Rotten Tomatoes is great because for each movie, it collates reviews written by professional movie critics. I know popular opinion and box office sales don't always match the opinion of film critics, but critics have seen a lot of movies, they know a lot about movies, and they are likely to know more about what they are looking at, for example: Is this movie so and so's most convincing or original work? Is there another movie in this genre that does a better job of entertaining? Is this writer a formulaic one-trick pony or is this new script really original? I don't think it ever hurts to read critics' thoughtful and informed opinions before spending precious time and money viewing a movie.
