# What votes have you placed on IMDB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595 "2002-06-17T22:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/1 "2002-06-17T22:27:36Z")
Out of 212 titles, I have voted thus far (abridged, of course): TITLE (Year) - My rating/IMDB average Aliens (1986) - 10/8.2 American History X (1998) - 10/8.4 Braveheart (1995) - 10/8.3 Being John Malkovich - 9/8.1 Conspiracy (2001) (TV) - 9/8.0 The Devil’s Advocate (1997) - 9/7.0 American Beauty (1999) - 8/8.6 Black Hawk Down (2001) - 8/7.9 The Bourne Identity (2002) - 8/7.8 100 Girls (2000) - 7/6.0 Air Force One (1997) - 7/6.4 Arlington Road (1999) - 7/7.1 American Pie 2 (2001) - 6/6.6 Artificial Intelligence (2001) - 6/7.0 Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - 6/6.5 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - 5/6.9 Another Day in Paradise (1998) - 5/6.1 Batman Returns (1992) - 5/6.3 15 Minutes (2001) - 4/6.3 Any Given Sunday (1999) - 4/6.5 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - 4/5.3 Final Destination (2000) - 3/6.6 Jurassic Park III (2001) - 3/5.9 Mission to Mars (2000) - 3/4.8 Brokedown Palace (1999) - 2/6.1 Last Action Hero (1993) - 2/5.3 The Mummy Returns (2001) - 2/6.3 Battlefield Earth (2000) - 1/2.3 Bio-Dome (1996) - 1/3.5 Cutting Class (1989) - 1/4.0 ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/2 "2002-06-18T01:42:10Z")
“Only” 212 votes? I’ve got 482 and counting (my friend has almost 600). I’m not really sure which movies to include but if my rating system is any good, it shows that movies have a quality distribution that appears to be about normal. Majority rated 3-7, and lesser amounts of anything higher or lower. Since I first got into rating movies, it’s like I can’t stop. Almost every movie I see, I almost always immediately cast my vote as soon as I get the chance. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/3 "2002-06-18T05:47:46Z")
Yeah, I know, it’s a meager amount of votes. I started recently after how much “fun” I saw it was to vote and see how much it made a difference… or not. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/4 "2002-06-18T05:51:56Z")
I’ve voted on about 1900 movies (all ones that I’ve watched), and written plot summaries for close to 700. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/5 "2002-06-18T13:46:12Z")
I checked mine and I had 20! How pathetic is that? I thought I had at least ranked their top 100. I need to make up a ballot of their top 250 that I have seen (it is my challenge to see all 250…though of course they fluctuate.) ---
**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/6 "2002-06-18T15:37:56Z")
The only time I leave a comment or cast a vote is for obscure movies, usually seen at film festivals, I feel the need to support, knowing that the filmmakers might actually look there for encouragement. I don’t think any of them have had the five votes necessary to become official. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/7 "2002-06-18T18:48:59Z")
Yeah, watching the top 250 (although it fluctuates somewhat) would be something. How about watching the BOTTOM 100 as well? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/8 "2002-06-18T23:15:17Z")
Heh, I’ve actually made it a point to watch a few of the bottom few. Future War for example or another movie of note, Riki-Oh. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/9 "2002-06-18T23:30:43Z")
I’ve only voted on 52 and made viewer comments on 10. Apparently I only feel like doing things to a tiny fraction of the movies I watch 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/10 "2002-06-19T06:13:02Z")
Future War… is that the one with the dinosaurs and the terminator wannabe? ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/11 "2002-06-19T07:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*Future War… is that the one with the dinosaurs and the terminator wannabe? \*\* Ooooh yeah. Also features a warehouse consisting of stacks of cardboard boxes and a nearly incoherent plotline. Hilarious, it was. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/12 "2002-06-19T12:44:17Z")
I really only vote on the ones for which I write a full-length review - none of this “plot summary” junk. 🙂 [Since they’re reviews on IMdb, they have to be “approved” before they’re put on the site - anyone here not been approved?] I’ll wander over there later and double check, but I have 159 reviews on it. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-votes-have-you-placed-on-imdb/114595/13 "2002-06-19T17:07:35Z")
I have 180 ratings - started a year and a half ago…avg vote is 6.44.