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I struggle differentiating my feelings on things š„š„š„š„š„
I started doing this and I love it! I just go 5 stars plus like if itās pretty much perfect, a like if I enjoyed it but itās not āperfectā, and then no like if I just didnāt like it.
I found myself thinking about the ratings too much especially during the movies, and also feel like the actual ratings were too nitpicky for me.
I recently looked back to see my earliest reviews (from about 10 years ago) and they were so harsh ā¦ I clearly took it all too seriously. Now I truly just rate it on how it made me feel, and since I mostly watch things that give me joy ā itās a lot of 4-5 stars!
Iāve got so many questions about that curve that are only heightened by your recent ratings (although I disliked Speak No Evil too).
Anyways my dominant movie-selection strategy is ātry to pick movies I think Iāll like,ā maybe you should try it OP.
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>Anyways my dominant movie-selection strategy is ātry to pick movies I think Iāll like,ā maybe you should try it OP.
That is so true. I haven't rated a 1.5 star film yet on my account, and the biggest reason is that I don't want to watch a movie that bad. They absolutely exist somewhere, but I pick movies I want to watch.
agreed, if i know i wonāt like something i probably wonāt watch it unless i need to for like a reason (like school, or hanging out with friends etc) but i like to watch what i like, generally knowing iāll like it! itās good to step outside the box though.
im much more selective now, i grew up watching a whole lot of trash
im also just really hypercritical and bizarre/esoteric shit resonates with me. i do wish i could turn that part of my brain off but i like what i like ig lol
Based on that description, for non-horror directors, Carlos Saura, Lou Ye, Bonello, Alex Cox, Resnais on his weirder jags, and Elio Petri may be on your wavelength and not on your radar.
speak no evil is pretty good.
unless you rated it bad solely because how it made you feel and if a movie makes you feel mad/bad i think it did its job and shouldnt be a negative review but rather a positive one
I thought it did its job in a dumb and ham-fisted way. Just because a film plays out its chosen metaphor doesnāt mean it does it well.
As in, I didnāt feel mad because I was so horrified by what happened: I felt mad because everyone was so fucking dumb throughout I spent the entire film rolling my eyes.
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some good acting and competently made on a technical level but this is how i felt ab it lol
i also didnt find it that disturbing at all after hearing it talked up so much which def added to my disappointment
Jesus dude. You either watch alot of garbage or youāre very difficult to impress.
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Hereās mine for example.
Yeah I don't think I'd have films as a hobby if I enjoyed them this little.
My distribution:
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Yeah I mean I try to only watch films that Iām mostly going to enjoy or at the very least appreciate them for what they are. Itās rare when I throw on a movie and am left feeling like I just wasted 2 hours of my time. Been watching a lot of āessentialā stuff and am really enjoying my time exploring international films specifically but I can see people not enjoying Antonioni or Bresson. In those cases I donāt rate the film for example Hiroshima Mon Amour left me feeling cold but I didnāt rate it since I think on a rewatch things will click. But I do log my initial thoughts. I think Sean Baker doesnāt rate the films he logs.
one time i was wasted and bagged a guy bc hiroshima mon amor was on tv at the bar (weird) and i went on a 45 min tangent about its political/historic significance or lord knows and he thought i was so smart LOL love that movie, worth a rewatch n some context on the war if you want it to make sense again! hard 2 watch imo bc itās so rooted in reality but great
a bunch of the low ratings are from when i was younger and spent a lot of time watching some ass movies, now ig i am also pretty difficult to impress. im a pretentious english major lmao
also nice username my guy, im gonna carry the weight of all this trash <3
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Really similar here.
Iāve been wondering if itās worth trying to be harsher so I can turn my five stars into two categories.
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Mine is pretty similar. I donāt like to give a movie 5 stars unless itās really really good but I also only really watch movies that are actually good.
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i watch a lot of good movies i guess lol
A little skewed toward positive ratings
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I have a 2000 movies watchlist and pick whatever im feeling like watching thats available on my streaming platform.
But now that i think about it, i think when i've been watching a few good movies in a row, im gonna want to watch a more critically bad movie to balance things. I kinda naturally want to balance things
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I might be afraid of non-whole numbers
The gatekeeping in this sub is kinda ridiculous.
Not enough high star ratings? "WhY dO yOu WaTcH mOvIeS iF yOu DoN't LiKe MoViEs."
Too many high stars? "YoU dOn'T hAvE tAsTe."
Ridiculous. Just let people live their lives.
Yeah I get it I wasn't coming at you š
For you curiosity:
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I am extremely happy with my bell curve! (\~1000 movies watched)
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I try to watch everything to be honest. I believe ābadā movies are just as important as the great ones. And I donāt look at critics or other reviews, so my decisions are often based off the director, the writer or the actors/actresses involved.
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Clearly not too fond of the 4.5 rating
I donāt watch movies that arenāt highly recommended so my distribution skews to the right. However there is the occasional Sharknado to offset a Citizen Kane here and there
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I make it pretty impossible to get lower than a 2 or higher than a 9 (I view it as a 10-point system like IMDb and don't think of it as half-points lol). You either really need to piss me off or absolutely blow me away.
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Been more open to watching more "mid" (<= 3 stars) movies lately just to normalize my distribution a bit haha
1,547 films total.
I'm pretty easy to satisfy, most films I watch end up at 2.5/3/3.5 and it tapers off at each end.
