Netflix & eHarmony

Natalie thinks that "Netflix and eHarmony should get together and set up a dating service where the sole criteria is movie ratings. They have a built in client base! I wouldn't use the service myself, since I am married, but I think it would be a much more accurate "personality profile" to know if the person you were considering dating liked Roadhouse better than Oldboy. These are the things you really need to know."

Comments

[sykoboy]

I predominantly enjoy "B" sci-fi and horror. My wife does not enjoy these, which is not out of the ordinary. It's a fact that women enjoy chick flicks and mainstream drama movies over movies form any other genre. So, I don't know one can obtain an accurate vibe for one's personality in terms of compatibility by knowing one's movie preferences. However, like Mike said, one can do some one-to-one comparisons using mainstream movies, e.g., did you both like Fahrenheit 9/11 (what political views do they have), Airplane (gauge their style of humor), etc. However, if she loved "Wedding Crashers" or "40 Year Old Virgin", one word of advice... RUN!... only an idiot sheep could like dreck bland humor. Last modern funny movie made was "There's Something About Mary". My wife, then girlfriend, and I both liked it. However, she thought I was going to have a heart attack during the 'retard' and 'cripple' scenes since I laughed so hard. To get back on topic, I feel bad for youngsters these days since Hollywood just doesn't put out any funny date-movies for them.

[urban bohemian]

I don't know that I agree with sykoboy's assessment that women enjoy chick flicks, etc more. I think we just couldn't think of a better name for that particular form of mushy drama.

I wouldn't mind a matching service based on movie choices and ratings, so long as it wasn't eHarmony since they don't care for same-sex relationships, nor will they match people who are separated or divorced (as recent lawsuits show). I was watching AMC and saw that they do a movie date night: http://www.amctv.com/article?CID=2033-1--0-3-EST which seems like a fun idea. Speed dating with movies!

[nndonovan]

I agree, e-harmony is evil. I was throwing that name out as a generic-getting-people-together site. They all seem evil in one way or another to me, which is why Netflix Plus (which is what I decided to call my idea when I sent it to Netflix) would match people, even just for friendships-with no criteria other that what movies you love and what movies you hate. I would use the service I am suggesting to find "friends" who enjoy the same movies I do! I love to look into people's queues, and this would help me find queues that could lead me to undiscovered wonders! Based on my movie ratings, they wouldn't send me to people who loved "Ernest Scared Stupid". I would get new ideas for movies, and maybe just make a new movie buddy in the mean time. I haven't worked out the kinks yet, but I think that my reviews and ratings are a much more accurate "personality profile" than any of the 100 personality points they advertise obsessively on tv commercials!

[Nereid]

well, i'm a girl, but i actually hate mushy romance movies, in truth i'm more of a 'horror' movie girl, and science fiction too. Though i do have my limits as to what kind of horror movies...i'd watch a movie with monsters, creatures, or supernatural genres, but if it's something as disgusting as "Slither" no thank you. too disgusting for my taste, as well as just plain creepy.

i thin it really depends on what we're willing to watch, and how far into the genre we'd go. :)