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EVERY SINGLE MOVIE has imdb users saying it's the worst of all time. EVERY SINGLE RATING has people whining that it's too high - and also too low. People find evidence of racism in EVERY SINGLE MOVIE. If someone is doing an accent, there will be people saying they did a terrible job EVERY SINGLE TIME.

You can set your watch by the idiotic clich-people at imdb.
 
I do know best but I am very negative compared to imdb users as a group. Very critical and unforgiving. 93% of the time, my rating of a movie or TV show will be lower than the imdb consensus.

Imdb extremism goes to both ends of the spectrum. There are trolls but there are also a helluva lot of hysterically hyper-positive users who will argue as apologist for absolutely anything a filmmaker will put out there - and I mean anything.

Add in the endless stream of Americans trying to turn every discussion into an issue of right-wing elitism versus conservative blockheadism. Much like real life, the less they know, the stronger the opinion.


A truly terrible forum, imdb.
 
I have heard an explanation of how the overall imdb rating is arrived at and the process seems designed to exclude bots or just extremist idiots. I can't remember all the details but only people who have been supplying ratings for a certain length of time, and supply a certain minimum number of ratings, and they are not an unusual number of 1's and/or 10's actually count towards the official number.

Even then, only random people are selected. They try pretty hard to weed out manipulation.

So I read at some point.
 
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Could be my least favorite Coen brothers movie. I'd like to hear them speak about what they were shooting for with that. More-or-less straight art film I guess.

It's not actually bad; it had a few bits which I found really effective (although depressing); I liked some of the music (although I did not immediately rush to download the soundtrack as some people did. I don't see that download in my immediate future.)

It was okay. I'll probably check it out again in a couple years and see how I feel then.


6 out of 10


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I was hoping this would have more in common with Crazyheart.

Not even close. 6.2 fat.
 
I have to admit, I've been thinking about it a fair bit since viewing it. There are plenty of films which are basically forgotten as soon as the end credits roll. It's not that.

As I said before, I think I need to let some time pass and then have another look. Usually that will just reinforces what I originally thought but occasionally I have a radical change of heart. A recent example of the non-Coen variety would be The Artist.

It's got me wondering what my least favorite Coen Brothers movie is. I guess The Ladykillers??? I've only seen that once and would like to check it again to solidify an opinion.

I'm not gaga over Blood Simple. I barely remember True Grit.
 
The Master was borderline terrible. It was ridiculously over rated. I didn't care AT ALL about what happened to the characters. That's a large point of plot. Or at least the reason people care about writing/stories to begin with. Haven't seen Her yet.
 
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