Disappointing update
I’ve used this app for years, and it had its quicks but it was a useful central hub for movie information. The most recent update has two deliberate fundamental flaws.
First, in what is stated as being helpful but is likely more a means of getting more profit, the first thing you see when clicking into a movie is not reviews but and invitation to buy tickets. I enjoy looking up movies and learning about them well before I’m ready to buy tickets, so they’ve added an extra click to what is the primary purpose of the app for me.
Second, the movie reviews still list the one quote that seems to encapsulate the overall review, but they no longer link to the full review. I don’t even have any idea why someone thought this was a good idea. Please bring back the links.
First, in what is stated as being helpful but is likely more a means of getting more profit, the first thing you see when clicking into a movie is not reviews but and invitation to buy tickets. I enjoy looking up movies and learning about them well before I’m ready to buy tickets, so they’ve added an extra click to what is the primary purpose of the app for me.
Second, the movie reviews still list the one quote that seems to encapsulate the overall review, but they no longer link to the full review. I don’t even have any idea why someone thought this was a good idea. Please bring back the links.
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Fix Rotten Tomatoes
Please add the Rotten Tomatoes “Full Review” links back into the Flixster app. They are gone now for no apparent reason. This feature alone was one of the most useful and simple reasons I used the app and now it’s gone. After watching a movie or before preparing to watch a movie I would scroll through all of the Rotten Tomatoes “reviews” (or as many as I had time for), diving deeper into the reviews where the quote seemed to encapsulate my feelings about a movie if I had seen it or intrigued me if I had not. I checked the Fandango app, and the “Full Review” links are in there, but only for a few screens worth before the app forces you to the mobile website for Rotten Tomatoes, which is not nearly as efficient for scrolling through the reviews. Please, please, please fix the Rotten Tomatoes aspect of Flixster to how it was before, as it was the easiest way to see what movies were coming out, check reviews and find movie times. Now a significant part of the simplicity of the app is broken (seemingly in an effort to make the UX Design more minimalist), but its form over function and really frustrates me that is was taken away. For film lovers and movie buffs that loved the Flixster experience before, this is a significant step backward.
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Terrible New Version
This used to my favorite app on my phone. I go to a movie almost every week. I used it every Friday for the past three years to check listings at my local theater. It was the perfect app. The listings were well done, the show times were always correct, and layout was usable. 5 Stars.
The latest release is terrible. Not only is the new layout difficult to use, and the best information is now multiple clicks away, but now every week I have used it, one or more of the new releases does not show up in the app at all. Terrible design change. Now I am forced to use the movie theater web site for show times.
You took a perfect app and made it useless. I would give it zero stars, and delete the app, but I am still hoping you will fix it in the next rev (and soon!). Otherwise I will be retiring this app to the trash bin.
The latest release is terrible. Not only is the new layout difficult to use, and the best information is now multiple clicks away, but now every week I have used it, one or more of the new releases does not show up in the app at all. Terrible design change. Now I am forced to use the movie theater web site for show times.
You took a perfect app and made it useless. I would give it zero stars, and delete the app, but I am still hoping you will fix it in the next rev (and soon!). Otherwise I will be retiring this app to the trash bin.
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All of My Ratings Disappeared
I’ve used this app for years, all the way back to when you could use the quickrate feature on Facebook. I downloaded the new app, signed in with Facebook, and all of my ratings, and favorite theaters have disappeared. I’ve used this app for close to a decade and now you want me to start all over again? No thanks.
Edit: I’m not sure how up to date it is, but according to the website, it says it’ll take up to 24 hours for all of the information to transfer over. I hope that’s the case, and I’ll come back and edit my review if that happens, but I’m not holding my breath.
Edit 2: New update and still no ratings. It mentioned on the website that they’re currently under construction. Here’s an idea: maybe don’t launch a new update until all of the features are ready and ruin a perfectly good app?
Edit: I’m not sure how up to date it is, but according to the website, it says it’ll take up to 24 hours for all of the information to transfer over. I hope that’s the case, and I’ll come back and edit my review if that happens, but I’m not holding my breath.
Edit 2: New update and still no ratings. It mentioned on the website that they’re currently under construction. Here’s an idea: maybe don’t launch a new update until all of the features are ready and ruin a perfectly good app?
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Used To Be So Great! :(
I use to love this app and used it all the time to research and rate movies, and keep track of movies I “want to see.” I switched from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 6s in Nov 2016 and when I went to login, my whole movie history was gone! Hundreds of films that I had rated, written reviews on, and, most importantly, kept file of wish-list movies to see.
The idea of the app is excellent - get trailers, movie cast and synopsis all in one place, however it is it dire need of improvement. Another frustrating ongoing issue for years, is that when you are scrolling through a list, say “upcoming movies,” and you click on one for more info, when you go back the app takes you all the way back to the top of the list! (Which can be very irritating if you’ve scrolled quite a ways down, and then have to wait as each page continues to load in order to get back to where you were).
Please fix, Flixster! I want to love this app and website again!
The idea of the app is excellent - get trailers, movie cast and synopsis all in one place, however it is it dire need of improvement. Another frustrating ongoing issue for years, is that when you are scrolling through a list, say “upcoming movies,” and you click on one for more info, when you go back the app takes you all the way back to the top of the list! (Which can be very irritating if you’ve scrolled quite a ways down, and then have to wait as each page continues to load in order to get back to where you were).
