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Dracula Untold Specifically - Movies Generally - Reviews
Just an observation. It may be nice to remember when producing information on films for a Wikipedia page, a supposed worldwide source of information, that the US is not that world. The West or even English speakers only, if one wishes to narrow the field further still doesn't equal US. When one is seeking general information concerning a film, one could do with seeing reviews on said film from more than one country to avoid a view being too narrow. In other words sometimes, there are different ways of looking at things depending on where you come from. The reviews discussing this film annoyed me a little. Likely because I enjoyed it and I considered some reviews to border on smarmy to derogatory. Upon reading the opinions of every reviewer on the page, approximately 10, every single one emanated from the US. The audiences apparently disagreed in the main based on audience scores & world box office. My issue is this. Is the film really bad? Or is it that US reviewers didn't get it? As an outsider looking in, I can see why they may not. Doesn't make them right. How does one decide whether or not a film is worth watching if we only have a narrow review base to assist with our decision? All I will say is I'm glad I didn't look up the film before I watched it. As the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure. May be worth bearing in mind. IO-WIG (talk) 12:42, 21 January 2022 (UTC)