398
Me_irl (thelemmy.club)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That’s why I ignore any sort of reviews when deciding what I should watch. If something looks interesting, I give it a try. I’m not going to let a bunch of miserable assholes who think hating something makes them interesting decide what I get to enjoy.

[-] Goodeye8@piefed.social 10 points 6 days ago

Also not every movie needs to be a masterpiece. Some movies need to be the Sunday morning hangover movies. I'm not going to watch Interstellar on a Sunday morning when hungover, I'm going to watch Transformers because I know I can shut off my brain and go "big explosion cool".

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm usually deciding by first thing in order that allows me to:

  1. description, tags, and whatever I see on the streaming / store / database website; works 90% of the time for stuff I won't like (1 of 10 I like something I didn't think I would) and 70% for stuff I will like (3 of 10 I don't like something I thought I would)
  2. opinion of people I know - that can be a reviewer I've been watching for some time or a friend
  3. comments to get some random details (some would consider them spoilers, my shite memory does not)
  4. opinion of people I don't know - reviews, average rating
  5. coin toss

I sometimes change my decision after seeing a random clip

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
398 points (98.1% liked)

me_irl

7911 readers
3361 users here now

All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS