Your parents' Netflix queue is who you are and will become

ryry Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 04:48 AM EST

HaHA i Miss movies like "Sliver"- they are so BAD that's its good. I was in grade 6 when it came out, my mom's friend rented it for us ( nice mom eh)- and we thought it was so naughty!! Haha the last time I saw it, last year on tv- I couldn't believe how bAD and cheesy it was haha. The sex scenes were pretty hot though :)

David Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:13 PM EST

I actually saw Sliver in theaters way back when, on a date. I think I kind of liked it, but don't tell anyone.

Alex Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM EST

Yeah, it was Listen 2 This. I liked those, but then they started not being exclusively about music, (they started to include video games & comic books too) http://cleaning.emenace.com/cleanroo93/122.html leah mclean undefined

m Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 06:28 PM EST

nice

Jean Guy Levesque Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 05:08 PM EST

Sharon Stone is really UGLY these days. She needs some really good surgery, plastic is better than wrinkled! Vive la Quebec!!!!!

monica Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 09:41 PM EST

that was hilarious!

Lou Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 03:33 PM EST

I renew my parents Netfix for their mother's/father's day. Its great because I can completely control of their movies. they were watching high quality movies like 'To Live' and docs unitl my mom asked if I could put on 'Wild Hogs'- at that moment I washed my hands of it and they have the passsword.

Elizabeth Hinton Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM EST

My parents taste run so far to the left of mine it's ridiculous. My mothers favorite movies 1. Dumb and Dumber 2. Meet the Fockers 3. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Whereas my taste run along the lines of foreign films, Sophia Coppola, and Wes Anderson. We have never been able to watch a movie together until we both found out we liked Bette Davis, and watch Now, Voyager any time we get a chance.

Rhonda Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:53 AM EST

My parents' tastes in movies influenced mine a little bit. I've got the Alien/Predator/Alien vs. Predator/Terminator genre from my dad and the witty period piece romance schtick from my mom. But I also love movies that neither of them would ever think of seeing. Oh, I also think everyone's mom falls asleep 7 minutes into every movie. Pretty sure it's in the mom code.

Phoebe Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:26 AM EST

What about my grandfather's Netflix account? He has a weakness for Meg Ryan and cheesy romantic comedies...

Simon Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST

I ate my parents a few years ago, so they're not really into NetFlix.

Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 09:03 PM EST

There's no way my parents could figure out netflix...my mom can't even figure out online movies.

Ivey Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 07:46 PM EST

The extra buck is per month not per blu ray disk. You're just increasing your monthly charge. Did it myself late last year when we bought our blu ray player.

luke Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 06:01 PM EST

My netflix account says its an extra 1.00 for blu rays does anyone know if that mean for each disc or for the month?

Rose Tyler Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 05:00 PM EST

I'm not sure my parents know what Netflix is. My mom watches very little TV at all. My dad loves to catch movies on cable. He's mostly into action, westerns or some fantasy. Most movies he sees have been out for like 3 years.

Bethann Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 04:44 PM EST

A few years back, I gave my dad a Netflix subscription which he filled with tons of old movies that he'd seen at least a zillion times. He and my mom constantly give me crap for watching the same movies over and over again and here was proof of where I got that from but they were in denial. Although they didn't renew their subscription, my dad is the guy with about 700 cable movie channels. So he can plunk down on the couch, turn on any movie right in the middle and start wacthing which I find so annoying. But at least I haven't seen him pick out anything disturbing. My mom? Well, she usually falls asleep 7 minutes into any movie so she doesn't count.

Dawn Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 03:32 PM EST

I can't talk about movies anymore with my parents. It's no fun - everything is a reflection on the sorry state of "society". They have Netflix now, but I'd be everything I have that it doesn't contain anything like what you all have listed here.

227 Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 03:01 PM EST

Great post Mandi! On a semi-related note my friend Daniel got my Netflix password from my boyfriend and added PHAT GIRLZ and a Larry The Cable Guy movie to my queue. Imagine my surprise when receiving those films!

aaron Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 02:53 PM EST

Mandi, I think your father might be a little bit of a perv. Watching sliver is one thing but mailing you interviews from PLAYBOY? And don't tell me he just reads the articles.

EP Sato Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 02:17 PM EST

Sliver was one of those "so bad it's almost good" movies. How bad is it? Stone has a bathtub masturbation scene where she climaxes while both hands are on her shoulders. Did she use telekenisis to get off?

That said, it's easy to figure out why this was #1. Sharone Stone was at the peak of her sexy era then (this was her follow up to Basic Instinct), and has some pretty steamy scenes in this flick (including the "hands free" masturbation scene mentioned earlier). Plus the UB40 cover of "I can't help falling in love with you" is flippin' sweet!

anne Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 02:01 PM EST

i have on more than one occasion caught my dad watching "unfaithful." yeah thats right, the one with diane lane and the hot french guy. this from the same father who says the pg-13 romantic comedies i watch are a little too racey. and did i mention i'm 23?

Brad Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 01:55 PM EST

Actually, I make most of the suggestions for my parents (I've done pretty well so far, based on their ratings with only one 2-star movie - Junebug - among them). If it's not one of those suggestions I send, it's often a PBS series or something like that. It keeps 'em off the streets.

