I figure the same “silent majority” that got AC/DC and Bruce Springsteen on the top of Forbes’ list of highest-earning music tours last year is also seeing their tastes reflected here. Goes to show that the louder, more visible and youth-oriented tentpole hits don’t top every chart.
Without further ado, here’s Netflix’s top ten rentals ever (as relayed by Movie Line...)
- The Blind Side
- Crash
- The Bucket List
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Hurt Locker
- The Departed
- Sherlock Holmes
- Inception
- Iron Man
- No Country for Old Men
You’ve got some Best Picture winners and Oscar bait generally ranking above the blockbusters, and that shouldn’t be too surprising. You can quibble about Crash and the Hurt Locker having more bite, but titles like the Blind Side and the Bucket List don’t quite make for snarky t-shirts or message board memes, so I’d say the list largely skews more adult and genteel. It reminds me of a bit of that one time I saw the Bridges of Madison County clocking high on list of torrents.
And that makes sense; such an audience is less inclined to opt to watch something in the cozy of home instead of going out to see it and, by gosh, Netflix means they wouldn’t even have to get past their mailboxes.
Anyway, that’s my knee-jerk analysis. What kind of patterns are you Screened Pups inferring here?
Eww Crash.
where is the dark knight on that list
It might have just been the mood I was in but I just could not even get close to finishing the Bucket List.
I guess that a surprising amount of good films
No Country For Old Men was sooooo boring. One of the worst movies I've ever seen.
number 1 makes sense.
But numbers 2, 3, and 4? Those shouldn't be on any top ten lists...
@Pokeysteve: Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
@Pokeysteve said:
Those are fighting words, friendo
@dangeRUSS04: Not being on this list probably means that most people went to the theater to see it instead of renting it.
@Pokeysteve said:
Heads or tails. Call it.
So is this list a commentary on how bad viewer's tastes are or how bad Netflix steaming library is?
Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
And people say Cronenberg isn't pop...oh its the other Crash. Nevermind.
@dangeRUSS04 said:
Everyone saw that in theaters about 20 times.
@Pokeysteve: It wasnt by far the worst film I have ever seen but I agree that I thought it was boring. But maybe I am also a dumbass and would enjoy it on a second viewing.
There's a certain fallacy that pervades people like us who dwell on message boards: we forget that we account for MAYBE 5,000 people per board. It's the reason Scott Pilgrim, among many others, bombed.
I've never seen it, but, at least from a distance, The Blind Side seems like the whitest movie ever made.
@Pokeysteve said:
@Undeadpool: Also, Scott Pilgrim kind of sucked :)
@Jesus said:
This quote from The Dude towards The Jesus posted BY Jesus is kinda weird.