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Re: Show HN: A database for browsing and discovering movies

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Have you got any technology/design stack used to build this .. looks very clean and intuitive from UI/backend prospective ..

backend: Postgre, Unicorn, Ruby on Rails frontend: SCSS/CoffeeScript/jQuery (no frontend frameworks were used)

Good to see another example of a site that didn't have to buy into one of the trendy SPA frameworks to build a nice UI.

Re: Show HN: A database for browsing and discovering movies

#112
Just a tip, in case you find your way to adding it - while browsing through the India selection, I find that there are movies from different languages - I found Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil movies. My suggestion is that if you find a way to add a language filter, in addition to a country filter, that might help? This might be useful for others as well - for e.g a lot of Spanish speakers might look for movies from South America etc.

Re: Show HN: A database for browsing and discovering movies

#115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Had seen an app demo from a Melbourne based company who does most of this and had an Amazon link. Haven't dived deep in as it was a UX testing session. Should I mention the name/link, not sure of the ethics of it when someone does a Show HN.

I assume you are talking about http://goodfil.ms/ ?

Naa.. I mentioned it in a reply to the guy who made this service. Anyway it's gyde.tv

Re: Show HN: A database for browsing and discovering movies

#116
Good effort.

Finally I can see and sort by RT rating which I trust way more than imdb.

You could also somehow link it to "popcorn time" then it will complete the loop.

Also a separate section for "available on netflix" will make this indispensable.

You could even add a weekly newsletter that shows... 1. new movies on netflix. 2. must watch classics etc base on my taste 4. new episodes of [walking dead] available

and shoot it out on a friday :-)

Re: Show HN: A database for browsing and discovering movies

#119
I love the UI and the results! I'd just say that I have two concerns; while the click-to-add nature of the genre list is great, I don't think it's immediately intuitive. Perhaps I'm just part of the old "if you click a link it takes you to a page" demographic, but clicking to add or subtract -- while in my opinion the right mechanic here -- isn't immediately obvious. Making it more clear how this works could save you some traffic by avoiding requests from people who don't immediately understand how the UI works.

The second thing is that, on browsing movies "from Japan," I immediately get Band of Brothers, Kill Bill, Lost in Translation, The Last Samurai, and the latest American reboot of Godzilla. If it's intended to show movies set in a particular country, that's potentially a really cool gimmick, but as it is it seems inaccurate.

Love the site, though! Great work!

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