Michael Elliott
Senior HTF Member
We can disagree until the cows come home but I think the bottom line is people aren't going to waste their time with a "fair" movie. If someone reads your review of something, if you say it's only fair and give it :star::star:, more than likely they aren't going to watch it and instead they are going to go for something you'd give a higher rating to. In your review, if you said the film was fair but an earlier version was better, people would probably go for that earlier version.
There are way too many good and great films to recommend someone a fair one. Especially when it comes to DVDs and telling people if they should buy or rent a film. Anything fair and below is a rental while something good or great will be a keeper. You might watch a fair movie once but it's unlikely too many will go back and give it a second viewing. That's why a fair movie wouldn't be recommended.
Again, if you and I are in a store and you're wanting to buy ten movies and you ask my opinion on which ones, do you want me to have you buy ten "fair" movies?