The Movie Form
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The movie form is the simplest and most straightforward of the forms. Here's how it looks:
The form consists of the following sections:
Header which contains the first title, the close button, and a few other buttons if the movie is a part of a franchise (which are discussed in the article on franchises)
Poster and links, if present
The form fields
Buttons for various actions
The movie form contains the following fields:
Check-box which indicates whether you watched the movie
Check-box which indicates whether the movie is released
Titles (at least one required)
Original titles (at least one required)
Year (required)
Kind (required)
IMDb link
Rotten Tomatoes link
Poster URL
Tags
The released check-box is enabled only if the movie's year is the same as the current year. If the movie's year is before the current year, it's obvious that the movie is already released. Conversely, if the movie's year is after the current year, it's obvious that the movie is not released yet.
If you check the watched check-box, and the released check-box is unchecked, it becomes checked as well. It doesn't make sense that you can watch an unreleased movie (yes, there are exceptions, but those are rare). If you uncheck the released check-box, the watched check-box becomes unchecked as well.
You can add titles with the Add title and Add original title buttons. If there are multiple titles, you can delete them by pressing the delete button on the right side of the title field. You can't change the order of the titles. If you decide that the second title should become the first and the first - second, you should change them manually.
The minimum value for the year is 1850 and maximum value is 2100. The reason that the movie form includes only a year, and not a full release date is because the movie can have multiple release dates: premieres can be on different dates in different markets, and movies can be shown at festivals ahead of their release.
You can select any kind from the list of kinds which you specify in the file's settings.
Links and the poster URL are not required, and indeed not every movie is guaranteed to have an entry in IMDb or RT (although I have yet to find a movie which doesn't have an entry in IMDb).
You can add any tag from the list of tags which you specify in the file's settings. Once added, you can remove any tag by clicking its delete button. Only those tags that are applicable to movies can be added.
The movie form has several action buttons:
Delete the movie
Create a franchise
Other franchise actions which are discussed in the article on franchises
You can execute these actions only when the form doesn't contain changes.
