Your Netflix queue

[abcdefz]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
His Girl Friday
Harold Lloyd Collection: Vol. 1: Disc 1
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Bonus
White Heat
Last Days
Ugetsu
Ugetsu: Bonus Material
All About My Mother
Unfaithfully Yours
Ninotchka
The Squid and the Whale
Shadow of a Doubt
Days of Wine and Roses
Bad Education
The Last Laugh
Band of Outsiders
Alphaville

[skinnybutphat]

I've seen all of those, like a long time ago, and they all suck.

[skinnybutphat]

Especially Ugetsu: Bonus Material

[abcdefz]

Cool. I need to start hating movies, anyway. (y)

[mickill]

I'm sure that there won't be much of a wait for any of those movies.

[b-grrrlie]

What's Netflix?

[abcdefz]

...renting movies by mail.

They've got different plans, but basically, you pay a flat monthly fee and they send you movies and return envelopes.

So, I think I pay $15 a month, and I can rent as many movies as I want but I can have two at a time at most. When I finish a movie, I pop it in their prepaid envelope, drop it in the mail, and have the next movie on my want list in three days, usually. It's pretty cool.

[marsdaddy]

Right now my Netflix queue is blocked by "How to lose a guy in 10 days". Be thankful yours is not.

[abcdefz]

Right now my Netflix queue is blocked by "How to lose a guy in 10 days". Be thankful yours is not.


Damned instructional videos! :mad:

[b-grrrlie]

...renting movies by mail.

They've got different plans, but basically, you pay a flat monthly fee and they send you movies and return envelopes.

So, I think I pay $15 a month, and I can rent as many movies as I want but I can have two at a time at most. When I finish a movie, I pop it in their prepaid envelope, drop it in the mail, and have the next movie on my want list in three days, usually. It's pretty cool.
Ooh we have those here as well, can't remember what they're called tho. I don't have a DVD player (except on my computer) so I've never bothered to check for any movies, don't like watching movies on a small screen.
Oh yeah and here they are actually cheaper, like $3-5 a month, and you can have at least three at home at the same time (the postage is the same up to three cd's I think). So actually I really should sign up as well, it is so cheap.

[ASsman]

Kickass, I must get into the shit. Have a lot of movies to watch... but first, a job!

[DandyFop]

I just signed up for it again and am running into the same problem I had last time, which is that I have no time to fucking watch any of them.

The three I have now are:

The Motorcycle Diaries
City of God
Naked Lunch

and my queue

The Station Agent

Requiem for a Dream

Dirty Pretty Things

The Bicycle Thief (yes I am a film major and have not seen this)
Reservoir Dogs

Blue Velvet

Mulholland Drive

Z

Six Feet Under: Season 1

Queer as Folk: Season 1

The L Word: Season 1

Gandhi

North by Northwest

Strangers on a Train: Special Edition

Lost in Translation

The Virgin Suicides

Igby Goes Down

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

The United States of Leland

The Believer

Max

The Office: Series 1

The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie

Lost Boys of Sudan

12 Monkeys

Seven

Sleepers

Spellbound

Pieces of April

Thirteen

The Piano

Pi: Faith in Chaos

Clerks: First Cut (Not Theatrical Version)

The Office: Series 2

The Battle of Algiers

Cool Hand Luke

Bewitched

The Hours

Boys Don't Cry

Pulp Fiction

The Limey

sex, lies, and videotape

8 Mile

The Aviator

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

A Streetcar Named Desire Recommended based on your ratings

Mr. Mom

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[rirv]

The Bicycle Thief (yes I am a film major and have not seen this)

I did one unit in film last year as an option and I watched that in about the third week. It's actually really good. Really, really sad. The Italian sounds lovely in it. Molto bene Mario. Pizza for-a me-a. Where is-a my bicicletta?

[DandyFop]

Yeah I'm excited about that one...if I ever fucking get there!

[jackrock]

Damned instructional videos! :mad:
haha :D

[enree erzweglle]

Grace of My Heart
Crash
Junebug
The Conversation
Bonhoeffer
Into the Arms of Strangers
Who Are the DeBolts?
In the Realms of the Unreal
The Corporation
Jazz Casual: John Coltrane
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Mystery of Picasso
To Die For
Baby van Gogh
Dark Days
Genghis Blues
Pi: Faith in Chaos
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Bleak House
Miller's Crossing


saved:
A History of Violence
Shake Hands with the Devil
Why We Fight

[marsdaddy]

A bit ambitious list? Just think it terms of 3 movies at a time.

BTW, take the time to watch City of God, at least.

I just signed up for it again and am running into the same problem I had last time, which is that I have no time to fucking watch any of them.

The three I have now are:

The Motorcycle Diaries
City of God
Naked Lunch

and my queue

The Station Agent

Requiem for a Dream

Dirty Pretty Things

The Bicycle Thief (yes I am a film major and have not seen this)
Reservoir Dogs

Blue Velvet

Mulholland Drive

Z

Six Feet Under: Season 1

Queer as Folk: Season 1

The L Word: Season 1

Gandhi

North by Northwest

Strangers on a Train: Special Edition

Lost in Translation

The Virgin Suicides

Igby Goes Down

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

The United States of Leland

The Believer

Max

The Office: Series 1

The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie

Lost Boys of Sudan

12 Monkeys

Seven

Sleepers

Spellbound

Pieces of April

Thirteen

The Piano

Pi: Faith in Chaos

Clerks: First Cut (Not Theatrical Version)

The Office: Series 2

The Battle of Algiers

Cool Hand Luke

Bewitched

The Hours

Boys Don't Cry

Pulp Fiction

The Limey

sex, lies, and videotape

8 Mile

The Aviator

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

A Streetcar Named Desire Recommended based on your ratings

Mr. Mom

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[abcdefz]

Naked Lunch




heart heart heart heart heart

[abcdefz]

I did one unit in film last year as an option and I watched that in about the third week. It's actually really good. Really, really sad. The Italian sounds lovely in it. Molto bene Mario. Pizza for-a me-a. Where is-a my bicicletta?


...check Umberto D, also. Some folks think it's even better; it's kind of a toss up for me.

Also, if you like this style, you've gotta see Pather Panchali and Aparijito. Oh, man.

The third movie isn't quite as likable, 'cause Apu -- well, anyway. Check 'em out. (y) (y) (y) (y)

[abcdefz]

Grace of My Heart



heart heart heart heart heart :D

[yeahwho]

Bio-Dome
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[abcdefz]

Soul Plane
The Pacifier
Deuce Bigelow 2
Blade 3
etc.

[yeahwho]

Bio-Dome BTW, surpisingly, is a very long wait. Ever since the Widescreen release became available in limited markets the demand has just skyrocketed.

It still plays around Seattle in hush hush movie art houses. I'm not that type of guy though.

[abcdefz]

I'm waiting on the lawnmower's cut of Alien vs. Predator.

