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My Five Star Rating System (and How It Relates to the Five Elements of Fiction):
Script & Directing
(Plot)
Sets & Shots
(Setting)
Casting & Acting
(Character)
Effects & Editing
(Style)
Sound & Music
(Theme)
My Rating Scores (and How They Translate to Letter Grades):
5 stars (A+) timeless masterpiece
4.5 stars (A-) personally significant
4 stars (B+) critics' darling
3.5 stars (B-) crowd pleaser
3 stars (C+) acquired taste
2.5 stars (C-) guilty pleasure
2 stars (D+) wasted opportunity
1.5 stars (D-) test of endurance
1 star (F) cheap mockery
0 stars (X) morally reprehensible
Script & Directing(Plot)
Sets & Shots(Setting)
Casting & Acting(Character)
Effects & Editing(Style)
Sound & Music(Theme)
My Rating Scores (and How They Translate to Letter Grades):
5 stars (A+) timeless masterpiece
4.5 stars (A-) personally significant
4 stars (B+) critics' darling
3.5 stars (B-) crowd pleaser
3 stars (C+) acquired taste
2.5 stars (C-) guilty pleasure
2 stars (D+) wasted opportunity
1.5 stars (D-) test of endurance
1 star (F) cheap mockery
0 stars (X) morally reprehensible
- 1 Star Reviews (7)
- 1.5 Star Reviews (14)
- 2 Star Reviews (21)
- 2.5 Star Reviews (19)
- 3 Star Reviews (20)
- 3.5 Star Reviews (20)
- 4 Star Reviews (15)
- 4.5 Star Reviews (7)
- 5 Star Reviews (3)
- Books (50)
- Christmas (21)
- Comics (45)
- Disney (16)
- Family (16)
- Food (20)
- Horror (61)
- Memorabilia (23)
- Miscellanea (32)
- Movies (65)
- Music (80)
- Photos (59)
- Quotes (72)
- Religion (5)
- Television (8)
- Top 10 Lists (31)
- Top 20 Lists (24)
- Top 5 Lists (21)
"Top" Movies of My Lifetime
- 2010
- My Personal Favorite: BURLESQUE
- My Popular Favorite: THE SOCIAL NETWORK
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE KING'S SPEECH
- Top Grossing: TOY STORY 3
- 2009
- My Personal Favorite: EVERY LITTLE STEP
- My Popular Favorite: STAR TREK
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE HURT LOCKER
- Top Grossing: AVATAR
- 2008
- My Personal Favorite: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
- My Popular Favorite: THE DARK KNIGHT
- Oscar for Best Picture: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
- Top Grossing: THE DARK KNIGHT
- 2007
- My Personal Favorite: MICHAEL CLAYTON
- My Popular Favorite: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
- Oscar for Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
- Top Grossing: SPIDER-MAN 3
- 2006
- My Personal Favorite: STRANGER THAN FICTION
- My Popular Favorite: CHILDREN OF MEN
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE DEPARTED
- Top Grossing: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
- 2005
- My Personal Favorite: WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
- My Popular Favorite: BATMAN BEGINS
- Oscar for Best Picture: CRASH
- Top Grossing: REVENGE OF THE SITH
- 2004
- My Personal Favorite: BEFORE SUNSET
- My Popular Favorite: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
- Oscar for Best Picture: MILLION DOLLAR BABY
- Top Grossing: SHREK 2
- 2003
- My Personal Favorite: IN AMERICA
- My Popular Favorite: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE RETURN OF THE KING
- Top Grossing: THE RETURN OF THE KING
- 2002
- My Personal Favorite: THE SINGLES WARD
- My Popular Favorite: THE BOURNE IDENTITY
- Oscar for Best Picture: CHICAGO
- Top Grossing: SPIDER-MAN
- 2001
- My Personal Favorite: SERENDIPITY
- My Popular Favorite: OCEANS ELEVEN
- Oscar for Best Picture: A BEAUTIFUL MIND
- Top Grossing: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR'S STONE
