Tag: entertainment

Online reviews and movie critics are fantastic – so why do we ignore them?

Alone in a Movie Theater by Sarah_Ackerman, on FlickrThe carpet is sticky and the smell of hotdogs mingles with sweet popcorn. The trailers are rolling. Even though person’s knee from the seat behind jabs into my back, I don’t care. The summer blockbuster is about to start and I’ve heard great things about it…

But two hours, a bursting bladder and numb bottom later, I leave disappointed.

Everyone hates wasting time and money watching cinematic drivel. If I (or a friend) were to recommend a film to you, would you go and watch it? With dozens of online review websites, no longer must we ‘take a punt’ on a movie. So, it would be safe to assume that all this information makes us better at picking good movies.  Oddly enough, it doesn’t. Like a flock of sheep, we ignore good advice. Like lambs to the… Read more