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Lincoln`s Wax posted:I know, I get pissed and quit netflix all the time because they don't carry every movie I want to see! I once heard a story on NPR that was literally someone complaining about this. It was the worst thing.
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Numberwang is pretty much the greatest running sketch in the history of sketch comedy and I pity anyone that would speak ill of it.
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Queen of Versailles is on instant. I haven't seen it yet but I've heard really good things.
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I found Sleepwalk With Me Pretty much inferior to the spoken word version of the same story in every way. The whole thing just felt so limp and underwhelming in movie form. Like half the joy of Mike Birbiglia is in the way he tells his story. The movie almost completely got rid of that and we're left with dry re-enactments of moments that are described with such life in the spoken word. In fact the only time the movie really comes to life at all is when it begins to resemble spoken word. Making a film of this story just didn't improve on any aspect on it and in a way the story feels a bit unsubstantial in film form.
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Dec 20, 2012 16:10
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Holy poo poo! They added the Up series? If you haven't watched those movies, do so now. Edit: For those that don't know the Up series is a British documentary that started by focusing on a group of seven year olds and checking up on them every seven years. The original idea was to show how accurate the says "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man" was. The series is still going (56 Up came out this year) and has basically become a look at people in general and how their lives play out. axelblaze fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Dec 20, 2012 |
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Joe Don Baker posted:Oh maybe they changed it. I haven't messed with my queue in a long time. From what I can tell they got rid of the section at the bottom but it still seems to remember if a movie was in your instant queue and will add it back if the movie comes back. The saved list at the bottom was a problem because it counted towards your total and at the time that put me over the 500 limit, so I had to start cutting it down.
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Dec 31, 2012 06:56
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Why are you typing like that? It's kind of weird. It's like you're trying to write a poem.
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Jan 3, 2013 21:17
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To counter what people seem to be saying about V/H/S, it was one of my favorite film of the year. I wrote way more about it in the OP here.
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Jan 4, 2013 00:36
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I'm gonna try and keep this from being another topic where I rabidly defend V/H/S (even if some of the things being said are kinda odd ("feels like torture porn"?!?! I don't even know what that means)) but I feel I need to argue against the idea that misogynist. In many ways I find V/H/S to be pretty progressive for a genre film like it is. In most horror women are punished for being sexual. Men can objectify women in these films all they want but if a woman show any interest in sex, they're dead. This is a film where men are punished for their sexual crimes. Like I always find it odd when people say this movie just has gratutious nudity when all the scenes that feature it are unsexy as hell and used to demonize the person filming it. Like the thing that established the guys in the wrap around segemtn as scum is them sexually assaulting women and violating them with the camera in other ways. It also shows them smashing up a house but the majority of the stuff that's used to make them into the bad guys is their violence against women, which in the plot someone sees and deems that they're worthy of punishment for it. In the first segment the guys are pretty much rapists and they are punished severely for it. I mean yes the woman is a demon but the message isn't really women are evil anymore then the message of Friday the 13th is that hockey masks are evil. In the second segment is the closest I can see to getting that message but that's still a segment where the wife is constantly demeaned by her husband in various ways including filming her without her consent and just generally talking down to her. The ending does complicate things because ti recontextualizes alot of his behavior but it still keeps the theme of men being punished for their sexuality while women use it to dominate the situation from the first segment. In the third segment the tropes of a horror movie are used to draw out a killer and the central character essentially uses her sexuality to her own advantage. In this segment this does turn on her though when in the end she becomes the thing she was hunting down in the first place. In the last segment a bunch of nice guys assume that the woman is helpless and needs them to rescue her and they are severely punished for it. The fourth segment is the only one that really goes against this pattern but that one is way weird with the way it does things. In the fourth segment the sexual nature of it is what pushes the guy from being a guy just doing a job to a guy that is taking advantage of women and enjoying it. Without the sexual nature of it he's just some guy working for those aliens. He's not really getting anything out of this. With the inclusion of the first and last shot he basically becomes a sexual predator, using his job as an excuse to take advantage of young women. I wrote alot more about this one in the movie's thread. I mean, I can't make you like the film and I'm disappointed so many people seem to be hating what was one of my favorite movies of the years but saying it's anti-woman is just right out.
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Jan 4, 2013 08:46
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I find it really weird to think that the nudity in V/H/S was just thrown in there to titillate because every scene with nudity it's used in such an immensely violating, creepy manner. It also all pretty much does work within the narrative.
