tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798319569696701934.post3767273167692055528..comments2024-03-25T19:35:15.923-04:00Comments on Movies with Abe: Movie with Abe: SaltMovies with Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131694123939904629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798319569696701934.post-60995050428028264192010-08-01T21:19:33.649-04:002010-08-01T21:19:33.649-04:00No, I think this is the one grade-related thing on...No, I think this is the one grade-related thing on which we do agree!<br /><br />I don't think there was anything redeeming about "Salt." If I indicated otherwise in my review, it was only in reference to what I had hoped I would find. If I do find a redeeming quality, I bump it up to a D or a C-, as you do as well.Movies with Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131694123939904629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798319569696701934.post-90768379195143477152010-08-01T20:44:58.776-04:002010-08-01T20:44:58.776-04:00I think you and I have very different criteria for...I think you and I have very different criteria for an F, which is why I doubt this film would receive one if I saw it (I don't plan to). For me, an F denotes a movie that is irreedemably terrible. Meaning that it has nothing, nothing in it worth checking out. Therefore, just as I give out very few A grades when I'm reviewing, I also give out even less Fs. <br /><br />Example: I hate the movie "Forrest Gump" with a passion. I think it's hideous, convoluted, and just plain stupid (I realize that many disagree, but that's my opinion). However, objectively I realize that there are some good things about it (the shrimp boat stuff in particular). Therefore, it doesn't merit an F. I'd go with a D, maybe a C-. <br /><br />What movies have merited this grade? Just a few that I've seen (thankfully). Last year's woeful "Paranormal Activity" would be one. I can safely say that there was nothing worth seeing in that movie. Another would be a film that a lot of people love, but one that I personally despise: "Field of Dreams". <br /><br />Typically, if there's even one decent performance or one well-written scene, that's enough to bump a film (or anything else) up from an F to a D- or D. If you hand out too many Fs, I believe it defeats the purpose of giving a movie one (which is of course to say "stay away at all costs"). But then again, "Salt" may indeed be that bad. Or you may have different criteria. But for me, an F is for the absolute lowest of the low: the "Paranormal Activities" of the world.Greg Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367592228032874654noreply@blogger.com