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Feb 22 2008

Published by NO at 1:31 pm under Rant

Many people I know praise IMDb and judge every movie that comes out based on the hailed IMDb user ratings. But I can’t stand the site, unless of course I’m looking up trivia to the Fresh Prince of Bellaire .

I recently looked up the movie Vantage Point (I was desperate to get a taste of my beloved butter-dosed movie theater popcorn) because it did look like a fairly exciting movie. I first went to the GREAT IMDb…There I saw a rating of 7.2. That’s a pretty good rating, and on a weekend that consists of Jumper, Fool’s Gold, and Step Up 2, I decided Vantage Point may be the movie for me.

Now, although I usually don’t go to RottenTomatoes.com second, I did this time, and was completely turned off to the movie. RottenTomatoes gave the movie a rating of 33%! For comparison, Step Up 2 got a rating of 27%…So why am I so against IMDb?! Because the ratings are so BIASED. The movie The Hills Have Eyes, another horrible movie, got a rating of 6.8 because the ratings are BIASED. Think about it, who is going to see a movie like that? Mainly kids in high school and middle school who probably want to be scared shitless and, even more likely, get to hold their girlfriends.

They are obviously going to rate the movie higher than the EXPERTS on RottenTomatoes. I don’t know about you, but I would rather trust someone who rates movies for a living rather than kids who want to get some from a girl when I’m planning on spending $30 at a movie…

Two overpriced movie tickets: $20
A tub of butter-soaked popcorn: $6
One gigantic cup of Sprite: $4
A good movie thanks to RottenTomatoes.com: Priceless!