How old is your film brain?

[Quicky]

A bit of a cryptic question, but in my own case I found a simple answer. I've started recoding my QMDb (Quicky's Movie Database) and along the way I wrote a piece of code that checks your ratings versus IMDb's ratings in the various age and sex categories and calculates the TCI just like Criticker calculates your Taste Compatibility Index with single users here on Criticker.

Here were my results:

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IMDb category:         TCI
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Males Aged 18-29      1.869
Males                 1.872
Aged 18-29            1.881
All people            1.890
Males Aged 30-44      1.944
Aged 30-44            1.944
Females Aged 18-29    2.019
Females               2.128
Females Aged 30-44    2.134
Males under 18        2.156
Males Aged 45+        2.159
Aged 45+              2.238
Aged under 18         2.297
Females Aged 45+      2.697
Females under 18      2.909

As you can see my film taste is most closely tied to the film taste of the average 18-29 year old male. That's not very surprising since I'm a 23 year old guy. You can also notice that I should try not to go to movies with women under 18 or over 45 since our tastes are significantly less compatible. So for me personally the results weren't very surprising. My film brain is male and pretty much as old as I actually am . But maybe for you it will be different?

For comparison purposes I also added the TCI values for Criticker which outperforms IMDb quite a lot, and my own QMDb database which on its turn outperforms Criticker.

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For comparison:        TCI
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Criticker PSI's       1.580
QMDb predictions      1.320

If you want these values calculated for you, just ask. I only need your criticker id-number (the one in the url when you go to 'All Your Rankings'). (Note: these values are based only on films that are in my database, which currently consists of about 5,000 movies out of the 30,000 that are on Criticker, albeit the more popular ones of course).

[Quicky]

I took the liberty of doing it for Horrormaster (who turns out to have a male 30-44 year old film brain )...

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IMDb category:         TCI
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Males Aged 30-44      2.071
Aged 30-44            2.083
All people            2.095
Males                 2.103
Males Aged 18-29      2.115
Aged 18-29            2.130
Males Aged 45+        2.158
Aged 45+              2.166
Females               2.202
Females Aged 30-44    2.221
Males under 18        2.233
Females Aged 18-29    2.249
Aged under 18         2.304
Females Aged 45+      2.336
Females under 18      2.700

... and paulofilmo who turns out to have a male 18-29 year old brain:

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IMDb category:         TCI
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Aged 18-29            2.083
All people            2.091
Males                 2.095
Males Aged 18-29      2.097
Aged 30-44            2.099 
Males Aged 30-44      2.111
Females Aged 18-29    2.142
Females Aged 30-44    2.202
Females               2.213
Males Aged 45+        2.215
Aged 45+              2.255
Males under 18        2.451
Females Aged 45+      2.470
Aged under 18         2.595
Females under 18      2.899

[paulofilmo]

Cheers, Quicky. I tend to think of myself -- and have been mistaken for -- a middle aged woman. So this was a pleasant surprise.

[Quicky]

Haha, no worries then clearly .

[Bojangles]

Cheers, Quicky. I tend to think of myself -- and have been mistaken for -- a middle aged woman. So this was a pleasant surprise.

LOL


me = 7998 - also, how long does this take you to find out one person's results? out of curiosity.

[MmzHrrdb]

If you want these values calculated for you, just ask. I only need your criticker id-number (the one in the url when you go to 'All Your Rankings'). (Note: these values are based only on films that are in my database, which currently consists of about 5,000 movies out of the 30,000 that are on Criticker, albeit the more popular ones of course).

Can you calculate 14789 please

[cagedwisdom]

Calculate 5044 also, please.

[prowler]

9075 please this is interesting

[MmzHrrdb]

6796, this is really interesting stuff.

[PeaceAnarchy]

Sure, why not. 7201