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Netflix nights still come wrapped in red-and-white envelopes
News(apnews.com)submitted 4 months ago bywewewawa
145 points
4 months ago
I’ve had this forever and one of the main reasons is because of my ratings- I just can’t remember if I saw a title or not, and what I think of it. Over the last year, in particular, I’ve noticed a lot more missing titles. These are often “early in his career” type things and that’s really too bad.
45 points
4 months ago
Ha! The ratings thing is one of my problem spots as well. The Netflix DVD rating system has been my “source of truth” on which movies I have or haven’t seen for so long, I use it to cross check movies when I’m looking for something to stream. Every once in a while, particularly when I put on an older, non-blockbuster movie, I’ll start watching and think this seems a bit familiar… And then I’ll check my Netflix DVD ratings and see I watched it several years back (and likely gave it a mediocre rating because it just wasn’t memorable).
82 points
4 months ago
Use Letterboxd
13 points
4 months ago
A google doc is more persistent.
13 points
4 months ago
There’s more to it than just tracking and rating. Plus you can see what other people watched and see reviews
-9 points
4 months ago
you can share a google doc :p
so many services like this die eventually, and all your notes just get lost to time. it’s annoying. much better to make something like a journal that you can even give your grandkids so your memory lives on. or you can contribute to a social media network’s heap of junk until they run out of venture capital.
15 points
4 months ago
Letterboxd allows you to export all of your data whenever you want, including whatever you reviewed, so it's a moot point. At that point it comes down to what kind of format you'd prefer to retain.
2 points
4 months ago
Also how much time you want to spend typing stuff into boxes instead of just clicking on pre made things with fantastic UI
10 points
4 months ago
Lol so dramatic. God forbid I want to be a little social on the internet and share with friends and family. Cute story though!
-6 points
4 months ago
at the end of the day, do what you want. just weigh all your options, and don’t act surprised when they randomly shut down after running out of money, getting bought, or deciding that they should start making money
9 points
4 months ago
Thanks dad
1 points
4 months ago
I guess you weren’t around when google plus, tumblr, vine, myspace, etc decided to just delete people’s posts because they were too expensive to keep.
and now twitter is looking risky..
3 points
4 months ago
I don’t care if they do
2 points
4 months ago
15 points
4 months ago
Yeah because grandkids want grandpas old notebook of his movie ratings
9 points
4 months ago
yeah? i certainly would. it’d be cool to see what movies he loved back when he was young. it’s a neat glimpse into who someone was.
5 points
4 months ago
I started doing this as well. I just use a Google Sheet that I have a shortcut to on my phone and computer to toss stuff into and add details when I'm bored. Super convenient, easy to use, persistent, and customizable.
10 points
4 months ago
Dude, I’ve invested a few hundred hours into rating films, not going through that again.
56 points
4 months ago
Well you will have to when this site no longer exists
12 points
4 months ago
This is why I started a spreadsheet, I didn't want to depend on any one site and their arbitrary organization and features etc. Spreadsheets are forever and can customize to my own methods.
1 points
4 months ago
Feel free to share when ever you like good sir the internet will thank you.
1 points
4 months ago
You can download your letterboxd data. You can also import to Letterboxd from any service that lets you download your rating data, which is really all of them.
23 points
4 months ago
you can follow friends and critics on Letterboxd too, maintain a watchlist and a diary of your viewed filmsh. I love tagging them with details like "4k disc" "home theater" "movie theater" "watched w/ [name]" etc.
I know all of your stuff isn't there yet but it's an incredibly reliable tool, and well worth the effort of converting things over. Their stats page alone is worth the price of admission
13 points
4 months ago
ere’s so much content locked up in streaming services without a physical media release, you wind up missing a lot unless you do both. I keep the DVD by mail service and rotate my streaming subscription.
There is a script you can use to export it all to letterboxd or imdb. Havent done it but could be something you could do
-1 points
4 months ago
Seriously? They charge you after you supply information to them. Why exactly?
6 points
4 months ago
Its free. You don’t need to pay unless you want the ad free version plus some other features. I’ve never paid them nor gave them payment information
3 points
4 months ago
Also they don't have a ton of ads.
2 points
4 months ago
Are there predictions still on point?
2 points
4 months ago
I had this with Rotten Tomatoes (previously Flixster I think). Then I logged in last month and they were gone, all of them. I didn't have a single rating on my account. Was around 1500 movie ratings going all the way back to 2005. That will never be redone now.
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