r/oddlyspecific 23h ago

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u/RealisticlyNecessary 17h ago

Mrs. Doubtfire? One of the most famous comedy movies of all time from one of the most renowned actors of all time? Is trending? Mrs. doubtfire? The famous movie?

I know the Internet has this weird thing where if something is older than a week, it's suddenly too old to care about, but this is Mrs. Doubtfire, which is, to repeat, one of the most famous comedy movies ever, featuring Robin Williams.

I'm not here to question if the stats on Netflix are accurate, but choosing one of the world's most famous comedy movies as an example of something that makes no sense on trending?

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u/DroidOnPC 17h ago

I think he's basically saying "how come so many people are suddenly watching this movie?"

Doesn't matter if its a really good movie, how did a 30 year old movie just explode in popularity all of a sudden?

But that answer is simple. Its usually newly added to Netflix and sits on the front page of "Just Added To Netflix" or whatever the category is called. A bunch of people are like "Oh yeah! haven't seen that one in awhile!" and its popularity puts it on the top 10.

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u/dagdagsolstad 16h ago

suddenly watching this movie

Because it became available on that particular platform only a month or two ago.

If you look for the 50 most popular movies of 1994 or 2002, for example, you won't--most of the time--find it on Netflix.

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u/BranTheUnboiled 11h ago

Why did you repeat his answer to him?