About Craplousy
Crap or not crap?
Let's face it: most movies are just plain awful. That's why we do things a bit differently here. The ratings are backwards from most review sites. The higher the rating the worse the movie is. A movie that's 10% crap is actually a great film.
Most sites let mediocre films hide out with a "middle of the road" rating like 3 out of 5 stars. We don't believe in stars. Stars are lame. There are really only two types of film: crap and not crap. Would you see the movie again? Would you recommend it to a friend? If not, it's crap. No more lurking in the middle ground.
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When you join the site you get to chat with other movie-lovers in the forums. You can also post movie reviews of the lousy films you just watched. Fame and riches can't be far off. And if that's not convincing enough, you can customize a nifty avatar icon that shows up next to your comments.
Mobile
You can view ratings and vote on films with your by pointing your cell phone's web browser to craplousy.com. We serve streamlined pages designed for the tiny phone screen. To find out if your phone can view these pages, look for these buzzwords in the phone's feature list: WML and WAP.
Browsers
If you're still using Internet Explorer, please consider upgrading to a faster, more secure browser like Firefox. Firefox makes it easier on us to write standards compliant pages and easier on you to browse the Web safely. It just makes life a little less lousy.
Syndication Feed
We provide a syndication web feed
(a.k.a. RSS)
of the movie reviews we publish on the site. Subscribing to the feed allows you to be
notified of new reviews without needing to check with the website. It's super easy to subscribe
through your web browser. Just click on the standard feed icon
in the location bar and let your browser do the rest.
You can include the contents of the feed on your own website or blog provided you don't alter the content and you display a link to craplousy.com. Drop us a line and let us know where you're using the feed.
Icons
Mark James was kind enough to create the Silk icon set and give it out for free. We use these icons to make the site a little less lousy. Thanks Mark!
Feedback
If you have suggestions for making the site more fun or would like to complain about something, please use the feedback form.