For my 100th Post, I Will Adjust Some Ratings

The purpose of this post is mostly explained in the title. Given the recent change to the Tommy D Talks Movies rating system, I — as promised, and because of my own obsessive needs for consistency — I am going back through this entire blog’s history and picking out certain review scores to adjust. Most will be adjusted as a result of the change from quarter-point to half-point increments (and no, the rule of rounding up will not always apply), but others will be adjusted simply because watching and rating more movies has given me a better idea of benchmarks over time. I could go back to each post and make the edits within each one, but that would be too much even for me.

I do want to emphasize that the ratings are more of a fun way to classify movies; what I like to focus on more is the content and deeper analysis in the reviews. But like I said, the completist in me needs to do this. And on top of that, what better way to celebrate the one-year history of Tommy D Talks Movies with a 100th post that looks back at so many past ones?

Without further ado, let’s get started with this ambitious task. Here are the movies whose scores are being adjusted:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II: Originally 3.25/4, now 3/4
• The Fugitive: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• American Psycho: Originally 3/4, now 3.5/4 (I now recognize it as a pretty damn good cinematic achievement)
• A Beautiful Mind: Originally 3.75/4, now 3.5/4
• The King’s Speech: Originally 1.75/4, now 1.5/4 (what an overrated snooze-fest)
• 25th Hour: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• eXistenZ: Originally 2.75/4, now 3/4
• Zodiac: Originally 3.5/4, now 4/4 (I saw this movie again recently and was blown away. It’s so detailed and complete, and incredibly underrated. It didn’t get a single Oscar nomination for 2007. That’s a crime.)
• Taxi Driver: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• Warrior: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• Contagion: Originally 2.75/5, now 2.5/4
• Drive:Originally 3/4, then 3.75/4, now 3.5/4 (this was a tough one)
• Mulholland Drive: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• No Country for Old Men: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• Pan’s Labyrinth: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• Martha Marcy May Marlene: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• The Debt: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• The Conspirator: Originally 2.75/4, now 2.5/4
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• Midnight in Paris: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• The Artist: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• Rear Window: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• The Help: Originally 2.75/4, now 2.5/4
• Shame: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• Hugo: Originally 3.25/4, now 3/4
• War Horse: Originally 2.25/4, now 2.5/4
• Take Shelter: Originally 3.75/4, now 4/4
• Rushmore: Originally 2.75/4, now 2.5/4
• The Hunger Games: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4
• 21 Jump Street: Originally 3.25/4, now 3/4
• Ted: Originally 3.25/4, now 3.5/4