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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,022 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not sure if everyone else uses this feature, but I always 'mark' my titles after viewing them using the review feature. My kids find this amusing, always wanting to know (with a p%*@ taking smile) after the film whether it's a 3 or a 3 1/2  I have never understood why it starts as 1 bar?, what happened to the half point? You can choose 1 1/2, or 2 1/2? so the half is possible  It's a bit like asking someone to score a film out of 10, but saying it must have a minimum of 2. Going further, there are some films and dvds I would mark zero if I had a choice. Unfortunately if you do not choose a bar, then it does not show as being marked zero in your graphs. Feature request.... 1/2 a bar option + A choice to choose zero bars, perhaps if chosen a zero or a cross would show in the box? PS strangely, if you run your mouse over an unmarked title review box, it will show a 'score' of 0.5 but not a half bar  | | |  | | | | Last edited: by hayley taylor |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've just recently started rating movies as I watch them and I've also started using the Watch history. Figured I've been doing it on IMDb for a long time now, so may as well be doing it in my Profiler too. So in theory, I would support a complete rating system that includes all options from 0 to 5 inclusive in 0.5 increments. However, in practice, any film that I watched which I thought was a 0-1.5, wouldn't actually get rated in my Profiler anyway because I'd remove it right away from my collection and stick it in my 'for sale' box! 2-2.5 films wouldn't last that long either - I tend to just hold on to some of them in case they improve on a second viewing or because they contain certain cool scenes. So for me it's really a moot point.  | | | | Last edited: by Squirrelecto |
| | Registered: April 4, 2007 |  Posts: 883 |
| | Posted: | | | | if he adds 0,5 there would be 11 options in total instead of 10 which means he'd have to switch from 1-bit numbers to 2-bit, probably reason enough | | | | - Jan |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Squirrel.God: Quote:
I've just recently started rating movies as I watch them and I've also started using the Watch history. Figured I've been doing it on IMDb for a long time now, so may as well be doing it in my Profiler too.
So in theory, I would support a complete rating system that includes all options from 0 to 5 inclusive in 0.5 increments.
However, in practice, any film that I watched which I thought was a 0-1.5, wouldn't actually get rated in my Profiler anyway because I'd remove it right away from my collection and stick it in my 'for sale' box! 2-2.5 films wouldn't last that long either - I tend to just hold on to some of them in case they improve on a second viewing or because they contain certain cool scenes.
So for me it's really a moot point. I understand what you are saying if you want to give the movie a rating of a .5... but I think it would be very useful in my opinion. What if you have an excellent movie... a movie you want to give a 4.5 or maybe even a (gasp) Perfect 5 rating to... but then the only extra is something like filmography for the main star(s).... something that in someone's opinion could be barely more then nothing at all... So maybe I would want to give Movie: 4.5 Audio: 4 Video: 4 Extras .5 or maybe I pick up one of those $1.00 DVDs at Dollar Tree or something... again I love the movie.. but the quality purely sucks... but yet this could be the only option to have the movie... so I want to keep the movie... but want to give the movie a 4 to 5 rating but the audio and video I want to give a .5 to. So as you can see there is justified reasoning to have a .5 rating... so if it is at all possible I am 100% behind it! | | | | Pete |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,022 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hydr0x: Quote:
if he adds 0,5 there would be 11 options in total instead of 10 which means he'd have to switch from 1-bit numbers to 2-bit, probably reason enough You have gone beyond my understanding now Hydrox - perhaps Ken will answer whether it is progamming-wise possible? Whether it is actually wanted is of course another question - but I hope so <fingers crossed> | | | |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I understand what you are saying if you want to give the movie a rating of a .5... but I think it would be very useful in my opinion. What if you have an excellent movie... a movie you want to give a 4.5 or maybe even a (gasp) Perfect 5 rating to... but then the only extra is something like filmography for the main star(s).... something that in someone's opinion could be barely more then nothing at all...
So maybe I would want to give
Movie: 4.5
Audio: 4
Video: 4
Extras .5
or maybe I pick up one of those $1.00 DVDs at Dollar Tree or something... again I love the movie.. but the quality purely sucks... but yet this could be the only option to have the movie... so I want to keep the movie... but want to give the movie a 4 to 5 rating but the audio and video I want to give a .5 to.
So as you can see there is justified reasoning to have a .5 rating... so if it is at all possible I am 100% behind it! Yeah, I see what you mean. I don't bother rating the DVD at all  |
|  | JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | Because there are so few I would mark that low, a single 'one' is bad enough! It's a bit like the "yeah, but this has eleven" conversation from Spinal Tap. I never bother using half marks anyway. In regards to extras I use the 1 or 2 score to denote how many extras there are, because that normally relates to exactly how worthy they are! One trailer? Cool, you just scored 'one' you cheap gits... | | | Jon
"When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend."
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| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,022 |
| | Posted: | | | | Rekindling this.....
And after watching one of the worst DVDS in my life, would welcome the ability to add minus 5 to possible 'scores'
Do not blindbuy Alien Invasion Arizona - the effects look like they have been done by a wedding video producer, the acting is worse than a primary school nativity play, and the costumes are worse than the first doctor who!! | | | |
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