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Another top review taken down for no reason
I posted a review for Asteroid City (title/tt14230388) on 7/12/2023. The review follows all the guidelines. It had great engagement and was top 5 on the user review page based on "Featured." Last I checked, the helpfulness votes were 178 out of 263.
Why was it taken down? It's not the first time one of my reviews was removed, and when I asked why, IMDb said it should not have been removed.
This is infuriating, especially considering I may have not noticed it. And now I wonder how many of my other reviews has IMDb taken down without notification. I use IMDb as a safe storage for all my reviews and ratings. If they are deleting my reviews without telling me, even though they follow all the guidelines, it's hard to have any confidence in this website.
I have already been debating a full move to Letterboxd. If this is not addressed, I may be forced to.
Here is my review for reference (Contribution #230713-051331-978804)
No offense to anyone who likes Asteroid City, but I can't for the life of me imagine how anyone can get even an ounce of entertainment from it. It is the definition of pretentious and one of the best examples of style over substance I have ever seen.
I quit after 38 minutes. I almost never stop a movie, even terrible ones that I rate one star. But I determined that there was a 0% chance of gaining any enjoyment from watching the rest. I'm so relieved I didn't see this at the theater.
I've watched thousands of movies of all types. My range of taste is vast. I love sci-fi, horror, drama, action, comedy, mystery, thriller, etc. I can enjoy a mindless blockbuster but my favorites are usually really smart movies that make me think (like most Christopher Nolan movies). But I'll never understand the appeal of this type of "artistic" nonsense. (1 viewing, 7/12/2023)
Fran
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1 year ago
Hello FeastMode,
The review does not meet our User Reviews guidelines, the review is not based on the movie content.
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