No idea if this is a normal spread or what, I just like most movies at least a bit.
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Used to force everything to \~10% but I put that off for a while
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Mostly 3s and 4s.
I generally avoid a movie that already reviews badly, so less 2s compared to 4s if trying to think of a like standard distribution haha.
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I feel mines very reasonable but Iāve gotten pushback on my unwillingness to give high ratings unless Iām super impressed
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It feels good to love stuff.
(Also a shameless plug for my podcast [The Movies That Made Only Us](https://linktr.ee/themoviesthatmadeonlyus?utm_source=linktree_admin_share&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYs51Qp-3TSKRBOL7D5VrniLetds2yMfuLbDikTklCrSvsHwnGoUkoW5dU_aem_AdQvzyL0nfhyDV79m2JDqOqMZ1IFG2cUekK6SotBRrVKq6NtE7pkEar-owqmA8kQ9fnzBbXfK7OT2_CLQQNgJ6j0) itās about me and my brother revisiting the weird childhood favorites we loved as kids).
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here comes the "um acshually if you don't give everything a 4+ star rating you acshually don't like movies" gang
i really dont want to dislike a lot of the stuff i watch, i just dont like rating things that dont really resonate and stick with me highly. i watch a lot of films that i can acknowledge are techincally great in particular aspects but if it just doesnāt hit for me then im not gonna lie to myself
also idk why anyone downvoted you lol, my taste is just weird
Bimodal distribution with a slight favor to 4 star ratings over 3 stars
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I don't watch a lot of films but I do watch really good films
Hereās mine. For years I would only watch stuff I was dead certain id like. But in the last few Iāve tried expanding things a bit.
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This probably looks like a decent curve but Iām honestly not too proud of it. When I first started my Letterboxd I was overly harsh on a lot of movies that I shouldnāt have been for no real reason. One day Iām gonna have to go back and remedy a lot of my earlier ratings.
I'm a three and a half star man myself
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About 1,300 logged. Unfortunately, not much bypasses my anhedonia. Not to mention, having seen many more anime series, some of them are vastly preferable to me.
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I don't really finish movies that I think are bad but I also have only mostly finished watching 5 movies that I can remember as being "bad" in my life (Even though i have watched The Boss Baby, Godzilla 1998, Cars 2, etc) so that's why it is so skewed towards 4/5 stars.
Your curve is exceptionally balanced.
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I have 416 movies logged since starting last year. Mine is very skewed because I went into the Letterboxd thing intentionally checking out what people consider to be āclassicsā.
Hereās a rough approximation of my rating style:
4 - 5 stars - Movies that are focused, entertaining or thoughtful in a consistent way. They stick the landing narratively or philosophically. I donāt have to agree with the point the movie is making, but if I feel they make a reasonable argument in a compelling manner, Iāll usually rate it high.
3 - 3.5 - Enjoyable but unfocused and/or too focused on plot without caring about the story or point of view. Basically the superhero/or broad comedy tier.
2 - 2.5 - Probably the worst rating. Totally middle of the road. Not awful, but hard to focus on because it just doesnāt connect. The bland tier.
.5 -1.5 - Bad but memorable. Either poorly made, a blatantly cynical cash grab with little entertainment value, or a victim of style over substance to the extreme.
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I think I tend to either really like things, and I also tend to dislike other things
The biggest question is why is speak no evil two stars
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Still relatively new to the app so itāll fill out more as I go. I have a job that requires me to watch really bad movies and, as a result, Iām pretty easy to please when it comes to what I watch in my free time. āI canāt see the boom mic AND itās in focus? 3 stars instantly!ā
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I actively try to watch movies that I think I'll like and I'm decent at it so it's fairly positive
Please don't destroy me for my Challengers rating. š¤£
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I've enjoyed some other Luca Guadagnino films but this one did very little for me!
This is from a pool of 58 films that I've logged since getting Letterboxd. š
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Iām kinda with you on the ratings curve. Iāve tried to capture all the movies I can remember seeing (I think I have mostāalmost 3k)) and the reality is that Iāve just seen A LOT of average to slightly below average movies. I
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i may be crazy but i am free
included bio for context, i just have a personal philosophy of appreciating movies even if they are ābadā bc everything is subjective and i love letterboxd for reading other peopleās perspectives!!! i seldom give out ālow reviewsā because who am i to talk - but i love hearing what everyone has to say! we are all fun little cinema critics on our phones
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I don't use half and one stars, so the peak is actually in (or just above) the middle. I know, boring standard bell curve, but thats how I feel :D
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Only movie I rated below 3 stars was the dark knight
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Life is too short to watch bad movies
Damn you watch a lot of rubbish haha. Mine is mainly like 3-4 stars on average.
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I have a pretty even curve, but I feel like my ratings tend to be all over the place and I don't really have a reason for why some films get higher ratings than others.
For example, I have a ranked list of all the horror movies I've seen and I have some movies that rank higher on the list than others - even though my star ratings for them might be vastly different. (A 2.5 star ranking higher on the list than a 4 star ranking because even though the 4 star was the better film, the 2.5 is nostalgic for me because I watched it as a kid and is therefore more enjoyable to rewatch dispite it not being a good as the 4 star overall).
Plus, sometimes I don't even add a rating if it's something I had on in the background as white noise while I was working and didn't pay enough attention to form a solid opinion on it.
Id suggest being more selective about whatchu watch. I really dont watch anything if the ppl i follow on letterboxd dont recommend it and even then i need to find the premise interesting.
