It's not that we didn't like the old Cinematical, it's just we thought it was time for the sequel.
We've worked hard here for the past three and a half years bringing you tons of inventive, passionate writing from a bunch of folks who probably watch more movies than they should. We've made many friends, slew many dragons and rescued more princesses than any prince in all the land of New Jersey. It's been rough. We're tired. But we love it. Thus, I'm honored to introduce all of you to the brand new Cinematical! We've made a lot of changes around here, and I suggest you take some time to look over everything.
See the brand new totally awesome Watchmen trailer to the right? Kidding! But over to the right we do have a bunch of headlines, where you'll be able to see what we feel are the hottest and most interesting stories of the day. Above those headlines we have quick links to some of our more lively categories. Over to the right, we also have our new gallery feature where we'll highlight some of the cooler galleries we're currently hosting. (Basically, these are images you want to check out.) Additionally, we have a brand new video box which we'll use to house, well, new trailers, clips, or home videos of Weinberg watching Aliens all giddy and whatnot.
Our coolest new feature has to go to the carousel up there at the top. It rotates automatically, or you can click those orange arrow buttons to advance and back up. Definitely check those out every day as the site's most important features (reviews, interviews, poster premieres, festival coverage, etc) will live inside those boxes. Of course, you have our reviews, interviews and popular categories to the right as well. Oh, and did I mention the new box office window? How cool, right? I swear, it's like the Spider-Man 2 of re-designs!
Anyway, stick around for awhile -- take the tour, make yourself at home. Whaddya think?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
6-10-2008 @ 11:17PM
Nathaniel N. said...
I'm frightened and confused.
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6-10-2008 @ 11:17PM
madgamer said...
I like the new look a lot. The gray is dark but not too dark, so you don't have to have a bunch of white text which can kind of wear on your eyes.
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6-10-2008 @ 11:21PM
Ryan said...
Not bad. Not bad at all.
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6-10-2008 @ 11:27PM
gottacook said...
Please rethink the light blue or white type with black background (mostly on the right side of the screen); it's really more difficult for me to read. (I'm a Safari user and other browsers may not have this problem.)
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6-10-2008 @ 11:29PM
Willy said...
I love it. Congratulations.
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6-10-2008 @ 11:33PM
AuralArgument said...
WOW,,, nice.
Much easier on the eyes.
(unlike chud's redesign)
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6-10-2008 @ 11:48PM
Mike said...
Your header logo isn't showing up properly in Safari (as of the latest WebKit build). All I see is a big red box. Other than that, great redesign!
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6-10-2008 @ 11:48PM
Wendy said...
I think it looks great, I love the changes :)
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6-10-2008 @ 11:57PM
Erik Davis said...
Keep in mind, we're still tweaking folks ...
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6-11-2008 @ 12:01AM
eugene said...
I like it but I would like to second the motion to ditch the light font on a dark background. It looks good but readability suffers, imo.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:04AM
Roy said...
I'm using Safari 3.1.1 and have no problem seeing your logo in the red banner at top. However I don't see any "carousel with orange arrow buttons". Same results with Firefox 2.0.0.14.
Otherwise, a nice redesign visually.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:14AM
Erik Davis said...
Thanks for your comments, everyone! We're still working through some things and we'll take everything into account. It's been a long process, but we'll get her in good shape in no time.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:25AM
Ethan Stanislawski said...
I'm also not seeing the Carousel on Firefox on Mac. But overall it's a great redesign and looks quite intuitive
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6-11-2008 @ 12:26AM
Chooch said...
"i love it...I Love IT.......i said, I LOVE IT!"
Gotta love Naked Gun.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:27AM
jonathan said...
fuck yea guys! looks great.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:30AM
Gilbert Davis said...
It looks organized, interesting and useful around here now. Hopefully the professional look will be reflected in organized, interesting and useful movie related writing to go with the new look. And as AuralArgument said - much easier on the eyes.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:37AM
Riley Freeman said...
i liked the old one better. less graphics and easier to load. but it is nice
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6-11-2008 @ 12:38AM
John said...
This looks excellent. A much cleaner and more adult version. The redesign seems to take it's cue from other sites and does a good job at that. The carousel is also a nice touch.
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6-11-2008 @ 12:51AM
Beeslo said...
Oh my god! I was literally on here no more than 3 or 4 hours ago and I typically check back at night just to see if anything had updated....holy crap. This was quite the update!
Normally I hate it when sites I frequent decide to change up their look. A look that I have grown quite accustom to and then suddenly my world is flipped upside down. Not the case with this facelift. The same aspects remain, but everything is just dazzled up a bit. Makes it look pretty respectable. Good work!
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6-11-2008 @ 12:57AM
Angelo said...
I miss the film reel logo...
Overall, though, this is a good change.
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