[roosta]

why can't you pop down the video shop? agrophobia?

[DandyFop]

I have the world's worst late fees at the video store :( You don't even wanna know the numbers.

[mickill]

I just signed up for it again and am running into the same problem I had last time, which is that I have no time to fucking watch any of them.

The three I have now are:

The Motorcycle Diaries
City of God
Naked Lunch

and my queue

The Station Agent

Requiem for a Dream

Dirty Pretty Things

The Bicycle Thief (yes I am a film major and have not seen this)
Reservoir Dogs

Blue Velvet

Mulholland Drive

Z

Six Feet Under: Season 1

Queer as Folk: Season 1

The L Word: Season 1

Gandhi

North by Northwest

Strangers on a Train: Special Edition

Lost in Translation

The Virgin Suicides

Igby Goes Down

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

The United States of Leland

The Believer

Max

The Office: Series 1

The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie

Lost Boys of Sudan

12 Monkeys

Seven

Sleepers

Spellbound

Pieces of April

Thirteen

The Piano

Pi: Faith in Chaos

Clerks: First Cut (Not Theatrical Version)

The Office: Series 2

The Battle of Algiers

Cool Hand Luke

Bewitched

The Hours

Boys Don't Cry

Pulp Fiction

The Limey

sex, lies, and videotape

8 Mile

The Aviator

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

A Streetcar Named Desire Recommended based on your ratings

Mr. Mom

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I hope you've at least seen some of these, Brabs. And The Bicycle Thief is a masterpiece.

8 Mile. Haha. That movie was El Lamo. Not that I saw it in theaters and for some strange reason own it or something.

[DandyFop]

I haven't seen almost all of those, that's why they're on the list!

[mickill]

You haven't seen Pulp Fiction? Isn't that like the first movie kids see once they're old enough to rent a movie or operate a vcr/dvd player?

[DandyFop]

I've seen like the first 20 minutes, that's it.

[mickill]

I've seen like the first 20 minutes, that's it.

First 20 minutes? Who're you, a-z?

[hpdrifter]

I actually own 8 mile too, inexplicably. A friend gave it to me to watch and then went and bought another copy for himself because he wanted to watch it so badly while I had it.

Mine in all of its unedited nerdiness.

Queer as Folk: Season 1: Disc 2 TV-MA Television Now
Fever Pitch
High Tension
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
City of God
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Notebook
Dark Water
Thelma & Louise: Special Edition
Reservoir Dogs
Miller's Crossing
The Godfather
March of the Penguins
The Crow
The Crow: City of Angels
Desperado / El Mariachi
From Dusk Till Dawn
Kingdom of Heaven
Wonder Boys
Murderball
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Sideways
Gothika
Pieces of April
The Incredibles
Madagascar
Sky High
Beauty Shop
Layer Cake
The Machinist
From Hell
Swingers
Corpse Bride
Scrubs: Season 2: Disc 1
Scrubs: Season 2: Disc 2
Scrubs: Season 2: Disc 3
Tombstone
Elizabethtown
Underworld
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 2
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 3
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 4
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 1
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 2
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 3
Trainspotting: Collector's Edition
North Country
Queer as Folk: Season 1: Disc 3
Queer as Folk: Season 1: Disc 4
Queer as Folk: Season 1: Disc 5
Queer as Folk: Season 1: Disc 6
Irreversible

[mickill]

The Motorcycle Diaries

City Of God

Dirty Pretty Things

The Bicycle Thief

Reservoir Dogs

Gandhi

North by Northwest

Lost in Translation

The Virgin Suicides

The Office: Series 1

Seven

The Office: Series 2

Cool Hand Luke

Boys Don't Cry

Pulp Fiction

The Limey

sex, lies, and videotape

A Streetcar Named Desire

Boyz N The Hood

I approve of these ones more than the others.

[DandyFop]

Thanks mikey. Any suggestions?

P.S. - hpdrifter, nice list! We've got some of the same ones....and yes I am in love with Ryan Gosling after seeing the notebook.

[mickill]

Mine in all of its unedited nerdiness.



City of God
Reservoir Dogs
Miller's Crossing
The Godfather
Desperado / El Mariachi
From Dusk Till Dawn
Wonder Boys
Murderball
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The Incredibles
Madagascar
The Machinist
Swingers
Tombstone
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 2
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 3
Jem & The Holograms: Seasons 1 & 2: Disc 4
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 1
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 2
Jem: Season 3: Part 1: Disc 3




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I approve of these more than the others. Especially the ones I highlighted.

The Notebook is cornball, btw. I think you've seen it, though. And what if you get the Herry Potter movies in the wrong order. Not that it would matter.

Brabs, SE7EN is awesome. And you should see Me And You and Everyone We Know, too.

[DandyFop]

Why the fuck does everyone like the Incredibles? I thought it was a piece of shit.

Murderball, though, (y)

Mike, I have Me, You, and Everyone We Know sitting on my desk. I liked it. It's about a month late to the video store.

[hpdrifter]

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I approve of these more than the others. Especially the ones I highlighted.

The Notebook is cornball, btw. I think you've seen it, though. And what if you get the Herry Potter movies in the wrong order. Not that it would matter.

Brabs, SE7EN is awesome. And you should see Me And You and Everyone We Know, too.

No, I haven't seen it. I didn't go see it in the theaters because I don't usually go in for that type of movie. But I keep hearing about it and how good it is so I thought I'd give it a shot. My boyfriend won't watch it with me, though. I think that's pretty weak.

[hpdrifter]

90% of the stuff that is on there that is new is stuff I haven't seen.

Most of the old stuff I have seen and just like watching over and over.

By the way, the Station Agent is a great movie. I own it.

[mickill]

Why the fuck does everyone like the Incredibles? I thought it was a piece of shit.

The Incredibles wasn't exactly incredible, but it was pretty good. It should be called The Pretty Goods.

I watched Broken Flowers last night. It was kinda slow, but amusing at points. I liked it overall. It reminded me of About Schmidt a little. You might like it.

Yeah, it wasn't exactly my idea to see The Notebook, but I gave it a chance. Because I'm a good guy. I liked the actors, I guess. It was puke, though.

[cookiepuss]

By the way, the Station Agent is a great movie. I own it.


I feel asleep during that movie. :( I wanted to like it, but I guess it didn't capture me cause I was all zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[abcdefz]

Check out Gosling in The Slaughter Rule. He's great in that.

The Incredibles was a blast. Seven is crap. :D

[mickill]

Seven is crap. :D
I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave this thread.

[abcdefz]

The Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential are even worse.

[abcdefz]

Wonder Boys is pretty great, though.

Clearly a fluke for Curtis Hanson. 8 Mile -- I walked out on that one, too.

[mickill]

You've redeemed yourself a little, but it isn't quite enough. I'm all for the Spacey bashing, though.

