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Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores

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    downvote_hunter
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    #38

    "applauding the lack of nudity and profanity."

    Hmmm wonder if they ever saw the prequel?

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    • S supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz

      They added: “Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning that it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film through Fandango”.

      Doesn't mean they aren't paid shills.

      Rotted Rotten Tomatoes.

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      ConstableJelly
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      #39

      I'm not convinced there's a conspiracy here. Seems entirely likely that Rotten Tomatoes has no contingency for the release of a movie so blatantly sycophantic and propagandistic that the only people spending money on tickets are those who are already bought into the fantasy.

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      • P prettybunnys

        Sure.

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        downvote_hunter
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        #40

        🤣 reeks of "I have a " fill in the blank racist stereotype "friend!"

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        • trickdacy@lemmy.worldT trickdacy@lemmy.world

          I saw that too. They were all a bunch of rich Republicans. The screening was at the Kennedy center so it wouldn't surprise me if basically everyone watching that screening was a government worker (or their friend/family) who probably moved to DC specifically to work for their favorite fascist.

          I also wondered how those people could be real and studying them wouldn't be a bad idea.

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          supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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          The screening was at the Kennedy center so it wouldn't surprise me if basically everyone watching that screening was a government worker (or their friend/family) who probably moved to DC specifically to work for their favorite fascist.

          Sounds like a bunch of DEI hires to me.

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          • S supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz

            The screening was at the Kennedy center so it wouldn't surprise me if basically everyone watching that screening was a government worker (or their friend/family) who probably moved to DC specifically to work for their favorite fascist.

            Sounds like a bunch of DEI hires to me.

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            trickdacy@lemmy.world
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            #42

            Nazi snowflakes deserve jobs too! /s

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              corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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              What if she's Krasnov's handler and this tripe is to ensure she looks vapid and uninteresting when the feds remember their mandate?

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              • Eternal192E Eternal192

                Why would anyone go watch a movie about an imported prostitute?

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                axiochus@lemmy.world
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                #44

                Wow, or we could drop the misogyny and just dislike her for being part of a fascist dynasty. No need to berate sex workers, either.

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                  whostosay@sh.itjust.works
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                  Rotten tomatoes has always been shit, always gonna be shit

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                  • S supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz

                    They added: “Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning that it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film through Fandango”.

                    Doesn't mean they aren't paid shills.

                    Rotted Rotten Tomatoes.

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                    Gargantuan
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                    it makes sesnse though. Anyone paying to see it is probably MAGA anyway, so of course they’re going to rate it highly.

                    i doubt very many non MAGA types have seen it, so there will be very few negative reviews for that reason alone.

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                    • A axiochus@lemmy.world

                      Wow, or we could drop the misogyny and just dislike her for being part of a fascist dynasty. No need to berate sex workers, either.

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                      Janx
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                      I didn't detect any judgement. "Why would anyone go watch a movie about an imported wife?" and "Why would anyone go watch a movie about an imported cashier?" both sound about the same as the original sentence to me...

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                      • W whostosay@sh.itjust.works

                        Rotten tomatoes has always been shit, always gonna be shit

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                        savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca
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                        I came to that conclusion after paying money to see Brad pitt in F1 following 97% scores.

                        They took the exact plot of Stallone's Driven, to date the worst movie ever made about racing, or anything else.

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                        • S savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca

                          I came to that conclusion after paying money to see Brad pitt in F1 following 97% scores.

                          They took the exact plot of Stallone's Driven, to date the worst movie ever made about racing, or anything else.

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                          dragontypewyvern@midwest.social
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                          And yet we won't get a How Did This Get Made episode about F1, making it completely worthless

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                          • Y you_are_dust

                            How can you even have a documentary about possibly the most uninteresting person on earth? I'm not sure that I've even heard her speak before. A documentary about my neighbor would be more intriguing.

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                            dragontypewyvern@midwest.social
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                            Conservatives are bootlicking morons.

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                            • C captdust@sh.itjust.works

                              How is IMDb much more reliable? I'd argue that's even easier to manipulate as you don't need to buy a ticket to leave a review. Review bombing (in either direction) is pretty rampant on IMDB.

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                              texasdrunk@lemmy.world
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                              Pretty much anything that reaches a critical mass now gets manipulated. Web 2.0 saw to that.

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                              • S savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca

                                I came to that conclusion after paying money to see Brad pitt in F1 following 97% scores.

                                They took the exact plot of Stallone's Driven, to date the worst movie ever made about racing, or anything else.

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                                cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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                                #52

                                Hollywood manages to successfully astroturf reviews most films for at lest a couple weeks after release.

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                                • G Gargantuan

                                  it makes sesnse though. Anyone paying to see it is probably MAGA anyway, so of course they’re going to rate it highly.

                                  i doubt very many non MAGA types have seen it, so there will be very few negative reviews for that reason alone.

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                                  cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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                                  Probably the equivalent of publishing companies buying thousands of copies of books so that they are best sellers.

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                                  • W whostosay@sh.itjust.works

                                    Rotten tomatoes has always been shit, always gonna be shit

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                                    mlg@lemmy.world
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                                    Its actually wild seeing the critic reviews sitting at 8% with the "verified user" score at 99%.

                                    Usually they pay off both groups lol.

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                                    • S savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca

                                      I came to that conclusion after paying money to see Brad pitt in F1 following 97% scores.

                                      They took the exact plot of Stallone's Driven, to date the worst movie ever made about racing, or anything else.

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                                      yiddishmcsquidish@lemmy.today
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                                      I'm remembering that dime scene now. That movie was really fucking bad.

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                                      • crackhappy@lemmy.worldC crackhappy@lemmy.world

                                        Man, this looks very bad for RT. If they don't course correct on this, they are going to lie any remaining trust or faith.

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                                        yiddishmcsquidish@lemmy.today
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                                        They've been obvious shills for at least a decade. All you have to do is look at any new release. They rarely get below 80/90%. Every single fucking movie can't be the citizen Kane they claim it is.

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                                        • E eatcasserole@lemmy.world

                                          0% chance that's legit.

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                                          yiddishmcsquidish@lemmy.today
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                                          All you gotta do is check out the people leaving positive reviews. They either don't exist anywhere but RT, or are obvious bots/paid shills.

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