This has been the case for quite a significant time, and I can't seem to find a proper solution for it. I hate giving movies a rating.
The viewing of the movie is obviously the most important aspect, but after I finish the experience, I'm not only inclined to leave a trace of me watching said film, but also the level of my liking for it. I'm a very organised person, and I recognise that I'm almost compulsive in that aspect, but I can't help it...so after submitting countless films on whatever social network (letterboxd, IMDB...), a movie will surely come that won't fit any rating. This is the point where I go nuts! I know it's petty and laughable, but once this kind of situation happens, I start rearranging my previous hundreds of ratings, now everything becomes disordered, no grade has a meaning any more, but my anxiety certainly does.
I've tried many solutions. I tried abandoning the stupid concept of grading films, but I found out I was long addicted. I tried turning a new page, and starting out fresh, but the situation occurs at one point or another. Basically, I always dread the end of a movie, because it always means the start of another contribution to the problem, and now it has become more frustrating than ever, especially with the summer and all of the free time.
I hate the day my brain was introduced to this concept, because films to me, are much much much much MUCH more, than a little stupid harmless rating or a grade.
The viewing of the movie is obviously the most important aspect, but after I finish the experience, I'm not only inclined to leave a trace of me watching said film, but also the level of my liking for it. I'm a very organised person, and I recognise that I'm almost compulsive in that aspect, but I can't help it...so after submitting countless films on whatever social network (letterboxd, IMDB...), a movie will surely come that won't fit any rating. This is the point where I go nuts! I know it's petty and laughable, but once this kind of situation happens, I start rearranging my previous hundreds of ratings, now everything becomes disordered, no grade has a meaning any more, but my anxiety certainly does.
I've tried many solutions. I tried abandoning the stupid concept of grading films, but I found out I was long addicted. I tried turning a new page, and starting out fresh, but the situation occurs at one point or another. Basically, I always dread the end of a movie, because it always means the start of another contribution to the problem, and now it has become more frustrating than ever, especially with the summer and all of the free time.
I hate the day my brain was introduced to this concept, because films to me, are much much much much MUCH more, than a little stupid harmless rating or a grade.
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"A film has to be a dialogue, not a monologue — a dialogue to provoke in the viewer his own thoughts, his own feelings. And if a film is a dialogue, then it’s a good film; if it’s not a dialogue, it’s a bad film."
"A film has to be a dialogue, not a monologue — a dialogue to provoke in the viewer his own thoughts, his own feelings. And if a film is a dialogue, then it’s a good film; if it’s not a dialogue, it’s a bad film."
- Michael "Gloomy Old Fart" Haneke