Now that I am tracking all the movies I watch via Letterboxd, it seems worthwhile to go over the results at the end of the year, and look for lessons, patterns and highlights.

Last year: Zvi's 2024 In Movies.

The Ratings Scale

You can find all my ratings and reviews on Letterboxd. I do revise from time to time, either on rewatch or changing my mind. I encourage you to follow me there.

Letterboxd ratings go from 0.5-5. The scale is trying to measure several things at once.

5: Masterpiece. All-time great film. Will rewatch multiple times. See this film.

4.5: Excellent. Life is meaningfully enriched. Want to rewatch. Probably see this film.

4: Great. Cut above. Very happy I saw. Happy to rewatch. If interested, see this film.

3.5: Very Good. Actively happy I saw. Added value to my life. A worthwhile time.

3: Good. Happy that I saw it, but wouldn’t be a serious mistake to miss it.

2.5: Okay. Watching this was a small mistake.

2: Bad. I immediately regret this decision. Kind of a waste.

1.5: Very bad. If you caused this to [...]

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Outline:

(00:24) The Ratings Scale

(02:35) The Five Component Model of Movie Ratings

(04:10) The Numbers

(04:29) Movies Have Decreasing Marginal Returns in Practice

(05:24) Very Briefly on the Top Picks and Whether You Should See Them

(06:47) Other Notes to Self to Remember (Reprise from 2024)

(08:15) The Year of Living Disagreeably

(11:05) I Hate Spoilers With the Fire of a Thousand Suns

(11:26) You Son Of A Bitch, I'm In

(12:36) Theaters Continue To Be Awesome

(13:11) Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Didn't Like It

(19:43) Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Did Like It

(21:47) Award Show Dreams

(22:28) On To 2026

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