Comments on: Jinni Helps You Pick The Perfect Flick

By: futurich

futurich — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:47:59 +0000

doesnt netflix already do that? i dont see how they could ever compete :/

By: John Duncan Yoyo

John Duncan Yoyo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:11:42 +0000

I am prepared to really love this site but the user interface has one big weakness which will drive me away.

The ratings bar- it is just too hard to manipulate. The target is too small to mouse around the slider. It is just way too frustrating to rank things. Let me click on the bar and have the pointer go to the spot where I am pointing or use the arrow keys on the key board, or enter a number.

By: Deizen

Deizen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:43:56 +0000

http://www.movies.monigo.com is pretty great, and working! alternatively, too.

By: Jinni Blog » Blog Archive » Jinni has launched!

Jinni Blog » Blog Archive » Jinni has launched! — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:56 +0000

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By: design

design — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:24:12 +0000

http://www.tastekid.com/ is also a great movie recommendation site. It works for books and music, too.

By: Jinni.com…Pandora with movies? | JonesPC

Jinni.com…Pandora with movies? | JonesPC — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:59:46 +0000

[...] Nov.19, 2008 in jonespc ARTICLEURL This sounded really good when I first quickly (half) read this at techcrunch. A Pandora like web service with movies? So of coarse I quickly went over to Jinni.com to check it [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:33:42 +0000

There are a whole lot of movies out there, including indies that are much harder to discover. IMDB has around 1M titles and even if you’re able to dig out only the ones that fit your taste it’ll take you a few life times to see them all. Also, the time and money spent on a movie is much greater than on a song so good tools to find what you really want to watch are useful.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:55 +0000

Due to popular demand, we’ve increased the number of invitations to Jinni available here, so Techcrunch readers are welcome to continue to sign up. And we appreciate feedback!

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links for 2008-11-18 at DeStructUred Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:04:28 +0000

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By: DC

DC — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:54:20 +0000

haha, good to know!

By: Marc McDOnald

Marc McDOnald — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:48:34 +0000

I’ll try it out but don’t Flixster and Spout et. al. already do this? There are far fewer movies than songs and I would think for most buffs there would be few surprises, especially people who tend to stick to single genres.`

By: bleueyedbeauty

bleueyedbeauty — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:29:05 +0000

Would love to see this as an iPhone app similar to urbanspoon. I could avoid many, many arguments with my husband over what to order on demand.

By: Mired

Mired — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:24 +0000

This is awesome I will definitely check this out. Hopefully they have a good mix of international movies in the database.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:27:48 +0000

At Jinni, our approach to search and recommendations is to take the analysis of people who’ve actually watched the movies, both our in-house content team and reviewers everywhere. So the results on Jinni for “Like: Blade Runner but faster” are relevant in plot, pace, style, etc. Compare this to collaborative filtering. Everyone knows the formula “People who liked this also liked…” – an essentially blind statistical correlation of people’s preferences that naturally tends to highlight what’s already popular, used by Amazon, Netflix, and others.

Similar to Pandora, recommendations on Jinni are based on analysis of the elements (“genes”) each person enjoys in movies. Right now we determine this through ratings, which is why we ask for ratings in the Taste Test and elsewhere on the site (we’re working on additional methods for collecting this info).

Gathering feedback is a top priority for our private beta test, so please try out Jinni and then let us know what you think!

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:06:45 +0000

in German: http://www.moviepilot.de – gives recommendations based on your taste. for theatres, german television program and DVD catalogue. Already out of beta with many of the features jinni is experimenting with. BUT in german.

By: Jinni.com = Pandora For Movies « The High Definite

Jinni.com = Pandora For Movies « The High Definite — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:28:53 +0000

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By: Zuffox

Zuffox — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:06:40 +0000

http://Movielens.org is pretty great alternatively, too.

By: Jinni "Pandora for movies" - www.Head-Case.org

Jinni "Pandora for movies" - www.Head-Case.org — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:12:20 +0000

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By: Bell Jay C.

Bell Jay C. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:42:59 +0000

TasteKid.com is also a great movie recommendation system. It works for books and music, too.

By: Jenny Sour

Jenny Sour — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:24:37 +0000

Wow, excellent picks dude.

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By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:14:28 +0000

I like the site. I’ve always have a hard time figuring out which movie to choose. Now that I’ve started using the site I enjoy searching for a new movie – or even TV show. The site is very helpful. I like the collage and it’s easy to see the plot and review as the mouse moves over the pictures. You can even find a movie similar to a TV show you like. I took the taste test and now get recommendations based on what I like. It’s as if I have my own personal advisor ready with recommendations. I have sound movies I never knew existed. I find this a fun and refreshing site.

By: venkat

venkat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:45:54 +0000

Thanks for letting know about Jinni

By: Gahl Spanier

Gahl Spanier — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:33:52 +0000

Depends who stands behind it, I get impression people at Jinni are really trying to insert more fringe cinema into their system , and look at that white house on the Washington meddows, one person color that or other is making a difference.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:58:27 +0000

Might as well move this one straight to the deadpool.

By: Scott Blomquist » Jinni needs better Netflix integration

Scott Blomquist » Jinni needs better Netflix integration — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:04:10 +0000

[...] about the new movie recommendation engine Jinni on Techcrunch earlier today. I’ve done a few queries, and love the particularly rich axes along which they [...]