Posted by so.noted on 01/17/71 11:51

Russ wrote:
> I was on Net flix picking out movies in the Sci Fi department and came
> across The Brothers Grimm. I was reading the reviews and it seemed
> most people gave it one or two stars yet Net Flix had it at 3 stars.
> So I added up all of the reviews just to see what was going on. Here
> is what I found.
>
> 138 people gave it one star.
> 110 gave it two stars
> 73 gave it three stars
> 47 gave it 4 stars
> 23 gave it 5 stars.
>
> Which equals 391
>
> Here is where I am a little lost. What do you do next to get the
> average rating? divide by 5?
>
> Somehow with numbers like those above shouldn't it be more around 2
> stars? Is Net Flix being honest with their math or are they just
> trying to push dud movies on us.

Actually, they're trying to push movies on duds. Further more, I can't
believe anyone would base decisions on self-serving rating systems
orchestrated by make-believe retailers.

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