System 1

The first system I've formulated to evaluate a movie is straightforward 8 yes-or-no questions arranged in order of importance. The questions are as follows:

1. Would you watch this movie again?
2. Did you feel the emotional impact that you think the film intended?
3. Do you think the movie satisfies what you consider to be the goals of cinema?
   
4. Do you think it satisfies what you consider to be the goals of art?
5. Do you think the film's artistic intentions are interesting?
6. Do you think the film properly execute its artistic intentions?
7. Do you think the film's technical intentions are interesting?
8. Do you think the film properly execute its technical intentions?

A Little Theory

People always say that art is subjective, that it's impossible to quantify, that two works of art are so different that they can't possibly be compared. Everyone accepts these ideas as a given. Most of our social interactions hinge on the idea that some things just can't be compared, that some opinions are neither right nor wrong.

That's boring. Let's try another idea.