Used to go to:
- Look up cast lists
- Read the forums on trailers
Now:
- The cast list is obfuscated and harder to navigate
- The forums were removed
I use TMDB now
Tmdb is a much nice experience than IMDb. Site loads way quicker, there’s no irrelevant articles and ads plastered all over every page, and not owned by billionaire ghouls. I hope it stays exactly the way it is for many years.
And an API with an excellent free tier
may I make a mention here to a TMDB-based cast lookup tool I made not too long ago?
Twodeg(rees of separation) allows you to find connection between several titles or actors.
Thanks…me too now from the looks of it.
Wow. This is super nice. Thank you. Like an immediate upgrade from what IMDb is.
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Bookmarked, thank you.
Like hell am I going to create an account to look up an actor. The fuck at they thinking.
Tmdb ftw
ENSHITIFICTION
ENSHIGIFICTION
As opposed to enshigi non-fiction?
Fuck dyslexia…
Enshigi reality is a thing now too, I’m afraid.
Their design, layout and navigation are fucking terrible.
It began as crowd sourced database that became enshittified even before Amazon bought it.
It was cool up until the mid-1990s.
Most people weren’t even on the internet yet in the mid-90s so I’m curious about what kind of enshittification of IMDB did you see in the late 90s? That’s the time I remember it being good still but I don’t really recall when the horrible redesigns started occurring.
IMDB started out on USENet. Early versions were text files people edited and shared.
The mid to late nineties is when it became commercialized once it gained popularity on the WWW. People were pissed at them for taking all of the crowd sourced data and profiting from it.
Thanks IMDB. It’s been real.
Then it has no value to casual browsers, which is probably a majority of their visits. No ones signing up for that shit (i hope)
The only reason I ever had an account was the boards which they killed.
Now it just prompts me to log in and its like… why?
I agree they have no value. Most of the ones I’ve read have been pretending like they’re Siskel or Ebert using an LLM to write some excessively long review just to get likes and climb the influencer ladder.
Seems to be a push from Amazon (they own IMDB if you didn’t know) to enshitify user reviews across the board. They’re doing it on Amazon for some items as well, but even worse.
User reviews are a hinderance to the corporate narrative, so no more user reviews
themoviedb.
comorg ist way better anyways.Oops, you’re right of course.
This is the way.
There are fediverse options like NeoDB & Gush.
They also offer free API keys! I learned the hard way that iMDB does not at all
Its a shame i really enjoyed the brainrot of seeing assorted yokels prattle on about how project hail mary is an evil woke movie that brainwashed them into being gay and also had too much dialogue and too much emotion and they skipped through everything that wasn’t a shot of the CG ships flying around
Thank you, Amazon!
I was an ImDB user for over 20 years and always to lazy to search for an alternative - even though I was dreading the development in the recent years.
But NOW I finally switched!
Goodbye ImDB! Hello tmdb.org!
Aren’t there some alternative movie rating databases?
no boomers allowed
Fediverse has NeoDB
I’d suggest NeoDB too. It is great for keeping track of not just movies but also books, video games, music and books. https://eggplant.place/ is one of the main instances.
For getting recommendations and looking at ratings I do also like Movielens.
Letterboxd is where it’s at
Letterboxd is more like a social media for movies instead of a user movie review site.
It’s also terrifically unhinged
Was that review written by Peter Griffin?
the top rated imdb reviews have a half decent chance at being interesting to read. the top rated letterboxd reviews are all extremely shit, unfunny jokes
Who cares? The reviews are the worst part of IMDB. I use it to verify facts of a movie - year, actors, director, etc. I have no interest in the weird opinions that end up on IMDB.
Then you should use themoviedb.org
The only time I cared about reviews on imdb was this one guy who had a absolutely ludicrous amount of porn reviews and looked exactly like the type of person to have a ludicrous amount of porn reviews.
If you want good reviews use Letterboxd. Funniest meme shit on there.
It did get mildly enshitified recently too though because they moved the reviews under a button in favor of cast and crew listings. Like, no one cares about that Letterboxd, we have IMDB and TMDB for that. We don’t need a third option, just stick to tracking and meme reviews.
My son is a big cinephile, and Letterboxd is his go-to. He doesn’t even want hear about IMDB.
Exactly. This is a non issue. Like being upset you have to sign into Next Door to see Doris down the street complain about things.
For more niche content, it’s sometimes one of the few viable sources for reviews.
I’m in all the way until all the data sellers are doing nothing more than selling my personal details back and forth to each other in an endless loop. One day my personal details will be worth nothing and peace will reign throughout the land! /s
Are there any good alternatives anyone can recommend?
Do you think it’s a prelude to in a year or so wanting age verification on accounts?
TheMovieDB.org is the best alternative. Much nicer actually.
I use it and I’ve exported my IMDb reviews to it, but it still lacks the trivia and other cool stuff. I use both, to be clear.
I’ve been using Letterboxd for a while now and am pretty happy with it.
My only issue with letterboxd is they pull from TheMovieDB for metadata/director verification and TMDB has some exclusionary/gatekeeping policy where they don’t consider films released primarily on Youtube eligible. This has fucked over indie directors like Joel Haver. I think his fans have manually intervened but no policy has changed that I know of.
Bummer that they do that. Any platform that you can recommend that addresses that issue and is user-friendly?
On NeoDB, you can create entries yourself, as well as import from various sources: IMDb, TMDB, Letterboxd, Douban etc
Thanks for the link!
You’re welcome :)
Not at the moment, I still use both sites until something better comes along.
Thanks will give it a try.
Rotten Tomato maybe? Also recommendations from critics you like.
Ok, but why is the button Hub themed 😳
