OK, so I have a LOT of movies. Browsing takes awhile, and I usually know what I’m after, so I search on it. Or, if I’m thinking of adding one, I want to see if I already have it. But the search box is too strict, and often comes up empty. False negatives are really frustrating.
For example “Spiderman” and “Spider man” brings no results… it’s spelled “Spider-man”. Of course!
Another one, “Star Wars 6”, no results. Even “star wars episode vi return of the jedi” - no results. Of course! There’s a colon, and a dash. “Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi” has a match.
You can search on partial titles, but don’t skip a word! “lord rings” has no results, but “lord of the” works fine.
Searching on actors, directors, and release year would be nice. Maybe there’s a secret keyword to make those work, I’m not sure.
Booleans would be awesome. “Wars OR Trek”… should bring up both franchises.
Also, a basic error check would be wonderful. One or two character different titles could be suggested.
“No results for ‘Tomorrowsland’… Did you mean ‘Tomorrowland’ ?”
So, my condensed requests:
- Match titles, ignoring spaces and punctuation characters
- Match roman numerals to arabic
- Match words anywhere in the title, with other words in between
- Allow searching on director, actor, and release year
- If no matches, check for one or two letter variations
- Booleans
