For years now, I've consistently used the Four Star System of Movie Grading, that of most newspapers in America. It just became a habit, and I never thought to change this rating system. Yet now I find myself torn. The system of rating out of four stars has gotten tired, as I feel I'm not giving a variety of different grades. It's all like three stars, and I'm feeling the grades are becoming too definite. With an A, B, C, etc. grading system, there are more potential grades, providing a more varied analysis of a movie. Or maybe I'm taking this all too seriously. Maybe I just want a shaking-up. So from now on:
A + : a stunning, masterpiece, one of the best films I've ever seen (very rare)
A : a great, great film (basically four stars)
A - : a really well-done film that's on the cusp of greatness
B+ : A very good movie
B : A good movie; wouldn't be too enthused about watching it again, though
B- : An average movie, with good parts and bad parts
C+ : A below-average effort
C : A bad movie
C- : A really bad movie
Anything lower just plain sucks.
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Okay, that sounds pretty identical to what my crazy-ass scale is supposed to mean. (Well, except the "very rare" part with the A+.) So kudos for articulating it better than I have, even though it's actually for yours? Whatever. :)
True, lol. Also, I lack the occasional A+++++++++++ on the scale, that I tend to see from you. It does kinda suck, though, that my innagural letter grade is a C+ (but I'm halfway through Synecdoche, NY, so my second won't be that low ;))
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