Rodheh wrote:I guess people are stupid for having standards? When was the last 9/10 film released REALLY? With 10 being FLAWLESS. It's the top of the rating scale. What I think is stupid is when people like things to some degree and then give it like a 7/8/9/10 out of 10 on a whim and do it on a regular basis while simultaneously seeing a rating like 5/10 as bad as opposed to what logically it should be - totally average. I think for something to achieve even an 8 it has to consist of more than a liberal amount of CGI, made for 3D shots (however realistic they might look) that string together only a handful of really interesting moments - that's just me though.
There, there's some discussion about Gravity. It was okay. Probably a 6/10 for me, mostly for the latter half of the film.
the last 10/10 film was released 2 years ago, Drive. Seen it about 5-6 times in the past year or so. I can safely put it on my top 10 of all time.
But you know what, to an extent, I agree. If I watch a film and I think it's just simply good I'll give it a 5. People think I'm a "harsh critic" but they're handing out 8's and 9's like they're apples 'n' oranges.
I'm even harsher with music.
But in particular with Gravity, the dialogue may have not been on point, but the way it's layered with visual metaphors, the way the film is like an old sci fi b-movie but has this elegance and grandiose nature, and sheer weight of the situation put on the viewer.
It does a lot of things differently and I rightly applaud it. I feel it's much much more than good CGI. Don't worry, you're like my friend, he thought the exact same thing and gave it a 3/10. We had a discussion about it afterwards.
I also agree with your second post regarding pieces of work which can or cannot be considered 10/10 after a period of time.
All the albums I would give a 10 to have needed a fair bit of time to sit with me, except for last year's Tame Impala release, but that hit me so hard in terms of what I like in music. Kinda like Drive, it takes all the elements which I like in that particular artform and just gets them all correct. It's weird to say but Lonerism is in my personal top 15 of all time, and I'm usually against such a taboo as putting an album which I heard less than a year ago on such a list.