Dec 20, 2024
Would love to find a site like this one, in terms of discussion quality, for movies. Anyone know of a good option?
Letterbox, as boreads mentions, is the closest match. It's a lot larger so there obviously isn't such a strong sense of community, but it does work as a social mid–highbrow film reviews site. IIRC, "Letterboxd for books" was mentioned by yarb as a potential lit.salon slogan a few months back.
tokyodrifter1 year ago
I think "Letterboxd for books" is basically Goodreads. It's more review and logging-focused, while this site is much more a discussion-centric forum.
maybe limf can start a film.salon section for the site 🤔
icarusrising91 year ago
I'm not that into movies, so forgive me if this isn't high-quality or whatever, as I wouldn't know, but have you checked out r/TrueLit? Obviously reddit is completely different than this site, but I thought the discussion I've seen on there is pretty good.
demiurgelovato1 year ago
Unfortunately not. I'm way more of a cinephile than a bibliophile so that'd be my dream. It hurts being the one weirdo who puts effort into their reviews instead of doing unfunny ne-liners or having weird tankie meltdowns! I really like this site and I wouldn't mind if this expanded to include films/albums as well. Not tryna be selfish but
Why are you gatekeeping letterboxd?
demiurgelovato1 year ago
because I'm a nerd who like to overanalyze things tbh also gatekeeping is sick or else we wouldn't be here
tokyodrifter1 year ago
Letterboxd should be kept behind a gate, in a prison cell.
The film part of RYM (e.g. forum + film pages) can be useful if you're into more generally arthouse films. The discussion isn't at the same level of this site, but I find it a step above letterboxd.