Re: Restless rating syndrome

"Hmmm, probably an 8. On the other hand, why wouldn't I give it a 9? It's among the top 3 movies I've watched this year." -- Robert, struggling to rate. Robert wrote a post about rating movies and how hard it is to rate a movie on a scale, so much he's been avoiding it completely. I have a suggestion to ease this terrible burden. First off, what happens when a new movie wins the spot in your heart for best movie of the year? Will you downgrade the others? And the best movie of your life, the only one ever awarded a 10... A decade passes, you rewatch it and realize it didn't age gracefully and is, in fact, just an ok movie. Should it lose the 10 and get rated a 7 instead? How to rate a movie made by students with a tiny budget? It's not as good as a studio movie, but they put so much effort in it! The struggle ends today. When rating a movie (or a book, a game, a boat tour, a visit to a museum), follow these simple guidelines: Never compare one movie to another. This is the most…