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Post by 博: Dr.BLΔD€ :锯 on Oct 27, 2019 17:51:25 GMT
You know....you're close to buying a dvd you've never seen
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are contemplating parting with your hard-earned wonga to catch a current flick at the local Bijou.
iI you're one of those folk who check viewer ratings on IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes or whoever.com.....how much does the rating influence your decision on whether or not you will pursue said film?
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Post by jamesbamesy on Oct 27, 2019 17:54:05 GMT
5/10. It could go either way, but I tend to see it and evaluate for myself.
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Post by rogerthat on Oct 27, 2019 19:17:35 GMT
It depends on the genre as I find horror generally gets lower ratings and I will still watch it.
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Post by biker1 on Oct 27, 2019 19:29:30 GMT
It depends on the genre as I find horror generally gets lower ratings and I will still watch it. could be... I've found that 5/10 for a horror on imdb is usually a watchable threshold. If it's non genre, like a recent drama, a 5/10 on that site would suggest missable.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 27, 2019 19:50:04 GMT
Depends on my excitement.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 27, 2019 20:43:39 GMT
5/10. It depends on how anticipated I am. Sometimes, I watch a movie knowing it's going to be a turkey, but I'll watch it anyway so the score is irrelevant to me. If some movie I'm really interested and gets a low or high score, my interest piques.
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Post by gw on Oct 27, 2019 22:19:18 GMT
It varies depending on how interested I am in the movie based on what I've seen in the trailer and several other factors. If it's animated and the rating is above an eight out of ten that probably means that it's catering to mainstream tastes and that's true even if it has less than a thousand ratings. I've noticed that as the art style of animated films has improved that old films tend to get lower ratings. For a while I've digitally rented films since Netflix DVD has reduced their selection and I don't often like films enough to buy them blind.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 27, 2019 22:22:40 GMT
How other people rate something have no influence on me at all.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 27, 2019 23:30:10 GMT
6/10
It really depends on how good or bad a movie is rated. If it is a movie I really want to see or really have no interest in seeing than the rating won't matter, unless the movie I have no interest in gets extremely great ratings across the board. That is enough to make me curious.
There are many movies where I wished I had listened to the ratings and there are many I am glad I didn't.
I had no interest in Moonlight for example until it got praised across the board and in this case and many cases like it the ratings did me a great service. There are many good movies I might have never watched it not for the ratings.
Ratings are very useful whether people want to admit it or not. I mean if it wasn't for the critical praise of all the movies in the past we wouldn't even know where to begin with what movies to put at the top of our watchlists.
Ratings are great for Indie movies that very few people would even have heard of or notice if it wasn't for the ratings.
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Post by ck100 on Oct 27, 2019 23:32:55 GMT
Maybe a 7.
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Post by hi224 on Oct 27, 2019 23:36:37 GMT
pretty often actually.
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 28, 2019 1:28:38 GMT
The only time a movies rating might legitimately influence me, in terms of seeing it or not seeing it, is if I am on the edge of seeing or not seeing a movie at which point outside sources (like IMDb etc) could sway me for or against seeing a movie. but in general some movies I just won't see no matter how much praise or dissed they are and some movies, even if they get dissed, ill probably still see it.
because after you have seen plenty of movies you can pretty much tell which ones you want to see and which ones you generally want to skip. although I am sure there are occasions were I did not see a movie to where if I did I might have liked it etc and every now and then ill see something and get burned to where it's quite weak but I think that's just the way things are as we can't watch everything so we will have to be selective on what we see on some level no matter what and we can't always watch solid movies as it's almost like one has to see some level of crap to get a good grasp on things (like from crap/below average/average/above average/great and the like) which helps them rate movies better.
I did not vote in the topic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2019 1:49:57 GMT
Zero. It's interesting to look at. One of the first things I did when I found IMDb before I signed up was look at ratings. It was for fun, like guessing which had a higher rating, Fight Club or American History X. That kind of thing. It's interesting to get an idea for a ballpark, but a film would have to be pretty high or pretty low to be interesting. If a movie's trailer didn't even inspire me to give it a second though, but it has an 8 or higher on IMDb, that's oddly intriguing. Likewise if it looks like a Oscar bait and it's in the 5' or 6's. A different kind of truth is told about the movie then.
It's all subjective though. It's all just stuff to think about. If I look at a rating before I watch a movie, then I'll know if it's wrong or not. Ultimately, I don't rate movies with numbers and ratings like 3 stars or thumbs up mean nothing to me. Generally speaking, I'll trust people when they say a movie is good, but not when they say a movie is bad. If someone says it's not worth your time, watch it anyways. You don't want to miss what could be your favorite movie because some schmuck thinks it wasn't good. That'd be pretty dumb.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 28, 2019 3:53:04 GMT
3/10
If it's a movie I'd been homeworking months out, like the upcoming The Lighthouse, a rating could be very poor & I'd still check it out myself.
