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How important is it that the movie reviewer has similar tastes to your own?

Very important
2 (8.3%)
Fairly important
6 (25%)
Doesn't really matter
6 (25%)
I don't read movie reviews
10 (41.7%)

Total Members Voted: 24

Voting closed: August 25, 2002, 06:58:54 pm

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Offline Sandwich

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on: August 25, 2002, 06:56:56 pm
I've got an idea I'm toying with (for RL™, not HLP), and I want to find out how useful it might be. But I don't want to show my hand - not quite yet. :)

So vote away, please, and don't mind being guinea pigs in my little maze... :D :p
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Offline CODEDOG ND

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Reply #1 on: August 25, 2002, 07:25:35 pm
YES!  EBERT BETTER GIVE A MOVIE THE RIGHT REVIEW OR I'LL SHOOT'EM!!!   Guess what I voted! :D
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Re: Movie reviews
Reply #2 on: August 25, 2002, 07:57:03 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
...and don't mind being guinea pigs in my little maze... :D :p


So long as i get the cheese, I don't mind being part of your experiment...

Hey, wait a minute! Mice eat cheese, not guinea pigs! I want out of this experiment! Noooooooooooooooooooo...:eek: ;) :D

As for the vote, I take what movie reviewers say with a grain of salt. Their opinions matter to me, but not that much. There were quite a few movies I liked that they didn't, go figure.:rolleyes:
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Reply #3 on: August 25, 2002, 08:00:47 pm
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YES!  EBERT BETTER GIVE A MOVIE THE RIGHT REVIEW OR I'LL SHOOT'EM!!!   Guess what I voted! :D
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Reply #4 on: August 25, 2002, 09:21:50 pm
I don't read movie reviews much, but I would otherwise go for the first option, of course. All these things are completely subjective to likes and dislikes. :p
 

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Reply #5 on: August 25, 2002, 09:32:18 pm
I don't usually read movie reviews (unless I've already seen the movie :p), but I would say it's fairly important...otherwise, why read the review? :confused:
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Offline Blue Lion

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Reply #6 on: August 25, 2002, 09:59:57 pm
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I don't read movie reviews
 

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Reply #7 on: August 25, 2002, 10:02:33 pm
One of my friends has almost the exact same taste in movies that I do... so I just listen to him...
 

Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #8 on: August 25, 2002, 11:48:28 pm
I read the stupid things for the movies I don't want to see, and laugh at the stupid things people pay $6 to see. Now, if you'll excuse me, back to LotR....
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Reply #9 on: August 25, 2002, 11:50:45 pm
[singing]They don't really matter...to meeeeeee![/singing]

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Reply #10 on: August 26, 2002, 12:50:32 pm
As long as the reviewer says why he/she doesn't like it - other than "I don't like war movies, etc" - I don't really mind.
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #11 on: August 26, 2002, 12:52:06 pm
i'll watch any movie as long as it's not too much of something, like for example if the entire movie is about shooting people, or if the entire movie is about having sex...

there's exceptions though :D
 

Offline Su-tehp

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Reply #12 on: August 26, 2002, 03:41:43 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
i'll watch any movie as long as it's not too much of something, like for example if the entire movie is about shooting people, or if the entire movie is about having sex...


Dude, what's wrong with movies that are just about having sex?

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Originally posted by Stealth
there's exceptions though :D


Whew, you had me worried there for a second!:D
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Offline Anaz

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Reply #13 on: August 26, 2002, 03:51:22 pm
its fairly important to me, I read reviews alot tho, if I want to see a movie, I find reviews for it to see if I should see it...

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Reply #14 on: August 26, 2002, 04:48:40 pm
I dont pay any attention, even when they say about the quality of acting, its mere opinion. Everythings opinion!
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Reply #15 on: August 26, 2002, 05:22:11 pm
I've recently rented a number of videos that got bad press and found them to be absolutely stunning 4/5 star movies in my book. Reviewers tend to screw up more than get it right...at least for my tastes.
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Reply #16 on: August 27, 2002, 04:27:05 am
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Originally posted by Zeronet
I dont pay any attention, even when they say about the quality of acting, its mere opinion. Everythings opinion!


Quote
Originally posted by IceFire
I've recently rented a number of videos that got bad press and found them to be absolutely stunning 4/5 star movies in my book. Reviewers tend to screw up more than get it right...at least for my tastes.


Exactly my point - how important is it to you, or perhaps I should say, how helpful would it be, to finally discover a movie reviewer whose biased opinions and bizzare tastes match yours?
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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