X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner believes Rotten Tomatoes is hurting the movie industry.
While speaking at the Sun Valley Film Festival last weekend (via Entertainment Weekly), Ratner called Rotten Tomatoes the "worst thing that we have in today’s movie culture." The filmmaker thinks having an aggregate score for films has diminished film criticism.
“It’s mind-blowing. It’s just insane, it’s hurting the business, it’s getting people to not see a movie," Ratner said.
Ratner's company RatPac Entertainment co-financed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In Ratner's view, even though Batman v Superman went on to gross nearly $900 million at the box office, its low Rotten Tomatoes score ultimately "put a cloud over a movie that was incredibly successful.”
"I’ve seen some great movies with really abysmal Rotten Tomatoes scores," Ratner said. "What’s sad is film criticism has disappeared. It’s really sad.”
Rotten Tomatoes vice president Jeff Voris replied to Ratner's comments via a statement to EW, saying that the Tomatometer score "has become a useful decision-making tool for fans" and is a great for people to discuss and share their opinions.
Warner Bros.' and DC's next two upcoming DCEU movies are Wonder Woman, which opens in theaters on June 2, and Justice League, which hits theaters several months later on November 17.
Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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