- 2000
- My Personal Favorite: WHAT LIES BENEATH
- My Popular Favorite: HIGH FIDELITY
- Oscar for Best Picture: GLADIATOR
- Top Grossing: THE GRINCH
- 1999
- My Personal Favorite: OFFICE SPACE
- My Popular Favorite: THE MATRIX
- Oscar for Best Picture: AMERICAN BEAUTY
- Top Grossing: THE PHANTOM MENACE
- 1998
- My Personal Favorite: DANCE WITH ME
- My Popular Favorite: CITY OF ANGELS
- Oscar for Best Picture: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
- Top Grossing: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
- 1997
- My Personal Favorite: GATTACA
- My Popular Favorite: THE FIFTH ELEMENT
- Oscar for Best Picture: TITANIC
- Top Grossing: TITANIC
- 1996
- My Personal Favorite: TIN CUP
- My Popular Favorite: JERRY MAGUIRE
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE ENGLISH PATIENT
- Top Grossing: INDEPENDENCE DAY
- 1995
- My Personal Favorite: BABE
- My Popular Favorite: CLUELESS
- Oscar for Best Picture: BRAVEHEART
- Top Grossing: TOY STORY
- 1994
- My Personal Favorite: THE CHASE
- My Popular Favorite: LEON THE PROFESSIONAL
- Oscar for Best Picture: FORREST GUMP
- Top Grossing: FORREST GUMP
- 1993
- My Personal Favorite: AIRBORNE
- My Popular Favorite: GROUNDHOG DAY
- Oscar for Best Picture: SCHINDLER'S LIST
- Top Grossing: JURASSIC PARK
- 1992
- My Personal Favorite: SNEAKERS
- My Popular Favorite: SINGLES
- Oscar for Best Picture: UNFORGIVEN
- Top Grossing: ALADDIN
- 1991
- My Personal Favorite: KUFFS
- My Popular Favorite: THE ADDAMS FAMILY
- Oscar for Best Picture: SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
- Top Grossing: T2 JUDGEMENT DAY
- 1990
- My Personal Favorite: JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO
- My Popular Favorite: HOME ALONE
- Oscar for Best Picture: DANCES WITH WOLVES
- Top Grossing: HOME ALONE
- 1989
- My Personal Favorite: THE 'BURBS
- My Popular Favorite: BATMAN
- Oscar for Best Picture: DRIVING MISS DAISY
- Top Grossing: BATMAN
- 1988
- My Personal Favorite: SHE'S HAVING A BABY
- My Popular Favorite: WILLOW
- Oscar for Best Picture: RAIN MAN
- Top Grossing: RAIN MAN
- 1987
- My Personal Favorite: SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
- My Popular Favorite: PREDATOR
- Oscar for Best Picture: THE LAST EMPEROR
- Top Grossing: THREE MEN AND A BABY
- 1986
- My Personal Favorite: WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK
- My Popular Favorite: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
- Oscar for Best Picture: PLATOON
- Top Grossing: TOP GUN
- 1985
- My Personal Favorite: BETTER OFF DEAD
- My Popular Favorite: BACK TO THE FUTURE
- Oscar for Best Picture: OUT OF AFRICA
- Top Grossing: BACK TO THE FUTURE
- 1984
- My Personal Favorite: ROMANCING THE STONE
- My Popular Favorite: THE KARATE KID
- Oscar for Best Picture: AMADEUS
- Top Grossing: BEVERLY HILLS COP
- 1983
- My Personal Favorite: STRANGE BREW
- My Popular Favorite: RETURN OF THE JEDI
- Oscar for Best Picture: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
- Top Grossing: RETURN OF THE JEDI
- 1982
- My Personal Favorite: FIRST BLOOD
- My Popular Favorite: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
- Oscar for Best Picture: GANDHI
- Top Grossing: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
- 1981
- My Personal Favorite: CONDORMAN
- My Popular Favorite: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
- Oscar for Best Picture: CHARIOTS OF FIRE
- Top Grossing: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
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