The Film Critique Generator is a Python app I built to take your Letterboxd film ratings and turn them into personalized critiques using GPT-3.5. It scrapes your ratings, runs them through some AI magic, and spits out a neat little write-up of your movie taste. Quick, nerdy, and surprisingly insightful.

Project Overview

This tool does all the heavy lifting:

  • Pulls your film ratings from Letterboxd.
  • Runs them through GPT-3.5 to write custom critiques.
  • Saves the output as both .txt and .html for easy sharing or archiving.

Core Functionality

  • Data Extraction: Grabs your ratings from Letterboxd.
  • AI-Powered Analysis: Feeds your data into GPT-3.5 for critique generation.
  • GUI Frontend: Simple, no-fuss interface to run it.
  • Output Files: Saves results as text and HTML files.

Setup Instructions

  1. Grab your OpenAI API key (GPT-3.5).
  2. Download and launch Film_Affinity.exe.
  3. Pop in your Letterboxd username and API key.
  4. Hit Generate Critique.
  5. Review the output in the generated files.

How It Works

Fetching Ratings

def fetch_page(username, page):
    url = f"https://letterboxd.com/{username}/films/page/{page}/"
    response = requests.get(url)
    return response.text if response.status_code == 200 else None

Scraping the Data

def scrape_letterboxd(username):
    ratings = []
    for page in range(1, 5):
        content = fetch_page(username, page)
        ratings.extend(parse_ratings(content))
    return ratings

Generating Critiques with GPT-3.5

def generate_film_critique(film_ratings):
    prompt = f"Based on these ratings, generate a personalized critique: {film_ratings}"
    response = openai.Completion.create(engine="gpt-3.5-turbo", prompt=prompt, max_tokens=500)
    return response['choices'][0]['text']

Outputting as HTML

def generate_html_critique(critique_text):
    return f"""
    <html>
    <head><title>Film Critique</title></head>
    <body><h1>Your Personalized Film Critique</h1><p>{critique_text}</p></body>
    </html>
    """

Final Thoughts

Film Affinity is a fun little blend of Python, scraping, and AI that turns your movie ratings into something more reflective. If you’re into data-driven media insights (or just like seeing your film taste summed up by a robot), give it a try.

Film Affinity – Python App