The disconnect between me and movie reviewers.

So the other day I went to see Rambo 5 at the local cinema.

I loved Rambo as a kid (I mean who didn't!) and I still like the films today.

If I had to describe a Rambo movie it would probably be like this:

There is an injustice.
Many people will die.
Rambo wins.

I don't expect much more from it. Nor do I want to expect more from a Rambo movie.

And that is exactly what I got when I watched Rambo 5.

It was great even though it's not the best one in the series but very decent enough.

Then I got home and checked some reviews.

I always check reviews after I see a film because I noticed an ever-growing disconnect between me and reviewers for a while now and I don't want to get influenced by them.

But this time around it was a bit more crazy than usual.

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This is Rotten Tomatoes btw. A pretty famous movie review site.

The reviewers gave it 27% and the Audience gave it an 82%.

For me, that makes no sense.

I don't understand such a big disconnect.

I got exactly what I expected and it was decent enough. Probably not 82%, more like 65% but still...

That is a long way from 27%.

Apparently, according to the reviewers, the movie is too violent, too racist and the acting terrible.

I never read that deeply into it, to be honest.

I just wanted to be entertained for 90 minutes and I guess 82% of the people felt the same.

The next movie I want to see is Gemini Man.

It's a movie with Will Smith, an actor I like a lot (the number of meals I must have eaten in front of the TV watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, probably uncountable!)

Well, at least the movie can't be flawed for racism (not 100% sure here, I haven't seen it yet).

But in theory, that leaves only too violent and terrible acting to bring the rating down!

Unlike usual I did have a small look on Rotten Tomatoes this time...

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