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Similar to other movie sites, we’re currently experiencing a high volume of fan activity around Star Wars: The Last Jedi. 5 to 5 stars as well as post a written review with the score. “They can rate it ‘want to see’ or ‘not interested,’ add a score from. “Fans can rate a movie several ways,” the representative said. When asked by Polygon whether Rotten Tomatoes was worried about attacks on The Last Jedi, a representative for the company said the website is closely monitoring the situation. 14, when the first public screenings for The Last Jedi began. There are countless other reviews like this one that go back to Dec.

If you like stunning visuals, superficial character development, a choppy, incoherent, illogical plot, plot holes, SJW concepts such as capitalism is bad, animal abuse is bad, "make love not war", every bad guy being a white male, and neutering every positive protagonist male in this movie, or you are only a casual fan of Star Wars, you'll probably like this movie. A portion of his review can be read below. One review, which was left earlier today from a new user named Johnny S., called out The Last Jedi for its political tendencies. Among those reviews, a large portion are from accounts created that day and have only left comments for The Last Jedi. Many of the reviews being left on The Last Jedi’s page call out the film for its inclusion of “SJW” concepts, criticizing the movie for its forced inclusion of race and powerful female figures. Just because 4chan claims to not be behind the review bomb doesn’t mean everything is fine. Some of those comments have been screencapped and can be read below. One /pol/user noted that, “even if /pol/ could muster up 10,000 people, which would be like 2-3 times the amount for popular strawpolls posted more than once, it wouldn't be enough to change it to 56% and be able to keep it there.” This sentiment was echoed on the thread, with many /pol/ members claiming they wish it had been an organized attack, but downplaying any involvement in it. The term “56” has become notable among 4chan for a keyword used during organized attacks when the score for The Last Jedi hovered at 56 percent, people thought it was a sign that 4chan was behind the review bomb. Some 4chan users suggested it was a /pol/ attack because the audience rating is sitting at 56 percent, which could allude to a 2015 meme that /pol/ participants in Europe and the United States used.

Questions about 4chan’s influence on the score have also been raised, but a thread on 4chan’s infamous politically incorrect forum, /pol/, has a number of site users claiming that 4chan wasn’t involved. “Thanks to friends of mine who taught me a thing or two about Bot Accounts, I used them to create this audience score through Facebook accounts created that subsequently logged into Rotten Tomatoes who rigged this score and still keep it dropping,” the post reads. (Review-bombing is when a horde of negative reviews with low ratings are left on an entities page in protest.) The page defines itself by its anti-Marvel and anti-Disney stance as a pro-DCEU fan page. One Facebook group, “ Down With Disney's Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys,” which aligns itself as a pro-DCEU community, announced on Facebook that it had generated trolls to help review-bomb The Last Jedi’s score on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s hard to discern whether reviews of the movie are genuine or, as some outlets have reported, generated by bots or organized attacks from 4chan. How could a movie so universally applauded by critics not have the same resounding effect on general moviegoers? There’s a gaping disparity between what critics thought of the movie (certified fresh) and the feeling a majority of moviegoers walked away from the theater harnessing. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is one of the top-rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes, according to critics, but scroll down the movie’s page a little further and audience testimonies tell a different story.
