Poll: Are You Affected by Reviews and Ratings?

I think it happens to most of us; you can't believe the extremely high or low IMDb rating for a particular movie. So you might wonder what other people think of the movie and what makes the rating that high/low. By reading reviews you could discover why people love or hate the movie. And after that, you maybe start to feel different about the movie.... Does reading reviews and looking at ratings affect your personal rating? You may discuss the poll here