Broke the Code on Amazon.com’s Average Customer Review Rating System for DVDs (1 Viewer)

[Jay Taylor]

After reading many inflated reviews of DVDs at Amazon.com with their 5-star customer review rating system this is my interpretation of their meaning:

Average Customer Review:

1 Star = Causes epileptic seizures in non-epileptics
2 Stars = Absolute trash
3 Stars = Terrible
4 Stars = Fair
4 ½ Stars = Could be anywhere from Fair to Good to Very Good to Excellent to Outstanding
5 Stars = Could be anywhere from Good to Very Good to Excellent to Outstanding

Jay Taylor

 

[Bill Balcziak]

Here is my interpretation of Amazon reviews:
Average Customer Review:
:star: = Didn't see it. Heard it was terrible.
:star::star: = Didn't see it. Haven't heard anything about it. Trying to become a "Top 50 reviewer" at Amazon, but don't have anything good to say about anything.
:star::star::star: = Who would bother writing a review for a 3 star DVD?
:star::star::star::star: = Didn't see it. Heard it was great, but reviewer thinks they're Roger Ebert and saves 5-star reviews for "serious" movies.
:star::star::star::star::star: = Didn't see it. Heard it was great.