[hpdrifter]

I feel asleep during that movie. :( I wanted to like it, but I guess it didn't capture me cause I was all zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.


Wow, I think this is the first time we have not been on the same page with something.

That makes me kinda sad.

Its not the kind of movie that reaches out and grabs you, its understandable that you wouldn't be sucked in unless you were already inclined to be.

I like movies about people who connect and fill a void in each others' lives. Lost in Translation and Secretary were out about the same time as this and I loved those too for the same reason (and own them both).

[abcdefz]

You've redeemed yourself a little, but it isn't quite enough. I'm all for the Spacey bashing, though.




...you should add Beyond the Sea, then, so you have further fodder.

Heh. "Further fodder."


I read a couple of Beyond the Sea reviews just to salivate in a very unappetizing way over Spacey's total belly flop. I'm not nice.

[hpdrifter]

The Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential are even worse.

Wow, how can you not love the Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential?

I like both of those.

[DandyFop]

I didn't really like Usual Suspects...my best friend loves it and I think I might have been expecting too much, I don't know.

[abcdefz]

Wow, how can you not love the Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential?

I like both of those.




God, I think they're just awful.

The Usual Suspects is okay, actually. I lump it in with LA Confidential when I'm being reflexive. It's an okay movie that people are nuts about, so that makes it seem worse than it is.

LA Confidential is just fucking awful, though. It's so, so trite, and full of plot developments that only happen in screenplays. By the time the good D.A. suddenly hops in bed with Basinger just to fulfill a plot requirement, COMPLETELY out of character, my crowd was laughing pretty hard in between groans.

The dialogue sounds like a first-year college student trying to crib from Chinatown or Force of Evil or something, with none of the poetry or wit.

Just awful.

[hpdrifter]

I guess I just like the feel of it. And Russell Crow and Kim Basinger had some pretty decent heat. I don't think she deserved an academy award for it, but I'd watch it just for that sex scene.

[DandyFop]

Oh yeah, Russell Crowe's in that movie. That's probably why I haven't seen it.

I fucking hate that guy.

[hpdrifter]

He is a tool, but I enjoy his rough cop schtick in that movie. Its pretty hot. To me.

I don't like him in general, though.

Is there a way in netflix to see the movies that were in your queue but you've already watched them?

I had a whole Nicole Kidman phase. I even attempted to watch Dogville. That was like being put in a white room with nothing in it and you don't know when they're going to let you out.

[abcdefz]

Russell Crowe was amazing in The Insider. He should've won best actor that year. Great job.

[cookiepuss]

Wow, I think this is the first time we have not been on the same page with something.

That makes me kinda sad.

Its not the kind of movie that reaches out and grabs you, its understandable that you wouldn't be sucked in unless you were already inclined to be.

I like movies about people who connect and fill a void in each others' lives. Lost in Translation and Secretary were out about the same time as this and I loved those too for the same reason (and own them both).


now Secretary I LOVED. I own it. it was dark and funny and naughty. fantastic.

Lost in Translation was ok for me. I wasn't in love with it but I didn't hate it either. My expectations were riding very high though because I loved Sophia Coppolas interpretation of the book "the Virgin Suicides." I'm really looking forward to Sophia's career I think she's a great director, I expect more good things from her.

[jabumbo]

people who have netflix should post their emails, so we can add each other and get reccomendations and such that way...

i set my list uplike 3 weeks ago, and havent messed with it since...

currently holding "the corporation" and "catch me if you can"


Spellbound
Windtalkers
The Color Purple
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rob Roy
Prozac Nation
The Doors
Ed Wood
Whale Rider
Born Into Brothels
The United States of Leland
Raising Victor Vargas
Permanent Midnight
Heathers
Election
The Sting
Shaun of the Dead
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Office Special
Das Boot
The Transporter
Benny and Joon
Ghost World
Kung Fu Hustle
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
L.A. Confidential
Buena Vista Social Club
But I'm a Cheerleader
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
200 Cigarettes
Mighty Aphrodite
Ichi the Killer
Poolhall Junkies
Dick
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Office: Series 2
Deliverance
Metropolis
Memento
100 Girls
The Man Who Wasn't There
Saved!
American Graffiti: Collector's Edition
Road to Morocco
Amarcord

[roosta]

so, your going to get 34 dvd's in the post? how will you watch them all?

someone explain netflix for us euros.....

[Nuzzolese]

Dandy, would you be interested in being my netflix friend? I'm totally insane, I have almost 200 movies in my queue. I just add anything that piques my interest and then rearrange them according to what I want to see next.

[hpdrifter]

I like this thread becuase it reminds me of things I want to add.

I love Heathers.

And I thought Saved was a great movie. Mandy Moore actually really impressed me in that movie. I want to like her more. Here's hoping that dating Zach Braff will inspire her to never make another Chasing Liberty.

[jabumbo]

so, your going to get 34 dvd's in the post? how will you watch them all?

someone explain netflix for us euros.....

you pay a monthly fee, you get 1/2/3 movies in the mail at a time, when you send one back to them, they mail a new one from your list. they keep coming until your list is empty

[DandyFop]

Dandy, would you be interested in being my netflix friend? I'm totally insane, I have almost 200 movies in my queue. I just add anything that piques my interest and then rearrange them according to what I want to see next.

I just sent you a friend request thing, I hope it worked!

[abcdefz]

I liked Saved! quite a bit, too.

Patrick Fugit shows some range, which is great. He's in a movie called Wristcutters now.

[DandyFop]

I like this thread becuase it reminds me of things I want to add.

I love Heathers.

And I thought Saved was a great movie. Mandy Moore actually really impressed me in that movie. I want to like her more. Here's hoping that dating Zach Braff will inspire her to never make another Chasing Liberty.

Bahahaha, watching that movie was funny because I know Pat Fugit and seeing him in the Jesus getup was fucking hilarious.

Oh yeah, ps a-z Wristcutters SUCKS.

[cookiepuss]

Aliens of the Deep
The Aristocrats
Fantastic Four: Disc 1
Flightplan
Chronicles/ Narnia: Lion/ Witch/ Wardrobe
The Fog
The Kids in the Hall: Season 1: Disc 3
The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 2
The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 3
Raging Bull
The Terminal
MST3K: The Hellcats
Devil's Playground
The Right Stuff
Twin Peaks: Season 1: Disc 2
The Kids in the Hall: Season 1: Disc 1
Twin Peaks: Season 1: Disc 3
Twin Peaks: Season 1: Disc 4
The Kids in the Hall: Season 1: Bonus
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Alexander: Director's Cut
Feeding the Masses
The L Word: Season 2: Disc 3
The L Word: Season 2: Disc 4
The Family Man
Tigerland
Saving Private Ryan
Boxing Helena
Kalifornia
Aeon Flux: Animated Collection: Disc 1
Aeon Flux: Animated Collection: Disc 2
Aeon Flux: Animated Collection: Disc 3
Murderball
The Last Unicorn
Labyrinth
Dario Argento: Vol. 1: Phenomena
Palindromes
Scotland, PA
Henry Rollins: Live at Luna Park
E.T.: Theatrical Rerelease Version
The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 4
Ocean Oasis: IMAX
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Fantastic Four: Disc 2
Fantastic Four: Disc 3
Fantastic Four: Disc 4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[abcdefz]

Oh yeah, ps a-z Wristcutters SUCKS.



