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trip9
Feb 15, 2011

Sorry for the shoddy writing quality, but here's my reccomendations:

Irreversible

I've seen a ton of messed up movies (horror is my favorite genre), but none of them have stuck with me like this movie. I guess you can call it a revenge drama, but it's more of a meditation on violence. Sounds cliche, but does it the best out of all the movies I've seen tackle the topic. Not for the faint of heart but if you like dark, intense films definitely check it out. In a similar vein, Enter the Void is also on Watch Instantly and is by the same director, it is also on of the most beautifully shot films I've ever seen.

Winter's Bone

This movie made quite a splash in the festival circuit, and was a huge critics' favorite, but hardly anyone I know has seen it. Great atmosphere, and the lead actress did a phenomenal job.

Trick 'r Treat

This is THE Halloween Movie to watch. Christmas gets Rudolf and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Halloween gets this movie. Very reminiscent of Tales From the Crypt, it's a collection of four interwoven stories that all occur on Halloween night. The best way I can think to describe it is "fun".

Let the Right One In

One of the best modern horror films of all time. A Swedish vampire coming-of-age tale. Yes, I know how it sounds, but this is as far from Twilight as you can get. It was remade and released in the US as Let Me In, and while many people love the remake, I think the original is far superior. If you have even a passing interest in horror, please check this movie out.

Dogtooth

A dark Greek comedy about a man who keeps his family isolated from society and raises his kids to believe ludicrous things, like that cats are horrible flesh eating creatures. It's as bizarre as it sounds.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

This is the kind of movie where Nicolas Cage shines. He plays a New Orleans detective who slowly goes batshit crazy. There's random fisheye shots of iguanas, interrogations of senior citizens, and Eva Mendes playing a prostitute; There's really no reason why you shouldn't watch this.

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Caladan Rake
Oct 12, 2011
Just purchased a new tv the other day that has the ability to view netflix on it, etc etc.

So I sign up for Netflix, having seen and heard that it has all kinds of stuff on it.

Crap indeed, it really was terrible. It is not designed to be watched on large tv's. The quality of the videos is terrible. Yes I understand that it's streaming, but is it that hard to give higher quality? Or is that why it costs next to nothing?

In terms of content, I can't claim to be a deep thinker, or that. I unabashedly like mainstream things. I was under the impression that most anything could be found on there. Boy was I wrong.

I did find an old favourite, and its 'sequel'. I'm not sure I would call this a recommendation though.

For Reference:

Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus


Fairly self explanatory. Military uses some kind of device, frees these creatures. Lots of people die, in very odd ways. Terrible movie, so bad its worth watching. In the end they have to find a way to stop them, or everyone dies (The horror!).


Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus


See above, but substitute Crocosaurus for Giant Octopus



Watching these on there had no effect because the quality is terrible regardless of what medium you use, be it streaming, computer, dvd etc.

Overall, very disappointed with Netflix so far mainly because of the video quality, and lack of new programming. Going to give it a go for awhile though, because I still need to explore it to its fullest extent from the sounds of things.

Also, I reside in Canada, and have heard rumour's that we get a crappy version to that of the U.S. Can anyone confirm or deny that one?

Traitorous Leopard
Jul 20, 2009



Wristcutters: A Love Story

Not sure how well-known this one is, but I just happened to see it recommended on there and checked it out. It's about a guy who kills himself because his girlfriend broke up with him and he ends up in a strange purgatory-like place. He eventually learns his girlfriend killed herself as well, so he sets out to find her. I guess this movie is kind of a black-comedy? It has some funny moments, but it's not joke after joke after joke. The movie itself has a similar feel to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, so if you loved that one you should definitely check this one out.

Shmitty
Oct 21, 2008

trip9 posted:

Sorry for the shoddy writing quality, but here's my reccomendations:

Trick 'r Treat

This is THE Halloween Movie to watch. Christmas gets Rudolf and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Halloween gets this movie. Very reminiscent of Tales From the Crypt, it's a collection of four interwoven stories that all occur on Halloween night. The best way I can think to describe it is "fun".

