I HATE this latest update!!!
This is the absolute worst update in the history of updates! You managed to take one of my very favorite apps and turn it into something I CANNOT STAND using. I HATE this app now. What were you thinking??? It's awful, you took away so many cool features, you can't see the want to see or the ratings on the corner of the pic anymore, the layout is terrible, and why force us to use it in landscape position?? And many other complaints. I reduced my rating from 5 to 1 star, I would give this app a half of one star if it would let me. I'm out. Looking for a new movie app now!
This was my last review, gave it 5 stars: "Awesome in every way! Please make it so you can keep a convenient list of "movies I want to see" ...that is all :). I use this app all the time, it's great" ...and you did give us that list I wanted and I loved this app. Please put it back to the way it was or I just cannot and will not use it anymore. Fire the person responsible for this hideous update!!!
This was my last review, gave it 5 stars: "Awesome in every way! Please make it so you can keep a convenient list of "movies I want to see" ...that is all :). I use this app all the time, it's great" ...and you did give us that list I wanted and I loved this app. Please put it back to the way it was or I just cannot and will not use it anymore. Fire the person responsible for this hideous update!!!
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Ruined
This app has been really good for a long time but the recent changes have resulted in a cluttered layout, have buried the movie info that I used this app for, and eliminated the links to the full review content. It’s obvious this app is being optimized to increase ticket purchases rather than be used as a reference tool. While I think that was a mistake it could have been executed much better than this.
I was never interested in buying tickets from this app, I’ve always preferred Fandango or just buying directly through the AMC app. I used this app to plan what I wanted to see and then I would buy the tickets somewhere else. It didn’t have to be this way, but in trying to make me buy my tickets through this app, the things that I actually used the app for have been muted or eliminated entirely. Sorry folks but it’s just a really poor re-redesign.
This app just doesn’t do it for me anymore. It’s really sad because for a long time this was one of my top 5 most favorite apps and today I’m going to delete it.
I was never interested in buying tickets from this app, I’ve always preferred Fandango or just buying directly through the AMC app. I used this app to plan what I wanted to see and then I would buy the tickets somewhere else. It didn’t have to be this way, but in trying to make me buy my tickets through this app, the things that I actually used the app for have been muted or eliminated entirely. Sorry folks but it’s just a really poor re-redesign.
This app just doesn’t do it for me anymore. It’s really sad because for a long time this was one of my top 5 most favorite apps and today I’m going to delete it.
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Update 8.1.2 (Jan 17) is awful – no longer useful
I've been using this app for years to get information about movies before I go to see them. This recent redesign has now made it hardly worth using. For a particular movie, I could see all of the theaters that it was playing in (and Map them – to see where they were located). If there's a way to see them on a map now, I haven't found it. The format of the prior version was so much more useful. On the left was a list of movies, with a bit of info. It was easy to scroll through the list quickly to see what was available. No longer. Selecting one would show more information in the panel on the right. Now all I see are large icons, with the NAME of the movie barely legible underneath. Let me clue you – it's the name that is important (and what I know), NOT the icon. This used to be a great app. It was the only one I used for finding movies in theaters. Now I have to start exploring other apps. Frustrating. You guys had a great layout. Didn't you KNOW that? I really wish I could revert to the old app.
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Update ruined it
At first blush the new update looks lovely and more modern, but is practically unusable. Aside for the plentiful amount of bugs that causes data to not load half the time, it’s just a navigation nightmare. The cool thing about Flixster was it was very easy view movies in order of release, and track what you want to see, along side with what you’ve already seen. I would literally go through Flixster to find films months in advance. Now I find myself spending more time trying to figure out how to confirm if I’m seeing all the movie releases or not then actually seeing movies.
Flixster is basically only useful now if you know exactly what you’re looking for already and this can use the search tool, or are only looking at what’s playing at one theater. I exact reason I dislike fandango for anything other than purchasing the tickets to films I’ve already decided to watch. At least in fandango you can sort films in order of release.
Flixster is basically only useful now if you know exactly what you’re looking for already and this can use the search tool, or are only looking at what’s playing at one theater. I exact reason I dislike fandango for anything other than purchasing the tickets to films I’ve already decided to watch. At least in fandango you can sort films in order of release.
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Terrible
So Apple forced me to update the app to work with ios11 which was also a forced update if i wanted my watch to work. now my phone, which worked perfectly before, is painfully slow and apps crash all the time.
this app update in particular makes the app completely useless for me. it used to say where the theater was below the name. now it does not. it just gives distance. Thanks for that but there are 9 theaters around that distance all with similar names and all in totally opposite directions... so, what theater are we talking about? I used to know based on the location description that’s now gone. Also, a theater that used to be listed and that’s well within the distance parameter no longer show up in the list. when i search for it in the search box... OH THERE IT IS! why didn’t the app just list it in the first place? means if you don’t know about a theater, this app could just not provide any hint of its existence even if it’s the best option... making it completely useless if you travel.
this app update in particular makes the app completely useless for me. it used to say where the theater was below the name. now it does not. it just gives distance. Thanks for that but there are 9 theaters around that distance all with similar names and all in totally opposite directions... so, what theater are we talking about? I used to know based on the location description that’s now gone. Also, a theater that used to be listed and that’s well within the distance parameter no longer show up in the list. when i search for it in the search box... OH THERE IT IS! why didn’t the app just list it in the first place? means if you don’t know about a theater, this app could just not provide any hint of its existence even if it’s the best option... making it completely useless if you travel.
