Two films of very different caliber—such as Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and Carpenter´s Big Trouble in Little China
—deserve an 8/10. I rate commercial cinema based on entertainment value and originality, and avant-garde cinema based on intelligence.
Not all five-star films necessarily fall into this category, because people with brains of their own can conceive of stories that captivate the heart or the mind and stir the blood as sublime, even if they are not perfect.
That is a masterpiece, far removed from the game of quantity played by the masses.
I prefer an imperfect film that leaves me with...

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