Let the Right One In

One of the best modern horror films of all time. A Swedish vampire coming-of-age tale. Yes, I know how it sounds, but this is as far from Twilight as you can get. It was remade and released in the US as Let Me In, and while many people love the remake, I think the original is far superior. If you have even a passing interest in horror, please check this movie out.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

This is the kind of movie where Nicolas Cage shines. He plays a New Orleans detective who slowly goes batshit crazy. There's random fisheye shots of iguanas, interrogations of senior citizens, and Eva Mendes playing a prostitute; There's really no reason why you shouldn't watch this.

Seconding all of these. I came in here to post specifically about 'Trick 'r Treat', but somebody stole my thunder. Also, 'Bad Lieutenant' is easily the greatest Nicolas Cage movie I've ever seen. He should really have his own category on Netflix.

Caladan Rake posted:

Overall, very disappointed with Netflix so far mainly because of the video quality, and lack of new programming. Going to give it a go for awhile though, because I still need to explore it to its fullest extent from the sounds of things.

Also, I reside in Canada, and have heard rumours that we get a crappy version to that of the U.S. Can anyone confirm or deny that one?


I routinely watch HD quality streaming, so I don't think what you're experiencing is the norm. We're not all watching sub-Youtube quality video and raving simply because of content. It's either an issue with your connection or your service provider. That or Canada.

Shmitty fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Oct 13, 2011

Caladan Rake
Oct 12, 2011

Shmitty posted:

I routinely watch HD quality streaming, so I don't think what you're experiencing is the norm. We're not all watching sub-Youtube quality video and raving simply because of content. It's either an issue with your connection or your service provider. That or Canada.

I didn't think it was the norm, and my connection is fairly good for everything else. The video doesn't stutter or lag or anything. Must be :canada: :( .

Soonmot
Dec 19, 2002

Entrapta fucking loves robots




Grimey Drawer

tadashi posted:



Cloak and Dagger is the story of a kid whose mother has died and whose father doesn't spend enough time with him. The boy spends his time pretending to team up with Jack Flack, who is an fictional international spy ala James Bond, who is played by Dabney Coleman and playing video games (who doubles as the kids father). The boy accidentally uncovers a terrorist plot encoded in a video game with the help of his friend but, not surprisingly, nobody believes him.

This movie thrilled and scared the poo poo out of me as a kid and I still enjoy it even if I can see how some of the plot twists are a little transparent if you're not 8 years old.

Holy poo poo, adding this right now. I loved this as a kid too. This and Gotcha!

Mouser..
Apr 1, 2010

Netflix Instant is your one-stop shop for finding people putting themselves into all of the survivalist situations you can fathom. I have a thing for these kind of movies, usually it ends with you going "Now why the hell would they do that? I would have never done blahblahblah." But most are still enjoyably stupid to watch.

First the one survivalist movie that is not stupid and I wholeheartedly recommend:

The Snow Walker

Based on a short story by Farley Mowat, who the movie Never Cry Wolf was based on. It's about a pilot that crash lands in the artic tundra and attempts to survive and get his passenger safely back to civilization.

The rest...like I said, enjoyably stupid:

The Canyon

A honeymooning couple decides that the best thing they could possibly do for their time is march deep into the Grand Canyon where no one can ever find them to look at some petroglyphs. Will Patton is in this as a kooky old Canyon guide and really hams it up for the majority of his screen time.

Frozen

Not content to wait for a better time to go snowboarding, a group gets stuck on a ski lift halfway up and attempts to figure out how to get down.

Double feature by the same director:

The Reef

Silly people take their boat way too far out off the great barrier reef and try to swim back to an island through shark infested waters when their boat inevitably sinks.

Black Water

Silly people take their boat way too far out into the swamps of Australia and try to get out of the swamp when a crocodile inevitably starts munching on their bones.

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib
Came here to post about Troll Hunter but was sad to see I was already beaten. My fiance was telling me about it and I thought it sounded like poo poo. After watching I really loving enjoyed it. Highly recommend it to anyone.

mistaya
Oct 18, 2006

Cat of Wealth and Taste

I'm fairly sure Netflix downgrades the picture quality if your connection hits a bump (even temporarily, I've seen it do this mid-episode of Futurama and then bump back to HD a couple minutes later.)

That said the "STARZ presents" stuff is noticeably worse quality.