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Poor design decisions abound on iPad
The flow of the app is lacking. It’s all flash and less substance in this update. Actually getting to the information I want is now more difficult and I’d consider myself a power-user.
On the iPad:
They’ve rendered the app practically unusable. For VIEWING purposes landscape orientation is fine but when using the app to search, scroll, tap and consume information landscape mode is awkward at best and unusable at worst. For me, locking into landscape mode renders this useless and I have large hands. I don’t want to put my iPad down to use it. I hold it the entire time. In landscape mode there are areas of the screen I can’t reach without significantly altering my grip. Sure, in portrait mode I can’t reach the entire screen either, like the top, but I can reach the center of the screen with either hand. It’s much easier to slide your hand up and down the side of the screen to reach all the areas you need while in portrait mode.
On the iPad:
They’ve rendered the app practically unusable. For VIEWING purposes landscape orientation is fine but when using the app to search, scroll, tap and consume information landscape mode is awkward at best and unusable at worst. For me, locking into landscape mode renders this useless and I have large hands. I don’t want to put my iPad down to use it. I hold it the entire time. In landscape mode there are areas of the screen I can’t reach without significantly altering my grip. Sure, in portrait mode I can’t reach the entire screen either, like the top, but I can reach the center of the screen with either hand. It’s much easier to slide your hand up and down the side of the screen to reach all the areas you need while in portrait mode.
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Redesign the redesign
Man, I don’t know if I’ve hated an app update worse than this one, from any app I have. It went from an easy-to-navigate list view to a grid of tiny pictures. Then you click on a movie to look at reviews, (what I venture the majority of your customers use your app for), and it brings up ticket information. Why would the cinema and ticket information not be separate from the reviews like it used to be? Why would I want to click on a movie to read about it and instead be immediately prompted to purchase tickets about a movie I haven’t been able to do any research about? And then click again to see two or three reviews? And click again to try to expand it from there? My assumption is Flixster gets a commission for ticket purchases through the app. I have had this app for years, but will give it a month for the developers to improve it before I delete.
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After recent update this app has gone to...
Used to login to app with FB account an now it says error has occurred everytime. Even tried password reset and that didn’t fix anything. I would mainly use it to track movies I wanted to see/had seen and buy tickets, even had regal & AMC rewards linked. This new interface is overrated as well. The point of box office tab was to see a snapshot of what the box office $$ were for that top movies each week. Now you have to click like 3 more things to find out what 1 movie made. Also begs one to wonder what’s the point of having a box office and theater tab when first thing you see from clicking on movie under box office is showtimes rather than a description/cast listing of the movie. Was optimistic that Fandango buying RT wouldn’t affect this app to much, but it clear that they made changes to push you towards you buying tickets (if you can login) right away rather than being able to learn more about the movies your interested in seeing. After waiting over a month for the this app to be fixed, it’s time to delete it.
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Updated app is AWFUL
I’m glad I’m not alone here when I say that the new “updated” Flixster app is absolutely terrible. Why fix something that isn’t broken? I don’t understand what was wrong with the old app that they needed to completely change it and make it so complicated to navigate. The list of problems with this app goes on and on. And why when you look at an actor’s filmography does it only show a handful of movies they’ve been in now?? And just when I thought I couldn’t be anymore annoyed with the app, and what prompted me to write this review, is that now all of my saved “want to see” movies have just disappeared, and when I tried to re-add them, they simply do not appear on the list. Same goes for the movies I’ve rated. Nothing. I’ve been using and relying on this app for years, but now I guess I’ll need to find another source. Makes no sense to me.
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Old Flixster was better!!!
I really miss the old.. list with details layout before the update. The big movie icons have less info are too big and uncomfortable visually to scroll thru. I don’t know if I’m in the minority here but I just dislike all the formatting changes. It is not as pleasing for the eye with everything so spread out and requires much more scrolling around now.
I don’t even go to the movies that often, and yet this was still one of my favorite apps. Sadly, I kind of dread having to use it now.
A possible solution could be to let you choose in some setting how movies are displayed. Similar to how you can change the way files are displayed in a folder on a windows PC.
Also I never write reviews but I made exception for this app. Normally I’d say 5 stars but I do not like the recent big update.
I don’t even go to the movies that often, and yet this was still one of my favorite apps. Sadly, I kind of dread having to use it now.
A possible solution could be to let you choose in some setting how movies are displayed. Similar to how you can change the way files are displayed in a folder on a windows PC.
Also I never write reviews but I made exception for this app. Normally I’d say 5 stars but I do not like the recent big update.
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