Sometimes, I read warnings – „This is a poor movie/book/song/place.”
The thing is, if we consider the Pareto principle to be true, most of the things out there are of poor quality.
If 80% of things are bad, and out of the good 20, another 80% is not that great, it brings little value to mention what is of poor quality.
Also, it doesn’t take much to determine whether a movie is worth seeing or not.
On the other hand, if we are talking about something debatable and with lots of pros/cons, in this case, yes, I want to hear some opinions.
For example, choosing to spend a vacation in a place brings a lot of factors to weigh in.
Again, choosing to live in a place/country requires many things to look at.
Sure, it’s not a bad thing to mention „Oh, you’ll waste your time by watching the movie X”.
OK, that’s not bad, although I could surely get that information elsewhere.
Also, if I can, I will write to the author of something and give them negative feedback (not in all cases, of course; otherwise, I’d spend my waking time writing complaint emails).
Also, I prefer not to give definitive solutions – This movie is 100% good/bad. It might be that I like it/dislike it, but it’s almost certainly not 100% good/bad.
It’s also of low importance. The reviews of the Napoleon movie tend to be negative. But there are other criteria for watching the movie.
In conclusion, I prefer to give positive, not negative, recommendations and debate the „big” themes.
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