According to this Slate article the movie Netflix members love to rent, but have the hardest time watching is Hotel Rwanda, with Schindler’s List coming in a close second. There are also stories of keeping a movie for months before watching them (or not.)
I have been a Netflix member 2 separate times. The first was from May 2000 to October 2004 when I was a 4 at a time unlimited member. The second time from January 2006 until present where I started as one at a time and recently bumped it up to two at a time. Looking over the difference between membership periods, when I was a 4 at a time user, the time a movie was kept on my coffee table was a lot worse than now when I can only have two out at a time.
The movie with the “honor” of being in my possession the longest was Better Luck Tomorrow at 75 days. The disc I kept the absolute longest was a TV one, The X-Files: Season 2: Disc 3, which sat around the house for 12 weeks (84 days.) Considering that I think of myself as a big X-Files fan I was surprised to find that of my top 10 delayed watched discs, four of them were from that show.
I’ve done much better this time around because the longest out movie is A Scanner Darkly at a mere 18 days. The worse TV show disc was Due South: Season 1: Disc 1 at twelve days in waiting.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 348
One day I’m going to give netflix a go. Perhaps when I get the whole need a comfy chair problem taken care of for my room.