EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violenceen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down110
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violenceen.m.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarenia_the_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoSo many times I’ve watched a movie or played a game and saw that audience rating and critics rating were polar opposites. Sometimes it feels like it’s their job to just be the opposite of the audience reception.
minus-squareGregorGizeh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·11 months agoMy belief is that at least half of the reviewers for anything are just really desperate to be distinguished and taken serious, so if a thing has too much mass appeal and/or it’s too low brow they can’t like it on principle.
So many times I’ve watched a movie or played a game and saw that audience rating and critics rating were polar opposites.
Sometimes it feels like it’s their job to just be the opposite of the audience reception.
My belief is that at least half of the reviewers for anything are just really desperate to be distinguished and taken serious, so if a thing has too much mass appeal and/or it’s too low brow they can’t like it on principle.