visual77 » netflix http://visual77.com Ramblings from Steve Phillips Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:19:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Netflix prize – Someone won $1m for this suggestion? http://visual77.com/blog/2009/12/the-netflix-prize-someone-won-1m-for-this-suggestion/ http://visual77.com/blog/2009/12/the-netflix-prize-someone-won-1m-for-this-suggestion/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:58:17 +0000 visual77 http://www.visual77.com/blog/?p=489

After ignoring this section of Netflix for a bit too long, I finally gave the suggestion system a try. I entered movie suggestions for 15 or so minutes (skipping a lot of movies that I never saw or hadn’t seen recently enough to accurately judge), and this is my result:

Have you ever wondered what you get when you mix David Attenborough’s fantastic biopic of Gandhi with Larry David’s awkwardly hilarious Curb Your Enthusiasm (season 3, in particular)? I know I haven’t. Netflix has the answer! The answer is Life in the Undergrowth, a documentary by David Attenborough and the life and habits of invertebrates.

Thanks Netflix!

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