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Show HN: I made a movie recommendation app based on your mood
Author : marclou
Score : 118 points
Date : 2021-11-27 13:24 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.mood2movie.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.mood2movie.com)
| tomovo wrote:
| Would it work the other way round too? I feel like watching John
| Wick again, tell me how I feel...
| abetusk wrote:
| Surprisingly decent, for what it is.
|
| It would be great to have something to give feedback on whether
| it actually picked a movie that lines up with the mood I've
| picked.
| marclou wrote:
| Crowd-sourcing, I love it! Thanks for sharing, I'll work in it
| arkj wrote:
| clicking for each title recommendation is a bit tedious maybe
| have more suggestions per page?
| winternett wrote:
| As someone who is working on a YT-driven playlist for music
| myself, I absolutely -HATE- how YT handles deleted and
| unpublished videos. They strip all information from the player
| and it can break applications that rely on them.
|
| Applications that leverage YouTube go far in helping Google to
| maintain it's market dominance, they should help reliant apps to
| operate smoothly because it greatly supports the company, but if
| the service is faulty or unreliable over a long period of time
| without any fixes available, it's probably just a willful
| handicap to drive people back to YT as a platform rather than
| truly enabling content sharing.
|
| I understand that there are often valid reasons behind removing
| videos from display, but YT should at least allow for the title
| to remain, or a link back to the poster's channel, after a video
| is no longer available so it doesn't just display a "Video Not
| Available".
|
| If someone publishes a video, but then needs to edit out parts,
| the video still exists, but all prior links to it are suddenly
| broken. That makes using YT for embedded video difficult even
| though they're the #1 video content platform.
|
| App developers can't simply stand up a "bootleg" streaming
| service of their own with the level of diverse content that YT
| has, therefore YT has a bigger responsibility to fix the
| stability of the content they provide, possibly by allowing
| creators to replace videos instead of having to completely re-
| upload them with a new content ID. We're really not able to
| properly innovate unless we're truly solving traditional and not
| letting long-standing problems persist.
| milkers wrote:
| I have similar feelings for an app that I am developing. But YT
| is like a shark which don't even cares about the small fishes.
| trwhite wrote:
| https://www.mood2movie.com/movies/horny
| tailspin2019 wrote:
| Spoiler, the above page doesn't exist, but it happens to be the
| top requested page at the time of writing:
|
| https://plausible.io/mood2movie.com
| TuringTest wrote:
| It makes sense. It's the only one that makes you wonder what
| kind of commercial mainstream films it will recommend? All
| others clicks will be distributed randomly among all the
| other buttons.
| markozivanovic wrote:
| But, based on the fact that the author offers 'happy'
| movies if you're feeling sad, he would probably provide
| some movies that would try to stop you from being horny. :)
| Now, the question is - what kind of movies can make you
| stop being horny? :)
| fbelzile wrote:
| This should be a legitimate category. I just want something
| with an easy plot to watch during a 'netflix and chill' date!
| FalconSensei wrote:
| I honestly clicked it thinking it would have some of those
| 70s/80s comedy like Lampoon or Fast Times
| duiker101 wrote:
| It gave me "Parasite" as a first suggestion for "Humorous".
|
| The suggestion did make me laugh, so I guess the task failed
| successfully?
| playpause wrote:
| Parasite is usually described as a black comedy thriller. It's
| humorous, among other things.
| MrGilbert wrote:
| I think it would be great if you could make a distinction,
| whether I want to get out of a mood, or intensify this mood.
|
| E.g., if I'm feeling sad, I'd like to get distracted to get out
| of this mood. Or I want to amplify this mood, so I might need
| another movie.
| bryanrasmussen wrote:
| "My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory
| depression," Iran said.
|
| "What? Why did you schedule that?" It defeated the whole
| purpose of the mood organ. "I didn't even know you could set it
| for that," he said gloomily.
|
| -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick
| comeonseriously wrote:
| Couldn't you select for what mood you want to be in?
| climech wrote:
| It's interesting to see how different people deal with
| different feelings. Personally, when I'm feeling sad, I want to
| stay with the feeling -- not wallow in it, but let it "flow",
| so it eventually gets out of my system. Movies can be quite
| cathartic that way.
| Wowfunhappy wrote:
| It depends on the circumstance, which I believe was the GP's
| point. Sometimes I do want to explore the sadness for a bit,
| but other times I want to be cheered up.
| kungito wrote:
| This is very interesting. I'm trying more to become a person
| like that. It's way healthier to accept emotions than try to
| always run away from them
| netizen-936824 wrote:
| Recommends mortal combat for thoughtful?
