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    1. foxtail286 on

      Well, yeah, I don’t want spoilers but still want to know what other people thought of the movie

    3. rws531 on

      I’d imagine a lot of people do both. I personally will scan reviews before seeing a film to see if it’s of interest and worth seeing in theater, then will go back and fully read/watch reviews after seeing the movie to compare my opinions to theirs.

    4. kWUBWUBa on

      Need to get the “i don’t read them at all” category up. movie reviewers are the worst

    5. JohnBigBootey on

      Yeah that’s me. I’ll get a general idea if I’m interested from a synopsis, maybe see a trailer, but I usually like to experience things fresh and form my own opinions before discussing it with others.

    6. fatbunny23 on

      I don’t read them. Most I’ll go off of is word of mouth from friends. I don’t watch very many shows or movies though so that probably plays into it

    7. ahjteam on

      Some movies have weird plot points I don’t always get, and I read about them.

    8. Throwawayhelp111521 on

      I alway read the reviews after seeing the movie. I don’t want to be influenced.

    9. chiisuchi on

      I need the trailer version of this. I can’t watch trailers anymore because they put the entire movie plot into the trailer

    10. Possible-Row6689 on

      Reading other people’s thoughts helps me examine my own and gives me a greater appreciation of the media I just consumed.

    11. bsEEmsCE on

      and i always regret it. I walk out of a film I enjoyed and I’m bombarded with reasons why I should hate it.

    12. cannon_god on

      Im always looking for themes or references I missed when watching the film- that’s why I look for a post- view review.

    13. SerCharles on

      I wouldn’t read an entire review before seeing the movie. Checking aggregate scores, I will do but reading an entire review is asking for spoilers.

      I do like watching youtube breakdowns immediately after leaving the theatre though.

    14. dryclean_only on

      I don’t always read reviews but when I do it’s for a movie I thought was pretty good and find out it was universally hated by critics and fans.

    15. PeepsRebellion on

      Movie reviews have destroyed me personally. I completely get affected by them and completely skip movies if the reviews aren’t very good. Like even if i see its at like 70% i feel like its a waste of time. I can’t stop looking tho

    17. Preform_Perform on

      idk man I’ve learned from experience that my opinions are very different than most reviewers.

    18. servantofmelkor on

      Post-review reading for me is less about whether the critic thinks the movie is worthy of viewing or not. I mainly read it to see if someone agrees with my opinion of the movie second, but first to see what themes/story beats/character analysis I might have missed. Some reviews also include information on the film making process that makes for a more enjoyable read after viewing a film.

    19. CaptainColdSteele on

      Why would I care what other people think about a movie? If I see a movie and like it, that’s good. If I see a movie and don’t like it, that’s fine too. Other people’s opinions on said movie are of absolutely no import to me and I never feel the need to change their views because, as an art, there is no objective truth. It’s not my place to try to change others’ opinions or seek validation for my own

    20. EvilLittleGoatBaaaa on

      Yeah, always after. I look at RT scores before, but read about it afterward.

    21. MMOProdigy on

      No I don’t because other people bad opinion on things ruins the fun of things. There has been a lot of enjoyable movies that got bad reviews just because “this other movie does it better”. I am assuming this is critical review.

      Now assuming you mean review as meant like reading the wiki on the movie, sure I do that, only for movies I just don’t understand what happened. Series that I also don’t care about, I will read what happened because I’m not going to go back and read the material to figure it out.

    22. 3MATX on

      I don’t need to read the reviews to know I’m uninterested in another sequel or comic based CGI fest. 

    23. Badgerman97 on

      4 out of 5 reviews now want to talk all about the entire plot and spoil everything

    24. Grapes-RotMG on

      Depends on how excited I am for the movie. If I’m really looking forward to it, I avoid reviews and even marketing material. I don’t want anything to sour my expectations, whether positively or negatively.

