A useful resource for movie fans is the reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, where a variety of critics provide each movie and television show a fresh or rotten rating. However important Rotten Tomatoes has been in determining a movie’s quality, critics and viewers don’t always concur with their rankings. The movies from the 2010s listed below serve as examples of the gap between Rotten Tomatoes critics and fans.
1. Justice League (2017)
Director- Jack Snyder
Rotten Tomatoes- 39%
Fans Voting- 68%
Bruce Wayne enlists the aid of his new ally, Diana Prince, to fight an even bigger foe, motivated by his renewed confidence in humanity and moved by Superman’s noble deed. To immediately discover and assemble a group of meta-humans to confront this recently awakened enemy, Batman and Wonder Woman band up. Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash have formed an extraordinary team of heroes, but it might already be too late to stop a cataclysmic attack on the globe.
2. Ghostbusters (2016)
Director- Paul Feig
Rotten Tomatoes- 73%
Fans Voting- 49%
Erin Gilbert, a once great physicist at Columbia University who is now a disgraced academic with no employment, reluctantly finds herself reunited with Abby Yates, a discredited researcher, after an attempt to conceal her quirky past and her radical beliefs regarding the supernatural has failed. Unaware that evil forces are already gathering against them, the unrepentant spirit-hunting team of Jillian Holtzmann, the tech specialist, and Patty Tolan, the inexperienced recruit, explore New York City for signs of paranormal activity in order to pay the bills and demonstrate the reality of spirits. The thriving Big Apple is at jeopardy once more.
3. The Greatest Showman (2017)
Director- Michael Gracey
Rotten Tomatoes– 56%
Fans Voting- 86%
P.T. Barnum shows a natural knack for publicity and promotion as a child in the early 1800s, selling lottery tickets by the age of 12. P.T., who has tried his hand at a number of jobs, turns to show business to express his boundless creativity and emerges from nothing to build the Barnum & Bailey circus. Barnum’s captivating display quickly becomes the most popular show on Earth thanks to its catchy musical pieces, exotic performers, and daring acrobatic exploits.
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017)
Director- Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Rotten Tomatoes- 30%
Fans Voting- 60%
After escaping the Devil’s triangle with his crew, Captain Salazar, a terrifying ghost, set sail in quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, his bitter rival and the source of all his suffering. Meanwhile, Jack is approached by a young man who asks for help finding the Trident of Poseidon and claims that only Sparrow can do it. Astronomer and horologist Carina Smyth joins the group to assist in the search for something she thinks her father has always wanted her to discover. Finding the legendary Trident of Poseidon, whose owner supposedly has control over all the oceans, is Jack’s only chance.
5. Passengers (2016)
Director- Morten Tyldum
Rotten Tomatoes- 30%
Fans Voting- 63%
The cutting-edge starship Avalon experiences a peculiar failure during a protracted, 120-year mission to the distant planet Homestead II. The unfortunate mechanic, Jim Preston, finds himself prematurely awakened, ninety slow years before the intended destination, with the lives of more than 5,000 cryogenically frozen passengers hanging by a thread. Now, when intolerable isolation, agonising loneliness, and profound despair take hold, uneasy thoughts give rise to a cruel and equally unsettling conundrum.
6. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
Director- Rian Johnson
Rotten Tomatoes- 91%
Fans Voting- 42%
The Resistance fights to stay ahead of The First Order in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017), which picks up where Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) left off. Luke Skywalker, a Jedi in hiding, helps Rey learn the ways of the Force, while Finn, a former stormtrooper whose time with The First Order has come to haunt him and threaten the very foundations of the galaxy, will have his trust in The Resistance put to the test.
7. Captain Marvel (2019)
Director(s)- Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Rotten Tomatoes- 79%
Fans Voting- 45%
Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot, is found by the Kree when she crashes a test plane. Yon-Rogg, her mentor, recruits her to join the Starforce Military, where she is trained as a member of the elite Starforce Military. Danvers learns there’s more to her past six years later, when she made her way to Earth while being attacked by the Skrulls. They began their investigation of the matter with S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury’s assistance.
8. Aladdin (2019)
Director- Guy Ritchie
Rotten Tomatoes- 57%
Fans Voting- 94%
When Aladdin, a young, compassionate street thief, falls in love with a charming young girl who is actually the stunning Princess Jasmine, his world is flipped upside down. In his quest to gain her affection, Aladdin discovers a magical oil lamp with a potent genie who just might hold the secret to fulfilling all of his desires. As the two get close, they learn that the cunning Jafar is also looking for the lamp and plans to use it in his evil scheme to seize control of the kingdom and unleash war on the other villages.
9. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Director- Zack Snyder
Rotten Tomatoes- 29%
Fans Voting- 63%
Following the destruction of Metropolis, the populace debates whether Superman deserves acclaim as a hero or should surrender himself to the law. Batman, on the other hand, views Superman as a threat to everyone and is getting ready to fight the Man of Steel personally. While the mysterious Diana Prince/Wonder Woman pursues her own goals, Lex Luthor hatches plans to annihilate humanity.
10. The Lion King (2019)
Director- Jon Favreau
Rotten Tomatoes- 52%
Fans Voting- 88%
In addition to taking pride in his own regal destiny on the African plains, Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa. But not everybody in the kingdom rejoices over the birth of the baby cub. Mufasa’s brother Scar, who was previously the heir to the kingdom, has his own intentions. Soon, Simba is exiled as a result of the war for Pride Rock being torn by deception, tragedy, and drama. Simba must now learn how to mature and reclaim what is rightfully his with the aid of a peculiar pair of newfound buddies.
