OT: Torque's New Years Resolution
To watch all the programs on Netflix that interest me over the next few months (mostly documentaries), and then cancel my subscription.
Reason: I am so done with their bullshit agenda-pushing, bait-and-switch garbage shows. Just not worth it anymore.
I unsubscribed a few years ago, though still have access. I'm glad I'm not paying anymore though.
I'm mostly a movie buff and their made for Netflix movies are just absolutely utterly atrocious.
I attempted to watch White Noise. Holy crap, what a shitty movie. Who comes up with that mental crap and why? Was it written in an insane asylum? Did the insane asylum supervisor take a long break when this was happening?
The Grey Man showed that the Russo brothers suck and Infinity War was just a massive fluke. Endgame sucked too.
Also Mike Flanagan, what the F is he doing? Again he is back with a terrible new series, I could barely sit through 2 episodes just like the last one and the last one before that.
His Haunting of Hill House and Oculus are superb and really good horror but everything else he has done since, is just awful and not watchable.
Streaming in general just doesn't seem to be for me. I think the just churn out as much as you can as quick as possible attitude sets a low standard.
Can't imagine subbing to Disney + with the endless Star Wars milking. I used to be the biggest fan of the movies.
Probably the most memorable thing I "streamed" (made especially for streaming) recently that I can recommend is Spirited on Apple TV, it is a good Christmas musical movie, fun with decent songs, a big exception to the bad streaming movies rule it seems to me. You have to give it 10-15 minutes to get into it. I almost turned it off before that.
Netflix just seems to be getting worse even though they have big names and big budgets.
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Greatly enjoyed Top Gun Maverick and Avatar 2 at the cinema though.
Both had minimal agenda in my opinion. It probably says something.
These days, I'm starting to think if it doesn't have Tom Cruise and isn't directed by James Cameron it's a 50-50 gamble it will suck. On streaming the odds are worse in favour of it sucking.