Speaking of which most of Futurama and the first season of Archer are streaming. And since all I've mentioned are TV shows so far, Tangled and Princess and the Frog are both up and I liked Black Death a lot. Yes, Sean Bean playing a knight, that poor typecasted man, but he's less the tortured soul type and more the zealous crusader type this time around and there's some pretty darn decent swordfighting. Oh and plague. Plague for everyone!

I have some strangely varied tastes in movies ok.

mistaya fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Oct 13, 2011

TK_421
Aug 26, 2005

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

foodfight posted:


The Great Happiness Space

This is a documentary about Japanese host boys. The host boys pretty much just look pretty and try to get women to buy expensive booze. Its a fascinating doc that goes 'next level' once some things are revealed. Highly recommended.

I just watched this based on the thread's recommendation, and it was loving incredible. This was a concept I had no idea even existed, and it is bizarrely similar to how many American female strippers (and escorts, I assume) behave / are treated. Just the pure level of exploitation that happens on both sides of the equation... I can't even explain it well, you have to watch it. Must-see.

mrfreeze
Apr 3, 2009

Jon Arbuckle: Master of pleasuring women

ryan_woody posted:

I just watched this based on the thread's recommendation, and it was loving incredible. This was a concept I had no idea even existed, and it is bizarrely similar to how many American female strippers (and escorts, I assume) behave / are treated. Just the pure level of exploitation that happens on both sides of the equation... I can't even explain it well, you have to watch it. Must-see.

Yeah I watched this one last night too. I was aware of the general idea that these places existed, but had no clue just how royally hosed up the people involved on both sides of the equation tend to be.
So towards the end when the #1 host is talking about how annoying the main girl they were interviewing is, the point was supposed to be that he was desperately attempting to justify just how badly he had ruined her life right? My wife asked me about 20 minutes in how the hell these women were managing to afford going to this club every night, and it was insanely depressing once that was answered.

Stabbing Spork
Apr 9, 2006

Caladan Rake posted:


Also, I reside in Canada, and have heard rumour's that we get a crappy version to that of the U.S. Can anyone confirm or deny that one?

I'm in Canada too, and signed up for netflix last month. The selection in Canada is different than the US selection, but the quality can still be the same. It depends on the device that you are using to stream, and how fast your connection is. I have a computer and my xbox hooked up to my TV, and the quality on my xbox is noticeably better. When I am using my computer to watch netflix, and I have something else downloading, the quality does drop to youtube quality, but the rest of the time its the same as watching a DVD. So you might just have a slow internet connection, or whatever built in hardware your TV has is crap.

Irish Taxi Driver
Sep 12, 2004

We're just gonna open our tool palette and... get some entities... how about some nice happy trees? We'll put them near this barn. Give that cow some shade... There.

mistaya posted:

I liked Black Death a lot. Yes, Sean Bean playing a knight, that poor typecasted man, but he's less the tortured soul type and more the zealous crusader type this time around and there's some pretty darn decent swordfighting. Oh and plague. Plague for everyone!

I swear to god, (ending spoilers) Sean Bean has never lived to see the end of a movie/tv show. I figured this was going to be the one to do it. Also the entire section after the last living knight leaves the monk back at the monastery felt unneeded.

I'd recommend:

Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Its a Man Bits Dog kind of thing with a reporter following a serial killer as he sets up his backstory, stalks the "survivor girl" and rigs the killing house. It makes fun of a lot of horror tropes and its pretty cool to see the movie from the killer's angle. My only complaint with it is the end is pretty much a DTV horror movie.

Leviathan

Its pretty much Aliens under water, but with Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Daniel Stern, and Ernie Hudson. It was a pretty fun watch.

Blitz

Its pretty much an American British Cop Movie. A serial killer in London is targeting police and Jason Statham is a loose cannon detective who has to stop him. The ending made no sense to me because Carcetti chases them to the roof of a parking deck waving a gun shouting about how he'll kill him. How is that not cause to arrest him?

Irish Taxi Driver fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Oct 13, 2011

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Irish Taxi Driver posted:

Carcetti

:aaaaa: I didn't even realize that was him.

To contribute, The Man From Nowhere. The lead actor's performance is incredible and brings an emotional core that keeps it from being another formulaic, violent Korean revenge movie. The action and fight sequences are second to none as well.

