Dec. 27, 2019
By Julia Glowacki
Staff Writer
2020 marks the start of a new decade. It also signals the departure of several shows and movies that are currently available on Netflix.
When the new decade begins, Netflix will be getting rid of “Friends.” This popular ‘90’s sitcom is about six friends who experience life together in Manhattan. Over the course of 10 seasons, the main characters—Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer)—go through every life experience from love, marriage and children to fights, divorce and heartbreak.
Junior Jennifer Kelly, who considers herself to be a major “Friends” fan, said she likes the show because it can be watched repeatedly without getting bored.
“‘Friends’ is one of those shows that you can watch a million times,” Kelly said.
Kelly, who grew up watching “Friends” with her grandparents, said its elimination from Netflix makes her upset.
“I love how the show has such a thick plot line, yet every episode is something new, so I can turn on a random episode but still be intrigued by the plot,” Kelly said.
Kelly has watched the entire series twice on Netflix but said she has seen random episodes on TV “millions” of times.
“I don’t think I’d ever fully give up Netflix, but there are other platforms grabbing my attention currently. I think without ‘Friends,’ I will be using Netflix a lot less,” said Kelly, who has been a subscriber for nearly eight years.
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“‘Friends’ is one of those shows that you can watch a million times.”
One movie set for removal at the end of January is the 2003 drama and romantic comedy “Something’s Gotta Give.” In this film, couple Harry Stanborn (Jack Nickleson) and his young girlfriend Marin Klein (Amanda Peet) encounter her mother Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) when they are staying at the family’s beach house in the Hamptons. Following their arrival, Harry has a heart attack that leaves him on bed rest. He soon finds himself falling in love with his girlfriend’s mother who is taking care of him.
English teacher Ms. Coppola, who is an avid Netflix watcher, said she was sad to learn that “Something’s Gotta Give” is being removed from the streaming platform.
“The movie isn’t the greatest rom-com, but the house in that movie is amazing,” Coppola said.
The house that was used as a set sold for $41 million in 2014, according to Yahoo! Entertainment.
“I think I first watched [‘Something’s Gotta Give’] on Prime, but when it disappeared from the Prime lineup, I found it again on Netflix,” said Coppola, who rewatched the movie just to see the impressive house again.
“Zombieland” will also be leaving Netflix on Jan. 31.
This 2009 film is about four teenagers—Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin)—who survive the virus that has taken over their town and turned everyone into zombies. Battling against the hungry undead, these four survivors abide by a list of survival rules on their way to a safe haven in Los Angeles.
Junior Jarrett Hibbits said he is sad the action film will no longer be available.
“I hate to see this movie leave, and I’m very disappointed because it’s a great movie,” Hibbits said. “My favorite aspect of this movie is that it can be seen as a horror movie and a comedy. All the humor and jokes through the entire thing make me laugh so much.”
Hibbits said the elimination of “Zombieland” is contributing to his interest in moving away from Netflix and towards another streaming service.
“I would probably switch to Disney+ since it has most of my childhood shows,” Hibbits said.
A final film that will be leaving Netflix at the end of January is “Grease.” The 1978 classic depicts friendships, romance and adventure through the eyes of exchange student Sandy Olsson (Oliva Newton-John) and John Travolta (Danny Zuko), who fall in love in the most successful movie musical of all time.
Junior Kayla Beurklian said “Grease” is one of her all-time favorite films.
“The fact that Netflix will no longer be streaming ‘Grease’ makes me upset because ‘Grease’ is my favorite movie, and it is something my family and I always watch and enjoy,” Beurklian said.
She said Danny Zuko is her favorite character in the movie.
“He is very funny and one of the better dancers in the film,” Beurklian said.
Beurklian said she is unhappy “Grease” will no longer be available on Netflix.
“I think I will be on Netflix a little less, but I will be on the platform watching other movies I greatly enjoy,” said Beurklian.
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