Torillian said:
Are those 1's out of 100? The fact that there are 10's and 20's in the review list seems to mean that this is a 1/10 not a 1/100. For instance, the reviews for the movie in the OP average out to 7/100 and it would be difficult to skew the numbers so far through weighting the different sites to get the number as low as 1/100. |
Not really. Let's see who are the three publications that gave Death of a Nation a score higher than zero:
- Movie Nation: A 1-man blog-like site. A quick glance at the site will make you realize how small it is. It doesn't even have a Wikipedia article on it. 598,675th most accessed site in the world according to Alexa.
- Arizona Republic: The largest newspaper in Arizona, but still a newspaper (not focused in film-reviewing) and a local one. 6,911st most accessed site in the world according to Alexa.
- The Austin Chronicle: An alternative weekly newspaper distributed exclusively in a city with 950k people. 51,493rd in the Alexa list.
Now let's see who gave Death of a Nation a zero:
- RogerEbert.com: A site created by Roger Ebert, one of the most important film critics of all time. 9,832nd in the Alexa list.
- The Hollywood Reporter: Probably the most reputable Hollywood-specialized magazine. Was created 87 years ago and is currently part of the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, together with Billboard (I don't think I need to explain this one). 1,482nd in the Alexa list.
- Variety: Do I really need to explain Variety? It was founded 115 years ago and is the 1,425th most accessed site in the world according to Alexa.
- IndieWire: Probably the most influential publication focused on independent films. 3,299th in the Alexa list.
- The A.V. Club: Partially owned by Univision Communications, who also owns Kotaku. 2,033rd in the Alexa list.
I calculated what score Death of a Nation would have if Metacritic based their reviewer reputation on the Alexa list, dividing every ranking in the list by 1,425 (Variety's position) and then dividing the score they gave by the resulting number.
If Metacritic based their reviewer reputation on the Alexa list, Death of a Nation would have more or less a 1.28/100. So yes, it's very possible to get a 1/100 out of those reviews.
EDIT: Corrected my calculations.
Last edited by Lucca - on 07 August 2018