AFewBricksShy
Jun 19, 2003

of a full load.



There's been a lot mentioned in this thread that I'd second, but I'll try and post some new ones.

Tell No One - Eight years ago, pediatrician Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) was the prime suspect in his wife's murder. He's put all that behind him, but now that two dead bodies have been found near his home, he's suspected of wrongdoing once again. The case takes an unexpected turn when he receives an anonymous e-mail [redacted] instructing him to "tell no one." Kristin Scott Thomas co-stars.
This one is in French, although I don't believe that would be a problem here. (My parents refuse to watch subtitles). It was a very good thriller. I left out a part of the description because I thought it wasn't necessary to spoil that part of the movie.


Bronson - Nicolas Winding Refn's vivid and unflinching biopic delves into the life of Britain's most notorious prisoner, Charlie Bronson (Tom Hardy) -- who's been jailed for nearly 35 years -- and attempts to dissect the real man behind the deranged persona. While Bronson's primary ambition was to be famous, he became a celebrity of sorts as a criminal who seized myriad opportunities to demonstrate extreme and terrorizing savagery.

Nicolas Refn is the guy who did Drive, and it stars Tom Hardy, whom I'm pretty sure most people here will know. It's strange and funny, definitely worth watching.

Following - Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this odd, claustrophobic neo-noir film about a seedy young Brit (Jeremy Theobald) who's obsessed with following people -- albeit harmlessly at first. After meeting a like-minded bloke (Alex Haw), the twosome graduate to breaking and entering -- but meet their match in a tough blonde dame (Lucy Russell) who may have dubious plans of her own.

Christopher Nolan's first movie. It's not great, but it's good.

AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Oct 13, 2011

TK_421
Aug 26, 2005

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

mrfreeze posted:

Yeah I watched this one last night too. I was aware of the general idea that these places existed, but had no clue just how royally hosed up the people involved on both sides of the equation tend to be.
So towards the end when the #1 host is talking about how annoying the main girl they were interviewing is, the point was supposed to be that he was desperately attempting to justify just how badly he had ruined her life right? My wife asked me about 20 minutes in how the hell these women were managing to afford going to this club every night, and it was insanely depressing once that was answered.

I saw that whole segment as the filmmakers showing that while the hosts are manipulating their clients, the clients are manipulating the hosts as well. After Issei started talking about that specific client, and how manipulative he thought she was, I absolutely saw it in her body language. Also, the most shocking revelation to me was that most of the clients are, themselves, prostitutes. I wonder if the clients see the irony that they're basically selling themselves to fund their addiction to, in a way, a kind of male prostitute

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours

Irish Taxi Driver posted:

Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Its a Man Bits Dog kind of thing with a reporter following a serial killer as he sets up his backstory, stalks the "survivor girl" and rigs the killing house. It makes fun of a lot of horror tropes and its pretty cool to see the movie from the killer's angle. My only complaint with it is the end is pretty much a DTV horror movie.

I wanna yell at everyone who recommends this, but instead I'll just recommend a creepy horror movie you could actually make a sort of favorable comparison to Man Bites Dog with: S&MAN. It's been on Streaming a long time too, so I doubt it's going anywhere. Check it out!

Also I agree that I was surprised at how much I liked Black Death.

foodfight
Feb 10, 2009

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

I wanna yell at everyone who recommends this, but instead I'll just recommend a creepy horror movie you could actually make a sort of favorable comparison to Man Bites Dog with: S&MAN. It's been on Streaming a long time too, so I doubt it's going anywhere. Check it out!

Also I agree that I was surprised at how much I liked Black Death.

Wait, is Behind the Mask supposed to be creepy? I thought it was pretty much just a comedy for slasher nerds. S&MAN is pretty creepy, especially the "real" filmmakers.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours
S&MAN is supposed to be a comedy too, just like Man Bites Dog.

Huxian
Nov 12, 2008

"It's not just the swearing either. She's got quick fists too."

red19fire posted:

:aaaaa: I didn't even realize that was him.

To contribute, The Man From Nowhere. The lead actor's performance is incredible and brings an emotional core that keeps it from being another formulaic, violent Korean revenge movie. The action and fight sequences are second to none as well.