That's a shame.

What was that movie he was in with the speed freaks? Was that any good?

He's two for two with me, so far (Almost Famous/Saved!).

[Nuzzolese]

I currently have:

Never Been Kissed
Now and Then
Raising Helen


The next in queue:

Monster In Law
How to Deal
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Sweet Home Alabama
The Wedding Planner
Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde
Hope Floats
Where the Heart Is

[DandyFop]

I didn't see the speed freaks one...

I didn't think he did very well in the first half of Wristcutters, but at the same time, it wasn't very well-written so it's hard to say.

[DandyFop]

I currently have:

Never Been Kissed
Now and Then
Raising Helen


The next in queue:

Monster In Law
How to Deal
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Sweet Home Alabama
The Wedding Planner
Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde
Hope Floats
Where the Heart Is

Hahahah I love you.

But i do like Now and Then...

[Nuzzolese]

I was surprised, I thought I would like Now and Then, but it's the one I didn't enjoy. Tonight I'll see about Raising Helen. John Corbet was awesome in My Big Fat Greek Wedding so I'm looking forward to it.

[abcdefz]

I currently have:

Never Been Kissed
Now and Then
Raising Helen


The next in queue:

Monster In Law
How to Deal
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Sweet Home Alabama
The Wedding Planner
Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde
Hope Floats
Where the Heart Is


Now I know what to give you for Christmas.

[mickill]

You should see The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants.

I saw Where The Heart Is in theaters. I remember making that "I'm in extreme physical pain and this lemon wedge in my mouth isn't really helping" face at least 100 times over the course of what felt like 8 or 9 hours. I hadn't felt that sick since watching Waiting To Exhalew a few years before it.

I had a relapse when I saw The Notebook.

[hpdrifter]

That's a shame.

What was that movie he was in with the speed freaks? Was that any good?

He's two for two with me, so far (Almost Famous/Saved!).


Are you talking about Spun?

I thought it was a pretty standard drug movie. Didn't really do that much for me.

I like Now and Then. Its pap, but kinda sweet.

[Leonie]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
His Girl Friday
Harold Lloyd Collection: Vol. 1: Disc 1
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Bonus
White Heat
Last Days
Ugetsu
Ugetsu: Bonus Material
All About My Mother
Unfaithfully Yours
Ninotchka
The Squid and the Whale
Shadow of a Doubt
Days of Wine and Roses
Bad Education
The Last Laugh
Band of Outsiders
Alphaville
I dont know what Netflix is but i've seen "Todo sobre mi madre" and "La mala educación"

I like Almodóvar movies a lot. And how good looking is Gael Garcia Bernal as a woman :p Real good (http://www.cineclub.de/images/2004/09/la-mala-educacion-1.jpg)
But he IS good looking like a man :rolleyes:

[DandyFop]

I was surprised, I thought I would like Now and Then, but it's the one I didn't enjoy. Tonight I'll see about Raising Helen. John Corbet was awesome in My Big Fat Greek Wedding so I'm looking forward to it.

I just saw him in a Sundance film, he was really great. Though when the audience found out he wasn't there cause he was on tour with his band there was an audible "awww" from the crowd.

[abcdefz]

Are you talking about Spun?




Spun. That's it.

[abcdefz]

I dont know what Netflix is but i've seen "Todo sobre mi madre" and "La mala educación"

I like Almodóvar movies a lot. And how good looking is Gael Garcia Bernal as a woman :p Real good (http://www.cineclub.de/images/2004/09/la-mala-educacion-1.jpg)
But he IS good looking like a man :rolleyes:


I've seen a couple of his movies and don't remember them at all, which is weird. But I saw Talk to Her a few months back and thought it was terrific.

[Nuzzolese]

You should see The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants.

I saw Where The Heart Is in theaters. I remember making that "I'm in extreme physical pain and this lemon wedge in my mouth isn't really helping" face at least 100 times over the course of what felt like 8 or 9 hours. I hadn't felt that sick since watching Waiting To Exhalew a few years before it.

I had a relapse when I saw The Notebook.

Did you ever see How Stella Regained Her Groove (it was titled something like that)? It was based on the book by the same name and based on the author's actual experiences, of which she also described her friends and family giving her shit about how he probably just wanted a green card, but she was all like "it's true love!" and in truth they divorced after 4 years and he really was just trying to get to America.

[marsdaddy]

I have shared my Netflix queue with people I actually like and found their tastes distressing. You people make me sick, so maybe our queue would be better matched?

[cookiepuss]

Did you ever see How Stella Regained Her Groove (it was titled something like that)? It was based on the book by the same name and based on the author's actual experiences, of which she also described her friends and family giving her shit about how he probably just wanted a green card, but she was all like "it's true love!" and in truth they divorced after 4 years and he really was just trying to get to America.


yeah and actually it turned out he's gay. the sista got played big-time. :(

[abcdefz]

Did you ever see How Stella Regained Her Groove (it was titled something like that)? It was based on the book by the same name and based on the author's actual experiences, of which she also described her friends and family giving her shit about how he probably just wanted a green card, but she was all like "it's true love!" and in truth they divorced after 4 years and he really was just trying to get to America.



...and gay, right? Or was that Toni Morrison's husband?

One of them was like, "I just realized I was gay." Uh huh.

[abcdefz]

yeah and actually it turned out he's gay. the sista got played big-time. :(


Oops. I should've read the whole thread first.

[hpdrifter]

I do the same thing, Nuzz. I just sort of click through screens and add anything I see that I like or even remotely have an interest in. Usually I come to my senses and delete them from my queue before I ever watch them. Example Beauty Shop. What happened to poor Mena Suvari?

[enree erzweglle]

I have shared my Netflix queue with people I actually like and found their tastes distressing.You think you know a person until they let you in on their queue and then you run from it screaming.

[b-grrrlie]

Everybody had such long lists I couldn't get through all of them, but there's loads that I'd love to see if I had the time!
I still haven't watched through all the films I taped back in 96 when I was lying in bed for three months and got free cable film channel for that time, 24 hours of movies! Of course there's some that I've seen loads of times, I love Almodovar as well, and it's good for studying Spanish ;)
and the other week I accidently taped half an hour over Ghost World! :eek:

Over the weekend I was supposed to go to see a preview of Amir Chamdin's (from Infinite Mass / video director) first ever movie staring Nina Person from the Cardigans, but I was ill (I missed Foo Fighters as well on Saturday, couldn't even stand up for five minutes, was so ill, so not having any money made no difference) which I would've loved to see. Now I have to pay a whole cinema ticket to see it....

