Review: Ils (Them)

Ils (English: Them, 2006): French and Romanian, 74 min, written and directed by David Moreau & Xavier Palud, starring Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen and Adriana Mocca.

System 1 rating: 100, or 01100100

Review: Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy (1950): English, 86 min, directed by Joseph H. Lewis, written by Dalton Trumbo & MacKinlay Kantor, starring John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Harry Lewis, and Nedrick Young.

System 1 rating: 231, or 11100111

Review: The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski (1998): English, 117 min, written and directed by the Coen Brothers, starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buschemi, Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Tara Reid, Peter Stormare, Ben Gazzara.

System 1 rating: 253, or 11111101

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?