Letterboxd
Movies. A central form of entertainment for us all here in 2017. We watch them so often that sometimes we forget what we have and haven’t watched! If you are ever caught in this situation, then Letterboxd will be a great solution for you!
Started in 2011 by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, Letterboxd is all about rating and reviewing what you’ve watched. In this new form of social networking, you are given a platform where people from all over the world can come and look at your reviews and interact with you about them. I personally love watching movies, and sometimes I will watch one and have some very strong opinions and it just doesn’t seem like quite enough to vocalize them to my friends and family. So, when a friend showed me this site, I was all over it!
With both a free and paid version, you are able to access all the information about a film, ratings, reviews, adding it to your personalized lists, and even more. The paid version generates a “Year in Review” page for you. Every time you log onto the site you are given a refreshed page of new movies, films that are popular with your friends and lists made from popular users.
This site allows you to update your movie database and always be ready to discuss your favorite films and even meet new friends who love the same films and genres.
This is a really neat idea! I like how it is sort of like social media for movies and movie lovers. It sounds like a great way to find out what movie you should watch also, based on what movies are really popular on this site and what people generally don’t like.
I think this site is a really cool idea. Anything that involves the internet and a sort of social media/online chat-room component is bound for success. Technology seems to be the future and interaction is always good for spreading ideas. I too love watching movies and would love to hear what other people think about the same movies. This innovation will definitely solve a minor problem in my life! Nice post.
Letterboxd is something that I would totally use! I like how Matthew and Karl saw a problem, although it is not one that is always talked about, and created a simple solution for it. I think their idea will take them far.
I find Matthew and Karl’s idea to be a pretty cool one. They did exactly what entrepreneurs do: they found a problem, and then they solved it. I personally never thought of this as a problem until I read this post, but now that I read it, I can see the advantages of using it. Matthew and Karl did a great job of finding a problem that others had overlooked.