Please fix, Flixster! I want to love this app and website again!
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Bad redesign!
The changes to this app are awful. It used to be a great app to get lots of information about the theaters around you quickly and easily. It wasn’t perfect, but it provided exactly what I needed when I used it. I tried looking for others, but didn’t find anything that worked as nicely as this. Unfortunately, this new redesign has changed that.
After the recent update, it forgot all of my favorited theaters, it hid some theaters because tickets couldn’t be purchased without explaining why or how to get them back, and they added so much stupid white space that it’s impossible to get an overview anymore like you used to. They drop you to a new “Box Office” tab instead of nearby theaters, with no way to change it, just to make it all that less useful for you when you first open the app. The timing information for theaters that you can’t purchase tickets for is presented as if all of the times are in the past, making it just that much more difficult to easily get the information you’re wanting at a quick glance for the movie you’re looking at.
After the recent update, it forgot all of my favorited theaters, it hid some theaters because tickets couldn’t be purchased without explaining why or how to get them back, and they added so much stupid white space that it’s impossible to get an overview anymore like you used to. They drop you to a new “Box Office” tab instead of nearby theaters, with no way to change it, just to make it all that less useful for you when you first open the app. The timing information for theaters that you can’t purchase tickets for is presented as if all of the times are in the past, making it just that much more difficult to easily get the information you’re wanting at a quick glance for the movie you’re looking at.
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Keeps crashing
I love going to the movies so I use this app often for show times and movie reviews; however, over the last week or so I have been unable to use it. It opens then instantly crashes. I thought it was my phone, but it seems others are having the same issue. The latest update did nothing to fix the problem. Please fix.
So wow 2 years later and I’m still using this app. Kudos. They fixed the previous mentioned glitch; however, I’m annoyed with the most recent update because I don’t understand the new layout. I’ve been using it for a couple weeks but it’s just confusing. Maybe with time I guess but the older version was easier to read and understand.
So wow 2 years later and I’m still using this app. Kudos. They fixed the previous mentioned glitch; however, I’m annoyed with the most recent update because I don’t understand the new layout. I’ve been using it for a couple weeks but it’s just confusing. Maybe with time I guess but the older version was easier to read and understand.
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Terrible update
I use Flixster app for discovery of upcoming movies. For each movie, after watching the trailer, I’d mark it if I want to see it or not. Later, I can glance over the list and see new entries on the list that I didn’t mark yet. Now, little red/blue mark in the corner of movie poster is gone and I have to top on each movie to check if I already marked this movie before or not. Terrible example of how update with new shiny design can completely destroy great functionality.
My comment in the app before this update:
I use Flixter to keep track of all upcoming movies and those currently in cinema, that I want to watch in the future. I marked them either "Want to see" or "Not interested". My problem is when I check movie lists I see movies that I already labeled before together with newly added movies. I'd like if I have an option to filter out all movies that I previously labeled so I can easily spot newly added movies to the lists.
My comment in the app before this update:
I use Flixter to keep track of all upcoming movies and those currently in cinema, that I want to watch in the future. I marked them either "Want to see" or "Not interested". My problem is when I check movie lists I see movies that I already labeled before together with newly added movies. I'd like if I have an option to filter out all movies that I previously labeled so I can easily spot newly added movies to the lists.
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Great app...when it works!
Update: I had rated almost 2,000 movies on Flixster. Since the last update, it shows that I have rated 50. What?! It seems that it’s about time for me to delete this app.
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Since the last update, this app is overrun by ads. I wouldn't mind so much if the ads didn't equate to annoying pop ups on the computer that trick you into clicking it. Flixster also continues to crash and the search feature doesn't work half the time. I used to use it all the time, not just to add movies, but to research movies before spending money on a flop. Now I just go elsewhere in order to not have to deal with the aggravation: open app, sign in to FB, crash, go back in the app, click on my profile just as an ad pops up, get out of the ad, go back to app, sign in AGAIN, oh forget it!
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Since the last update, this app is overrun by ads. I wouldn't mind so much if the ads didn't equate to annoying pop ups on the computer that trick you into clicking it. Flixster also continues to crash and the search feature doesn't work half the time. I used to use it all the time, not just to add movies, but to research movies before spending money on a flop. Now I just go elsewhere in order to not have to deal with the aggravation: open app, sign in to FB, crash, go back in the app, click on my profile just as an ad pops up, get out of the ad, go back to app, sign in AGAIN, oh forget it!
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Used to be good, now Looking for alternatives
Bloated, ads, terrible redesign makes it difficult to find what you’re looking for. And stop forwarding to a separate fandango app when you have no interest in buying tickets online. Ads are ok in moderation, but everything else should be clear and up to date like before. If there’s another app out there with ratings, up to date listings, and a clean design, sign me up, regardless of unobtrusive ads.
Update:
Just found out Siri does this beautifully and with Rotten Tomatoes ratings and trailers and current showtimes, woohoo. Would be nice to have the old Flixster app that shows everything in a nice scrolling view, but Siri is so much better than the current Flixster. Thanks Flixster for the old app and good times. All the best.
Update:
Just found out Siri does this beautifully and with Rotten Tomatoes ratings and trailers and current showtimes, woohoo. Would be nice to have the old Flixster app that shows everything in a nice scrolling view, but Siri is so much better than the current Flixster. Thanks Flixster for the old app and good times. All the best.
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