This is a neat implementation.<p>I stopped watching trailers for movies a few years ago - headphones and closed eyes during movie previews and everything, and it greatly improved my enjoyment of nearly every movie I see.<p>I go for the story and visuals, and studios long ago decided that story and visual surprise were worth sacrificing to get people into theaters.<p>As for figuring out what to see, I find that a combination of any of title, director, writer, genre, and occasionally performers are enough to make up my mind.
Is it only me or does this website (supposed to help me "Find something to watch tonight") mainly gets me trailers of movies that'll get release in weeks or months?
Author here: The point of this project is to discover movies and TV shows that you ordinarily wouldn't find because the studios put their advertising money into something else.<p>Now that we have so many ways to watch content: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, theaters, cable/dish, etc... there are so many options, so many new original series, and it's nearly impossible to follow along with new releases. It's great to have all this new content, but not if you can't find it.<p>Trailer Nite is a fun way of discovering new content on platforms that you use. Every trailer is like a short film. It's about 2 minutes long with its own tone, with its own entertainment value, and if you like it... you can watch the real thing.<p>Anyway, this came out of a utilitarian need for me and then grew to be more. Hopefully it helps some other people out there that enjoy movies/tv like I do.<p>-------<p>Backstory:<p>A few years ago, I got into a show recommended by Hulu. After the second season ended, I was like "Hmm, I wonder when the next one is coming out?" Turns out, the show had already been canceled for a year. I had never even heard of it. I probably would've watched it if I knew about it. That would've increased their ratings (if enough people watched) and it could still be on today; but it's not.<p>I've found several movies using Trailer Nite that I never heard about. Some were recently released with several famous people starring in it, but it didn't matter. I watch plenty of TV and I see plenty of commercials so it's really surprising to me that this many movies and shows are released with little to no advertising.<p>Edited for grammar / wording.
Finding something the whole family can agree on would be great, this could be a fun way to look at the options while training a picker. However... I am not going to mix my watching habits with a Twitter or Facebook sign-in.<p>Secondly, under "Browse" one of the options is "Available Now". Does that mean everything else is not (available now)?
FYI, maybe too late for you to see this, but I first looked at browse->netflix, then I switched it to amazon, same movies listed there (netflix movies). I did not sign in.
Unfortunately modern trailers are just SparkNotes spoilers for movies.<p>For example, if you have seen Get Out, go back and watch the trailer. How are you supposed to immerse in a movie when you know who the bad guys are upfront and what the whole twist is? (If you haven't seen Get Out, I recommend just watching it knowing it's a thriller)