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ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

For sure. Probably my favorite movie.

moviefreakedmind said:

That’s why you just need to say, “I like the movie because . . .” or “I didn’t like the movie because . . .”

That way we actually know your opinion on the movies you’ve watched.

Yep. Star ratings usually say nothing at all.

I give this post ★★★★★ out of ★★★★★.

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Possessed said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

For sure. Probably my favorite movie.

moviefreakedmind said:

That’s why you just need to say, “I like the movie because . . .” or “I didn’t like the movie because . . .”

That way we actually know your opinion on the movies you’ve watched.

Yep. Star ratings usually say nothing at all.

I give this post ★★★★★ out of ★★★★★.

Ha! 😄

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Possessed said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

For sure. Probably my favorite movie.

moviefreakedmind said:

That’s why you just need to say, “I like the movie because . . .” or “I didn’t like the movie because . . .”

That way we actually know your opinion on the movies you’ve watched.

Yep. Star ratings usually say nothing at all.

I give this post ★★★★★ out of ★★★★★.

Personally I’d give it a ★★★★ out of ★★★★.

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I guess I like being able to say how much I liked the movie in a concise and simple manner. It’s not meant to be a precise mathematical representation, just a general ‘how much I liked it’ and I’m sorry that I obviously think differently than you guys do. I suppose I’ll be less lazy and just do a short review in the future.

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SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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Dek Rollins said:

I guess I like being able to say how much I liked the movie in a concise and simple manner. It’s not meant to be a precise mathematical representation, just a general ‘how much I liked it’ and I’m sorry that I obviously think differently than you guys do. I suppose I’ll be less lazy and just do a short review in the future.

How about, “I liked it a lot,” “It was technically good, but overall not one of my favorites,” “I hated it!” “I loved it,” or “This is one of my favorites.” Very concise, easy to understand, and probably quicker than typing out the star ratings.

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ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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moviefreakedmind said:

Dek Rollins said:

I guess I like being able to say how much I liked the movie in a concise and simple manner. It’s not meant to be a precise mathematical representation, just a general ‘how much I liked it’ and I’m sorry that I obviously think differently than you guys do. I suppose I’ll be less lazy and just do a short review in the future.

How about, “I liked it a lot,” “It was technically good, but overall not one of my favorites,” “I hated it!” “I loved it,” or “This is one of my favorites.” Very concise, easy to understand, and probably quicker than typing out the star ratings.

That’s pretty much what I meant in the quoted post.

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

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Biggs in ANH edit idea
ROTJ opening edit idea

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The acting was (largely though not completely) melodramatic, which annoyed me. It was certainly a product of the time, and I’m glad it is, but I guess some of the more excessive products of the 1930s just aren’t for me, such as over the top acting and haphazard editing and pacing.

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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I’ve seen many people list Bride of Frankenstein as their favorite movie. You gave one of my favorite movies a 3 star rating, Lord of the Flies, and gave a really low score to it’s Rob Reiner remake, which I also like. I have some childhood nostalgia for both since I saw them young, but I think they’re both great. I don’t usually see the point of arguing as to why someone shouldn’t love a movie. That’s why I just resort to saying, “I’m right. You’re wrong.” 😉

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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Wow, a 16/16.

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Essentially everything bad about Lynch’s Dune is a direct result of studio mandates to condense the story into a 136-minute runtime. Except for the depiction of the baron. That’s 100% Lynch’s fault.

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moviefreakedmind said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Wow, a 16/16.

It’s twice as good as an 8-ball movie.

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TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Wow, a 16/16.

It’s twice as good as an 8-ball movie.

Can you give me the backstory to the whole rating things by balls?

The Person in Question

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moviefreakedmind said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Wow, a 16/16.

He had 16 positive bullet points!

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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moviefreakedmind said:

I’ve seen many people list Bride of Frankenstein as their favorite movie. You gave one of my favorite movies a 3 star rating, Lord of the Flies,

I gave the exact reasons for the missing star. The namesake of the picture is brushed over in a ten second shot that had no purpose.

and gave a really low score to it’s Rob Reiner remake, which I also like.

This I really don’t understand. The acting was almost painful. I will admit that there were moments that I enjoyed.

I have some childhood nostalgia for both since I saw them young, but I think they’re both great. I don’t usually see the point of arguing as to why someone shouldn’t love a movie. That’s why I just resort to saying, “I’m right. You’re wrong.” 😉

That’s why I’m doing both right now. 😛

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

Essentially everything bad about Lynch’s Dune is a direct result of studio mandates to condense the story into a 136-minute runtime. Except for the depiction of the baron. That’s 100% Lynch’s fault.

Truth, but I love Lynch’s Baron! (again, as someone who is not familiar with the source material)

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

ray_afraid said:

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Bride of Frankenstein deserves more than a 75%.

Probably my favorite movie.

Now this I don’t understand. I mean, it’s a fine movie, but I’m thoroughly more entertained by many other pictures.
(not knocking you or anything, I’d just never expect to see someone list it as their favorite of all time)

The story (in the movie, it’s sources and behind the scenes)
The music
The sets
The costumes
The cinematography
The style
The dialog
The metaphors
The symbology
The acting
The players
The direction
The mood
The story
The lore
The IDEAS

It’s not perfect, but nothin’s better.

This is a more concise way to say what you just said:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Wow, a 16/16.

It’s twice as good as an 8-ball movie.

Can you give me the backstory to the whole rating things by balls?

IIRC someone came on here and randomly rated a movie something like seven out of eight balls, and was never heard from again. We couldn’t tell if they were a bot or not.

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Dek Rollins said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Dek Rollins said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Dek Rollins said:

It wasn’t perfect. A bit better than the first, though. Funny, Dune is the one I was considering giving four stars,

Unless you’ve somehow seen Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune, or maybe Jodorowsky’s unmade one, I don’t understand.

I don’t understand why people hate Lynch’s film so much. The production looks great, the art design looks great, the music is great, the performances are great, the plot is great, and there are very few moments that it becomes hard to follow in. If I were to check out the workprint fanedit that’s out there somewhere, it would probably be even better.

I mean, I don’t hate it, it just dumbs down the book. It can kinda be summed up by the part where, in the book, Paul says “My name has become a killing word” because he has an army of jihadists killing in his name, but the movie takes that moment and makes it thuddingly literal. I love the production design, the music, the cast, but the movie just doesn’t work for me.

I felt that the exchange in the movie spoke exactly that which you say is meant in the book. There is literal context added in the movie, but the underlying meaning is the same. At least that’s how I, as someone who hasn’t read the book, took it.

And that’s correct, the meaning was still there, but the book didn’t have the added “IF I SCREAM MY NAME IT MAKES A BOOM” since the Weirding Way is more of a martial art than whatever it was in the movie. The movie took what was already obvious and CHAK-SAA’d me in the head with it.

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I think there’d be a lot less confusion in here if people adopted a five star rating system. ¬_¬

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Dek Rollins said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’ve seen many people list Bride of Frankenstein as their favorite movie. You gave one of my favorite movies a 3 star rating, Lord of the Flies,

I gave the exact reasons for the missing star. The namesake of the picture is brushed over in a ten second shot that had no purpose.

It’s a beautiful shot that communicates the scene from the book without words. See? This is why arguing disagreements over art is so pointless. Ultimately, as far as I’m concerned I’m right and you’re wrong. And as far as you’re concerned, I’m wrong and you’re right.

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Tobar said:

I think there’d be a lot less confusion in here if people adopted a five star rating system. ¬_¬

Ten stars or bust, mofo.

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I think we should follow the OP’s example.