[hpdrifter]

I could also be conveniently without a boyfriend for Patrick Fugit.

Hook it up, Dandy.

There's gotta be some reason he wants to come to Seattle. We have... uh... coffee or something.

[beastieangel01]

um, mine has at least 150 movies on it :(

[mickill]

I could also be conveniently without a boyfriend for Patrick Fugit.

Hook it up, Dandy.

There's gotta be some reason he wants to come to Seattle. We have... uh... coffee or something.
You're already replacing me?

[marsdaddy]

You're already replacing me?That one was all you Mike.

[hpdrifter]

You're already replacing me?

Its Patrick FUGIT! I liked him in Almost Famous and fell in love with him when he guest starred on ER.

[faz]

I just signed up at screenselect.co.uk just to use there 5 free dvds deal but I might just stick around. (i had to make a list of 10 before they start sending them out hence why theres more than 5 dvds on the following list)

Scrubs - Season 1
Scrubs - Season 2
Scrubs - Season 3 (when it comes out)
Spaced - Bonus Features
Spaced - The Complete First Series
Spaced - The Complete Second Series
Batman Begins
Beastie Boys Videos
Evening With Kevin Smith
Frasier - Complete Season 3
Sideways
Spongebob Squarepants... The Movie
Wedding Crashers

[DandyFop]

I could also be conveniently without a boyfriend for Patrick Fugit.

Hook it up, Dandy.

There's gotta be some reason he wants to come to Seattle. We have... uh... coffee or something.

Eww. I guess he's a nice guy. He's in a band, too, apparently they are pretty good. I went to theater school with him and his best friend.

My best friend and him liked each other in 6th grade. She called him pickle boy.

[Documad]

I dont know what Netflix is but i've seen "Todo sobre mi madre" and "La mala educación"

I like Almodóvar movies a lot. And how good looking is Gael Garcia Bernal as a woman :p Real good (http://www.cineclub.de/images/2004/09/la-mala-educacion-1.jpg)
But he IS good looking like a man :rolleyes:
I saw All About My Mother with a friend without knowing what to expect and I just loved it.

I am soooooo glad to see The Usual Suspects getting some hate. That was one of the most disappointing movies I ever saw in a theater. I also disliked Lost in Translation. But I loved Secretary and liked LA Confidential (except for the end). I thought 8 Mile was okay.

Oh, and The Insider is a great movie with great performances. Plus I'm a sucker for movies about journalists.

You've reminded me that I need to add Saved to my list. :)

My list is almost all crappy TV shows that I've meant to see and concert films. Whenever I get a real movie, it sits for ages before I feel like watching it. This weekend I saw the Walmart movie, the third LOTR, and the Concert for Bangladesh.


Top part of my list:

Long Way Round
Moog
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (very long wait)
House of Cards Trilogy III: The Final Cut
Smash Palace
Hype
Lemony Snicket: Unfortunate Events
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
My Favorite Brunette (I love this movie)
American Graffiti: Collector's Edition (I can't remember what makes it special and thus why I want to see it again)
Sideways (yeah, I pretty much quit going to movies 3-4 years ago)
Closer
I'm the One That I Want
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Stevie
Southern Comfort
Mean Creek
We Don't Live Here Anymore
My Architect: A Son's Journey
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Coal Miner's Daughter: Collector's Edition
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
The Blues (I've only seen the first one)
Yes, Minister: Complete Collection
My Favorite Blonde / Star Spangled Rhythm
Reilly: Ace of Spies
The Jewel in the Crown
The Castle
The Battle of Algiers
I Shot Andy Warhol
Dark Days
Best of the Chris Rock Show

[Documad]

The Bicycle Thief - It was good, but I've never understood the worship--then, I'm not a film student
Reservoir Dogs - the good bits are really good, but it's not nearly as cool now that we all know who Quentin is
Blue Velvet - I suspect that you had to be there
Mulholland Drive - one of those special movies that I expected to hate but got completely sucked in
North by Northwest - OMG--nearly perfect
Igby Goes Down - I dragged a bunch of friends to it and I was the only one who liked it
The Believer - Bad movie with great performance
Pi: Faith in Chaos - I finally tried to watch this last week and got about 30 minutes in
The Battle of Algiers - I can't remember why this is on my list
Pulp Fiction - I think this one stands the test of time, even if you know Quentin now, but the bad bits are bad
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore I <3 70s movies! They wouldn't make this today.
Mr. Mom "220, 221, whatever it takes" -- one of those rare movies that wasn't great when it came out but it gets better every time you see it

I've said it a billion times, but if you haven't seen Diabolique (original french), Night of the Hunter, All About Eve, Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, etc . . . .

[abcdefz]

3 Gospel According to St. Matthew (Already watched and shipped back out. Pasolini's film is quite interesting and bizarre. I loved the expressions of the non-actors and the documentary-esque style it came off as. Very good. Unfortunately, the DVD is dubbed with no original language option...)







....somebody has to come out with an undubbed version. I don't know if it would be any better -- Italian movies from this period are notorious for horrible dubbing, even in their native language -- but this one was unwatchable, to me.

[Nuzzolese]

Norcen, what draws you to check out a movie? Do you pay attention to reviews or just read the description, or do you plan to check out all the award winners and classics or some combination?

[yeahwho]

Great Caesar's Ghost! Norcen, that is one fucking incredible list. I just scabbed half a dozen movies I forgot about from your list. The 20 or so on your list I have seen are all excellent.

[abcdefz]

That's a pity since this is quite a good film. The scene selection menu didn't really work well for me, which was annoying. I'm hoping Criterion picks this one up.




I haven't seen the DVD; my copy was on VHS many moons ago.

The relentless dolly-ins when Jesus spoke were annoying as hell.

[abcdefz]

Elizabethtown





Oh, God.

My copy of Elizabethtown is on its way. I know it's going to be awful, but I can't not at least try it. :(

Cameron Crowe only has two movies he's directed that I can fully get behind, but, man, those two are great.

[hpdrifter]

Which two?

Is Say Anything one of them? Then we can still be friends.

[abcdefz]

Say Anything and Almost Famous.

Singles is really limp and false; Jerry Maguire is false but passable and good-hearted; Vanilla Sky is a huge, interesting misfire with amazing sound design... I'm forgetting one...

[Nuzzolese]

I hated Gods and Monsters, what is with all the hype arond that movie? And A bout de souffle, I thought was a bore.

[hpdrifter]

Say Anything and Almost Famous.

Singles is really limp and false; Jerry Maguire is false but passable and good-hearted; Vanilla Sky is a huge, interesting misfire with amazing sound design... I'm forgetting one...

Those would be my two as well.

I like Singles, though that could be because its one big inside joke on my quiet little 'berg.

