Importing movie information from IMDB, using the default scripts takes about 15 seconds per movie. I have a 7Mbps broadband connection and the same import only takes about 1-2 seconds when I use EMDB. Is this a general problem with Movienizer, or do I have a problem with my settings?

The problem is that Movienizer generally imports more information than other movie organizers. It also uses plain-text scripts that should be compiled before they can be executed. The latter allows the user to add more scripts without any additional tool

This is still surprising to me. Running an interpreted script should not increase the amount of time it takes to make a few HTTP requests by a factor of 10, or by 12 seconds. I realize that Movienizer downloads one, or two more kBytes of data and that it makes 3 additional requests to retrieve extra images, but, given the bandwidth and latency of my Internet connection, this should only add a second, or two. Also, initial lookups take about 5 seconds, while they take a small fraction of a second with EMDB.

Please do not take me wrong. I really like Movienizer and think that it is a superior product. I just wish there was a faster way to import my collection of 700, or so movies.