My imdb rating

For several years I have been given IMDB rating to movie. This is a pie chart overview of my ratings.

Some interesting numbers:
13.11 % of the movies got top rating
49.81 % of the movies got a higher rating than 8
10.11% got the lowest rating.

With background of these numbers then it looks like I only watch good movies or rate movies too high, but can I trust the data? Not really.

The first thought was when do I vote for a movie. Total movies I have voted for is currently 267 and I have been voting since 2000. During a period of 6 years this should be 44.5 movies a year. This number is way too low. I reckon that I at least see 200 movies a year where at least 150 of them is movies I never have seen before. So when do I actually decide to vote for a movie. Movies who have got high ratings is movies who is either made from some of my favorite directors or was fairly unknown to me when I watched it. Usually a reason for me to read more about the movie after seeing it. Either memorable quotes or the discussion board.

Second thing i notice is that most of the movies on the list I either seen at an art cinema or watched home on dvd/vhs. Movies watched home got a higher chance to get a vote from me since it is very easy to go from my sofa to my pc and give it a vote. I also notice that the DVDs I bought when I did not have access to IMDB never got a vote. Art cinema movies again also get a vote since they usually makes me think about it and therefor remember it when I have access to a pc.

So if anyone is interested to see my vote history then it is accessible here. Please note that I probarbly would had given some of the movies a different vote today.