Comments on: Apparently Positive Reviews Do Lead to Box Office Success http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/07/04/apparently-positive-reviews-do-lead-to-box-office-success/ Blog And Podcast Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:43:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Baychuk http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/07/04/apparently-positive-reviews-do-lead-to-box-office-success/comment-page-1/#comment-427538 Baychuk Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:50:20 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/07/04/apparently-positive-reviews-do-lead-to-box-office-success/#comment-427538 Because most people are gullible fools who will believe anything they read in the mass media. These lemmings would rather jump on the bandwagon so as not to appear too different from popular (ie mainstream) thought. Gotta be on the winning team! (sarcasm) Because most people are gullible fools who will believe anything they read in the mass media. These lemmings would rather jump on the bandwagon so as not to appear too different from popular (ie mainstream) thought.

Gotta be on the winning team! (sarcasm)

]]> By: Ryan M. http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/07/04/apparently-positive-reviews-do-lead-to-box-office-success/comment-page-1/#comment-427336 Ryan M. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:07:55 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/07/04/apparently-positive-reviews-do-lead-to-box-office-success/#comment-427336 It seems to me that well reviewed films are also subject to great word of mouth. I'm much more likely to see a film if one of my best friends gives it a great review rather than the sadly muted Roger Ebert. So that correlation made by Slate (if roughly accurate) probably has more to do with word of mouth which obviously can't be measured. It seems to me that well reviewed films are also subject to great word of mouth. I’m much more likely to see a film if one of my best friends gives it a great review rather than the sadly muted Roger Ebert. So that correlation made by Slate (if roughly accurate) probably has more to do with word of mouth which obviously can’t be measured.

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