How To Rate Movies 

I think it is difficult to rate a movie without any kind of emotional attachment, but omitting a category for enjoyability must help. This is the difference between favour (subjective); and greatness (objective)

Great video! For me it’s: 10 = Masterpiece 9 = Amaziing 8 = Great 7 = Good 6 = Okay 5 = Meh 4 = Bad 3 = Awful 2 = Terrible 1 = Disaster

I really liked the perspective you offered about not being afraid to give movies fives. A lot of the time I end up dismissing movies as bad if they're not great and you make really good points about it being a gradient and it not being great but a 4-6 rating is a really natural place for a lot of movies to end up at.

I agree! Rates are good for quick communication, and you can expand on that with arguments. I also prefer the clean 1 to 10 scale. Pitchfork goes hardcore by adding decimals 😅

The fact that you have last Boy Scout in the background got you a sub I love old movies and this one is underrated af loved it

My Rating System: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ = Something that I think is worth a 5 star rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 = Something that I think is worth a 4 and a half star rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ = Something that I think is worth a 4 star rating ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 = Something that I think is worth a 3 and a half star rating ⭐⭐⭐ = Something that I think is worth a 3 star rating ⭐⭐ 1/2 = Something that I think is worth a 2 and a half star rating ⭐⭐ = Something that I think is worth a 2 star rating ⭐ 1/2 = Something that I think is worth a 1 and a half star rating ⭐ = Something that I think is worth a 1 star rating 1/2 = Something that I think is worth a half-star rating

When I talk about movies, shows, books, games, etc, to my friends. I just put them into tiers: Tier 6: Dogsh*t(don't watch) Tier 5: Forgettable(had decent ideas but failed as a whole) Tier 4: Mixed(might be worth seeing, but wouldn't recommend to others or hype it up) Tier 3: Solid(worth checking out, probably better if you're already into that particular genre) Tier 2: Spectacular(definitely worth seeing, resonates with me) Tier 1: Iconic(hit me deep down, and most likely inspirational to me, whether it comes down to writing fiction or my personal approach to life like specific mindsets, interests, or hobbies)

When you can watch a movie multiple times and never get bored of it, that's when you know it's a ten. For me that movie is Joker and Gladiator.

I recently started rating movies and I realized my ratings are flawed as I easily gets influenced from imdb ratings and other online reviewers. I was searching for a video on how to rate a movie efficiently and I think this video is the best. I appreciate it so much. I would love if you can make a video on giving examples on movies that are flawed in some ways and explanation on how to find flaws. Like what is missing in Die Hard 2 that you think it's not 10, but 8/9.

Great video!

I liked hearing about how your rating system is done, mine is sorta similar but allows me to categorize a film, on being amazing to terrible in technicality, while leaving space to be specific with how I felt about it. for me 8-10 is classics, 10 beings films with a profound impact on me, while 9 being maybe just as good but didn't reach that personal spark you'd need for a 10. 8 out of 10 is meaning I enjoyed it quite a fair amount and think the work in it is stellar, but there wasn't any peak of major enjoyment for me that stretches it into the higher scores. 5-7 are more run-of-the-mill movies, and the rating of 5 to 7 is purely on enjoyment, and allows a 7 being something I'd still recommend while it's being a newer film. while 2-4 are films are what I'd consider bad. the twist is usally a bad film that I give a 4, I usually enjoy more then the run of the mill films I give a 5. but this all really allows me to to add an extra layer on my rating system, so when looking back at it I cant really know what a number means. and for what 1 means, well... I try not to go there. In short I usually decide to rate a film on the 3 categories of technicality, then choose one of the three rating all based on how I felt.

Great video!! Do you have a letterboxd account where you rate movies or other specific website? I would love to follow you and read your views.

Wolf of wall street and John carpenters the thing, they live and Halloween. Are all 10 out of 10s for me and nightmare on elm street 2 , TMNT 3 and on her majesty's secret service will always be 1s for me

Your point "You should grade a lot of movies as 5s" is flawed. In order not to waste my time, I avoid mediocre or terrible movies. Usually, my established rule-of-thumb is, if it has less than 7 stars on IMDb, I'm not gonna watch it, unless it is controversial (i.e., probably a lot of unjustified downvotes) or a cult classic, ...or I'm just in the mood for something trashy to "cleanse my palate". Hence, most of the ratings I give are 6s to 9s, with 7 being most common.