What kind of movie has received the most polarized reviews from audiences?
Daniel Paris of Stat Significant, a site that publishes essays based on data, uses MovieLens, a dataset for movie recommendation systems, to find out what kinds of works have polarized audience evaluations. We are investigating and reporting the results.
Which Movies Are The Most Polarizing? A Statistical Analysis
The number one movie with the most polarizing audience ratings was Ed Wood's
In addition to this work, director Ed Wood has also worked on ``Bon Odori of the Dead'', which is also a work in the ``worst movie of all time'' class.
Bon Dance of the Dead HD Remastered Version & Plan 9 From Outer Space All Natural Color Version Special Video - YouTube
The rankings up to 15th place are as follows.
1st place: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
2nd place: Passion (2004)
3rd place: Twilight ~First Love~ (2008)
4th place: Pink Flamingo (1986)
5th place: Texas Chainsaw (2004)
6th place: Transformers (2007)
7th place: Blair Witch Project (1999)
8th place: Transformers: Revenge (2009)
9th place: Babe/Go to the city (1999)
10th place: The cook and the thief, his wife and mistress (1990)
11th place: Jackass the Movie (2002)
12th place: Tank Girl (1995)
13th place: The Rocky Horror Show (1975)
14th place: Evita (1996)
15th place: Biodome (1996)
Based on these results, Mr. Paris classifies works that have different evaluations into four types.
◆1: Low-budget cult film
Works such as ``Plan 9 from Outer Space,'' ``Pink Flamingos,'' and ``The Rocky Horror Picture Picture Show'' are low-budget films that were released in small theaters and are notorious for their immoral themes and scenes. is. For example, all of the vomit and actors' genitals that appear in 'Pink Flamingo' are real, and there is a scene in which drag queen Divine eats real dog feces. This is something that some 'contrarian movie fans' love, but it's also a point that doesn't resonate with the majority of moviegoers at all.
◆2: An unavoidable series of movies
Works that are made into series tend to have very divided opinions. ``Twilight'' was particularly extreme, creating many ardent fans of fashion, literature, and theater exploration, but at the same time, there were moments when its cultural pervasiveness was disliked. Mr. Parris makes a vague comment, saying, ``'Twilight' and 'Transformers' do well at the box office even without high-quality storytelling,'' which seems to be a bit of a compliment.
◆3: Horror movies that have become mainstream
Horror movie enthusiasts rarely refer to the voices of critics and reviews, and there is no correlation at all between the quality of horror movies and box office performance. However, when a horror film comes out as a major movie, there are people who appreciate its eeriness, while there are also people who deny horror as a genre, so the evaluation seems to be divided.
◆4: The Passion of Christ
In short, it's the 2nd place movie 'Passion'. This work depicts the Passion of Christ, and although Mr. Paris has never seen the work directly, he remembers that all the adults around him had harsh opinions.
The Passion of the Christ - HD (Trailer) - YouTube
Furthermore, when looking at each genre, we found that ratings tend to be divided in the order of 'horror movie,' 'family movie,' and 'science fiction.'
Parris analyzes that the reason why horror movies are so divided is because there are many works that challenge the boundaries of social and cultural norms.
It is difficult to create family movies that appeal to both adults and children; for example, ``Ice Age 4: The Pirates'' may be able to attract children, but it may not be appreciated by adults. Masu.
By age, the dispersion of scores widened from the 1980s to the 1990s, and from the early 2000s there was a tendency for the dispersion of scores to converge.
Mr. Parris gave three reasons for the dispersion in scores from the 1980s to the 1990s: ``the number of horror films has increased dramatically,'' ``sexual and violent expressions have increased,'' and ``the rise of independent films.'' I listed.
On the other hand, starting in the 2000s, the level of storytelling in works that were made into series, such as the Lord of the Rings series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, increased, and there was little room for elements that would disrupt everything. I suspect that the overall quality of works has improved as a result of these changes, and that the spread of the Internet has made it possible to receive instant feedback, leading to a reduction in the number of works with inconsistent scores. .
However, according to Paris, works such as ``A Clockwork Orange,'' ``American History ``It's not fun to fail or be told that your work is crap, but at the same time, when everyone agrees, talking about art becomes less interesting.'' , he says he enjoys discussing unique works that receive mixed reviews.
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