Movie Star Ratings

**jgantert** · 05-26-2004 09:17 AM

Just curious as to how they decide the star rating for the movies.

Last night I was watching "Humanoids From The Deep" (1980, Monsters TV) and it was rated 3 stars. It was your typical cheesy B-Movie with bad acting. No way any newspaper reviewer would give it 3 stars.

So, how did it end up with 3 stars???

-John

**Sean Mota** · 05-26-2004 09:25 AM

Star Ratings is overrated. Not a good system at all since it is biased. I have seen good movies rated with one star and bad movies rated with three stars. It all depends who is doing the rating.

**1080iBeVuMin** · 05-26-2004 12:54 PM

I suggest they go with the
Rotten Tomatoes

rating system!

But perhaps their ratings don't go back far enough.

**Tvlman** · 05-26-2004 01:18 PM

I think they use the star ratings from Leonard Malten's published movie ratings. He also has a TV show reviewing movies.

**squicken** · 05-26-2004 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by 1080iWannabe

I suggest they go with the
Rotten Tomatoes

rating system!

But perhaps their ratings don't go back far enough.

I like Rotten Tomatoes also, but these things are too personal. For instance, Rotten Tomatoes rates Steel Magnolias higher than Fight Club, Commando, and Total Recall. In the name of all that is good and holy, 3 of those movies are on my top 50 list, and one of them is terrible.

**1080iBeVuMin** · 05-26-2004 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by cyuhnke

I like Rotten Tomatoes also, but these things are too personal. For instance, Rotten Tomatoes rates Steel Magnolias higher than Fight Club, Commando, and Total Recall. In the name of all that is good and holy, 3 of those movies are on my top 50 list, and one of them is terrible.

Sure there are bound to be personal differences. But I think RT uses about 100 reviewers.(?) An average like that might be more accurate overall than one guy sitting there and sticking stars on whatever he likes.

Edited: Oops I missed the other post. So maybe the stars are okay if they come from a pretty reputable reviewer. But an avg like RT still seems like it would be better overall IMHO.