Gonna second The Man From Nowhere. The fight scene at the end, holy poo poo, it was just absolutely brutal.

Irish Taxi Driver
Sep 12, 2004

We're just gonna open our tool palette and... get some entities... how about some nice happy trees? We'll put them near this barn. Give that cow some shade... There.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

I wanna yell at everyone who recommends this, but instead I'll just recommend a creepy horror movie you could actually make a sort of favorable comparison to Man Bites Dog with: S&MAN. It's been on Streaming a long time too, so I doubt it's going anywhere. Check it out!

Also I agree that I was surprised at how much I liked Black Death.

Sorry :( Someone recommended it in a thread and I found it to be not terrible.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Hey, don't be sorry, you didn't make the movie. Check out S&MAN though!

I will do this.

Irish Taxi Driver fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Oct 13, 2011

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours

Irish Taxi Driver posted:

Sorry :( Someone recommended it in a thread and I found it to be not terrible.

Hey, don't be sorry, you didn't make the movie. Check out S&MAN though!

Steve Yun
Aug 7, 2003
I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.
Soiled Meat
I also saw Great Happiness Space thanks to this thread.

Great editing. With clever ordering of the dialogue they were able to squeeze two really depressing and jaw-dropping twists out of their interview footage: #1 that most of the clients were prostitutes and #2 the clients also manipulate the hosts

Much like King of Kong I started out laughing at everyone for being weird losers (how can women be so attracted to these wimpy David Bowie impersonators) but got slowly sucked into the drama.

stratdax
Sep 14, 2006

Caladan Rake posted:

Also, I reside in Canada, and have heard rumour's that we get a crappy version to that of the U.S. Can anyone confirm or deny that one?

That is most definitely true. Just try punching any of these movies in and see what you get. 90% chance it's a big fat goose egg.
I'm getting progressively angrier as I read this thread because I keep trying movies that look awesome (like the Great Happiness Space or Frozen) and get nothing in return.

dreadnought posted:

Paranoid Park
Luckily for you, the film is in HD on Netflix.

Not in Canada it ain't!

stratdax fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Oct 14, 2011

dreadnought
Dec 28, 2006

:rolleyes:
Paranoid Park

I've seen Gus Van Sant's name come up a few times in CD, and unless the poster is talking about Good Will Hunting or Milk, you folks don't seem too kind to him. He's probably my third favorite living director, behind P. T. Anderson and Scorsese, but I can certainly see why others don't like him. I've had more than one friend tell me Last Days was the worst film they'd ever seen after I showed it to them.
Anyway, if you're a Van Sant hater, this film will do absolutely nothing to change your mind, because it's him at his most idiosyncratic and hyperbolic. The actors are varying degrees of terrible. Some of the dialogue is downright silly. And the pacing is glacial, even for an 85-minute film. Oh, and did I tell you it's based on a young adult novel?
If that didn't turn you off entirely, there's a beautiful and haunting film under the surface here. It's a slow-burn thriller about a teenage skateboarder who accidentally murders a security guard and the resulting, well, paranoia revolving around the incident. Shot by the incomparable Christopher Doyle, the 35mm grain amplifies the moodiness of downtown Portland's cold blues and steely grays. Luckily for you, the film is in HD on Netflix. The most impressive cinematography comes from the Super-8 videos of skaters at the titular skatepark itself, with the HD transfer giving them a hazy, dream-like quality.
Paranoid Park is a deceptively simple film that continues to challenge me with every viewing. It touches a whole other side of adolescence than we're used to seeing from mainstream "coming-of-age" films, yet one that feels entirely real.

dreadnought fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Oct 14, 2011

Agent Escalus
Oct 5, 2002

"I couldn't stop saying aloud how miscast Jim Carrey was!"

mistaya posted:

I'm fairly sure Netflix downgrades the picture quality if your connection hits a bump

Yep. And I'm in Canada too and have had an account since they launched last year. (I'd say that as good as the Americans have it, the selection is great up here now, for the most part. No Disney stuff yet, but we do have Farscape, The Unit, The A-Team, Newsradio, Arrested Development, and Buffy now.) Basically, most of the movies you'd actually want to watch are in HD - BUT - and this may be your problem, Caladan Rake - you do have to flip that option on in your account's settings. Also, maybe your TV needs a firmware update? Don't know, the former is more likely. Recently I've noticed that even though my connection is fine their servers are sometimes clearly so hammered that the stuff only comes through in SD. A few days ago it was worse than SD, really. But that's a recent thing and hasn't popped up before this month so maybe they just have more subscribers these days?

