socbret Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Just got the highest netflix account (4 movies at a time, unlimited) and wondered what recommendations you guys had. My first four movies I got in were:Drugstore CowboyMaxMan in the Sand: Billy Bragg and WilcoThe Grifters Open to anything you guys think is great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The Lion King. Fucking brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The Lion King. Fucking brilliant. Not to mention totally badass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The City of Lost Children. It's Amelie's younger, hotter sister. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brundog Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 We Jam Econo Nels Cline even makes an appearance or two. He talks about playing D Boon's guitar on one of Mike Watt's albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Transylvania 6-5000. Only movie I ever walked out of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 MartyYou want to know what? If I do nothing else I will convince them that Herbert Stempel knows what won the goddamned Academy Award for best goddamned picture of 1955; that's what I'm gonna accomplish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Some of my fave netflixes of last year...Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip= bestest comedy everSeven Samurai= classic samuraiIkiru= classic non-samurai by akira kurosawaThe Gleaners and I= all around excellent film by the "grandmother" of the french new waveWord Wars= very good doc on group of scrabble tournament players...really enjoyable if you dig scrabble Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Kung Fu HustleInfernal AffairsBrick12 Angry MenThe Squid and the WhaleKiss Kiss Bang BangSyrianaThe Triplets of Belleville ...just for starters... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The Gleaners and I= all around excellent film by the "grandmother" of the french new waveLove this film. Varda peppers her homeland with vital questions, traversing the French countryside to learn why trash-pickers exist in wasteful consumer cultures. Although salvageable fruits and furniture occupy her digital viewfinder, her themes quickly swell beyond mere social protest. Recognizing how filmmaking is a form of scavenging, Varda converts into a "gleaner" herself, one in search of supple and profound images. By gathering footage that most directors would skip over--including digressions about her own aging--she creates a movie about perceiving what others willfully ignore. Did you see the followup, Two Years Later? (I think that's included on the DVD as a bonus feature.) And Ikiru is my favorite Kurosawa. For those who haven't seen it, Takashi Shimura plays an aging bureaucrat who learns he is suffering from stomach cancer. After sulking at length, and lavishly spending money on two new friends (including a young woman who finally decides that he's "creepy"), Watanabe dedicates his last five months to turn a local cesspool into a community park. The last third takes a dramatic narrative shift, beginning with his funeral and allowing his co-workers to drunkenly piece together how he made things happen. Kurosawa says that we should spend every moment trying to make a difference, but also acknowledges how social forces make that intensely difficult--he's like a Transcendentalist dramatist. To my eyes, this is Kurosawa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I sucessfully caught up on sopranos, 24 and deadwood using netflix. dangerous, that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You want to know what? If I do nothing else I will convince them that Herbert Stempel knows what won the goddamned Academy Award for best goddamned picture of 1955; that's what I'm gonna accomplish. brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 If anyone wants to be my Netflix friend, hop on: http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P5Vy3Z2ADH0DUIJrKjKz ] http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P5Vy3Z2ADH0DUIJrKjKz [/url] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 If anyone wants to be my Netflix friend, hop on: http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P5Vy3Z2ADH0DUIJrKjKzWhat the hell, I'm game. I clicked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Word Wars= very good doc on group of scrabble tournament players...really enjoyable if you dig scrabble I was going to suggest Word Wars, too. That's a really good documentary. Kind of like Spellbound, but better since underachieving adults are far more interesting than overachieving children. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Creation of the Humanoids. Someone here turned me on to this flick, sorry cant recall who, but I owe them a BIG thanks. That film is better than 95% of the crud released today. I found it to be very thoughtful and deep, no matter how wooden most of the acting was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I just rented Streetcar Named Desire and On The Waterfront - Excellent! And next will be Midnight Cowboy!Quite a jump, eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You want to know what? If I do nothing else I will convince them that Herbert Stempel knows what won the goddamned Academy Award for best goddamned picture of 1955; that's what I'm gonna accomplish.Nice. Quiz Show is the first thing I think of when I see Marty referenced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Just saw Little Miss Sunshine via Netflix. Great flick. I hear that in June you will be able to simply watch whatever movies you want by streaming them from their site. That will be awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Just saw Little Miss Sunshine via Netflix. Great flick. I hear that in June you will be able to simply watch whatever movies you want by streaming them from their site. That will be awesome. I just cant picture myself sitting in front of a computer watching a movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Yeah, I'm not down with that except in emergency situations or on an airplane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Half the movies I get from Netflix don't work on my raggedy-cheapass DVD player, so watching movies on my iMac is a regular thing. Where did you hear that, abuharabi? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Netflix streaming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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