One of the most expensive movies ever made came out this year, but no one remembers it and it sank like a stone on Netflix. Welcome to the era of the algorithm movie.
Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless affairs. But is there a happy ending?
theguardian.com