Looking back at LAMBScores

This is a project I've been working on for months, albeit mere minutes at a time. Finally, over the course of the past week, I became motivated to get it completed, so I forced myself to spend the time necessary to do so.

What I've done is catalogued every LAMBScore given to date. Specifically, all 959 of them. By 81 different raters (sites) on 115 different movies, starting with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on June 9th, 2008 and culminating with Pirate Radio on December 11, 2009. Not the biggest number of movies or the longest time span, but certainly a healthy start to this feature, now helmed by Rachel of Rachel's Reel Reviews.

Being a daily, excessive Excel user, having this mini database is geeky fun. Aside from the easy Highest Average Score for a film or Average Rating Given by a rater, I can compare any number of ratings given by any number of raters on a selection of films, creating a kind of sub-junior version of Flixster's compatibility quiz. If you're interested in seeing a full rundown of the scores you've given (I don't know why you would, but you might), comment here and I'll post it.

For now, though, here are some of the big picture statistics - enjoy:

10 Most Active Raters
59 - Blog Cabins
54 - The Dark of the Matinee
53 - Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob
53 - Bitchin' Film Reviews
47 - From the Front Row
41 - Sarahnomics
41 - The Critical Critics
34 - Reel Whore
34 - Cut. Print. Review.
33 - Film Forager

10 Highest-Rated Films (# of votes in parenthesees)
4.90 - The Hurt Locker (5)
4.82 - Slumdog Millionaire (14)
4.56 - Wall*E (16)
4.38 - Up (12)
4.33 - The Dark Knight (30)
4.30 - Happy-Go-Lucky (10)
4.25 - Kung Fu Panda (6)
4.23 - Zombieland (13)
4.23 - Moon (11)
4.21 - Antichrist (7)

5 Highest Score-givers (minimum 5 ratings; number given in parenthesees)
4.15 - Rachel's Reel Reviews (13)
4.06 - The Flick Chick (24)
3.88 - Big Mike's Movie Blog (21)
3.86 - Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob (53)
3.83 - Pluck You, Too! (24)

5 Lowest Score-givers (minimum 5 ratings; number given in parenthesees)
2.11 - Tractor Facts (27)
2.40 - Korova Theatre Presents (5)
2.71 - Let's Go to the Movies (7)
2.83 - The Stop Button (18)
2.97 - Phil on Film (18)

Top 10 Lowest-Rated Films (# of votes in parenthesees)
1.25 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (8)
1.67 - The Women (3)
1.71 - Max Payne (7)
1.83 - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (6)
2.00 - Death Race (5)
2.00 - Fast & Furious (6)
2.00 - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (5)
2.00 - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (3)
2.08 - The Happening (12)
2.13 - The Strangers (4)

I'll do my best to update my database on a regular basis, and will likely post this again in a year or so. To submit your rating/review for other new releases, visit the LAMB Forums (must be an existing LAMB to join). Many, many thanks to those 81 raters that have contributed thus far.