Gimme an "F"!

It seems I may be being a bit harsh in my grading of films. I'll explain. To me, an "F" rating means that the film simply failed to do what it set out to do, not necessarily that it was a film without any redeeming qualities whatsoever. For instance, I gave the film "Everybody's Fine" an "F" because it had poor writing, but had some very fine actors who gave it their best shot but were ultimately let down by the weak script. Were I to give it a star rating, I would give it **1/4 stars for it's good qualities, not zero as some might think an "F" would indicate.

So in order to avoid confusion, Sammi and I are going to switch to rating films with the star rating system commonly used by other movie critics. Our scale will be zero to five stars, zero being a film without redeeming qualities, five being a masterpiece. My mentor, Roger Ebert, uses a four-star rating system (as well as his trademark thumbs), but I've always liked being able to say "now that was a five-star film!".

And in case you were curious what I would give to the films already posted, here are my star ratings for them.

Robots: ***
Everybody's Fine: **1/4
Hot Fuzz: ****1/2
Hero: ****3/4
Avatar: ****
District 9: ****1/2
Quantum of Solace: ***
It Might Get Loud: ****
The Hangover: ****
Casino Royale: ****3/4
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish: *1/4

I'll let Sammi decide if she wants to re-rate her movies or not.

Sammi's ratings:

Robots: ****
Everybody's Fine: ***
Hot Fuzz: ****1/2
Hero: *****
Avatar: ****
District 9: ****1/2
Quantum of Solace:***1/2
It Might Get Loud: ****1/2
The Hangover: ***
Casino Royale: *****
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish:*