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Tainen
Jan 23, 2004
Not sure how long it has been up but I see that six seasons of the Showtime versions of Shameless are available on Netflix. Great show if you haven't seen it. Haven't seen any other show that swings between the most absurd poo poo ever on TV to serious tear jerking moments.

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Asnorban
Jun 13, 2003

Professor Gavelsmoke


I unapologetically love everything about Boyhood. I can totally understand other opinions on it, but something about it resonated with me on a very deep level. My childhood didn't mirror his, but there was enough there that I could relate to the character throughout.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Why is Amazon Prime trying to be Youtube?

It used to be I just ran across the random short comedy videos and lego unboxings and so on via InstantWatcher but now they're in the console interface when you look for "movies". Browse through comedy movies and there are like 100 Funny or Die sketches. Sometimes those are good, but it's really annoying to have to browse through a bunch of web shows to get to actual feature films.

Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie
Amazon Prime has a great selection but navigating it loving sucks.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Jose Oquendo posted:

Amazon Prime has a great selection but navigating it loving sucks.

My main problem with them is they seem to have no technical standards- they've got a lot of obscure, niche little B movies, which is good, but all in the shittiest of picture quality. And maybe with some of these films it's unavoidable but it's still a shame.

Franchescanado
Feb 23, 2013

If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointment

Grimey Drawer
What are some good niche B-movies on Amazon Prime?

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
The excellent 1959 film Compulsion (Dean Stockwell, Orson Welles) is on Netflix now. Highly recommended.

Wilhelm Scream
Apr 1, 2008

The best thing to do with Prime is when you find a movie you know you'll wanna watch, watchlist that poo poo so you won't have to go searching for it ever again.

Call Me Charlie
Dec 3, 2005

by Smythe

Maxwell Lord posted:

Why is Amazon Prime trying to be Youtube?

It used to be I just ran across the random short comedy videos and lego unboxings and so on via InstantWatcher but now they're in the console interface when you look for "movies". Browse through comedy movies and there are like 100 Funny or Die sketches. Sometimes those are good, but it's really annoying to have to browse through a bunch of web shows to get to actual feature films.

https://digiday.com/publishers/amazon-becoming-moneymaker-video-publishers/

The tl;dr version is content owners can now opt into Prime.

Sir Kodiak
May 14, 2007


Franchescanado posted:

What are some good niche B-movies on Amazon Prime?

Death Machine. Directed by Stephen Norrington (Blade). Starring Brad Dourif.

Raskolnikov2089
Nov 3, 2006

Schizzy to the matic

Franchescanado posted:

What are some good niche B-movies on Amazon Prime?

Splinter

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot

Wilhelm Scream posted:

The best thing to do with Prime is when you find a movie you know you'll wanna watch, watchlist that poo poo so you won't have to go searching for it ever again.
I do this exact thing on books I want to read - watchlist the ebook, wait until it's less than 4 or 5 bucks - buy and move on

Upsidads
Jan 11, 2007
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates


Typed in "4k" into prime streaming had like ten hits and half were under 4 min videos on 4k cameras by a fatso in his basement.

nate fisher
Mar 3, 2004

We've Got To Go Back

precision posted:

Do not watch Mistress America on HBO Now. It makes Tiny Furniture look good. There are many line readings where I am pretty sure the actresses involved were thinking "I can't believe I have to say this poo poo with a straight face" and it shows on their faces. Holy wow what a turd of everything wrong and precious about indie films.

It's basically a feature length iPhone commercial, which also has regular length iPhone commercials in it, like the scene where the Free Spirit gets called onstage (in a CLUB in MANHATTAN whoah!) to hang out with Kings of Leon or some horse poo poo band.

I even briefly had my hopes up when I saw Dean Wareham did some of the music but then I remembered what the last few Luna albums sounded like.

I thought Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's first truly co-movie) was a lot better. For some reason I really like Greta a lot despite her being pretty much one note so far. That said Noah's earlier movie The Squid and The Whale is probably his best.

nate fisher fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Dec 3, 2016

Bayham Badger
Jan 19, 2007

Secretly force socialism, communism and imperialism types of government onto the people of the United States of America.

nate fisher posted:

I thought Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's first truly co-movie) was a lot better. For some reason I really like Greta a lot despite her being pretty much one note so far. That said Noah's earlier movie The Squid and The Whale is probably his best.

I saw Maggie's Plan when it was in theaters and enjoyed it, and Gerwig's performance, for the most part. Definitely had its preciousness, which normally gets on my nerves, but it worked well enough. Good cast overall, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore with a ridiculous German accent, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph, and Wallace Shawn (I think?).

A MIRACLE
Sep 17, 2007

All right. It's Saturday night; I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock.

The gently caress is Pacific Heat? Is that like Archer but "Down Under"?

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






A MIRACLE posted:

The gently caress is Pacific Heat? Is that like Archer but "Down Under"?

Yes and also terrible in every way.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
Its an Australian show that Netflix bought the rights to. It's garbage.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
That's being unfair to garbage.

Keanu is on HBO Now. It might be the funniest movie of the past decade.

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


precision posted:

That's being unfair to garbage.

Keanu is on HBO Now. It might be the funniest movie of the past decade.

