Stability: 2016 in Review

Other Years in Review.

In a year when the finely woven tapestry of our reality began to unravel at the edges, it's been nice to have a platform to try to make sense of things. That's one way to think of criticism: a quantifying, qualifying act of sense-making. Society makes sense of a chaotic world, art makes sense of society, and criticism makes sense of art.

Although I had fewer total blog posts than last year, I had a greater focus on watching and reviewing new films. That made for less post-to-post variety, but I've gotten into a good rhythm that has allowed me to work on the nuts and bolts of my review style. I have also made a point of tightening up my numerical evaluations. This has been the year with the lowest average review score yet.

Though not nearly as expansive as last year's various series, I still made room for a February retrospective of woman directors, a Captain America/Iron Man series, and a goofy exploration of the Final Destination franchise.

In the future Post-Credit Coda may find the occasion to diversify once more, but for now we have found a comfortable pattern. Here are the year's statistics.

This year Post-Credit Coda featured a total of 56 blog posts, including 54 movie reviews, 30 reviews of 2016 films, 1 top ten list, and 1 editorial.

Of the 56 movie reviews, the average score was a 7.4 out of 10.

No perfect 10s were awarded this year, so the highest score was a 9.5, belonging to six movies: Arrival, Carol, Don't Think Twice, The Lobster, Speed Racer, and The Witch.

The lowest score, a paltry 2.5, belongs to the 1979 Captain America TV movie.

The breakdown is as follows:

Score - Number of Movies with that Score

10 - 0
9/9.5 - 17
8/8.5 - 13
7/7.5 - 10
6/6.5 - 5
5/5.5 - 3
4/4.5 - 2
3/3.5 - 3
2/2.5 - 1
1/1.5 - 0
0/0.5 - 0

The total number of hits for this year: 15,425. The total number of hits for each 2016 post adds up to 3,778.

Of the 56 eligible posts, the average number of hits per post was 67.

The highest number of hits: Finding Dory with 211.

The lowest number of hits: The Hitch-Hiker with 27.

As always, thank you for reading! It's been a solid three years. Keep dreaming, everybody.