The speaker discusses the discrepancy between critic and audience scores for movies, particularly focusing on the "Mario" movie. The speaker argues that the movie was a surprise hit, with a 59% critic score and a 96% audience rating, indicating a significant gap. The speaker suggests that this gap is due to the fact that critics and audiences often have different expectations and preferences for movies.
The speaker also suggests that the disparity between critic and audience scores is beneficial for studios and review aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes, as it creates a conflict that can be used for marketing purposes. The speaker also mentions that the company behind Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, is owned by Warner Brothers Discovery and NBC Universal, which owns the movie studio that released "Mario".
The speaker concludes by suggesting that viewers should consider both critic and audience scores, but also look for reviews from reviewers whose tastes align with their own. The speaker encourages viewers to find and follow film reviewers whose personal tastes align with their own, and to use these reviews as a basis for forming their own opinions.
1. The process of reviewing movies is considered broken, with the review system not serving as a reliable barometer for the quality of a film.
2. The review process may be broken, but the powerful people who broke it want it to stay that way.
3. The movie "Mario" has a significant overperformance, with a 37 point difference between critic and audience scores.
4. The movie "Mario" has a 96% positive audience rating and a 59% positive critic score.
5. The movie "Mario" is a kids' movie aimed at a kids audience, while also being good enough for adults.
6. The movie "Mario" is closer to a kids' movie like "Paw Patrol" than to other modern animated films like "The Lego Movie" and "Puss in Boots".
7. The movie "Mario" is a kids' movie, and it seems like critics went in expecting it to be Pixar levels of story.
8. The movie "Mario" is mostly colors and fun action with a thin plot, catering to online communities and gaming scenes that critics don't typically engage with.
9. The movie "Mario" is speed-running its way through tons of Easter eggs and nostalgia bait, making it everything that critics don't like all in one convenient package.
10. The disparity between critics and audiences is a big enough issue that it happens often enough, and it's been on people's radars for at least a decade now.
11. The website Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates reviews, is owned by Fandango Media, a movie ticket retailer, and is jointly owned by Warner Brothers Discovery and NBC Universal.
12. The movie "Mario" is just one point on the rotten side for the critics, not so bad that it looks terrible, but just enough to fuel discourse in the community.