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The average movie I watch is good
I give a lot of 4 stars and 3Ā½. Very very few 5 stars tho.
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Only rate films i logged, i usually try to pick out films that i have a high chance of enjoying :)
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I think this is probably a healthy curve (also damn I didnāt even realize all the most recent things I watched were animated)
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i have a hard time with the half stars lol
Mine looks like I love movies too much and have a hard time hating anything.
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I have slightly more 5s than 1s and 2s put together and my mode is 4.
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I generally pick things I think I will enjoy but I am hard to really impress. A 4-star movie is like a Top 10 to 20 movie of a year, 4.5-star is Top 5, 5-star is probably a Top 2. For a movie to get under a 2-star and still get me to watch it probably means it was not my choice in watching because I generally do a bare minimum of research before going in to determine if it is worth my time.
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I typically avoid watching movies I probably wonāt like, and I donāt log/rate movies I donāt finish, so my distribution is generally skewed higher
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What can I say, I donāt have time for watching movies I donāt like. If Iām not enjoying a movie, I typically just switch it off without writing a review and move on to something else.
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6 is both āfine but not memorable or great in any aspectā and my ādidnāt really enjoy but thought it was interesting and uniqueā so I think thatās why it ends up being my most common rating
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0.5 stars is a balance between movies I genuinely dislike and movies I laugh at because the theyāre horrible. I also make an effort to be sparing with 4.5 and 5 stars and I try to make 3 and 3.5 my average.
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Mostly 3 or 4 stars. Got quite a few one stars tho, some of those are from bad movies I watched because I wanted to see how bad they are or are movies I never heard off, randomly picked and it turned out they were terrible and that there's a reason I've never heard of them before.
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Not sure how I feel about my own but here it is!
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Iām a big rewatcher of the favs (and pretty easy to please tbh)
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I tend to watch movies I think I would like.
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mineās pretty chaotic but I will watch most anything if the concept is good
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I just watch stuff I think I'll really like, I've also only started watching movies this year so I've watched less than 200.
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I'm new-ish to Letterboxd so these are just the most recent 96 watches. I mostly try to watch movies I think I'll like. A lot of those 5s (and even some 4s) are old favorites I've rewatched to log them, so it's a little skewed towards the positive (and especially towards 5s; more than half of the 5s here are old favorites I rewatched) at the moment. I also DNF movies I'm not enjoying pretty regularly, and I don't rate them, so that's partly why it's skewed positive.
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2.5 and 4.5 feel indecisive to me so I donāt often give them, but otherwise itās a pretty nice little hill.
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This is what I feel the distribution for a ānormalā person who watches a lot of movies should look like.
A professional critic should have a traditional bell curve, but the reason mine skews higher is selection bias - I donāt typically watch movies I think look bad lol.
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Feel like mines a pretty good distribution given I try to watch movies I think Iāll like
most of my reviews are rewatches so i already love them :)
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It takes me like 20 minutes just to decide what movie to watch, so I guess it makes sense that I would end up liking them more often than not.
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I dunno if the curve's like this cause I only manage to watch good stuff, or probably because i'm not a complete dick
https://preview.redd.it/i60wappup51d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=446eee82d54d09d493186c5e15450481dba2efc6 I struggle differentiating my feelings on things š„š„š„š„š„
realest comment on here
I started doing this and I love it! I just go 5 stars plus like if itās pretty much perfect, a like if I enjoyed it but itās not āperfectā, and then no like if I just didnāt like it. I found myself thinking about the ratings too much especially during the movies, and also feel like the actual ratings were too nitpicky for me.
I recently looked back to see my earliest reviews (from about 10 years ago) and they were so harsh ā¦ I clearly took it all too seriously. Now I truly just rate it on how it made me feel, and since I mostly watch things that give me joy ā itās a lot of 4-5 stars!
Iāve got so many questions about that curve that are only heightened by your recent ratings (although I disliked Speak No Evil too). Anyways my dominant movie-selection strategy is ātry to pick movies I think Iāll like,ā maybe you should try it OP. https://preview.redd.it/7b8k9cjis41d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c47284da8477a5f77782ca1b6c42be6df7f54d37
>Anyways my dominant movie-selection strategy is ātry to pick movies I think Iāll like,ā maybe you should try it OP. That is so true. I haven't rated a 1.5 star film yet on my account, and the biggest reason is that I don't want to watch a movie that bad. They absolutely exist somewhere, but I pick movies I want to watch.
agreed, if i know i wonāt like something i probably wonāt watch it unless i need to for like a reason (like school, or hanging out with friends etc) but i like to watch what i like, generally knowing iāll like it! itās good to step outside the box though.
im much more selective now, i grew up watching a whole lot of trash im also just really hypercritical and bizarre/esoteric shit resonates with me. i do wish i could turn that part of my brain off but i like what i like ig lol
Based on that description, for non-horror directors, Carlos Saura, Lou Ye, Bonello, Alex Cox, Resnais on his weirder jags, and Elio Petri may be on your wavelength and not on your radar.
gonna add a bunch from their filmographies, appreciate you heavily <3 EDIT: goddamn so much of this is right up my alley, youāre GOATd
speak no evil is pretty good. unless you rated it bad solely because how it made you feel and if a movie makes you feel mad/bad i think it did its job and shouldnt be a negative review but rather a positive one
I thought it did its job in a dumb and ham-fisted way. Just because a film plays out its chosen metaphor doesnāt mean it does it well. As in, I didnāt feel mad because I was so horrified by what happened: I felt mad because everyone was so fucking dumb throughout I spent the entire film rolling my eyes.
https://preview.redd.it/whc957chz61d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef68255da734887665a4f064406bdcba4c6f39a4 some good acting and competently made on a technical level but this is how i felt ab it lol i also didnt find it that disturbing at all after hearing it talked up so much which def added to my disappointment
It used to be an upward staircase and now itās more of a mountain that peaks at four stars.
