First of all, this is a list of classics that spread over a number of years. That alone explains the number of six clockers. Apart from that, let me explain the scores on this article.
"Die Hard" was not only a good as it could have been for what it was trying to be, but it revolutionized the action genre. It broke the mold. Hence the six clocks.
On the other hand, "Catch Me if You Can" and "Little Women" are much better movies. They may not have revolutionized any genres, but they were perfect films. There is no way they could have been better.
It is very hard to rate movies using the six clock sytem, because it makes no sense whatsover. It forces the reviewer away from rating a movie based on it's quality.
Where did people get the idea that it's a critic's job to hate movies? That's ridiculous. And when you see our year end list, you see some movies that we really hated - or wait for our upcoming review of "Aeon Flux."
From now on, we will be submitting our reviews with star ratings, on a one to four star system, poor to excellent. We would ask that therse ratings be posted, but that the editor should feel free to try and assign clocks ratings based on reading the review. We are never going to understand this system, and we give up on trying.
