Rating movies
by Marcus on May 13, 2008
I rate all movies I see using the 10-grade rating system that most movie websites utilize, and I thought I’d write a small description on how I use the grades, just to get some discussion going. It is, of course, very subjective, and if I look through my voting history on IMDb I’ll probably make a lot of adjustments. Anyway, here goes:
10 – Fantastic movie, personal favorite, high replay value. (Example: Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Fight Club)
9 – Fantastic movie. (Example: RoboCop, Twelve Monkeys)
8 – Great movie. (Example: Gladiator, Batman Begins)
7 – Above average, minor annoyances, but highly enjoyable. (Example: Jarhead, Hard Candy)
6 – Average, some annoyances, but overall enjoyable. (Example: Constantine, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
5 – Below average, not recommendable. (Example: Cars, Deja Vu)
4 – Bad movie, often big movies with horrible scripts. (Example: Fantastic Four, Scary Movie 4)
3 – Horrible. (Example: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Hostel)
2 – Painfully bad, movies that even I could’ve made better. (Example: The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, Eye for Eye)
1 – Inexcusable and not worth even discussing. TV-movies and the likes. (Example: D-War, Epic Movie)
5 comments
How can 5 on a 10 point scale be below average? Unless you believe that the average score you give is 6+ ?
by simon on 13th May at 21:01. #
I don't know, that's just how I've come to use it. Below average should actually be lower since I mainly use 10 for my own personal favorites.
by fookhar on 14th May at 11:48. #
I'd say that 5/10 is actually on the lower end, as there's no real “middle” in a scale of 10 – unless there's actually a 0 included, or the odd 5,5 is introduced :)
by Gnub on 19th May at 15:01. #
RoboCop above Batman Begins, and Jarhead. What the fuck, dude.
by Rasmus on 14th May at 21:06. #
Fuck yes RoboCop above Batman Begins. Batman Begins is a great movie, but RoboCop is the perfect cyberpunk movie, it's a masterpiece in its genre.
by fookhar on 14th May at 22:55. #