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There’s also the culture war, media shills who want that sweet access to the studios for ad revenue, and media snobs. Those are also factors. Like MatPat said, find the critics who share your tastes, liked most of the movies you liked, hated most of the movies you hated, or at least were interesting enough that you made your own judgement apart from the reviewer (which you should do anyway), and use those sources to see if you want to spend time and money watching a particular film, show, game, or whatever else. We only have so much time in our lives, so why waste your free time on something you won’t like?
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