Worst Movie Ever
There, I've gone and done it, I've finally joined the mass ranks and started the single most nauseatingly redundant IMDB message thread ever. Do I actually think this is the worst movie ever? Nope, not a chance, that would sort of mean it was the best at something, which is too kind. I had to resort to this because apparently this sort of inane comment is OK, but stating that the people making this movie are obviously planting fake reviews and stacking the ratings isnt.
So for all the administrators and slices schleps, lets sit down for story time, shall we? Humans have always been inventive creatures when it comes to the truth, and the simple explanation is that lies work... to a point. Its also true that repeditive lying hurts your credibility, which can lead to them not working. It's pretty much a gamble here, you might get what you want, but the caveat is that you might not. IMDB administrators have taken that caveat away and basically made no penalty for lying when you take away honest user input. Your site looses credibility when you censor needlessly. I understand you cant really stop people involved from BS'ing, but you can let the rest of us call them out for it. Why should people keep coming here if the ratings and reviews have no bearing on the films actual quality? Seems to me you need to pick if you're an honest ratings site or just another slanted publicity tool for people in the industry.
Slices folks, if you would have just been honest and touted this as your fledgling effort (none of you have written, directed, or acted before, come on this isnt Citizen Kane) instead of a masterpiece you would have probably gotten a much more favorable reception. People dont like to be so overtly shammed. Creating these absurd 10/10 ratings and reviews are what makes some of us angry after we've just been tricked into seeing your movie. Being dishonest might get more people to see your movie, but is that your end goal? You got me to see it, and here I am running my big mouth about just how bad it is and how shady and disgusting you guys are, was that what you were going for? All publicity isnt necessarily good publicity. I have nothing wrong with bad movies, or movies where people are just learning, take Beer Drinkers in Space for instance. BDiS is pretty analogous to the camera work, acting, script and character development and overall look and feel to Slices, but I actually didnt feel cheated after I saw it. Why? Because it was labeled as a bunch of studio employees on their off time making a stupid movie while really drunk. And thats exactly what it was, and it was more enjoyable to watch than Slices because you can tell the actors are actually having fun(and really drunk). One thing going for you is better than nothing, and you guys are in the negative now.
This movie is not worth watching, it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. We've seen the horror anthology done to death (at least beer drinkers in space was original) and I cant think of one that does it worse than you guys. If you do keep trying (although I would really discourage it at this point) my advice would be that next time you put out a turkey, dont poop on a plate and tell us its potroast ;)
Heck, some people are into poop, you might even get some true fans if you sell it honestly.