>Yeah 80% is really good. Are there any movies that are high
>on the top 250 that you plan on watching now, or are they
>films that you're not interested in?

It's a Wonderful Life (#24) i'm saving. The Intouchables (#44) and The Lives of Others (#59) i continue to see highly regarded, and seeing them previous times on this list spurred me to want to watch them for myself. Klaus (#170) i specifically want to see because of this list; i'd just assumed it was another netflix dud since i didn't recall any praise for it. Like Stars on Earth (#87) i wanted to see because of how much i loved aamir khan in 3 Idiots (#80); this list cinched it.

i'm probably open to watching anything on this list. it's no easy feat to make it, at least not past the first month of release. what i also like about this list is it puts some recent (last 15 years) foreign films on my radar that weren't hits here.


>Yeah I can see that with the ratings self correcting over time
>but I've been thinking a lot about the ratings system and who
>makes up the demographics of this user base and it's
>definitely going to be skewed.

occasionally i click on the number of ratings for a title and look at the demographics of the raters, which are self-declared age and gender. every once in a while that will sway me on whether to watch something.


>Your examples of The Help and
>Green Book are perfect examples of that. At least Crash isn't
>on there. I think a film with a mostly Black cast has to be
>much stronger to get onto this list than a lot of movies on
>there.

i agree, but it's all the more reason everyone should give their honest opinion via voting. i love the democracy of that.


>Good point about The Usual Suspects, although I think it was
>probably always highly rated. I am curious to see if it will
>go out of favor though, or if there are people purposely
>pushing it up. I wonder if they keep track of ratings over
>time. It would be interesting to see how the ratings change
>over time.

i enjoy the top 250 feature of imdb, and i do recall it being on there for a long time but not where exactly. it was one of my favorite movies, but i haven't watched it since the stories came out about singer and spacey.


>The bottom 100 is too much for me. I'll save that for the
>future maybe.

that is totally unintentional on my part, but i like seeing a range of movies, not just in type but in execution. i like a noble failure. sometimes i am just curious if it's as bad as people say; often i can find something redeeming in it. i wouldn't purposely pursue the bottom 100, but i'll probably keep watching movies on it. i almost watched Cats recently.