Line #22 Website/Letterboxd


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Your life in film.]]]]
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4	[[https://letterboxd.com/ Letterboxd]] is a social media platform launched by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow in 2011 that allows users to share their opinions on films. Think of it like Website/{{IMDb}} [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] [[Website/{{Twitter}} Film Twitter]], except with less emphasis on information and more emphasis on critique. [[note]]The site doesn't actually use data from Website/{{IMDb}}, though it is compatible in importing data. Website/{{IMDb}}'s information proved too expensive to maintain, so the site uses data directly from [[https://www.themoviedb.org/ The Movie Database (TMDb)]] instead.[[/note]] Users can log the movies they watch and share reviews ranging from analytical essays to just a few brief words about a film. They can also assign movies a star rating out of five, though the ability to reward half-stars makes it a 10-point system.
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6	Being tailored more towards cinephiles than general audiences, Letterboxd has had less problems with [[{{Troll}} internet trolling]] than Website/{{IMDb}} and Website/RottenTomatoes. It gained steam throughout TheNewTens with a heavy emphasis on user-friendly features, such as the ability for users to create and share lists (from personal top tens to notable {{award snub}}s to jokes[=/=]OverlyNarrowSuperlative lists like [[https://letterboxd.com/bethanywilson/list/films-where-jake-gyllenhaal-deserved-an-oscar/ "films where jake gyllenhaal deserved to win an oscar for nightcrawler"]][[labelnote:spoiler]]It's just ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}''.[[/labelnote]]). Traction has increased to the point where [[JustForFun/OneOfUs several directors and noteworthy professional critics have taken to sharing their opinions]] and promoting their fellow filmmakers and reviewers on the site (such as Creator/MartinScorsese, [[Film/{{Tangerine}} Sean]] [[Film/TheFloridaProject Baker]], Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|Filmmaker}}, and [[Website/AVClub Mike D'Angelo]], to name a few).
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8	The site primarily covers film as a medium, though cinematic MiniSeries (like Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/Maniac2018'' and Creator/{{Hulu}}'s ''Series/{{Devs}}'') and a curated selection of television series (including ''Series/TwinPeaks'', every individual serial of ''Series/DoctorWho''[='=]s classic 1963-1989 run and select episodes of the modern 2005-present run, every individual ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series and a number of TwelveEpisodeAnime) are also available for comment. Like Website/{{IMDb}}, it also has an [[https://letterboxd.com/dave/list/official-top-250-narrative-feature-films/ "Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films"]] list maintained by one of the site's patrons, as well as an [[https://letterboxd.com/jack/list/official-top-100-documentary-films/ "Official Top 100 Documentary Films"]] in a separate list. Of course, there are [[FountainOfMemes countless other creative lists and reviews to be explored]], and plenty of Website/{{Twitter}} profiles dedicated to collecting overlooked gems.
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10	On July 19, 2022, Letterboxd reached one billion logged films; the billionth film was ''Film/Alien3''.
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12	As of May 2, 2024, the top 10 of the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films (scale of 1 - 5) are:
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14	# 4.7 - ''Film/{{Harakiri}}'' (1962)
15	# 4.6 - ''Film/ComeAndSee'' (1985)
16	# 4.6 - ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1957)
17	# 4.6 - ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (1954)
18	# 4.6 - ''Film/TheGodfather Part II'' (1974)
19	# 4.6 - ''[[Film/HighAndLow1963 High and Low]]'' (1963)
20	# 4.6 - ''Film/{{Parasite\|2019}}'' (2019)
21	# 4.5 - ''Film/TheHumanCondition III: A Soldier's Prayer'' (1961)
22	# 4.6 - ''Film/TheGodfather'' (1972)
23	# 4.5 - ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (1994)
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25	!![=Tropes associated with Letterboxd:=]
26	* EasterEgg:
27	** ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'' is rated with flames rather than stars.
28	** If you shake your phone in the app after midnight, Stripe from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' pops up on the screen, then disappears.
29	** Around Halloween and on certain [[https://letterboxd.com/holliehorror/list/eyes/ horror-themed lists]] or [[https://letterboxd.com/holliehorror/ user profiles such as Hollie Horror]], the logo bleeds.
30	** On the desktop page for ''Film/{{Tenet}}'', the page starts again after the footer, albeit upside-down.
31	** The "watched" eye symbol has been modified for certain media.
32	*** For ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' media (all film and television adaptations as well as the documentary ''Film/JodorowskysDune''), it's blue instead of green, in reference to the Fremen.
33	*** For ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'', it's a googly eye sticker, in reference to one of the film's motifs.
34	** On the page for ''Film/{{Parasite\|2019}}'', the green dot in the Letterboxd logo will start flashing after a few seconds. [[spoiler:This is a reference to the character of Geun-sae, who uses Morse code with the house lights to try and communicate with the outside world. The message the logo is transmitting is "BONGHIVE BEST PICTURE 2020".]]
35	** On the app only, clicking back on ''Film/GroundhogDay'' will take you [[GroundhogDayLoop back to the same page]].
36	** Also app-only -- publishing a review of ''Film/FightClub'' will bring up a disclaimer making sure you're OK with breaking the first two rules of the namesake club.
37	** The page for ''Film/{{Tar}}'' has the logo read "Lettárboxd" instead of "Letterboxd".
38	** The "like" heart symbol for ''Film/Barbie2023'' is pink rather than orange.
39	** Leaving a review on any film in the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' will play a video where Ethan Hunt overrides a self-destruct sequence.
40	** On desktop, if you include a candle emoji (🕯) in your review of ''Film/TalkToMe'', a message along [[https://elifessler.com/lb/talktome1.png these lines]] will appear in your activity feed.
41	** Every film in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series replaces the Darth Vader icon for the spoilers setting with an icon of Ghostface.
42	** Both ''Borat'' films ([[Film/{{Borat}} the original]] and ''Film/BoratSubsequentMoviefilm'') have their "Related films" and "Similar films" sections instead read "Related moviefilms" and "Similar moviefilms".
43	** On desktop, the watchlist icon for ''Music/TaylorSwift: The Eras Tour'' has its clock face set to midnight, referencing Swift's album ''Music/{{Midnights}}''.
44	** On desktop, the page for ''Film/Napoleon2023'' has the colors of the three dots in the logo changed to those of the French flag.
45	** On the app only, the "stunts" icon under the Crew section for every ''Franchise/JohnWick'' film, which usually displays as a sword, instead displays as a tie and gun.
46	** On the app only, the "visual effects" icon under the Crew section for every ''Franchise/StarWars'' film, which usually displays as a dinosaur, instead displays as a spaceship.
47	** On the app only, all films featuring Creator/JasonIsaacs will have the text "…and hello to Jason Isaacs!" displayed at the bottom of the Cast section, in [[ShoutOut reference]] to ''[[Creator/MarkKermode Kermode]] and Mayo's Film Review''.
48	** All of the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' films have a special Letterboxd logo: the "O" in Letterboxd is replaced with the "no entry" symbol, the green dot is replaced with a ghost, and the whole thing leaks ectoplasm in a similar fashion to the bleeding logo described above.

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