"The Way We Enjoy Netflix and Chill"

 

"The Way We Enjoy Netflix and Chill"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

My wife and I have very busy schedules and so we want to spend our time by watching things that both amuse and enrich us. May it be a series or movie we want to be happy once it is over. 

We recommend movies and series to each other. My wife saves Netflix dates for us to just chill to at home. So we developed 3 rules. 

1)  The One Episode Rule

When watching a new Drama or Documentary we would slog through one episode and at the end of it if we find it interesting enough we continue.  

This is what happened when I recommended Start-up to her.

Some series are just slow in their build up. I found the first episode of Kingdom really boring. Thank goodness I stayed around for the 2nd episode to see all the running.

The first episode really makes or breaks a series for us and we rarely give a series a second chance even if it is highly recommended by online guides.

2)  Twenty Minute Rule

When we recommend movies to each other we apply a 20 minute rule , the movie should be able to hook us within this time span otherwise it would be a waste of time to continue watching. 

We also stop the movie if we feel that at the get go it is going to be garbage. 

How can we tell if it is garbage?

No Character development 

No Interesting Dialogue

No Interesting Scenes

While we feel that profanity is warranted in a lot of situations if a movie starts with a profanity laced monologue that doesn't warrant it we feel that that is just lazy writing.

There are many ways to say fuck but it is surely better to show us how fucked or fucked up some characters are than to have them say that word again and again for effect.

3) Too political

While there is nothing wrong about tackling political issues in Documentaries and Movies we somehow draw the line when we feel like a character is no longer talking like a real person. If I find that a character has been talking gibberish words for 5 minutes on end not really progressing the plot with the monologue. We stop what we are watching. There will be platforms to push political agendas but not on our downtime. 

There you go. I hope that this also helps you enjoy your downtime.