When/how do you rate dramas/movies?

I'm not sure I understand myself how I rate dramas. ;) I guess it's mostly based on how much I enjoyed a drama, but there's no easy way to define what makes a drama worthy of a ten in my opinion. Sometimes I give a drama a high rating even if there were parts of for example the plot that I didn't love, simply because the drama gave a strong emotional reaction one way or another. That's why I feel sometimes that my rating system is unbalanced... sometimes I'm critical of a drama that actually has lots of good qualitites, while I'm willing to overlook flaws in others simply because of all the feelings I had while watching the drama. (Sometimes I also suspect that I would rate a drama differently if I rewatched it.)

The difference between a 10 and a 9, for me, can be about the level of intensity in my emotional reaction, and/or sometimes other things (plot, actors, etc). 8 means that I loved the drama but it wasn't amazing. 7 is still a good rating for me; I enjoyed the drama but it had flaws/things that annoyed me. A drama that I've rated 6, I consider it okay but wouldn't rewatch it and I might have put it on hold at some point.

If I feel that a drama/movie that I watch isn't as good as a 6, I drop it. I don't spend time on dramas that I don't enjoy, there are so many good dramas out there that I haven't watched yet. If I drop a drama, I don't rate it because I feel that it wouldn't be fair since I haven't completed it. I'm not interested in watching it, I don't really care if it's "bad", "very bad" or "horrible", especially if I dropped it after only one or two episodes. If I dropped it, it means that I was bored or that there was something about it that I strongly disliked.

It depends on whether I watch it as it airs or if I watch it all in 1 go. If I watch it as it airs, it pretty much depends on how excited I am about the next episode. When I feel like it's almost painful to wait a whole week for 2 more episodes, it's usually a 10. If I watch a completed drama, then it really depends on my mood, and something I noticed is that the OST is also very important. I find myself giving higher ratings to dramas with more emotional OSTs, I think they really make a huge difference.

I am definetely very harsh and critical. If I see a better drama than the others Ive watched and their scores is higher than 8 I change it to 7 or 6 :D

I'm pretty ruthless when it comes to ratings. On the other hand, I have a hard time trusting other people's recommendations when I see that in their drama list they gave a 10 rating to everything they've watched. My rating system works like this: 10 - I loved this drama, it had no major flaws and objectively it was well made. 8-9 - I loved this drama but it had one or more major flaws. Maybe they wasted 1 or 2 episodes on a stupid storyline. 6-7 - It was enjoyable but very mediocre. Nothing outstanding about it 4-5 - I didn't enjoy it and I had low expectations for it. Probably something in it really annoyed me. 2-3 - I probably had expectations for it and it SUCKED. It's the taste of bitter disappointment. 1 - What the hell did I just watch? Give me back those hours of my life! Who paid to make this?!

I am a bit harsh with my ratings because I try to be objective as much as possible. I usually focus on the screenwriting and how well written the drama is, the acting, characters and the originality. Perfect score isn't something I give away easily (only 3 dramas and two films got that from me) and 7/10 is considered a somewhat high rating from me.