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Posted by pseudoname on May 12, 2006, at 23:20:03
I finally signed up for Netflix, and it has changed my life. I *love* it!
(It's a subscription DVD rental. You get 1-3 DVDs in the mail at a time, keep them as long as you like (no late fees), then mail them back postage-paid and they send you the next ones on your list. http://www.netflix.com/ )
Mostly I started out ordering all these gay independent movies that would never come to my hick part of the country. Turns out gay movies can be mediocre, too. But they're still nice to watch because I get tired of straight people. No offense.
The Netflix site asked me to rate about 20 popular movies (like "Miss Congeniality" and "Men in Black II"); junk, basically. Based on my opinion of just those few lousy movies, the Netflix computer suggested 12 movies it thought I would like. Amazing! It picked up a bunch of disparate, unusual movies I absolutely love. Like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Fight Club" and "Seven Samurai".
I'm definitely going to be following the other recommendations.
I just rented "I Capture the Castle" (2003) with Bill Nighy and Henry Thomas (from "ET", all grown up). It's super. After I watched it twice, I got the novel AND the play from the library. I'm going through both of those while I watch it all over again. It's going to take probably another week. But it's okay, because there's no late fee!
I got the cheapest plan: $10 / month. You only get 1 DVD at a time. Then there's 1 or 2 nights without one while it goes back & they send me the next one on my list. But one at a time is perfect for me: low stress, no decision-making late at night. ("Should I watch this one or this one or THIS one?!")
I recommend it.
Posted by sleepygirl on May 13, 2006, at 21:19:10
In reply to Netflix is AWESOME!, posted by pseudoname on May 12, 2006, at 23:20:03
Posted by 10derHeart on July 2, 2006, at 15:13:58
In reply to Netflix is AWESOME!, posted by pseudoname on May 12, 2006, at 23:20:03
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