|
| ??
| kingcharles wrote:
| It recommended it for me for being SLEEPY.
| imachine1980_ wrote:
| it recommend it for weird, i think them can a like this
| movie
| musingsole wrote:
| I wish I could make this distinction for myself
| fender256 wrote:
| Nice, I like it and can see myself using it. It would be even
| better if there was always a link to IMDB.
| flycaliguy wrote:
| Reflecting on past experiences, does anybody else find that
| first checking IMDB for a score has ultimately been a flop of a
| habit? Also, IMDB, it's not what it used to be am I right?
| marclou wrote:
| Data are being fetched from IMDb. What's missing on the app
| that you'd like to see on IMDb?
| fender256 wrote:
| I think the app and the data it contains is good as it is. I
| would just occasionally like to check data from IMDb such as
| actors, directors, similar movies and all the stuff one can
| find on IMDb. A mere link to IMDb could provide more info to
| those who want it, without polluting your already great site
| with more data.
| wizzzzzy wrote:
| Please add a hungover category
| marclou wrote:
| Hey,
|
| I used to spend hours researching for a movie to watch, looking
| at reviews on IDMd, genres, actors, trailers...
|
| Ironically, I feel like the abundance of movies is making it
| harder to pick one.
|
| I've noticed I tend to watch movies based on how feel so I tried
| to mimic this behavior with Mood2Movie.
|
| 1/ It maps your feeling to movie genres you might be interested
| in. I.e. if you're sleepy you might want to watch an action movie
| or a comedy
|
| 2/ It only fetches great movies with a rating > 6.7 on IMDb
|
| If you're also picky about which movie to watch, give Mood2Movie
| and try, and hopefully, it'll work for you too.
|
| Enjoy the show!
| martincmartin wrote:
| _Ironically, I feel like the abundance of movies is making it
| harder to pick one._
|
| This sounds like the difference between Optimizing and
| Satisficing personality traits.
|
| An optimizer wants to find the best choice. The more choices,
| the harder that is.
|
| The Satisficer just wants to find one that's good enough.
| Having more choices generally makes that easier, if it comes
| with a directory or some way to search.
| reaperducer wrote:
| I think you've taken your personal preferences and tried to
| apply them to everyone else.
|
| _if you 're sleepy you might want to watch an action movie or
| a comedy_
|
| If I'm sleepy, I want to watch a calming movie, or something
| thoughtful because I'm going to sleep soon. Watching an action
| movie when I'm sleepy might be good for you, or maybe a long-
| haul trucker. But not for everyone.
|
| This is where every recommendation engine from Netflix to
| Facebook to Apple Music falls down. People are messy. And
| there's too many of them to generalize.
|
| _It only fetches great movies with a rating > 6.7 on IMDb_
|
| Using online ratings services is a bad idea. They've become
| polluted. Movies that are enormously important or entertaining
| or just plain good are losing more and more ratings points
| because they're being re-rated by non-experts and people who
| don't understand the context or history. The movies haven't
| changed. The people rating then have. So what you end up with
| is the lowest common denominator films getting the highest
| ratings.
| marclou wrote:
| *Using online ratings services is a bad idea.*
|
| While some viewers might change their ratings, I believe the
| crowd will surface the truth at the end
| reaperducer wrote:
| It hasn't happened yet. And this has been going on for
| years.
|
| That's why some web sites show separate ratings based on
| who's rating them. They tally the ratings of professional
| film critics separately from those of the hoi polloi.
| dubcanada wrote:
| I quite like it, I am not sure if I'm the popular opinion but I
| feel like you should remove the back button/history update for
| every movie. There is no reason it needs to add a new history
| entry for every carousel change.
| FalconSensei wrote:
| I think it would actually be better not to have the carousel
| at all, but paginated with like, 5-10 per page?
| lillesvin wrote:
| > It only fetches great movies with a rating > 6.7 on IMDb
|
| I personally find that I'm sometimes in the mood for a
| hilariously shitty B-movie, like The VelociPastor
| (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/) or Cat-Women of the
| Moon (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045609/), I feel like they
| could be included in certain moods, e.g. "weird" or "playful".
| besnn00 wrote:
| Question: how does the app decide which movie corresponds to a
| certain mood?
| marclou wrote:
| @reaperducer got it right, it's based on my personal
| preferences and it will hopefully match with yours
| spzb wrote:
| I chose sleepy mood and got recommended Tenet. Not the easiest
| movie to follow when you're half asleep.
| jcims wrote:
| Great idea. Anything that helps winnow down to a decidable list
| of movies is a good thing.
