My son is obsessed with movies and star ratings, as I suppose we all were, younger type. He got The Radio Times Guide to Fillims (sic) and Halliwells for Chrimbo, and pores over them whilst we're all watching TV, proclaiming "This has only got 2 stars! It's rubbish! (Halliwells is famously stingy with stars). I originally bought The Word first issue in HMV Northumberland Street Newcastle and was astonished to find THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STAR RATING FOR ALBUMS AND FILLIMS. Now I know better. Perusing the RT 2010 Film guide I looked up "Come and See", after just watching it tonight: a grim WWII film based in Byelorussia, (but you probably know that, I've just seen it), and thought it excellent, but IT ONLY GOT THREE OUT OF 5 STARS. The end of the review reads "The whole film suffers from 'a severe case of 'Schindler Syndrome'. The depiction of indefensible events to ensure the viewer unquestionably accepts the director's vision." Surely, that's the point of all films? On the same page, "Come on George" starring George (yes) Formby as a jockey, ALSO got three stars. Therefore I salute The Word editorial for eliminating the 'Star system', but I don't half miss it. Don't tell me you're bringing it back in February. The bottom line is, all blokes love lists and star ratings, and I'll bet a million to one there are no females on this blog - I've been on it over a year and even 'Hannah' I believe exposed himself to be a man -it's a virtual garden shed where you can go and hide, but prove me wrong. It's not a bad thing testostafellas! Sorry, I'm wandering a bit now.
PS I hope Andrew Collins wasn't responsible for that review above