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It’s sort of funny to me how some of the more coherent conversation regarding the nature of letter grades and movie reviewing has come when I decide to get rid of them outright. However, some of the recent comments on my “Saying Farewell to Movie Review Letter Grades” has me thinking perhaps I have jumped the gun and succumbed to the pains-in-my-neck that invariably week after week either comment or send in emails bitching about this grade or that grade.
So, in an effort to reach out to the interested parties I will let you decide the future of some form of movie grading on RopeofSilicon.com.
I say “some form” of grading because while I may be willing to reinstate the letter grade for the time being I still plan on coming up with an alternative similar to what is used at the San Francisco Gate, which you can see directly above. A method that pretty much gives some indication of my feelings for the movie. I am also planning on adding a “Bottom Line” sentence to each review and if all goes according to plan publishing a “This Week at the Theater” type of column running down all the films opening that week along with a couple of quick comments such as I do on a weekly basis for the new DVDs and Blu-rays (example).
That said, vote in the poll above and then leave any comments, suggestions or complaints directly below. After all, I post these reviews to open discussion and give you an idea of what to expect from a movie and if a grade/rating is important to most of you then I will roll back my decision (after only a few days) and reinstate the grades. Just so you know, I won’t depend solely on the poll to make a decision, your comments will play just as large a role if not larger. I only expect the more interested readers to take part in this so be sure to speak up if you care one way or another.
