This is a really cool use case - something that everyone can use in their everyday (or at least in their weekend) life. I am like you - who trusts "friends" opinion more than the critics before watching a movie.
Thanks for doing this and taking time to document the entire process. Looking forward to the next rev.
Interesting project. I like the idea of using sentiment to quantify movie ratings. This is specially helpful at film festivals and for foreign films where there are very few critic ratings available. I can see Netflix/Amazon Prime using something like this extensively to gauge interest in their original TV programming.
Thanks for doing this and taking time to document the entire process. Looking forward to the next rev.