# Rate Recent Movies On A Scale Of 1-10 (NO SPOILERS PLEASE) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484 "2002-08-05T21:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/1 "2002-08-05T21:58:38Z")
Save me the time and $$$ of going to see bombs! Without any spoilers or comments, rate some of the newer films in theaters (or new on video/DVD) that you have seen recently. Scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. My recent reviews: Spiderman 5 Road To Predition 4 Lord Of The Rings 9.5 ---
**Author:** ![aoty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aoty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aoty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/2 "2002-08-05T22:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > \*\*Save me the time and $$$ of going to see bombs! > Without any spoilers or comments, rate some of the newer films in theaters (or new on video/DVD) that you have seen recently. > Scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. > > My recent reviews: > > Spiderman 5 > Road To Predition 4 > Lord Of The Rings 9.5 \*\* Ok, I’ll play along… Spiderman - 7 Minority Report - 5 Men in Black II - 2 Signs - 2 Goldmember - 6 Lord of the Rings - 8 (for a scale comparison) Attack of the Clones - 5 Ta-da! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/3 "2002-08-05T23:11:30Z")
Signs- 8 LOTR- 10 Spiderman- 6 Attack of the clones- 7 Goldmember- 7 Minority Report- 7.5 Road to Perdition- 7 Blue Crush- 4 ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/4 "2002-08-05T23:48:51Z")
Attack of the clones- 7.5 Goldmember- 6 Men in Black II- 4 Mr.Deeds- 7 (but I like Sandler, if you don’t then this is a 1) Trailer for XXX- negative 8 dead0man ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/5 "2002-08-06T00:32:17Z")
9: _Y Mama Tambien_ 8: _Insomnia, The Lady and the Duke, Late Marriage, Monsoon Wedding, Nine Queens, Read My Lips_ 7: _About a Boy, Spider-Man, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing_\* 6: _Cherish, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ice Age, Kissing Jessica Stein, Reign of Fire, Signs, Undercover Brother_ 5: _Minority Report_ 4: _Showtime, The Time Machine, Unfaithful, Windtalkers_ 3: _Episode II_ ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/6 "2002-08-06T05:08:21Z")
Let’s see: 9: _LOTR_, _Amelie_, _The Royal Tennenbaums_ 8: _Minority Report_, _Insomnia_ (I give the original a 9.5) 7: _Spider-man_, _The Bourne Identity_ 6: _Goldmember_, _Ice Age_ 5: _Attack of the Clones_, _Eight Legged Freaks_ (I sooo wanted this to be better, sigh) ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/7 "2002-08-06T08:16:23Z")
In theaters: Spiderman: 7 Eight Legged Freaks: 6 The Bourne Identity: 6 Minority Report: 8 Attack of the Clones: 4 Signs: 7 Reign of Fire: 3 Insomnia: 7 Road to Perdition: 8 The Time Machine: 4 Men in Black II: 3 On DVD: Amelie: 9 Amores Perros: 9 The Royal Tennebaums: 9 Blood Simple: 8 Moulon Rouge: 8 Metropolis (anime): 8 Legend of the Red Dragon: 8 Lord of the Rings: 6 The Bridge on the River Kwai : 10 (listed for the sake of comparison, and because I watched it this weekend) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/8 "2002-08-06T08:24:01Z")
I’ll play. These are the movies I’ve seen in the theater since the beginning of the year (some multiple times): 10 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (70MM presentation) 9.5 - Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring 9.0 - Frailty 9.0 - The Royal Tenenbaums 8.5 - Lantana 8.5 - No Man’s Land 8.0 - Road To Perdition 8.0 - The Killing (midnight showing) 8.0 - Insomnia 8.0 - Y Tu Mama Tambien 8.0 - Sunshine State 8.0 - Dinner Rush 8.0 - Changing Lanes 7.5 - Lovely & Amazing 7.5 - Gosford Park 7.5 - Black Hawk Down 7.5 - Last Orders 7.5 - ET: 20th Anniversary 7.5 - The Panic Room 7.0 - Spider-Man 7.0 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones 7.0 - Ice Age 7.0 - Signs 7.0 - Minority Report 7.0 - Monster’s Ball 6.5 - Lilo & Stitch 6.5 - Undercover Brother 6.5 - In The Bedroom 6.5 - Birthday Girl 6.5 - Training Day 6.5 - Iris 6.0 - Harry Potter 6.0 - I Am Sam 6.0 - Tadpole 6.0 - Blade II 6.0 - Murder By Numbers 5.5 - Scotland, PA 5.5 - Italian For Beginners 5.5 - Windtalkers 5.5 - Jimmy Neutron 5.5 - Reign Of Fire 5.5 - Ali 5.0 - Festival In Cannes 5.0 - Eight Legged Freaks 5.0 - Clockstoppers 5.0 - Resident Evil 4.5 - Orange County 4.5 - The Scorpion King 4.5 - Men in Black II (I don’t go to movies that would likely rate a 1-4) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/9 "2002-08-06T08:24:55Z")
LOTR:FOTR: 10 Spider-Man:8 K-19:8 Sum of All Fears: 7 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/10 "2002-08-06T15:34:17Z")
I give K-19 an 8 as well. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/11 "2002-08-06T18:38:40Z")
Spiderman - 9.5 Signs - 5.0 K-9 The Widowmaker - 8 Mr. Deeds - 7.5 (and I usually dislike Adam Sandler’s movies) Stuart Little 2 - 7 Crocodile Hunter - 7.5 Like Mike - 7 Men in Black 2 - 5.0 Time Machine - 6.0 The Rookie - 9.0 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/12 "2002-08-06T21:28:35Z")
Spiderman - 8 Minority Report - 9 Signs - 8 Goldmember - 7 Lord of the Rings - 9.5 ---
**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-recent-movies-on-a-scale-of-1-10-no-spoilers-please/122484/13 "2002-08-06T22:16:54Z")
Men in Black II - 1.5 Attack of the Clones - 4 Minority Report - 6 Spiderman - 7 Road to Perdition - 9 LotR: FotR - 9.5