The Notebook - what the hell is wrong with IMDB ratings?

[Turkish]

Before you cut my balls off, I shall remind you it got 7.8/10 on IMDB :Q Looks like a chick flick but WTF?

 

[AFB]

Mkay, whats the problem with that ?

 

[edprush]

Does that mean it's a good movie or is it suck?

 

[Trygve]

You can access the breakdown of votes cast on a movie and if you add them up manually, the result is not necessarily even close to the score IMDb gives for the film. They describe their scoring system as using some undisclosed "weighted average" formula.