Four Lions? Hot Fuzz? Fuhgeddaboudit

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
That's funny, I was going to edit and compare it directly to Hot Fuzz, it has the heart and bombast of Edgar Wright with the outstanding humor of Key and Peele, who are my jam. My jam!

Die Sexmonster!
Nov 30, 2005
I'll give that a watch, Hot Fuzz is my favorite comedy "thing" since Arrested Development.

Which is definitely "what you should watch on streaming" if you like comedy yet have never seen it.

K. Waste
Feb 27, 2014

MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.
Keanu hits a really good stride, but by the climax the action staging and cinematography just isn't there. Pete Atencio ain't no Edgar Wright. Heck, he isn't even a Tim Miller.

Enos Cabell
Nov 3, 2004


I really enjoyed Keanu, but it's nowhere near as good as Hot Fuzz.

drunken officeparty
Aug 23, 2006

Hot Fuzz is funny and all but it's not a laugh riot that also deserves every oscar like people make it out to be.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
I didn't know people were making it out to be. I mean, it's a better Shaun of the Dead, and I can watch either one on any given day. That doesn't mean it's a laugh riot. It's just amazingly well put together.

A MIRACLE
Sep 17, 2007

All right. It's Saturday night; I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock.

SHARK TANK

Oh poo poo!

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


I like Key and peele quite a bit but Keanu fell sort of flat for me. It had some funny parts but I thought it dragged, which often seems to happen when a sketch show gets turned into a movie.

Franchescanado
Feb 23, 2013

If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointment

Grimey Drawer
I thought Keanu was good. I was expecting something goofier, but the tone and humor was much darker than I was expecting. It's like Pineapple Express and John Wick, except the protagonists are incapable of using any guns or combat. Good stuff.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
It really just depends on how much you like Key and Peele I reckon. I literally can't get enough of them, I've watched every season of their show at least 3 times each by now. And when Jordan switches rapidly between "nerd Jordan" and "thug Jordan" I lose my poo poo every. fuckin. time. That's the real gangsta poo poo, yeeeeah!

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot
I thought I posted it here already but must've forgot. Mercenary is on Netflix, it's a really bleak drama about a young pacific islander who burns his bridges by taking an opportunity to go to France and play Rugby.. And it doesn't really turn out well. I expected it to be about him joining the FFL and ending up Killing All The Bad Guys but it's not. It's hard to watch but riveting. It's a french film so there are subtitles - but honestly there's just not a lot of dialogue compared to most movies, and you can glean almost everything from the faces of the characters.

edit: oh yeah, animals were very definitely harmed during the making of this film, so if you can't stand seeing a hog actually get killed - you've been warned.

Supremacy is also quite good - Danny Glover always kills it in these dramas about racism, and this one's no exception. It's a fictionalized retelling of a member of the Aryan Brotherhood and their day or so of freedom after getting out of prison. Anson Mount killed it and I almost didn't recognize him.

coyo7e fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Dec 7, 2016

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug
I just watched Creed on Prime. Holy poo poo, that movie is amazing. It easily could have ended being schmatzly, a needless cash-in, or just plain bad but it was definitely something that made reviving the series after nearly a decade something worthwhile.

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






Ugly In The Morning posted:

I just watched Creed on Prime. Holy poo poo, that movie is amazing. It easily could have ended being schmatzly, a needless cash-in, or just plain bad but it was definitely something that made reviving the series after nearly a decade something worthwhile.

Have you seen Rocky Balboa? Everything you just said applies equally there.

GonSmithe
Apr 25, 2010

Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.

McSpanky posted:

Have you seen Rocky Balboa? Everything you just said applies equally there.

Creed is better, though. And I like Rocky Balboa a lot.

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug

McSpanky posted:

Have you seen Rocky Balboa? Everything you just said applies equally there.

On opening day, and it's one of my favorite movies. I thought it was a perfect end to the series, so the fact I absolutely adore Creed says a lot.

E: It does suck that Balboa is the one Rocky movie not included with a Prime subscription (you need showtime), since like I said, that's another fantastic movie that sounds like an unnecessary sequel.

Double E: I love the bits in the final fight where someone gets hit and the cutman starts putting vasoline on his glove or smacking some icepacks. Very true to life as far as good cutmen go.

Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Dec 8, 2016

Baron von Eevl
Jan 24, 2005

WHITE NOISE
GENERATOR

🔊😴
If Creed had come out in nearly any other year, it would have been my favorite movie of the year.

Inspector Hound
Jul 14, 2003

I'm always late to great shows, and holy poo poo the Netflix original The Crown is so great. John Lithgow should be knighted. Can John Lithgow be knighted? That fish pond painting scene, gah.

Baronash
Feb 29, 2012

So what do you want to be called?
I've been meaning to watch Creed. When it came out, a friend told me it's better to look at Rocky Balboa and Creed as alternate endings to the same story. Any truth to that, or do they mesh well together?

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Baronash posted:

I've been meaning to watch Creed. When it came out, a friend told me it's better to look at Rocky Balboa and Creed as alternate endings to the same story. Any truth to that, or do they mesh well together?

I think they mesh. Balboa is a good end to Rocky's story, Creed is the beginning of Adonis'.

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Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug
Yeah. Creed also continues Rocky's story pretty well, the move to the sidelines as a mentor (and the cancer plot line were well done.

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