Why is it that when check out, say, the Iron Man photo page on IMDb, 47 of the 48 photos I’m initially presented are of celebrities on the red carpet at the premiere? Only ten of the first 96 photos have anything to do with the film itself. I like Donald Faison as much as anyone else, but I have no damned clue why his picture gets a prominent place on Iron Man‘s page. Or how 16% of the photos associated with X-Men Origins: Wolverine are of Halle Berry, who isn’t even in the film.
Or why does their “movie and news” section largely involve actor gossip? As I’m writing this the top story is about a charity cricket match that some actors participated in. A couple stories down is a tidbit this movie fan couldn’t live without: Ginnifer Goodwin told People magazine that she lies about her love life in order to throw people off from the truth. And then People runs the story. And then IMDb regurgitates it.
For a site called Internet Movie Database, it sure comes off as an extension of People magazine or E! more often than not.
Bleh, sometimes I really, really hate that IMDb is the best resource for objective information about projects, because it’s clear that films and television shows are the last things on the company’s mind.
