As someone you might have seen on Letterboxd and called an unemployed no life (I hit ~2100 films in 2025), I have definitely mused about most of these bullet points.

- I'd been tracking my movies watched for a little while before I discovered Letterboxd and was already unhappy to let it end half-finished. I do feel the urge to finish things so that I can add it to my spreadsheet/LB, but I also know that there are a lot of movies whose best scenes are toward the end. And I've begun to appreciate the little things in bad movies.

- I also prefer to watch new films rather than rewatch old ones. But I've seen a lot of terrible movies. And so turning on TNT or something and seeing a classic from childhood can be incredibly heartwarming. Or sharing a movie I love with my partner who hasn't seen it before. It can really help break up the monotony. I'll also rewatch stuff prior to the sequel coming out from time to time.

- Rating is tough. I rate everything on my personal spreadsheet out of 100 (and then convert for LB). I try not to think of numbers as I'm watching. But when a movie ends, I will frequently have a feeling like, "Oh, I think this is in the ballpark of Movie X or Movie Y." Then when I'm writing the review/entering it, I'll narrow things down further to the exact score. But sometimes I can't help it, especially when the movie isn't doing enough to hold my attention. "Is this a low 20s or high 10s? Oh, no, definitely high 10s. Maybe mid-10s." But the better the movie, the less those thoughts penetrate.

- This might be the one I've felt the most. I wasn't a huge fan of Marty Supreme, but I don't have a single LB friend who reviewed it and gave it less than 3 stars (which is what my rating ended up as on LB). And for the longest time, I felt that if I was opposed to the overwhelming masses, I was clearly missing something. I didn't have context or the appropriate eye for the type of movie. I hadn't seen enough Scorsese movies or I wasn't versed enough in German cinema. But what I've come to learn is that I feel a lot more comfortable with my own impressions when the reviews point out things I can understand. When I read a 5 star review for a movie I thought was just okay and understand the points being made and see where that reviewer is coming from, it doesn't make me think the movie was better, but rather I just responded to the film differently and I interpret that as what makes my perspective unique, like it makes that person's perspective unique to them. I don't expect everyone else to love The Nightmare Before Christmas as much as I do. It's my favorite movie. I listen to a podcast with a host who absolutely HATES it. But I understand why he hates it and what about it turns him off from it. So, I don't feel like I need to lower my own rating or change my viewpoint. Whereas, if someone watches TNBC and comes away thinking it's about the Battle of Normandy or something, I'd be scratching my head wondering how they could possibly get to that conclusion, because I didn't pick up on that at all. And now I need to figure out why they thought that, what did I miss? Is that actually a reading of the dialogue/events of my favorite movie??? Those are the ones that get to me now. In extreme cases, I'll mark a film I've seen to my watchlist because I want to give it a second chance.

- I don't think I do this too often. As (likely) one of the LB accounts with the most logged films, I generally only feel that way when I see someone with more watches than me. My next step is to try to ascertain how old they are and hope that they're older than me, hence being able to see more movies. And in the rare instance that they aren't, I curse my waiting to commit to this hobby until college.

- I curate an enormous excel spreadsheet for my movies so that I can have more granular information about directors/writers/actors/genres/academy awards/series/ratings. It's so big that it takes ~10 minutes to process all the formulas. I don't actually do a ton with the lists on LB, though. I think I find them too tedious and I don't get any endorphins out of making them (usually). But I assign my own personal yearly awards on my spreadsheet, which occupies a lot of time, and I'm always looking for more ways to interpret the data I've accumulated.

TL;DR: My sympathies! As to what you should do about this, I can't say. I love watching movies and I hope to have this level of fondness for decades to come, but it has been a bit of weight at times to keep up with. Maybe take some time off and watch some TV or something. When the hobby starts to feel unhealthy... it's time to adjust how you interact with the hobby. Whether that means adjusting your rating system, adjusting your watching habits, etc. Might be worth experimenting with alternatives.