Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!reiher From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: How I Rate Films Message-ID: <2855@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 02:00:39 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2855 Posted: Tue Dec 18 02:00:39 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:45:17 EST References: <141@ahuta.UUCP> <6500036@hp-pcd.UUCP> Reply-To: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (Peter Reiher) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 25 Summary: (apologies for the lack of capitals, etc. i am working under difficult conditions.) many people are uncertain whether or not they want to see a film, and would like to know a little bit more about it than the typical "yeah, it's really neat!" or "it stinks" response our friends are so wont to give. i personally solve this problem by seeing almost everything that comes out (well, the american ones, at least.) how are others to solve it? well, they might do worse than to consult a couple of reviews. since net.movies is about movies, it seems like a reasonable place to look for reviews. my own policy is to take one opinion with a grain of salt, but several similar opinions about a film usually have some substance behind them. thus, consult more than one review. also, try to find a critic whose tastes largely coincide with yours. the alternative is to wait for word of mouth that may never come on some more obscure films, or to believe the advertising (ho ho), or to take shots in the dark. if you still prefer to avoid reviews, use your n key when one comes up. -- Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher