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seanmcautoday at 5:06 PM1 replyview on HN

The only solution is following/friending people who write thoughtful reviews as well as going through their friends if the number is low.

Also if you go to esoteric enough films you mostly filter out the joke reviews


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phainopepla2today at 6:55 PM

My strategy has been to follow accounts that just repost reviews by well respected film critics, usually older ones like Stanley Kauffman or Pauline Kael. Typically they're well written even if I disagree with the take, and they avoid the overwriting problem that even the more thoughtful Letterboxd users are prone to (easier to write a long, rambling review than a concise one). But those accounts get taken down occasionally, usually don't have any reviews for more recent movies, and have spotty coverage even for older movies.