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TrixRabbi posted:Dear god...I have almost 200 movies in my instant queue. Every time I start to make progress I find 10 more things to add. It's like the Hydra, cut off one head two more grow in it's place. It's a great watch. Sagan could explain how paint dries or grass grows and I would be enthralled. If you really want a nice time sink, I noticed almost all of Ken Burn's documentaries are on instant now. I've been working my way through Jazz and am really impressed. The Civil War is his first doc and absolutely brilliant. Baseball, WW II, The West, and The National Parks are great too.
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mod sassinator posted:It's a great watch. Sagan could explain how paint dries or grass grows and I would be enthralled. The Civil War is overwhelmingly good. It's genuinely exhausting, in the best way. If you're American, it's absolutely essential viewing. And if you're not, it's drat good TV and drat good history anyway.
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penismightier posted:The Civil War is overwhelmingly good. It's genuinely exhausting, in the best way. If you're American, it's absolutely essential viewing. And if you're not, it's drat good TV and drat good history anyway. If nothing else, watch it for the great interviews with Ed Bearss, an incredible storyteller and Civil War historian. It's a shame there isn't more stuff about him on youtube, but this is a good look at how he tells the stories of famous battles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdhIxttuKto I really want to go on a tour of Gettysburg or other battlefields with him.
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mod sassinator posted:If nothing else, watch it for the great interviews with Ed Bearss, an incredible storyteller and Civil War historian. It's a shame there isn't more stuff about him on youtube, but this is a good look at how he tells the stories of famous battles: Don't forget Shelby "The Fuckmaster" Foote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFbbTQL13g My GOD what an accent!
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TrixRabbi posted:Dear god...I have almost 200 movies in my instant queue. Every time I start to make progress I find 10 more things to add. It's like the Hydra, cut off one head two more grow in it's place. I could kiss you right about now. mod sassinator posted:It's a great watch. Sagan could explain how paint dries or grass grows and I would be enthralled. The War is one of my favorite WWII docs ever. Baseball was really good as well, been meaning to watch Civil War. Also, it's not on there yet, but when it is you should check out Prohibition. It's not as long as Burns' other films, but it's still fantastic.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Well, guys, I don't know why, but apparently Netflix thinks I'm an elderly gay black man who also happens to be a Neo-nazi, since it just recommended that I watch Triumph of Will. Now, obviously, as a student of film, this movie is incredibly important and shouldn't be ignored just because it's a Nazi propaghanda film. But it just sits kind of weird in-between Frasier and 30 Rock. Netflix is showing me Triumph of Will between 30 Rock and Party Down. You're not alone.
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It's enough to make you think that the Oh, those Hitlers!
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I finally got around to watching Best Worst Movie last night and while it was a good enough documentary, it was way more depressing to me than it probably should have been.
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penismightier posted:Don't forget Shelby "The Fuckmaster" Foote. The sections of The Civil War when Foote is speaking are the best part. I would pay any price for an audiobook version of his narrative where he read the book himself.
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I finally watched Pitch Black and enjoyed it, it was much better than I expected and particularly much smarter than I expected (still a 'dumb' movie, but hey). It's not great-great, it has a 7.0 on imdb which I feel is accurate. I don't know if everyone would like it, but I think any goons who haven't seen it would get some enjoyment out of it. Not sure how this flew under my radar for 12 years, so to speak, as I was a dead smack in target demographic when it came out.
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Bown posted:So Netflix came out in the UK yesterday and there seems to be a pretty drat decent amount of streaming stuff - not amazing, and nowhere near as good as the US selection, but enough to keep me happy for a while. Anyone got any film recommendations they know are on the UK service? Do what I and seemingly everyone else did, get unblock-us and access the US site. If your so inclined.
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Even if you don't normally have any interest in the subject, Elizabeth R is a pretty good mini-series about Elizabeth I.
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Piano posted:I finally watched Pitch Black and enjoyed it, it was much better than I expected and particularly much smarter than I expected (still a 'dumb' movie, but hey). It's not great-great, it has a 7.0 on imdb which I feel is accurate. I don't know if everyone would like it, but I think any goons who haven't seen it would get some enjoyment out of it. Now if you're into games at all, track down a copy of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and play the poo poo out of it. Just don't watch the follow-up film.
