Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

I do think Hamish Linklater is foxy but yeah cat v/o was a dealbreaker. MJ's mistake was adapting one of her goddamn "performances."

When July said in a Walker Q&A that she thought keeping the v/o despite everyone else's reservations (or downright objections) was a "punk moment" for her, I struggled not to raise my hand and have a Michelle Visage moment with her. "Oh, it's cute that you think that's what punk is, bitch."

Don Jon totally worthwhile.

Honglei Sun was so good in Drug War. Does he have another stand-out performance anyone would recommend?

The Trials Of Muhammad Ali
Like Someone In Love
Stranger by the Lake

Loved July's "The Future".

Rutger Hauer and his wife (Brigitte Nielsen) adopt a cat...

stranger by the lake is great

just re-watched jackie brown for the first time since i was a teenager. actually better than i remember!

jackie brown is def incred. when i first saw it i think i was a little let down bc pulp fiction was such a ride, but over time i kinda recognized how classic JB is.

yeah Jackie Brown has great rewatching legs (and Pam has awesome legs too which helps, lol)

Tarantino should spend the rest of his career making Elmore Leonard movies tbh.

I rewatched kill Bill and it was nowhere near as good as I remembered. JB definitely holds up, though.

i really disliked both kill bill movies.

Tarantino should spend the rest of his career making Elmore Leonard movies tbh.

― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:28 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ OTM.

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between the two Kill Bills there's probably one solid 2-hour film that could be cobbled together

maybe. kill bill hit the tipping point for me, where tarantino's vision was so bleak and mean that i didn't care anymore. jackie brown got close to this, too, but there was a love story between the central characters that kind of saved it for me.

I really liked the first Kill Bill but the second one was such a snooze.

love the kill bills, qts probably never doing anything better

inglourioys basterds my fave qt, but the kill bills & jackie brown run close second

didn't feel very involved in kill bills. liked inglorious well enough, but jackie brown, pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are unquestionably the top of the heap for me.

jb is far and away the best imo, i really need to watch it again

I'm watching Condor. Apparently I hate myself.

still thinking expanding KB into 2 films was a maje mistake, remember when it was gonna be 1?

I don't mind it as two. The first one is sort of a fun, indulgent, massively reference-packed lark (iirc), but the second one brings in some honest emotion and a little bit of breathing space, neither of which I think would be that effective without the first. They're also really well directed. I certainly like them both more than current rambling QT mode. Basterds was OK, but Django was a dud. JB prolly his best, but perhaps mostly because it wasn't as ubiquitous as his other stuff. Also, Elmore Leonard. Between this and esp. Out of Sight, and maybe Get Shorty, the guy had a great late '90s!

I like Death Proof almost as much as JB.

I like all the movies that Tarantino's directed quite a bit, but KB1 is probably my least favorite full length.

Forgot all about Death Proof, had a lot to say/think about it at the time - the car chase that veers (literally) from '70s homage-ville to contemporary suburban road packed with mini vans was a nice touch - but I doubt I could ever sit through it again.

Loved Kill Bill at the time. Put the first one on Netflix the other night and was pretty disappointed.

yeah Kill Bill is just one of those movies that doesn't hold up for multiple viewings

Jackie Brown on the other hand seemingly gets better every time I watch it.

myq kaplan stand up special, v funny

let the fire burn doc, vv good

watched let the fire burn on pbs last week, holy shit so good

europa report was good, once you get past the stock characters and that terrible australian woman from the first season of in treatment.

The Source Family is good fun if you're into documentaries about creepy 1970's cults.

started Top of the Lake (jane campion tv series kinda twin peaksy). Two episodes in and liking it quite a bit.

yeah i liked that one! holly hunter is kind of amazing in it.

we're watching that attenborough Life of Birds series now. Birds are amazing.

fucking birds, man! Tell me about it! I've been obsessed with noticing them and their doings since I was a little kid. They're probably the most intense animal life on earth in terms of being like symbols/aliens/robots/living art/super simple brutes all at once. Birds!

yes!
thoughts I had while watching:
- birds really do not give a fuck!
- are there any birds who are just not good at being birds?
- birds are perfect!

See i prefer the mammals.

idk i have sometimes thought the killdeer was kind of an imbecile for building its nest right on the ground in the open. That's the only example I can think of rn though.

xpost to tyler question # 2

Feel like A Bug's Life really nailed the quiet brutality of birds

<3 birds, need to watch this show!

Museum Hours, which I'm excited to finally see

Three that are among my favorite films of the past year or two:
Leviathan
Child's Pose
I Used To Be Darker

and Escape From Tomorrow, which is terrible but maybe worth skimming just for shits and giggles. maybe not honestly.

museum hours owns.

been wanting to see leviathan for a while

oh i used to be darker was good? huh

leviathan is honestly way more of a theater experience i think

ok fine i wont watch it

i'm gonna try small screen leviathan

I thought I Used to Be Darker was a very honest look at adult working musicians... i think it'll help if you're a fan of Palace as that's who the lead is.