I will be honest, I love films. Because of this, there are only about 20 films in my life that I have seen that I have hated and find no redeeming value in. For example, there is a film called Forbidden Zone from 1982, I believe, that is a very bizarre and horrible film, but, it had redeeming value for me because it was the first score done by Danny Elfman (Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo officially).
I think of cinema being divided into 2 halves- films and movies.
Films have some sort of social value, based on the art portion of the medium. They have amazing acting, great writing, delves deep into characters and setting (for example- Schindler's List, Philadelphia, English Patient).
Movies are not meant to have any social value, they are just meant to be fun. Chris Hicks, movie reviewer in the Deseret News while I was growing up reviewed Major League and one of his lines stuck with me- "Comedies are made to make the audience laugh. If they don't, they have failed. There is nothing new in Major League. We have seen it all before. But, I laughed. Hard. And often." He gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. Most action movies fall into this category. (examples- Major League, Bad Boys, Transformers, Billy madison).
When I review movies, they will be graded two ways- film grade and a movie grade. The movie grade will be based on comparing it to others of its kind- horror to horror, not horror to Citizen Kane. Then the film grade will say if it is well made in an artistic sense.
I hope this makes sense, if not, let me know and I will try to explain it more.
The system will be on a scale of 1-10
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Personally, I'm glad your back to blogging. I'm also glad for the rating system because there are so many movies that I enjoy but can't seem to find any redeeming quality in them as far as their art goes. Perfect example: Legally Blonde. Love that film, but what is the redeeming value?
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