(Crumbsroom, more proof that we are in some way soulmates, though I wager my Hitch Hike is the worse specimen).
Well, I'm happy it wasn't my Hitchhike because I was beginning to worry I jokingly half assed recommended it back in RT days. Because that sounds like something I might have done. And I would have felt terrible if anyone actually listened to my nonsense.
And I'd wager mine is worse. It's so valueless even I couldn't understand why I was wasting my time with it. And I rarely play the 'that's an hour and a half I'll never get back' card. It was so bad, I think I only watched it twice.
I also get twitchy about people handing out 1/10 ratings because they are frequently used to lower the scores of movies aimed at certain demographics. (For example, who are the 6.6% of people giving Vampires vs. The Bronx a 1/10?!). (Okay, I followed one person who gave it a 1/10 and, surprise surprise!, his rating history is full of 1/10 ratings for any movie that: criticizes Trump, has people of color in lead roles, has the word "immigrant" in its plot description, features gay/trans characters. Has he actually seen these movies? Doubt it! And lest you doubt his taste, he considers Krull a PERFECT movie. 10/10!).
Yeah, I figure you can judge a person as much by their 1/10s as by their 10/10s. I think if you try to grade on a curve anyway then you just end up with a lot of stuff in the 4-7 range anyway and anything outside that range really has to warrant it - even breaking down the extremes is its own challenge as, like I said before, what really separates a 1/10 from a 2/10? It has to have an X factor that pushes it beyond - kind of like how Nigel Tufnel's amps go to 11. I obviously don't care for people arbitrarily doing it just to lower a film's aggregate score, whether it's because of genuine bigotry like your example or just the kind of no-good-new-movies elitism that OP appears to practice.
Yeah, I figure you can judge a person as much by their 1/10s as by their 10/10s. I think if you try to grade on a curve anyway then you just end up with a lot of stuff in the 4-7 range anyway and anything outside that range really has to warrant it - even breaking down the extremes is its own challenge as, like I said before, what really separates a 1/10 from a 2/10?
I think we're on the same page, though I tend to give 7s and 8s to movies I really enjoy and then I get pickier in the 9-10 range.
For me, a 1/10 means I think a film should actively be avoided and has no redeeming qualities. Even movies that I really dislike often get a 4/10 from me because there is usually a performance, a special effect, a camera angle, a soundtrack choice, a line of dialogue, a funny joke, or SOMETHING that I think "someone put thought into that and it deserves recognition".