One shouldn't take any opinion on faith. But Rotten Tomatoes isn't an opinion, it's an aggregate of all opinions that usually gives a reasonably reliable forewarning of a movie's worth. The more opinions that are aggregated, the better.

Movies with <20% RT scores tend to suck, and movies >80% tend to be okay. Yes, there's probably the odd exception, but overall, it's ONE factor that contributes to a decision to spend one's $20. If I was sitting on the fence, a very high or very low score can tip it one way or the other.

Over the last 3-4 years, I've noticed that big-name A-list projects tend to get over-generous RT scores, so I tend to take 10-20% off a Martin Scorsese or Ridley Scott production.

For mediocre movies that cluster in the middle 40-60% range, you have to use other factors to decide. But if a score is universally very high or very low, that's pretty reliable in my experience.

The BBC did a pretty decent television movie about the fall of Lehman Brothers...

The two Marathons, obviously. (Marathons rock)

Watchmen, Poltergeist, V for Vendetta, Terminator series, Alien series, are all great commentaries. There's dozens of superb ones - too many to list.

but as a basic rule...
Trey & Dorkman lov'n it (e.g. Dredd).
Trey & Dorkman hate'n it (e.g. Prometheus).
Any of the team having worked on something. (e.g. The Abyss) - More of Trey's back-catalogue.

As someone who's done a lot of 'history of science' tourism in London, the third episode was great

Talking about Virgin Births...
Shmi Skywalker: There was no father. I carried him, I gave birth, I raised him. I can't explain what happened.

Nothing explained. Inconsistent (is she a fish out of water? She seems to know just what she's doing). Last half is suddenly shot on video - looks cheap. Lots of padding. Shots go on far too long of boring Scotland life. Drab landscape. You keep waiting for something to happen, something to be explained.
No real redeeming features. Score sounds like nails on chalkboard.
Three sequences are striking, but are left unresolved, raising more questions than answers.

The gimmick is that Scarlet drove around with a wig and talked to strangers while the director secretly filmed it. While that may have been hilarious for the crew at the time, the joke doesn't translate to the audience. So what?

In the end, it's just another sub-category of the "Vampire" genre with nothing new to add to all the tropes. It doesn't have the budget to add anything new even if it wanted to.
A cheap-looking Species crossed with Let the Right One In with the look and feel and tone of Inland Empire.

3/10

In many western countries, the youth doesn't have the free disposable income they used to have a generation ago (falling real wages, student loans, higher unemployment). I wonder if the torch is going to be passed more from west to east. We're already seeing many tentpoles set a scene or two in China.
Perhaps in 50 years, all the big franchises we know will have Asian cast members.

The London chapter of the FIYH WAYDM Appreciation Society seconds the motion.

One doesn't tackle stairs until one has passed Operating Thetan Level #15. Every Clear knows that by their third audit.

It's surely not going to repeat the same story as Terminator (in the way that Robocop and Total Recall were 'repeat- remakes'), but a prequel or new chapter in the existing universe? I don't know - do they even have a script?

After the trailer showed Matt in a mech suit and the inevitable enhanced superhero v supervillain punch-up plot, my expectations were dialled down. Consequently the movie didn't suck hard for me.