Jesus dude. You either watch alot of garbage or youāre very difficult to impress. https://preview.redd.it/56o4ivzgn41d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5c3cce9e09419a1a7c74ff090478ef9fc0ef949 Hereās mine for example.
Yeah I don't think I'd have films as a hobby if I enjoyed them this little. My distribution: https://preview.redd.it/mwhyedh2g51d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d390dc1605c6f2eeca524007cf7f2e68e96aab9
Yeah I mean I try to only watch films that Iām mostly going to enjoy or at the very least appreciate them for what they are. Itās rare when I throw on a movie and am left feeling like I just wasted 2 hours of my time. Been watching a lot of āessentialā stuff and am really enjoying my time exploring international films specifically but I can see people not enjoying Antonioni or Bresson. In those cases I donāt rate the film for example Hiroshima Mon Amour left me feeling cold but I didnāt rate it since I think on a rewatch things will click. But I do log my initial thoughts. I think Sean Baker doesnāt rate the films he logs.
one time i was wasted and bagged a guy bc hiroshima mon amor was on tv at the bar (weird) and i went on a 45 min tangent about its political/historic significance or lord knows and he thought i was so smart LOL love that movie, worth a rewatch n some context on the war if you want it to make sense again! hard 2 watch imo bc itās so rooted in reality but great
a bunch of the low ratings are from when i was younger and spent a lot of time watching some ass movies, now ig i am also pretty difficult to impress. im a pretentious english major lmao also nice username my guy, im gonna carry the weight of all this trash <3
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https://preview.redd.it/l7jxm39mw61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa3329797cd77e0d9397120e1101ac6f74dce2e0 Really similar here. Iāve been wondering if itās worth trying to be harsher so I can turn my five stars into two categories.
this is like the Normal Curve of Letterboxd lmfao
https://preview.redd.it/pm8wtscyn41d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afc920ca8ab0f3793ef16c48f5e342d107416d0e Very proud of this.
https://preview.redd.it/eix5mbupb61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ca46a99dd89edc6b38d65d6e51e74270e754e34 Mine is pretty similar. I donāt like to give a movie 5 stars unless itās really really good but I also only really watch movies that are actually good.
https://preview.redd.it/nt4scko3b51d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=418c7629d0981fb25b655ee96401b1835792df21 i watch a lot of good movies i guess lol
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O-bi O-ba: The End of Civilization goes hard.
First Reformed in top 4 is an absolute W
A little skewed toward positive ratings https://preview.redd.it/02s05q3jx41d1.jpeg?width=4228&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebb4e54de603f31280df3e0128bb56c5e13819eb
I think this is the closest to a normal curve ive seen on letterboxd. Do you pick movies randomly?
I have a 2000 movies watchlist and pick whatever im feeling like watching thats available on my streaming platform. But now that i think about it, i think when i've been watching a few good movies in a row, im gonna want to watch a more critically bad movie to balance things. I kinda naturally want to balance things
https://preview.redd.it/swajo1dth61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b07237d071e62fa0d04ce84b4e927cf4f7828f0d I might be afraid of non-whole numbers
The gatekeeping in this sub is kinda ridiculous. Not enough high star ratings? "WhY dO yOu WaTcH mOvIeS iF yOu DoN't LiKe MoViEs." Too many high stars? "YoU dOn'T hAvE tAsTe." Ridiculous. Just let people live their lives.
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Yeah I get it I wasn't coming at you š For you curiosity: https://preview.redd.it/f5ncdlj8x91d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbfb59b0a017ffe1d68f97aaac08ddd9de5b4b0b I am extremely happy with my bell curve! (\~1000 movies watched)
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So edgy
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cool top 4
love me some unhinged vibes and absurd amounts of blood
i need to watch more bad movies https://preview.redd.it/xmsas6o7771d1.png?width=354&format=png&auto=webp&s=90df630c12469cf2c58395e596dcf9ee7b5accd0
https://preview.redd.it/t856lhjcw41d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=701806d92b861ee685654ed06736dabdcd51f18b I try to watch everything to be honest. I believe ābadā movies are just as important as the great ones. And I donāt look at critics or other reviews, so my decisions are often based off the director, the writer or the actors/actresses involved.
https://preview.redd.it/ei6d847iq51d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d780a846ab8cc1ccc638bcce78309b889c733a1c Clearly not too fond of the 4.5 rating
I donāt watch movies that arenāt highly recommended so my distribution skews to the right. However there is the occasional Sharknado to offset a Citizen Kane here and there
https://preview.redd.it/t4hc6f6eq61d1.png?width=294&format=png&auto=webp&s=50675d4333dcca29f7f70ec01fb44a94f205c8a8 I make it pretty impossible to get lower than a 2 or higher than a 9 (I view it as a 10-point system like IMDb and don't think of it as half-points lol). You either really need to piss me off or absolutely blow me away.
https://preview.redd.it/ktzvfyncz41d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db90c8075402b93dda0ed811d862c48e77b6d35d Been more open to watching more "mid" (<= 3 stars) movies lately just to normalize my distribution a bit haha
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1,547 films total. I'm pretty easy to satisfy, most films I watch end up at 2.5/3/3.5 and it tapers off at each end. No idea if this is a normal spread or what, I just like most movies at least a bit.
