Righteous Wrath Online Community

...with some neat little extras/differences, like assigning "moods" and "tones" to the film.

For example, can you guess this movie?

Themes
Baseball Players
Basketball Players

Tones
Easygoing
Madcap
Goofy
Irreverent
Light
Upbeat
Silly

Moods
Just for Laughs

Released by
Universal

MPAA Reasons
for strong language and crude sex-related hum

http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:163059

- - -

plus their "explore" (by genre) feature  (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=24:D%7C%7C%7C652) is pretty nice-and-simple too.

Pfft, I had it with the first clue BASEketball...

Most of all (IMHO) they have a *way* better "similar movies..." algorithm than the crappy half-user-submitted half-AI-guessing code used on IMDB.

For example:

"The Rocketeer" (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=A41822) -- Similar Movies:
October Sky  (1999, Joe Johnston)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow  (2004, Kerry Conran)
Flash Gordon  (1980, Mike Hodges)
Batman Forever  (1995, Joel Schumacher)
The Phantom  (1996, Simon Wincer)
Spider-Man  (2002, Sam Raimi)
Steamboy  (2004, Katsuhiro Otomo)
Condorman  (1981, Charles Jarrott)
Superman II  (1980, Richard Lester)

^ compare that to IMDB!
(bottom of page) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803)
"If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
The Incredibles Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Sky High Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Superman Returns"

(full list) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/recommendations)
The Incredibles (2004)      8.2
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)      7.2
Sky High (2005)      6.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)      6.1
Superman Returns (2006)      6.9
October Sky (1999)      7.6
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)      7.1
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)      6.3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)      7.3
The Black Cauldron (1985)


::)

Quote from: Mr. Analog on May 09, 2007, 03:06:32 PM
Pfft, I had it with the first clue BASEketball...

Yes, easy to guess ;)


Another sample, a famous film in the "silly" tone: guess again! (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=24:D%7C%7C1325)

Themes
Knights and Ladies
Obsessive Quests
Treasure Hunts
Heroic Mission

Tones
Goofy
Humorous
Irreverent
Frantic
Silly
Satirical
Witty

Moods
Comedy on the Edge

Time Periods
(oh come on, do I really need to include *this*? ;) )

(yes, another "tough" one -- but again, check out the very decent list of "similar movies" on the AllMovie page... -- and of this personal-fave sub-genre of film (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=24:D%7C%7C%7C622))

I think both "recommends" features suck, what exactly does Condorman have to do with The Rocketeer? Why does Buckaroo Banzai or Captain Video not show in either list?

Quote from: Darren Dirt on May 09, 2007, 03:16:30 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on May 09, 2007, 03:06:32 PM
Pfft, I had it with the first clue BASEketball...

Yes, easy to guess ;)


Another sample, a famous film in the "silly" tone: guess again! (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=24:D%7C%7C1325)

Themes
Knights and Ladies
Obsessive Quests
Treasure Hunts
Heroic Mission

Tones
Goofy
Humorous
Irreverent
Frantic
Silly
Satirical
Witty

Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail :)

Kinda neat I guess, the power of tagging instead of categorizing (the exact subject of my latest rant on dA)...