The "What Should I Watch on Streaming?" Megathread (Netflix, Prime, etc)

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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

Crying Fist belongs up next to Rocky and Raging Bull as one of the best boxing movies of all time.

# ¿ May 17, 2015 08:49

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 00:37

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Amazon Prime is $67 today and today only in case anyone was on the fence about it

# ¿ Sep 25, 2015 10:21

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Spend 2 hours browsing titles but never watching anything, except now in Japanese

# ¿ Oct 26, 2015 17:20

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hemale in pain posted:

five elements ninjas is potentially the best movie I've ever seen.

"the very costumes and weapons in this film are based on japanese ancient catalogs and collections"

How about these chucklefuck "water ninjas" who come in paddling with the help of floaties and somehow paddle backwards fast enough to dodge spear thrusts. I swear they look like they're giggling to themselves underneath their ninja masks.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 00:44

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n/m

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 21:31

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4 RING SHRIMP posted:

What's the gayest movie? Top Gun?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SxecELnxMYU

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 01:55

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Nolanar posted:

What are some good Netflix-available tragedies, in the "protagonist gradually undone by their own flaws" sense? Movies and shows are both fine. Obvious examples: Breaking Bad, the Long Good Friday, various Shakespeare adaptations.

Master of None, if you don't mind a comedy.

Oldboy is fantastic (the original Korean one)

Lady Vengeance is also fantastic, although the ending is up to interpretation.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2015 19:24

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

Just watched Peewee's Big Holiday is on Netflix. It's just okay as entertainment (not bad, just kind of lukewarm), but there is something really interesting going on with the subtext around Peewee's sexuality that they couldn't do in previous films and shows. I don't think it's an accident that the girls from Faster Pussycat Kill Kill show up partway through.

Somebody fucked around with this message at 11:42 on Apr 12, 2016

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 10:28

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

Jurassic Park has not stood the test of time in one respect that's not loving unix

Edit: I stand corrected, but I think it's still safe to put in the "didn't age well" column

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Mar 3, 2017

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 06:13

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a891D5_bGY4

This is a hoot. Good visual comedy and twisty turns in the vein of The Nice Guys.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Mar 4, 2017

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 09:55

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precision posted:

I rented Girl With All the Gifts and I highly recommend it. Very highly.

Saw this last year at an advance screening and yeah, it was great.

There have been a lot of movies lately that go in somewhat unexpected narrative directions, and I like that they force me to think a little bit about why the story went where it did.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2017 22:35

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tweet my meat posted:

Chapelle definitely has not lost his touch, the netflix specials are hilarious.

The OJ Simpson thing is a great example of how Chappelle can take things that aren't funny on paper and make them funny.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2017 05:26

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtW1Lq5c04E

Finally got around to seeing Look Who's Back, I guess it's been on Netflix for a year.

Hitler goes around talking to racist Germans and getting them to expose themselves as racist. I was expecting just a cheap aping of Bruno/Borat but it manages to have distinct and thoughtful story of its own.

When he talks to neo-nazis, they're obvious buffoons,

but it actually gets pretty depressing watching Hitler talk to regular people who say some disturbingly horrible poo poo.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Mar 25, 2017

# ¿ Mar 25, 2017 07:08

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Asnorban posted:

Is there a point where Better Call Saul feels like it was something that needed to be made? I watched the first 4 or 5 and kind of fizzled out because while it was well done I could never get past the feeling of "this doesn't need to exist" that kept hitting me.

Season one finale.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 02:02

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Maxwell Lord posted:

I was expecting Alison Brie to be good in GLOW (and it's one of her better performances) but I hadn't seen Betty Gilpin in anything and she's pretty strong too.

I never heard of Gilpin until American Gods and she's maybe one of the biggest scene stealers I've seen in my entire life

# ¿ Jun 25, 2017 03:18

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Just watched Sour Grapes, I loved that the defense was basically shrugging and saying "hey cmon guys, it's just wine"

I also laughed at the investigator drinking a beer at the end

# ¿ Jun 25, 2017 08:49

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drunken officeparty posted:

I don't think I've ever actually seen Spam in real life before. What kind of trailer parks do you guys live in that it's actually a thing people eat.

America.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2017 01:40

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Anyone else staying up to watch Okja?

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 02:12

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I think Netflix drops everything midnight Pacific since they're based out of California.

I'm gonna keep eating meat, but now I'll just cry while I do

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 02:32

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Tilda Swinton is a real life Mrs. potato head because you can put almost any face on her

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 03:06

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Okja's coming at 8am. Go to sleep, everyone.

https://netflixlife.com/2017/06/26/new-on-netflix-okja-release-time-date/

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 08:13

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Okja is a movie of insane imagery.

I might make a thread later today to stop clogging this thread up

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 17:51

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X-Ray Pecs posted:

Anyone got a trip report on Okja? On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is Cannibal Holocaust and 10 is My Neighbor Totoro, how cute is it?

Both.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 18:43

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Okja thread here:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3825190

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 19:53

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deoju posted:

Jackie Brown is on Amazon Prime.

There's something cool about seeing a 20+ year old movie that is a tribute to movies that were 20+ years old at the time.

