tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post457935056840900110..comments2024-03-04T03:28:33.591-05:00Comments on Tips from Chip: July Movie StatusChip Laryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-34976432692054945492013-08-04T18:28:36.323-04:002013-08-04T18:28:36.323-04:00Yeah, the IMDB ratings have gone completely out of...Yeah, the IMDB ratings have gone completely out of whack. A much more accurate IMDB rating for a film would be achieved if all the the 1 and 10 ratings were ignored and only the 2-9 ones were averaged. Far too many people only vote ones or tens for liking it or not liking it, and then there are all the various fanboys and trolls that purposely create hundreds of accounts just to rate hated/loved movies up or down with ones or tens. <br /><br />As I wrote in my post on the IMDB Top 250: "In the 1998 list the top 4 movies had a rating of 8.4 and by position 28 on the list they were already down to 7.9. A rating of 7.6 got you in the Top 100 and a 7.4 got you in the Top 250. In the 2012 list the top two films had ratings of 9.2, it took an 8.3 to make the Top 100, and at least an 8.0 to even make the Top 250 list."<br /><br />Back in the 90s it was only real movie people who were voting on IMDB. Once it got very popular with general audiences the ratings started climbing through the roof. The sheer number of votes for new movies ensured that they would populate the Top 250 list. I also wrote "In 1998 The Shawshank Redemption had received 9,461 votes. In 2004 it was 135,457. In 2012 it was 881,947."<br /><br />The complete post can be found here (along with a handy 15 Year Weighted IMDB Top 250 tracking sheet of my own creation.)<br /><br />http://www.listsfromchip.blogspot.com/2012/05/14-year-weighted-and-consolidated-imdb.htmlChip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-15525562070435154102013-08-04T18:15:19.389-04:002013-08-04T18:15:19.389-04:00I didn't know about that. Thanks for the link...I didn't know about that. Thanks for the link. I will check it out.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-80355164215303890662013-08-04T17:24:08.535-04:002013-08-04T17:24:08.535-04:00"A 3 star (6 out of 10) rating from me is a G..."A 3 star (6 out of 10) rating from me is a GOOD rating, not a bad one. It means I liked the film, it is better than average"<br /><br />I guess the reason I think differently is because of the ratings system on IMDb. 6 out of 10 on that site is not a good rating. I rarely like anything with 6/10 or below.<br /><br />But I can understand the reasoning behind your own rating system, so its just a different way of looking at it.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-28291206819725204472013-08-04T17:12:27.028-04:002013-08-04T17:12:27.028-04:00Thanks a lot, very helpful!
There's a few of ...Thanks a lot, very helpful! <br />There's a few of those westerns I'm unfamiliar with.<br /><br />I'm taking part in the Letterboxd poll, where you name your top 10 short films, the deadline for entries is August 31st, if you're interested: <br />http://letterboxd.com/ohhimark/list/letterboxd-poll-top-50-short-films-1/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-39163323096346635862013-08-04T16:32:40.280-04:002013-08-04T16:32:40.280-04:00There are over 100 horror films in the list - too ...There are over 100 horror films in the list - too many to transcribe. Here are the 18 short films:<br /><br />An Andalusian Dog<br />The Battle for San Pietro<br />Blonde Cobra<br />A Day in the Country<br />Dog Star Man<br />The Great Train Robbery<br />Hold Me While I'm Naked<br />The House is Black<br />La Jetee<br />Land Without Bread<br />The Mad Masters<br />Meshes of the Afternoon<br />Night and Fog<br />Report<br />Scorpio Rising<br />Sherlock, Jr.<br />A Trip to the Moon<br />Zero for Conduct<br /><br />Many of these are not readily available. If you want to see them I recommend going to the 1,001 Movies wiki I help maintain. It will help you find them.<br /><br />http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die_WikiChip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-85834080238375227862013-08-04T16:23:45.894-04:002013-08-04T16:23:45.894-04:00There's no problem with arguing here. Maybe I...There's no problem with arguing here. Maybe I hadn't considered something that you can point out to me, or vice versa. Part of the reason to visit other blogs is to see the range of opinions on movies.