Of course, the key isn’t learning to read these page-long descriptions of a genre of movie
but to figure out who made what part of that title. I can guarantee, for example, that
my dad’s coffee-pouring intellectual Swedish movies (that he never watches dubbed,
Micaela, have some integrity!) is what got the “Cerebral” all up in there. My brother and
I go for the mindless action movies with some kickass chicks and a plotline that I can
understand while avoiding my homework (Serenity is the latest one I watched – and if
you haven’t seen it? Do it. Now.) That, or full TV shows: I got through Downton Abbey
in 24 hours, Firefly in a few days (because I had to take breaks for homework), and I’m
making my way back through Xena and Legend of the Seeker. I also just started Robin
Hood. (What homework?)

While my dad and I are fighting via Netflix over existentialism vs explosions, my mom
tends to go for more period pieces, or thrillers. (Don’t ask how our movie preferences
make any sense whatsoever. I don’t even try to understand it.) And she likes them a little
dark, and a little funny. She’s the one who showed me Wild Target, a hilarious British
comedy with (drum roll) a harrowing lead and some decent action sequences. (It’s like
we’re related or something.)

The one part that remains a mystery is romantic comedy – literally no one in my family
really likes them, save a few that… aren’t really funny or romantic. I can only assume
that Netflix has found that one line in one of my dad’s Tree of Life-esque movies that
it read as funny (when I was in the movie theater seeing that movie, I can tell you I
was nearly pissing my pants laughing) or my Bourne movies that read as romantic and
put those two together. Until then, I’m waiting for the latest and greatest Netflix genre
suggestion for me.

What’s the craziest genre Netflix has tried to give you?