CosmicMonkey wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:57 pm
I use a 40-point scale, increasing by increments of 2.5 (rounded up) - e.g. 75, 77.5 (78), 80, 82.5 (83), 85, 87.5 (88), 90 etc.
A hypothetically completely average film scores a 70. Films in the 70s are above-average. In the 80s are good and above 90 is exceptional.
Scores in the 60s are below average.
A bad film, that's still mostly watchable to the end is a 50. If at any point watching the film felt like a chore and/or I felt like I had to force my way through it, it scores below a 50. Bad films that are still "passably watchable" are in the 50s, those that are not are in the 40s and below.
This is ultimately still a guideline though, there are a lot of films that don't fit neatly into these categories for various reasons and in those cases I just have to compare it to how I've scored similar films and judge what score just feels right.
I've experimented with my system quite a bit and I'm pretty happy with how it is right now. The result has been a bell curve centered around large cluster of films in the high 60s/Low 70s. I've recently been considering adding more granularity on that level to help smooth out the curve a little bit. Maybe change the "Average" film to a 69 (nice!), so that's there a more subtle difference between 68 and 70? The committee is still in session about it.
I may be tempted to switch from a 100-point scale (by increments of 1), to your 40-point scale by increments of ~2.5, which resonated with me.
I classify movies a bit differently though. Here are my quips:
WHY?...even bother (0-59), MEH (60-64), DECENT (65-73), GOOD (74-81), VERY GOOD (82-100)
I was wondering what were your 10 best TCIs?
With my style of rating, I find my TCIs to be quite high (20% movies in common, just recently active):
#1 --> 21.8297 104 titles in common
#2 --> 21.9128 103 titles in common
#3 --> 22.9812 118 titles in common
#4 --> 23.3548 101 titles in common
#5 --> 23.9433 123 titles in common
#6 --> 24.3866 222 titles in common
#7 --> 24.4775 178 titles in common
#8 --> 24.9888 223 titles in common
#9 --> 25.1833 245 titles in common
#10 --> 25.3226 155 titles in common
Even at 10% they don't go below 20.
As for my highest PSIs, none is higher than 85. Probably because I have only 8 entries, so far, rated above 90(?)