Post by skribb on Jul 25, 2017 20:27:42 GMT
10 flawless masterpiece - no movie will ever get this score from me and the 10 score is only there to serve the rating scale as a whole (i know, a bit strange, feel free to change my opinion on this)
9 exceptional - this movie is exactly my style of movie and it's also well-made to boot. but as always there's something off, which makes it receive the score 9 instead of 10
8 great - same as the 9 but a few more flaws in the movie or i didn't enjoy it quite as much
7 good
6 fair
5 mediocre movie in general, or a movie that i really took to heart but didn't find it well-made (i.e if i didn't personally like the movie's themes/story/worldbuilding it could be a 3 or a 4 even)
4 bad movie with redeemable qualities (it could have been a 5 or 6 if it wasn't crappily made)
3 really bad but doesn't deserve my unhinged wrath
2 fuck outta here
1 a movie that gets a 1 from me elicits my unhinged wrath of a thousand remote-controlled, serrated, poop-smeared knives
I really like the scoring system that MobyGames has for game reviews.
This is how I'd want to rate movies as well, but I've settled with making a single number score, where I grade the movie's "quality" and then meld that score with my "personal slant" score, which for me is a very important addition.
example: if a movie contains themes and visuals that I strongly connect to (often philosophical themes & original sci-fi stories or just really unique/bizarre visuals, or plot structure/twists that go against typical dramaturgy such as a protagonist dying without having their "comeuppance" or whatever) I will easily give that movie 2 or 3 more stars.
One recent example is The Void, which was a pretty cool gore movie that had a few off-camera deaths (for a gore movie, this is a cardinal sin!). However, since it was an indie movie backed by crowdfunding, and the very fact that it was a very Lovecraftian movie, the off-camera deaths are forgivable in my mind.
9 exceptional - this movie is exactly my style of movie and it's also well-made to boot. but as always there's something off, which makes it receive the score 9 instead of 10
8 great - same as the 9 but a few more flaws in the movie or i didn't enjoy it quite as much
7 good
6 fair
5 mediocre movie in general, or a movie that i really took to heart but didn't find it well-made (i.e if i didn't personally like the movie's themes/story/worldbuilding it could be a 3 or a 4 even)
4 bad movie with redeemable qualities (it could have been a 5 or 6 if it wasn't crappily made)
3 really bad but doesn't deserve my unhinged wrath
2 fuck outta here
1 a movie that gets a 1 from me elicits my unhinged wrath of a thousand remote-controlled, serrated, poop-smeared knives
I really like the scoring system that MobyGames has for game reviews.
Gameplay
Graphics
Personal Slant (How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes)
Sound / Music
Story / Presentation
Graphics
Personal Slant (How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes)
Sound / Music
Story / Presentation
This is how I'd want to rate movies as well, but I've settled with making a single number score, where I grade the movie's "quality" and then meld that score with my "personal slant" score, which for me is a very important addition.
example: if a movie contains themes and visuals that I strongly connect to (often philosophical themes & original sci-fi stories or just really unique/bizarre visuals, or plot structure/twists that go against typical dramaturgy such as a protagonist dying without having their "comeuppance" or whatever) I will easily give that movie 2 or 3 more stars.
One recent example is The Void, which was a pretty cool gore movie that had a few off-camera deaths (for a gore movie, this is a cardinal sin!). However, since it was an indie movie backed by crowdfunding, and the very fact that it was a very Lovecraftian movie, the off-camera deaths are forgivable in my mind.