Proof that the 250 is a list of popularity

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2013)

On almost every movie established in the Top 250 I see this one post that claims a variant of "Overrated, does not deserve it's place". They feel the movie in question lacks quality. It may be true, it may not be, most often I disagree.
However, the list isn't a list about quality, it is about popularity, and "Spartacus" along with "Ben-Hur" proves it in this genre; The Epics. This does not mean that the list hasn't quality, it has loads, it just means that it must have popularity too. There are loads of evidence, but I have already digressed enough. As long as everyone votes honestly there is no over- and underrating since everyone is entitled to their opinion no matter what the cause. As long as everyone votes honestly the IMDb Top 250 is never anything else than it should be.
Now to why they prove it: "Spartacus" is a great movie, so is "Ben-Hur", so is "Braveheart" and so is "Gladiator". They all have superior quality, but modern blockbusters will always appeal to more people. That is why the latter two, though not better movies, are 8.4 and 8.5 while the classics clock in on 8.0 and 8.1. And so it should be on a list of popularity.
I don't give 10s or 1s, they are repressed when IMDb calculates the weighted rating, and so if I were to give them, I wouldn't have my say about the movies I love and hate the most. Which I naturally don't want. Also; no movie is perfect (10) or without redeeming qualities (1) anyway.
"Spartacus" I give 9/10, my highest, it is an excellent picture. For reasons why it is so, watch it or read another review, I decided to point out something else in this one. You'll find excellent reasons in the other excellent reviews by other excellent film lovers here.