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Josh:

nosh:
[HAS ONLY ONE REVIEW]

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Or 40. The first few ratings are invariably shill. :mad:
It almost makes you wonder if that's part of their contract. 

TaoPhoenix:
Randall Munroe is a minor deity.

40hz:
Yep. Randall Munroe nails it. Again. :up:

daddydave:
My rule of thumbs for movie ratings:

Ignore the (5 star) Netflix ratings, and go by the (10 star) IMDB ratings, because you get a bit more diverse (and international) group doing the ratings.

Anything with a rating over 8 is suspect. It is probably either one of the following (there are exceptions):


* Something with A Good Message but no story and no interesting characters (these always seem to find their audience, to the delight of lazy directors).

* Or, an old movie that people have irrational nostalgic feelings for, not because the movie was great, but because of where they were in life at the time.

* Or, a 20 year old movie that was 5 years ahead of its time. Exactly.
Anything with a rating 5 of less has universal negative appeal, I haven't had much luck finding "undiscovered gems" in that category.

So an IMDB rating of 6 to 8 seems is where I check for movies that might be worth watching, if they have 100 votes or more.

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