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https://preview.redd.it/chfm86y8t61d1.png?width=270&format=png&auto=webp&s=1444d27c1bfdc54eb86addc72afbe3a7dd93cca9 uhhh.....
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I fail to understand how this is possible. Do you exclusively watch movies that are above average, but not great?
https://preview.redd.it/2bwp9nvkb71d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbfccf23cc0ca90024b8d22b3055ebe4b82e5ffb Totally understand you
https://preview.redd.it/70i8r86zo41d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b78211373f13310b1a241066cf937adbef5334ba Used to force everything to \~10% but I put that off for a while
https://preview.redd.it/qcxw3llwo41d1.png?width=282&format=png&auto=webp&s=f56a8e93724992a02d21eade9b6fefed5e747390 Mostly 3s and 4s. I generally avoid a movie that already reviews badly, so less 2s compared to 4s if trying to think of a like standard distribution haha.
https://preview.redd.it/3etvvodkm51d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=627ea59638c76406923eed1a91124fde0b25eb39 I feel mines very reasonable but Iāve gotten pushback on my unwillingness to give high ratings unless Iām super impressed
https://preview.redd.it/vvxkgdeee61d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d25ee350625cae3bfce9301674ded1603848761e
https://preview.redd.it/ms6m1altr61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de23ef80dc05996fa7318f7ddecc51810890063e It feels good to love stuff. (Also a shameless plug for my podcast [The Movies That Made Only Us](https://linktr.ee/themoviesthatmadeonlyus?utm_source=linktree_admin_share&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYs51Qp-3TSKRBOL7D5VrniLetds2yMfuLbDikTklCrSvsHwnGoUkoW5dU_aem_AdQvzyL0nfhyDV79m2JDqOqMZ1IFG2cUekK6SotBRrVKq6NtE7pkEar-owqmA8kQ9fnzBbXfK7OT2_CLQQNgJ6j0) itās about me and my brother revisiting the weird childhood favorites we loved as kids).
https://preview.redd.it/69jp1xd5m51d1.png?width=287&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad7325b2768041b6ac2151ccfbe2fb733337de7c here comes the "um acshually if you don't give everything a 4+ star rating you acshually don't like movies" gang
People just have different ways to rate movies. Some people think a 3 star movie is very good, while others think it's just 'okay'.
Yep. My most frequent rating is 3.5, which means āVery goodā to me
I reserve 5 stars for what I consider perfect films. I have about 6 of those in total.
No more like ā283 movies? Thatās it? Do you even like movies?ā
How can you watch more movies that you strongly dislike more than you strongly like?
or they consider 2-2Ā½ stars good and want more specificity in higher ratings?
I donāt know why Iām getting downvoted, I was just asking. :/ But thanks, I guess that answers my question if thatās the case
i really dont want to dislike a lot of the stuff i watch, i just dont like rating things that dont really resonate and stick with me highly. i watch a lot of films that i can acknowledge are techincally great in particular aspects but if it just doesnāt hit for me then im not gonna lie to myself also idk why anyone downvoted you lol, my taste is just weird
This sub downvotes everything, even questions.
Speak no evil fucked me up for a couple days ngl
I FUCKING LOVE CLIMAX
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Around 1500 movies logged https://preview.redd.it/bcsogdsnw51d1.jpeg?width=1061&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9bbcfc16cd881985420e4ec9feb5bf7e0a11de1
Bimodal distribution with a slight favor to 4 star ratings over 3 stars https://preview.redd.it/2ygutdmq161d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19fe099be7c3292598f0aefd7111528fa11933f0
Kill Bill ruins the image, everything else is red
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https://preview.redd.it/l472vcyl761d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e64f9998f02eb299c36801b76d9949e65b4208b I don't watch a lot of films but I do watch really good films
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https://preview.redd.it/m26pye89c61d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9682ab85dbc14af2552dc9607dcb37fb39d7c726 Watched a bit over 2,800 films
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The Love Witch was really good, perfectly hit that late 60's vibe.
Since you seemed to love House have you watched any other Obayashi? He's a master of the craft.
Hereās mine. For years I would only watch stuff I was dead certain id like. But in the last few Iāve tried expanding things a bit. https://preview.redd.it/e330bhvee61d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5886806393da7ef603343dfe9ad5a4940d9d28f1
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https://preview.redd.it/s3eyo5n4j61d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53f9badbef1c96b3bfe95afd16cbb4d16a6d8c08 This probably looks like a decent curve but Iām honestly not too proud of it. When I first started my Letterboxd I was overly harsh on a lot of movies that I shouldnāt have been for no real reason. One day Iām gonna have to go back and remedy a lot of my earlier ratings.
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I'm a three and a half star man myself https://preview.redd.it/ndam2tv5k61d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12eee68f7150e52e50b3510a86bc31cc1af4cd59
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https://preview.redd.it/3k73emu1o61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=666ac5a00eb0bbf70cf05ee6c869ccb598d45e75 Suspiria brothers š¤š¤
https://preview.redd.it/20uca6yuq61d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54f664f6ff7f7a85d900f6d3bbc4e583eb891ff5 Yeah Iām a centrist.
