Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions
With the number of movies, we digitians try to collect, managing them is a must and very substantial problem. So I don't think, it should be off-topic.
For keeping an index of all the movies I have, I use a small and handy tool,
Cathy - an awesome media cataloging tool. Their are numerous advantages of Cathy, like,
- Creates index of any DVD, in (literally) a blink of an eye.
- Searching is even faster. Supports filters in search.
- Completely portable.
- Able to index even, complete hard drive.
Well, actually, a file indexing program works for me greatly, since I can always look up the details about abt any movie on IMDB, by a single google search.
But I saw that coming...
I have tried a couple of "Movie Indexing" program myself, and would share their names and review in an hour or so. (cause now I cant seem to recall them).
But I saw that coming...
I have tried a couple of "Movie Indexing" program myself, and would share their names and review in an hour or so. (cause now I cant seem to recall them).
Thanks Rahim for helping me remember it. Yes, Griffith is one such tool.
But you can enter names of the movies manually, or import from a csv file. After that you can press a button to get information from IMDB. It is this process which is most time consuming. After you press the button, it can take upto 25 sec to fetch the list of movies which closely resembles the name you have entered. After selecting the movie which we desire, it can take upto another half a minute to get the info about that movie. Ya, this sucks, cause if you have a lot of movies, it can take many man hours.
Even after the info about the movie is done fetching, I dont know why, but it fails to update the year of the movie, and that too you have to enter manually.
Second tool which I then tried is, Coollector. www.softsea.com/review/Coollector.html
Which was a great software, as it is like having an offline backup of entire IMDB!
You can download Griffith and try other such softwares to manage your collection, from this page: www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm, And give us your own verdict about which one is better in managing a large number of collection.
(Links posted inserting <dot> because I was unable to post them otherwise. If anybody can explain why this occurs sometimes, it would be appreciated.)
But you can enter names of the movies manually, or import from a csv file. After that you can press a button to get information from IMDB. It is this process which is most time consuming. After you press the button, it can take upto 25 sec to fetch the list of movies which closely resembles the name you have entered. After selecting the movie which we desire, it can take upto another half a minute to get the info about that movie. Ya, this sucks, cause if you have a lot of movies, it can take many man hours.
Even after the info about the movie is done fetching, I dont know why, but it fails to update the year of the movie, and that too you have to enter manually.
Second tool which I then tried is, Coollector. www.softsea.com/review/Coollector.html
Which was a great software, as it is like having an offline backup of entire IMDB!
You can download Griffith and try other such softwares to manage your collection, from this page: www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm, And give us your own verdict about which one is better in managing a large number of collection.
(Links posted inserting <dot> because I was unable to post them otherwise. If anybody can explain why this occurs sometimes, it would be appreciated.)
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Rahim
Married!
^Just copy and paste the links works 
I know about that time consuming process in Griffith but i add movies after watching the movie.
www.softsea.com/review/Coollector.html
www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm
I know about that time consuming process in Griffith but i add movies after watching the movie.
www.softsea.com/review/Coollector.html
www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm
R2K
In the Zone
Thank u Vineet369 and Rahim for the suggestions...I am gonna try Griffith and Coolector and see how it works out...
BTW i came across another software for movie indexing called EMDB..its features are pretty limited but i liked the book shelf view of the indexed dvd covers of movies
vamsi_krishna
Human Spambot
Zeitgeist Moving Forward - 8.5/10
This needs no introduction. As all the documentaries in Zeitgeist saga, this one will strike the viewer pretty hard. And to make things more interesting.... It is a feature length documentary. It is roughly around 160 Minutes. Anyway, Highly Recommend.
This needs no introduction. As all the documentaries in Zeitgeist saga, this one will strike the viewer pretty hard. And to make things more interesting.... It is a feature length documentary. It is roughly around 160 Minutes. Anyway, Highly Recommend.
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
a_medico
Chillum Baba
^^ The background score of Silent Hill takes the movie to another level.
Started watching The troll hunter, a Norwegian movie at 2am last night. The movie is somewhat like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield. I guess I was too tired last night. So had to stop it in the middle, which I hate to do. Can't wait to get back to it, probably tonight. 7.7 rating looks a bit high to me. Still, the movie is worth a watch from what I have seen so far.
Started watching The troll hunter, a Norwegian movie at 2am last night. The movie is somewhat like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield. I guess I was too tired last night. So had to stop it in the middle, which I hate to do. Can't wait to get back to it, probably tonight. 7.7 rating looks a bit high to me. Still, the movie is worth a watch from what I have seen so far.
abhidev
Human Spambot
I have not seen Rec....but Rec 2 was good too...
icheckmovies.com is awesome dude. Its like a social networking specially built for Movie buffs!
One can easily keep track of all the movies they have seen or want to. The most fun aspect is to compare oneself with others on the site. And also, the site brags, that it can find my "neighbors", according to movie compatibility, a feature, which I have to test after I check all the movies I have seen. 
BUT, and this is the most important part, as far as we are talking about keeping track of the movies we have seen, its well and good, but this site, fails to take into account, the differentiation between "seen" and "collected" movie.
In simple words, I can't mark a movie, as "Having this movie in my collection", unless and until, I only watch movie, after it's in my collection. But I may have seen it on a theater, or TV, and may not decide to collect it. For that we must have another catalog, which can keep the list of those.
But sans the above problem, icheckmovies is awesome, and I thank-you heartily to bring this to our notice!
OK, My Movies | The Movie Manager Based on IMDb | Home is good, as far as keeping a "simple list of the movies we have in our collection" is concerned. And I can have it backuped, after creating the list which maybe used in any other tools, which I may find later. Thanks SAM9S again, having you here is a boon to this community.
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Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
Not to mention the atmosphere that it creates for the whole spooky back-drop of the story.
I wanted to catch up with it as well. I saw the trailer and it seemed mildly interesting. Let us know the final verdict.
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
& the Boogeyman :eeksign:
Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
Watch Darkness Falls and Dead Silence.