Rottentomatoes drops Audience Score from site

[Andrew NDB]

Here we go again. First it was the IMDB message boards, then YouTube downvotes and now RT Audience Scores.

I wonder... did some "critical darling" that wasn't supposed to fail just recently get cancelled?

[The Deadman]

I wonder if it's because Borderlands crashed and burned.

[Mayhem]

I can see them wanting to verify ticket sales so only people who have actually seen the film are scoring it but... needs to be way more expanded than this.

[neatoman]

I'm pretty sure the "verified audience" crap started with Captain Marvel back in 2019 and now it looks even worse. Not only was the old system rather American centric, I don't think anyone outside of the US even could get verified by default, but now you need to buy the ticket in a specific way?

I honestly don't understand this. I get that it's supposed to prevent "review bombing" but that essentially assumes overwhelmingly negative reviews mostly come from bad faith actors. The fact that the difference between the "verified" score and the entire score is usually quite negligible would imply that a mostly negative response comes from genuinely dissatisfied people, not people with a weird agenda.

Seriously, movies that suck will get low scores, it's not like people who have been confirmed to have watched it will magically be more positive.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Hollywood doesn’t want this:



What they actually want is this:

[Wildcat]

I don’t really use Rotten Tomatoes. Seems to make sense though. It most likely verifies you’ve seen the movie. Were physical tickets you bought at theater verifiable?

You can still hate on a movie but how many people are willing to pay just to do that? Probably a few as crazy at it sounds.

You know dislikes are still visible to the users account on YouTube right? It’s just not visible to the public...so ya know it’s not spammed for show. Although I’m sure people still do it for the user to see.

I really miss the IMDb boards because literally everything had a personal board but that’s what made it unmanageable against trolling.

[IndigoErth]

Well that's stupid. I get that we're in an age when people will decide they don't like something from a trailer and rage about it, refuse to ever see it, and may still leave ratings/reviews because they're mad about it, warping the actual general viewer opinion... But why not just have those via Fandango purchases marked as a "verified," like Amazon does with their reviews, and have a filter option to see only Fandango buyer ratings, and leave the others be.

[Andrew NDB]

Here's what's next:

[XERO]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Here's what's next:

https://i.ibb.co/xm9Nm0H/456717976-1...04693463-n.jpg

[Bahamut810]

Thats sad. I use Rotten Tomatoes to see if I might like something...I look for low Critic scores and high Audience scores. Anything other then that seems likely to be garbage.

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Here's what's next:

https://i.ibb.co/xm9Nm0H/456717976-1...04693463-n.jpg

To be fair, that smiley IS used in that particular context and it's not just on Facebook lol.

[Coola Yagami]

It's sad when you know your production is so ******, you're trying to shut down ways for people to be informed that it's ******.

That just shows they care nothing for their project. Zero actual passion for the story, characters and worlds they're creating. As long as people are suckered into paying to see it, they don't care what they make. Cause even if you end up hating it, it's too late, you already paid. Like honestly, what does walking out of a theater do, you already paid.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Here's what's next:

https://i.ibb.co/xm9Nm0H/456717976-1...04693463-n.jpg

I DO use it mostly for that reason. I would hate if that option went away.

[KROW]

Meh. Never had any use for Rotten Tomatoes, honestly. I think the label, "Certified Fresh" is just as useful marketing as saying a movie won an Oscar -- I don't care. If a trailer looks good and the plot piques my interest, I'll check the movie out.

Besides, there are plenty of avenues to read reviews from regular audiences other than one website. I wouldn't feel the least bit impacted if RT just goes away tomorrow.