Post by medjay on Jun 4, 2017 11:05:14 GMT
From experience I trust critics more than random people on imdb, but they essentially serve the same purpose. Everyone on imdb just fancies themselves an unpaid critic anyway. If professional critics didn't exist than Hollywood would just blame imdb for the reason their crappy movies don't do well at the BO. The actual imdb ratings are often unreliable on initial release because almost every big budget movie starts out with an 8/10 or higher.
Yes and both serve the same purpose. The more sources of information the better.
Plus critics see hundreds of movies a year, whereas the general movie goer doesn't. The more movies that are seen the more helpful the list will be.
Hobbysts do the same.