That was something I liked about Roger Ebert’s reviews. For example, he’d give three stars to the teenagers-go-to-prom film but only two stars to the serious nineteenth-century costume drama based on an Edith Wharton novel. People would write in and ask why the serious film only got two stars, while the frivolous one got three? He would explain that he wasn’t comparing the two to each other, but was comparing the prom film of the season to others of its type and the costume drama to others of its type.
If you hate pineapple on pizza, you probably should not order a hawaiian pizza and therefore shouldn’t be reviewing a store’s hawaiian pizza.
Now, if they randomly put pineapple on their house pizza, and didn’t tell you what was on the house pizza… well, you still probably should have asked before ordering, but that’s more legit.
(also, you’re totally wrong. Pineapple on pizza is delicious. )
As far as the Michael Bay film, you should rate a film for what it is. An action film is going to have lots of explosions and hot women. You could still rate it poorly for having a bad plot and dialogue, but the plot doesn’t have to be on the level of a Poirot film. But if you’re rating down an action movie just because you don’t like action movies, maybe stop going to see movies you know you won’t like?
(That said, I agree with you on the Michael Bay films. They may be action movies, but I don’t think they are good action movies).
Pineapple and ham on pizza is delicious. Salty + sweet is the desired flavor profile. Like bacon wrapped scallops or prosciutto wrapped melon. Just pineapple would be an abomination.
Thank you. I don’t cook much. When I look for recipes, I look for highly rated and with ingredients that I’ll either use in one or two meals or keep on hand. I find one with a great rating only to see that that half the reviewers have “dressed up” the recipe with half dozen ingredients I either don’t like (peppers, mushrooms) or don’t have on hand and would use only a fraction of (white wine, certain spices).
Some people seem to feel obligated to review everything whether they should or not. I heartily agree that pineapple has no place on pizza so I don’t review Hawaiian pizza. The other not-really-required review that I often see goes “Well, I haven’t actually tried to use the product yet but I got a spammy email from the vendor asking me to review it and, um, it looks like it would work. 5 stars!”
As already answered, don’t order and review the pineapple pizza, then. Why would you? That should be pretty obvious. What good does your review do me? For example, I love stuff like liver and onions, menudo (tripe), blood sausage, etc. A lot of people think that stuff is gross. Fine. But if I’m looking for a review of a place’s menudo and you don’t like tripe a) why would you order it in the first place and b) why would I give any weight to your opinion, if it’s just “oooo, tripe is gross. So yuck!” I want somebody who knows what menudo is and who likes it to review it fairly based on their experience with menudo.
Pineapple Poisoned Pizza will always get 0 stars. Fruit should NOT be warm, or on pizza. I rate all of you who like pineapple on pizza 0 stars. In fact, I may have to home invade you all to remove any stars you may have previously gotten for something else.
This review itself has been Zagat rated at 75 stars.
There’s been a couple of popular paranormal romance series and other stuff along those lines that have been adapted into comic books (whether Western- or manga-style). The reviews always have a ton of one-star reviews saying “I saw the description said it was a graphic novel / manga, but I didn’t know it meant this was a COMIC BOOK! One star!”
I love pineapple (just now finished the last of a fresh one). I love pizza (many kinds).
I don’t love pineapple on pizza. To me it makes as much sense as raisins, cashew nuts, or maple syrup on pizza (all of which I like in appropriate context).
But if you like “Hawaiian” pizza, fine - de gustibus and all. You won’t have to sort through any reviews I’ll give, because I don’t know how such a thing should taste.
IOW, a reviewer should have some claim to know good from bad and right from wrong with regard to the thing being reviewed.
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