As for the quality of the HD, when it works? Honestly, as a tech-head audio-video-phile type (i.e. super-picky) it's literally as good as a DVD. I've even done side-by-side comparisons with DVDs I own, and at its best it's drat near indistinguishable. However, if you own a PS3, I'd say that is the definitive way to use Netflix, because unlike your PC's internet browser, the PS3 application also provides some titles in 5.1 as well, and again the quality compared to a disc is impressive. Combine that with the HD and really, no bonus features aside it's a perfect substitute for a disc.

And since I brought up both the PS3 and A/V comparions: yes, Blu-Ray *IS* that good, even on a sub-par monitor or TV. The detail is outstanding when done right and the sound (with a decent setup) does have more punch.

chemosh6969
Jul 3, 2004

code:
cat /dev/null > /etc/professionalism

I am in fact a massive asswagon.
Do not let me touch computer.
I'll suggest Becket
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Becket/70061957?trkid=2361637

The Clint Howard classic, Dreamaniac
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Dreamaniac/70160326?trkid=496624

Black Adder
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Blackadder/70140363?trkid=2361637
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Black_Adder_s_A_Christmas_Carol/70129542?trkid=2361638

If you're into Noir, there's a bunch of stuff streaming that isn't out on DVD. You can also get Wonder Years and the King of the Hill seasons that were never released on DVD.

Robot_Rumpus
Apr 4, 2004

Caladan Rake posted:

I didn't think it was the norm, and my connection is fairly good for everything else. The video doesn't stutter or lag or anything. Must be :canada: :( .

I hate to say this but it really has to be on your end. I also stream HD movies without any problems or quality loss at all. It looks great almost all the time.

chemosh6969
Jul 3, 2004

code:
cat /dev/null > /etc/professionalism

I am in fact a massive asswagon.
Do not let me touch computer.

Robot_Rumpus posted:

I hate to say this but it really has to be on your end. I also stream HD movies without any problems or quality loss at all. It looks great almost all the time.

He's in Canada so it's probably just that he didn't change the setting to his account, like someone said earlier. By default they get it set to a lower rate.

C2C - 2.0
May 14, 2006

Dubs In The Key Of Life


Lipstick Apathy
Vampire's Kiss - if you haven't seen this AND you've convinced yourself that you have watched Nicolas Cage's best performance (in some other movie), then queue this up immediately.

Dead Man's Shoes - not currently streaming; will come up for viewing from time to time. The best non-Korean revenge film that I've seen.

fenix down
Jan 12, 2005

Seconding Blackadder. I got into it after seeing a youtube clip of Brian Blessed bellowing a battle cry, and never looked back. The humor is extremely corny, but for some reason it just gets progressively funnier as the series go along.

This is the clip -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1zjeYhJs7o

Caladan Rake
Oct 12, 2011

Agent Escalus posted:

Yep. And I'm in Canada too and have had an account since they launched last year. (I'd say that as good as the Americans have it, the selection is great up here now, for the most part. No Disney stuff yet, but we do have Farscape, The Unit, The A-Team, Newsradio, Arrested Development, and Buffy now.) Basically, most of the movies you'd actually want to watch are in HD - BUT - and this may be your problem, Caladan Rake - you do have to flip that option on in your account's settings. Also, maybe your TV needs a firmware update? Don't know, the former is more likely. Recently I've noticed that even though my connection is fine their servers are sometimes clearly so hammered that the stuff only comes through in SD. A few days ago it was worse than SD, really. But that's a recent thing and hasn't popped up before this month so maybe they just have more subscribers these days?

As for the quality of the HD, when it works? Honestly, as a tech-head audio-video-phile type (i.e. super-picky) it's literally as good as a DVD. I've even done side-by-side comparisons with DVDs I own, and at its best it's drat near indistinguishable. However, if you own a PS3, I'd say that is the definitive way to use Netflix, because unlike your PC's internet browser, the PS3 application also provides some titles in 5.1 as well, and again the quality compared to a disc is impressive. Combine that with the HD and really, no bonus features aside it's a perfect substitute for a disc.

