http://www.rottentomatoes.com can be a useful source of information when you are looking for something to download, but you should never treat the information given as gospel. It is, after all based on the opinion of the contributors, and their way of thinking is very unlikely to be similar to yours.

A case in point was the latest offering from Daniel Craig – “Knives Out” – which was given the highest rating of all his films to-date. Daniel is a particular favourite of mine, and I was only too happy to watch the film. However, shortly after it started there were misgivings. The setting was some years ago, and looked in some ways similar to Game of Thrones. When Daniel finally made an appearance, his crisp, snappy, dialect was replaced by a slow American drawl that made me wince.

Don’t get me wrong – the acting was not bad at all. However, the character he was required to play was totally out of his normal ball-park, and in my view was one for which he was totally unsuited. It is not a film I will be watching again any time soon!

Another example comes to mind – “IP Man 2”. This was hyped as being the forerunner to a series of Kung Fu movies, and was claimed to be the best. Sure enough, the action was thrilling, even if it appeared to be impossible at times, and as long as you didn’t mind watching it without knowing what was going on, it was fine. The problem is that it is all in Chinese, and the subtitles are such a disaster that you will be better off ignoring them.

While I am on this subject, I should warn you about another problem I encountered recently. This has nothing to do with Rotten Tomatoes directly, but appears to be a scam that you should be aware of. Look at the following picture:-

The odds are that you have been viewing mp4 videos for months at least, and have long since acquired all the codecs necessary. However, this relates to the film “No Time To Die”, another Daniel Craig movie, and the accompanying text file incites you to visit a website to download the codec. At the website, you are first asked for your email address. The next screen asks for your financial details.
There is no earthly reason for supplying your financial details to download this file, as the download is free. There is equally no reason for downloading this file at all, for in spite of the fact that you will pay for a bandwidth of 702 Mb, all you will see is the picture shown above.
These scammers are a pain. Please expose them whenever you can!