Blog reminded me that I haven't yet mentioned here the scale by which I evaluate movies. Back in the old days of my homepage, I used to keep a running list of the 6-7 most recent movies I'd seen, along with the following rating system, from best to worst:
See it twice
Full price
Matinee
Rental (or PPV)
HBO
Network TV
Not especially original--I'm sure that there are plenty of people who use the same scale--but I've been rating movies thusly for about 15 years, so it's comfy. There are sometimes years that go by without a single "2x" rating, and it's exceedingly rare for me to actually go see a movie that falls into the bottom 2 categories. In the past couple of years, I've taken to occasionally adding genres to the ratings. An action matinee, for example, is a movie that's worth matinee price if you're an action movie fan (like me), but probably less if you're not.
So, anyway, that's my rating system. There'll likely be a quiz on it next week, so be sure to commit it to memory.
Update: We'll be going with a color coding here, with the green light meaning go, and the yellow light barely visible. When I add genres to the ratings, I'll italicize.
I've personally been a fan of your rating system for some time now. I used to visit your homepage and see your latest ratings. Generally, we were in agreement. I look forward to the Brooke Scale once more.