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[–] shellington@piefed.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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?

[–] Steve 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

TheMovieDB.org is the best alternative. Much nicer actually.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] weaselsrippedmyflesh@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I've been using Letterboxd for a while now and am pretty happy with it.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

https://letterboxd.com/director/joel-haver/

[–] weaselsrippedmyflesh@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bummer that they do that. Any platform that you can recommend that addresses that issue and is user-friendly?

[–] klu9@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On NeoDB, you can create entries yourself, as well as import from various sources: IMDb, TMDB, Letterboxd, Douban etc

https://joinfediverse.wiki/NeoDB

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

You're welcome :)

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not at the moment, I still use both sites until something better comes along.

[–] shellington@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks will give it a try.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

Rotten Tomato maybe? Also recommendations from critics you like.