beatsbyleoThe Formalist
watched · 20h
Twelve kinds of taste
Which one are you?
Rate five things you know, from any shelf. Your archetype shows up in about a minute, and gets sharper with every log.
Rate five things you know, from any shelf. Your archetype shows up in about a minute, and gets sharper with every log.
@beatsbyleo · 66 logs · 11 followers · 13 following
Formalist · experimental · intimate · contemplative
Demo account. Albums, front to back, no shuffle. Films when there is nothing new out.
They fall for how a thing is made. A cut, a sentence, a mix, a level layout: when the execution is exact they will follow it anywhere, plot or no plot.
Where it goes wrong: You can mistake polish for meaning, and miss the rough thing that is actually alive.
The charts and numbers behind this are under Taste.
The five this Bud would hand you first.
What the sentences on the overview are made of.
Among 649 curators with a profile.
Solid mark is what they love; hollow is what they avoid. Craft attention barely moves their ratings.
How far this Bud leans on each of the fourteen dimensions compared with everyone else, strongest first.
This month they were in a generous mood. From 36 logs in the last thirty days.
Year in review:2026
Empty. Add things from their pages.
Profile built from 66 rated titles.
I did not expect The Holy Office to hit this hard. It aims high and mostly gets there. Already want to watch it again.
I finished The Sentinel and just sat there for a while. Every choice feels considered. A small canvas, painted with enormous care. I will be thinking about it for weeks.
Mostly about the craft, the story.
I did not expect Florence is for Lovers to hit this hard. Ambitious, and it earns the ambition.
I did not expect Route to the Land of the Sun to hit this hard. Every choice feels considered. Its calm pace is its secret weapon. I will be thinking about it for weeks.
Mostly about the craft.
2001 Events got under my skin. It aims high and mostly gets there.
Everything I hoped Paradise would be, and more. The dread settles in early and never lifts. Not easy, and not trying to be. One for the shelf of things I press on people.
Mostly about how it felt.
Glad I finally listened to My Ghosts Go Ghost. Ambitious, and it earns the ambition. Not perfect, but it stays with you.
Mostly about the craft.
DOOMED! is the real thing. Prestige in the good sense: made with care by people who mean it. It asks a lot and gives back more. I keep telling people about it.
Mostly about the craft.
Side one is hits, side two is a drowning woman's dream suite, and somehow it is one album. Nobody else has made this record.
Mostly about the story.
Best soundtrack in games since Nier. The game is also good.
Mostly about the craft.
It sounds like the year 2000 was afraid of itself. Everything in Its Right Place is the best opener of the decade and the album never spends the goodwill cheaply.
Mostly about the craft.
A short film you can rap along to. The sequencing is the story; skip nothing.
Mostly about the craft, the story, comfort.
Rating key: ★★★★★ loved, ★★½ mixed.
Further out is a stronger lean than other Buds.
Each spoke is one dimension; further out means a stronger lean that way than other Buds. A big shape is a strong, unusual taste; a small one is close to the middle of everyone.
One row a medium, half a star a bar; the dashed line is the mean. Kinder to books than films? It shows here.
One bar per star rating, one row per medium. Where the bars pile up is your habit; the dashed line is your average for that medium.
The two directions taste varies most along. Archetypes cluster; beatsbyleo is ringed, and people they follow are outlined.
Every Bud, placed so that people with similar leans sit near each other. The two axes are the directions taste varies most along, found from all profiles. Neighbors are worth a look.
Above the line, kinder than the crowd; below it, harsher.
Each dot is a title: your stars up, the audience's average across. Dots above the line are where you were kinder than the crowd, below it harsher. A wide spread means you do not follow consensus.
Needs ratings across at least two years, with three or more in each.
Year by year, on the four strongest dimensions.
One line per dimension, one point per year: the average character of what you loved that year. A line that climbs means your favorites moved toward that pole.
