Generally, "review bombing" means leaving a negative review without consuming product to any degree whatsoever.
Someone who watches a movie, decides it sucks 15 minutes in, and leaves a bad review isn't review bombing. Someone who sees that people hate something on Twitter and decides to give it a bad review without knowing anything about it is review bombing.
The Cleopatra thing is borderline. I know for a fact it's racist garbage without needing to see it. The trailers, the creator, the lead actress, they've all let me know just how unwatchably shitty it is. So to watch even five minutes would be unnecessary. I already have all the information I need.
The real issue is that most people cannot differentiate between "I know it will be bad" and "I've been told it's bad and will uncritically parrot that opinion".
Generally, "review bombing" means leaving a negative review without consuming product to any degree whatsoever.
Someone who watches a movie, decides it sucks 15 minutes in, and leaves a bad review isn't review bombing. Someone who sees that people hate something on Twitter and decides to give it a bad review without knowing anything about it is review bombing.
The Cleopatra thing is borderline. I know for a fact it's racist garbage without needing to see it. The trailers, the creator, the lead actress, they've all let me know just how unwatchably shitty it is. So to watch even five minutes would be unnecessary. I already have all the information I need.
The real issue is that most people cannot differentiate between "I know it will be bad" and "I've been told it's bad and will uncritically parrot that opinion".