I miss IMDb

I miss it, too. There, at least, you could find a few serious threads that actually discuss the movie/show.

The old IMDb boards are still alive, just on another URL.

We hear you, believe.
We used to have great discussions with genuine cinephiles with informed opinions, who knew how to construct a sound argument, and knew their film history (and of course, if I take off my rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, I can also see the trolls and crazies in the rear view mirror...).

Today, it's all about politics, box-office, and trivia.

Oh well. We still have the likes of "ecarle/Roger1", yourself 'Mr. Spade', and others for good film discussions... :)

"This town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone."

Yeah, I check here every now and then I guess just out of habit, and it's sad how it's just a cesspool of right wing nutters that have been driven off of every other site.

I have almost everyone who ever posted on the Trump and politics boards blocked and like 60% of the latest feed is missing as a result. On a freaking movie discussion forum.

I like how there is no moderation, but at this point I see why it's necessary as these people will simply flock to any site that lacks it.

I feel you, back then you could even have a discussion on a niche movie and actually had chances to get answers, nowadays, its mostly a discussion in best case years interval. You see it very well in imported discussions, before migration a lot of discussion, afterwards only a couple of it.
And yes, way too much political (if you want to call that bs as it) discussion, the Marvels board is nearly unusable and then the discussion about certain people who are ... debatable ... and are depicted as pure victims is just super sad.

Anyway, I still go after most movies I watched here and try to keep discussions on. I hope others do it too. Or find me an alternative which works out. Reddit is totally useless for smaller discussions.

It's basically the same thing except for one difference - if you're hot on a movie and you'd like to discuss it - IMDB was better. It was better because one would get many responses, rapidly as well. With Moviechat, if you're hot on something and you comment - you may get replies, you may not. This aside, not all that much difference. Same concept for both.

MovieChat is actually a lot of fun, but I really miss the IMDB boards too, for exactly the reasons you're describing. However, after years of posting on the individual boards, I recently discovered that most of the engaging discussions and cool people on MC are in the General Discussion board. The discussions aren't always cinephile-focused, but it's a cool place to hang out and talk to movie fans. I stay out of the Politics forum because that place is a cesspool.

I haven't seen Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) yet, but when I do I'll be sure to jump back in here.

I really miss the I Need To Know board there. So many knowledgeable folk who could find almost anything. I know it's here too, and I try to help when I can, but I was usually the one asking, not answering.