<br /><br />I'm afraid I don't have a tracking sheet with the genres in it. The books have the movies grouped into genres, although some of the choices are questionable and many movies cross multiple genres, of course. I did look at the books to see what they listed for westerns. Here are the 42 entries:<br /><br />The Big Sky<br />Blazing Saddles<br />Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<br />Dances with Wolves<br />Dead Man<br />Destry Rides Again<br />El Topo<br />The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<br />The Good, the Bad, and the Weird<br />The Great Train Robbery<br />Gunfight at the O.K. Corral<br />High Noon<br />High Plains Drifter<br />Hombre<br />Hud<br />Johnny Guitar<br />Little Big Man<br />The Man from Laramie<br />Man of the West<br />The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<br />McCabe and Mrs. Miller<br />My Darling Clementine<br />The Naked Spur<br />Once Upon a Time in the West<br />One-Eyed Jacks<br />The Outlaw Josey Wales<br />The Ox-Bow Incident<br />The Paleface<br />Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid<br />Red River<br />Ride Lonesome<br />Rio Bravo<br />Rio Grande<br />The Searchers<br />Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<br />Shane<br />Silver Lode<br />Stagecoach<br />True Grit (2010)<br />Unforgiven<br />The Wild Bunch<br />Winchester '73<br /><br />In the list, but not included by the book as a western is Brokeback Mountain, although I would call it a western. Some people might also toss in No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. The coming 2013 edition will include Django Unchained, which some might call a western. Director Tarantino called it an "eastern" since most of it takes place east of the Mississippi.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-34830585432921674052013-08-04T16:04:51.452-04:002013-08-04T16:04:51.452-04:00"I feel giving a 7/10 dissuades people from w..."I feel giving a 7/10 dissuades people from watching The Decalogue, rather than encouraging them. To me, it's kind of like 7/10 is saying that The Decalogue is no better than 100 other average shows."<br /><br />If it does dissuade people then that is not the intent; it's actually the opposite. Unlike a lot of voters at sites like IMDB and Netflix, I don't inflate movie ratings towards the upper end of the scale. If you were to look at a graph of my overall ratings it would be an almost perfect bell curve with a high peak in the center and steep dropoffs to the extremes. This occurred without any attempt on my part; I simply find most movies to be in the center range (2.5 - It was okay and 3.0 - recommended). That means my average is in the 5-6 range which is the real average on a 10 point scale, not a 7. A 3 star (6 out of 10) rating from me is a GOOD rating, not a bad one. It means I liked the film, it is better than average, and if it sounds interesting then I recommend it to you, too. A 4 star rating (8 out of 10) is for movies that are great. Unless there is something specific about the movie you hate (i.e. the lead actor) 4 stars means I highly recommend you see it. A 5 star rating (10 out of 10) is reserved for all time classics, or films that had a huge impact on me emotionally and intellectually. Of the more than 6,000 films I have seen I have only given a 5 star rating to 1-2% of them. In a similar manner I have only given a 1 star rating (meaning I hated it) to a small percentage of films. I also have roughly the same number of 2 star ratings (I didn't like it) as I have 4 star ratings. The ones and twos did go a little higher than the fours and fives as a result of watching the 1,001 Movies, since I had already seen the best of the list before I started.<br /><br />So at least at this site, a 3.5 star rating means it is a damn good movie - better than many I recommend. I don't usually mention half star ratings since I try to keep it simple with 3, 4, or 5 star ratings. I specifically mentioned The Decalogue as 3.5 stars to purposely point out it was better than the other highlighted films in this post, even if it wasn't quite as good as the two I singled out with 4 star ratings.<br /><br />"I don't believe in statisically working out the worth of a tv-series, maybe if you did the same for all tv-series, most of them, (not all of them), would have weaker and stronger episodes, and thus end up with an overall score of 7."<br /><br />I agree that that method is not realistic for TV series in general. Because The Decalogue was a limited series of 10 episodes, and because each was a separate entity, unlike a TV show which tells a continuing story, that felt like the best way to arrive at an overall rating in this instance. For regular TV shows I generally rate them season by season. So in this case The Decalogue was the exception, not the rule.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-61947544991037709792013-08-04T13:05:52.210-04:002013-08-04T13:05:52.210-04:00On a side note, so its not all arguing LOL :) Do y...On a side note, so its not all arguing LOL :) Do you have a list anywhere of the westerns included in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die <br /><br />In fact the entire 1001 movies divided into genre categories would be helpful, if you have a link? I'm also interested in horror, short films, film noir, and so on.