I never saw Vanilla Sky, it didn't interest me.

One you forgot: Elizabethtown? Or something older?

[abcdefz]

Those would be my two as well.

I like Singles, though that could be because its one big inside joke on my quiet little 'berg.

I never saw Vanilla Sky, it didn't interest me.

One you forgot: Elizabethtown? Or something older?



Elizabethtown should land in my mailbox today. I am afraid for it. :-)

I guess that's his CV. I keep thinking that he directed The Wild Life, but he didn't.

[abcdefz]

I hated Gods and Monsters, what is with all the hype arond that movie?

That was okay, as I recall. It was directed pretty well, and Ian was good. It's not hugely memorable, but it was fine.

[Nuzzolese]

That was okay, as I recall. It was directed pretty well, and Ian was good. It's not hugely memorable, but it was fine.

I neither enjoyed nor despised this post. It was just okay. I walked out halfway through.

[abcdefz]

....all I said was:


and Ian was good. It's not hugely memorable, but it was fine.

[Nuzzolese]

When is Ian bad?

[abcdefz]

When is Ian bad?


Um.

That's private.

[mickill]

I neither enjoyed nor despised this post. It was just okay. I walked out halfway through.
AHHHHHHHHH!

I think I've owned Gods And Monsters for about 6 years now and I still haven't even watched it. But I have seen The Scorpion King 3 times now.

I've enjoyed a few of Cameron Crowe movies, but there's always something too hokey about all of his films. Even the ones I've liked a lot. Also, I tried watching Open Your Eyes after I saw Vanilla Sky for the first time, and while I do think it's an overall much better film, I kinda missed all the product placing, blatant commercialization and star power in the remake.

[abcdefz]

Also, I tried watching Open Your Eyes after I saw Vanilla Sky for the first time, and while I do think it's an overall much better film, I kinda missed all the product placing, blatant commercialization and star power in the remake.


...Open Your Eyes' lead guy has actual charisma, though. That makes his narcissism a lot easier to take than Cruise's, and kind of makes or breaks either film, I think. I thought it was a way better movie.

[mickill]

I thought the guy was ok.

But I personally don't mind Tommy boy. I know that that kinda goes against the hip popular consensus, but he knows how to carry a film. Even a really bad one. Ok, except MI2. But most of the rest of his resume sort of speaks for itself. And his presence on the screen, whether it lacks charisma or not, is what's always set him apart from his eighties and nineties counterparts. Which is why he never became an Emilio or a Charlie or a Patrick or a Rob and can still draw an audience and demand the big bucks.

[abcdefz]

I think he's been really good a few times -- Risky Business, Magnolia, and waaaayyyy underrated in carrying the ball on Rain Man. But when he's trying to act up a storm, I think he's pretty unwatchable. To wit: The Last Samurai.

[mickill]

But even that performance was watchable, at least. I do think it started out horribly, but by the second act I wasn't really thinking about his acting anymore.

I agree with you on the other films. I also thought he played a more convincing vampire in "Interview..." than Brad Pitt. But when he's cast alongside vets such as Newman, Nicholson, Hackman and to a lesser degree, Hoffman it sort of magnifies his weaknesses and minimizes his strengths.

[abcdefz]

But even that performance was watchable, at least. I do think it started out horribly, but by the second act I wasn't really thinking about his acting anymore.



See -- I couldn't make it that far.



I agree with you on the other films. I also thought he played a more convincing vampire in "Interview..." than Brad Pitt.


Vampirism+homoeroticism=too much for me; I never bothered with it.


But when he's cast alongside vets such as Newman, Nicholson, Hackman and to a lesser degree, Hoffman it sort of magnifies his weaknesses and minimizes his strengths.


...pretty much, yeah. except I disagree about him with Dustin Hoffman; I think he actually made Hoffman's performance work.

I think I've told the story about The Firm, but... when Hackman found out that Cruise was contractually getting top billing solo, Hackman said, fine -- don't use my name or likeness at all. That's why he's not on the poster or in the trailer. It was a surprise to me when he showed up and kept me in my seat for that piece of shit.

[mickill]

Yeah, you can't learn what Hackman does. Whatever you wanna call it. Because referring to it as mere acting seems almost insulting.

[abcdefz]

He even walks through roles really well.

Have you ever seen The Conversation? He's amazing in that.

[mickill]

Yeah. That whole movie was great, too.

But he's been the one saving grace for a lot of really bad movies, as well. And nobody plays men of power like he does.

[abcdefz]

Absolute power, in fact.




Yeah -- I'm trying to think who else plays power well. John Huston. Sam Jackson. Pacino used to do it well.


See? -- aw, fuck. Some day Tom Cruise is going to get cast as President, and he just doesn't have that kind of gravitas.

[Nuzzolese]

Bump: because your queues may have changed



Kingdom of Heaven

Star Wars: Episode II

Igby Goes Down

The Matrix: Reloaded

Aquamarine

Master and Commander

Match Point

Waiting...

Catch Me If You Can

Broken Flowers

Lord of War

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Love and Death

Junebug

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

The Constant Gardener

The Matrix: Revolutions

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Tadpole

The Producers

Black Hawk Down

Pete & Pete: Season 2: Disc 2

Into the Arms of Strangers

Star Wars: Episode III

Pete & Pete: Season 2: Disc 1

The Station Agent

The Innocents

Capturing the Friedmans

Fosse

M

In Cold Blood

12 Angry Men

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Hannah and Her Sisters

The Bicycle Thief

Stardust Memories

The Grapes of Wrath

New York City Ballet Workout

All of Me

Dear Frankie

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Bourne Identity

The 13th Warrior

Blood Simple

House of Sand and Fog

The 40 Year-Old Virgin

The Ladykillers

The Man Who Wasn't There

Remember the Titans

Saint Ralph

Manhattan

Seabiscuit

The Cider House Rules

They Live

Me Myself I

Layer Cake

Into the Blue



(SAVED: not out on DVD yet)

Stick It

The Office: Season 2

Down in the Valley

L'Appartement

Merry Christmas

[TurdBerglar]

pete and pete

hahaha

[Nuzzolese]

Last 3 returned


The World's Fastest Indian

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Hustle & Flow



I'd never seen any of the newer Star Wars movies. Uhm, yeah. I think plenty has been said about them.

If you used the zoom feature on Hustle and Flow, sometimes it looked like you were watching a porn. I zoomed in on the stripper jiggling her ass, and I put it in slo-mo. Man, that was hilarious. No wonder it's an oscar winner.

[Qdrop]

Hustle & Flow



I'd never seen any of the newer Star Wars movies. Uhm, yeah. I think plenty has been said about them.

If you used the zoom feature on Hustle and Flow, sometimes it looked like you were watching a porn. I zoomed in on the stripper jiggling her ass, and I put it in slo-mo. Man, that was hilarious. No wonder it's an oscar winner.

