Saturday, September 08, 2007

I Love Netflix


Since we ditched the cable the family has upped our Netflix membership. We watch movies a lot now. I prefer movie viewing to tv viewing. Why? With our lighting dimmed low and most of us on the couch we share the experience of visual storytelling.

And I love Netflix. Our town does have a video rental store and a Redbox kiosk but the movies I prefer are not available there. I love Hitchcock - Notorious, Spellbound, Vertigo, Rear Window...classics. I'm trying to get the kids to appreciate these films but the minute they see "black and white" there's a big sigh and yawn. A bonus with the netflix membership (and this is not a paid endorsement) is the hours you get to view movies on line. Dave's watching the BBC House of Cards series and I get season 1 and 2 of Ballykissangel.

The only thing negative about Netflix...when someone subscribes from my recommendation, they get a month free...not me! So check them out!

5 comments:

Julo said...

another perk of netflix is the great reviews of all the movies. sometimes they give you a better idea of the appropriateness of a movie than pluggedinonline.com

I love that about Netflix. And if you like mysteries, start getting Foyle's War, a murder mystery series set during WWII in south Britain. FABULOUS. We're addicted to it. In fact, we just got the most recent one in the mail!

Barb said...

Agreed - thanks for the recommendation.

Anonymous said...

The only thing I HATE about Netflix is that creepy disgusting pop-up ad with the guy who has the gross yellow teeth.

What's in your Netflix queue?

Barb said...

I've never noticed him...maybe he's just on your netflix, which makes it creepier!

Julo said...

nope-he's on mine, too. in fact, it think there are two of them...weird.