my netflix queue is lookin' mighty spare...any suggestions?

bgl3 · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 8:06 am

We knocked out Sideways, After Hours and Rockers (damn, I enjoyed that) this week and are looking for suggestions. Got any?

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 8:41 am

here's a few you should check out...

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Tarnation
Primer
The Yes Men
Bad Education

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 9:47 am

i haven't really been blown away by anything in a while, save Primer. Last Life in the Universe was good but pretty slow in parts, but i'd still like more people to see it. i've been on a martial-arts movie kick lately. honestly the best movie that i've rented lately was Lemony snicket, but i've also been pressed for time so i've not watched a lot of stuff that i rented.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 9:54 am

Go for some older movies that you may not have seen. My suggestions:
•To Kill A Mockingbird (w/ Gregory Peck)
•Guess Who's Coming For Dinner? (Hepburn/Tracy)
•Harold & Maude
•La Grande Illusion (dir.: Renoir)

And a couple others you may not have thought of. (Kid's movies that are just great films.):
•The Iron Giant (dir.: Brad Bird, who did The Incredibles)
•Babe
•Babe 2: Pig In the City

robotboy · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 10:39 am

Dalen Wrote:

The Yes Men

fantastic movie

butter · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:34 pm **Posts:** 43

The Five Obstructions
My Life Without Me
The Barbarian Invasions

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

PopTodd Wrote:

•Guess Who's Coming For Dinner? (Hepburn/Tracy)

That was just on last night. Thankfully, in the years since it's release that has become (although not completely) a non-issue. Or at least it was for my wife and I.

Steve

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 11:19 am

If you like foreign films, I suggest Burnt Money. And I second Tarnation.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 12:31 pm

has anyone done the "2 at a time" thing instead of 3? do you feel 2 at a time is enough?

Modem · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 12:33 pm

Have you seen

Jesus' Son

?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

well you should just put newsradio at the top of yr queue because it comes out in 2 weeks.

chase Wrote:

i've been on a martial-arts movie kick lately.

all the more reason we should find Ong Bak. Have you seen any Yuen Biao stuff yet? he's dreamy.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 12:37 pm

Finally watched Amores Perros and the discostu-recommended The Corporation the other night and both were decent.

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 12:47 pm

Moxie Wrote:

Finally watched Amores Perros and the discostu-recommended The Corporation the other night and both were decent.

Decent? Amores Perros was brilliant.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 12:48 pm

Cotton Wrote:

all the more reason we should find Ong Bak. Have you seen any Yuen Biao stuff yet? he's dreamy.

coincidentally mailed that to you this morning. and some detrius i picked up off my coffee table that i could't stand to look at anymore.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

chase Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

all the more reason we should find Ong Bak. Have you seen any Yuen Biao stuff yet? he's dreamy.

coincidentally mailed that to you this morning. and some detrius i picked up off my coffee table that i could't stand to look at anymore.

no shit! is it pantscrappingly good?? soul-shattering? i've heard these adjectives in use to describe this movie.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:02 pm

Brotherhood of the Wolf

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:20 pm

oh man brotherhood of the wolf was the worst thing france has crapped out in awhile.

did anybody else watch primer twice through and take notes? that movie blinded me with science.

i recommend waydowntown if you didn't hop that wave last time through.

12XU · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:33 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i recommend waydowntown if you didn't hop that wave last time through.

and get "kitchen party" along with it. both are gary burns productions.

a few asian films that i recommend - internal affairs, sonatine, versus, ichi the killer (if you can stomach it), oldboy.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:46 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i recommend waydowntown if you didn't hop that wave last time through.

i put that on my palm pilot today so that i can watch it at work and cry.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:48 pm

12XU Wrote:

sonatine

For the love of baby Jesus, go nowhere near this Beat Takeshi joint. Watch Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinese Bookie instead - Kitano practically nicked the storyline, then smothered it with his own brand of shittiness, inevitably ruining the film. Dude wishes he was Jimmy Cagney.

e-stone · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:50 pm

anyone seen this movie:

it looks pretty good...wanted to see what any ob's had to say about it before renting it.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:51 pm

dalen seems to have loved it, i didn't make it all the way through it so i guess i didn't like it as much.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:55 pm

I recently saw American Astronaut which was pretty neat. The musical aspect of it was probably the best part except for where they're chanting "NO NO NO" etc. Worth seeing if you haven't.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:56 pm

Snored through it, elephantstone. Comparisons to Rushmore on the front, right? Balls!

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 1:59 pm

Also, I thought The Embalmer was pretty good. The midget is just plain creepy.

my netflix queue is lookin' mighty spare...any suggestions?

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