Westbrick posted...
Rotten Tomatoes' system works fine. This arbitrary division of subjective opinions into fractions of fractions (Metroid Prime 2 was a clear 9.35/10, but I can't really see MP3 getting about a 9.27, personally) is ridiculous. Just tell me if the film is worth seeing or not! If I want a more detailed account about its aesthetic quality, numbers aren't gonna do jack for me anyway, not only because they're unreflective and usually arbitrary but because everyone uses a different system.
I hate numbers generally, too, but there's a significant difference between "well, this movie was OK, I guess" and "OMG GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE." Considering the fact that movies tend to avoid decimal places.
If someone's trying to sell me on a movie, a tepid response, even if it's positive, is less likely to have an effect on me compared to someone who gives a detailed response on how it's one of the best movies ever made.
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