So, admitedly, I am a subscriber of Netflix. Have been for about 5 years now. When you live in a place where it is almost impossible to get TV (though that is changed now), and the closest movie theater is about 30 miles away, a service where dvds come to you is a great thing.
However, changing what works is not. Netflix is notorious for doing this. They have made it harder and harder to be part of a "community." Granted, I can just pick the movies that I like, put them in the queue and wait for them to come, this is not all I want to do. I am one that tends to forget things unless they are written down right in front of me. Lists are one of the features that makes Netflix great. Or were. Yep, they "updated" the movie pages, so that you can no longer add a movie directly from the page, but have to go to the list and make sure that you haven't already put it on there, and then add it in. This increases the chance that you will add the wrong movie of the same or a similar title to the list. They have also made it more difficult to look at what your friends are doing, watching, recommending, etc. You have to search out the "Friends" link, which is now buried at the bottom of the page. This is so they can make "instant viewing" more accessible. Some of us have "high-speed dial up" and can't use that feature anyway, so I don't care to see anything about it on the main page.
The need to fix something that isn't broken, doesn't make sense to me. So, since they have done this, lists of movies may potentially wind up here from time to time. Just a warning...
It will also be beneficial, as if it is too far out, it is not listed on Netflix at all, so it will be a way to keep track of the movies that are still in planning or production.
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