Exactly what I did. I kept instant and will go to redbox if I have an impulse rent.
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Latest Netflix Selection?
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Exactly what I did. I kept instant and will go to redbox if I have an impulse rent.
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Should this thread be renamed Latest Redbox Selection? Latest DVD Selection?
But then no one could complain about Netflix anymore!
Cancelled my subscription also...in the same boat
Just made the change this morning.
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I have it for another couple of weeks free..I just can't think of a reason to keep it.
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You guys dropping Netflix must never watch off beat or obscure DVD selections. There are just SO many movies I watch that are not available on streaming or from Redbox, Blockbuster, etc.
I only had netflix because I didn't have cable for over a year and was getting 3 dvds at a time plus streaming. I've exhausted myself of netflix. I've moved so now cable is accessible to me (it doesn't seem like I was missing much) but dropping the expenditure of it seemed right. I'm also now closer to a redbox which seems easy. Maybe down the road ill pick up 1 dvd at a time again to get some of those off beat dvds but its not worth it to me right now.
Geoff
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I finally got around to watching the 3 Netflix DVDs that were sitting around forever sitting on the airplane on a California trip this week. I'd cancel but Netflix is a Christmas present from mom.
My plan of record is to shut down cable completely in my summer place in early December. Next May, I'll just turn on internet. Other than sports, I don't watch cable at all and I think I'll give the Red Sox a year off.
My plan of record is to shut down cable completely in my summer place in early December. Next May, I'll just turn on internet. Other than sports, I don't watch cable at all and I think I'll give the Red Sox a year off.
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Most of the offbeat comedies..I have already. Like Baseketball...
ctenidae
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Yeah, but being in the mood to watch that particular offbeat movie when i have it is a sufficient risk to make the cost just not worth it.
Geoff
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Showing up in my mailbox today:
CJ7 (a Steven Chow movie, I own Shaiolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle)
The Illusionist (French animation from the Triplets of Belleville people)
Black Swan (want to see what all the Oscar award fuss was about)
CJ7 (a Steven Chow movie, I own Shaiolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle)
The Illusionist (French animation from the Triplets of Belleville people)
Black Swan (want to see what all the Oscar award fuss was about)
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Sitting around waiting for the season to start (hurry up please!), I've seen some decent flicks lately:
Attack The Block
An entertaining, fast-paced alien invasion flick from the producer of Shawn of the Dead, with interesting twists, including the setting (a London housing project), characters (street kids in the hood, all cast very well), and aliens (low tech but effective, who are here for a reason you've never heard before). "It successfully combines action with wit, social commentary and comedy." -rottentomatoes
Fast Five
Amazon: "ridiculously entertaining. Fast Five may be the most overblown entry in the series to date (which is saying quite a bit), but there's a dunderheaded earnestness to it that's hard to resist."
The uneasy interaction between Vin Diesel and "The Rock" adds interest beyond the insane-in-the-membrane action sequences.
A Better Tomorrow
With subtitles. "The John Woo gangster classic that started it all, a romantic, violent, swirlingly stylish melodrama about dueling brothers--with a mesmerizing lead performance by Hong Kong's favorite actor, Chow Yun-Fat [who] has a unique, ebullient star presence....Tomorrow has a direct emotional power that is still unique" -amazon. The (extremely violent) ending resolves questions I had about some of the earlier actions that were puzzling.
The Blue Angel
With subtitles. The legendary, risque 1930 early talkie film from Weimar Germany, I caught this on TCM mostly to see what made Marlene Dietrich special. Now I know. Besides being gorgeous and vivacious (most of her stills don't do her justice), she had a magnetic screen presence. Amazon: "as soon as [Prof. Rath, played brilliantly by Emil Jannings] enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola, commanding the stage in a top hat, stockings and bare thighs, Rath's self-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himself fatefully seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing, "Falling in Love Again." Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, [he] allows himself to be dragged down a path of personal degradation. Lola's unrestrained sexuality was a revelation to...moviegoers, thrusting Dietrich to the forefront of the sultry international leading ladies... who were challenging the limits of screen sexuality." I'll never be able to hear that song the same way.
See what I mean?
