Notes to Self: Viewing Biases

Podcast episode for Zvi’s 2025 In Movies.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:21 - The Ratings Scale

* 02:17 - The Five Component Model of Movie Ratings

* 03:52 - The Numbers

* 04:28 - Movies Have Decreasing Marginal Returns in Practice

* 05:22 - Very Briefly on the Top Picks and Whether You Should See Them

* 06:46 - Other Notes to Self to Remember (Reprise from 2024)

* 08:16 - The Year of Living Disagreeably

* 11:11 - I Hate Spoilers With the Fire of a Thousand Suns

* 11:33 - You Son Of A B***h, I’m In

* 12:45 - Theaters Continue To Be Awesome

* 13:19 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Didn’t Like It

* 20:00 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Did Like It

* 21:59 - Award Show Dreams

* 22:39 - On To 2026

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