[bowlofpetunias]

IMDB ratings are bull. Lots of great movies, often even classics, rate around 6 on IMDB because the general public considers them "boring".

The only movies that escape from the IMDB average are a) decent movies that are loved by the masses, b) great movies the masses don't watch (being in black and white or not in English alone pretty much guarantees 2 bonus points) and c) movies everyone agrees on are total crap.

[tveita]

If the general public considers a movie boring, giving it a mediocre rating seems fair. Other members of the general public will then know to avoid it. They'll want to watch movies they like, not movies you like.

What you may want is a personalized rating based on people with the same tastes as you.

[_delirium]

> What you may want is a personalized rating based on people with the same tastes as you.

I haven't used it in a while, but I used to find MovieLens, from the University of Minnesota, useful for that: http://movielens.umn.edu

It even has a feature where you can get joint personalized recommendations for you and a friend (assuming the friend also has a MovieLens account, of course), which is useful for brainstorming movies to rent with someone that might be mutually enjoyed.

[waylandsmithers]

I agree and usually go to rotten tomatoes instead. One need look no further than the Lord of the Rings movies at 9, 11, and 17 to get a sense of the crowd doing most of the voting on IMDB. Sure, they were good, but all three in the top twenty movies ever? Come on.