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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on March 10, 2006, 04:16:00 pm

Title: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on March 10, 2006, 04:16:00 pm
I liked this thread because it gave me a bunch of good suggestions to throw on my list, but I can't find it anymore ...
 
 Constant Gardener [WS]
 Junebug
 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
 Dark Days
 Jarhead
 Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
 Berkeley in the Sixties
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 1 - Our Game
 Annie Hall
 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 2 - Something Like War
 Spellbound
 Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 3 - The Faith of Fifty Million People
 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
 Fog of War
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 4 - A National Heirloom
 28 Days Later [WS]
 The Aristocrats
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 5 - Shadow Ball
 Paper Chase
 The Maltese Falcon
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 6 - A National Pastime
 Capturing the Friedmans
 The Smiths: The Complete Picture
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 7 - The Capital of Baseball
 Crimes and Misdemeanors
 Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 8 - A Whole New Ballgame
 Stop Making Sense
 Layer Cake
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 9 - Home
 American Splendor
 Manhattan Murder Mystery
 Ken Burns' Baseball: Extra Innings
 Corporation [Special Edition] - Disc 1
 Station Agent
 Corporation [Special Edition] - Disc 2
 Kingdom of Heaven [WS]
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: duderino on March 10, 2006, 04:23:00 pm
i just finished with the tv show 'undeclared', i've got a 'long wait' for 'ultimate avengers'
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: duderino on March 10, 2006, 04:24:00 pm
that probably didn't provide anyone with any suggestions. umm undeclared was pretty good but it ends very abruptly.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: andyrichter on March 10, 2006, 06:43:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
 Layer Cake
I thought this movie was horrendous.  Snatch and Lock Stock are far superior if you're going for British gangster films.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: kurosawa-b/w on March 11, 2006, 12:34:00 am
I think I might overwhelm you if I put up my entire 314 title queue. But I'll try to cut it down this weekend and post the unusual highlights. Strangely enough, I think I've seen almost all of the films on your queue, Hoya. You have a lot of good ones. (Ah, Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and how it made me cry.) FYI, aside from Amy Adams' radiant performance, I really didn't like Junebug. I enjoyed Layer Cake though I didn't like it as much as the brilliant Lock Stock or Snatch.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: bigyellow100 on March 11, 2006, 02:06:00 am
two good movies that i recently saw were: "red eye" and "three extremes", but i dunno if the latter is on dvd yet.  i obv got some bootleg asian vcd version from little saigon.  it is some craaaazy horror movie with three different sections directed by different directors.  also check out "the killer" and "hard boiled" if youve never seen those.  chow yun-fat is such a bad ass.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: on March 12, 2006, 09:29:00 am
Flightplan
 SCTV Network 90: Vol. 3: Disc 1  
 Stagecoach
 Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hobgoblins  
 Pork Chop Hill
 The Magnificent Seven  
 Re-Animator
 Do Not Adjust Your Set: Disc 1
 Thief
 The Virgin Spring
 Stroszek
 Rabid
 The Brood
 Smash Palace
 Joint Security Area
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: frostytheswami on March 12, 2006, 12:45:00 pm
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Originally posted by bigyellow100:
  also check out "the killer" and "hard boiled" if youve never seen those.  chow yun-fat is such a bad ass.
I'd add to that God of Gamblers (Chow Yun-Fat) and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which is by the same guy who directed Oldboy.
 
 
 The Battle of Algiers
 The Train
 Last Orders
 The Woodsman
 American Gun
 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
 The Source
 Top Secret!
 Scarecrow
 Kontroll
 The Killers (1964): Disc 2
 5X2
 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
 Tony Rome
 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
 Bukowski: Born Into This
 Fear of a Black Hat
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: Darth Ed on March 12, 2006, 01:56:00 pm
I'll ditto both Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Highly recommended if you like Tarantino films. If you're very squeamish about bodily injuries though, you might want to look elsewhere.
 