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Piano posted:Pitch Black You ought to check out Ghosts of Mars. Similar sort of movie, by John Carpenter, with Ice Cube, Jason Statham, etc. It came out not too far apart from Pitch Black - I have to admit I haven't watched it since it was a new release at Blockbuster, but I just added it to my queue.
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I just watched Gangster No. 1 a while ago. It's not a typical gangster film, but it feels like something straight out of the 1960's (when most of the film takes place). It's sort of like Scarface if you take all the pretensions of glamour and prestige out, and make the "protagonist" into the straight-up villain of the movie. Not bad, but not quite what I was expecting... has a kind of Neil Jordan-ish vibe to it. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Gangster_No._1/60024748?trkid=496624
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if looks could kill is a great movie. Its a witty movie where high school studen gets mistaken for a spy.
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Emron posted:I finally got around to watching Best Worst Movie last night and while it was a good enough documentary, it was way more depressing to me than it probably should have been. I watched it last night myself and I have to agree. I wanted to revel in the craziness but it was so wrapped up in depressing people that I couldn't. There's nothing wrong with the documentary; it's just really different than what I expected.
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Random Stranger posted:I watched it last night myself and I have to agree. I wanted to revel in the craziness but it was so wrapped up in depressing people that I couldn't. There's nothing wrong with the documentary; it's just really different than what I expected. The happy-go-lucky dentist guy's transition from genuine, earnest (if a bit annoying) guy to...whatever it was he was at the end made me pretty sad.
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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION is on streaming. If you haven't seen it, it's stellar. One of Will Smith's best roles and it's just so fabulously written that it's engaging throughout and I could watch it forever. It also has a very young Heather Graham, and J. J. Abrams acting as a spoiled son. Emron posted:The happy-go-lucky dentist guy's transition from genuine, earnest (if a bit annoying) guy to...whatever it was he was at the end made me pretty sad. George Hardy is very happy with his life, though.
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NeuroticErotica posted:George Hardy is very happy with his life, though. He is, but he really struck me as getting a taste of what he REALLY wanted in life with the fans and the autographs, then trying to cling to it while making it seem like he didn't care too much. That may have just been the selection of shots they used on him, but things like him saying "And then I say this!!! And...you know...it becomes a famous line in the movie" to an obviously uninterested person made me squirm really bad. edit: I also couldn't help but think that his "4 beautiful women" he works with may have been part of the reason he has an ex wife.
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One of the small little details that I love in Best Worst Movie is that George Hardy has fabulous teeth.
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I read the description for Best Worst Movie and I immediately thought about American Movie: The Making of Northwestern. Great documentary, but it's DVD only on Netflix.
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Random Stranger posted:I watched it last night myself and I have to agree. I wanted to revel in the craziness but it was so wrapped up in depressing people that I couldn't. There's nothing wrong with the documentary; it's just really different than what I expected. The actress who played the mom was just... I don't even know how to describe it.
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Emron posted:He is, but he really struck me as getting a taste of what he REALLY wanted in life with the fans and the autographs, then trying to cling to it while making it seem like he didn't care too much. That may have just been the selection of shots they used on him, but things like him saying "And then I say this!!! And...you know...it becomes a famous line in the movie" to an obviously uninterested person made me squirm really bad. I felt triumph and relief when he decided to turn his back on all that bullshit and became a happy dentist again. It's great when he describes how depressing it is to meet (I think) Robert Englund or the guy who plays Jason or some other b-movie convention "success." Hardy says soemething like "it was like all the guy could talk about was those movies," and then he gets a look on his face like he understands he's a normal man with a life and a career and all of the other people at the convention are the loving losers. It's like being a failure at being a horror movie convention guest proves what a winner he actually is.
