opinion because you're trying to figure out how good something is and that's not what it's for. It's there to tell you how likely you are to enjoy something and it's much better for that.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcft16p wrote

It’s categorically worse. Instead of doing both, it’a poorly attempting and failing to do one.

For RT critics there is no difference between 9 critics scoring 100 and 1 scoring 49, and 9 critics scoring 51 with 1 scoring 49.

You are not equally likely to enjoy both of these films.

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfxdap wrote

Rotten Tomatoes isn't actually automated like that. Critics mark their reviews as positive or negative.

So in both of your examples, 9/10 people said "Yeah, I liked this" so you have a 9/10 chance of liking it.

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