Did 2020 break Rotten Tomatoes? | data analysis

In which I scraped and analyzed a ton of Rotten Tomatoes data to examine why Wonder Woman 1984's Rotten Tomatoes score dropped so quickly, and whether or not this has happened for other films.

Link to scraping tutorial: https://vastava.medium.com/how-to-scrape-rotten-tomatoes-for-historic-tomatometer-scores-426f01a55a0d
My medium: https://vastava.medium.com/
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Dan Murrell’s videos which inspired this project
Why Wonder Woman 1984's Reviews Dropped So Fast - Charts With Dan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylQ6ey-aWAc&ab_channel=DanMurrell
Can You Trust Early Reviews? - Charts with Dan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGBAGwQFa4&ab_channel=DanMurrell

0:00 Intro
0:24 WW84 and Rotten Tomatoes
0:58 The Dan Murrell disclaimer
2:23 How I scraped the data
2:57 The RT webdevs can go to hell!!
3:32 The analysis
3:53 What does “Certified Fresh” mean?
4:22 The data of WW84’s RT score
5:24 Enter conspiracy theories about film critics
6:12 WW84 was NOT the only 2020 film that experienced a drop in ratings
7:06 Some films were consistently reviewed
7:47 The effect might be more pronounced for “blockbusters”
8:24 Let’s look at the number of reviews for each film
9:34 Early critic reviews and release dates
10:10 WW84 had a staggered embargo
11:10 That conspiracy theory is disrespectful to critics…
11:24 Critics vs. Audiences
11:47 Audience reviews are all over the place
12:53 Critics may have been influenced by public opinion
13:59 The 2020 viewing experience is very isolating
14:33 The RT scoring system is binary
15:14 “Soul” is an example of a true certified fresh film
15:38 WW84’s quality is… ambiguous
16:28 There are many possible causes for this “critical whiplash”
16:46 Birds of Prey and the theatergoing experience
17:40 What about before 2020?
17:55 Let’s look at some Disney remakes
18:26 We didn’t have a lot of viewing options in 2020
19:15 Godzilla: KOTM and the critics/audience divide
19:54 Captain Marvel and “review bombing”
21:17 Critical reviews were largely unaffected
21:43 The Last Jedi
22:15 The WW controversy
22:46 There is a pre-2020 film that lost its certified fresh rating
23:44 Takeaways
24:15 Outro

Other videos you might enjoy:
Exploring Star Wars Legends vs. Canon, using data! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJ9IAvoB7c
Is Sonic fan art disturbing? *data analysis* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_XR-K1cL7w

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