Introducing TrailerMatic.com

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by jtokash • 14 years ago

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atldev• 14 years ago

It works great. In fact, it recommends such good movies that I'm almost guaranteed to have seen them many times already. Ferris, Outlaw Josie Wales, Back to the Future. All are perfect picks for me, but it might be neat to add a few lesser known selections. I find myself keeping a google doc of movie recommendations from reddit threads, then renting when I have the time. Found Primer this way.

BrianMatch5• 14 years ago

I'm looking for more hidden gems to add to the site. Besides Primer, does anyone have any other good recommendations?

CrazedGeek• 14 years ago

Would you happen to have a list of the movies available?

And just a few recs (not really 'hidden', per se): Moon, Pi, Soylent Green, The Producers (2006), and Thank You for Smoking.

joedev2• 14 years ago

Neat idea. It would be great to be able to only show trailers of movies available on Netflix.

BrianMatch5• 14 years ago

The developer here. You can if you go to this modified URL: http://www.trailermatic.com/?netflix_only=true. I'll eventually make filtering easily available through the UI.

joedev2• 14 years ago

Great. This is a fun app, I'm enjoying it.

jtokash2• 14 years ago

Another nice feature would be to filter on Amazon Prime Unlimited.

siculars2• 14 years ago

How do you know if these movies are available on Netflix? (no, I haven't checked to see if netflix has an api for this)

mbenjaminsmith• 14 years ago

They do. http://instantwatcher.com/ is built on it. It allows you to pick based on rottentomatoes.com ratings or NY Times picks. There's a random button as well if you're feeling lucky.

BrianMatch5• 14 years ago

Netflix has a REST API: http://developer.netflix.com/docs

Game_Ender• 14 years ago

I like trailers but they are not all created equal. The longest trailer, released close to the release of a movie, is usually spoiler ridden. It will contain shots from every important scene, each action sequence/set piece, the crucial plot twist moment, and all the good effects shots and props. They take much of the awe and surprise out of seeing a movie.

The 30-60 second teaser trailers seem to be much better. They still get you interested, but don't try to actually hide things, and leave you wanting more.

jtokash2• 14 years ago

I'm pretty lucky. I usually forget most of the trailer content before I actually see a movie.

BrianMatch5• 14 years ago

For convenience, here's a link to the TrailerMatic app: http://www.trailermatic.com/

siculars2• 14 years ago

First, this is really cool. Grats for putting it together. Next, I would say that this falls into a category of app that I like to call "Discovery". There is just so much content of every flavor out there that Discovery apps will carve out an entire niche for every niche of people out there. Have you thought about adding a log in that would allow people to simply click +(more) or -(less) for each item presented? Thereby allowing you to hone your recommendations...

BrianMatch5• 14 years ago

Thanks for the complements! I like the idea of helping the user hone in on a set that better matches their preference, while keeping the interface clean and uncluttered. I was going to add a simple genre filter, but I might experiment with an opaque filter based on +'s and -'s.

callil• 14 years ago

I'd love to be able to save for later. Also, a link to imdb or a similar movie db would be nice too.

great start but too many 80s movies!

ale55andro• 14 years ago

what a nice simple app. I like it!

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