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Jan 4, 2013 19:17
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stimpy posted:and yet every scene in which there is nudity could have been done entirely without it (with the possible exception of the succubus thing). Would the haunted house/alien/whatever the gently caress story have suffered without the giant tit flashing? It was totally extraneous to the actual story. You can certainly gather that the two principles are in a relationship, and I can't imagine that you'd be less disgusted with what eventually happens if there weren't a set of giant boobs shaking around at one point. yes the tits in the alien story added alot. I posted about it in the thread: Once again, I disagree that it serves no purpose. The first time we are the violators. It's a private moment and we are it turns us into the male gazey violator in the context of the film. The guy is supposed to be there and it is his moment. We re intruding and we are creepy for doing it. The second time we are still the violators but so is the guy and we share that moment with him this time, putting us on the same level as the villain. It would have been easier to cut away but it's far more uncomfortable to have this moment where we share something awful with the villain Like in general the nudity shows the intimacy of the conversation. It sets the tone to what level this was not meant for our eyes. Also, the end credits are nothing but clips of the tapes from the guys fromt he wrap around story so it makes sense that clip would be in there. I think it's supposed to be the videos that they're putting out online. Also, as I said earlier the tits there are what the movie uses to make them into villains. And those three scenes are all the nudity in the film so 
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Jan 4, 2013 21:29
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Ghost Protocol is one of th emost fun action movies I've watched in a really long time. The plot is mostly forgettable but the movie is basically all action set pieces until the very end where all they have left to do is wrap up the plot in which point you might as well just turn off the movie.
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Jan 5, 2013 18:39
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I hated Shut Up Little Man so much that it was almost interest. I basically just hated everyone involved in the movie so (except for the people on the tapes). Just a bunch of smug, awful indie types that made a living exploiting some messed up poor people. It's okay to laugh at these people's suffering though because they were loud and it was funny I guess. They were just some poor people anyways. If you read the political cartoons thread it was essentially Derf the movie. I just found it really hard to spend time with all these people. They were just such smug, self important jackasses. Literally the only part of the movie I found worth while is when they tracked down the people that were actually in the apartment and even then they spent more time showing reactions from awful people to this than they did actually showing it.
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Jan 6, 2013 20:38
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Revener posted:Just finished Paranormal Activity 2 and 3, the stories were just terrible but the found footage aspect of it was interesting in the same way those old ghost-cam websites were when I was a kid. Anything else on Netflix that runs with the latter aspect? I'm pretty anti-sex/gore in my horror films so I'm sure that's going to cut the pool down, and is why I think I'm going to have to steer clear of V/H/S. Not on Netflix but you'll probably like Ghostwatch. It can be watched online Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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Jan 8, 2013 03:34
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You mean Redbox, right?
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Jan 11, 2013 01:37
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Tewratomeh posted:Just now trying this site out, but the one thing I'm not liking is how they describe ratings. 86 is not "decent". 70-80 is "decent", 80-92ish should be "really good" or something similar. You can change the rating to mean whatever you want them to mean. axelblaze fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Jan 13, 2013 |
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Jan 13, 2013 21:59
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The scenario in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is what happens when Seinfeld goes too far.
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Jan 14, 2013 06:35
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Doctor Tupac posted:Not everyone on Seinfeld was a total narcissistic jerk. Kramer usually seemed like he had good intentions, to me at least. Wait? Out of all the character on that show you want to single out as probably not being a jerk you pick Kramer? Kramer is constantly getting people involved in his horrible schemes without asking them first, mooching off them and generally butting into situations where he is not wanted. I can't think of a single moment where Kramer does something and thinks about anyone else before he does it. But in general, yes the characters on Seinfeld are not nearly as bad as Always Sunny, but no one is saying otherwise. Like I said, it is Seinfeld taken to an extreme. The thing they have in common that I really like is they never outright tell you these characters are assholes (well, Seinfeld at least waited until the last episode to do this). In both the shows are basically from the perspective of the groups so you really have to base it on the characters actions rather than the tone of the show. It's Always Sunny really not a show that everyone is going to like. The characters are mean, irritating and narcissistic. It's from their perspective so everyone they encounter comes off badly as well because they don't respect anybody. It's really not the easiest comedy do sit through and it's so mean that it can turn alot of people off to it. I like it but sometimes I have alot of trouble getting through an episode. the thing that makes it all work for me is how completely convinced the characters are that they're right. There is almost never a moment of self reflection or doubt. When that does come up it's usually them doubting one awful idea in favor of an even worse one. It's a show where the character are confidentially walking towards their own destruction and the destruction of everyone around them.
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Seinfeld is in fact awesome but Kramer is a bit of a jerk.
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Jan 14, 2013 18:11
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One of the things that's really impressive about Queen of Versailles is that it really humanizes these people while also making it really hard not to be happy that they're going through hard times. Like I really feel bad for the wife (the moment where she's realizes how stupid she seems because her husband never tells her anything is heartbreaking) but at the same time she literally says she wouldn't have even had this many kids if she thought she wouldn't be able to have nannies. Also, I think it's always worth repeating that the husband is one of those guys who tries to intimidate his employees into voting for Romney.
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Jan 14, 2013 18:46
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Holy poo poo, Netflix is getting Cartoon Network stuff!  That means it's getting stuff like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Children's Hospital and they even mentioned getting stuff like Johnny Bravo.
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Jan 14, 2013 21:50
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It's not definite. They've only confirmed a few but they weren't really denying any either. It was more put in a "these and more will be available" kind of way. I can't see why they wouldn't' put up Xavier. No one's rushing to pay to see that that hasn't already.
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Jan 14, 2013 23:41
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Also until recently streaming had both Irreversible and Enter the Void, both uncut. Netflix just puts up what they're given.
