Thumbs
Movies had a great rating system. Then along came Letterboxd.
In the old days, if you liked a movie that was a “thumbs up”. Yes or no. Siskel and Ebert. Now Letterboxd lets its users rate movies on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Maybe 0 to 5. There may also be half star ratings. I’ve seen hearts on there too.I don’t know exactly, I don’t have an account to check. I can afford one, it’s not that. The accounts are probably free anyway, which means I could easily afford it. How many potential ratings is that 0 to 5 with half stars, 11?
- 0.0 stars
- 0.5 stars
- 1.0 star
- 1.5 stars
- 2.0 stars
- 2.5 stars
- 3.0 stars
- 3.5 stars
- 4.0 stars
- 4.5 stars
- 5.0 stars
The problem with this is people can’t actually rate movies on a scale of 0 to 5 with half stars. I didn’t type that list out, by the way. The tell is “1.0 star” correctly not being plural. I would’ve copy/pasted and missed that for sure. Here’s a list I can type out myself:
- Thumbs up
- Thumbs down
See? I’d bet even people on that site can’t explain what they rated a 2.5 star movie 4 years ago vs present day 2.5 stars. I hovered over the hearts there and it says “liked”. That adds more confusion to me. I’m checking Spider Man and a bunch of people made a 4 star rating with no heart. Insanity.