I think the weird thing is to judge all media along a one dimensional scale. All possible opinions about a movie - including how hilarious it is to give a wrong answer - compressed down to one score is frankly not the same ballgame movie critics should even be playing.
You want to know general sentiment from audiences, sure. That tells you if the movie has broad appeal (or at least cultural cachet). But maybe you're also interested in whether it attempted to do anything interesting artistically, how well it succeeded, how it compares to others with a similar vision, what the movie managed to say in the conversation of film as an art form - or at least to whom it owed its inspiration.
That's what I go to critics for. I couldn't give a shit what number they give it.
I think the weird thing is to judge all media along a one dimensional scale. All possible opinions about a movie - including how hilarious it is to give a wrong answer - compressed down to one score is frankly not the same ballgame movie critics should even be playing.
You want to know general sentiment from audiences, sure. That tells you if the movie has broad appeal (or at least cultural cachet). But maybe you're also interested in whether it attempted to do anything interesting artistically, how well it succeeded, how it compares to others with a similar vision, what the movie managed to say in the conversation of film as an art form - or at least to whom it owed its inspiration.
That's what I go to critics for. I couldn't give a shit what number they give it.