Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

i believe that face values is dark! i hope they interviewed michael mann for it.

I watched the Sabbath thing too! It was surprisingly interesting. I loved the old footage and Geezer talking about how he was into hippie shit.

I saw that yesterday! Geezer comes across as the most genuine human ever. And when they solo out his bass track... wow.

so far the steely dan aja is my favorite from that series (but i would say that).

Ha, my friend Stripey is all about this series and loves that episode as well.

re: the Sabbath one - I had no idea about the skinhead connection w/Fairies Wear Boots.

The Tom Petty one is p good too

I totally misread the sabbath discussion and ended up finding this

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

But here's what was mentioned (at around 4:35)

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

best moment in any classic albums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKCQfLY7nQ

All of the Up movies are on streaming. I'm rewatching in preparation for 56 up

Tom Petty one was ok, I guess I just don't get the big deal about that album. Nice to learn Jim Kelter played uncredited shaker on "Refugee."

The best bit of "Aja" is when you hear all the different guitarists and solos that didn't make the cut for the album.

My faves may be Fleetwood Mac and the Band, but I'm not sure either is streaming.

Wait, take it back, "Rumours" is there.

a few months back i watched "salsa: latin pop music in the cities", a doc on salsa in nyc from 1979 - intimate performances and interviews with fania peeps, sociopolitical angles, the palmieris teaching some grade school kids, it's pretty great

Cannot recommend enough. Remarkable footage and Felipe Luciano as narrator is perfect.

Seems like these days the ol' Netflix account exists primarily for docs. The fictional content keeps getting worse.

That reminds me that I mean to watch that salsa doc -- three reminders = just enough apparently.

the bbc's SNUFF BOX

I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio. I was worried, especially after watching "Rango" in altered form.

That's the M. Douglas joint? I'd watch that.

fincher too

Refn's Drive now available. We all watched it tonight; I liked it well enough, but my wife and daughter were fed up pretty quickly. Taking note of the nonstop teal and orange was kind of entertaining.

drive was my favorite film of last year

for some reason, I was able to suspend disbelief for the action scenes in Drive, but not the love story.

we get free instant movie-watching with our Amazon Prime membership

last night I watched In The Loop, and Time After Time :D

Amazon Prime doesn't let you queue things up though, does it?

It doesn't seem to. But I've only just started using it.

Anyhoo: Friends Of Eddie Coyle!

I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio

YES, I thought I was the only one who held this deeply challenging opinion

I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio. I was worried, especially after watching "Rango" in altered form.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, May 14, 2012 2:19 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

WHAT WHY

is it 4:3??!?!?!?

why do they even MAKE versions of movies at that aspect ratio these days??

You asking about Rango? Rango was closer to 1.85, but to be fair, a lot of CGI animated films aren't pan and scanned but digitally recomposed for 1.85, which is a much better option.

"Game" was glorious Scope.

oic.

ya, i find a weird number of films on netflix are 4:3 p&s, what kind of lazy asshole studios send over those versions? because it's for tv? what's wrong with people?

So, I just watched The Baby… That may be one of the flat out creepiest movies I've ever seen. What is wrong with people?

That's in my queue to watch!

Just saw the Helvetica doc. Neat. But also kind of creepy!

Driver was really great though they overstepped the 80's feel with the music a bit. Otherwise, total gem. Love the fonts!

You guys...525 minutes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. What up, jr. high.

Huh, Michael Mann's "The Keep" is streaming. That's not even on DVD, I don't think.

Ooh, and "Everyday Sunshine," the great Fishbone doc!

watched gainsbourg: a heroic life this week. pretty terrible! dude who played serge was ok, but the rest was cliche biopic cringe-a-minute.

Watch the Fishbone doc!

the keep is bad, i couldnt get through it

It's terrible! Nice to see it there, though.

the keep could've been great, but iirc there was a lot of pressure on mann to keep the runtime down. it has this languorous rhythm, feels like it should've been 2.5 hours long and been a thoroughly immersive experience. movie also suffers from weak monster design, it's clearly not mann's forte, or he hired the wrong ppl. that said I still enjoy watching it from time to time and imagining what it could have been.

Weak monster, also Scott Glenn with magic flashlight.

http://horrorfanzine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/the-keep-32.jpg

Not my cuppa, but my wife has been streaming marathon sessions of Dark Shadows. Even weirder, she's been alternating an episode of Glee for every 2 episodes of Dark Shadows.

Yeah The Keep is terrible, just does not fucking work. The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho. The novel is pretty great.

If you want to check out another super odd mainstream 80s movie that's almost WTF enough to be good, watch Nomads. Pierce Brosnan is french! Gail Anne Gurd is Pierce Brosnan! Adam Ant is a numinous being of some sort! Ted Nugent and Bill Conti team up on the music!

Yeah The Keep is terrible, just does not fucking work. The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho.

otm the setup & the premise are good, it's just horribly executed the rest of the way

The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho. The novel is pretty great.

otm

there are a couple of other cool sequences scattered throughout, I actually hated it the first time I saw it because of the gap between promise and delivery, subsequent viewings better cuz I knew what I was getting

I was watching it while tripping once and at the end the fog that rolls through the keep came out of the TV and started filling the room

Yeah, its one of those bad movies I know I'll watch again...

This Emotional Life - Harvard psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Daniel Gilbert hosts this three-part PBS series that explores the range of human emotions and how we can strive to become more positive in our day-to-day lives.

Cast: Chevy Chase, Larry David

Yeah, the opening scene of the Keep set me up to be knocked down. I fell asleep about 15 minutes in, but my wife kept shaking me awake saying "Watch how stupid this is! You can't sleep if you're making me watch this stupid movie."

I had just finished reading the book by F. Paul Wilson too, which is actually really strong and wholly recommended, although it might be poisoned for you if you've already seen the film.