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Post by James Bond on Jul 5, 2018 16:04:33 GMT
Someone, I won't say who, thinks Ant-Man and the Wasp is pretty bad but not terrible. Some numbnut, I won't say who, says if a movie's pretty bad, that means it's terrible. Thoughts?
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Post by politicidal on Jul 5, 2018 16:09:56 GMT
I think the former implies that the film (or whatever work) is not without its redeeming qualities. Meanwhile 'Terrible' is what it is.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 5, 2018 16:11:53 GMT
Not a big enough difference to call someone out for it.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 5, 2018 16:50:19 GMT
...bad, terrible...if a movie sucks...it sucks...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 17:01:14 GMT
...bad, terrible...if a movie sucks...it sucks... But bad isn't sucking... Terrible is though. |
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Post by James on Jul 5, 2018 18:32:00 GMT
Pretty bad = 4 or 5 out of 10
Terrible = 3 or below out of 10
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 18:35:34 GMT
Terrible is worse than bad. I can sit through a bad movie but i can`t sit through a terrible movie.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 5, 2018 18:37:00 GMT
Pretty bad is serviceable. C to C-
Terrible is fully unredeemable. D+ or worse.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jul 5, 2018 18:38:03 GMT
It either sucks, or it blows.
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 6, 2018 0:17:22 GMT
I would say there is some difference between 'pretty bad' and 'terrible', as I would probably sum up those two terms in terms of a score about like this...
4/10 = pretty bad. (this is my below average score)
3/10 (and lower) = terrible. (this is my failure(3/10)/boring(2/10)/bottom-of-the-barrel(1/10) ranges)
NOTE: but I would not have a problem with someone saying 3-4/10 is 'pretty bad' and that 1-2/10 is 'terrible'.
but then again, if one wants to keep it simple... once something is in the 'below average' range or worse, it's pretty much crap in a basic sense even though if one wants to get into the details there are some 'crap' that's better than others.
but in a very basic sense movies are ultimately apart of one of the following two categories...
6/10 or higher = Thumbs Up (will re-watch)
5/10 or less = Thumbs Down (won't re-watch(with rare exception))
but with that said... a 5/10 is usually okay enough for a viewing but ultimately forgettable which is why I consider a 5/10 a Thumbs Down because I won't re-watch it and, like I always say, re-watch factor is what ultimately makes or breaks a movie in the long term.
bottom line... I don't think 'pretty bad' or 'terrible' would count for anything in the 5/10 or higher range as it's definitely a 4/10 or less for those two words. NOTE: this assumes one uses a balanced rating scale where average is a 5/10 and then goes up and down fairly evenly from there.
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