Why does IMDB recommend 'Scarface' along with this film?

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acdcfanbill — 19 years ago(November 06, 2006 08:48 PM)

Because it's very very hard to write a good algorithm for linking movies. In fact many humans arnt very good at it either, which complicates the process further. Also, a couple weeks back I read about Netflix having a competition to write a better reccomendation program for them, so imdb isnt the only site with less than optimal performance in this area.

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avalco — 19 years ago(January 06, 2007 10:12 PM)

Maybe becaus it is a "rags from riches to death story"

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hydra9 — 19 years ago(January 16, 2007 07:30 PM)

I usually find Amazon's recommendations pretty darn good. Although, admittedly, it will often recommend stuff by the same author/artist or in the same series.

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jgbook2007 — 19 years ago(February 17, 2007 03:23 PM)

Maybe 'cuz the Schwimmwr character's life , when he's riding high ( In more ways than one !!!!!!! ) , in his big mansion , sort of suggests Tony Scarface's/the " mack daddy " life ?????????

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ProjectDamocci — 18 years ago(September 19, 2007 05:12 AM)

But then how does this movie link up to Forest Gump? Lol, Forest Gump is a family movie, this one's more geared toward adults. They should include age restrictings in the searc algorithms.
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RadioheadFan89 — 18 years ago(September 28, 2007 06:38 AM)

they also recommend The Incredibles if you liked American Beautylol!
So we got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage, take me to it

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scotbpens — 16 years ago(November 07, 2009 06:04 PM)

But then how does this movie link up to Forest Gump?
Because Forrest Gump was a big boob?
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Peerce — 17 years ago(July 10, 2008 03:53 AM)

They kind of took place in similar years, the protagonist starts out poor and gets rich in kind of a taboo way, and he also dies at the end. Not to mention the coke, booze, and women. I can honestly say that I thought about
Scarface
at least once while watching this picture.

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UFO_Cryptkeeper — 17 years ago(November 16, 2008 10:04 PM)

Get-rich-quick SCHEMES, baby!

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Director-21 — 16 years ago(September 19, 2009 09:13 PM)

They share several keywords like "rags to riches" & "cocaine" plus perhaps it uses people who gave breast men high ratings also rated Scarface highly.

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Ghost_Puke_Rage — 17 years ago(November 16, 2008 10:00 PM)

Kinda funny, DUDE.

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Spongeyone — 16 years ago(May 28, 2009 01:01 PM)

It's probably a result of this movie having very few ratings. You can't call a trend with just a couple of data points

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WarpedRecord — 14 years ago(June 13, 2011 04:11 PM)

And now it has "Venus," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Short Cuts" and "Charlie Wilson's War," all of which seem off. Why not "Boogie Nights" or maybe "The Ice Storm"?
Really, I don't trust those recommendations, just as I don't trust (or understand) algorhythms.

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Darknessviking — 14 years ago(June 22, 2011 11:37 AM)

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