Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

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.

I will because I have a projector deal with THAT

recently bought a proper tv to replace our shitty old crt and leviathan was one of the first movies i watched on it. it was incredible!

oh no man you gotta watch it on CRT

watched it a 2nd time just spinning the dvd in the sun.

i can kinda relate to needing to see leviathan on a big screen,but it's more so you can zone out in harmony with the film rather than because you need to cower at its magnificance, imo. it's a really spacey film, kinda arrhythmic & lulling.

its spacey like k-pax

saving k-pax for optimal screening conditions

i couldn't be in harmony w/ Leviathan on all the Dramamine there is

Some people can dose off blissfully to techno music, others can't.

yeah, i did drowse in certain parts of leviathan

there's a lovely rosenbaum line about your mind wandering but wandering to interesting places

just got netflix, mostly at our daughter's request, but i've kind of fallen for it, too. i wish the homepage were better, but that's quibbling.

because it should be posted here every once in a while: http://instantwatcher.com/titles/visual

I prefer this link http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new

you say tomato

The Institute documentary (in the mind fuck genre)

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new?view=synopsis&popups=1&infinite=0 my favorite. Best of both worlds.

just got netflix, mostly at our daughter's request, but i've kind of fallen for it, too. i wish the homepage were better, but that's quibbling.

― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, June 9, 2014 6:27 PM (Yesterday)

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