Max shopping in a Sam Goody makes me feel as nostalgic as he does about the music he is buying.

A scene takes place in the mall theater on July 1st, 1995. I saw it at mall theater in the 90s... Today is July 1st.

Del Amo Fashion Center is now the fifth largest mall in America, and it looks pretty boring by mall standards now

# ¿ Jul 2, 2017 03:20

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a sexual elk posted:

They just sunk a couple hundred million into renovating del amo, now it looks like a giant art museum.

Okay just asked a friend, apparently half the mall looks amazing, the other half is still in 1985. The demarcation line is Macy's. I guess I only saw the time machine half.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2017 06:02

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Pycckuu, the only one with the insight to unlock the true meaning of bathroom scenes on film

# ¿ Jul 2, 2017 18:15

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Nice Guys is fantastic.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2017 16:54

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hemale in pain posted:

five elements ninjas is potentially the best movie I've ever seen.

It's been a year and a half since this was posted but I'd like to alert everyone that Five Element Ninjas (aka Chinese Super Ninjas) has moved to Amazon Streaming, for the few of you who haven't already seen it. I hesitate to say it's one of the best kung fu movies of all time, but it's safe to say that it's the Shaw Brothersiest kung fu movie of all time. There are golden ninjas who use their golden shields to blind their enemies. There are tree ninjas who hide inside trees and wait for somebody to come close so that they can hug them to death. There are water ninjas who, I kid you not, enter paddling down the creek with the aid of loving floaties. I swear, it looks like they're giggling to themselves inside their costumes.

The leader of the ninjas shows up, and in front of his face he opens up a fan that literally says "ninja" on it in Chinese.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Jul 12, 2017

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 01:18

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Did you recently watch Okja but think it was too happy and bonkers and want something more down-to-earth and soul-crushing from the same director? Maybe you want to see Memories of Murder, Bong Joon Ho's serial killer movie inspired by South Korea's first public serial killer panic in the 80's!

Instead of showing you a trailer here's an analysis video by Every Frame a Painting talking about how good the blocking is in this movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4seDVfgwOg

Full movie is on Youtube (officially by Viewster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3tw66BBdDw

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 09:51

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Tuxedo Catfish posted:

what if i thought it wasn't bonkers enough and was ambivalent on the question of happy

You should watch Memories of Murder anyways

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 23:44

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Timby posted:

I wish I could get into Master of None, I really do. But Aziz Ansari has always been a complete non-starter for me.

I like it overall but I don't blame anyone who can't get into it. Aziz feels like a cartoon person and a lot of the dialogue is stilted. It doesn't help that Angela Basset shows up for one episode and completely clowns everyone by showing them what a real actor is.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2017 19:31

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precision posted:

Oh, canistreamit fails me again

I've never gotten accurate results with them

# ¿ Sep 24, 2017 21:05

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Wheelman was pretty good. Driving action isn't as satisfying or fun as other car chase movies because the camera sticks so close to the cars that you get the Batman Begins melee combat sensation. But they make up for it with great suspense and some really fun and playful cinematography.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2017 06:42

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Yeah maybe they did it to save money on stunt driving scenes but they completely embrace the aesthetic and it helps see everything from his oh poo poo oh poo poo oh poo poo perspective.

I think Children of Men did something similar in its car scenes with much success (although they didn't do it to save money because you can clearly see a big production going on outside the car in clear daylight)

# ¿ Oct 22, 2017 18:33

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veni veni veni posted:

dredd

Not on streaming, but The Raid.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2017 04:54

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tetrapyloctomy posted:

Aliens.

He said in the vein of No Reservations or Big Daddy. Otherwise, I would have recommended Chinatown

# ¿ Oct 26, 2017 02:57

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doctorthefonz posted:

I bounced off of Mindhunter after two episodes because all of the dialogue felt uncomfortably expository to such a degree that it was distracting. Does that change or at least eventually settle down? The Kemper actor seemed good, and I've always wanted to see him represented in film but it just felt boring in its predictability (being familiar with the real-life subject matter). The style is cool but the narrative feels weirdly rushed

Yeah it definitely has setupitis. I think it gets less expository as it goes along but it's always a little expository because it has to explain a lot of legal/psych concepts.

The strength of the show isn't in its murder mystery plots, it's in characterization. And where it diverges from the true story I think is some of its best stuff.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Oct 29, 2017

# ¿ Oct 29, 2017 07:36

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It's just there to ramp up the tension in their discussion.

Fincher seems to like having an important discussion go on while something else urgent is slapping you in the face on screen. Remember when Holden is on the phone and finding out the Kemper tried to kill himself, while at the same time being distracted by seeing Tench, Carr and Shepard walking out of the room together?

# ¿ Oct 30, 2017 16:54

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 00:37

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Hubbardologist posted:

Started Season 2 of Stranger Things. Three episodes in, and I'm feeling like it's not bad, and I'll enjoy watching the rest. Not feeling compelled to burn through it like the first season, probably because the plot is a lot less compelling and there's much less mystery. Still really enjoying the soundtrack, and the actors do good work with their characters.

I was yawning a lot until I got to episode 4 which suddenly got more interesting. Hopefully it picks up from here.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2017 22:19

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