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Jim -- Is a watch list feasible in the near future?

posted 8 years ago by Catbookss (13664)
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With the Trending section proving to be so wildly popular, and many of us discovering films and shows we'd have never otherwise heard of through it, I think adding a "watch" feature to the site would make it even more attractive to users.

Someone on a movie board just suggested a film I'd most likely like, and I'd have *loved* to be able to pop it on my watch list so I don't forget the title (which, undoubtedly, I will). This has happened any number of times in the two months I've been here, and it really would be a plus to have a watch list.

Thanks again for all you've done to create and improve this site! And for considering adding a watch list.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Grab a note pad and write it down.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

That's how I do it, the old fashioned way.

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

I have half a drawer full of movies/songs scribbled on pieces of paper. Once they go in there, they never see the light of day...

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Get to watching.

I dare you to watch all of them before you pass.

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

Before I pass what? :P lol

It's not a perfect system, but at least it doesn't work. I'll probably get to some of them, eventually.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Away

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

My notifications are glitching too I guess...

Anyway, I got that bit. I was just making a joke :)

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

[laugh]

I used to have a MSWord file full of book and movie titles I wanted to watch/read/or check out. Same here, once stashed in there, forever stashed and forgotten about.

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

I somehow feel better for writing them down, even if I don't look at them again. It's weird. But I'm just as bad with online watch/read lists...

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[–] klownz (478) 8 years ago

Keep lists on Letterboxd. Being able to list here would be ideal though.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

I'm not on Letterboxd, and don't like going back to IMDb, so yes, having a list here would be great, if possible.

To me it goes hand in hand with the Trending section as far as being a big bonus for registering and staying on the site.

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[–] klownz (478) 8 years ago

Letterboxd doesn't have forums & if it did it would easily be the best film site because of the way all its other features work.

I wouldn't worry much about lists and features in general on MC because I think it will all come in time... sure as shit the owner of MC is listening to people & has proven to be working as fast as possible to get new requested features in place.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

What features does Letterboxd have that you like so much?

I agree, Jim is great about listening to feedback and getting things done as soon as he can do.

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[–] Strannger (2007) 8 years ago

I want that next. Its almost perfect.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

Almost! In many ways it's better than IMDb. I can't see how, eventually, MC won't succeed. It's pretty much a given.

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[–] klownz (478) 8 years ago

Sorry about the late response.

Letterboxd features I like so much are being able to search for lists & being able to change the way you view lists & hide films you have watched and loads of other stuff.

For me Letterboxd is the best way I have to find film recommendations because hardly anyone is into the same shit I am into... I just log in then search "Asian Horror" "Japanese Horror" etc. then click lists and it brings up everyone's Asian Horror lists from there I click onto a list then hide all the films I have already seen leaving me with a nice fat list of shit I haven't seen that I can get recs off. :)

Also I use Twitter a lot & you can import your friends from Twitter if they have a letterboxd account & you can import FB friends as well.

Adding films to Letterboxd is piss easy as well & on every Letterboxd film page there is a direct link to The Movie Database & IMDB so I always go to Letterboxed first & use it as a quick way to jump around film sites.

To add a film to letterboxd you have to add it onto The Movie Database & the fact them sites work together is pretty handy especially since IMDB nuked the forums.

Another useful thing is you can see which of your friends have watched a film even if they aren't following back so you can find people easy that way and get to their profile quick... say I type in something really popular like A Tale Of Two Sisters guaranteed everyone who I am following who is into Asian horror will have seen this so then I can bring up the list of friends who have watched it and get to their profile from there. I find this useful because quite a few people who I follow use Letterboxd the same way i do for tracking Asian Horror films so being able to find their profile quick time is handy so I can get to their lists and reviews :)

Letterboxd is good for reviewers as well because it is convenient... lots of people don't even bother writing full reviews & just write a sentence or two.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

Thanks for your very detailed response, Klownz.

Letterboxd would probably be more useful to me if the films and shows I like were an actual genre, as yours are, and if I were involved in social media.

It would be fun to be able to see which of my friends have watched films I've seen, and to more easily find films/shows I haven't yet seen that others with similar tastes have liked, while being able to exclude those I've already seen.

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[–] klownz (478) 8 years ago

Even it you are not into really specific stuff you can use the same search method to find shit... if I ever was looking for recs I could type in "silent movies" "CGI Films" ... haven't tested them but it works the same.

Another nice feature is you can click on a directors film history & hide all the films you have seen... very handy for me with Mario Bava & Takashi Miike.

If you do join LB follow me & I will follow straight back :)

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[–] Terrygg (544) 8 years ago

Meh. Not enough people use the watch feature for it to be any use on this forum.

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