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Netflix help? - Brazen - 05-20-2005
Some of the grown-up movies from my Netflix queue (167 right now) that maybe would interest you:
Donnie Darko
Bourne Identity and Supremacy
Madhouse
Toolbox Murders
Shaun of the Dead
Heat
12 Angry Men
Romance
Secretary
Jacob's Ladder
What the #$*! Do We Know!?
And I have several TV shows waiting, too. I don't watch much TV, so I am watching whole seasons at once and really liking commercial-free television!
24
Alias
Penn & Teller's Bullsh!t
Millenium
Family Business
Sex and the City
I think the most obsure disc I've rented thru Netflix so far was "Metropolis" - a 1927 German silent film about the world in the year 2026. LOL!!!
Netflix help? - Scott Miller - 05-20-2005
Brazen Wrote:Toolbox Murders
I thought that it was terrible.
Brazen Wrote:Secretary & What the #$*! Do We Know!?
Both great choices. BTW, the #$*! is Bleep if you are looking for it.
Brazen Wrote:And I have several TV shows waiting, too. I don't watch much TV, so I am watching whole seasons at once and really liking commercial-free television.
Amen to that, it is the only way I can watch TV anymore.
Brazen Wrote:Penn & Teller's Bullsh!t
I love that show and I'm not much of a P & T fan. A few other TV shows that I've enjoyed are Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, Sopranos, Arrested Development, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Brazen Wrote:I think the most obsure disc I've rented thru Netflix so far was "Metropolis" - a 1927 German silent film about the world in the year 2026. LOL!!!
A great film by Fritz Lang. There is an anime version that is worth checking out as well.
And welcome or is it welcome back?
Netflix help? - Brazen - 05-20-2005
Hey Scott,
It's "welcome"... I'm new here. I posted an intro on the main forum.
Nip/Tuck is a good recommendation too, I'd forgotten about that one. I've never seen it, but I hear such fuss over it! Adding it to queue right now. Thanks!!
Netflix help? - Maggers - 05-20-2005
Brazen Wrote:Some of the grown-up movies from my Netflix queue (167 right now) that maybe would interest you:
Welcome to the board, Brazen.
I've got 309 flicks in my Netflix queue. Wonder if I'll live long enough to see 'em all.
Metropolis is a wonderful classic. I'm always surprised when someone refers to it as obscure. Fritz Lang obscure? But then, it is a silent film made nearly 80 (!) years ago.
Netflix help? - jimbow8 - 05-20-2005
Maggers Wrote:I've got 309 flicks in my Netflix queue. Wonder if I'll live long enough to see 'em all.I'm up to 395.
Netflix help? - Maggers - 05-31-2005
"Flesh and Bone" is a fine film I first saw when it came out in 1993. I liked it then and I like now. I saw it again tonight, and I recommend it.
It stars Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, James Caan, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The opening sequence blew me away, again. 12 minutes without much dialogue, and it packs a punch.
The actors give solid performances, though James Caan annoys me more often than not. But that's just James Caan, not the movie or the director.
I don't want to say much about the film. It's not a horror film, which is what the title might make you think. It's about family ties, the kind that bind .... and gag.
Netflix help? - CANADIANRJFAN - 06-01-2005
fpw Wrote:Ah, poor Jurgen Prochnow who had to spill all that terrible dialogue in The Keep.
I own the uncut French version of this. One of my all-time favorite films.
I haven't seen The Keep since 1984/85? and I remember liking it. I'll need to rent it again as an adult to see if its as bad as you've described. If it turns out to be bad, I still think that the concept of unearthing a demon during time of war gave war stories a great new twist.
I actually saw Gabriel Byrne once in person (Mjr. Kaempffer). It was at a downtown movie theater know as 'Paramount' (I'm sure Shadowlord will know the place) when we we buying tickets for a matinee & he came walking in with his family. He could tell that I recognized him & I could tell he wasn't in the mood to 'deal with a fan' so I did the polite thing & left him alone. I never intended to bother the man anyway.
If I could recommend a classic for your Netflix - The Secret War of Harry Frigg or even The Odd Couple. Both were very funny.
Netflix help? - Ken Valentine - 06-02-2005
CANADIANRJFAN Wrote:If I could recommend a classic for your Netflix - The Secret War of Harry Frigg or even The Odd Couple. Both were very funny.
Definitely! I love that character in Harry Frigg who's trying to speak English . . . "possibly!"
And Lemon and Mathau were perfect!
Ken V.
Netflix help? - Maggers - 06-06-2005
Just saw "Heavenly Creatures," which I saw in the theater when it was released in 1994. Terrific movie directed by LOTR's Peter Jackson and introducing Melanie Lynskey (now co-starring in the sitcom "Two and a Half Men") and Kate Winslet. The former is particularly good.
Set in New Zealand, it's based on a true story about two young passionate, fanciful girls who like each other in a very special way and what the intensity of their friendship leads to. Do check it out.
Netflix help? - Biggles - 06-09-2005
Suspect Zero
Rented it on DVD and watched it last night. My wife and I both enjoyed. Suspense, serial killers, distant viewing, violations of suspects' civil rights, illegal searches, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Ann Moss for eye candy. What's not to like? Sort of reminded me of a cross between X-Files and Millennium, two TV shows I miss. I give it three thumbs up.