# New Netflix categories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854 "2009-04-03T14:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/1 "2009-04-03T14:13:00Z")
They’ve gotten more specific in their recommendation categories. Today I’ve got: [ul][li]Critically acclaimed independent movies (_There Will Be Blood, Au Revoir Les Enfants_)[/li][li]Cerebral comedies (_La Dolce Vita, The Girl in the Cafe_)[/li][li]Romantic Dramas based on contemporary literature (_Elegy, Little Children_)[/li][li]Visually-striking Showbiz Movies (_Son of Rambow, Day for Night_)[/li][li]Witty Movies (_She’s the One, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang_)[/li][/ul] I like! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/2 "2009-04-03T17:23:57Z")
I’m a little miffed at Netflix right now for quadrupling my Blu-ray access charge, and so I haven’t been to the site lately, but those new categories sound very interesting: thanks for mentioning them! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/3 "2009-04-03T18:48:42Z")
I saw them. At once, I hated how they only had 3 qualifications for them I’m still a bit peeved that I can only rate a movie 1 - 5. 1. Was this the result of Netflix seeking out new predictive software? Did someone win the Million for it? 2.What should you do to a movie that, you like the concept, but hated the execution? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/4 "2009-04-03T22:07:40Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I saw them. > At once, I hated how they only had 3 qualifications for them Not sure I know what you mean by “qualifications.” I just rate the movie overall – I don’t overthink the various components of “this element was good but that element didn’t work.” I rate the vast majority of movies 3 stars – I liked it just fine, thanks. Four means I liked it a lot (and I’m sparing with fours), and five means one of the best freaking movies I’ve ever seen (very few fives). Two stars means I didn’t like it but I watched the whole thing; one star means completely unwatchable, I gave up after 10 or 15 minutes. Very few of either of those ratings, because I usually have some expectation that I’ll enjoy the movie before I sit down to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/5 "2009-04-04T15:03:20Z")
That’s pretty much my rating system, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/6 "2009-04-04T15:33:35Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m a little miffed at Netflix right now for quadrupling my Blu-ray access charge, and so I haven’t been to the site lately, but those new categories sound very interesting: thanks for mentioning them! Agreed. I was perfectly willing to do $1. But at the same time that Blu-ray costs to the consumer market are going down (I’m seeing a lot of sub-$20 movies for purchase lately, and occasionally even a few breaking the $10 barrier), we’re supposed to believe that for commercial buyers (whether per movie or economy of scale), it’s so much more expensive that they have to jack up the charge? I call BS, and they’re losing at least this customer’s extra blu-ray dollar (or four) at the end of this billing cycle; I know I’m not alone. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/7 "2009-04-04T20:02:10Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > I call BS, and they’re losing at least this customer’s extra blu-ray dollar (or four) at the end of this billing cycle; I know I’m not alone. I agree that it’s BS, but I only own 1 Blu-ray disc so far and don’t plan to start buying them the way I did DVDs, so I’ll suck it up and keep paying them – for now, anyway. I do plan to switch down to the 2-at-a-time plan, though, which is $4 less (including Blu-ray access). ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/8 "2009-04-04T21:47:32Z")
Attention Netflix: We’re not stupid. First of all, I’m not going to take seriously your “Critically Acclaimed” category. When I hear that phrase, I think of Dr. Zhivago or Citizen Kane. As much as I enjoyed it, and you could probably dig up a critic who liked it, I fail to believe that “Spaceballs” was critically acclaimed. Second, merely switching around the order in which the “new arrivals” scroll will not convince me that you are adding more movies. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-netflix-categories/491854/9 "2009-04-05T05:13:58Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Attention Netflix: We’re not stupid. > > First of all, I’m not going to take seriously your “Critically Acclaimed” category. When I hear that phrase, I think of Dr. Zhivago or Citizen Kane. As much as I enjoyed it, and you could probably dig up a critic who liked it, I fail to believe that “Spaceballs” was critically acclaimed. > > Second, merely switching around the order in which the “new arrivals” scroll will not convince me that you are adding more movies. Gees. Everyone is a critic… Oh. Unless THATS what they meant. :eek: