u/youngchunkofcoal

I built a little movie-archive site called Film Palace, and I recently added a /botw feature specifically for Best of the Worst fans.

The idea is pretty simple: you can go through BOTW movies, track which ones you’ve watched, and add the true masterpieces/trashfires to your own “palace” so they’re not lost forever in the cursed VHS void.

https://preview.redd.it/9nhoolnrpr1h1.png?width=1049&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8316eee1bd069e7651bab9944ef74af379c15ec

Screenshot from FilmPalace.app

This is not some big corporate thing or AI slop farm. I’m just a fan of movies, weird archives, and the kind of questionable cinema RLM has permanently damaged my brain with.

Would genuinely love feedback from other RLM fans:

You will need to sign up to use the feature -- Sorry couldn't expose it to bots. It's completely free, no ads and no subscription.
Does the BOTW tracker make sense?
What would make it more useful/funnier/better?
Are there obvious movies or episode connections I’m missing?

Link: https://filmpalace.app/botw

Hey everyone — apologies if this isn’t the right place for this. I built a small movie site called Film Palace and I’m looking for honest feedback from people who are actually picky about movies.

The idea is not really “another Letterboxd clone.” I’m trying to make it feel more like a private cinema archive / memory palace for your taste: saving movies, exploring connections between films, and playing around with discovery tools.

The two parts I’d especially love feedback on are:

Links:

Homepage
https://filmpalace.app

Graph Explorer
https://filmpalace.app/graphs/explore

Movie Quiz
https://filmpalace.app/quiz

If you have a minute, I’d love to know:

Does the site immediately make sense, or is the concept unclear?

Is the graph explorer actually interesting, or does it feel gimmicky?

Would the quiz make you want to keep using the site?

What would make this useful for serious movie people instead of just casual browsing?

Not looking for upvotes or signups — genuinely looking for critique, especially from people who are hard to impress.

Something that's been bothering me for a while: I've started to notice that logging a film on Letterboxd feels subtly performative in a way that's changed how I engage with cinema.

When I rate a film privately, I'm honest. When I rate it publicly, I adjust — not dramatically, but enough. I'll soften a harsh rating on something critics loved. I'll hesitate before giving a blockbuster a high score. I'll write a more "sophisticated" review than I actually feel.

It's not a Letterboxd criticism specifically — any social network does this. But film is one of those mediums where what you feel privately is often really different from what you'd say publicly.

I'm curious if others feel this way. And whether you've found better approaches — keeping a private film journal, using a separate app, keeping notes elsewhere. Do you think the social layer actually enriches your relationship with film, or does it subtly distort it?