Movies Do you avoid watching movies that are rated 5 or lower on IMDB?

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Man. I grew up on USA Up All Night.

 

[Madmick]

When rating films, rewatchability may not have an appropriate weight. Something in the realm of the halo effect, which is a cognizant bias.

Some of the schlockier films are more rewatchable than others. This is an observable phenomenon.

Leviathan is rated 5.8 on imdb.

Shawshank Redemption is rated 9.3.

If I rewatch Leviathan many more times than Shawshank Redemption, how should I rate Leviathan?

If I avoided films based on the collective's perception, I may have never watched Leviathan.

Because of movies like Leviathan, I am willing to give lower-rated films produced during that time period a chance.

You're grading these films on rewatchability, but deliberately picking a highly rated film you don't find conducive to repeat viewings. There are tons of films that are rated higher that are.

But, more importantly, Leviathan isn't below a 5. Completely different class of film. Try again. One of the only movies I've seen that is below a 5 that I found worth watching was Dish Dogs. But was it worth all of the films I've viewed that are also below 5 if they were the cost to find it? Absolutely not. I can happily live without Dish Dogs when Office Space exists.

 

[TheChance]

5? IMDB seems to have alot of people who rate average movies a 10 so I usually don't touch anything under 7.

 

[Gene Tunney]

You're grading these films on rewatchability, but deliberately picking a highly rated film you don't find conducive to repeat viewings. There are tons of films that are rated higher that are.

But, more importantly, Leviathan isn't below a 5. Completely different class of film. Try again. One of the only movies I've seen that is below a 5 that I found worth watching was Dish Dogs. But was it worth all of the films I've viewed that are also below 5 if they were the cost to find it? Absolutely not. I can happily live without Dish Dogs when Office Space exists.

Oh!

I didn't know that we were rounding up.

Rewatchability is but one variable. I am suggesting that this one variable may be under-weighted in rating films.

The films that I picked are irrelevant.

A different class of film?

Try again?

 

[Gene Tunney]

Man. I grew up on USA Up All Night.

You aren't the only one.

 

[Highway99]

As a man of exploitation, absolutely not.

Now go watch Night Killer, you elitist snobs.

 

[milliniar]

I don't care about IMDb rankings/ratings

 

[Madmick]

Oh!

I didn't know that we were rounding up.

Rewatchability is but one variable. I am suggesting that this one variable may be under-weighted in rating films.

The films that I picked are irrelevant.

A different class of film?

Try again?

No rounding. The poll said 5 or below. The integer 5 has a value of 5.0

I'm saying that films rated 5.0-5.9 (or 5.1+ if you want to stickle) versus those rated 0.0-4.9 are a completely different class of film. Go ahead. Peruse them for yourself. You'll see I'm right.

As a man of exploitation, absolutely not.

Now go watch Night Killer, you elitist snobs.

Making a movie night for camp is a different tradition. I'd consider it exempt. That's what made Mystery Science Theater 3000 so great.

 

[Daverisimo]

Honestly, I avoid watching any new movies unless 1) I hear positive word of mouth about them irl, or 2) one of the few reviewers/"influencers" whose opinion I respect recommends it. Neither general audience nor critical opinion mean much to me.

 

[NoSmilez]

I try not to but I grew up watching syfy channel. It’s pretty bad.

 

[ShadowRun]

To those voting, 'I watch whatever catches my interest", I don't think you're taking into account how truly horrid sub-5.0 movies on IMDb are. I'll watch even movies that are in the 5.0-5.9 range, if they have something going for them, some sort of word-of-mouth, or a director or actor or screenwriter I really admire, or maybe that won an award I respect.

But once a movie falls below 5.0 it is 99.9% certain to be a bucket of shit, so I'm not wasting my time. Almost without exception, I'm avoiding those movies. There's too many movies out there to see I haven't seen.

Name me a movie below 5.0 that is good.

Cyborg, Blair witch was on that list.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

To those voting, 'I watch whatever catches my interest", I don't think you're taking into account how truly horrid sub-5.0 movies on IMDb are. I'll watch even movies that are in the 5.0-5.9 range, if they have something going for them, some sort of word-of-mouth, or a director or actor or screenwriter I really admire, or maybe that won an award I respect.

