What’s up with the Reviews on Netflix?
Updated. This was written last year and is based off the old Netflix rating system
Here are my thoughts about finding a good movie on Netflix.
If you have kids, you have no chance.
Ok ok, so you still have a chance, but if you’re letting your children on your account without assigning them they’re own username, you have no chance of Netflix’s algorithm sticking to the movies that you typically like to watch. Sponge Bob isn’t going to help you find any interesting international thriller.
Even if you don’t have kids skewing your search, you still have no chance.
I’d say that overall, the Netflix review structure is just horrible. I really don’t know how it’s possible that the greatest movies can have the worst reviews, and the absolute worst of them can have the greatest reviews ever. You would think that OVERALL people would have a good average reaction from a movie that you considered was good, but no. The spectrum of opinions is just too wide to get anywhere. But hey, that’s nothing new right? Maybe it’s vain to think my opinion is so widespread to other people, but I feel like at least I am open to ANY type of movie in any genre. I can see what’s good, great, or maybe just fun. Of course my site isn’t for everyone, and I get that. But it is for a large group of people that will probably enjoy every single movie on here.
Netflix doesn’t care if you like finding diamonds in the rough that actually have some real substance. They only care what the masses like.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to remove some of my favorite movies from my list. I, unlike some lucky people, do not have access to the Netflix API, so I very periodically have to prune my list as to not mislead my followers. I spend hours searching the movies off the beaten path only to have them removed because they don’t star Angelina Jolie or some other big name actor that churns out garbage to the masses year after year.
So not much we can do to change this factors, but at least we know they’re there. I’m gonna keep up the fight against them, and so should you!