Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

been watching STANDOFF, which i gave a pass when it aired because ticking-timebomb/hostage scenarios seemed sooooo boring at the time.

but it's really entertaining! smartly conceived episode plots, and the thru-narrative is compelling - the leads (ron livingston and rosemarie dewitt) are negotiators who start up a relationship when they're not supposed to which then becomes public in the pilot episode. then there's kind of a working-relationship-with-mutual-admiration/stupefying love theme going on. gina torres as the boss, michael cudlitz as the gung-ho swat-type guy. apparently livingston and dewitt got married after this, they've got good chemistry onscreen.

also, always pretty hilarious to hear livingston sounding like peter gibbon.

wait so there are dragon tattoo movies that are longer than the 2.5hr ones? or are those the extended versions?
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jesus christ

the swedish t.v. versions are longer than the swedish theatrical versions. netflix has the t.v. trilogy.

i think each one is closer to 3 hours.

The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy contains more than two hours of additional footage not seen in the theatrical versions of the original Swedish films. Amassing a total of 9 hours of story content and presented in 6 parts, this complete version of the international hit series restores notable characters and subplots from Stieg Larsson's best-selling novels.

i watched the first one. i've had enough. i'm just really not in the mood for serial killers these days. i think i noted that upthread.

or maybe on the action poll thread. whatever.

I don't think I can watch those again.

Haven't watched it yet, but Shut Up, Little Man! popped up fairly recently. If you're familiar with that utterance, the documentary is apparently exactly what you think it is.

Today's Watch Instantly Pro tip: avoid movies with awesome VHS box art that were made in 1987.

strongly disagree

might actually watch amigo? i am a john sayles apologist. and i haven't seen it.

― scott seward, Monday, March 5, 2012 9:07 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just finished it. Was awesome.

anyone watching 7up series?

many xposts: how are you managing to watch standoff on instant play? it says it's not available.

haha, i'm not, it's on hulu. but i did look it up first on netflix so that my post wouldn't be off topic! guess i should have done more fact-checking.

Watched the one about Paul McCartney being dead today. Wow, it's hilarious and badly made. Pretty much the complete PID compendium, with plenty of 'clues' I had never heard of. Also the fake Paul is referred to as Faul, and there's a George Harrison interview at the end where they overdubbed it to sound like he's says "Faul".

Also, for some reason they think Rubber Soul was released in 1966. Also, they went to India to see if the Maharishi could find Paul's spirit and make it enter Faul's body. Lol

anyone watching 7up series?

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, March 12, 2012 10:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think i have seen them all, tho maybe theres a new one

The next one is apparently coming in May. I'm looking very forward to it (just watched the rest a month or so ago). I do wonder how many of the participants are holding fast to their stated refusal to do further installments.

xp Look, I love terrible movies, but man, 1987 was a particularly foul vintage.

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ooh far from home is streaming.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Far_from_Home/70103442?trkid=2734329

i still have that copied from cable onto vhs.

How do I check if a movie is available for streaming without having a Netflix acct?

http://instantwatcher.com/

Leaning toward Meek's Cutoff for tonight, dissuade me now if it sucks.

No, it's good! Esp if you like slow movies with lots of bonnets.

hahha

I mean it! I love slow movies, and I love bonnets. I thought it was really enjoyable.

its great

The Baby was unadulterated pain. Hope I forget soon.

in weird netflix stuff, i watched videodrome a while ago and i still can't shake it.

Oh, you should probably watch The Brood next, then.

atlas shrugged pt. 1 is a hoot so far.

^^^^yes

really looking forward to pt. 2!

THE BROOD IS SO GOOD!!!

Love that movie.

DAGON expires tomorrow. I liked it a lot. Though everyone will have their own idea of what a Lovecraft movie should be like. I thought its degenerates were wonderful.

Please Vote for Me was cute, but I didn't think it much more than that.

started watching murder by decree last night, gotta finish it tonight, expires 3/15. here is where I once again observe that bob clark has a weird filmography.

other stuff in my queue expiring 3/15

swamp thing
escape from new york
down from the mountain
buena vista social club
alphaville
army of shadows
le cercle rogue
bob le flambeur

started watching murder by decree last night, gotta finish it tonight, expires 3/15. here is where I once again observe that bob clark has a weird filmography.

Haha, I did the exact same! Looking forward to finishing it tonight.

Impossible to watch it with pre-Alan Moore eyes, of course...

lol

anybody want to recommend one of those melvilles?

you cant really go wrong

i guess army of shadows is the 'famous'/'best' one? i dont know what people say about melville tho. all three are dynamite imo.

weird, I always think of army of shadows as one of his least-known, it was never released in the US and languished in obscurity for decades!

Army and Cercle are both great, but pretty different.

i prefer le cercle rouge but other folks seem to prefer army of shadows. both are excellent choices.

(another melville film - le doulos -- will expire on April 1st, BTW)

hmm maybe i just think that b/c it was a big deal when it got released on dvd

bob le flambeur is sort of a precursor to Godard and the whole French New Wave thing ... so if that's your thing and you can only squeeze in one Melville film today, that would be the one to watch. (the others are much more sedate cinematographically.)