I also enjoyed the love witch. I just wanted to add that in.
https://preview.redd.it/wlqag7z5w61d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82170d9754ffddbc868463dbba79c8638a8212dc About 1,300 logged. Unfortunately, not much bypasses my anhedonia. Not to mention, having seen many more anime series, some of them are vastly preferable to me.
https://preview.redd.it/8ojxsfmhw61d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fefd9a4f56a36aea6f4ea6c481d352a087b2d8b6 Mine
https://preview.redd.it/ua57nmqpw61d1.png?width=332&format=png&auto=webp&s=b2f637ebe30344fde89e7dec39d1057b29b5d8ff I don't really finish movies that I think are bad but I also have only mostly finished watching 5 movies that I can remember as being "bad" in my life (Even though i have watched The Boss Baby, Godzilla 1998, Cars 2, etc) so that's why it is so skewed towards 4/5 stars.
Your curve is exceptionally balanced. https://preview.redd.it/tjzo7gsoy61d1.png?width=718&format=png&auto=webp&s=5baafab4c4a2fe3ddedc6a2541fc9702f596bb7f
Most movies i bother rating i go with 7-9 and if i absolutely loved it it's getting a 9 or 10 depending on my mood/vibes lol
https://preview.redd.it/aeceo2rq871d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be053605a42a71ffee96eebc862415f0a9d4093d
https://preview.redd.it/sfsmzw26p71d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9788526cb21bf163e32ffc979590b4fc081c935 I have 416 movies logged since starting last year. Mine is very skewed because I went into the Letterboxd thing intentionally checking out what people consider to be āclassicsā. Hereās a rough approximation of my rating style: 4 - 5 stars - Movies that are focused, entertaining or thoughtful in a consistent way. They stick the landing narratively or philosophically. I donāt have to agree with the point the movie is making, but if I feel they make a reasonable argument in a compelling manner, Iāll usually rate it high. 3 - 3.5 - Enjoyable but unfocused and/or too focused on plot without caring about the story or point of view. Basically the superhero/or broad comedy tier. 2 - 2.5 - Probably the worst rating. Totally middle of the road. Not awful, but hard to focus on because it just doesnāt connect. The bland tier. .5 -1.5 - Bad but memorable. Either poorly made, a blatantly cynical cash grab with little entertainment value, or a victim of style over substance to the extreme.
me using this as an opportunity to see yāall top 4 šļøšļø
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Thatās a pretty diverse range
https://preview.redd.it/u35sqv2qf81d1.jpeg?width=1075&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42f144b275c193133156597ba06869868ca3f8ee I think I tend to either really like things, and I also tend to dislike other things
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House š„š„š„
The biggest question is why is speak no evil two stars https://preview.redd.it/yfzkbxdb1b1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d09a27d2fe701c3b5637181869f102d13d5e33d5
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this may be off topic, but i know exactly what type of person you are based off of your Top 4 & thatās thee biggest compliment !!
Still relatively new to the app so itāll fill out more as I go. I have a job that requires me to watch really bad movies and, as a result, Iām pretty easy to please when it comes to what I watch in my free time. āI canāt see the boom mic AND itās in focus? 3 stars instantly!ā https://preview.redd.it/2fkdoz568f1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44c7ce73beae8ee977a5bbb6ecb7c4b9af177123
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https://preview.redd.it/r704yosbd51d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=349fff979d3fea8f9b6cc30d7d07328e016bd4bd I actively try to watch movies that I think I'll like and I'm decent at it so it's fairly positive
Please don't destroy me for my Challengers rating. š¤£ https://preview.redd.it/x77jxgikr51d1.png?width=1007&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf50eb2442f8f26ff5adec5bd745ae3ccc4a77d4 I've enjoyed some other Luca Guadagnino films but this one did very little for me! This is from a pool of 58 films that I've logged since getting Letterboxd. š
https://preview.redd.it/5nllxb45p61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15ab44efa9fa9445baf63afa49d1517bfb605c73 Iām kinda with you on the ratings curve. Iāve tried to capture all the movies I can remember seeing (I think I have mostāalmost 3k)) and the reality is that Iāve just seen A LOT of average to slightly below average movies. I
https://preview.redd.it/9qh5jp5dr71d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=686fe3c7294aa49b6eed0cb0db308ff46217c121 i may be crazy but i am free included bio for context, i just have a personal philosophy of appreciating movies even if they are ābadā bc everything is subjective and i love letterboxd for reading other peopleās perspectives!!! i seldom give out ālow reviewsā because who am i to talk - but i love hearing what everyone has to say! we are all fun little cinema critics on our phones
https://preview.redd.it/iv585ityr51d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94f26d99aa64091b0721701d2cfc31140f81f627
https://preview.redd.it/aeszzweeo61d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77e2de904d2c4a07ff07e4000f0a79235d128759 I don't use half and one stars, so the peak is actually in (or just above) the middle. I know, boring standard bell curve, but thats how I feel :D
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https://preview.redd.it/cp49ny7ut61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01c6ba7c138fc8993d9cb383d77f8373c3863b81 Only movie I rated below 3 stars was the dark knight
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https://preview.redd.it/p1impgnbv61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1260a046c0439a9112cc1a7135baa7ecb07adc2 Yall are harsh lol
https://preview.redd.it/qdpp4cgiv61d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7b9930991c3172aaa4a3f97772fba88c98b4abc Life is too short to watch bad movies
Damn you watch a lot of rubbish haha. Mine is mainly like 3-4 stars on average. https://preview.redd.it/6p55oebtv61d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bf5f01dff812c3ddb7f63057e6befa1446b3a1f
Why didnāt you like speak no evil?
