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I had the same issue when I first started on Criticker; most of the movies I was ranking were films I was confident I would like before watching them, and usually I ended up thinking they were good.

To address some of the skew in my rankings I started watching movies that were widely acclaimed/admired, but ordinarily I would not consider watching. For example, I had never watched a Woody Allen movie before coming on this site. The main reason was there had never been a Woody Allen movie that had appealed to me. I didn't really know people thought of him as a "big deal" until joining this site, even though the name was vaguely familiar due to his general fame. So I tried watching a few.

Now that I've seen five of his films, I've learned that I can't stand Woody Allen movies. He is among my 3 lowest-rated directors. Even though I thought these five films were pretty terrible, I don't really consider it a waste of my time. Same with Wes Anderson, who is also in my bottom 3 directors, despite being loved by some people. It's broadened my horizons, and given me a better understanding of what I like and don't like in a film. Same with some famous films from decades past that I might not have thought to watch otherwise. And in some cases, I've discovered films or filmmakers that I love, which I ordinarily would not have taken a chance on. Cinema Paradiso comes to mind, as well as City of God, Alien, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Some Like It Hot, Edward Scissorhands, 12 Angry Men, and Wayne's World.

But watching movies which I think will not be enjoyable for me, which are also widely considered to be terrible, for the sake of balancing my ratings, would be a waste of time.