Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

"Shut Up Little Man", which made me kind of nostalgic for those days of pre-YouTube underground obsessives trading tapes of prank calls and such.

I do nto reccomend "I Spit on Your Grave"

I disagree, sir! It is totally worth watching, especially if you are into nihilistic exploitation with no redeeming social value whatsoever.

oh hell yeah fishing with john

I really really want to see that!

(secretly wishes jjjusten would start a thread where he tells us about Fishing With John)

Just watch it, it's great

tacho has transformed himself!

transformers 3 actually kind of rules, it's like someone edited everything that usually sucks about bay down to about 10 minutes of the real film rather than hours

Wait, so the movie is only 10 minutes long?! That's awesome, and attention-span appropriate, given its target demo.

pretty girl standing in slow-mo + military vehicles taking off over the water while dramatic music plays was about 10 minutes ; the movie is like 2 and a half hours long but didn't drag

Absentia, which I've stanned for a few times on the post-2005 horror thread, is up on netflix now.

Transformers 2 is my fav of the series.

I mean 3. 2 is the worst.

Beginning of August brings a ton of espn 30 for 30 docs. I can finally catch up.

wow, update here when that happens!

exceeeeellllent

Absentia is great and i second that recommendation. Pretty smart, pretty creepy.

paranoid park, my fave of recent Gus van sant movies. Lots of slo-mo skateboarding

Tales from the Script is an entertaining doc w/a slew of hollywood screenwriters providing anecdotes about the biz

The Ballad of Tam-Lin 1970. Also known as Tam-Lin, The Devil's Widow and The Devil's Woman Filmed in England and Scotland. Directed by Roddy McDowell. Starring Ava Gardner. Music by Pentangle.

A post Mrs. Robinson, post acid, post Manson version of Tam Lin.

Easily the viewing highlight of my summer thus far.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Tam-Lin_%28film%29.jpg

had no idea mcdowell was involved in so much freakish stuff

there's a movie adaptation of terry pratchett's the colour of magic (discworld)! it's fun.

snow on tha bluff

up there w/ catfish in the v impressively staged/editing/managed verite thing that is prob more fun 2 deconstruct than engage w/

If you like the original Star Trek, I recommend Jason of Star Command. James Doohan is in it.

http://space1970.blogspot.com/2010/10/once-again-we-delve-into-unexplained.html

the doc about toynbee tiles is pretty entertaining -- resurrect dead, i think it's called?

i tried getting into star command but it was a bit painful

the doc about toynbee tiles is pretty entertaining -- resurrect dead, i think it's called?

Watched this the other day, better than I expected. Always hoped for a doc on the subject.

it was a bit painful

It's awful, but it's a kind of awful I enjoy

putting in an extra good word for the toynbee tiles doc

For those of you who enjoy British comedy, I see now that the show "The Comic Strip Presents..." is now streaming. As a teenage adamrl, this was like the height of subversive comedy for me and I look forward to rewatching it bathed in golden nostalgia. However, I also fear that it is now going to seem really dated and have a grating laugh track.

i will also rep for the toynbee tiles doc

Yeah it is good, gonna seek out the Chicago tiles.

Back on Instant for a month at least!

If anyone has a spare 426 minutes, Mysteries of Lisbon is up and it's amazing. In case it hasn't been mentioned.

Anyone seen My Joy?

Beginning of August brings a ton of espn 30 for 30 docs. I can finally catch up.

Echoing others, let me know exactly when this happens.

I missed most of those 30 for 30 docs when they came out so I'm stoked as well. The few I have seen were really good.

is 2 escobars part of that parcel cuz if so everyone watch it

that's the only one i've seen it is v good indeed

the reggie miller one was pretty entertaining/nostalgic

Nostalgia for the Light is up

i liked the one about the cubs guy

ooh nostalgia for the light, everyone watch that.

the best one I watched was the one about the Baltimore Colts marching band.

that was good. b-levs

pretty sure i've seen all the official 30 for 30 ones, hoping the post-30 ones are in that clutch.

we discuss these in detail here: a 30 for 30 thread

http://www.streamingsoon.com/

Just found this site; was not aware that it was possible to know what was coming to Netflix streaming in advance until the mention above of forthcoming 30 on 30 docs...anyway, looks like LOTS to look forward to on 8/1!

They've got the same info as Instant Watcher: http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles

If my experience with that site is anything to go by, those don't tend to be everything that gets released on instant, so it's useful to check every now and again to see what's been released over the past week in case you've missed something. If you're a nerd like me, that is.

coooool, all the new 30 for 30s too!

Didn't know about Instant Watcher either; I've been using this for recent releases and totally oblivious of upcoming releases.

just watched "resurrect dead", you guys are right. it ruled.

spoiler:

i'm in philly and kind of wanted to stake out that dude's apt. but it appears he died in 2009?