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RedneckwithGuns posted:I saw this a few days ago and had high hopes for it after seeing Goldthwait's World's Best Dad, but it really is just a violence/revenge fantasy set to film. I hoped it could have been more, but it's definitely not the quality of Goldthwait's last movie and falls short where it could have been great (such as if they'd been ballsy enough to pull a Funny Games and indict the audience for enjoying the killing). What bugged me the most is in the midst of all the childish 'man don't you wish someone would just murder people who mildly annoy you?!' he never actually condemns or praises either the sociopath girl who just wants to murder people who personally bother her, or mr 'I'm killing people for society's sake'. So, basically, even if we were meant to agree with mr 'yea let's just kill the Kardashians, they deserve to die for being annoying' he's never divorced morally from the crazy girl, so the message gets all hosed up. Maybe it's just because Best Dad was so great, but God Bless America movie really blew for me. Glengarry Glen Ross, though, must be watched by everyone. I want to have 1984 style mass broadcast areas where people have to go watch it at least once 
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I watched God Bless America (it is exceptionally mediocre) because Bobcat Goldthwait made it, but I didn't realize this wasn't his first movie since Shakes the Clown.
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Froglight posted:You should all go watch Fido, a movie about a post-zombie apocalypse world where zombies are domesticated and kept as pets. It has Trinity from The Matrix and it's as fun as it sounds. I watched this last night on the recommendations in the thread, and holy poo poo, I loved it. Everybody go watch it right the hell now.
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God Bless America is like a more violent version of Idiocracy
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casual poster posted:God Bless America is like a more violent version of Idiocracy There is nothing about this statement that makes any sense. One is a satire about our society becoming progressively dumber and the other is a childish revenge fantasy about murdering people who are making out society progressively dumber. Like, they are vaguely related from a very abstract, conceptual point, but they couldn't possibly be more different in execution. The message, the tone, etc are all completely different. That's like saying Gremlins is a more violent version of Beethoven.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:There is nothing about this statement that makes any sense. I would like to think that Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a more violent version of Beethoven's 2nd though.
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Just finished up The Hunter, and god drat it's really good. Willem Dafoe is a hunter/tracker sent to Tazmania to find the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger, for a company wanting it's organs and such for study. The plot makes it sound like a bad sci-fi or action film, but it's a really good drama film.
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Wait... since when did Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky become available!?!?
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Very recently, I think. Just noticed it this morning.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:There is nothing about this statement that makes any sense. Eh........yeah, you're really right actually. Like really really right. I don't think I could of been any wronger in my statement. At first I was drawing a comparison between Idiocracy's commercials (Ow! My Balls!) and some of God Bless America, but really, there isn't much besides just a commentary on american society. I wish I could say I wasn't sober while writing that, or that I was tired, but I can't. It was kind of a dumb statement. But you should all still check out the movie.
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PowderKeg posted:Wait... since when did Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky become available!?!? It popped up on the new releases feed over the weekend.
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EasyEW posted:It popped up on the new releases feed over the weekend. Can I get a link to this?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I watched this last night on the recommendations in the thread, and holy poo poo, I loved it. Everybody go watch it right the hell now. Fido is the quintessential case of an amazing movie being hamstringed by lovely box art. Please, everyone, watch this movie ASAP. It's wonderful.
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OK Octopus posted:Fido is the quintessential case of an amazing movie being hamstringed by lovely box art. Please, everyone, watch this movie ASAP. It's wonderful. No kidding. I skipped over this movie a million times because of the name and boxart. I watched it the other day, and it totally rules. It's like Shaun of the Dead meets Pleasantville.
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Fido owns, thanks for the recommendations!
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Even being a nerd for zombie movies I put off watching Fido for years because the boxart and previews made it look terrible but it's really good.
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I always assumed Fido sucked because it's Canadian, being in Canada we get so much Canadian content (Can-con) rammed down our throats due to regulations it makes us immediately suspicious of anything produced here.
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jojoinnit posted:Can I get a link to this? The New Choices To Watch Instantly feed (RSS): http://dvd.netflix.com/NewWatchInstantlyRSS. It's a good thing to have handy, since for obvious reasons the new/renewed things show up quicker on the RSS feed than they do on the third-party sites.
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EasyEW posted:The New Choices To Watch Instantly feed (RSS): http://dvd.netflix.com/NewWatchInstantlyRSS. It's a good thing to have handy, since for obvious reasons the new/renewed things show up quicker on the RSS feed than they do on the third-party sites. Thanks!
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Ishamael posted:I enjoyed Dragon Tattoo, but I agree that the rape scene was way too graphic for my taste. Do the sequels have anything like that in them? Trying to decide whether we should watch them or not. This is why I keep putting this movie off. I can watch 99% of gross stuff in horror/zombie/action/comedy movies because movie violence is generally too over-the-top to be realistic. I saw Irreversible, which had a disturbingly graphic rape scene, and it creeped the hell out of me. It's like the difference between watching Rambo shoot 100 dudes in the face, versus pictures of actual car accident victims.
