I’ve seen “Whisper of the Heart” (1995) / “Mimi wo sumaseba” (1995). Thoughts?
Filme
IMDB ratings of a movie
If you look at the grades of the movies on IMDb, most of the popular movies fall between 6 and 7.5. If it’s above that, it’s likely a good movie, if it’s below that, it’s likely a very poor one.
Sure, there are certain specificities to this: comedies don’t get good grades on IMDb, you’ll rarely see a comedy having a good grade.
Also, action-movies, more recently, especially if they have some special effects, tend to get high grades.
I prefer watching movies with a grade above 7, but don’t always do so.
Also, for the movies in IMDb Top 250, I prefer to see them again as time goes by. It’s one thing to see the Godfather when you’re 20, and another thing to see it again 20 years later.
When I grade a movie, I tend to give it a minimum 8, 10 if it’s highly good, a 9 if it impressed me somehow. Recently, I haven’t given grades below 8, and even if I do, not less than 7. I think that the movie creators deserver a bit of appreciation, even if I don’t agree with the ideas in a movie 100%.
I follow a similar principle on Goodreads, where I give most books 3/4 stars, and to the top books 5 stars.
On “Schindler’s List” (1993)
I’ve seen “Schindler’s List” (1993). What are my thoughts around the movie? (spoilers!)
“The hell was I thinking?”
There’s a funny line in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997): (recalling memories about a person whom she loved/admired in high-school): “The hell was I thinking?”.
Memories tend to be like this. In childhood, you get first memories. First memories of a technical game. First memory of ice cream. First memory of a toy. First memory of a friend. First memory of a person. First memory of riding a bicycle.
And time passes, and your taste in technical objects, in food, in people, in some activities, changes.
You also change, you’re not the same.
People, objects, activities, technical things change.
And you look right now, in August 2020, at a memory some years ago, when you were a child, and you liked ice cream X, game Y, activity Z, and you still think that the memory is nice, that you might have enjoyed it, that you do know why you liked it, but, on another hand, you’re a bit surprised by the choice back then.
