• nia_the_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      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.