Sherwood rules of a good movie

February 6th, 2006

Here comes Sherwood’s rule No 1 to judge a movie (or DVD): IF at the end of a movie both Jane and Sherwood smiled to each other and said “nice movie”, THEN that movie must suck. The other side of the rule is also true, i.e. if however, after the movie, both of us fighted fiercely to debate on the merits of the movie, rest assured that movie is worth the time (and money) to watch. For example, the movie “Brokeback Mountain” costed us almost two hours to debate, and yet that movie also got 8 Oscar nominations.

Rule 2. If a movie gets both Oscar best director and best movie nomination, you prob need to check movies poiler to confirm your understanding of the movie and usually that movie get 8 or higher on imdb.com. For example, look at this year’s Oscar best director nomination,
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

and also check the Oscar best movie nomination,
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH
Yes, your eyes didn’t cross, they are the same.

now check the imdb score:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (8.0)
CAPOTE (8.2)
CRASH (8.4)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (8.0)
MUNICH (7.8)
which proves my rule No 2.

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