The main point of this blog will be my reviews of films, books, and hopefully even TV shows (on an episode-to-episode basis). Here's how I'll score things....
My ratings system is heavily based on (read: "ripped off of") Roger Ebert's "star" ratings system. The explanations for the ratings scale are below.
**** Four Stars. A great film/book/episode. Virtually flawless and considered a classic of the genre (by myself or others... maybe even by myself and others).
*** Three Stars. A good film/book/episode that falls short of being great in some area, but is nevertheless a fun, worthwhile time. Watch it or read it if you get the chance.
** Two Stars. A mediocre film/book/episode that still has some good elements.
* One Star. A bad film/book/episode that is hardly worth your time or mine. May contain one or two good things, but that doesn't redeem the awfulness.
(No Star). Hopefully I won't have to give too many of these out. A real stinker of a film/book/episode that has nothing good whatsoever. Makes a one-star rating look like an Oscar nomination.
Quite often, you may see a rating of "two and a half stars", "three and a half stars", etc. This is to denote films/books/episodes that didn't quite earn a whole star rating, but are almost there. For example, something that was rated as "three and a half stars" would ideally be closer to a four-star rather than a three-star.
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