Before I knuckle down to my rewrites for the day (Trouble in Paradise, Feb. 2007), I thought I would give a little report on my Netflix experience of the past seven and a half months.
I give this service an "A" and highly recommend it to others who love watching movies, both old and new. With the exception that sometimes I have to wait awhile when hugely popular movies are just released on DVD, I’ve had great success with Netflix. It’s definitely saved me money (I turned off premium channels on my cable service, and I’m not buying as many DVDs for my personal library). Best of all, I’ve discovered movies I’d never heard of and/or never would have paid almost $4 to rent from the local video stores.
During the 7 1/2 months of my membership, I’ve seen 54 individual movies and seven TV series (those seven series had a total of 25 DVDs). On a scale of one to five (one being "hated it" and five being "loved it"), I’ve seen two movies I rated a "1," ten movies I rated a "2," twenty movies I rated a "3," nineteen movies I rated a "4," and three movies I rated a "5." The seven series got 3’s and 4’s.
One of the things I’ve also loved about this service is the "Friends" option. I have three Netflix Friends at present. I can recommend movies to them and they to me. I can see what they are watching now, will soon watch, have already watched, and I can see how they’ve rated particular films. This has allowed me to discover some excellent films I’d never heard of before.
If you’re looking for the perfect gift to give to a movie buff in your life, whether for Christmas or some other reason, pop over to www.netflix.com and consider giving a gift subscription. (I have no stock in the company, BTW.)
-rlh-
My hubby and I just signed up for Netflix last month, and I don’t know how we lived without it! I especially like the fact that you can rent older movies that have been released on DVD, or more obscure titles. Our local video store only carries the new, popular movies (we live in a very small town). We just watched “Waking Ned Devine” Saturday night, and I’ve never been able to find it at the store.
If you haven’t rented “Eat Drink Man Woman” yet, Robin, you gotta check that one out. I hardly EVER give a five star rating, but that earned one from me.
Thankx for the “Ladies in Lavendar” recommendation. I’ve been writing to the soundtrack all day. It’s a perfect fit! 🙂
Angie
I just blogged about Netflix today Robin! My husband and I joined last month to catch up on all the West Wing seasons and have been watching ever since. I totally agree with you – it’s well worth the money.