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Consumer and social
movie discovery
SHOW HN2014
132points
43comments
#200of 2,272 in 2014
Top 9%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 7 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, fast, easy-to-use interface
From 4 comments
Just excellent. Great user interface, simple and efficient. What is the rating and vote count based on? IMDB? RottenTomatoes? Maybe an option to sort the list would be useful.…
SNvD7vEJ on HNThis is seriously cool, and fast! Great UI! Thanks for helping me find new stuff to watch on Netflix :) EDIT: Feature requests! * Please let me star movies for later! * Please…
ryan-allen on HNThe UI is very cool. Very easy to use and quick to search and aesthetically pleasing. Also thank you for not making me sign-up / sign-in with twitter first. I have already found…
superasn on HNDamn, this is an awesome interface. Nice job. I did have one super minor moment of confusion. I'm on iOS 7 on an iPhone 5. I tapped "genre" then "action," and then my choice…
chatmasta on HN
Helps find new movies to watch
From 3 comments
This is fantastic. Really creative UI. I've already found several movies to add to my Amazon/Netflix watch list that I didn't even know existed. Is there any way to sign up? I'd…
cpursley on HNThis (multi-dimensional filter/search) is what I've been hoping IMDB would do for the last 5 years (and amazed they hadn't). Thank you, this is awesome, and an easy bookmark for…
araes on HNThis is seriously cool, and fast! Great UI! Thanks for helping me find new stuff to watch on Netflix :) EDIT: Feature requests! * Please let me star movies for later! * Please…
ryan-allen on HN
Objections
Data mismatches between sources, such as wrong movie or Amazon links
From 3 comments
Looks like the data from different sources doesn't always match up properly...for example: Search for comedies, rated 8 and up, available on Netflix between 80-120 minutes long.…
silentbob46 on HNFYI I looked for the top documentaries on Amazon (Rating 9-10). Saw Africa. Clicked the Amazon link. It took me to the wrong Amazon link for a different Africa:…
yarone on HNWhere are you getting your data from? It seems like you're running into problems with new shows/shows that share the same name as movies. For instance Utopia (UK…
eghad on HN
Results hard to scan in wide tag lists
From 2 comments
Interesting service, but your UX could be better on big screens (haven't tested on phone/tablet). I click on one of the tabs like Genre or Year and I'm presented with the 1500+…
ivanhoe on HNLooks great! But your "votes" section that I browsed seems to be listed rather oddly. Items seem to be listed randomly. They don't seem to be listed by title, date, number of…
sirdogealot on HN
Unclear that results are below filters without scrolling
From 2 comments
Damn, this is an awesome interface. Nice job. I did have one super minor moment of confusion. I'm on iOS 7 on an iPhone 5. I tapped "genre" then "action," and then my choice…
chatmasta on HNWonderful interface (once I realized that I was supposed to scroll down for the results). The only parameter I'm missing is what country the film is from. British crime movies…
jaysonelliot on HN
Requests
Shareable or permalink filter state
From 2 comments
I'd suggest a way to share the current filter state. For example, if I want to send the list to my friends.
pritambaral on HNI agree, some kind of permalink would be neat so it's possible to bookmark a selection you want to go through later.
dewey on HN
Filter by MPAA or PG rating
From 3 comments
Obviously a good UI and everything. I would suggest adding rating as an PG, R, etc as another filter. Also if there was some way to integrate with netflix and filter out all the…
jdprgm on HNNice idea. It'd be great to have a MPAA rating as well to be able to filter out family-friendy movies (e.g. G, PG) and vice versa.
walden42 on HNRating PG, R, etc would be very cool because I watch movies with younger siblings.
shire on HN
Sign up and watched-list tracking
From 3 comments
This is fantastic. Really creative UI. I've already found several movies to add to my Amazon/Netflix watch list that I didn't even know existed. Is there any way to sign up? I'd…
cpursley on HNGreat job! It would be nice if I could mark the films that I've already watched so that they don't come again.
resiros on HNObviously a good UI and everything. I would suggest adding rating as an PG, R, etc as another filter. Also if there was some way to integrate with netflix and filter out all the…
jdprgm on HN
Lower-bound rating and vote filters
From 1 comment
Awesome! Also - wouldn't it be better if Ratings, Votes were not ranges but had lower bounds? Ex. 7+ rating and 50K+ votes. I saw that you can choose multiples, but you'd rarely…
chandika on HN
Filter by country
From 1 comment
Wonderful interface (once I realized that I was supposed to scroll down for the results). The only parameter I'm missing is what country the film is from. British crime movies…
jaysonelliot on HN
Questions
Where does the data come from
From 3 comments
Where are you getting this data from?
minimaxir on HNI'd love to know how you got the initial data on your servers. Did you just do a massive API scrape of IMDB, Amazon, Netflix etc? How do you keep it up to date?
afro88 on HNJust excellent. Great user interface, simple and efficient. What is the rating and vote count based on? IMDB? RottenTomatoes? Maybe an option to sort the list would be useful.…
SNvD7vEJ on HN
Is it built on a graph database
From 1 comment
Love how the frontend is implemented. It's also quite snappy. I've recently watched a tutorial on neo4j where they used this kind of app as an example. Is it built on top of a…
heyalexej on HN
Alternatives named
IMDB advanced search
From 1 comment
Imdb already has this, it's called advanced search
happyhammy on HN
icheckmovies
From 1 comment
I think the best site for finding movies is this: https://www.icheckmovies.com/ The lists are very addicting.
nawitus on HN
canistream.it
From 1 comment
http://www.canistream.it/ seems to work for me.
throwaway344 on HN