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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #80 on: April 26, 2018, 03:40:58 PM »
I don't have anything against it. It's good fun. It's just not The Last Jedi or The Big Short good.
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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #81 on: June 24, 2019, 05:45:12 PM »
Everyone's signature should contain the legend for their color-coded grading system, like:

Legend:  Masterpiece  |  Great  |  Good  |  Poor  |  Awful

I'd like it, anyway.

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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #82 on: June 25, 2019, 06:21:46 AM »
When I clicked to open this thread, I thought DH was back for a moment
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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #83 on: June 25, 2019, 07:43:35 AM »
Everyone's signature should contain the legend for their color-coded grading system, like:

Legend:  Masterpiece  |  Great  |  Good  |  Poor  |  Awful

I'd like it, anyway.

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Done. I kind of wish I had more shades of green to differenciate "Good" for "Fine", because so much of what I watch falls in that limegreen.
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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #84 on: June 25, 2019, 09:43:04 AM »
Everyone's signature should contain the legend for their color-coded grading system, like:

Legend:  Masterpiece  |  Great  |  Good  |  Poor  |  Awful

I'd like it, anyway.

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Not enough room in my signature, unfortunately. I made it work.

sidenote: I was amused to see there's still a place to add your ICQ number in your forum profile. I haven't used ICQ in almost 20 years.
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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #85 on: March 13, 2020, 01:47:19 AM »
Big question to you all: How good are you at sticking with your ratings? I'd really like to know your philosophy on this question, I need perspectives.

Background on why I ask: I do not like rating movies because I feel like life is an of constant and perpetual consciousness-building, so while no version of me may ever see E.T. as anything but a four-star/10 of 10/A+ film*, I can certainly see a version thinking more highly of The Wind Will Carry us, which I just saw and didn't much care for. I've adopted a simplified color coding system because it helps in some list-making, showing where I differentiate when considering groups of films, but anything more just seems like too much of a commitment.



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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #86 on: March 13, 2020, 02:23:29 AM »
I love rating (and ranking) films (and other things), but I also do not fret over a film's perceived "quality". I just rate based on my overall experience. The only issue with it is that it sometimes becomes a parasitic thought: I often find myself going into the final stretch of a film thinking of what my rating would be at this point and how the ending might change it, which I don't love.
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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #87 on: March 13, 2020, 03:39:31 AM »
Big question to you all: How good are you at sticking with your ratings?

I think I'm pretty consistent in how I come up with a rating. I rate the experience of sitting there watching it. Was I engrossed, was I moved, and do I want to watch it again. I've found that films that have a perfect rating after one viewing rarely stay that way. It's the 8's and 9's that occasionally become a 10 and then they seem to maintain that.

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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #88 on: March 13, 2020, 05:11:11 AM »
Sort of consistent, although towards the end of last year I dropped my base rating. I generally rate a film I enjoyed around 75/100, but I have shifted that a little lower to 73/100. Most of my ratings are in the 70s

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Re: Of Grading Movies
« Reply #89 on: March 13, 2020, 10:21:26 AM »
I fret over this way too much. I started out using a 10-point scale. Then I switched to a 100-point scale. Then I switched to text tiers ("Great","Good", etc). Then I switched to a combo of 100-pt and text. Lately I've been wanting to simplify again. Like... there is actually a difference between an 83 and an 87 in my mind, but in the end who really frickin' cares? Does it really matter that I like Film A slightly more than Film B? Or is it enough to just say both are very good? Because yes, I do change ratings with some frequency, so they're all pretty fluid anyway.