Explain your ratings with examples

1 Manos type shit, stuff that is utterly terrible where nothing works etc.

2 Guardians of the Galaxy also shit but there's a facet - a small one, mind you; maybe a shot or a line or a juxtaposition - that i think is cool.

3 Civil War maybe a couple more facets and this is the level where stuff could at least work as entertainment.

4 Hunger Games crippling flaws throughout, but the film is perhaps salvageable.

5 Whiplash something that is deeply flawed but there are at least a few elements that i thoroughly enjoy. this is stuff where the feel of the film, its pacing, its overall execution is off but the idea is there.

6 Moonlight like you i don't really dislike this stuff but more often than not it's just uninteresting and underwhelming.

7 The Shawshank Redemption a weak like, something i could watch twice, something that isn't great but i don't have any towering issues with it.

8 Hardcore Henry stuff that's ranged from very enjoyable to near masterpiece; no huge flaws or, if there are, everything else is extremely good.

9 L'Atalante stuff that's either extremely beautiful, moving, entertaining, complex, educational, or some combination of these. a personal favorite.

10 The Mother and the Whore highest art possible

10; Cannot be bettered (Modern Times)
9: Really hit that sweet spot. A few tiny flaws, but who cares (Hidden Figures)
8: Very solid. Fine work. (Trainspotting)
7: Flawed but still pleasing to a degree (The Deer Hunter)
6: Very mixed bags (Ironweed)
5: A few notably good elements, but otherwise no (American Beauty)
4. Bad (Unfaithfully Yours (1948))
3: Very Bad (The night of the Following Day)
2: Horrible (Crash)
1: Incredibly, mindblowingly, ridiculously atrocious(Trader Horn(1931))

1 - Wall-to-wall awful and/or fundamentally broken (ex. Foodfight!).

2 - Terrible while not being as incompetent as the 1-rating; may have a lone element that isn't atrocious, such as an actor, a minor subplot, whatever (ex. Suicide Squad).

3 - Bad but not at a uniquely unbearable level; could have some positive elements to it (ex. Big Eyes).

4 - A below-average but still watchable affair; could be a bad film with some central elements that are notably good (ex. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones).

5 - A generally mediocre film; a mixed bag with both negatives and positives that feel disjointed, leading to an overall "meh" (ex. Osmosis Jones).

6 - A slightly above average film, maybe something with an interesting premise or a committed lead performance surrounding by generally mediocre elements; could also be a film with some element(s) really holding it back (ex. Prisoners).

7 - A good film that doesn't hit that next level for whatever reason (ex. Hail, Caesar!).

8 - A really good to lower-tier great film that is one to rewatch (ex. JFK).

9 - A truly great film with some standout elements (ex. Pink Floyd: The Wall).

10 - The films that go above and beyond everything I could want from them; astounding pieces of art and/or entertainment (ex. Singin' in the Rain).

1: I avoid this rating. I've never rated something with 1. I'd do that with the worst film of all time, which is in my opinion 300, but I'm too kind for that.

2: Unbearable shit (Fortunately I haven't watched too many) example: Love, Rosie

3: Very bad movies. example: Suicide Squad

4: Bad movies that can be a bit entertaining. example: Killing Them Softly (I have many controversial choices here )

5: Rather bad movies that have some good parts, but they still are bad. example: The Immigrant

6: Mediocre or kinda good or bad that can't go to 7 or 5. example: It Follows (kinda good), Headhunters (kinda bad)

7: Good movies (the majority of movies I watch). example: No Country For Old Men

7.5: Very good movies, but they're missing something for 8. example: Aquarius

8: From here, there are films that I generally love! 8 means very good. example: Toni Erdmann

8.5: Great movies that I don't consider masterpieces. example: American Honey or Sansho the Bailiff

9: Masterpiece. Filmmaking at its greatest. example: Jackie or Don't Look Now

9.5: These are my favourite films. I love them example: Silence or Ran

10: I don't really know. I don't have some reasoning to rate some films 10, only that I feel like that, while watching the film or after thinking about it.

1/10: Batman & Robin
2/10: Movie 43
3/10: Batman Forever
4/10: Jupiter Ascending
5/10: Thor: The Dark World
6/10: Doctor Strange
7/10: The Artist
8/10: Network
9/10: Taxi Driver
10/10: The Dark Knight

1: Amelie, rarely give this rating but it means absolute shit I regret seeing.
2 & 3: Gran Torino, similar to 1, although these kind of films usually have some kind of aspect that wasn't terrible.
4: American Psycho, pretty bad stuff, some enjoyable elements although minor.
5: The Avengers, mediocre but passable.
6: Schindler's List, not bad but not good either.
7: The Bling Ring, stuff I like, leaning towards good.
8: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, great, best of the year material in some cases.
9: Gerry, films that have left a permanent impression on me, favorites.
10: Goodfellas, masterpieces, rarely occuring and leave me thinking about them for at least a couple of weeks.

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1 Pure Crap, how they got funding kind of shit. Like Baby Geniuses kind of crap

2 Could see how they got their fucking funding, but NO TDKR is a prime example.

3 Okay, there are some good stuff, but overall the film left a bad taste in me, whether the film intended to leave that taste or not. The Artist is a good example.

4 Mostly 3, but more good stuff and overall didn't leave that much bad taste in me. BvS belongs there for me.

5 So mediocre its painful. The Danish Girl.

6 Not so mediocre, but could've been so much more. Spotlight SHINES here.

7 Great stuff, would recommend, but not without it's flaws. The Revenant.

8 More great stuff, less bad stuff. No distracting factor from here. But just not there. Capote and Almost Famous belong here for me, just not there.