 I'll add 3-Iron, another Korean film, this time by Kim Ki-Duk, about a guy who breaks into houses and lives there while their occupants are away on vacation. Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, ... and Spring is also excellent. Both films are beautiful beyond words.
 
 Nobody Knows, a Japanese film about a family of young children who are abandoned to live on their own, is really sad but worth the effort.
 
 Shopgirl isn't out on DVD yet, but add it to your queue now. It's an underappreciated film with Claire Danes and Steve Martin. There's a hilarious subplot with a character played by Jason Schwartzman who becomes a roadie for a band.
 
 If you like classic film noir, I recommend the very fun neo-film noir The Ice Harvest with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton.
 
 Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film I had seen since Amélie, though Sin City which was released a month later gave it a run for its money in that department. Fans of martial arts films will love every frame of this film and its deft combination of highly kinetic action sequences, campy comedy, and romance.  In addition to many classic kung fu film references, Chow's film also references The Matrix, Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, Kubrick's The Shining, and Ghostbusters. This film may not be for everyone, but I think a lot of people who aren't fans of the martial arts genre would still enjoy it. One of  the most enjoyable films I saw last year.
 
 If you like Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown is worth seeing. Just don't expect it to be as good as Cameron Crowe's best films such as Almost Famous.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: kurosawa-b/w on March 12, 2006, 07:03:00 pm
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  I'll ditto both Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Highly recommended if you like Tarantino films. If you're very squeamish about bodily injuries though, you might want to look elsewhere.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing Lady Vengeance when it comes out this Spring.
 
 For fans of Asian cinema, check out Battle Royale. Twisted and fantastic at the same time.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: Arlette on March 12, 2006, 08:32:00 pm
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
 
 If you like Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown is worth seeing. Just don't expect it to be as good as Cameron Crowe's best films such as Almost Famous.
Ditto.  Disappointing for Crowe, but still a decent movie.
 
 I'm way into documentaries lately, and would recommend:
 
 - Enron:  Smartest Guys in the Room
 - Control Room
 - Journeys with George
 - Brother's Keeper (1st movie from the dudes who did Paradise Lost and Metallica's Some Kind of Monster)
 - School of Rock (the documentary about the real school the Jack Black movie was based on)
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: kookiemnstr8 on March 12, 2006, 09:12:00 pm
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Originally posted by Arlette:
 
 School of Rock (the documentary about the real school the Jack Black movie was based on)
I think it's called Rock School.  Just for searching purposes.
 
 In the documentary-ish vein, I suggest "Shattered Glass."  It's not a documentary, but a movie based on a true story, about a journalist who fabricated a majority of his material.  Takes place in Bethesda.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: on March 13, 2006, 09:45:00 am
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film
 
Do they walk in the air in that one?
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: thirsty moore on March 13, 2006, 10:14:00 am
Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English?  I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: renton007 on March 13, 2006, 11:44:00 am
I assume you got your copy from netflix? The copy I watched from Blockbuster had no English dubbing.  
 
 
 
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Originally posted by econo:
  Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English?  I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: K8teebug on March 13, 2006, 11:45:00 am
I just watched Junebug this weekend and liked it.  Wil Oldham has a bit part.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: Darth Ed on March 13, 2006, 12:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by FREE RANDY CUNNINGHAM:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film
 
Do they walk in the air in that one? [/b]
Yes, but the intent is humor. Kung Fu Hustle never takes itself seriously. There are even a couple of musical/dance numbers.
Title: Re: Netflix / Blockbuster Queue
Post by: Darth Ed on March 13, 2006, 12:13:00 pm
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Originally posted by econo:
  Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English?  I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.
I'm not aware of any Oldboy DVD that doesn't have the original Korean language track and English subtitles. Check the Sound or Language options. I'm pretty sure the Oldboy DVD defaulted to the Korean soundtrack. Anyway, this is the one I have:
 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009S2T0M (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009S2T0M)