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« on: February 25, 2018, 04:12:57 PM »

... on a scale from 0 - 5? For example, would you rate Plan 9 from Outer Space 5/5, or 0.5/5 with the .5 for "entertainment value" ?

At IMDb, Plan 9 is rated 4/10, Tommy Wiseau's The Room scores 3.6/10, Troll 2 even lower: 2.8/10 while Pieces (1982) enjoys a solid 6.1/10 rating. How low or high would you rate these examples? Is it even possible to rate entertaining badness?
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2018, 04:20:41 PM »

It's always an issue, but I always give really fun bad movies like PLAN 9 or THE ROOM a high rating, though not as high as true classics (like maybe 4/5).

For run-of-the-mill kind of fun bad movies, I give them an average rating (2.5-3), realizing that they will only appeal to people like us.

If I'm giving a rating specifically for this board, I might bump the ratings up 0.5-1 stars.

I reserve truly low ratings for movies that are both badly made AND boring.

I always thought it was a crime that PLAN 9 was not on the 1000 Movies to See Before You Die list. Every movie fan should see it at least once.
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2018, 05:50:05 AM »

I'm always bemused by imdb (or anywhere) reviewers who will give a movie a really crappy rating out of 10, then sign off the review with something like "but hey, it was fun to watch, I couldn't stop laughing at it" or "but at least it never got boring!" etc...to me things like that are all that matters.

PIECES is a 9/10 for me. THE ROOM at least a 7.
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2018, 05:58:04 AM »

I would rate them from 1 underpants to 4  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2018, 07:25:02 AM »

THE LOST EMPIRE was the first truly so awful it was awesome movie I ever watched.  I gave it a 2/10 on the good movie scale and a 10/10 on the bad movie scale.
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2018, 11:44:57 AM »

I'm always bemused by imdb (or anywhere) reviewers who will give a movie a really crappy rating out of 10, then sign off the review with something like "but hey, it was fun to watch, I couldn't stop laughing at it" or "but at least it never got boring!" etc...to me things like that are all that matters.

I get your point but I guess most people just couldn't post something like that together without the fear of losing credibility:

Schindler's List 5/5
The Room 5/5

The Room is objectively a bad film but subjectively "we" enjoy it because it is terribly brilliant. Bad film: 0/5 + Terribly brilliant: 5/5 = 2.5/5? It is kind of conflicting no matter how you approach it  Bluesad

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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2018, 02:23:55 PM »

true... the concept of giving an artistic endeavour a numerical rating can fall apart quite easily. it's probably better to just use words!
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2018, 11:47:55 AM »

I do them all the same scale. I only write reviews here and its badmovies.org so ...
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2018, 12:20:38 PM »

I'd create a rubric. One of the factors would be "held the audience's attention." A movie which was completely inept, but entertaining, would still get some points from that category.
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2018, 08:52:45 PM »

I'd create a rubric. One of the factors would be "held the audience's attention." A movie which was completely inept, but entertaining, would still get some points from that category.

I would go with that. PLAN 9 would get a 5/5-as it is hilarious from beginning to end, and stuff like the ATOMIC BRAIN- a 2/5, because it has random acts of stupidity (i.e.- the girl meowing like a cat -scene) to 0/5, such as total boredom- as in the Jayne Mansfield bomb SINGLE ROOM FURNISHED.
And yet there is stuff like BRIDE OF THE MONSTER which is actually very good in spots, with Lugosi doing such a bang up acting job in a no-budget shlocker that if the role had been given to-say-Dean Jagger- would be virtually forgotten today. Think not? How many folks regard NIGHT OF THE GHOULS with almost the same cast in as high Bad regard? In fact-most of Wood's junk is just that. The SINISTER URGE or JAIL BAIT is dull. Ed Wood's best loved films had a memorable name or face- Lugosi, Tor Johnson or Vampira...the rest are mildly amusing at best.
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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2018, 07:04:25 AM »

If a movie entertains me, then it's a good movie.  it did it's job. 

I can understand that if a movie entertained me for the wrong reasons it shouldn't get a perfect score, but it still gets a good one. 
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