Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Couldn't make it through Computer Chess. Switched to Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan.

Watched the docu about the filipino guy who became Journey's singer. Pretty fluffy but I guess bc of my soft spot for Journey I had a dece time.

Deen Castronovo seems like a person with something bad behind the eyes

started watching skyfall last night and zzzzzzzzzzzz....i still have 50 minutes to go tonight! yeesh, longest movie. not very good either. dreary bond. Dame Lady M kinda my least favorite character in film though. stiff upper bulldog thing with her is just dreary. she's kinda one of my least fave britsters.

they should have had an action movie director direct that movie. the only sam mendes movie i like is road to perdition.

Europa Report was all right! despite what some dudes are saying on the internet, very much not horror, although, you know, bad things happen to people and stuff.

I thought Europa Report was Blair Witch Project in space. Really great while you were watching it, totally vacuous in retrospect.

Barbara, Only God Forgives, A Hijacking, and Frances Ha are all up.

this is my fave netflix movie right now:

what maisie knew - loved this movie - so good

i tried to start a thread on I Love Film about Barbara but i'm banned from starting threads on that board.

Whoa only god forgives?! Awesome

damn that was quick!

only god forgives is a terrible movie

I like you, but I don't want to believe you

would dr gbx lie to you

It's beautiful ridiculousness. I'm a fan but I realise it could just as easily fail in the wrong mood.

Frances Ha is a terrible movie

I liked it.

I like you, but I don't want to believe you

it's got stylish visuals and all, which I'm usually a sucker for, but that wasn't quite enough for me.

It doesn't quite work as a narrative, for sure

the salinger doc is pretty useless

jeezus two days of trying to start a thread on the film board and i don't know why i just don't give up. this might be a good time for a break. done listening to eagles songs. thank god. oh well.

my issues with Frances Ha were mostly with the last fifteen minutes where our lead character magically gets her act together in a fucking montage. it feels deeply anti-humanistic to spend all this manic pixie dreamtime with your lead character and then resolve the story with #2: ? #3: Profit!

what?

Oh so is that what happens at the end of that movie I have at the top of my queue

dont worry, thats not what happens really

ymmv i guess but i thought it was disingenuous, twee and coyly sitcom-in-indiesheep's clothing stuff
i actually did a full on Morbs rant at the end of the screening and stormed out of the theater

woulda paid to hear that. you should do a commentary track on the Criterion!

Barbara is splendid.

i was at one of the opening screenings; baumbach was doing a talk-back after and my date was frantically shushing me as i left the theater yelling "we're all just so fucking QUIRKY aren't we"

this is not behavior i'm proud of exactly but it pretty accurately reflects my lack of appreciation for that movie. a week later i ended up sitting next to baumbach and gertwig at a show that involved baumbach getting motorboated by the lead singer. i refrained from yelling "we're all just so fucking QUIRKY aren't we" that time but it was maybe applicable then too.

"motorboated" is a new verb to me.

oh hey the Criterion is out.

xp haha *daps*

You have got to be kidding me. Motorboated? What was the band?

woulda paid to hear that. you should do a commentary track on the Criterion!

No lawyer would ever sign off on it, but I honestly wish all DVDs had separate commentary tracks from the film's proponents and detractors.

I think The Matrix did that?

lechera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bh5QAg4ZCU
on this song as i recall

wow -- that's something else. i'm pretty sure frances ha would churn my stomach, so i'll continue to not see it.

i have a deep and abiding love for bridget everett and have been trying to take her out for years now

Dear God. I started watching License to Drive. Hahaha. WHY.

Stopped half way.

yeaaah that doesn't seem like one to nostalgically revisit

damn Skyfall is boring

shipping news, sweet flick.

Curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on "resume".

WHAT HAVE I DONE.

My recommendation carousel now looks thus: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, She-Devil, Heathers, Sgt Bilko, Trading Places, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop II, Summer School, and other gems.

why are some films showing up on instantwatcher but not there when I search the catalogue (only god forgives, eg)

if you like lifetime movies and/or subdued 80's thrillers you should watch Black Widow

I think The Matrix did that?

― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, November 15, 2013 6:17 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in david thomson's have you seen...? he talks about being asked to provide a commentary for the matrix after slamming it in a review. I haven't heard it, could be funny I guess

black widow with debra winger? i remember that movie.

why are some films showing up on instantwatcher but not there when I search the catalogue (only god forgives, eg)

― cozen, Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:18 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Something glitchy with netflix. It happened to me the other day with A Hijacking. I checked afterward to see if Only God Forgives was there and it was.

yep, with debra winger

idk if difficult listening hour looks at this thread or not but about half the film takes place in Hilo

Only God Forgives missing subtitle for most (but oddly not all) the Thai dialogue scenes. Easy to follow from synopsis but still rather odd.