dirtybenny wrote:It's funny how the best audience score is only 89% for Goldfinger. It goes to my recent realization that despite all the fanfare Bond is just not as big a phenomenon as it's made out to be. A rant explaining that statement will be coming sometime in the future.
I expect that's part of it DB, particularly in recent years compared to the days of Bondmania. Add in the PR pieces (maybe paid) and hype that you get amongst the critics' reviews and it's not too surprising. On the other hand a good few of the audience reviews are bound to be a bit more extreme and sometimes more ignorant than the critics' ones, just because the critics have a minimum standard of quality and perceived objectivity or balance to uphold, whereas an audience member that doesn't like the movie or just wants to troll will delight in giving a one or two star rating. Anyone can write an audience review so the worst reviews will be of a much lower standard than the critics' reviews but on the other hand, the very best audience reviews - the dirty bennys of this world
- will often prove to be more insightful, honest and even more entertaining than the critics' reviews.
The world has only 4 more months to deal with this imbecile 
