Poll Change
About a week ago, I told Andrew that I would be getting rid of the poll feature on the blog because it had run its course, but then he gave me the idea of using it to let people rate movies. Perfect! Fun and useful! We're all big movie-goers, and we're all opinionated about the movies we see, so what could be better?
The first movie on the agenda is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is holding steady at 83 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. A group of us will be checking it out tonight at Shoreline, so we'll have some instant feedback to provide. Yes, Depp looks creepy, and yes, Burton has done some really weird bleep that I haven't always enjoyed, but for some reason I'm psyched to see this one. I guess it's because I loved the book as a child and read it about twenty times, and I hear this version is much more faithful to the Roald Dahl classic than was the '70s Gene Wilder version. I hope I'm not disappointed.
I debated between the current poll format and an IMDB-like drop-down from 10 to 1, but I ultimately chose this one because the meaning of each vote is already defined and therefore self-explanatory, whereas a vote of 10 to 1 doesn't necessarily mean the same thing from person to person, and no one is going to publish an explanation of rankings the way I have. Hope you find the new polls useful!
The first movie on the agenda is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is holding steady at 83 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. A group of us will be checking it out tonight at Shoreline, so we'll have some instant feedback to provide. Yes, Depp looks creepy, and yes, Burton has done some really weird bleep that I haven't always enjoyed, but for some reason I'm psyched to see this one. I guess it's because I loved the book as a child and read it about twenty times, and I hear this version is much more faithful to the Roald Dahl classic than was the '70s Gene Wilder version. I hope I'm not disappointed.I debated between the current poll format and an IMDB-like drop-down from 10 to 1, but I ultimately chose this one because the meaning of each vote is already defined and therefore self-explanatory, whereas a vote of 10 to 1 doesn't necessarily mean the same thing from person to person, and no one is going to publish an explanation of rankings the way I have. Hope you find the new polls useful!
posted by Chang Kim at Friday, July 15, 2005
5 Comments:
What about Wedding Crashers?
I haven't decided if I'm going to see Wedding Crashers yet, but if I do, I'll add it. Or maybe I should add it to see if I should see it. :)
It's also unusual for two huge movies to share a weekend.
Put up polls for Batman and War of the Worlds. :) I'm more interested in what War of the Worlds would get, since I already know the Batman results :p
Oh yeah, how could I forget? Where's the poll for Herbie: Fully Loaded? I thought Lindsey Lohan was exceptional as Herbie.
If you wanted War of the Worlds, you shoulda given me this idea back then. :) Now you get Wonka. Not that it matters since you're going to see it with me tonight regardless. But at least now you can be a voter and shape the thoughts and minds of Changina readers worldwide.
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