Ewww this data is not well presented tbh.

Agreed. It gets better with each rewatch.

Watching a Ryan Reynolds movie for the plot is the equivalent of watching porn for the plot

That seems like a pretty stupid metric to use no? Run time is gonna significantly affect results

They're pretty mediocre movies that are heavily advertised on the netflix main page. I think the main audience are people who just sit down and want to watch something entertaining for 2 hours. Not many people are specifically looking to watch them.

I follow popular media relatively well, but I've only heard about 4 of these movies and watched 2.

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Especially because that movie is like 14 hours long and this chart is based on hours.

Check the X axis. It does precisely what you’re suggesting, just not in the way you requested.

Glass Onion was great.

The bottom line is, it was a comedy that wasn't funny. I think I chuckled 2 or 3 times during the whole thing.

I get that it can be difficult to make a comedy out of a serious issue, but the iron rule of comedy doesn't change with the subject matter:

"A comedy must be funny, or it becomes annoying."

Red Notice is also probably the most disappointing movie on Netflix.

I guess thats normal for someone that doesnt watch a lot of movies

Yeah, if you want a good Ryan Reynolds movie, go watch the Adam Project.

I think that also counts for a substantial number of the views for Don't Look Up and Birdbox.

I 100% did this. I watched it when it was released and thought it was just okay.

I watched it again like a month ago honestly thinking “maybe it’s better then I remember.”

It wasn’t.

there’s not much known about his potential policies tbh, other than the fact that he plans to hold democratic elections in Jul 2024

It is crazy that The Irishman is not that viewed. I guess it is just another example of good does not equal popular.

They are good guys, when world have shortage of oil and there is a country nearby that is happy to sell it overseas, meh

Haha, what's that old 2nd player challenge line? "A Challenger has arrived!"

allow me to introduce myself

https://www.tiktok.com/@jamessavoulidis/video/7189336686780894465

With every new girlfriend its even more sus. I know the meme is when he breaks up with them, but when did he meet them? Did he meet this newest one in the last year or two? Has he known her since before she was legal?

Also (imo at least) not a ‘background’ type of movie. I don’t particularly do a lot of rewatching in general as there’s so much unseen content I want to get to, but when I do, it’s very often something I don’t need to pay much attention to because the time I’ll do said rewatching is when I’m semi preoccupied and won’t singularly focus on the movie/show.

That’s where these ‘it was fine I guess’ blockbuster style movies that make up most of this chart (and pop culture in general) really shine. I can turn on Red Notice and just poke my head out at particular scenes where the movie is actually at it’s best, or just listen for the quippy dialogue bits that stand out. Repeat for tons and tons of movie examples we can think of that follow this style.

Knives Out might be the exception here, but I guess on rewatch the mystery is solved and you can kinda watch it with less focus so maybe not.

With the nature of how Netflix promo works I can see people missing releases all the time if they are not caught at release. Movie was plastered all over Netflix at and around release but it is likely Netflix moved on to a different thing less than a week it launched.

Such is the nature of fast entertainment.