Film · 1978 · Films · 1970s
The Lord of the Rings
Two parallel scores from 229 z-qualifying reviewers and 237 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.369 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.79 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.92 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.478 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 229 / 237 |
Summary
Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic follows the hobbit Frodo Baggins, who inherits a powerful ring that must be destroyed to stop the dark lord Sauron. Joined by a fellowship including the wizard Gandalf, the ranger Aragorn, and his loyal friend Sam, Frodo sets out from the Shire on a perilous journey across Middle-earth. The film covers roughly the first half of the trilogy, ending after the battle of Helm's Deep.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
229 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.369. DB2 raw mean = 5.92.
90% CI-floor = -0.478. Thin samples penalized.
Global 22 / cohort 16.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