Ratings are more often deciders for films I wasn't ever really intending to watch, which trusted reviewers say give a strong consideration for.
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 28, 2019 4:52:18 GMT
@cat
Those have to mean at least something otherwise how do you get the gist of your opinion across without say a 1-10 rating scale or say a 4 or 5 star rating system?
because surely you can pretty much sum up your thoughts/feelings on a movie by giving it a score as that's what I do and I think it's pretty accurate once you know how to use that scale well, which should not be difficult for someone who's seen plenty of movies like I assume most of us around here have.
The problem is... I suspect too many people are a little too positive on a movie that they will probably forget about soon after which tells me what they really thought of it (i.e. it's worse for them than they said it is). then on the flip side I suspect some people dis a movie a bit too much to where they will say it was bad or crap (and the like) even though it was about average for them as you just can't trust many peoples opinions due to that info as you would need a little more info from these people to see what they truly think of it. because one very basic question for me I would ask a typical person who's viewed a movie is... "Would you see this movie from time to time as the years pass or not?" ; because their answer to that question would tell me all I need to know in a very basic sense. because a "yes" means the movie is more enjoyable for them and a "no" means it's pretty much forgettable.
but another thing... I would tend to give more weight to a persons opinion on someone who's seen at least a moderate amount of movies vs that kind of person who see's a small amount of movies as I suspect those who have seen a smaller amount of movies could easily be more impressed than someone who's seen at least a moderate amount. but on the flip side, those who don't see much movies might indicate they ain't much of a movie kind of person in general.
because when I boil down movies in a very basic sense they are ultimately one of two categories in my mind (this speaks volumes for me in that it separates the movies of any real worth from everything else for that viewer)...
A)Movies ill re-watch here and there as the years pass. (i.e. Thumbs Up)
B)Movies I won't re-watch here and there as the years pass. (i.e. Thumbs Down)
but even if I give a movie a Thumbs Down... it could still mean the movie was okay enough for a viewing, but is ultimately forgettable. but since these types of movies (which account for many I have seen) have no re-watch value, it's ultimately forgettable for me which means Thumbs Down. only around 1 out of every 5 movies I have seen over the long term is Thumbs Up status.
also, I guess it depends on what they mean when they call a movie "bad" as I suspect some people are quick to call a movie "bad" even if it's average or so.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2019 5:43:07 GMT
@cat Those have to mean at least something otherwise how do you get the gist of your opinion across without say a 1-10 rating scale or say a 4 or 5 star rating system? because surely you can pretty much sum up your thoughts/feelings on a movie by giving it a score as that's what I do and I think it's pretty accurate once you know how to use that scale well, which should not be difficult for someone who's seen plenty of movies like I assume most of us around here have. The problem is... I suspect too many people are a little too positive on a movie that they will probably forget about soon after which tells me what they really thought of it (i.e. it's worse for them than they said it is). then on the flip side I suspect some people dis a movie a bit too much to where they will say it was bad or crap (and the like) even though it was about average for them as you just can't trust many peoples opinions due to that info as you would need a little more info from these people to see what they truly think of it. because one very basic question for me I would ask a typical person who's viewed a movie is... "Would you see this movie from time to time as the years pass or not?" ; because their answer to that question would tell me all I need to know in a very basic sense. because a "yes" means the movie is more enjoyable for them and a "no" means it's pretty much forgettable. but another thing... I would tend to give more weight to a persons opinion on someone who's seen at least a moderate amount of movies vs that kind of person who see's a small amount of movies as I suspect those who have seen a smaller amount of movies could easily be more impressed than someone who's seen at least a moderate amount. but on the flip side, those who don't see much movies might indicate they ain't much of a movie kind of person in general. because when I boil down movies in a very basic sense they are ultimately one of two categories in my mind (this speaks volumes for me in that it separates the movies of any real worth from everything else for that viewer)... A)Movies ill re-watch here and there as the years pass. (i.e. Thumbs Up) B)Movies I won't re-watch here and there as the years pass. (i.e. Thumbs Down) but even if I give a movie a Thumbs Down... it could still mean the movie was okay enough for a viewing, but is ultimately forgettable. but since these types of movies (which account for many I have seen) have no re-watch value, it's ultimately forgettable for me which means Thumbs Down. only around 1 out of every 5 movies I have seen over the long term is Thumbs Up status. also, I guess it depends on what they mean when they call a movie "bad" as I suspect some people are quick to call a movie "bad" even if it's average or so. I guess I'm not good with the scale. I actually find it easier to explain the gist of my thoughts with words. It's lengthier but it's easier than arriving at a number. I guess I don't believe in 10 and 0's either. No film is perfect and literally anything is more than nothing.
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 try to be honest and I'm usually more open about films I like than films I don't. I've seen plenty of films but I've not seen plenty more. I just don't think a number will represent what I think well, even if I chose it.
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 28, 2019 6:12:09 GMT
@cat 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. |
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