Are film critics losing sync with audiences?

Re:Are film critics losing sync with audiences? by cm2187 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @04:19PM (#31007764)

I am sure that is also true, but on the other extreme I use IMDB ratings to suggest new movies to myself as within the genres I can watch (i.e. anything where the character doesn't wear a cape and doesn't lecture me about social justice), I find a high correlation between my taste and imdb ratings (and low correlation with most film critics).

A few examples of recent movies that I would have never thought watching but came my way thanks to imbd ratings:

Donny's Bar Mitzvah (too vulgar for its own sake, but very funny)

Last Night in Soho (nice british movie about London of the 60s)

Never look away (biopic of some german painter I never heard of)

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Re:Are film critics losing sync with audiences? by hindsightbias on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @04:37PM (#31007951)

Used to work, not so sure now. 7.5+ rating and <10k votes. That filters out the Marvels.

Mining high ratings <1K votes yields a lot of gems as long as you don’t hate subtitles.

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Re:Are film critics losing sync with audiences? by nebula8804 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @04:30PM (#31007885)

>Last Night in Soho (nice british movie about London of the 60s)

Someone else mentioning my favorite director and best movie of 2021?

Sir you have just made my day.

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