The first day of the release of the movie saw a great turnout. However

Breaking down our passage, we have:
1. first day had great turnout
2. (but) was disappointing for many
3. (therefore) movie will not succeed.

As the logic is extremely clear, we'll first try to infer our answer, a Precise approach.
To weaken the argument, we need to show that (2) does not imply (3), i.e to break the link between 'disappointment on the first day' and failure. An immediate likely guess is that movie success doesn't depend on how people feel after they see the movie but based on how many arrive to it in the first place. Another way is to say that the first day is somehow significantly different for some reason and therefore not indicative.

Looking at our answers, (D) is exactly our second option and is therefore correct.
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E- Movie goers lay far greater trust on the reviews by movie critiques than on the opinions of the first day movie viewers.

Option E suggests that movie goers may far greater trust on movie critiques, but leaves open the possibility of the critiques finding the movie to be a disappointment as well. We are not provided with any information about the movie critiques and thus this option leaves open a tiny window for counter argument / for the movie to STILL not fare well in terms of viewership.



D- People who go to watch a movie on the first day are movie enthusiasts who are quick to watch new movies but also as quick to disparage them for trivial reasons.

What is meant by this option is that the first day goers may have critiqued the movie as a disappointing one for trivial reasons; thus, the same might not help us make a conclusion about the overall viewership. A majority of people (not the first day goers) may find the movie worth a watch without any complaints (this can be said because of the usage of the word "trivial")

I would choose option D because it doesn't have any gaps that'd need to be filled (and because option E does have one of those)

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The conclusion is based on viewership. Choice D leaves the possibility of the first day disappointed viewers to go and tell other people to not watch it. Choice E eliminates this gap and says that the people generally tend to form their opinions on what the critiques have to say. Yes, It does on the other hand, introduces another gap which is that the critiques are the majority of the people flocking to the theatres on the first day of the release.

I just think the gap in option E is a bigger stretch than the one in option D, hence IMO option E is the correct answer

GMATNinja ? Please help

This is not a good question; this, for example: "Movie goers lay far greater trust on the reviews by movie critiques than on the opinions of the first day movie viewers" is not written in English, so it's hard to even tell if it's a right or wrong answer.

You can't know what a good answer to this question would even be without information about how moviegoers decide which movies to see. We know many first-day viewers didn't like the movie. Does that even matter? Maybe viewers choose movies based on trailers, or newspaper reviews, or the actors in the film, and the opinions of the first-day public are irrelevant. Or maybe viewers choose movies based on the opinions of their eager friends who see movies on opening day. Answer E tells us that movie-goers don't care much about the first-day audience's reaction. So how can E be a wrong answer here? Answer E tells us that all of the evidence used to support the conclusion is irrelevant to that conclusion. Of course E weakens the argument. But D also weakens the argument by suggesting that the first-day reaction to this movie was typical, and might not be shared by later audiences. If we assume that ticket purchases are related to how "disappointing" audiences find a movie (something we have no basis to assume, based on the passage, incidentally), then D tells us that later audiences might like the movie and buy more tickets.

There's no way to pick a right answer to questions with logic this porous.
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Honestly I agree. A youtube influencer(as an example) could have a personal bias against someone in the film or dislike it for another trivial reason. Disparaging them doesn't mean they will not tell their friends(or in this case followers) not to go see the movie.

Could someone explain how to negate A. if The reaction of viewers who watched the movie on the first day will not be available to those who are still to watch the movie then how will people come to know the movie is bad.

Conclusion of the stimulus: Clearly, the movie won’t fare well in terms of viewership.


A- The reaction of viewers who watched the movie on the first day will be available to those who are still to watch the movie. --> If any, strengthens the conclusion --> INCORRECT

B- Among the movies whose first day performers was disappointing, hardly any movie went on to become successful. --> If any, strengthens the conclusion --> INCORRECT

C- People differed in their opinions regarding which part of the movie was most disappointing. --> That they differ on the parts that they dislike do not harm the conclusion that they did not like and that thus the film won't do well. --> INCORRECT

D- People who go to watch a movie on the first day are movie enthusiasts who are quick to watch new movies but also as quick to disparage them for trivial reasons. --> Disqualifies the group that went the first day, saying that they are not representative of the performance of the movie. --> CORRECT

E- Movie goers lay far greater trust on the reviews by movie critiques than on the opinions of the first day movie viewers. --> It could be the case that movie critiques were those that went the first day and have delivered a bad review, so it is not clear whether this weakens the conclusion --> INCORRECT

A- The reaction of viewers who watched the movie on the first day will be available to those who are still to watch the movie.
The reviews would affect the movie goers therefore strengthen the argument

B- Among the movies whose first day performers was disappointing, hardly any movie went on to become successful.
This definitely lends strengthen

C- People differed in their opinions regarding which part of the movie was most disappointing.
This indicates that there are no of disappointing parts which would ultimately lead to the downfall of the movie

D- People who go to watch a movie on the first day are movie enthusiasts who are quick to watch new movies but also as quick to disparage them for trivial reasons.
This definitely weakens since the movie was put dwon for irrelevant which if ignored would provide a great box office hit

E- Movie goers lay far greater trust on the reviews by movie critiques than on the opinions of the first day movie viewers.
There also exists the possibility that the movie critiques can also rate the movie to be bad which would lead to the downfall of the movie

Therefore IMO D