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Jack Gladney posted:I felt triumph and relief when he decided to turn his back on all that bullshit and became a happy dentist again. It's great when he describes how depressing it is to meet (I think) Robert Englund or the guy who plays Jason or some other b-movie convention "success." Hardy says soemething like "it was like all the guy could talk about was those movies," and then he gets a look on his face like he understands he's a normal man with a life and a career and all of the other people at the convention are the loving losers. I did find his absolute, no-attempt-to-hide-it revulsion at the horror convention adorable. edit: But the way I took much of his reaction at the horror festival was a growing discomfort on his part for feeling awkward and not being a star, so he kept looking for reasons for why it was an awful place. Kind of like a "you can't fire me, I quit" sort of reaction. I mean, he even got into criticizing peoples' dental health there. It didn't strike me as realizing he's above that life so much as it was retroactively justifying to himself why he didn't need to be there.
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mistaya posted:Dexter One of our friends recommended netflix, and we went for it because they said Dexter was part of the package. Nope, not there.
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Fog Tripper posted:One of our friends recommended netflix, and we went for it because they said Dexter was part of the package. It was there until sometime in the middle or end of last year. It is gone now though.
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I loved Senna. Are there any more good racing documentaries up for streaming?
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The Capn posted:I loved Senna. Are there any more good racing documentaries up for streaming? Eric Bana's car documentary Love The Beast is great. It's not really about racing but definitely about cars.
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The Capn posted:I loved Senna. Are there any more good racing documentaries up for streaming? Truth in 24 is a decent documentary about contemporary LeMans racing, focusing on the audi/peugeot prototype cars. It's nowhere near as romantic/emotional as Senna whatsoever, but it's pretty interesting. It's not on netflex but the whole thing in on youtube (not in dumb 10 minute blocks, the whole thing is on there legitimately/free, in good quality, etc)
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Mother is an excellent Korean Movie. Last I checked there were two other movies by the same director, both excellent as well.
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The Capn posted:I loved Senna. Are there any more good racing documentaries up for streaming? Dust To Glory is an excellent documentary on the Baja 1000 and is a must watch if you're into rallying or offroad racing.
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Kubrick's The Killing is going away on the 16th. It's a great heist movie featuring a fairly good-sized ensemble cast of main players who are fleshed out pretty well in the time allotted, though naturally with a focus on two or three in particular. Watch it!
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Emron posted:The happy-go-lucky dentist guy's transition from genuine, earnest (if a bit annoying) guy to...whatever it was he was at the end made me pretty sad. Robert Ormsby (Grandpa Seth), made me depressed as hell when he talked about how pointless and wasted his life has been. It's amazing how they made something so hilarious as Troll 2 into something so sad. Don't get me wrong though - it's worth a watch.
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Speaking of Best Worst Movie, did anyone else notice that the actress who played the witch in the movie never showed up? She wasn't even mentioned, it's odd, given that she had a pretty major role in the film.
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Popular Human posted:Yeah, there's a lot of folks (like her and the evil preacher guy) that you see in the group panels and poo poo but who aren't ever interviewed. I guess they weren't crazy/interesting enough. Most likely they were interviewed but their segments were cut for that reason.
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Maremidon posted:Speaking of Best Worst Movie, did anyone else notice that the actress who played the witch in the movie never showed up? She wasn't even mentioned, it's odd, given that she had a pretty major role in the film. Almost positive they have an interview with her in the extras
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I have no earthly idea how this movie slipped by me for so long but thanks random Netflix suggestions for: This movie depicts the events that took place during the Nanking Massacre in 1937. The film is presented in black and white but the cinematography has some of the most evocative images that I've seen on screen in a long time. For a laymans comparison, it's like a Chinese Schindlers List. I wholeheartedly recommend that you add this movie to your queue and watch it. City of Life and Death God I wish Grave of the Fireflies was on instant so I could beg that you watch that too.
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Wilhelm Scream posted:Almost positive they have an interview with her in the extras There's an interview with her in the extras that's pretty long, and it shows her to be a really interesting person with a lot of unique life experiences. But they're not really horrifying and she's not at all delusional so they don't fit in with segments like Draco Floyd or the grandpa.
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