From: matthew@pram.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
Subject: Digested Movie Ratings Report
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: 17 Apr 92 00:36:19 GMT

For various reasons, I was playing with the data in Chuck Musciano's movie
ratings results, and I discovered some trivia...

I only used movies with AT LEAST 50 votes.

The DIVERSITY OF OPINION award:
  The only movie to get at least 10% vote as best and worst possible:
      10.0012201      50   6.6  Blow Up

The NOBODY THINKS THEY'RE BAD list:
  Movies with no votes below a 4!
      ....000321      68   8.2  It Happened One Night
      ....013200      51   7.3  Never Cry Wolf
      ....022310      51   7.3  Pinocchio
      ....03320.      65   7.0  Misery

The NOBODY THINKS THEY'RE MEDIOCRE list:
  Movies with no 2, 3, or 4 votes.  Interestingly, this is also the *entire*
  list of movies with three consecutive dots.  I would have thought that some
  trashy movies might have gotten a 10 or two, but no 7, 8, or 9 votes, but it
  didn't happen.
      0...001331     174   8.1  North By Northwest
      0...001321     109   8.0  Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The
      0...001410      82   7.8  Caine Mutiny, The
      0...012221      76   7.8  Duck Soup
      0...012220     110   7.8  Gallipoli
      0...012320      76   7.5  To Catch A Thief
      0...012310      58   7.4  In The Heat Of The Night
      0...023200      63   7.2  Frankenstein (1931)
      0...013200      61   7.1  Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
      0...022300      71   7.0  Cinderella (1950)
      0...11221.      64   6.9  Jungle Book (1967)
  
The NOBODY THINKS THEY'RE GOOD list:
  Movies with no votes above a 6.
      112210....      63   3.3  Transylvania 6-5000
      322000....      52   2.5  Jaws, The Revenge
      312100....      57   2.5  Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol

The NOBODY THINKS THEY'RE AWFUL list:
  Movies with no votes below a 3 (includes no votes below a 4).
      ....000321      68   8.2  It Happened One Night
      ...0002321      83   8.0  Big Sleep, The (1946)
      ...0002221      67   8.0  Dead Again
      ...0002121      56   7.8  All About Eve
      ...0.13310      69   7.6  Apartment, The
      ...0021210      87   7.5  Forbidden Planet
      ...0013310      59   7.4  Awakenings
      ...0012310     155   7.4  Papillon
      ...0003220      54   7.3  Adam's Rib
      ...0101111      61   7.3  Au Revoir Les Enfants
      ....013200      51   7.3  Never Cry Wolf
      ....022310      51   7.3  Pinocchio
      ...0112210      95   7.2  Stunt Man, The
      ...001430.      95   7.1  Paper Chase, The
      ...0013300     126   7.1  Pink Panther, The
      ....03320.      65   7.0  Misery
      ...002320.     105   6.8  Verdict, The (1982)
      ...003311.      59   6.7  Buddy Holly Story, The
      ...002320.      60   6.7  Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, The
      ..0012211.      80   6.6  ...and Justice For All
      ...02131.0      62   6.2  Eiger Sanction, The
      ...122110.      60   6.0  Eagle Has Landed, The

The NOBODY THINKS THEY'RE GREAT list:
  Movies with no votes above a 7 (includes movies with no votes above a 6).
      0012211...      51   4.5  Irreconcilable Differences
      0002220...      63   4.5  Turk 182!
      0012210...      50   4.4  My Science Project
      2012200...      54   3.7  Big Top Pee Wee
      1122100...      67   3.7  Supergirl
      1122100...      52   3.5  Smokey And The Bandit II
      2111100...      63   3.3  Porky's II: The Next Day
      112210....      63   3.3  Transylvania 6-5000
      3112100...      62   2.8  Jaws 3-D
      2220000...      53   2.7  Porky's Revenge
      322000....      52   2.5  Jaws, The Revenge
      312100....      57   2.5  Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
      42200.0...      65   2.0  Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

The CONSISTENCY OF OPINION list:
  Movies with 40% or more selecting a single rating.
  Note that Plan 9 got 50% votes for 0.

      0000000124     141   8.4  Lawrence Of Arabia (restored)
      0...001410      82   7.8  Caine Mutiny, The
      0..0002410      72   7.5  Fisher King, The
      ...001430.      95   7.1  Paper Chase, The
      00.0014200     124   7.0  Dog Day Afternoon
      ..00014100      74   7.0  Eight Men Out
      .0.0014210      87   7.0  Odd Couple, The
      .000014200      79   7.0  Serpico
      000001410.      73   6.5  My Beautiful Laundrette
      ..002410..      55   5.9  Great Waldo Pepper, The
      5000000000      74   2.8  Plan 9 From Outer Space
      42200.0...      65   2.0  Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Finally...
The IF YOU LIKED THIS... lists:
  Although the ratings distributions on most movies varied, two ratings
  showed up (by far) the most frequently.

  They were:
      0000012210 (26 times), and
      0000122100 (23 times)

  I note with particular interest that "The Hunt for Red October" and
  "Terms of Endearment" had exactly the same pattern of votes, yet ended
  up *over* a point different in average!

      0000012210     234   7.4  Hunt For Red October, The
      0000012210     217   7.4  Young Frankenstein
      0000012210     129   7.3  Fiddler On The Roof
      0000012210     255   7.3  Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
      0000012210     114   7.2  All That Jazz
      0000012210     323   7.2  Blues Brothers, The
      0000012210     191   7.2  Last Emperor, The
      0000012210     253   7.2  Raising Arizona
      0000012210     437   7.2  Return Of The Jedi
      0000012210     118   7.2  West Side Story
      0000012210     194   7.1  Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The
      0000012210     190   7.1  Gods Must Be Crazy, The
      0000012210     309   7.1  Jaws
      0000012210     253   7.1  Robocop
      0000012210     244   7.0  Blazing Saddles
      0000012210     254   7.0  Life Of Brian
      0000012210     319   6.9  Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
      0000012210     263   6.9  National Lampoon's Animal House
      0000012210     111   6.9  Ordinary People
      0000012210     164   6.8  Abyss, The
      0000012210      93   6.8  Dark Star
      0000012210     162   6.8  On Golden Pond
      0000012210     138   6.7  Born On The Fourth Of July
      0000012210     129   6.7  Ghost (1990)
      0000012210     379   6.6  E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
      0000012210     180   6.3  Terms Of Endearment

      0000122100     221   6.7  Natural, The
      0000122100     173   6.5  For Your Eyes Only
      0000122100     124   6.5  Pretty Woman
      0000122100     323   6.3  Beetlejuice
      0000122100     233   6.3  Cocoon
      0000122100      82   6.3  Magnum Force
      0000122100      52   6.3  Soapdish
      0000122100     161   6.2  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
      0000122100     238   6.2  Fletch
      0000122100     200   6.2  Karate Kid, The
      0000122100     128   6.2  Night Shift
      0000122100     190   6.2  Out Of Africa
      0000122100     254   6.2  Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
      0000122100     300   6.2  Witches Of Eastwick, The
      0000122100     240   6.1  2010
      0000122100      76   6.1  Betrayed (1988)
      0000122100     208   6.1  Officer And A Gentleman, An
      0000122100     115   6.1  Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
      0000122100     312   6.1  Superman II
      0000122100     168   6.0  Down And Out In Beverly Hills
      0000122100     127   5.9  First Blood
      0000122100     188   5.9  Predator
      0000122100     177   5.8  3 Men And A Baby

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