Saturday, September 15, 2012

Rating System Change

I've decided to change up the rating system a bit. Ron Perlman heads can really only tell you so much, and seem kind of arbitrary. I think this new review system will give you a better idea as to whether a movie is worth seeing or not. In addition, it should give you an idea as to where or how you'd want to watch it. Or it could be just as useless.

So here's how the new rating system works. Based on the movie, I (through previous rating method Ron Perlman) will give it one of the following ratings:

  • Theater It - The movie is so good, you should see it/have seen it when it was in theaters. Since a movie ticket usually ranges about $15, and you'll ultimately be taking out a small loan to take more than 2 people and even think about buying something from the snack bar, this is about the best rating a movie can get.
  • Buy It - The movie is damn good. Maybe not good enough to see at a theater, but good enough you'll want to watch it more than a few times. Also, there's the potential for awesome special features that you might miss out on by just renting it.
  • Redbox It - The movie is good, but not good enough to drop $20+ on. It's still good enough to throw a few bucks at and make a trip out to get it. (Note: you don't necessarily need to rent the movie from Redbox, but it's recognizable enough, and seems cooler than "Rent It").
  • Netflix It - The movie was OK, but not worth any real extra effort to see. So what if it came out on DVD 3 months ago, you didn't really miss anything by waiting.
  • TV It - It's Saturday, there's nothing on TV, and you don't have Netflix (what's wrong with you?). If this movie suddenly came on as the Saturday Matinee Watch Today Cuz It's OK on whatever channel you stopped on, go ahead and watch it. Even edited, you won't lose enough for it to really matter.
  • F#$k It - Should be obvious. If someone came up to me on the street and said "What do you think about Movie X?", my reply would resemble "That movie? Fuck that movie."

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