Netflix now has a new category for movies that are sure to prevent anyone's legs from falling asleep.
A recent report from The Verge mentioned that Netflix actually added a "short-ass movie" category for movies shorter than one hour and 30 minutes following a Saturday Night Live (SNL) rap from Pete Davidson about them.
Netflix spokesperson Kumiko Hidaka's reply to The Verge mentioned that users can now access the new Netflix category starting10 a.m. PT on April 4. However, some users cannot seem to find it on the Netflix app despite the app being available on the Netflix official website.
Netflix Short-Ass Movie Details
The "short-ass movie" category was directly inspired by an SNL rap from Pete Davidson, who used the rap song to talk about his desire to watch movies that run "at most an hour [and] 40 [minutes]." Davidson was joined by Chriss Redd, Simon Rex, and rapper Gunna during the rap song.
The rap song can be watched on SNL's official Twitter page.
Netflix quote-tweeted the SNL rap song to its official Twitter page, casually saying "good idea" and adding a link that directs people to the streaming service's new category.
The new category contains a list of movies organized by genre that are one and half hours at least and one hour and 40 minutes long at most. Interestingly, Netflix did not include Davidson's picks in his rap song, such as "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Lion King."
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What the category does include, though, are movies like "The Dictator," "Scary Movie," "The Boy Next Door," and "A Quiet Place," all of them running around one hour and 30 minutes - exactly what Davidson wanted.
Another Interesting point is that Netflix already had a "short-ass movie" category before it added the new category to its app.
The streaming service has a "Movies Under 90 Minutes" category that lists movies under 90 minutes or one hour and 30 minutes at most. The category makes the "short-ass movies" category somewhat redundant. However, The Verge agreed that the "short-ass movie" category sends a clear message to viewers looking to watch those movies than the "Movies Under 90 Minutes" category does.
Users' Reaction to "Short-Ass Movies" Category
Netflix users seem to like the addition of the new category to the streaming service, with some people calling it "a good idea" and "Pete's legacy."
Others are calling it a good marketing scheme, such as Twitter users @mollamar and @tracyl0w.
Why Them "Long-Ass Movies?"
CNN previously reported in February that film experts found that films with a recognizable intellectual property like Marvel films tend to dominate the box office due to them becoming "event movies" that are often connected to other movies, like sequels, or TV projects. These "event movies" can also set up future installments, which push moviemakers to stretch out their movies' runtime.
Film experts also added that moviemakers find no incentive in making "short-ass movies" as movies that run well over three hours, like "Avengers: Endgame," tend to set box-office records.