But once a movie falls below 5.0 it is 99.9% certain to be a bucket of shit, so I'm not wasting my time. Almost without exception, I'm avoiding those movies. There's too many movies out there to see I haven't seen.

Name me a movie below 5.0 that is good.

I would say the movie Jack Frost (97) was one of the most entertaining Christmas movies i watched last December. Literal definition of a good "bad" movie imo

 

[Madmick]

I would say the movie Jack Frost (97) was one of the most entertaining Christmas movies i watched last December. Literal definition of a good "bad" movie imo

I also like it. But it's a 5.5.

Cyborg, Blair witch was on that list.

Cyborg technically qualifies at a 5.0, if we're counting 5.0. You really like that movie? I'm can't think of a Jean Claude movie off the top of my head I like less. I'd even take the terrible Lawnmower Man over it, but the latter is a 5.4, so it's too high. The Blair Witch Project (6.5) was never rated that low.

I don't care about IMDb rankings/ratings

Just as an exercise: can you name one movie with a rating of 4.9 or lower that you would label great-- truly great? What about one that changed culture, or is considered a classic? How about just a cult classic? Even a mere classic among guilty pleasures? A treasured childhood memory? A genre influencer?

 

[GoodBadHBK]

I also like it. But it's a 5.5.

Cyborg technically qualifies at a 5.0, if we're counting 5.0. You really like that movie? I'm can't think of a Jean Claude movie off the top of my head I like less. I'd even take the terrible Lawnmower Man over it, but the latter is a 5.4, so it's too high. The Blair Witch Project (6.5) was never rated that low.

Just as an exercise: can you name one movie with a rating of 4.9 or lower that you would label great-- truly great? What about one that changed culture, or is considered a classic? How about just a cult classic? Even a mere classic among guilty pleasures? A treasured childhood memory? A genre influencer?

 

[no fat chicks]

I'll watch some big budget flops now and then because they're still entertaining at least usually.

 

[Danespina]

I never realized how much it takes to get a 5.0 or lower.

But I mean yeah. If something interests me a rating wouldn't stop me.

Whether that's Jackie Chan playing a rare villain in THE KILLER METEORS (4.9).
Or Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer playing a game of who can wear the most ridiculous hat in THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (4.6).

 

[Slobodan]

I also like it. But it's a 5.5.

Cyborg technically qualifies at a 5.0, if we're counting 5.0. You really like that movie? I'm can't think of a Jean Claude movie off the top of my head I like less. I'd even take the terrible Lawnmower Man over it, but the latter is a 5.4, so it's too high. The Blair Witch Project (6.5) was never rated that low.

Just as an exercise: can you name one movie with a rating of 4.9 or lower that you would label great-- truly great? What about one that changed culture, or is considered a classic? How about just a cult classic? Even a mere classic among guilty pleasures? A treasured childhood memory? A genre influencer?

Samurai Cop

That movie influenced @Clippy's creative vision for decades to come

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Hell no that's where they keep the best stuff

 

[thejudgeholden]

To those voting, 'I watch whatever catches my interest", I don't think you're taking into account how truly horrid sub-5.0 movies on IMDb are. I'll watch even movies that are in the 5.0-5.9 range, if they have something going for them, some sort of word-of-mouth, or a director or actor or screenwriter I really admire, or maybe that won an award I respect.

But once a movie falls below 5.0 it is 99.9% certain to be a bucket of shit, so I'm not wasting my time. Almost without exception, I'm avoiding those movies. There's too many movies out there to see I haven't seen.

Name me a movie below 5.0 that is good.

Leprechaun - 1993 a masterpiece.
No but really, you're right the difference between a 5.1 and a 4.9 film on imdb is somehow massive. I've found plenty of slow burn horror movies rated as low as 5.1 that I'd consider a solid 7 but anything under 5 is there because it's just straight up trash and not a case of subjective taste

 

[Madmick]

Leprechaun - 1993 a masterpiece.
No but really, you're right the difference between a 5.1 and a 4.9 film on imdb is somehow massive. I've found plenty of slow burn horror movies rated as low as 5.1 that I'd consider a solid 7 but anything under 5 is there because it's just straight up trash and not a case of subjective taste

I've seen it and it is most definitely not a masterpiece.