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Roth posted:Anyway, I'm making the choice right now between watching Patton and Once Upon a Time in the West before I spend the rest of my day studying for finals, and I don't suppose anyone would care to sway me on way or the other? I haven't seen either movie before. I absolutely love Patton despite hating most biopics on its model. Really exceptional movie. I've always a felt Once Upon a Time in the West was kinda overrated. It's no The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I've always a felt Once Upon a Time in the West was kinda overrated. It's no The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. While I do agree with this, OUTWest is still worth it for the opening scene alone. Edit: I'm also with you on Patton Hubbardologist posted:Also, A Field in England is available on Prime. It's real good. If you like black and white psychedelic flicks set during the English Civil War. And Michael Smiley. I couldn't stand A Field in England; I ended up not even finishing it, so I guess I don't like those types of flicks. Paper Kaiju fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Dec 13, 2016 |
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Dec 13, 2016 14:43
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Paper Kaiju posted:While I do agree with this, OUTWest is still worth it for the opening scene alone. Practically a movie in itself because it's like eight minutes long.
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Dec 13, 2016 14:44
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Once Upon a Time in the West also has this scene, which is maybe my favorite shot in any Western(which is saying a lot): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WPMoVtHSOs Its maybe Leone's best looking film overall, of course its hard to overlook the lack of Eastwood and Van Cleef.
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Basebf555 posted:Its maybe Leone's best looking film overall, of course its hard to overlook the lack of Eastwood and Van Cleef. Though I actually am happy that Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach being cast as the opening scene gangsters got scrapped.
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Coaaab posted:Though I actually am happy that Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach being cast as the opening scene gangsters got scrapped. I tend to agree. I mean yea I'd love to see what that version of the scene would have looked like, but it probably would have set the movie up more as a parody which would have worked against it.
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I wish I had been able to see it at the time, because apparently Henry Fonda's villain turn was a stunning typecasting break. For me now, that role almost defines him as an actor.
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fishtobaskets posted:I wish I had been able to see it at the time, because apparently Henry Fonda's villain turn was a stunning typecasting break. For me now, that role almost defines him as an actor. If you haven't you should go back and watch some of his John Ford roles, seeing those broke me out of that mode where I only ever could see him as his Once Upon a Time character. Young Lincoln and especially My Darling Clementine are the two that really define him in my mind after having seen them.
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precision posted:Yeah I just had to Google it just to even remember which mid-00s edgy crime movie it was. It's not unwatchable or the worst movie of the decade but it's just not that good either. If you're in a fix for this exact kind of movie but better, I recommend Smoking Aces. It's stupid, but pretty fun and it works. Lots of fun characters. I like the sniper chick. Not sure if it's on any streaming sites now, though.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted: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. Shaun of the Dead is my favorite movie ever. :') But you're right. If I had a choice, i'd watch Shawn before Hot Fuzz.
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Rough Lobster posted:If you're in a fix for this exact kind of movie but better, I recommend Smoking Aces. It's stupid, but pretty fun and it works. Lots of fun characters. I like the sniper chick. Not sure if it's on any streaming sites now, though. Or better yet, Shoot 'Em Up which might be my favorite action movie of the 00s.
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Rough Lobster posted:If you're in a fix for this exact kind of movie but better, I recommend Smoking Aces. It's stupid, but pretty fun and it works. Lots of fun characters. I like the sniper chick. Not sure if it's on any streaming sites now, though. taraji p henson is awesome all the tme
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fishtobaskets posted:I wish I had been able to see it at the time, because apparently Henry Fonda's villain turn was a stunning typecasting break. For me now, that role almost defines him as an actor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHI6Hl7FUqA
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I don't know if there's any exploitation fans here but Groupie Girl is on Prime. It's surprisingly decent. Like imagine if The Monkees were in 60s mod London and they decided to keep some girl who stowed away on their van. The music is good and the dialogue isn't horrid. Which puts it in the upper tier of exploitation titles. But it wouldn't be an exploitation movie if it didn't take a weird turn where the leader tries to "give" her to a bandmate before trying to trade her out the window to another band on the motorway before crashing into the back of a stopped truck. All of that takes place in the span of 3 minutes. And there's still 30 minutes of movie afterwards. It has a fairly bleak ending but that's par for the course
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girth brooks part 2 posted:Terrorvision is on Amazon Prime. A supremely strange 80's horror comedy about one odd as hell family and an alien monster riding TV signals, also a personal favorite of mine. This was some drat fine schlock. Thank you.
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Terrorvision is so drat weird. It reminded me of a Troma film with the try-hard campiness and schlock. I felt vaguely gross after watching it.
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Yeah it was definitely physically disgusting. also it had homophobia and some other terrible things, but it was the 80s. I just liked how the alien savior finally shows up and is pretty much instantly killed.
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david_a posted:Terrorvision is so drat weird. It reminded me of a Troma film with the try-hard campiness and schlock. I felt vaguely gross after watching it. Check out Class of 1999 on Hulu next.
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:I just liked how the alien savior finally shows up and is pretty much instantly killed. That's my favorite part too. Especially when the boy checks on him afterwards.
