Word of mouth - when my friends reckon its a "must see" and I tend to trust his/her judgment as we have the same taste.
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I rock up at the movie house and go with whatever looks good - my favorite actors / type of movie.
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I first and foremost read the reviews before watching any movie.
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Watching the movie trailer is pretty much enough for me to decide if I want to see it or not.
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Word of mouth - when my friends reckon its a "must see" and I tend to trust his/her judgment as we have the same taste.
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I rock up at the movie house and go with whatever looks good - my favorite actors / type of movie.
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I first and foremost read the reviews before watching any movie.
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Watching the movie trailer is pretty much enough for me to decide if I want to see it or not.
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Word of mouth - when my friends reckon its a "must see" and I tend to trust his/her judgment as we have the same taste.
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I rock up at the movie house and go with whatever looks good - my favorite actors / type of movie.
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I first and foremost read the reviews before watching any movie.
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Watching the movie trailer is pretty much enough for me to decide if I want to see it or not.
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I basically add any DVD that Netflix recommends to me to my queue and then randomize my queue once I hit the 500 movie max. The result is a steady stream of movies that I like, without having to make decisions about what to watch.
I read reviews, talk to my friends, I'm more interested in movies directed by my favorite directors or movies that have my favorite actors, and I test the trailer to see if the movie looks any good.
A fail of any one of these may lead to almost certain death for the movie in my book. Although, I must admit, the Kung Fu Panda trailers were quite possibly the worst I've ever seen [almost, but not quite], but the movie was wonderful. So it doesn't work 100% of the time.
Depends. I tend to trust the director. i am a Shyamalan fan, for instance, and find his movies enjoyable even when flawed. Otherwise, I go by reviews. If it is fantasy and/or SF and gets bad reviews, it is probably a good movie--mainstream critics still have no idea what the genre is about.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user Reply"I rock up...," first time I heard this one. I like it. :)
I rely on friends. I read reviews. If the friends say "yay" and the reviews say "nay" I trust friends more than reviews.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI basically add any DVD that Netflix recommends to me to my queue and then randomize my queue once I hit the 500 movie max. The result is a steady stream of movies that I like, without having to make decisions about what to watch.
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[0 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyAll of the above?
I read reviews, talk to my friends, I'm more interested in movies directed by my favorite directors or movies that have my favorite actors, and I test the trailer to see if the movie looks any good.
A fail of any one of these may lead to almost certain death for the movie in my book. Although, I must admit, the Kung Fu Panda trailers were quite possibly the worst I've ever seen [almost, but not quite], but the movie was wonderful. So it doesn't work 100% of the time.
I think all of the above, but I trust the opinion of my friend the most
Depends. I tend to trust the director. i am a Shyamalan fan, for instance, and find his movies enjoyable even when flawed. Otherwise, I go by reviews. If it is fantasy and/or SF and gets bad reviews, it is probably a good movie--mainstream critics still have no idea what the genre is about.