I saw Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer last night for free and it was bad.
Discuss.
Question of the Day: Does paying money to go see a movie increase or decrease the probability you’ll say it’s bad?
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7 responses to “Question of the Day: Does paying money to go see a movie increase or decrease the probability you’ll say it’s bad?”
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Fantastic 4?
“well i haven’t seen the first three..ehe.”
Actually, I gotta say that you’re probably subconsciously looking for ways to justify your purchase when you see a crappy movie, at least to some extent; that is to say, you’re likely to be forgiving of some flaws to a point, but no further.
That’s just the way I know myself, I wouldn’t count on others doing things similarly 😉 -
Yeah.. I agree with you. Though, there is the other point of view that goes along the line of, “well, I paid for it, I expect it to be good — now I’m pissed!”. Though, I suppose that’s what reviews are for, and you’d have to be pretty naive to not know about them.
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What the hell is this newfangled R word you speak of?!
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lol
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Well if free didn’t improve reviews semi-famous bloggers would be out a lot of swag.
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I am interested to know why it was free.
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Watching a movie is like any other activity. You do it to enjoy it and be entertained. Some movie reviews can say a movie was horrible but if you go with a few friends and laugh lots and talk about the bad parts for a while after -was it really that bad? You got at least an hour of entertainment out if and some good social conversation. Similarly you could watch a movie that had great reviews and come out thinking that it was boring or you didn’t like the dialog etc. Other people cannot make your opinions for you.
I think seeing a movie for free makes you less bias, b/c you remove the feeling of “I paid therefore I want something that I’ll appreciate in the end”. It’s one reason why movie critics, food critics, and many other critics get stuff for free.
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