9 My all timer lists start from this rating. May be the best stuff from an up an coming director or an otherwise mediocre one, or something. Great Stuff. Foxcatcher and Biutiful for example.

10 Untouched kinds. Taxi Driver, Leaving Las Vegas.

This is a good thread so I'll bump it-

10/10- Essentially a perfect movie with no significant flaws. I almost never give these out, just my 20-25 favorite movies. Example- 2001: A Space Odyssey, my favorite movie

9/10- A movie with almost no flaws outside a few small nitpicks (a questionable supporting performance, a scene that doesn't work, exc.) Still an excellent movie. Example- There Will Be Blood

8/10- Not a personal favorite, but a good solid movie I'd happily rewatch. Example- High Noon

7/10- A pretty good movie, but one that's not particularly memorable where I don't have an intense urge to see it again. Fun popcorn movies and well made but generic dramas often fall into this category. Example- Goldfinger

6/10- Mediocre. Not any big flaws but not any big strengths either. Example- Top Gun is the most average, neither here nor there movie I can think of

5/10- A bad movie that maybe has a good element (i.e, a good lead performance let down by a bad script, a good script let down by the acting/direction, exc) or just a bad movie where it's clear to see ways it could have been good or at least alright. Example- Paris When it Sizzles. Great premise and talent involved but it just didn't work out.

4/10- Just a regular bad movie. Example- Captain America: The First Avenger or any number of bad Marvel movies.

3/10- A very bad movie. Different from a 4/10 in that a 4 may just be forgettable or boring, but a 3 is an actively negative experience where if I was at someone's house and they were going to put it on I'd want to get up and leave. Example- Pirates of the Caribbean- At World's End

2/10- A flat out awful movie that maybe has a few small elements you can point to as not terrible like a good supporting performance, a nice score, or a couple good scenes. Example- Avengers: Infinity War

1/10- The inverse of a 10/10. An unmitigated disaster where I can't think of anything good to say about it. Worthless garbage. Example- The Room

when I saw this thread in the feed I thought for a second ScarletDubois had come back

This is a terrific thread idea, and perfect for me because I feel like my ratings are kinda weird because the ceiling for greatness for me came from IMDB top ratings, most of which don't get higher than 9. So everything gets knocked down a number for me. I'm VERY protective of 10s, a bit less so of 9s, but I give out 8s and 8.5s like candy because I got so used to seeing highest-rated films in that range between 8 and 9. Translating to the 5-star Letterboxd system complicates things even further since 10s don't really factor into the conversation (a 9 and a 10 are both 5 stars for me, an 8.5 is a four and a half).

10/10
A perfect film with no discernible flaws that I can keep coming back to again and again, or just affecting beyond description (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Lawrence of Arabia, Inside Llewyn Davis). The kind of film that whenever I see it I think someday I'll write a long review about it, but I never do because I can't wrap my head around how or why I love it so much, or because I can't make the words do my feelings justice.

9/10
Still close to flawless but not quite as affecting as the 10 club. Often I'll give a film a 9 if it's new and I still need to work out how I feel about it, like The Favourite and Parasite, or if I really loved it and think it's great but don't feel the need to return to it that often, like Cleo from 5 to 7 or 8½ or There Will Be Blood.

8.5/10
Ranges from mid to low-tier masterpieces, or in the vicinity of masterpiece, or just a left-field personal pick that's really close to my heart for whatever reason (Master and Commander, The Year or Living Dangerously, Waitress). Regardless, any film that I give an 8.5 is a film that I really loved or found really surprising and special (most recently Whistle Down the Wind, which is endlessly adorable). Occasionally includes films I don't quite enjoy, like Last Year at Marienbad, but not often.

8/10
A very very good film or a great one, but there's something holding me back from full-on loving it. I often find myself giving films 8s when I love the idea of them, and when they live up to what I'd expect from a film like with without necessarily exceeding those expectations (Salò, Kiss of the Spider Woman). Some are more rewatchable than others, and there's also plenty of guilty pleasure picks in this range where I'm aware of their flaws but can't help loving them (Anne of the Thousand Days, Mary Queen of Scots).

7 & 7.5
This is kind of an odd range for me. I give 7s to films that I thought were decent or had some interesting ideas but basically don't care to see again (Heaven Can Wait, The Blair Witch Project, At Eternity's Gate). A 7.5 means I like it but don't love it (Little Miss Sunshine, Tokyo Story, The Fugitive Kind).

6/10
Mediocre. Didn't make a positive impression but not bad enough to say I hated it. Ranges from indifference to mild distaste. Graveyard for classics I just couldn't connect with (L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, Amarcord), films that I found totally bland or slightly annoying (War Horse, Jagged Edge), or ones that I felt didn't live up to their own potential (Triple Frontier, The Night Porter).

5/10
At this point the ratings get very arbitrary because anything below a 5 means I hated it and never want to see it again. The determining factors in this bottom range are a film's positive attributes (production value, performances). Some films in this range include ones that I find offensive or problematic or simply advance ideas that I can't get behind or sympathize with (Vox Lux, The End of the Affair), but most are just films I couldn't engage with at all (Death at a Funeral, Peterloo) despite having some strong elements or good intentions.

4/10 
Same as 5, just a touch more intense. Films with a 4 can still have positive elements like strong performances, but are unbearable even with them (Ship of Fools, Mother!, Goya's Ghosts). I've only given 22 films a 4.

3-1 
Same deal, but upped the intensity and decreased the positive elements. A film has to really bore or really bother me to land in this range. Examples are Pet Sematary (the new one, which has no positive elements), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Alamo, and Airport.