That should keep you busy for a while- enjoy....
Attack The Block
An entertaining, fast-paced alien invasion flick from the producer of Shawn of the Dead, with interesting twists, including the setting (a London housing project), characters (street kids in the hood, all cast very well), and aliens (low tech but effective, who are here for a reason you've never heard before). "It successfully combines action with wit, social commentary and comedy." -rottentomatoes
Fast Five
Amazon: "ridiculously entertaining. Fast Five may be the most overblown entry in the series to date (which is saying quite a bit), but there's a dunderheaded earnestness to it that's hard to resist."
The uneasy interaction between Vin Diesel and "The Rock" adds interest beyond the insane-in-the-membrane action sequences.
A Better Tomorrow
With subtitles. "The John Woo gangster classic that started it all, a romantic, violent, swirlingly stylish melodrama about dueling brothers--with a mesmerizing lead performance by Hong Kong's favorite actor, Chow Yun-Fat [who] has a unique, ebullient star presence....Tomorrow has a direct emotional power that is still unique" -amazon. The (extremely violent) ending resolves questions I had about some of the earlier actions that were puzzling.
The Blue Angel
With subtitles. The legendary, risque 1930 early talkie film from Weimar Germany, I caught this on TCM mostly to see what made Marlene Dietrich special. Now I know. Besides being gorgeous and vivacious (most of her stills don't do her justice), she had a magnetic screen presence. Amazon: "as soon as [Prof. Rath, played brilliantly by Emil Jannings] enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola, commanding the stage in a top hat, stockings and bare thighs, Rath's self-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himself fatefully seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing, "Falling in Love Again." Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, [he] allows himself to be dragged down a path of personal degradation. Lola's unrestrained sexuality was a revelation to...moviegoers, thrusting Dietrich to the forefront of the sultry international leading ladies... who were challenging the limits of screen sexuality." I'll never be able to hear that song the same way.
See what I mean?
That should keep you busy for a while- enjoy....
So.,.. just started watching walking dead based on comments here, really good show, got through three episodes so far.
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I think Hard Boiled is a much better John Woo - Chow Yun-Fat movie than A Better Tomorrow. If you haven't seen it, it's a must-rent. I own the Criterion Collection version which is a lot better than the regular DVD. It shows the movie in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio with no cropping or stretching. Watch it in Cantonese with English subtitles. Like all Chinese movies, they're lousy when they're dubbed. I wish they'd do a 1.85:1 Blu Ray.
I own Fast Five on Blu Ray. Found it used on Half.com. I think it's almost as good as the first one. Way bigger budget. Far more car stunts. Basically zero street racing. They foreshadowed that Michelle Rodriguez / Vin Diesel's girlfriend is still alive so I'll bet she shows up in the 6th movie. This isn't worth spending $20.00 on but for $10.00, I'm glad to have it on my shelf.
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I thought CJ7 was a great kid's movie that can be enjoyed by an adult. I watched it in Cantonese with English subtitles. There isn't enough dialog where this gets in the way.
The Illusionist is a real Debbie Downer of a movie but it's the best movie I've seen this year. If you haven't seen The Triplets of Belleville, rent both of them.
I saw the first slice of Black Swan on an airplane Sunday after watching The Illusionist. It's sitting on top of my Blu Ray player. I need to finish it. It's not my kind of movie with hot chicks and guns & ammo but the first part is fine.
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Dropped it into the queue, thanks.
Geoff
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Watched the rest of Black Swan last night. It's not my kind of movie but I can see why it won all those awards. Natalie Portman does nothing for me (I didn't go to Penn State) but Mila Kuntis was lookin' good.
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You'll be caught up in no time, only 6 epsisodes in the first season.
I loved and hated Black Swan. Agree with Portman. She sometimes looks like she needs a shower. LOL.
riverc0il
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Me neither. She was horrid in Star Wars.
Check out the movie Closer. If she doesn't do anything for you in that movie, then you can officially write her off. She has a particularly raunchy scene. Rest of the movie sucked and Clive Owen and Julia Roberts might have had something to do with that. But more so the plot: typical indie foursome relationship swapping lame ass crap.
