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I wondered whether this was real...

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In Reply to: RE: I think after seeing this list of top 30 films of ALL time.... posted by TWB on July 05, 2021 at 15:53:12

as this sort of clickbait is often questionable. But I did find this:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/

which more or less confirms the list, and importantly, tells how it originated. These are "movies with 40 or more critic reviews," so that probably eliminates 99% of all movies from the list right there. Then it is based strictly on the RT score, which as we all know, is a bit questionable, as a nuanced review is always reduced to either a ripe tomato or a rotten tomato, up or down.

So in general, it is a pretty useless list.

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The way it works at Rottentomatoes is as follows - RGA 17:50:12 07/09/21 (0)
and if the OP had a clue he would realize that Rottentomatoes is an aggregate site collecting reviews across hundreds of movie critics.
A best-of-list at RT as a percentage merely means that most critics liked a movie. This requires the critic to give a thumbs up or 3/5 stars.
It is highly possible that 98% of critics all liked a movie enough to give it a barely above average 3/5 star recommendation. Controversial films where many critics view it as a masterpiece but others are old geezer crybabies who can't hand sex, violence, or understand satire, those films may have 15% of critics give it below 2.5 stars/5
However, it may get 70% of critics who give the film 5/5
The overall RT score for the second film may only be 85%, but it is held up as a masterpiece while the film that got 98% no one considers a masterpiece.
Then some dimwit with a website culls the highest % scores and makes a best films list. Worse is that some snowflake conspiracy-minded dimbulbs do zero research on this and post clickbait nonsense on this forum to create a controversy where none exists.

Edits: 07/11/21

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