And since I brought up both the PS3 and A/V comparions: yes, Blu-Ray *IS* that good, even on a sub-par monitor or TV. The detail is outstanding when done right and the sound (with a decent setup) does have more punch.

I went in to my account yesterday to look around more and noticed that it was automatically defaulted to lowest. Should have looked for that, but at the same time, I didn't figure on them doing that, I thought they'd want to put their best foot forward automatically. Oh well, serves me right for making assumptions like that.

I have it turned up to high, but it still wasn't up compared to DVD quality, but it was a noticeable difference. With usage based billing on my internet though, since I'm a cheapass, I'm not sure how much HD stuff I'll be able to watch. Going to be an interesting juggling act for now though.

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib

Gringo Heisenberg posted:

:psyduck:

Ok fine, I'm pretty sure Castaway on the Moon is on netflix. It's about a guy who jumps off a bridge to kill himself, but ends up stranded on a deserted island. Oh yeah, the deserted island is in the middle of a city.

This movie was GREAT. I HIGHLY recommend this film.

Closet Cyborg
Jan 1, 2008
Our love will rust this world
I Think We're Alone Now- A documentary about two people obsessively infatuated with 80's pop star Tiffany. One is an Asperger's sufferer who doesn't understand the difference between stalking and friendship, and the other is a fitness-obsessed intersexed woman. I'm not sure what to say about this, except that it is incredibly uncomfortable to watch. The subjects' complete lack of self-awareness combined with total openness makes this the biggest compilation of awkward moments I've ever seen.

TheBigBudgetSequel
Nov 25, 2008

It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
It's October, time to watch scary movies, so I recommend this gem

The Burning (1981)


This is a movie that was described to me as the best Friday the 13th movie that isn't called Friday the 13th, and I'd agree. It follows the Friday formula pretty close, although it tries some unique things with it's bad guy and his choice of weapons. A man burned by the kids at the summer camp he works at takes out his revenge the only way a demented monster can.

The movie's main star is the gore and makeup by Tom Savini and it showcases how drat mean he could be in his heyday. The script, interestingly, is written in part by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Yes, those guys, now famous for pimping the hell out of Oscar bait films, wrote this little gory slasher.

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

foodfight posted:

Wait, is Behind the Mask supposed to be creepy? I thought it was pretty much just a comedy for slasher nerds. S&MAN is pretty creepy, especially the "real" filmmakers.

No, it's mostly supposed to be a series of nudge nudge jokes about a world where slasher movies are real.

edit: With an end that's the opposite of Scream: Where Scream was about trying to survive in the rules, Behind the Mask is about learning the rules, trying to break them, and realizing you're stuck with them.

BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Oct 16, 2011

penismightier
Dec 6, 2005

What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

Closet Cyborg posted:

I Think We're Alone Now- A documentary about two people obsessively infatuated with 80's pop star Tiffany. One is an Asperger's sufferer who doesn't understand the difference between stalking and friendship, and the other is a fitness-obsessed intersexed woman. I'm not sure what to say about this, except that it is incredibly uncomfortable to watch. The subjects' complete lack of self-awareness combined with total openness makes this the biggest compilation of awkward moments I've ever seen.

I gotta second this - this is a really haunting documentary.

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747
How much of S&MAN is supposed to be a legit documentary and how much is a pseudo-documentary over a horror movie? I'm watching it now and I'm just trying to figure out what I'm in for.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours

penismightier posted:

I gotta second this - this is a really haunting documentary.

I have a big problem with that documentary, because if I remember correctly, the director manipulates events just so they can get tickets just to meet Tiffany. I have a problem with a documentary filmmaker actually intervening just to create a scenario for his film.

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penismightier
Dec 6, 2005

What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

I have a big problem with that documentary, because if I remember correctly, the director manipulates events just so they can get tickets just to meet Tiffany. I have a problem with a documentary filmmaker actually intervening just to create a scenario for his film.

I don't think I caught that. That's pretty hosed.

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