[quote=@Awson]
>heard The Revenant was terrible
>writing off several other generally well received movies because an outlier told you it was terrible
>didn't like Fury Road
These are the most egregious.
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(IMO) Fury road, was incredibly shallow, a completely drag with a 2 hour length (yet completely plotless.) That seemed overly praised for solely shallow political reasons. It gave you no context or reason to care about any of the characters, you didn't know anyone's name and it was quite boring to sit through, a lot of scenes just had nothing happening in it. My roommate who goaded me into seeing it in the first place actually hated it more than I did. And I'm not the only one that felt that way. Ironically the IMBD is like at an 8. Yet all the top rated reviews say that the movie is bad...

Well the problem is, a lot of this I've "given a chance" that were well received, or at least said they weren't so bad. Ended up being pretty god awful. Insidious used to be like a 7 or 8 on IMDB. (This movie is a god awful piece of shit. Also my roommate will never let me live it down that we sat in theaters to see it.) Same with things like the "The Visit" or "Unfriended" and you'd be shocked how praised those were if you were unfortunate enough to sit down and watch them. 

I'm not necessary writing them off blindly. It's usually several close friends, who I share a connection with (and usually a similar taste.) It's not a mere outlier. Like I saw a random youtube comment. I don't usually go out of my way to see movies period, it's not really one of my top priorities. Some of them spoiled the whole when they saw the movie, and I can tell I would have probably hated Gone Girl without needing to see it myself. :/

I haven't been spoiled to The Revenant's plot. Barely know anything about it aside from my family mocking a bear scene. If you think I'd enjoy it, on the limited knowledge of what you know I like or dislike. I dunno, convince me to see the movie otherwise. Maybe I'll watch it. :P