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I can't remember if it was this thread or the Netflix recommendation thread in CineD (maybe both) but thanks to all who recommended Terriers. I just whipped through all of it in the past 3 days. I hadn't intended to finish the series tonight because I have an early class tomorrow, but I had to see how it all wrapped up. Usually when I watch tv, I'm browsing the forums at the same time, but this show seriously sucked me in to the point that I put down the laptop and just watched. I think I remember people saying that there's no second season and probably won't be and that makes me sad  Also I always listened to all of the opening and closing themes because they're so damned catchy.
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Terriers is a great show, I'm sad I discovered it too late because who knows, if more of us found it earlier when it was being aired perhaps they would have gotten another season 
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PowderKeg posted:Wait... since when did Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky become available!?!? watch this movie right the gently caress now everyone no matter what remember the old daily show with craig kilborn? and there was that clip of the guys head being crushed? this is that movie. watch it. no excuses.
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priznat posted:Terriers is a great show, I'm sad I discovered it too late because who knows, if more of us found it earlier when it was being aired perhaps they would have gotten another season I had no idea this show existed until people were talking about it in the Netflix threads! Maybe bad PR/marketing on their end? Also in the category of TV shows goons love, I'm finally starting Breaking Bad after it's been in my queue since forever.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:There is nothing about this statement that makes any sense. A more accurate description is that the main character of God Bless America is the type of person that thinks Idiocracy is a clever and insightful movie. I could totally seem him gushing about it to the lady at the front desk in between his monologues about dumb cattle pod people sheeple American Idol PowderKeg posted:Wait... since when did Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky become available!?!? Is it dubbed? It's just not the same without that amazing English dub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMKN1tYknE Spoilers, obviously.
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Farbtoner posted:Is it dubbed? It's just not the same without that amazing English dub. Alas it is subtitled. Sad to find out the big dude is not in fact named Tarzan.
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I vouch for Terriers, I remember it being on TV a ew years back and giving it no thought. It poped up a few months back and I watched it all in about 2 days. Finished Inbetweeners in about 2 days as well. I am a sucker for newer British shows and this easily got my attention. It is pretty much Super Bad Britain version. If you liked Spaced/Black Books or really jokes about pooping yourself, enjoy.
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Khorne Flakes posted:I vouch for Terriers, I remember it being on TV a ew years back and giving it no thought. It poped up a few months back and I watched it all in about 2 days. Yes, the Inbetweeners is awesome, and watch it on Netflix...BUT STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE US VERSION!
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I believe the dubbed version of riki-oh is on crackle, I watched it a month or so back
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Just watched an amazing documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It's about an 85 year old master sushi chef, and is just a beautifully made film and character study. Highly recommended, and it will make you really hungry if you are a sushi fan. EDIT: Also, Super 8 is on Instant Watch now. Haven't seen it yet, but I will watch it soon.
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Ishamael posted:EDIT: Also, Super 8 is on Instant Watch now. Haven't seen it yet, but I will watch it soon. Watched it last night. Not bad for Lost: The Goonies, especially if you can ignore every element of the movie trying to parallel everything else until it's one giant interconnected mess of overwrought symbolism. When I said to myself "the characters are pretty interesting, but the monster's kinda blah," I opened a second bottle of gin until I stopped doing that. The Gate is up, starring Stephen Dorff as a surprisingly competent child actor. Also C.H.U.D.
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Ishamael posted:Just watched an amazing documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Just about to watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi and incidentally my grandfather just bought Super 8 for me on DVD today because he thought I'd like it 
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The marketing made Warrior look like a 2-hour Tapout commercial, but it's a surprisingly well-made, well-acted and soulful little sports movie despite the prominent brand names. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Plus, Tom Hardy. 
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Has anyone else watched Bad rear end starring Danny Trejo yet? I enjoyed it quite a bit. The story of the "I AM A MOTHER FUCKER" t-shirt/beard guy.
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fosborb posted:Watched it last night. Not bad for Lost: The Goonies, especially if you can ignore every element of the movie trying to parallel everything else until it's one giant interconnected mess of overwrought symbolism. When I said to myself "the characters are pretty interesting, but the monster's kinda blah," I opened a second bottle of gin until I stopped doing that. Do you remember anyone's name aside from the main character? I enjoyed the feel they were going for, but it was piss-poor character development. I didnt care about a single one of them.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Do you remember anyone's name aside from the main character? Also, the Abrams Glare was even more annoying than it was in "Star Trek". I didn't totally hate it but it was REALLY bad at the things it was bad at.
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mds2 posted:Has anyone else watched Bad rear end starring Danny Trejo yet? I enjoyed it quite a bit. The story of the "I AM A MOTHER FUCKER" t-shirt/beard guy. Watched it a couple of days ago. B-grade in a good way. Danny Trejo is awesome as Bad rear end, but some of the dialogue is kind of cheesy. I found myself rooting for him throughout the whole movie. As a bonus, Barney from Silence of the Lambs is in it as the bad guy, and he's excellent. Lots of puns and violence.
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Found an article I thought this thread would enjoy
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Not a movie, but I believe the 4th season of Parks and Rec is newly added, when I went a week or so ago all I could get was season 3. It's definitely a must watch feel good sitcom season.
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sublyme posted:I believe the dubbed version of riki-oh is on crackle, I watched it a month or so back Yeah, the Netflix version isn't dubbed or subtitled. How many Netflix subscribers speak Cantonese?
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