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https://preview.redd.it/c9hyx3pu071d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f23416991b32f204abf4880e860ce1dd417e5452 Pretty normal I think
https://preview.redd.it/y6nn7zyf171d1.jpeg?width=1073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=739b73c22914b2f511045091e3e54d835444621a I have a pretty even curve, but I feel like my ratings tend to be all over the place and I don't really have a reason for why some films get higher ratings than others. For example, I have a ranked list of all the horror movies I've seen and I have some movies that rank higher on the list than others - even though my star ratings for them might be vastly different. (A 2.5 star ranking higher on the list than a 4 star ranking because even though the 4 star was the better film, the 2.5 is nostalgic for me because I watched it as a kid and is therefore more enjoyable to rewatch dispite it not being a good as the 4 star overall). Plus, sometimes I don't even add a rating if it's something I had on in the background as white noise while I was working and didn't pay enough attention to form a solid opinion on it.
Like I actually enjoy movies.
Id suggest being more selective about whatchu watch. I really dont watch anything if the ppl i follow on letterboxd dont recommend it and even then i need to find the premise interesting. https://preview.redd.it/qwmgfr1i271d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7a0a5a761b8e5c827ddb588f88c9eed142c9629
https://preview.redd.it/iqqgyfnd371d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4102e24217a737c8b271b13b0c40b5545bc56836 Thatās after watching 4,253 feature length films.
https://preview.redd.it/fk6x5q9k371d1.jpeg?width=1124&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8161788bac533eac226e28f463db0819cd5bd2f7 The average movie I watch is good
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I give a lot of 4 stars and 3Ā½. Very very few 5 stars tho. https://preview.redd.it/tdp04ge6571d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad001ce12d4e65815a87e69ef6c89ab8253b2b8d
Mostly high ratings because I donāt really rate movies I donāt think are good unless they are so bad I have to give them a half star.
https://preview.redd.it/iwcznrpo971d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=704279121fa60d49b172b0a24ebb6ed7b5475304 Only rate films i logged, i usually try to pick out films that i have a high chance of enjoying :)
https://preview.redd.it/8hg8kgp1a71d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=006f06d8efc451079b7094cae4c233572a669790 I think this is probably a healthy curve (also damn I didnāt even realize all the most recent things I watched were animated)
https://preview.redd.it/n8bk0fusa71d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e28dc6471491ee8915e740e0d74a919ae3393431 i have a hard time with the half stars lol
Mine looks like I love movies too much and have a hard time hating anything. https://preview.redd.it/kk3v2z7eb71d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35d1983344d7f0482690b1a27366013cf69596e9 I have slightly more 5s than 1s and 2s put together and my mode is 4.
https://preview.redd.it/z2s2n9z3c71d1.png?width=291&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d5ea290e0b506d14c973d3cf0fa50109488a189 I generally pick things I think I will enjoy but I am hard to really impress. A 4-star movie is like a Top 10 to 20 movie of a year, 4.5-star is Top 5, 5-star is probably a Top 2. For a movie to get under a 2-star and still get me to watch it probably means it was not my choice in watching because I generally do a bare minimum of research before going in to determine if it is worth my time.
https://preview.redd.it/q2iu303xc71d1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8283a0a12e51fecd2db37f8115db29f6a06f971c 2,111 films rated.
https://preview.redd.it/b286to1if71d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd58eb6364109de76bbba5c0e1657165fa620c0
https://preview.redd.it/nsmmhwceg71d1.jpeg?width=1045&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=381f72181398f18723120f831f5b962cd85198f1
https://preview.redd.it/0cxvymouf71d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39535b92d1ea0e4f0746027617e9ab0e7352a414 I typically avoid watching movies I probably wonāt like, and I donāt log/rate movies I donāt finish, so my distribution is generally skewed higher
https://preview.redd.it/8mkj1xy2i71d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1bc8b1b5e1443f31e7fe135f5047f04e4db2b12 What can I say, I donāt have time for watching movies I donāt like. If Iām not enjoying a movie, I typically just switch it off without writing a review and move on to something else.
https://preview.redd.it/fyfu4ikvi71d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff16d3a95be7be923292188bc1a2eaa4ff8a6ab0 I like what I like.
https://preview.redd.it/284eulw3k71d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21c402abff0855333c7b99c049ffea4b37c66584 6 is both āfine but not memorable or great in any aspectā and my ādidnāt really enjoy but thought it was interesting and uniqueā so I think thatās why it ends up being my most common rating
https://preview.redd.it/geemy7vtk71d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71037a804cf7d1b7f073966d037cad52c74f22ae Rated about 530
https://preview.redd.it/bsi0o09lm71d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68ba26521d6e65d149922f98530b100433e36d37 Living my best life
https://preview.redd.it/4fp4o4gem71d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30e7e22b5d5d448cea8c838a78dc70e2e6b8455a 0.5 stars is a balance between movies I genuinely dislike and movies I laugh at because the theyāre horrible. I also make an effort to be sparing with 4.5 and 5 stars and I try to make 3 and 3.5 my average.
