Explanation of Ratings
Moral Ratings (Effectiveness of Communicating Moral Values)
- Morally offensive
- No worthwhile moral message present and/or content is somewhat offensive
- Contains moral message (possibly weak), but content is somewhat offensive (violence, sex, inappropriate dialog, etc.)
- Contains just a good moral message or Contains a great moral message, though some content may not be suitable for all ages (e.g., Chicago).
- Contains a great moral message, suitable for family movie night
Entertainment Ratings
- Great acting, plot, music, etc., worth owning (provided that the moral rating is high, otherwise proceed at your own risk).
- Worth seeing, especially if moral rating is high (ex. Friendly Persuasion, Gulliver’s Travels), acting or other elements can be a bit rough
- Average entertainment
- Contains one or more of the following: poor acting, cheap laughs, weak plot. Probably not worth seeing unless moral rating is high.
- Avoid at all costs.
Rating Class (Coming Soon)
- World Shaker – A must see, must own, must share!
- Parking Meter – Great, but has one or two things that totally could have been eliminated. (The offensive content is irrelevant to the movie, just as cutting of the tops of parking meters was a dumb way for Luke to get hisself thrown into a prison camp.)
- Night in the Box – a waste of time and money, you feel worse after having watched this type of film.
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All the ratings pages currently say “Moral Rating – Failure to Communicate?” Not sure if that was intentional, but it’s a bit confusing.
Yeah, it might be a bit of a stretch. But I was trying to fit the phrase “Failure to Communicate” into the theme of the site. I appreciate the feedback. Maybe something more along the lines of “Effectiveness of Communicating Moral Values/Lessons/etc.” I’ll look into that. Thanks!
Not sure if this is what is confusing, but the moral rating is the number that follows that phrase. The entertainment value matches with the letters as shown above and the moral value matches the numbers, also shown above. It looks like just a numbered list, but those numbers are the rating. 1 is not good, 4 and 5 are the best. So if you look at each post, the number that follows “Failure to Communicate” is the rating that corresponds to what you see above. If a movie receives a 1, then it is considered morally offensive, and so on. Does that make sense?