WHOOP THAT TRICK! WHOOP THAT TRICK!

[adam_f]

Didn't seem as hard out there for a pimp as I would've thought.

[Qdrop]

just recieved:
the Matador - watching tonight
16 blocks - pretty good. i was surprised.
Why We Fight - nothing new here, but well made doc.

IN Queue:
Omen
For a Few Dollars More
Munich [WS]
Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The New World [WS]
Running Scared
Doom
M
Last Temptation of Christ [WS Special Edition]
M - Bonus Disc
Dead Like Me: The Complete First Season - Disc 3
Dead Like Me: The Complete First Season - Disc 4

[TurdBerglar]

so how many of you copy and burn then send back?

[Nuzzolese]

Rarely. I just copy, I don't burn.


Which Omen is that, Qdrop?

[hpdrifter]

I did not enjoy Match Point.

[Nuzzolese]

I have really, really liked every coen brothers movie I've seen. But I've never seen Intolerable Cruelty or Blood Simple. Does anyone think they're just as good as Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski...?

[Qdrop]

Which Omen is that, Qdrop?

the remake i think...

jenny ordered it.

[Qdrop]

I have really, really liked every coen brothers movie I've seen. But I've never seen Intolerable Cruelty or Blood Simple. Does anyone think they're just as good as Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski...?

both suck fuckin ass.

i actually never got through blood simple.

[mickill]

I liked Intolerable Cruelty. It's nowhere near as good as those other movies, though.

[abcdefz]

I have really, really liked every coen brothers movie I've seen. But I've never seen Intolerable Cruelty or Blood Simple. Does anyone think they're just as good as Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski...?


Blood Simple's up there. Intolerable Ctuelty is.... it's okay. It's got its moments.

If you can possibly find the original version of Blood Simple (NOT the director's cut), it's actually better. They cut out a bad actor pretty much, but with his stuff gone, the movie seems more mean-spirited, I think.

The only one to avoid is The Ladykillers, which is just godawful.

[Nuzzolese]

The only one to avoid is The Ladykillers, which is just godawful.

It's in my queue.

[abcdefz]

About the only things going for it are the landlady's performance, the very last shots of the movie, and a particularly bizarre Tom Hanks performance I wouldn't have known he had in him. But who knows -- maybe you'll like it.

[jabumbo]

so how many of you copy and burn then send back?


its not worth burning them all. i just copy them and delete once i watch it.



right now i have a bunch of tv series' moved up to the front of my queue since i know i won't be able to keep up during the fall. so i want to copy all the shows on the computer and keep them for when i can watch them later on

[Dorothy Wood]

hey! pete and pete's in my(actually cort's) queue too!

Real Genius
Citizen Ruth
Far from Heaven
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Wild at Heart
Slappy and the Stinkers
The Weather Underground
Out of Africa
Put the Camera on Me
That Obscure Object of Desire
Born Into Brothels
Reno 911: Season 1: Disc 1
Reno 911: Season 1: Disc 2
Danger: Diabolik
True Stories: Talking Heads
The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Brown Bunny
Jarhead
Munich

that's all I feel like typing or copying and pasting. hmph.

p.s. I like Blood Simple.

[Randetica]

i never did that

[Documad]

Blood Simple is my favorite Coen Brothers movie. I didn't like most of the Coen Brothers movies though. There are always a few things that work but many that I'd want to change.

I saw it when it was released, when it played in a local theater because the boys had raised a lot of local money to make it happen. Because it was so low budget, and because I had no idea who Frances McDormand was (or anyone other than M. Emmet Walsh), I probably had low expectations. I wound up getting really hooked by the story. It's nearly perfect for what it is and what it was trying to be. I saw it again on video when it first came out and I was disappointed that they had changed a song in it, but that was no big deal. I can't believe they would change it radically, and if as A-Z says they cut out the lead actor (who was bad but it works because it makes him more real) then I have no idea what it would be like.


Dr. Who -- new show Season 1 -- first disc
Veronica Mars season 1 -- last disc!
Kill Bill No. 1
7 Worlds Collide
Hero
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
New York Doll
Miracle
Squid and the Whale
Hype
A Man and a Woman

[Qdrop]

just recieved:
the Matador - watching tonight


again, quite surprised.
it was a pretty good flick. i don't know why people were so down on this.

[na§tee]

i don't know what netflix is but i'm pretty sure I WANT SOME OVER HERE!

someone explain, please.
is it like blockbuster but.. online?

[Nuzzolese]

Star Wars: Episode 2 was better than episode 1. But parts of it were like watching someone play a video game. Then I watched some of the special features and it was all about how they never could have done this when making the first series of movies, how they didn't have the technology, how it couldn't have been done because they didn't have the budget. I guess back then he was forced to actually make good movies, and make things that looked real.

[abcdefz]

i don't know what netflix is but i'm pretty sure I WANT SOME OVER HERE!

someone explain, please.
is it like blockbuster but.. online?


Actually, it's just like Blockbuster Online, or vicey-versie.

You pay a flat rate for a certain plan (say, $19/month for three movies out at a time). They provide postage both ways -- you watch a movie, send it back, wait a couple (or few) days, and another has arrived.

Both places will screw with you if you try to rent "too many," even though they advertise "unlimited rentals." Netflix is still settling a class action suit about that one. They "throttle" cutsomers who return movies too quickly.

[Nuzzolese]

i don't know what netflix is but i'm pretty sure I WANT SOME OVER HERE!

someone explain, please.
is it like blockbuster but.. online?

Yes! http://www.netflix.com/

I just copied and pasted their plan options

8 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $47.99 a month
7 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $41.99 a month
6 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $35.99 a month
5 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $29.99 a month
4 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $23.99 a month
3 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $17.99 a month
2 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $14.99 a month
2 at-a-time (4 a month) - just $11.99 a month
1 at-a-time (Unlimited) - just $9.99 a month
1 at-a-time (2 a month) - just $5.99 a month

[Rock]

This thread inspired me to sign up yesterday. booya.


This Is Spinal Tap
Shogun Assassin
Hustle & Flow
King of New York: SE (Widescreen)
Amores Perros
Match Point
Underworld: Evolution
Miller's Crossing
Ultraviolet
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Highlander
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 1
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 2
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 3
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 4
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 5
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 6
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Butterfly Effect: Director's Cut
A History of Violence
Oldboy
The Motorcycle Diaries
Taxi Driver
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub 2
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

[Rock]

Actually, it's just like Blockbuster Online, or vicey-versie.

You pay a flat rate for a certain plan (say, $19/month for three movies out at a time). They provide postage both ways -- you watch a movie, send it back, wait a couple (or few) days, and another has arrived.

Both places will screw with you if you try to rent "too many," even though they advertise "unlimited rentals." Netflix is still settling a class action suit about that one. They "throttle" cutsomers who return movies too quickly.
Also...i believe a major difference between blockbuster and netflix is that you can rate movies and see what your homeboys and homegirls got in their queue and what they rated. thats pretty neato. dude.