      If I dont care THAT much, I go and read reviews. Review bombs and meme reviews are SO common these days to the point where, in my personal opinion, critic reviews have legitimately become more trustworthy as reddit would probably have me crucified for saying, so if I’m at a point where I care about reviews from people to gage whether I’ll see it, just looking at overall score doesn’t really do much. I need to see some specific opinions from people.

    25. Squery7 on

      For me at most i just read the quick overall impressions, but jumping into long pieces review for a 2 hour movie means basically spoilers no matter how much you try to avoid them.

    26. Ser_Drewseph on

      I don’t want spoilers, and I’m often curious about what others thought.

    27. AYASOFAYA on

      I also want to know what they mean by “reviews” especially in this social media landscape.

      There’s the synopsis/score style reviews and then there’s online discussion and forums, where you get similar types of opinions in a different format.

      My instinct was to answer “yes” because I usually run to the latter because back and forth discussion is more engaging and memes are funny (see: sinners), but that necessitates seeing the movie first. If this doesn’t count as a “review” I would definitely need a definition explicitly stated before answering the question.

    28. KYLEquestionmark on

      yes that makes complete sense. they just watched the movie, now they want to engage in the public discourse surrounding it and reading reviews is a good way to judge how people feel about something.

    29. Fuck_You_Andrew on

      I guess it depends on what you consider “reading a review.

      Is checking the RT score reading a review?
      Is reading the 50 word blurb complaining about the pacing “reading a review”?

      Or are we just talking about long form blogs/vlogs doing an in-depth analysis?

    30. YouGurt_MaN14 on

      Angry Joe (YT) generally has movie opinions super close to mine, so I usually watch his review, skip to the end to see the score, and then gage or decide to watch based on that. Then if I go see the movie I’ll read the thread discussions on r/movies to see how everyone feels about it.

    31. Saiyan26 on

      I think it also depends on the genre/level of interest. If it’s a movie I’m already really interested in or a franchise I’m up to date on, I’ll usually watch the review afterward just because I’m curious about public opinion compared to my own. For movies I’m on the fence about or have no real interest in seeing, I watch the review first to see if it’s worth going to.

    32. cyriustalk on

      If it’s an old or obscure movie that i’ve never heard before, yes I try to find reviews beforehand.

      If it’s a new blockbuster movies, NO i don’t want to know anything about it, not even read what others say about it.

      If it’s a new but not blockbuster (big promo, big actors/directors, big productions), I try to find a little bit of noise from socmed or forums, but try not to go to big review websites such as IMDB or RT.

    33. DarkSide830 on

      I was going to say this was weird, but I do that sometimes. I’ll read them before if I’m on the fence if I want to see a movie, and I tend to read them more after to see how much other people liked the movie.

    34. BlinkToThePast on

      I don’t think it’s that strange. I look up the reviews of TV programs I just watched. It’s interesting to see another persons perspective of the episode I just watched.

    35. AnybodySeeMyKeys on

      I do.

      I mean, if it’s something mindless such as a Marvel movie, I don’t bother. But if it’s interesting and well-done, I want to see what others think of it.

    36. Drink15 on

      I don’t read them at all. I like the old days of going and crossing your fingers. That’s how i ended up seeing Steel staring Shaq and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

    37. debruehe on

      Why would you read it before? I only ever look for a sentence about whether it’s worth watching. 

    39. Mr--Oreo on

      The only thing I read about a movie I am about to watch is the name of it and nothing else and it is amazing.

    40. colemon1991 on

      Depends on how motivated I am to see the film. It’s one thing to be hesitant to watch, say, the latest MCU film after a lot of duds, so I have checked those to see where the critiques lie. It’s another thing when it’s the next Mission Impossible movie and the each one has felt like an improvement on the last and thus doesn’t require a secondary opinion. If I know what I’m getting already (F&F, Batman, Spielberg), I might not even care and go either way.

    41. SRSgoblin on

      I need to get off the internet. I thought this was an Amogus post for a second.

    43. asteroidbooty on

      “I think this movie was shiit – let’s see how many others agree”