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Yeah, there's a lot of good stuff on Netflix. A lot of great series and movies. There is also 'A LOT OF STUFF' on Netflix. Too much, if you ask me. In fact, the supply is so overwhelming, that it's often hard to see the forest through the trees.
Several times, I ended up not watching anything at all, because I couldn't make a selection or wasn't able to find something interesting enough.
If you're using Netflix yourself, you must be familiar with that feeling.
I don't aim to guide you through the Netflix forest. I have considered doing that but there's just too much on there. I don't have the time for it. I would only recommend what I have seen. Besides that, Netflix offers different things in every country. So, whatever I would recommend, might not be available where you're located.
From Netflix to MUBI
I recently paused my Netflix membership and went back to a different streaming site that few people know. That doesn't mean it's less interesting, it's just not mainstream. This platform offers a supply of movies that is way closer to my taste and - more importantly - it's very easy to oversee, as there's only 30 movies at a time, available on there.
Every film plays for 30 days and then disappears. Every day a new film replaces the one that stops playing. A pretty ingenuous system, if you ask me.
Movies for Cinephiles / Film Lovers
I studied film and I might be some what of a film snob at times - I have difficulty enjoying typical ( Hollywood ) blockbusters, as they are often doing anything but focusing on story.
Besides that, I just love European cinema, classic / older movies and smaller - more story based films - that can only be found in smaller or arthouse cinemas. Unless, of course, they win important prices at film festivals and get a re-run or chance to be seen by a wider audience. Take, the French Amélie (2001), for example. This is one of the best examples of an arthouse film going mainstream.
A Little Background, further Info on MUBI
Apparently, MUBI started in 2007. It was originally intended as a social media platform for cinephiles. It started out on the Playstation 3, in 2010, as an app on the PSN store.
IN 2013 and 2014 it went multi platform and worldwide. By now, it has over 8 million subscribers.
Today, I finished watching a Portuguese film from 2008. It was at the end of its 30 day cycle and I'm in Portugal. Furthermore, I had been wanting to watch Portuguese films for a long, long time.
To give you and idea of the diversity of the 30 movies, that are available to watch. As of writing, MUBI offers movies from Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Poland, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Russia and Iran.
There's films from unknown directors as well as from classic auteurs like Marcel Carné, Luis Bunuel, Theo Angelopoulos and Jean Luc Godard. Ranging from the year 1938 to this year, 2018.
It's possible to test the platform for a week and see if you like it. And - as is the case with Netflix - you can end your subscription whenever you feel like. In fact, you can even pause it for a month ( or so ), if you are out of money.
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Image Source the image above this post gives you an idea of the type of films that are playing on here.
Thanks for the recommendation bro.
By the way, yesterday I watched a movie called unsane, it is a thriller and the fun thing is that it was filmed using an iPhone :P but that didn't stopped Matt Damon from appearing for 2 minutes in the movie hahah
You're welcome
I checked out that title you mention and I see it's a project directed by Steven Soderbergh, who is one of the more experimental mainstream filmmakers from the USA. Besides stuff like Ocean's Eleven, he has also worked on totally different small projects like the low budget 2005 film Bubble. That's probably the film by him that I enjoyed most.
Thanks for informing me about unsane :>)
Hey, my dear! Thanks for mentioning my name! I never had Netflix and it has been almost 3 years I'm on Mubi...lovely place, some good movies, their description/captions sometimes are a bit lame/racist/imperialistic though. My girlfriend sent 3/4 complain emails... :) Enjoy!
Cool to hear you're also on MUBI. I knew nobody else who uses it, besides me.
Your girlfriend must be the complainer type. She reminds me of my mom ;>)
I had no idea Mubi was a thing, but your title had me immediately jump on in here to find out more. I think I definitely will check it out with the trial once I've had more of a browse through its selection.
Awesome! I think you might like it there ;>)
Will have to check.it out. Rarely a decent movie on netflix. We have our government funded SBS Australia which plays good foreign and arthouse films for free. Whats a good recent one you have watched recently? No Lynch please 😄💖
I did watch a good one the other day.. a sci fi kinda thing called Endless i think... made on a budget amd good fun..
Finally someone who agrees with me that there's too much crap on Netflix ;>)
I tried to stay polite though, as I don't like to be a negative Nelly.
Talking about good recent arthouse films, that's a tough one. I might need to delve into my letterboxd history for that. FInd me on Discord for more movie recommendations, as I might forget about your question.
Never heard of The Endless. It looks and sounds interesting. I'll put it on my to watch list
Bye for now!
There's a lot of rubbish there for sure. I quite like some of the BBC series though as they are often very well produced, but not enough to really rate Netflix in terms of MOVIES. If you've got a VPN, check out SBS Australia which have a lot of good foreign films. I haven't watched art house per se for a long time though. When we used to go the DVD shop it seemed we had more choice - probably as big companies like Netflix weren't deciding what we watched. Plus, you could pick up the titles physically, peruse the covers, the blurbs, look at the different sections - it was just better for watching a greater range of films and we had a really good local video shop (not blockbuster) - those were the days. It's shut now of course.
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Woah!!! I almost missed out this post. And I understand the feeling of the what to watch and shutting the laptop down after having multiple choices and watching nothing. This is the third day, to be frank, That I have sat down and browsed through but hadn't watched anything. :-(
Let's hope tomorrow to be little different. :-)
I have heard about the MUBI, But It 'sounds' like something that I love.
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