[abcdefz]

Also...i believe a major difference between blockbuster and netflix is that you can rate movies and see what your homeboys and homegirls got in their queue and what they rated. thats pretty neato. dude.


You can rate movies at Blockbuster (and use half-stars, too, which is cool), but I don't know if a buddy list is part of their redesign.

One thing I don't like about Blockbuster online is that even after you've rated movies (even rating them poorly), Blockbuster might still recommend them to you. That's messed up.

[ScarySquirrel]

After reading all this hype about Netflix in here... I just signed up. My queue is... kind of miserable right now (and I've got a feeling my movie tastes are a little different than most of y'all), but here it is anyway.

The Neverending Story
Blazing Saddles
Airplane!
Red Eye
White Noise
Cinderella Man
Lilo and Stitch
Robots
Along Came Polly
Meet the Fockers
Final Destination 3
I Am Sam
Coach Carter
Son of the Mask
Identity
Children of the Corn
Monsters, Inc.
The Hills Have Eyes
The Pee-Wee Herman Show
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Hitch
Under the Tuscan Sun
Coming to America
Rosemary's Baby
Carrie
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Poltergeist
Scanners
Boys Don't Cry
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Tombstone
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Almost Famous

[abcdefz]

I don't have a Netflix queue anymore -- I subscribed to Netflix and Blockbuster both, and Blockbuster dicked me around the least. Plus, each week you get a coupon for one free in-store rental, so that's a bonus.



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[Rock]

Final Destination 3

i kind of want to rent the DVD for this just because of the choose who lives and who dies option. I think that is pretty fucking cool and better than the dvd extras being the standard commentaries and the making of thingymabobbers.

its new to me...and i like it.

[ScarySquirrel]

i kind of want to rent the DVD for this just because of the choose who lives and who dies option. I think that is pretty fucking cool and better than the dvd extras being the standard commentaries and the making of thingymabobbers.

its new to me...and i like it.
I didn't know they had that going on in the DVD. Honestly, I just like watching people die in weirdly elaborate ways. Which explains why I really liked the first two movies despite the pretty thin plot.

Plus I didn't get to see it in the theatres, so I want to see how awesome this rollercoaster beginning is.

[hpdrifter]

The Neverending Story was the first movie I netflixed when I got my account too.

It rules so hard.

[jabumbo]

The Godfather, Part II
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Godfather, Part III
Buena Vista Social Club
Ichi the Killer
Upright Citizens Brigade: Season 1
Queer as Folk: Season 1
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1
Undeclared: The Complete Series
Waiting for Guffman
Poolhall Junkies
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Deliverance
Layer Cake
Mrs. Henderson Presents

[Nuzzolese]

a-z, Gingerbread Man? The Horror movie? I saw it on the shelf at Blockbuster. Is it supposedly any good? It looked Gary Busey.

[beastieangel01]

a-z, Gingerbread Man? The Horror movie? I saw it on the shelf at Blockbuster. Is it supposedly any good? It looked Gary Busey.

I want to see that, so badly, just to see how horrible it is.

[abcdefz]

a-z, Gingerbread Man? The Horror movie? I saw it on the shelf at Blockbuster. Is it supposedly any good? It looked Gary Busey.


No -- the Robert Altman movie.

...not that it should be much better, but... :D

[abcdefz]

I want to see that, so badly, just to see how horrible it is.


Yeah -- it's supposed to be pretty awful.

[Nuzzolese]

I bet he bakes people into cookies, or somehow rolls them out like dough and cuts them up, or something that isn't physically possible except for his magic evilness making it happen, like what happens in the Leprechaun movies.

From IMDB

Plot Outline: An evil yet adorable Gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer - this real life cookie monster wreaks havoc on the girl who sent the killer to the electric chair

Goofs: Factual errors: The gun, which should only hold a very limited number of shots, is fired roughly twenty or more times through out the movie, without being reloaded

That's the same plot from Child's Play! Sounds good to me.

Check out the Memorable Quotes page. This movie actually sounds pretty good.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0364376/quotes

[abcdefz]

From All Movie Guide:


Plot Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

A deranged psychopath returns from the grave in the form of a delicious but deadly treat in B-movie specialist Charles Band's bloody tale of baked goods gone bad. When psychotic killer Millard Findlemeyer (Gary Busey) entered a small-town diner and rained a shower of lead upon the Leigh family, the only family member to survive the horrifying ordeal was devoted daughter Sara Leigh (Robin Sydney). It was Sara's heartfelt testimony that sent Findlemeyer to fry in the electric chair, and also caused the killer's vengeful mother to cook up a diabolical plot for the ultimate revenge. After placing an ancient curse on her son's ashes, Mrs. Findlemeyer mixes the remains into a secret gingerbread cookie recipe and has the malicious mix sent to Sara Leigh's bakery. When bakery employee Brick Fields (Jonathon Chase) cuts himself while preparing the cookies and a drop of his blood spills into the mix, a twelve-inch tall terror emerges from the oven determined to finish the job that he failed to complete the first time around.


Review by Jeremy Wheeler

Anyone familiar with Charles Band and his Full Moon company knows not to expect too much from the modern-day Roger Corman, but one can't help but be disappointed by The Gingerdead Man, a brilliantly kitschy concept that's been shorted a few key ingredients on its ride to previously viewed DVD racks everywhere. The mere idea of Gary Busey as a killer gingerbread cookie is enough of a sell for most like-minded cheese-lovers to garner some interest, but the execution of the flick leaves much to be desired. First off, there's not enough Busey for your buck, and when he's eventually turned into the tasty killing machine on the cover, the audience is left with just plain dumb one-liners when the cookie puppet is finally let loose. Best not look for much gore or even a full running time in this sucker either; Gingerdead Man clocks in at a brisk 71 minutes -- and that's with end credits that give new meaning to the phrase "crawl."

[abcdefz]

Ahhhh..... there's the problem.

The Busey movie is the GingerDEAD Man. (y)

[synch]

I have a backlog of movies and series I bought, downloaded or borrowed that goes back years yet, like mckill, there are silly movies I've seen several times.

Go figure.

[Nuzzolese]

Ahhhh..... there's the problem.

The Busey movie is the GingerDEAD Man. (y)

I didn't even notice that!

[Documad]

No -- the Robert Altman movie.

...not that it should be much better, but... :D
I saw it at the theater when it came out and I can't remember one single thing about it. Except that Kenneth Branaugh was in it.

[abcdefz]

Oh yeah, ps a-z Wristcutters SUCKS.



Yeah -- I rented this from an actual store yesterday and didn't finish it. It started off all right, though.

In other news: Fugit is in the lead for Spiderman 4 & 5. I think he'd be a good Peter Parker.

[SOP]

Wolfen