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-9869018789508185852013-08-04T12:57:19.787-04:002013-08-04T12:57:19.787-04:00Thanks for the explanation, I see you've given...Thanks for the explanation, I see you've given your raing a lot of thought. However I respectfully disagree, I feel giving a 7/10 dissuades people from watching The Decalogue, rather than encouraging them. To me, it's kind of like 7/10 is saying that The Decalogue is no better than 100 other average shows.<br />Also, I don't believe in statisically working out the worth of a tv-series, maybe if you did the same for all tv-series, most of them, (not all of them), would have weaker and stronger episodes, and thus end up with an overall score of 7? <br /><br />But ok you have your way of rating, and I have mine. As you said, none of this is intended to say that I'm right and you're wrongChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-14961838171808735302013-08-02T12:21:29.786-04:002013-08-02T12:21:29.786-04:00"A must-see, and for me it deserves at least ..."A must-see, and for me it deserves at least a 4 out of 5."<br /><br />I can understand and respect that. You're in a lot of good company. I think a majority of people view The Decalogue as a single entity whose sheer scope is staggering when compared to your run of the mill movie that comes out every week. By this view it's easy to see how it gets rated so highly; the scope alone would merit 4 stars, then when you add in the subject matter - something that is very important to hundreds of millions of people - it goes even higher.<br /><br />I'm not a religious person, so the subjects in The Decalogue did not hold any special significance for me going in. And for whatever reason I've always viewed it as a TV mini-series of 10 separate, unconnected episodes, not a single entity. Like all TV shows, some episodes work and some don't. <br /><br />For me, I felt The Decalogue started kind of weak, but finished strong. Only one of the first five episodes would I give a 4 star rating to (Ep 4 - Honor thy father and mother). In the second five, though, I would give 4 star ratings to Ep 6 - Thou shalt not commit adultery and Ep 8 - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. And I would give a 4.5 star rating to Ep 7 - Thou shalt not steal. Unfortunately, episodes 2, 3, and 9 (taking the name of God in vain, Keeping the sabbath holy, and coveting thy neighbor's wife) I felt were the weakest and balance off the three 4 star ratings with three 2 star ratings of their own. <br /><br />That leaves the ones the middle: Ep 1: have no other god - which I mostly liked except for the manipulative ending; Ep 5: thou shalt not kill - which was well done, but which I've seen versions of the same story many times before; and Ep 10: coveting thy neighbor's possessions - which I thought was good, but not great.<br /><br />So to rate it as a single entity I averaged the ten individual ratings and came out around a 3.5, rather than taking a step back and viewing it as one whole effort.<br /><br />Please note that none of this is intended to say that I'm right and you're wrong. It's simply to explain my thought processes that resulted in a 3.5 rating from me.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-35214332293063447372013-08-02T06:06:12.917-04:002013-08-02T06:06:12.917-04:00No shame in being a little burnt out from completi...No shame in being a little burnt out from completing the 1001 movies list, you deserved a break :)<br />While I can agree that certain episodes are better than others, I disagree with your overall verdict of 3.5 (or a rating of 7) for The Decalogue (1989), to me way above average TV. A must-see, and for me it deserves at least a 4 out of 5.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-36089869150146984932013-08-01T13:49:26.460-04:002013-08-01T13:49:26.460-04:00Thanks. If you get a chance, please let me know w...Thanks. If you get a chance, please let me know what you thought of it.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-68875014019067952122013-08-01T12:00:38.593-04:002013-08-01T12:00:38.593-04:00Hi I thought of you the other day. I found 'Da...Hi I thought of you the other day. I found 'Das Boot' on Amazon Prime. I'm going to watch it.msmariahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486729990673366769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-74112074416916279982013-08-01T07:53:20.585-04:002013-08-01T07:53:20.585-04:00Hi,
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