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Joe Don Baker posted:That's really weird. You guys are just going to straight to the Watch Instantly page? The PS3 app literally starts on a screen sized banner of it that you have to scroll away from. It's actually a little annoying.
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Feb 2, 2013 03:18
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Well it's probably because the copyright holders know that this is their one chance to make money off of it. Like they know a bunch of people think it would be great to watch Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day so they pull it because they make much more money on people renting or buying it. Saem with horror movies before October. It's really not Netflix itself. If Netflix had their way they'd have every movie ever on their service. If they had their way they wouldn't even have a DVD rental service anymore.
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Feb 2, 2013 16:40
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No the worst product placement ever is in Pawn Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H7hWL_uXT8 For like a season they had a scene like this every episode.
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Feb 3, 2013 03:02
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Bertrand Hustle posted:No, you're all wrong about the worst product placement. It's Minority Report: No, this is good product placement in that it's used to enhance the narrative or just in places where there actually would be products in real life. I mean in here you explain why the scene with the ads is probably there and then you dismiss it, which confuses me.
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Feb 3, 2013 03:44
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In the ling run it really doesn't matter if the product placement was payed for or not, it just matters how forced it is. I mean we can't really know for sure if it's what the director wanted or if it was forced on them and if it was forced it doesn't mean they can't make it work. I remember when Scott Pilgrim came out people complained about the blatant use of Coke Zero which was funny because Wright wasn't even asked by Coke to put it in the movie. He just included it because he had this whole number thing going and wanted to associate Scott with zero.
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Feb 3, 2013 21:00
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I love Shaolin Soccer but it's also like the only movie I know of where the American edit of it was better. It just got rid of a few really not funny scenes and got rid of of some pointless exposition (which Chow always kind of over does).
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Feb 10, 2013 18:32
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I am extremely reluctant to watch anything past Season 4. With how the Simpsons continues to suck more with each passing moment, I want to remember Futurama fondly. It isn't as different from what it was as the Simpsons was though it is a weaker show. Still, they manage to knock it out of the park sometimes. At least wgive a chance to The Late Phillip J Fry, Mobius Dick, Prisoner of Benda, Reincarnation and maybe Decision 3012.
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Feb 10, 2013 21:42
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:In that same light, Attack of the Killer App is one of my favorite episodes ever because it is so perfect and true. Eh, I don't have a problem with that episode, but it's also commonly cited as one of the worst episodes of the new run. It does without a doubt have one of the worst pop culture references in the series though.
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Feb 10, 2013 22:17
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How about a nice movie about a widower who decides that he needs to go on with his life so he has the wacky idea of holding a casting call for a fake movie in order to ask the girls questions to determine who would be the ideal future wife? If that sounds good than Audition is the Valentine's Day movie for you!
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The thing about Audition is it's really supposed to start out like a romantic comedy. It has an off tone but almost everything before the bag moves is still pretty straight forward romantic comedy stuff. Going in believing your in for a romantic comedy would pretty much make the movie amazing. I'm not picking it because it's an unpleasant movie, I'm picking it because it's a romantic comedy taken to a really hosed place. So to summarize without spoiling anything, Audition is a great romantic comedy that you should go into blind. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and do so!
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theflyingexecutive posted:Anybody see Safety Not Guaranteed yet? I liked it way more than I thought I was going to. It's kind a typical indie romantic comedy, but overall it's done right.
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I just noticed God Said, 'Ha!' is on instant. If you haven't seen it it's a really good one woman show by Julia Sweeney about dealing with her brother having cancer and then about her getting cancer herself. Don't be put off by it being Julia Sweeney. Outside of the SNL crap she's a really good writer. It's not fancy or anything. It literally is just her performing the show but that's all that it really needs.
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Thirst is weird. It began okay but then as it went on I started hating it more and more until the girl gets turned into a vampire at which point it starts getting better and better until it gets amazing. I've never really had a movie make that dramatic of a recovery before.
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I really hated Rubber. I found it to be unbearable. The opening was pretty amusing but it then proceeds to tell the same, not nearly as clever as it thinks it is joke for an hour and a half. It's not even so much a joke as a smug winking nudge to the audience. It's like an hour and a half of Quentin Dupieux grinning at you and saying "Get it? Do you see what I'm going for? I don't think you get it. Do you get it now?"
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Mar 3, 2013 15:36
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Bronson is expiring pretty soon and it's a super weird movie that you should watch, especially if you like Tom Hardy.
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The problem I had with Sleepwalk With Me was that is wasn't an improvement on the spoken word in any way and in many ways it was much worse and much duller. Like alot of what makes the spoken word version so great is the way he tells it and in the movie we just get what happened without any of the storytelling and nothing to replace it. In the spoken word it all just seems much bigger to. When you see it it's underwhelming and in the end just doesn't seem to add up to a whole lot.
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Emden posted:Just finished V/H/S. I'm not a big fan of horror or found footage films, but I thought it was mostly good. The quality takes a significant drop in the middle, but the movie finishes strong. Here's hoping the sequel isn't awful! The sequel is awesome. Very different though.
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