|
| Just a quick note, something's wrong with the movie
| 'Retfaerdighedens ryttere', gets a 404 and doesn't load the
| youtube preview.
| sweetbitter wrote:
| Why does it recommend happy titles if I choose 'lonely' or
| 'gloomy'? Don't I want to augment those emotions when I feel
| them? There should be a NOT operator.
| matt3D wrote:
| I like that this seems to trend towards newer movies, a lot of
| other recommendation platforms seem to ignore year of release.
| fender256 wrote:
| How does your site generate movies? Does it pick random ones from
| IMDb? If so, more movies would probably come up, even the ones
| less known. Or did you (developer) make a conscious selection? If
| so, what is your selection based on?
| madrox wrote:
| We experimented with this idea at Disney in 2012 with short form
| content. We learned a few things by building basically this exact
| experience.
|
| First, it's not really different from Netflix-style sliders,
| except it's hiding more things behind clicks. Second, finding a
| good recommendation isn't the hard problem...it's getting people
| to hit play on what's being recommended. I don't know how many
| times I get recommended Vanilla Sky, I can't seem to work up the
| fortitude of committing a couple hours to watching Tom Cruise.
|
| This is why clips and auto-play experiences are so big these
| days. It takes away the need to hit play and the investment is
| low. It's why Netflix is rolling out the Play Something
| experience.
| PakistaniDenzel wrote:
| Maybe the recommendations just aren't that good in that case?
| If they were good wouldn't people hit play?
| vlovich123 wrote:
| I think it's a paradox of choice and, in a family setting,
| trouble finding something that fits the taste/mood of a few
| people.
| bredren wrote:
| I suspect there is a sense of commitment and potentially
| subtle signals of self criticism in actually "choosing" to
| watch a recommended film.
| formerly_proven wrote:
| If you don't feel like watching Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky
| you're quite lucky, because you can just watch Open Your Eyes
| instead.
| bredren wrote:
| I believe this, because of how successful TT was w infinite
| scroll, auto-play.
|
| RE: Vanilla Sky
|
| There are interesting moments to that film, (like the
| holographic jazz player at the fancy party) but it isn't worth
| sitting for to see Cruise if you haven't already seen Top Gun,
| Mission Impossible, Day After Tomorrow and Minority Report.
| baby wrote:
| You have to watch Vanilla sky! I think most people's problem is
| that they want something easy to watch, and recent. This is
| because we're lazy, and we are attracted by novelty (and
| novelty fades away quickly).
| verve_rat wrote:
| The thing that stops me from watching movies/shows when
| recommended by some automated system is the lack of
| information. All of these systems either start playing the
| video or have a one line blurb "You will like this because you
| watched some other show."
|
| Just give me a proper blurb about the show/movie. Just because
| I'm in an app to watch things doesn't mean you don't still have
| to sell me on watching something. Hell, personalising a text
| blurb to my tastes and mood could be really powerful. Even
| showing me the trailer rather than starting the movie would be
| an improvement.
|
| This sort of stuff, plus the complete disrespect for the
| emotional downtime needed at the end of some episodes* makes me
| think the people in charge of these places don't even fucking
| watch TV.
|
| * The show makers get this, the episode smash cuts to black and
| the credits roll with a slow, quiet song while you decompress.
| Then BAM next episode, no moment to think about and enjoy the
| experience you just had.
| bradknowles wrote:
| I hate, loathe, and despise auto-play solutions. I finally
| figured out how to kill that feature of Netflix, so that I can
| enjoy watching it a lot more.
|
| If they bring back enforced auto-play, then I'm deleting the
| fucking account.
| shbooms wrote:
| it completely ruins my experience as well. When I finish
| watching something, I want to take time to digest and reflect
| on what I just saw, to relish in the mood or feeling that I
| was put in by the show/film, not get mindlessly forced into
| something new.
|
| I can't stand this whole "engagement" agenda that
| media/entertainment tech companies are pushing so damn hard
| down our throats more and more everyday.
| verve_rat wrote:
| And I really don't get it. The more we "engage" the more
| content we will burn through per unit time. So without auto
| play horse shit I might watch an episode or two a night and
| really marinate in it. But the auto play is always pushing
| my to watch more, so maybe I won't marinate, maybe I watch
| 4 or 5 episodes tonight.
|
| Now the good show I was watching is over... now what? Watch
| something else? Maybe I ran out of good things. Do I really
| need to keep paying for this service? I've already watched
| all the good stuff.
| zuj wrote:
| You are asking me "how are you feeling now" and suggesting movies
| based on it. If I am feeling melancholy you are suggesting more
| sad movies to me ?