Carli Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 01:12 PM EST

No Netflix for my parents. They do the Blockbuster plan thing, though. And now, they have DVR through DirecTV. My 9-year-old brother has to show them how to work it :)

FiloDo Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM EST

I don't want to spend my old age watching The Quiet Man, Babylon 5 (disk by disk each week) or Little House on the Prarie--all 9 seasons! I don't want to watch them, ever. The best thing about moving out was watching whatever I wanted. I don't even want to think about my great-grandfather watching Shirley Temple movies in his last weeks. He'd always hated the kid, but in his final days, he liked it. It doesn't look good for me.

orville Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM EST

Wow--you all have cool parents. But then again, my Mom was 40 and my Dad was 51 when I came along, so there's probably a much larger gap. My Dad probably would have kept the catalogs of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronsan, and Chuck Norris on a constant loop sprinkled with a selection of the worst martial arts movies ever made. No Crouching Tiger for my Dad--he like the ones with horrible dubbing and cheesy special effects. Mom, well, she's content to watch M*A*S*H and Golden Girls reruns all day long and probably wouldn't watch any Netflix movies even if you sent her all her favorites. My tastes will probably run along those of my sibilings who were in their late teens and early 20s when I was born. Though I have a hard time believing that any of them would go along with my foreign flick jones, corset drama love, or my science fiction obsession.

Phil Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM EST

This piece made me laugh - I talked to my mom yesterday and they had just received their lastest NetFlix movies - Pinapple Express.

jcarla Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM EST

My father, since cable days, will watch anything if he 'heard about it'. Not if it was good or bad, or genre, or who's in it. He also won't listen to me about why this is not a good movie for him. So he will rent Porky's, or Cyborg2, or Sliver, or Meet the Spartans. Then he will complain about the state of movies today. Of course, a diamond shows up in the garbage, like An Inconveinent Truth, or No Country... This an blaring the 'Hitler' Channel, is what gets my goat with my Dad

Melinda65 Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM EST

Mandi, maybe your dad is a fan of Ira Levin, enjoyed the book, and wanted to see the movie. The novel was pretty good, as I recall (it must have been, as when I was recently cleaning out my stash of books I discovered that I had two copies of it. Then again, they were both freebies from the library, so maybe not enough people were checking it out.) Then again, I read it years ago and remember very little beyond the basic plot. And it may be just me, but having Deliverance at #1 on a movie queue is more disturbing.

My parents don't have Netflix--my mom just DVRs Hallmark Channel movies and watches them when the satellite goes out. My husband and I don't subscribe to Netflix, either; we don't even have the time to watch the DVDs that I buy or check out from the library, so subscribing to Netflix would be a waste.

Rebecca Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM EST

My mother recently got a Netflix subscription, and has been adding a random assortment, such as Penelope and some Tarantino. My father complained that he "never gets to pick a movie." She let him pick one movie and he got the privilege revoked after queuing up the new X-Files movie.

Elena Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:34 AM EST

We just got netflix and my dad became obsessed with queue-ing the worst horror movies ever invented. Braineaters? Seriously, dad?
(Doesn't help that my mom is beyond squeamish. Poor lady...)

Aramena Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:12 AM EST

My mom and I talk about our Netflix movies quite a bit, and we have a lot of the same stuff in our queues. My mom is the one who instilled in me and my sisters a love of movies.

Alli Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM EST

My mom's Netflix list has some good stuff on it (current releases such as Burn After Reading), some obscure stuff(something with 'leprechan' in the title, but not the horror movie), and some stuff that curiously already have her ratings on them. I asked her if she was renting them again because they were good and she said, "No, I just can't remember if I saw them already." THAT makes me scared for my future.

Snarf Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:02 AM EST

Sounds like your folks are going through theyre second adolecence..I can relate I caught mine smoking a joint last summer! lol

Vicky Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM EST

My parents don't get Netflix, but I do see what movies they rent and buy. While my mom barely watches any movies, my dad will watch just about anything once. He'll even watch Hilary Duff movies. And his rating scale? Anything above an "It was ok..." is good movie to my dad.

Also, he use to watch TV in our old basement, but since we moved he now views everything in the family room. Now I see all his wonderful movie choices from TV which of course includes Cyborg 2 starring Angelina Jolie. I kinda wish he'd watch stuff in our basement again...

Donovan Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM EST

Yeah, for some reason I liked Sliver too. I still own a copy on VHS.

Kristen in KY Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM EST

Last night my Mom called and asked if I wanted to borrow "Tropic Thunder" or "The House Bunny" before she returned them to NetFlix.

Carrie Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM EST

Somehow I doubt my folks Netflix queue will ever become mine, or vice versa. I don't see them developing a love for Daniel Craig movies, BBC sci-fi or GLBT flicks. And I don't see me losing that love.

This does remind me of the time I found Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers amongst the grown up movies my Dad kept stashed under his bed. Suprisingly, I'd have been less disturbed if I'd just found straight up porn flicks!

Court Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:46 AM EST

That's actually kind of amusing, because I manage my dad's Netflix entirely. He doesn't have a computer, so I set the whole thing up for him. He calls and tells me what movies he wants me to put on there, or else I'll see one I know he will like and put it on for him. So our queues are virtually identical, at times.

Billy Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM EST

My father just got an account, and the first thing on his quene was the entire Sopranos series. Which is awesome. My dad actually enjoys good, current television. I would watch it with him, but then we feel awkward during Tony Soprano sex scenes. No one should have to watch that man make love while a parent is in the room. :(

Arsenio Billingham Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM EST

When my parents got Netflix, the first thing they did was spend the summer getting the first five seasons of "24" to get caught up with the new season. I love my parents.