Greetings all! We'll start publishing more and more movie reviews now, perhaps not as frequently as you'd like but we'll try! Before that, though, we'd like to explain how we rate and evaluate movies in BSCR News. This should serve our readers as well as those who'd like to review movies for us in future, so heads up!
The first and most important rule is: Write the review within 1 day of watching the movie. It doesn't matter if you've watched it 100 times, you must watch it just before you write the review. Keeping the review in mind while you watch it will help you realize details you might not have noticed before or that you might not have noticed if you hadn't kept the review in mind. A fresh review is a good review! That's why Rotten Tomatoes is so successful!
Watch out for spoilers! Always warning our readers about things that might spoil their entertainment is a good practice! Don't be a party-pooper, no one likes being told the ending without them asking - you can still stay it, just mark it with a "SPOILER ALERT" sign. Even if you're just describing the plot, some people will be upset by that.
Don't just retell the movie, give your opinion on it but judge it with objectiveness. The review might say "I didn't like it" but it's still a good movie, so give it a 10! Well that would be odd, if a movie gets a 10 it's because it's perfect. So make sure you're 100% certain that there's NO WAY the movie could improve.
Speaking of ratings, explaining those might help. We have 3 ratings in BSCR News here. The "Movie Rating" gives us an idea on how good or bad our critic thought the movie was. It should be based on cast performance, script and plot, special effects, genre attainment and originality. We realize it's hard to judge all movies on the same basis, as every movie has its own magic. For that same reason, we came up with two other ratings. "Adjusted Rating" is our second rating; it's based on whether or not the movie achieved what its supposed to achieve, or at least it seemed like it did to our critic. A thriller might have a Movie rating of 2.0, but got an Adjusted rating of 5, just because it scared our critic a little, and that would be the point, don't you agree? All adjustments must be justified though. The final rating is the "Entertainment Value". If we take that same example, the thriller might have been terrible, it might not be scary at all, but you still had a good time as you didn't expect much from it anyway. That means it has a high entertainment value.
All our ratings go from 0.0 to 10.0, to one decimal place.
Finally, some aspects might help improve the review, as it might actually be a preview for many. Embed the trailers/previews from youtube if you can, it helps! You can also look up the information such as director, starring cast members, etc. from imdb.com. Remember to cite your sources accordingly though! Oh, and don't forget to tag the article as "Review". This way our readers can comment on it whether they agree or disagree with us.
In any case, our first review is coming up next: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
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