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forever whatever posted:Dragnet is on netflix, both the 1950's series and the 1960's series. Old though it might be, the dialogue and acting are awesome. It can be pretty dark but even when it goes into full on camp territory it is highly entertaining...As a child I grew up watching this on Nick at Nite so there's a nostalgia factor to my enjoyment but I highly recommend it to anyone who likes cop shows. Dragnet and Wagon Train hold up so well.
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penismightier posted:Dragnet and Wagon Train hold up so well.
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I've made a wonderful discovery! All seasons of Poirot now available - It is a detective program about the charming Hercule Poirot (and his little grey cells) solving crimes. It's like the charm and subtly of Columbo with the (occasional) narcissism of Holmes P.S. Columbo is also available via Netflix.
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Radd McCool posted:I've made a wonderful discovery! Don't forget that incredible mustache.  The Conan the barbarian is also up. It is a hilariously bad reboot and has Khal Drogo from Game of Thrones. Not a good movie by any standards but it might be worth watching as a modern film-making cautionary tale. As an added bonus you get to hear the most overused narrator cash a pay check. 
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Jul 12, 2012 22:15
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matrocious posted:Don't forget that incredible mustache. It's a groan worthy bad movie, which is really disappointing since the low fantasy setting for Conan stories is really awesome. But at least it has Ron Perlman
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Absentia is a pretty good low budget psychological horror movie. Really good use of minimal sound. Might be worth checking out if you're into jump scares but it goes off the rails a bit towards the end. E: It's certainly not Alien or The Exorcist but it's decent for what it is (YMMV). Also, every movie that has two female leads isn't a lifetime movie. matrocious fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jul 13, 2012 |
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Jul 13, 2012 04:04
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I'm going to quote myself from the Horror Megathread.MrGreenShirt posted:I literally just finished watching Absentia. My reaction?
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The original Superman is on Instant Watch. Please watch it if you never have before. It's really good, it's from the same director as Lethal Weapon, and is one of those films that reminds me how magical movies can be. Plus, it's got Gene Hackman hamming it up as the world's greatest criminal mastermind.
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matrocious posted:Also, every movie that has two female leads isn't a lifetime movie. While you do have a point, when the "horror" movie spends far less time on the haunting parts and much more on the story of two sisters dealing with grief, a loss of intimacy, and the pain of declaring a missing husband dead in absentia, eventually you have to start calling a spade a spade.
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Erebus posted:And for us suckers who rely entirely on the Internet for our TV, season 4 of Breaking Bad is coming to Instant the same day season 5 starts. Awesome, thanks for the tip. I hate watching TV on disc, I need to binge. I'm halfway through season 1 right now, re-capping because I've only seen it once. Also, to add to the BSG discussion, I know it's silly but I was sold on it when right in the first episode, Roslin is in the doctor's office about to get her diagnosis, and out the window you can see Serenity coming in for a landing.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:The original Superman is on Instant Watch. Please watch it if you never have before. It's really good, it's from the same director as Lethal Weapon, and is one of those films that reminds me how magical movies can be. Plus, it's got Gene Hackman hamming it up as the world's greatest criminal mastermind. Otisberg?
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X-Ray Pecs posted:The original Superman is on Instant Watch. Please watch it if you never have before. It's really good, it's from the same director as Lethal Weapon, and is one of those films that reminds me how magical movies can be. Plus, it's got Gene Hackman hamming it up as the world's greatest criminal mastermind. It really is a perfect film: it captures the earnest optimism necessary for a movie about a man with superpowers, but cuts it with just enough awareness that you can have a good time and not roll your eyes. It's like this perfect transitional moment out of the '70s and into the '80s.
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It also has a tremendous score by John Williams.
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I still think, to this day, that Superman: The Movie is the finest superhero film. It's... honestly close to perfect.
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matrocious posted:It also has a tremendous score by John Williams. My favorite use of the score is probably the opening credits. Between the music and the various cast and crew members flying at your face, the opening credits really help create that awe that sticks with you through the entire movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qHDWdGPomw
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X-Ray Pecs posted:My favorite use of the score is probably the opening credits. Between the music and the various cast and crew members flying at your face, the opening credits really help create that awe that sticks with you through the entire movie. Superman credits are tied with Star Wars for sheer adrenaline dump. I prefer Superman II to the first -- Terence Stamp is amazing, especially playing off against Hackman -- but both are super solid. Warner will never in a million years find anyone as perfectly suited to the part as Reeve. It's probably the best superhero casting decision ever.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:My favorite use of the score is probably the opening credits. Between the music and the various cast and crew members flying at your face, the opening credits really help create that awe that sticks with you through the entire movie. If there was one thing I absolutely loved about Superman Returns, it's that I finally got to see that credit sequence on the big screen. Even all gussied up with CGI planets and poo poo, it was glorious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n59WAWD7dqE
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RoughDraft2.0 posted:Superman credits are tied with Star Wars for sheer adrenaline dump. Ha, that's a pretty good way to put it. It's the film version of a guy in the stands pumping everyone up before the team runs out.
