yes! another 10!I have to give this movie a 10! To me this movie is up there with The Dark Knight and The Avengers. A comic book come to life.
I think people give high ratings way too easy. Sometimes i wonder if those who gave this a "9" and a "10" have seen many movies over the years beside blockbusters.
I give this a 7, and i´m actually being nice by doing it, because i like the character. Good performances. Good action scenes. Unimpressive plot. Decent film. Not a 10, for sure.
I rate a movie on what it sets out to achieve, for instance you can't compare Fast 5 and The Godfather as they set out to be very different things, however I'd give them the same mark in the end, they'd just get it for excelling at their chosen type of film, the key isn't in the mark itself, it's in the reasoning for the mark..
Would you rank a really disgusting torture-porn flick as highly as The Godfather, then?
Sure, but the point I was angling at is that some genres might be perceived as inherently more meritorious than others. Drawing the confines of a genre is not itself objective, and the genre in which a film is placed can reflect the quality that a reviewer might ascribe to it.
And I agree with you, but the approach of rating things purely in reference to their objectives, as you put it, must have its logical limits. Otherwise "The Human Centipede", which is clearly just meant to shock, is as good as "The Godfather", which intends to render a compelling human drama reflecting on the corrupting influence of power, pride and aspiration.Well I don't look at one genre as more meritorious than the other, to me it's just as big of an achievement to make a big entertaining spectacle with heart and imagination, filled with great action (an art form in itself), characters that you root for and material that makes you come out feeling good, as it is to make a film about a kid who lives on a floating garbage dump with her abusive father who has a heart condition, but that's just me.
And I agree with you, but the approach of rating things purely in reference to their objectives, as you put it, must have its logical limits. Otherwise "The Human Centipede", which is clearly just meant to shock, is as good as "The Godfather", which intends to render a compelling human drama reflecting on the corrupting influence of power, pride and aspiration.
And I agree with you, but the approach of rating things purely in reference to their objectives, as you put it, must have its logical limits. Otherwise "The Human Centipede", which is clearly just meant to shock, is as good as "The Godfather", which intends to render a compelling human drama reflecting on the corrupting influence of power, pride and aspiration.
May I ask why didn't you buy the ticket yourself?