aside from the annoying "pick me" person type reviews that flood it, Letterboxd is still maybe my favorite app i have. i use it daily.
I’m optimistic about the idea of this service. I could probably get by with something like this and Criterion with the occasional month of Netflix to catch up on newer stuff.
the ones that don't actually give any insight into what they thought about the movie whatsoever and are just like "i made a really good sandwich today, here's the recipe." also, on the other hand, sometimes the reviews are way too spoilery. so to avoid spoilers and avoid rolling my eyes too much, i usually just scroll quickly through most of the reviews, look at the general star rating, and then decide if i want to add it to my watchlist or not.
Letterboxd is what you make of it. I never look at random user reviews. Follow what you want to read.
I go through lots of randos lists to find new movies to add to my watchlist, that most of the people I follow don't watch. But yeah, the app is great cuz you can kinda go in all sorts of different ways on it. See what your friends are watching/reviewing, find new obscure movies on lists, etc.
I’d go so far as to say the app is the single most important resource I’ve had on my journey as a film lover since the early days of imdb
Joining. Using this app a lot more these days. Will try to follow those of y’all who have posted links.
$20 for a rental is a little steep, but if it's potentially the only way to watch something AND a portion is going directly to the filmmakers, I think it's justified
Agreed. I don't think I'm going to watch any of the movies on offer now (unless there are a wave of glowing reviews, I guess), but if, say, they offered a Cannes or Sundance film that lacks distribution either during or right after the festival, I think that would be cool for both audiences and filmmakers.
I coughed up for It Ends to support the launch and it was one of my favourite movies of the year. I went in blind and I was very surprised by the direction of the story. I was up bolt awake for an hour in bed afterwards contemplating it. I don't know what would have happened to this movie if Letterboxd didn't pick it up, but I can already see the value of the service. I'd have happily picked up a cinema ticket for It Ends if it escaped distribution purgatory. The cost difference is negligible to a cinema ticket here, so I can certainly make a case for myself to splash out for one of these every now and again if it is helping to support grass roots filmmakers.