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Just finished Fuller House season 2. It had some actually funny jokes from time to time, which makes it better than season 1 by default. And they really reduced the cringe-inducing moments this season. It was kind of weird to blow through halloween, thanksgiving, christmas, and new year's episodes with no gaps between them like a network series would have, but I guess it works okay with the show's release date. When it comes to family-focused modern sitcoms, you could do a lot worse. This feels surprisingly like the original show. Bring on season 3! edit: and they totally had a "Beach Boys visit the Tanner house and then perform in concert with them" moment this season with NKOTB.
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I started watching Kurt&Courtney on Netflix and good god it is bad. If I didn't know otherwise I would think this is one of those fake documentaries like A Mighty Wind or Spinal Tap. I love Nirvana but this poo poo is awful.
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A list of what's coming to and leaving Netflix in January Netflix's losing all ESPN's 30 for 30s. So a good time to bingewatch them if you like them!
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rngd in the womb posted:A list of what's coming to and leaving Netflix in January That list only hast a few 30 for 30's so maybe it's only the first season?
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:It means "humorless" or "disapproving." It comes from slang for a toilet, possibly influenced/encouraged by the similarity to "poker-faced." The "rescue the downed squad in the building while command oversees from the APC" scene is also lifted wholesale from Aliens when the Marines go to rescue the colonists and get ambushed by Aliens. Like it's exactly the same, there's even a couple lines of dialogue that I'm pretty sure were verbatim. I liked Spectral well enough. Like yeah the red shirt soldiers were underdeveloped, and yeah the science was heavy on technobabble and plot convenience, but the effects and action were well executed and I had a pretty good time with it. It's a B-movie with A-movie special effects.
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rngd in the womb posted:A list of what's coming to and leaving Netflix in January Netflix sucks so bad now.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Netflix sucks so bad now. It's kinda dire, I'm seriously considering just saying gently caress it to it all and getting Shudder and FilmStruck instead. Like, if I have two basically perfect cinephile networks, why would I want Blockbuster Streaming?
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K. Waste posted:It's kinda dire, I'm seriously considering just saying gently caress it to it all and getting Shudder and FilmStruck instead. Like, if I have two basically perfect cinephile networks, why would I want Blockbuster Streaming? I still keep Netflix around but I use Shudder and Amazon Prime way more often.
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For me, it's the original content that keeps Netflix relevant. I can justify the cost on the original stuff, especially the Marvel stuff.
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They make it pretty easy to unsubscribe for a few months. Take advantage of it! For the foreseeable future I'll probably be hopping around between various streaming providers because I can't justify paying for multiple services. I had Hulu a few months ago, currently on Netflix, and will probably switch to HBO Now in the near future. If you let the content build up you'll have a nice cache of stuff to watch when you switch back.
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tweet my meat posted:For me, it's the original content that keeps Netflix relevant. I can justify the cost on the original stuff, especially the Marvel stuff. Yea I hate to admit that their tactic of focusing on original content is working on me, because I really do love movies and I've said for a while that if things keep going in this direction I'd drop my subscription. They're really putting out a ton of good stuff though, and very regularly. Rarely does more than a week or so go by where I don't discover something new and interesting to watch that's a Netflix original.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Netflix sucks so bad now.
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tbh there's only two things on that list that I'm interested in and haven't seen before (I didn't know the Duke of Burgundy was on there). I probably won't bother cancelling unless money gets tight since I don't really notice the $10 a month anyway but for $5 a month, Shudder has like ten times as much stuff I'm interested in watching, a lot of it pretty obscure.
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Get on The Hunt. Such a good movie.
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Netflix documentaries has been really good too. I keep talking myself out of cancelling just because of that.
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Basebf555 posted:Yea I hate to admit that their tactic of focusing on original content is working on me, because I really do love movies and I've said for a while that if things keep going in this direction I'd drop my subscription. If only I could buy BoJack Horseman on Blu-Ray, I would have no problem dropping Netflix
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K. Waste posted:It's kinda dire, I'm seriously considering just saying gently caress it to it all and getting Shudder and FilmStruck instead. Like, if I have two basically perfect cinephile networks, why would I want Blockbuster Streaming? I like my Blockbuster streaming though  I also have Brown Sugar, Filmstruck, and Full Moon (don't judge me man!).
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david_a posted:They make it pretty easy to unsubscribe for a few months. Take advantage of it! For the foreseeable future I'll probably be hopping around between various streaming providers because I can't justify paying for multiple services. I had Hulu a few months ago, currently on Netflix, and will probably switch to HBO Now in the near future. If you let the content build up you'll have a nice cache of stuff to watch when you switch back. This man speaks the truth. Its not cable anymore! Don't pay for services you're not watching and experiment with all of them because they almost all give you a free month every year or six months. When i worked at netflix we were specifically instructed not to try to get people not to cancel, and you can also just do it online. You get the rest of that pay period to watch, and if you call and are nice can sometimes get it refunded.
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david_a posted:They make it pretty easy to unsubscribe for a few months. Take advantage of it! For the foreseeable future I'll probably be hopping around between various streaming providers because I can't justify paying for multiple services. I had Hulu a few months ago, currently on Netflix, and will probably switch to HBO Now in the near future. If you let the content build up you'll have a nice cache of stuff to watch when you switch back. I've been doing this for a while, bouncing from one subscription service to the other each month depending on personal whim and what's available. I get to watch everything and still only pay ten bucks a month.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I like my Blockbuster streaming though How's Brown Sugar?
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If you're in for a movie like Difret or Mustang, Sand Storm is an Israeli film from this year with very similar themes you should check out on Netflix or wherever.
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