Instant movies are for the most part horrible

Can anyone explain from a business standpoint why shipping movies is more economical than instant stream? it seems Netflix would rather ship movies.................

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Permalink Reply by Waterfowlmagnet on November 15, 2009 at 11:03am: Seems like the K-mart approach, a bunch of crap that no one wants at a price they can't refuse,; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by YnEoS on November 15, 2009 at 11:08am: First off, Netflix doesn't decide what movies are on Instant Watch, the distributors do. Distributors make more money off DVD sales, so they don't want their most popular films out on Instant Watch where you can watch them anytime. People will be less likely to buy new releases if they can just watch it instantly anytime. DVD Rentals on the other hand are a one time thing for the most part since you have to ship it back, so if it's a movie you want to watch over and over, you'll be forced to buy it.

Secondly, while I agree there's a lot of crap on Instant Watch, there's a lot of really great stuff to. Though a lot of it isn't really mainstream blockbuster stuff, but still really good and entertaining. It can be a bit difficult to find the good stuff sometimes, but there's a group here called Watch Instant - Treasure Hunters dedicated to finding good things to watch instantly.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on November 15, 2009 at 11:10am: You're right. So why are you still subscribing?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Waterfowlmagnet on December 2, 2009 at 3:29pm: Well I do still get them in the mail............................................; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on November 15, 2009 at 11:17am: * A Few Good Men 1992
* Eyes Wide Shut 1999
* The Shawshank Redemption: Special Edition 1994
* Barton Fink 1991
* Braveheart 1995
* Good Night, and Good Luck 2005
* Miracle at St. Anna 2008
* Powder Blue 2009
* Full Metal Jacket 1987
* Wendy and Lucy 2008
* WALL-E 2008
* Let the Right One In 2008
* Ronin 1998
* Die Hard 1988
* The Big Lebowski 1998
* Best in Show 2000
* Man on Wire 2008
* Serenity 2005

Some are good, some are bad. But hardly as bad as you make it sound. And yes, like Yneos said above, Netflix would love to offload the new releases and such onto Instant Watch, but the studios won't dare upset their DVD release schedule.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces on November 15, 2009 at 11:33am: I always get a kick out of people who say the movies on Instant Watch are bad. Instant Watch has a variety of choices - just like in DVDs. It has Award winners, independent, foreign, great movies, bad movies - just like in DVDs. It's kind of like if I said why does Baskin Robbins have so many terrible flavors! They don't have terrible flavors - just some I don't like. Instant Watch has movies you don't like but others will. If you named 10 movies you think are great someone on here will think they are terrible. Here's a couple of links you can use to search for Instant Watch movies:

Instantwatcher.com - has several ways to sort.

Streaming Soon on Netflix - shows what's coming to Instant Watch soon so you can queue them.

Instant Watch is a great way to try something new without using a DVD space. If you like horror - try classic or foreign horror. If you like westerns - try spaghetti westerns. It's easy to turn them off if you don't like them.

Here's a few more I didn't see on Spin's list:
The Good the Bad and The Ugly
12 Monkeys
1984
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Audition
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Bonnie and Clyde
Cashback
Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
A Christmas Story
Clay Pigeons
Cool Hand Luke
Das Boot
Dog Day Afternoon
Enemy of the State; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces on November 15, 2009 at 11:59am: Use this updated link - Streaming Soon on Netflix - shows what's coming to Instant Watch soon so you can queue them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by parrotluver on November 15, 2009 at 12:25pm: First off I would Like to Thank Robo for his Fantastic Instant Watch Lists! He Puts So Much Time in To Provide all of us with Great up to Date Lists!
and all the OTHERS! on Movie Fans! Who Also Take the Time To Create Great Lists For Us!

I Have Found Some Very Entertaining Movies! On I.W That are Really Great Flicks! just go to my page and click on be my Friend and you can see my I.W List.. Also
If you Love ACTION/THRILLERS as much as me! check out my other Lists!
I Have Seen Every Heist, Home invasion, Bank Robbery,Street Racing, Card Scam,Grifter Flick Ever Made! I Love Violent Flicks! if you Do Check Em out!
BTW; I thought about the $100,s of I Have Paid N.F for Rentals that ended up on I.W
i,m on 8@ time $52.99 a month A Lotta money wasted LOL; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on November 15, 2009 at 12:57pm: I Have Seen Every Heist, Home invasion, Bank Robbery,Street Racing, Card Scam,Grifter Flick Ever Made!

So what do you think of Rififi?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jumpspeed on November 15, 2009 at 1:52pm: You can watch Deadgirl on IW. Two "teenages" find a zombie/vampire chick, and f*ck it... Not Bad.. Not Bad at all.; ▶ Reply to This