[OJFord]

    > Even more bizarre is how they predict how many stars
    > you'll give something, which seems fairly good. And then
    > go ahead and recommend items with few predicted stars.

A thousand times this. It's nice to read a like mind when so often I rant about awful Netflix recommendations to deaf or Netflix-supporting ears!

My other main gripe is when the stars are wrong (though as you say, not often) which is obviously untrue from your 'Taste Preferences'.

For example, despite spending ages filling out all the details, including specifying 'Never' to watching animated films, I'm still recommended them - and sometimes with 3 or more stars too.

I'm not convinced that the preferences data is considered at all.