A New Cinema Rating System

[seafarer]

LA, there isn't enough room to fit all of those on a film advertisement. As, most assuredly, several will apply at any given time.

How about P for puerile.

I saw Batman, which was pretty good, but one thing that bugs me is in film writing where they use witty quips that are already in common usage. I know it's difficult to think of a new, unique retort, but don't we pay extra for that? "Didn't you get the memo?" is just lame, eye-rollingly dull.

[WingChunDave]

RCR. Really Crappy Remake.
or
RHS. Re-Hashed Script.

ECD. Endless Chickflick Drivel.

[r988]

How about 'Dont Bother', could use it on about 95% of films

[Einion Yrth]

AENS - All effects - no scriptwriter

[Soundwave]

How about

WTFWTA -

What The **** Was That About?

Could be used on a fair few films mainly Arty foreign ones

Neil

[srebbe64]

I like the idea, how about:

LMP - 'let's milk the public' - for sequels.

LMPBT - 'lets milk the public big time' - for remakes of the same movie (Italian Job, etc)

BNCF - 'big name crap film' - when a major Hollywood star is put in a rubbish film to drum up publicity.

[Einion Yrth]

SNAAB - same name as a book

[JonRB]

YARR - Yet Another Rubbish Remake

(not to be confused with a pirate copy - yarrrr)

[scared but happy]

MD - Mindless Drivel
PMR - Pixar Merchandise Ready
DMR - Disney Merchandise Ready
ABH - American Butt Humor
SID - Shot in (the) dark
PME - Pointless Meaningless Ending
MR - Matrix Ripoff
SCA - Serious Comedy Acting
OST - Overloud Sound Track
ANC - Action No Content

[AlexH]

JMTF - Just milking the franchise; for most sequels.

[seafarer]

Here's the rating, think up a title (re: LA's original ratings):

SMG/AC/AJL/SPA/DD/STV

Ratings translate to: Smug Alleged Comedy of Angelina Jolie's Lips in the Same Performance Again of Double Disaster, Straight to Video.

This is a fun thread, LA. Glad you thought of it.

[mcflurry]

How about MAN and WOM

MAN - lots of explosions, no story line, great brain candy.

WOM - romantic, boring, girl gets boy, the end.

[simpo two]

SMAWBMG - 'slow motion action whilst being machine gunned'.

From what I've seen of the Matrix, that's about it.