Mood2Movie
Consumer and social
movie recommendations
SHOW HN2021
163points
96comments
#297of 2,533 in 2021
Top 12%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 16 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 5 for, 9 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, nice execution and design
From 3 comments
You are asking me "how are you feeling now" and suggesting movies based on it. If I am feeling melancholy you are suggesting more sad movies to me ? Don't you mean,…
zuj on HNSurprisingly decent, for what it is. It would be great to have something to give feedback on whether it actually picked a movie that lines up with the mood I've picked.
abetusk on HNNice, I like it and can see myself using it. It would be even better if there was always a link to IMDB.
fender256 on HN
Recommendations surprisingly decent
From 2 comments
Surprisingly decent, for what it is. It would be great to have something to give feedback on whether it actually picked a movie that lines up with the mood I've picked.
abetusk on HNIt recommended me straight outta Compton, and I watched it. Thanks
darkest_ruby on HN
Newer movies favored over older ones
From 1 comment
I like that this seems to trend towards newer movies, a lot of other recommendation platforms seem to ignore year of release.
matt3D on HN
Objections
Recommendations don't match the mood selected, e.g. Midsommar for gloomy, action films for sleepy
From 4 comments
I think you've taken your personal preferences and tried to apply them to everyone else. if you're sleepy you might want to watch an action movie or a comedy If I'm sleepy, I…
reaperducer on HNI was a bit alarmed that, when I said I was feeling gloomy, it recommended Midsommar! Don’t really think that’s going to help lift my spirits…. Perhaps the UI is confusing me and…
urbandw311er on HNI chose sleepy mood and got recommended Tenet. Not the easiest movie to follow when you’re half asleep.
spzb on HNWith respect, I think the recommendations are rubbish. When I say that I’m feeling humorous, I want to see movies that are primarily comedies. Not dramas and all sorts of other…
bradknowles on HN
Filtering by IMDb rating above 6.7 is unreliable and excludes good or cult films
From 3 comments
I think you've taken your personal preferences and tried to apply them to everyone else. if you're sleepy you might want to watch an action movie or a comedy If I'm sleepy, I…
reaperducer on HN> It only fetches great movies with a rating > 6.7 on IMDb I personally find that I'm sometimes in the mood for a hilariously shitty B-movie, like The VelociPastor…
lillesvin on HN> It only fetches great movies with a rating > 6.7 on IMDb We might end up missing some good movies. Maybe adding a choice would be better?
unobatbayar on HN
Too many carousel items and clicks; paginate instead
From 3 comments
I think it would actually be better not to have the carousel at all, but paginated with like, 5-10 per page?
FalconSensei on HNclicking for each title recommendation is a bit tedious maybe have more suggestions per page?
arkj on HNCouple of thoughts: 1. I'm not really sure what making this so interactive accomplishes. The result seems akin to a listicle: "X Great Movies to Watch When You're Feeling Y",…
bscphil on HN
Odd results such as Marvel films for weird or Parasite for lonely
From 3 comments
I clicked on "weird" and half the results are Marvel movies?
activitypea on HN"Parasite" for feeling lonely? Ummm... The entire set of recommendations for that is rather eyebrow-raising.
LordAtlas on HNCouple of thoughts: 1. I'm not really sure what making this so interactive accomplishes. The result seems akin to a listicle: "X Great Movies to Watch When You're Feeling Y",…
bscphil on HN
Requests
Let users choose mood to get out of or to intensify
From 2 comments
I think it would be great if you could make a distinction, whether I want to get out of a mood, or intensify this mood. E.g., if I'm feeling sad, I'd like to get distracted to…
MrGilbert on HNWhy does it recommend happy titles if I choose 'lonely' or 'gloomy'? Don't I want to augment those emotions when I feel them? There should be a NOT operator.
sweetbitter on HN
Allow selecting multiple or excluded genres
From 2 comments
With respect, I think the recommendations are rubbish. When I say that I’m feeling humorous, I want to see movies that are primarily comedies. Not dramas and all sorts of other…
bradknowles on HNThere should be a way to choose more than one tag, or exclude a tag: + Romantic and - Drama Or + Romantic and + Comedy Also, I love the Horny gag.
irrational on HN
Show a text blurb or trailer before playing
From 2 comments
The thing that stops me from watching movies/shows when recommended by some automated system is the lack of information. All of these systems either start playing the video or…
verve_rat on HN> Even showing me the trailer rather than starting the movie would be an improvement. God yes. I use the Netflix app on mute and do this silly dance around between titles while…
OJFord on HN
Add a hungover mood
From 1 comment
Please add a hungover category
wizzzzzy on HN
Questions
How does the app map moods to movies?
From 1 comment
Question: how does the app decide which movie corresponds to a certain mood?
besnn00 on HN
Where does the movie data come from?
From 2 comments
How does your site generate movies? Does it pick random ones from IMDb? If so, more movies would probably come up, even the ones less known. Or did you (developer) make a…
fender256 on HNThe app seems neat, I do wonder how did you get the IMDB ratings? Did you hard code it or did you find an api which gets their rating?
newbie578 on HN
Alternatives named
Netflix
From 2 comments
We experimented with this idea at Disney in 2012 with short form content. We learned a few things by building basically this exact experience. First, it’s not really different…
madrox on HNWhat's your opinion on the abundance of content on platforms like Netflix, Prime, etc? To me, seeing 20 movie thumbnails at the glance adds noise and makes the decision harder.…
marclou on HN
MovieLens
From 2 comments
To those interested in movie recommendation engines, I've been using movielens (https://movielens.org/) for years and it's great. You rate movies you've seen and it predicts…
dmos62 on HNInteresting concept, but I prefer movielens myself. Having good grades by people who like similar movies is imo a better predictor if I will be enjoying the movie or not. How I'm…
trulyme on HN
Gnovies
From 1 comment
I am a huge movie fan. And always lost in thoughts. So I guess I will go through the whole "reflective" list and see if there is a movie I don't know yet. Lists of "popular…
3dfan on HN
Movie-map
From 1 comment
Just went through the GNOD services, it's incredible. Have you used the movie map? https://www.movie-map.com/
marclou on HN
Flickseeker
From 1 comment
This is awesome! We (mostly my dad) and I made a very similar website as well: https://flickseeker.com/
_august on HN