|
| Don't you mean, movie2mood.com ? Ask, "how do you want to feel"
| and gimme movies which makes me feel so. ?
|
| Simple lovely website and beautiful execution. Good-luck on the
| launch!
| DonaldFisk wrote:
| This doesn't take into account differences in personal
| preferences, as it doesn't know what movies I prefer, and so
| can't compare my preferences to other people's. Not everyone has
| the same tastes, and personal preferences matter.
|
| You could improve your system's recommendations by combining your
| approach with a collaborative filtering algorithm. Mine's very
| accurate on small data sets, and a detailed description of it can
| be found here: fmjlang.co.uk/morse/MORSE.html
| godmode2019 wrote:
| I always waned to makes a recommendation system based on
| personality type, or even better movies where two people would
| enjoy based on their personality type.
| johnsillings wrote:
| Neat! I just shared with my girlfriend - and I expect we'll use
| it :)
|
| Also, a very, ~very~ minor gripe but the little flashing, color-
| changing heart keeps catching my eye and is a little distracting.
| One man's opinion!
| _def wrote:
| Heh I clicked through a few recommended titles and then the app
| reported "Feeling undefined" :D
| 3dfan wrote:
| I am a huge movie fan. And always lost in thoughts. So I guess I
| will go through the whole "reflective" list and see if there is a
| movie I don't know yet.
|
| Lists of "popular movies" on Netflix etc never click with me.
| Most stuff out there is too kitchy for me.
|
| One tool that works for me is Gnovies, which finds a mix of 3
| movies you put in:
|
| https://www.gnovies.com
| potatosalad1 wrote:
| This didn't work for me at all. Of 8 or so recommendations it
| included "Red" "Blue" and "White". Huh? It's also pretty
| useless without including a year or link to an imbd page.
| marclou wrote:
| Just went through the GNOD services, it's incredible. Have you
| used the movie map? https://www.movie-map.com/
| 3dfan wrote:
| Oh yes, I use the map too sometimes.
|
| The reason I mostly use Gnovies is that I often watch
| together with my girlfriend. So we each put one movie into
| Gnovies "enter 3 movies you like" form and after some
| experimentation we usually find a new one we both enjoy.
| vort3 wrote:
| As always, the real gold is always in comments section. GNOD
| is exactly what I was looking for.
|
| I wonder why I never stumbled upon it...
| urbandw311er wrote:
| I was a bit alarmed that, when I said I was feeling gloomy, it
| recommended Midsommar! Don't really think that's going to help
| lift my spirits.... Perhaps the UI is confusing me and I've
| missed something.
| _august wrote:
| This is awesome! We (mostly my dad) and I made a very similar
| website as well: https://flickseeker.com/
| pdenton wrote:
| Oh this is good! Thank you and your dad!
| newbie578 wrote:
| The app seems neat, I do wonder how did you get the IMDB ratings?
| Did you hard code it or did you find an api which gets their
| rating?
| cube00 wrote:
| Author tweeted[1] their open traffic, interesting if you've ever
| wondered what a "Show HN" looks like from the other side
| https://plausible.io/mood2movie.com
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| [1] https://twitter.com/marc_louvion/status/1464606400638640143
| [deleted]
| superasn wrote:
| Love that the top page after homepage is /moveis/horny :D Felix
| Dennis was so right!
|
| Anyway, love everything about this whole open startups(1)
| thing. Really amazing to see what happens behind the scenes!
|
| (1) https://baremetrics.com/open-startups
| [deleted]
| trulyme wrote:
| Interesting concept, but I prefer movielens myself. Having good
| grades by people who like similar movies is imo a better
| predictor if I will be enjoying the movie or not. How I'm feeling
| is of course important, but if I can see the short description of
| the movie I can decide for myself... Still, movielens dataset is
| available, maybe combination of the two approaches would be even
| better?
| irrational wrote:
| There should be a way to choose more than one tag, or exclude a
| tag:
|
| + Romantic and - Drama
|
| Or
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| + Romantic and + Comedy
|
| Also, I love the Horny gag.
| climech wrote:
| I chose "idyllic", expecting titles like Kiki's Delivery Service,
| but all the recommendations were either fighting or sports-
| related movies (Raging Bull, Southpaw, Rocky, etc). Sometimes
| there's also an issue where the same page loads inside the video
| frame.
|
| Good idea, just needs a little more polish.
| LordAtlas wrote:
| "Parasite" for feeling lonely? Ummm...
|
| The entire set of recommendations for that is rather eyebrow-
| raising.
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