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Exactly!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

also Drew Barrymore

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

SHE GOT KILLED! IMMEDIATELY!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Also mean-spirited? What it was supposed to be the friendly slasher flick? I'll bite on the self-referential part, but that doesn't bother me if it's done well and Scream was done very well. But I love horror/slasher flicks and Craven esp. so maybe it's just me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

Movies all three of my Netflix friends gave 5 stars:

Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
Rear Window
Vertigo

Lowest rated movies all three of my Netflix friends rated (two one stars, one two star):

The Beach
Death Becomes Her
Dogma
Garden State
Mystic River
Pearl Harbor
The Perfect Storm
What About Bob?

Hey, I liked Death Becomes Her!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Also there is the rule that prohibits Muhammad from being depicted, so he never appears on screen.

Yeah, I think that was the main reason I wanted to get the film: the controversy that surrounded it w.r.t the misunderstanding of its "representation" of God... and the hostages that were taken, et al.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/special_packages/passion_of_christ/8020436.htm

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

I wholeheartedly recommend Two-Lane Blacktop btw.

And yet you call Cassavettes boring!

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

haa

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

"And yet you call Cassavettes boring!"

Did I miss the auto-racing in AWUTI?!?! Fuck I'd rather watch Warren Oates pick his nose for an hour and a half than Ben Gazarra or Peter Falk.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Adam, I have a confession to make... I cancelled our netflix subscription today! Can we still be real friends?

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh no!!!!

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Did I miss the auto-racing in AWUTI?!?!

You didn't see the director's cut? I do love Two-Lane Blacktop but I also find it almost Cassavetean. Cassavettian? Cassavesque?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Adam, I have a confession to make... I cancelled our netflix subscription today! Can we still be real friends?

That's CRAZY! but yes, we can.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

I need to take a break from the small screen anyway, but especially from H:LOTS. It wasn't until after we'd watched the last episode of season 6 that we learned there's a whole other season left! OH NO!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

What is the saved section?

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Movies on your queue that don't have release dates.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

Wow, I've just started skimming everybody's ratings and queues, and my queue is growing at an alarming rate.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 19 August 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

(It's like a statscock with movie stars!)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 19 August 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

Movies on your queue that don't have release dates.

here's the ones zip.ca doesn't have that are in my list:

Playtime
Repulsion (on order)
Two-Lane Blacktop (on order)

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

I deleted basically my whole queue that was filled with like 50 examples of 50s Americana and 70s French films, and instead added only TV shows, most of which requested by my mom: Larry David, Homicide, The Office. Now that I rent my serious movies from the library, I need to keep the Netflix light. Also, now that I work regularly, I don't have the time or inclination to watch a movie a day.

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 20 August 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

I invited Netflix to my BBQ.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Saturday, 20 August 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah, library dvd loans are great. In Nova Scotia I've discovered that I can even order them online from other provincial libraries and get them shipped to my local one.

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 20 August 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

I ordered "Holes" from Netflix b/c the teacher across the hall from me had the poster on her door and when the DVD got to me it was cracked and I told Netflix and then right away they sent another copy to me.

I'm just saying.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Saturday, 20 August 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

Starsky and Hutch was okay, which is remarkable since I want Stiller to disappear forever. Also, I was playing GBA Zelda for part of it. Maybe that has something to do with it.

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Saturday, 20 August 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Brown Bunny was fuckin' awful. Sorry if I sound surprised.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Saturday, 20 August 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

I liked it until the ending.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

I don't remember the ending. What happened?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I agree with Dr Glen.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

I probably could have found this out if I read the thread, but when you order DVDs from Criterion or something, do they send you the booklet, too?

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

No.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

It's not like the essays aren't all available on their website.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Also if there are multiple discs for extras or whatever, they only send you the disc(s) with the feature.

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 20 August 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

I've been adding my .02 all night. I like reading everyone elses.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Sunday, 21 August 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

I put all the Homicide DVDs IN ORDER in my queue. The next one should be Season 3 Disc 6. They sent me Homicide: The Movie. WTF!!!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

i have had bad luck lately ordering popcorn flicks from them ... each disc is trashed.

― dr gary bleune (dr g), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Am v excited -- I just FINALLY joined and have "Amelie", "Lemony Snickett", and something else I forget waiting at home, must pick up ice cream on the way. I may NEVER share movie-picking privileges again.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

We have to watch one of the three we've got at home so I can get Worst Witch!

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

"oh yeah, library dvd loans are great. In Nova Scotia I've discovered that I can even order them online from other provincial libraries and get them shipped to my local one."

I love this! Since I discovered the online search and hold function at my local public library I have not been back to a video store and I am watching more movies than i have in quite some time. It's great! I guess this all depends on the quality of your local library's catalog but I've lucked out in that regard. I've rented everything from Aguirre, Wrath of God to Criterion films (with the booklets), to entire Sopranos seasons, to "popcorn" movies. Some times I have to wait quite some time for certian releases (there are 300 people in front of me in the queue for the 3rd season of Six Feet Under, for instance) but with a hold allowance of 15 items, I have never not had a movie to watch. It's been kind of a revelation for me...

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Just a note that Time Out have a month free Screen Select trial, and you also get sent a free DVD too. If interested go to www.timeout.com/freedvd.

I shall be testing it against LoveFilm for a month (or probably just suspending my Lovefilm for a month as seven DVD's on the trot would start getting a bit mad), thoug LF have been very slow at turning around films of late.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

did you get your free dvd yet, pete?

quite impressed with screenselect so far - i was with lovefilm for a while when they started but was never very impressed, but screenselect seem to b v good at sending the movies we actually want.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

who knows how long this will last, though.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

Netflix is finally shipping me Worst Witch. Then when I'm excited that next we'll get the first of the 7-Up series, they grab Minority Report from the middle of the queue instead!? WTF is up with them?!?

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Being a Netflix customer is like a BATTLE to make sure they don't make a profit from you.

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

They make so much money from Jaymc, they have a picture of him in their entrance hall.

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

I think Palindromes is arriving tomorrow.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

I just watched Rockers. Fun!

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

"Being a Netflix customer is like a BATTLE to make sure they don't make a profit from you."

They've FIXED the fight though! They've totally capped my rentals at 24-27 a month. Motherfuckers.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

What did everyone decide to do with the Netflix Settlement thing btw. I am debating that now.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)

What was that again? I totally forgot about it. I've had no complaints about them.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

I can't remember who any of the people in my friends list are.

― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

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