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Google Announces 'Google Movies'

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-this-is-a-time-sink-or-anything dept.

NW writes "Over at the official Google Blog, a new Google feature was announced - Google Movies. When using the 'movie:' operator in Google, it brings up movie reviews. At the first glance it looks like a custom search across movie review sites. There are also movie 'home pages' like this one which aggregate all reviews AND calculate the total score based on the number of stars. It looks like something similar to Google News - parsing all the reviews and it remains to be seen whether it will be expanded to something like IMDB. There is also no ads, probably for the same reason as Google News. The bottom of the page states 'The selection and placement of reviews on this page were determined automatically by a computer program. No movie critics were harmed or even used in the making of this page.'"

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  1. Just use booble!!! by lecithin · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can get all sorts of information on movies from Booble. http://www.booble.com/

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    1. Re:Just use booble!!! by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

      One advantage of this search site is it has a name that most slashdot people can easily remember.

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  2. Just in case... by Avyakata · · Score: 1, Funny

    "No movie critics were harmed or even used in the making of this page."

    You know, just in case people thought that they'd holf movie critics hostage in order to promote them...

    1. Re:Just in case... by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, I was not-so-secretly hoping that they were harming movie critics.

  3. No torrent option yet? by Pac · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I type "movie:Lord of the Rings type=torrent" will it bring up links to the torrents along with the reviews?

    1. Re:No torrent option yet? by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny
      Interesting. I wonder where that site actually resides:
      $ traceroute 66.90.75.92
      (output truncated)
      12 so-1-2-0.bbr2.SanJose1.Level3.net (209.244.3.141) 77.821 ms 78.083 ms 77.907 ms
      13 as-2-0.bbr1.Chicago1.Level3.net (64.159.4.225) 79.002 ms 79.094 ms ae-0-0.bbr2.Chicago1.Level3.net (64.159.1.34) 80.333 ms
      14 ge-1-1-55.car1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.68.101.130) 219.136 ms ge-1-2-56.car1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.68.101.162) 112.364 ms ge-1-2-52.car1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.68.101.34) 151.132 ms
      15 bendover.mpaa.org (66.90.75.1) ge-1-2-56.car1.Chicago1.Level3.net 279.002 ms 279.094 ms
      16 *

      Ayieeeee!

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  4. Just wait for the next iteration... by slashrogue · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I quote, "Popcorn and a date to snuggle up with are up to you. For now."

    Here's hoping for the best with all of their future plans!

    1. Re:Just wait for the next iteration... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Google Date Beta

  5. Re:Google announces... by PogieMT · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the worldest highest concentration of self-appointed experts who do nothing but criticize the efforts of others in a vain attempt to build self-esteem!

  6. Re:Disclaimer by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny
    Doesn't say with what kind of algorithm, I'm willing to bed someone will pay something for this algorithm to favour them. This disclaimer means nothing.

    Ahh, now the interesting question here is whether you meant to say "I'm willing to bet someone will pay something for this algorithm to favour them" or "I'm willing to bed someone who will pay something for this algorithm to favour them."

    Freudian slip? YOU MAKE THE CALL!

  7. Dang! by Arslan+ibn+Da'ud · · Score: 3, Funny

    Popcorn and a date to snuggle up with are up to > you. For now. But that's the feature I need most!
    Guess I'll wait until it's out of beta...

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  8. Re:Disclaimer by free2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm willing to bed anyone, and they don't have to pay something to favour them.

  9. Re:Disclaimer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is Slashdot; he's willing to bed anyone. The more algorithms, the better.

  10. Its better than IMDB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Evidence #1

    #2

    And the final Proof

  11. Re:Oops by HyperChicken · · Score: 2, Funny

    I assure you that's a bug, not a feature.

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  12. Yea... but I heard by Altus · · Score: 5, Funny


    that they are only doing English movies. Where are the french movies damnit! we wont sit idly by while google continues to push it anglo-centric agenda on the world!

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  13. Re:Link NOT SAFE FOR WORK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Stop browsing Slashdot and get back to work!!

    - Your Boss

  14. Re:Google is going into the Video-on-Demand Busine by njh · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What happens when you combine the following:..."

    Superman III?