Search movies by star rating?

[skoch]

Is it possible to search for 4star or 3 star movies?

[geek4life]

I've been looking for this feature for years. No one have a solution?
Wouldn't it be great to auto record top-rated first-run movies?

[orangeboy]

I've been looking for this feature for years. No one have a solution?
Wouldn't it be great to auto record top-rated first-run movies?

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[Allanon]

Wouldn't it be great to auto record top-rated first-run movies?

Closest thing to that on the Tivo right now would be using the Guru Guides.

[jimpmc]

I also would like something like this -- alternatively this could be satisfied online by providing a lot more filtering and sorting of the results. Or, allowing them to be downloaded so we can slice and dice it ourselves.

There are so many shows and it is difficult to know what is even out there without investing time to scroll through multiple pages, etc.

[geek4life]

Allanon, Thanks for the suggestion but Guru Guides don't even come close.

I'm talking movies. Simple request: Record top rated recent movies (e.g., first run).

Guru Guides has very little around movies, and even then, you've got "Top 100" of all time. So, I can record "12 Angry Men" from 1957. Not very helpful.

Technically, it seems very simple to enable a search based on number of stars (movie rating), which represents average critics ratings. I don't understand a) why more people aren't demanding this capability, and b) why TiVo doesn't implement it. I'm wondering if the content providers don't want us to have such a feature (it eliminates 90% of the poor movie programming).

[lrhorer]

I'm talking movies. Simple request: Record top rated recent movies (e.g., first run).
"Top rated by whom?" is the big issue here. I find the "Star" ratings to be about 10% or at the very most 20% accurate.

Guru Guides has very little around movies, and even then, you've got "Top 100" of all time. So, I can record "12 Angry Men" from 1957. Not very helpful.
I disagree quite strongly. When MGMHD decided to air 12 Angry Men in April of this year, I was positively thrilled, and added it immediately to my video server catalogue. It is one of the prize possessions among the many hundreds of movies in my library. It is certainly far better than any of the dozens of films from the last year which have been added to the library. My point, however, is not that Guru Guides is a superior utility, but that to my eye, using the star rating of a film as a means of filtering results in a very poor selection criteria.

Technically, it seems very simple to enable a search based on number of stars (movie rating), which represents average critics ratings.
Do you know that for a fact, or is it an assumption? I had always assumed the star ratings in the Tribune media guide were provided by the editor who wrote up the film description in the listing. If so, then it is nothing but the opinion of one man - one whose opinion may mean nothing to me at all. If not, then it is even worse. If it is in fact the average of some number of critics' ratings, then the number just represents the lowest common denominator of the opinions of a group of people whom as a group I find to be far less than valuable.

I don't understand a) why more people aren't demanding this capability
Well, if I were to guess, I would say because a lot of TiVo owners read the star ratings of programs they know quite well and shake their heads trying to fathom why the film in question received the rating it did.

and b) why TiVo doesn't implement it.
Well, that's a different question and certainly one I cannot answer.

I'm wondering if the content providers don't want us to have such a feature (it eliminates 90% of the poor movie programming).
That's just plain untrue. First of all, the number of movies out there which receive high critical acclaim, but dismal box office numbers is quite significant. Receiving a good critical review in no way guarantees the movie will be popular. Conversely, many movies receive very low critical reviews yet rake in positively vast amounts of money at the box office. More importantly, however, the fact is neither popularity nor critical acclaim are a good measure for whether I will like a film, and I suspect most people feel the same way in general as I do. I also suspect the fact translates into relatively low interest in the feature, but of course I could easily be mistaken.

[orangeboy]

I like Shakes the Clown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102898/). User rating: 4.7 out of 10 stars.

[thomb]

I too would like this feature. No I don't agree with every rating, but it would be a great way to find a bunch of movies that I MAY be interested in recording. Yes there would be some hits and some misses, but it would save me a lot of time from having to sort through dozens and dozens of pages.