One of my favorite games is The Netflix Game. I haven't talked to anyone about this, so it might be my invention or maybe loads of other people do it too. (Let me know in the comments if you do.)
This is how you play. You choose one element you want in a movie. For example, specific genre, a certain actor, earlier works of a director, John Williams soundtrack...It can be any element you want.
You search for movies on Netflix that meet that one criteria (and that you haven't seen before, if that wasn't obvious). Depending on what your element is, you might have to enlist help from IMDB and/or Rotten Tomatoes. When you find potential movies, do not read the plot summary or reviews or cast listings or anything about the movie.
Find the potentials that are rated at least 4 red stars. Those are Netflix's predictions about how much you will enjoy the movie. Add one of those to your Netflix queue.
When you watch that movie, you have almost zero information on it (assuming you didn't cheat). You might not have any expectations of it (which is fun!) and hopefully, you'll enjoy it because Netflix thought you would, and Netflix's rating system is four kinds of wonderful.
There are no points in this game, but you can consider a "win" when you enjoy the movie and a "loss" when Netflix's prediction lets you down.
So yesterday I played the Netflix Game with Runaway Jury and it was a win. My One Element was John Cusack as a main character. I got bonuses, though, because Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were in the movie too (and I didn't know that until I was watching. More fun when you don't cheat, see?). Netflix predicted four stars for me, and yes, I liked the movie but didn't love it.
It's a good way to spend rainy afternoons, the Netflix Game.
This is how you play. You choose one element you want in a movie. For example, specific genre, a certain actor, earlier works of a director, John Williams soundtrack...It can be any element you want.
You search for movies on Netflix that meet that one criteria (and that you haven't seen before, if that wasn't obvious). Depending on what your element is, you might have to enlist help from IMDB and/or Rotten Tomatoes. When you find potential movies, do not read the plot summary or reviews or cast listings or anything about the movie.
Find the potentials that are rated at least 4 red stars. Those are Netflix's predictions about how much you will enjoy the movie. Add one of those to your Netflix queue.
When you watch that movie, you have almost zero information on it (assuming you didn't cheat). You might not have any expectations of it (which is fun!) and hopefully, you'll enjoy it because Netflix thought you would, and Netflix's rating system is four kinds of wonderful.
There are no points in this game, but you can consider a "win" when you enjoy the movie and a "loss" when Netflix's prediction lets you down.
So yesterday I played the Netflix Game with Runaway Jury and it was a win. My One Element was John Cusack as a main character. I got bonuses, though, because Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were in the movie too (and I didn't know that until I was watching. More fun when you don't cheat, see?). Netflix predicted four stars for me, and yes, I liked the movie but didn't love it.
It's a good way to spend rainy afternoons, the Netflix Game.
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