Posted on 02/27/2019 12:22:42 AM PST by Simon Green
Film website Rotten Tomatoes announced this week that it would disable audience reviews for movies that have not been released.
The move is intended to crack down on what the site calls "non-constructive input, sometimes bordering on trolling, which we believe is a disservice to our general readership."
The move comes after the movie "Captain Marvel" starring Brie Larson was inundated with bad moviegoer reviews after being listed on Rotten Tomatoes before its March 8 scheduled release.
“We are disabling the comment function prior to a movie’s release date,” Rotten Tomatoes announced in a post on Monday.
“We have decided that turning off this feature, for now, is the best course of action. Don’t worry though, fans will still get to have their say: Once a movie is released, audiences can leave a user rating and comments as they always have.”
"Captain Marvel" has received more than 8,000 user reviews of the film.
Yahoo reported that some of the comments have focused on the movie's lead being a woman.
“As a white male i dont think Brie would want me watching this movie,” user Nigel B wrote, according to Yahoo.
"Larson has made it clear…men need not attend this movie,” user Joseph U said.
Yahoo noted that such trolling on review sites has happened before with films like the all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot.
These fascist corporations can cut off the public from voicing an opinion, but they can’t make the public buy something they don’t want. And they don’t want the SJW propaganda shoved in their face.
Make a good movie and people will come. Make dreck like the Ghostbusters remake and the corporate bottom line suffers. The question is, are companies really willing to go broke being woke.
Black Panther proved they can make a ton of money and still be ignored. Nobody who has ever seen a movie in their life thought it actually deserved a Best Picture nomination. That didn’t mean they couldn’t ignore the SJWs and enjoy it like any other decent superhero movie.
Really hard to comment on a movie before its release
Don’t fall for fake advocacy journalism. People weren’t commenting on the film. These weren’t reviews of any sort. That’s the lie being told by the media. They were responding to a POLL asking if they wanted to see the film or not, and apparently saying “no” in response to a poll is trolling now. Because the numbers were really bad.
That didn’t mean they couldn’t ignore the SJWs and enjoy it like any other decent superhero movie.
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That’s just the problem.
Hollywood, when it’s not force-feeding viewers leftist propaganda, can’t seem to get much more creative inspiration than the nearest comic book. Then they churn out some movie with bright colors and loud sounds, like the stuff you dangle over a baby’s crib. Then they remake their pablum. Then remake the re-make. Then they hold awards ceremonies where they spout MORE leftist propaganda, pat themselves on their backs for their creative brilliance, and lecture all of us - before heading off to one of their multi-million dollar estates, or go off hunting for some starlet to ... ahem, introduce to the business.
I wouldn’t give these vermin a DIME to support their “industry.”
The problem for Rotten Tomatoes is that they went overboard in defending their restricted commenting on some really bad movies, regardless of any trolling.
Now the site looks like it's just joined the Nazi left censoring "honest" and "factual" opinions.
Not necessarily. Depending on the stars, the plot, the director. A lot of info is available long before reviews and the premiere..
Uh...the whole point of Rotten Tomatos is to REVIEW THE MOVIE. If you want to comment about Hollywood, get your own blog. Commenting about a movie you haven’t seen yet is called lying, something we’re supposed to be against.
In any case, Rotten Tomatoes just did itself a world of hurt with this action.
No, the whole point of Rotten Tomatoes was to gin up hits for Rotten Tomatoes. At least it used to be. Sounds like RT has just become a shill for Hollyweird. Good luck with that, RT.
It’s more fake news. The “reviews” were actually a feature that asked if people we’re going to see the movie. They could then comment why they want or didn’t want to see it. Brie Larson’s big mouth tanked the “want to see” score.
I think it got as low as 24-26% before they killed it,
It’s fake news. They were not reviews.
On the plus side...
YouTube channels like RedLetterMedia, TheDishonoredWolf, and others won’t hold back at all.
If a movie sucks, they’ll tear it to shreds.
I’m looking forward to watching that more than the movies.
Well said.
They weren’t reviews.
Please don’t post bullshit fake news from The Hill, you’re just helping it spread.
Not if they ASK you if you want to see it or not.
Commenting on something you know nothing about is called ignorance.
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