Netflix: Anyone know why...

**auk1124** · 07-03-2010, 12:14 PM

"Crash" has been in the No. 1 spot for Netflix's Top 100 movies forever???

Is there some kind of hip underground anti-Netflix movement that is keeping that movie pegged in the No. 1 spot, just ahead of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (yet another mystery to me)?

How many people in the US are addicted to those two movies? Do they just perpetually reorder them or something?

**Ruck** · 07-03-2010, 01:17 PM

Strange, I was just wondering the same thing about Crash about 2 days ago. I have no idea why, it isn't even that great of a movie.

**Edcculus** · 07-03-2010, 01:27 PM

Don't have Netflix, but The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

**jtb** · 07-03-2010, 01:28 PM

I don't get it either, I saw Crash, good movie, but not one I'd keep moving to the top of the queue. And the Curious Case... haven't seen it yet.

I must say, I do love streaming netflix to my TV.

**SalvadorMontenegro** · 07-03-2010, 02:32 PM

I've been confused about this, as well. The whole list is confusing. For instance, The Bucket List has been one of the top movies forever. I didn't see it, but I didn't hear good things. Who could be watching The Bucket List over and over?

I think Crash is one of the worst Best Picture winners ever.

**Swampfox** · 07-03-2010, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by auk1124

"Crash" has been in the No. 1 spot for Netflix's Top 100 movies forever???

Is there some kind of hip underground anti-Netflix movement that is keeping that movie pegged in the No. 1 spot, just ahead of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (yet another mystery to me)?

How many people in the US are addicted to those two movies? Do they just perpetually reorder them or something?

Not me, but a lot of drunks do rent from Netflix.....

BTW, I have Netflix and mainly use the instant.

**bradyarz** · 07-03-2010, 09:12 PM

never saw crash, but benjamin button was quite terrible. it was predictable from about 5 minutes onward, if not before. blah.

**toucanlamp** · 07-03-2010, 09:29 PM

Yeah I thought Crash was incredibly mediocre, kind of just following a very popular trend these days of making movies in which there are a number of seperate storylines that are all linked together in the end. It's become a cliche. Babel, Syriana etc. etc.

I dunno why it's up there. I think it gained a bit of a repuation among the general public as a real high culture masterpiece to see when they were in the mood...

I would have thought the list would be dominated by whatever last year's best picture list was, and then in addition to that years staple of unwatchable action movies like Iron Man and Transformers.

**Big Kev** · 07-03-2010, 09:42 PM

I saw Crash. I didn't think it was all that great, not bad but I would not go out of my way to watch it again. I did not see Benjamen Button, I did not hear any thing great about it. In fact I do not think I know many people that saw it. Maybe it is a Netflix conspiracy...

**kwk285** · 07-04-2010, 07:47 AM

Those are two movies that I have no interest in ever watching.

**Matt R.** · 07-04-2010, 07:59 AM

Yeah I noticed that too. I rented thinking it was going to have to be good if it was the top DVD for that long. It's not.

**echelon3** · 07-04-2010, 10:01 AM

One has to wonder whether there are some financial incentives coming from the studios to keep these movies on top.

**Seraphim** · 07-05-2010, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by echelon3

One has to wonder whether there are some financial incentives coming from the studios to keep these movies on top.

Perhaps, but it may also simply be poor taste.

Dancing with the stars, Dr. Phil, and the like are also quite vapid, yet wildly popular....

**echelon3** · 07-05-2010, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Perhaps, but it may also simply be poor taste.

Dancing with the stars, Dr. Phil, and the like are also quite vapid, yet wildly popular....

Good point.
It may be the Netflix version of Heinlein's Razor.

**SalvadorMontenegro** · 07-06-2010, 12:47 AM

Well, the other thing is, what movie tops it? It wasn't AWFUL and it was a recent commercial success. Older films don't attract as much interest as recent movies. Artsy movies don't attract as much attention as commercial films. Crash was a decent movie that was a commercial and critical success that was contrived and effectively moved people. It had a lot of, "Okay, here's the part where you feel THIS" moments and people dig that. Also, it contains characters of various ethnic and racial make ups, so it attracts a broad audience.

I am more interested in how The Bucket List is number three. It was a critical and commercial failure, but it's 15 places above The Dark Knight.

**mretzloff** · 07-06-2010, 01:55 AM

Mystery? Bad taste? Gentlemen, Crash was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three, one of which was for Best Picture. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated for 13 Academy Awards (only Titanic and All About Eve were nominated for more) and won three. While both movies are no where near the best ever made, they are certainly not some random movies.

If you truly want to see the best movies, Netflix gives you the AFI's top 100 movies, all Academy Award winning Best Pictures, and plenty of other lists of award-winning movies.

EDIT: As for the crazy ratings on Netflix, I have learned that most people give a movie five stars if they like it and one if they do not. Rarely do people give movies anywhere in between.

**patrisVII** · 07-06-2010, 09:33 AM

Crash was a good movie, but I thought Good Night - Good Luck was much better (and the un-nominated Cinderella Man, 40 Year Old Virgin and Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were Rabbit were better than any of the 2006 nominees).

I did not like Benjamin Button at all - while I didn't like the story, I also remain singularly unimpressed with Brad Pitt as an actor and have yet to find him convincing in any role.

**Seraphim** · 07-06-2010, 09:36 AM

All I know is I turned Crash off after 5 minutes, and I usually have a high tolerance level for bad movies.

The Academy Awards are awards given by movie people to movie people, and as such are not always the best barometer of movie quality/enjoyability for us regular folk.

IMHO

YMMV

Offer not valid in all states

etc.

**Seraphim** · 07-06-2010, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by patrisVII

Crash was a good movie, but I thought Good Night - Good Luck was much better (and the un-nominated Cinderella Man, 40 Year Old Virgin and Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were Rabbit were better than any of the 2006 nominees).

I did not like Benjamin Button at all - while I didn't like the story, I also remain singularly unimpressed with Brad Pitt as an actor and have yet to find him convincing in any role.

Fight Club suited him well. Other than that, yes I agree, he tends to pose more than act...