Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#1

Post by rokhayakebe » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 7:37 PM UTC

I like to watch movies. But my biggest problem is to get good recommendations. I have been using clerkdogs for several months. It is kind of slow, but their engine is great at suggesting movies that I may like. I do not think the site is popular, but as a happy user I wanted to share it with HN. If you know of any great recommendation web app please share it.

Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine
clerkdogs.com

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#2

Post by please » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 8:24 PM UTC

No recommendations for the first 5 movies I entered. Looks a bit to generic and mainstream to me.

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#3

Post by kurtosis » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 8:58 PM UTC

Honest Criticism: Too slow. I don't like being put on hold. Please just make it fast.

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#4

Post by viraptor » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:01 PM UTC

kurtosis wrote: post #3

Honest Criticism: Too slow. I don't like being put on hold. Please just make it fast.

Same. Registering a new account took ~1min. Waiting to add a movie to favourites - around 30 sec. Way too slow.

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#5

Post by sgt » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:10 PM UTC

I went to the site and it had prepopulated "A Fish called Wanda" in the search box. I remove it and type in "The straight story", and hit search. It went on to give me matches for a "A fish called Wanda". I repeated this several times, and reloaded the page. Sorry, but your service does not work. I'm using Chrome on OS X.

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#6

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:12 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #5

I went to the site and it had prepopulated "A Fish called Wanda" in the search box. I remove it and type in "The straight story", and hit search. It went on to give me matches for a "A fish called Wanda". I repeated this several times, and reloaded the page. Sorry, but your service does not work. I'm using Chrome on OS X.

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Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#7

Post by dkasper » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:12 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #5

I went to the site and it had prepopulated "A Fish called Wanda" in the search box. I remove it and type in "The straight story", and hit search. It went on to give me matches for a "A fish called Wanda". I repeated this several times, and reloaded the page. Sorry, but your service does not work. I'm using Chrome on OS X.

You have to wait for it to autocomplete the title and then click on one of the completions.

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#8

Post by minalecs » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:14 PM UTC

dkasper wrote: post #7

sgt wrote: post #5

I went to the site and it had prepopulated "A Fish called Wanda" in the search box. I remove it and type in "The straight story", and hit search. It went on to give me matches for a "A fish called Wanda". I repeated this several times, and reloaded the page. Sorry, but your service does not work. I'm using Chrome on OS X.

You have to wait for it to autocomplete the title and then click on one of the completions.

this is a terrible ui decision. I'm typing in names, and pressing match, then godfather continously comes up. *star wars isn't even in the drop down, when i type star wars.

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#9

Post by rokhayakebe » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:19 PM UTC

The site is slow. When you type the title you have to wait for the autocomplete and click on the movie. The speed is the biggest problem, but it gives good recs.

Re: Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine

#10

Post by rokhayakebe » Sun, Jun 20, 2010, 9:19 PM UTC

please wrote: post #2

No recommendations for the first 5 movies I entered. Looks a bit to generic and mainstream to me.

What titles did you try?