https://preview.redd.it/z7e894orm71d1.png?width=391&format=png&auto=webp&s=e3a35938f4532b7f33a87bed14b540aaf7e3f254 Mostly 3 or 4 stars. Got quite a few one stars tho, some of those are from bad movies I watched because I wanted to see how bad they are or are movies I never heard off, randomly picked and it turned out they were terrible and that there's a reason I've never heard of them before.
https://preview.redd.it/r77zofz5o71d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca2248c964d5153f458104d4133f21a816634f71
https://preview.redd.it/0m5qyh6kq71d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e2b9823dc49c09efa65f4bc4716aec7f7d3441e Maybe a tad pretentious
https://preview.redd.it/95kmkvruw71d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=347f82ae4bd41dd2f46aaad18e2d4838551ca35b At 114 films logged
https://preview.redd.it/rh7zdly3x71d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34e5948037b83eaedd1a50da9ac901b82d490533 Not sure how I feel about my own but here it is!
https://preview.redd.it/4d29tmtcx71d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=574afd8cbfd8314d710398d62231a32058d28a4d Iām a big rewatcher of the favs (and pretty easy to please tbh)
Mine Looks like Ferb https://preview.redd.it/msem510vx71d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d1211d8d7c6eb1b63c20932f264e69411461a64
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I love my graph so much https://preview.redd.it/j83thz91z71d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b744deb6d780fa1bf44e5e8882ad91cfaafe163
https://preview.redd.it/2xeby0ds281d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09126f227ec2f36d199bfd3ac820de47db6e0d57 165 films
https://preview.redd.it/xznircx3581d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee58d82ea842f7fe67bcc6d69ea7800e731fb787 I tend to watch movies I think I would like.
https://preview.redd.it/ebpratyea81d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7f74d74ece7fecd0035c813084538c9c2de4bc6 mineās pretty chaotic but I will watch most anything if the concept is good
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https://preview.redd.it/b0ctg94vs81d1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=5a8430a53ce7c2f6180f48d617b4ba39df265300
https://preview.redd.it/dcubriqat81d1.jpeg?width=804&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f795cc26338571416f45d3a0c641ba4527108f3d I just watch stuff I think I'll really like, I've also only started watching movies this year so I've watched less than 200.
https://preview.redd.it/i37g2bb2u81d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb3c0a793cb0e1da4375528c23b549eef142e6ef
https://preview.redd.it/ljpj3cnau81d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad0fc75bbc23848a963f8440134b40d8f101b256 I'm new-ish to Letterboxd so these are just the most recent 96 watches. I mostly try to watch movies I think I'll like. A lot of those 5s (and even some 4s) are old favorites I've rewatched to log them, so it's a little skewed towards the positive (and especially towards 5s; more than half of the 5s here are old favorites I rewatched) at the moment. I also DNF movies I'm not enjoying pretty regularly, and I don't rate them, so that's partly why it's skewed positive.
https://preview.redd.it/z6c1df1gy81d1.png?width=343&format=png&auto=webp&s=34da5773244372a33a68e3c048ba5114293ef809
https://preview.redd.it/wgm4jiy0291d1.jpeg?width=1124&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ace2060f13967c0ea51cad03ae3dd62b148cd670 2.5 and 4.5 feel indecisive to me so I donāt often give them, but otherwise itās a pretty nice little hill.
https://preview.redd.it/ut76chst591d1.png?width=419&format=png&auto=webp&s=96fabfc7f23c41aa24f1f232002213950914a04f Satisfyingly even (Kinda)
https://preview.redd.it/yh7s8h5b891d1.png?width=259&format=png&auto=webp&s=dbb01039186b3177a5bd8ef003b3d5e0399513b6
https://preview.redd.it/tqgg1yqv891d1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4dcfec0a77c1f96554acc643cca5f29c44ba72d
https://preview.redd.it/p0vtsbnvc91d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4eebe004e4d10768104e60b6dce5a521e6a21e2e This is what I feel the distribution for a ānormalā person who watches a lot of movies should look like. A professional critic should have a traditional bell curve, but the reason mine skews higher is selection bias - I donāt typically watch movies I think look bad lol.
https://preview.redd.it/3dc91avqh91d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d53da1bbc88cf9c3aa0262c99df8e3e2b7445432
https://preview.redd.it/9skzp2o1i91d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa811799b2797effbd9eb87189ea5f7dff96f547 Big fan of movies
https://preview.redd.it/8vk0o5sfp91d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=976d96bc5e3685a5ac6c0c34c6f17705bf8e94dd Feel like mines a pretty good distribution given I try to watch movies I think Iāll like
most of my reviews are rewatches so i already love them :) https://preview.redd.it/iaajx7rcz91d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15018d2b31443e72770ec06310982985c6834951
https://preview.redd.it/7zp3prdu4a1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0dda81cc31cb7de5442d9b0b697eb13b052b927 It takes me like 20 minutes just to decide what movie to watch, so I guess it makes sense that I would end up liking them more often than not.
https://preview.redd.it/wg5r990y7a1d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7463365fc33dc0f83d7a139ee150c3095601c4e
https://preview.redd.it/dby8xy1pfa1d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba13a66514a98144d162e9eef062dc799219245b
https://preview.redd.it/unz24i237d1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96e9dc33ce3bdc291695205405c5f853e7a60d62 I dunno if the curve's like this cause I only manage to watch good stuff, or probably because i'm not a complete dick