Alt-Right Claims Responsibility for Tanking 'The Last Jedi' on Rotten Tomatoes by Complex News

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released last week, and while most critics agree it’s a great movie, its Rotten Tomatoes score was a little wonky. At the time of this writing, the film has a 92 percent on the Tomatometer, which reflects an aggregation of the critics’ overwhelmingly positive reviews. However, the movie’s audience score, which takes into consideration the public consensus of the movie as opined online, is a pretty dismal 54 percent. Of course, The Last Jedi opened to considerable controversy, but even so, such a low audience score clashes with its $200 million box office earnings. Now an alt-right internet group named "Down with Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and Its Fanboys" has claimed responsibility for an organized attack of negative reviews in an attempt to...well, to make the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score low. A moderator for the group readily responded to a message from the HuffPost, and explained that the reason behind the attack stems from a growing dislike of the entire Star Wars franchise, particularly the introduction of more female characters. The moderator believes that men need to be “reinstated as rulers of society.” Subscribe to Complex News for More: http://goo.gl/PJeLOl Watch 'Complex Live' on Go90 here: https://www.go90.com/shows/11cHKK3D2iU Check out more of Complex here: http://www.complex.com https://twitter.com/Complex https://www.facebook.com/complex https://www.instagram.com/complex/ https://plus.google.com/+complex/ COMPLEX is a community of creators and curators, armed with the Internet, committed to surfacing and sharing the voices and conversations that define our new America. Our videos exemplify convergence culture, exploring topics that include music, sneakers, style, sports and pop culture through original shows and Complex News segments. Featuring your favorite celebrities, authoritative commentary, and a unique voice, our videos make culture pop.

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