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Critics seem to rate movies on a global scale. How can I give this movie 9/10 when Citizen Kane is a 9/10? On that scale, this movie is at most a 6. Unsurprisingly, popular genres get trashed on that scale.

Normal folks rate movies subjectively. Was it really awesome and did I love it? Then it’s a 10.



There should be a comparison system based on genre, by the best ever, this year, and this decade.

Format would be something like:

Compared to the best 10/10 all-time movie of the Genre, Movie A, Movie X is a 7/10. Compared to the other movies of the genre in the last year, Movie X gets a 8.5/10. Compared to the other movies of the genre this decade, Movie X gets a 7.75/10. Final verdict, 7.75/10, if you like movies in this genre you will probably enjoy Movie X.


If you read the review and don't just look at the score, they generally make all those 'scores' implicitly clear.


> Unsurprisingly, popular genres get trashed on that scale.

Except kids movies. I think they get graded on a huge curve. I think "I took my kid to it and I don't hate myself" gets an automatic three stars or something.




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