Taste: Movie & TV Suggestions

Important note- this is my first EVER App Store review. I have so many ~feelings~ for this app that I needed to say something lol. I’m a huge movie buff and therefore am known by my friends to be very pretentious with my taste- and this app has only helped me propagate that pretentious taste even more!!! I love it!!! However, there are a few major bugs that have been pretty irritating in my usage of the app. Even after saving a movie into my watchlist, Taste will continue to recommend it to me. Over. And. Over. Again. I’ve saved movies 10+ times and still see them pop up on my feed. It’s really annoying. Along those lines, it seems as if the app has issues saving profile info & recommendations. If I could also recommend a feature, I would say that some users have internal breakdowns when it comes to ranking movies that maybe aren’t so good but mean a lot to them as “Amazing”. Instead of the predetermined “guilty pleasures” feature, I think it would be a pretty good idea to just have a “guilty pleasure” button. Two birds with one stone, amiright? But yeah, all in all, I think the idea and most of the reality of the app is brilliant. Some bugs (that I hope will be tweaked in the near future!) take away from the experience. Would give 5/5 stars without these bugs.

I have always said I’m not a movie person because all the movies my family watched growing up (especially my brother close in age to me and a movie junkie) I disliked or was meh toward. Since getting the app, I have begun to find films and documentaries that are well recommended to my personal tastes. It’s also fun to run across other people in the app who share the same tastes as you. I always remind myself that somehow Bridesmaids is someone else’s guilt pleasure too. One thing that I would like to see in the future is the utility of the karma. Making people with high positive ratings “gurus” or adding in some level of at least making myself feel like I’m cool and know what I’m talking about in film. Also, maybe pair with a movie chain or something and get people to exchange karma for discounts or tickets to the movies?

This app is very informative and a excellent companion to any movie connoisseur. I am an avid movie enthusiast and have been my whole life. I like new movies just fine, but the classics are classics for a reason, they are “Amazing”! Movies could and should include TCM regulars AND those which do not show so often. The Wizard of Oz is not the only “classic”. For example, where are all the Shirley Temple movies? The Thin Man movies? Unconventional/silly classic horror? Doris Day films ie. The Glass Bottom Boat? And even That Darn Cat? Christopher Lee was in more than just TWO Dracula movies, where are they? I, and I am sure many others who love classic film as well, hope to see the classics section fleshed out in future updates to come.

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When I first downloaded the app I was so excited, as I absolutely love movies and always enjoy watching good ones, but often have trouble finding ones I like. The layout was very easy to navigate and really easy to use. But as I started to rate movies, I found it taking longer and longer to go up by one percent. I spent literally hours just going through the lists with very minimal increase in the percent. I finally got sick of it and decided to see how long it would take for me to get to level 2. I just repeatedly hit ‘meh’ to see how many it would take. Over one thousand movies later and I hit level three. It should not take over a thousand movies to get past level two, that’s just insane. I know it sounds stupid that I’m annoyed at how long it takes to level up on a movie rating app, but if it takes that many movies to get past the second level then there is no point in the level system in the first place.

I really enjoy this app. It shows me more nuanced recommendations for movies I haven’t even heard of. I enjoy rating movies I’ve seen and seeing a more detailed explanation of my taste. The one big problem I have with it is when I’m rating movies and come across one I haven’t seen but would like to, I save it and add it to my watchlist. When I do that, I expect to not see that movie again as I continue to rate other movies, but I still see them. Other than that problem (though I see pretty often), this app is fun and really interesting to examine how you watch movies and to find more you’ll like.