Movie search engine Jinni on Nanocrowd by Charles Knight, The Next Web (Mar 19)
Two new movie search engines, Jinni and Nanocrowd - both terrific - Charles Knight asks them to compare themselves to the other. This is Part 1 in which Jinni reviews Nanocrowd.
In general -- "Nanocrowd and Jinni are innovators in entertainment search. Both companies are working to transform how people choose what to watch. Interestingly, Jinni and Nanocrowd both draw on how people describe what they watch, analyzing reviews from around the web, to create more sophisticated and useful ways of indexing titles. "
About these two:
Jinni -- browse topics to select by mood, plot, genre, time period, place, praise - or search with your own terms. Can get information on individual films. Of course you can add your reviews and ratings.
Nanocrowd - start with a known movie to get other recommendations. This works with mood too. Winged Migration can lead me to movies that are global and thought provoking, or being about a journey, sadness, and environment - and some others.
Can also use actor or director as a starting point.
You might wonder if you'll like a movie. Nanocrowd can help you figure that out. I tried Avatar - first question was to ask if I liked Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes - that I hadn't seen these and was so-so on space nailed it. Unfortunately Nanocrowd doesn't have the new Alice in Wonderland loaded yet.
Both are very interesting search engines for movies.
Postscript (Mar 25) - Part 2 in which Nanocrowd talks about Jinni - Movie search engine Nanocrowd on Jinni
Nanocrowd says this about itself - "Nanocrowd’s website is focused on only one thing (whether you are a first-time user or a frequent visitor): within two or three mouse clicks, we want you to find a great movie to watch. Our site is a complement and partner to movie sites like IMDb and movie-social networking sites like Rotten Tomatoes or Flixster."
Posted by Gwen at March 20, 2010 03:11 PM