Post by mslo79 on Oct 28, 2019 6:12:09 GMT
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Fair enough. but using the 1 through 10 rating scale is pretty easy once you get the hang of things and have seen at least a moderate amount of movies. although I can see for someone first starting out who's not seen many movies, using that scale might be tricky at first since you don't have much to gauge things against. but eventually things will smooth out as you begin to see the gems from just-another-movie sort of thing etc.
I never understood that mindset of 'no movie is perfect' etc.
because I think it boils down to this... a 10/10 goes to a movie you enjoy as much as you can possibly enjoy a movie (like when you look at ALL movies you have seen you can tell there are some that stand out at the very top and then things scale back from there to 9's to 8's to 7's and so on) and a 1/10 is pretty much something that really stands out for you in a negative way (which barely anything is THAT bad for me) and then things scale up and down fairly evenly from there and I use a 5/10 as middle-of-the-road/average.
I basically agree here because what's good and what's not will vary from person to person.
If you score like myself, and I assume many others, it should get things across pretty well as I rate movies based on how much I enjoy them. the higher the score, the more I enjoy it and the lower the score the less I enjoy it. it's not rocket science...
10 = As much as I can enjoy a movie.
9 = Nearly as much as I can enjoy a movie.
8 = Well Above Average.
7 = Above Average. (My Favorite Movies begin here)
6 = Slightly Above Average. (My minimum score to re-watch a movie)
5 = Average (Thumbs Down) (while ultimately a negative score, they typically don't waste my time)
4 = Below Average.
3 = Failure. (I generally finished watching these but they are just bad)
2 = Boring. (I could not finish watching due to boredom and boring is pretty much the worst crime a movie can commit)
1 = Greatly Dislike. (very little I have seen is THIS bad)
it seems quite a few around here are in that general ball park as while I have seen others word theirs a bit differently they mean pretty much the same thing, but some have some variations but the way I see it, one can't vary much off from what I just said there otherwise someones scale would be skewed a bit too high or too low.
but basically... using my descriptions as a rough guideline, it's not difficult to tell where a movie places after you have seen it as it's ultimately some sort of feeling/emotional response I get from a movie and, since I have seen plenty of movies already (i.e. 2.275+ total), I can pretty much tell where to rate a movie after I see it.
just some thoughts and thanks for your time
NOTE: most movies I have seen are a 5/10 as while I give about 80% of movies I have seen a Thumbs Down, so it looks like a dislike a lot of movies I see, it's not as bad as it looks because I would say the majority of movies I have seen are at least decent enough not to have wasted my time, it's just that since I ultimately judge movies based on whether I want to re-watch them or not, then in this regard only about 20% of everything I have seen is worth re-watching once in a while etc.
I guess I'm not good with the scale. I actually find it easier to explain the gist of my thoughts with words.
Fair enough. but using the 1 through 10 rating scale is pretty easy once you get the hang of things and have seen at least a moderate amount of movies. although I can see for someone first starting out who's not seen many movies, using that scale might be tricky at first since you don't have much to gauge things against. but eventually things will smooth out as you begin to see the gems from just-another-movie sort of thing etc.
I guess I don't believe in 10 and 0's either. No film is perfect and literally anything is more than nothing.
I never understood that mindset of 'no movie is perfect' etc.
because I think it boils down to this... a 10/10 goes to a movie you enjoy as much as you can possibly enjoy a movie (like when you look at ALL movies you have seen you can tell there are some that stand out at the very top and then things scale back from there to 9's to 8's to 7's and so on) and a 1/10 is pretty much something that really stands out for you in a negative way (which barely anything is THAT bad for me) and then things scale up and down fairly evenly from there and I use a 5/10 as middle-of-the-road/average.
Even when I don't like movies, I never tell people don't watch them. I always say listen to people when they recommend something but take it with a grain of salt when they say don't bother.
I basically agree here because what's good and what's not will vary from person to person.
I just don't think a number will represent what I think well, even if I chose it.
If you score like myself, and I assume many others, it should get things across pretty well as I rate movies based on how much I enjoy them. the higher the score, the more I enjoy it and the lower the score the less I enjoy it. it's not rocket science...
10 = As much as I can enjoy a movie.
9 = Nearly as much as I can enjoy a movie.
8 = Well Above Average.
7 = Above Average. (My Favorite Movies begin here)
6 = Slightly Above Average. (My minimum score to re-watch a movie)
5 = Average (Thumbs Down) (while ultimately a negative score, they typically don't waste my time)
4 = Below Average.
3 = Failure. (I generally finished watching these but they are just bad)
2 = Boring. (I could not finish watching due to boredom and boring is pretty much the worst crime a movie can commit)
1 = Greatly Dislike. (very little I have seen is THIS bad)
it seems quite a few around here are in that general ball park as while I have seen others word theirs a bit differently they mean pretty much the same thing, but some have some variations but the way I see it, one can't vary much off from what I just said there otherwise someones scale would be skewed a bit too high or too low.
but basically... using my descriptions as a rough guideline, it's not difficult to tell where a movie places after you have seen it as it's ultimately some sort of feeling/emotional response I get from a movie and, since I have seen plenty of movies already (i.e. 2.275+ total), I can pretty much tell where to rate a movie after I see it.
just some thoughts and thanks for your time
NOTE: most movies I have seen are a 5/10 as while I give about 80% of movies I have seen a Thumbs Down, so it looks like a dislike a lot of movies I see, it's not as bad as it looks because I would say the majority of movies I have seen are at least decent enough not to have wasted my time, it's just that since I ultimately judge movies based on whether I want to re-watch them or not, then in this regard only about 20% of everything I have seen is worth re-watching once in a while etc.