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I must have been in too good of a mood today so I decided to watch 3 war docs: Severe Clear Hell and Back Again and Restrepo Holy gently caress were they brutal.  *edit* VVV It is in my queue. I think I'll watch some Stargate or something instead. VVV Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Jul 14, 2012 |
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Jul 14, 2012 05:06
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You should also watch Armadillo, which is also on Streaming.
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Jay Dub posted:If there was one thing I absolutely loved about Superman Returns, it's that I finally got to see that credit sequence on the big screen. Even all gussied up with CGI planets and poo poo, it was glorious. That intro is incredible. I had completely forgotten how good it was because of how poor that movie was. Perfect balance of taking a throw-back style and adding the modern effects. Superman Returns seemed like such a good idea but it's just impossible to replace Christopher Reeve. He was just a great actor and completely owns that role.
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Guys, don't watch Zonad. I didn't even make it a half hour into the 75 minute movie - it's tremendously unfunny and mean-spirited.
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The best Richard Donner film was the Goonies and to a lesser extent Lethal Weapon 2. Superman is merely okay.
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the_Vandal posted:The best Richard Donner film was the Goonies and to a lesser extent Lethal Weapon 2. Superman is merely okay. loving love lethal weapon 2. Easily the best one.
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Heads up: season four of Breaking Bad just got put up, just in time for season five, which premieres tonight! I'm gonna watch the last few episodes as a refresher before I head over to a friend's place tonight for the premiere...
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forever whatever posted:Heads up: season four of Breaking Bad just got put up, just in time for season five, which premieres tonight! I'm gonna watch the last few episodes as a refresher before I head over to a friend's place tonight for the premiere...
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Rampart was just added to Netflix. It is considered Woody Harrelson's best role, ever. I am going to be starting it momentarily, will report back later.
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red19fire posted:Rampart was just added to Netflix. It is considered Woody Harrelson's best role, ever. I am going to be starting it momentarily, will report back later. I don't know about Harrelson's best role ever, but he is really great in it. Also he does more smoking in that movie than every lead character combined in the last ten years of American movies.
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If anyone's up for some very distinctive animation check out The Secret of Kells. It's basically an animated version of the crazy-detailed margins of medieval manuscripts written by Christian monks, which is also what the plot is about. It's gorgeous and the story is told in a sort of visual dream logic.
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forever whatever posted:season four of Breaking Bad just got put up... I just binged through all of it and...  DING!DING!DING!MOTHERFUCKER!
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A friend and I stumbled across this gem on Netflix tonight. The IMDB description reads as follows: "Dwarfs playing basketball... with Dennis Rodman." Unfortunately, that doesn't really do the movie justice. See, it's worse than that. Far worse than that. Here. Have a taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03KiZvFG7s Really, the movie feels like an extended Tim and Eric sketch, so if you're into that, this movie is perfect. It's the type of movie that will constantly astound you with just how bad it is, and how much worse it gets.
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red19fire posted:Rampart was just added to Netflix. It is considered Woody Harrelson's best role, ever. I am going to be starting it momentarily, will report back later. Rampart is a really horrible film and Woody's best role is Zombieland.
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Rhyno posted:Rampart is a really horrible film and Woody's best role is Zombieland. The People vs. Larry Flynt. 
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The Cameo posted:The People vs. Larry Flynt. I counter with his cameo in Austin Powers Part Whatever.
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Rhyno posted:I counter with his cameo in Austin Powers Part Whatever. I see you your Austin Powers and raise you a Kingpin. ... Which was on Netflix for what seemed like forever. Must've been a part of the Starz! deal, because it's gone now. Huh.
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You're all wrong because Natural Born Killers
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Rhyno posted:Rampart is a really horrible film and Woody's best role is Zombieland. What was horrible about it? And his best role is in Natural Born Killers.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What was horrible about it? And his best role is in Natural Born Killers.  
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And it's on Netflix Streaming, too!
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:You're all wrong because Natural Born Killers HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What was horrible about it? And his best role is in Natural Born Killers. But he didn't have the best role in the movie. (That honor goes to Rodney Dangerfield)
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