Trust me, Pia...I hear ya.  I had a very hard time getting through it as well.

Oh man,

I see all the selections you guys and gals get on Netflix in the States and I look at the selection I have here in Canada and I sigh.

I'm still hoping that Netflix can expand it's selection up here.

Here's two recent movies I found on Netflix:

Triangle - low budget, but smart horror flick.
Two for the Money - Pacino and McConaughy. Missed this one when it first came out. I was a little underwhelmed to be honest.

Triangle's been brought up a few times, actually.  Two for the Money is not streaming here in the states.

wow, im surprised to see so many people who disliked hobo with a shotgun. i personally loved it for what it was. not a perfect movie. but an absolute blast (for grindhouse fans only). then again, i guess i can see why so many people disliked it.

them! is streaming right now. checked it out last night for some inspiration for a short im writing and really enjoyed it. one of those films that everyone talks about but no one watches.

also been on a kick of watching movies that are "so bad they're good." in that case, troll 2 and howard the duck is streaming. after watching howard however, i wanted to gouge my eyes out (duck nipples...seriously?)

Will, you definitely need to watch Birdemic: Shock and Terror, if you're watching so bad they're great.  This is the granddaddy of 'em all.  Get it while it's streaming.

You're like the fifth person to tell me that. Some were saying that it's worth than The Room (which i find VERY hard to believe). I'm going to check it out in a day or so. thanks man!

Just saw Birdemic. Posted a review too. One of the stupidest yet dullest, most pathetic movies I've ever seen. I hated it so much, I'm offended that the director ever chose to express himself through art or try to entertain people.

Quoted from James McClung I'm going to try to check out Birdemic either this evening or tomorrow sometime. A friend of mine told me, quite seriously, that Birdemic is actually worse than The Room and made a rather convincing case at that. This, I have to see.

I'm scheduled to get The Room in the mail tomorrow.  Maybe, after I take my kids to the day out with Thomas the Tank Engine extravaganza, I'll watch it and follow it up with Birdemic...


...then fucking kill myself.

Classic, Mike!  Pure classic!  

The Room is arriving here on Monday or Tuesday...  

Heat (1986) - Burt Reynolds as a Las Vegas mercenary turned bodyguard who works out of a bail bondsman's office and takes jobs posted out of Soldier of Fortune magazine.  He's known as the most lethal man in the world.  One of Burt's post fame, mid eighties low budget actioner in the era of Stick, Rent A Cop, Malone.  It's ridiculous but lots of fun eighties cheese.  Highly recommended.

Brick - A strange but intriguing film starring a young(er) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Everything is written like a classic hard-boiled detective story... except it takes place at a high school and all the characters are high schoolers. The dialogue takes a little to get used to as it's not natural for the characters and comes off as hipster-ish early on but once you get settled into what it's supposed to be, it's actually a very fun and almost quasi-experimental piece of neo-noir.

Quoted from James McClung Brick - A strange but intriguing film starring a young(er) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Everything is written like a classic hard-boiled detective story... except it takes place at a high school and all the characters are high schoolers. The dialogue takes a little to get used to as it's not natural for the characters and comes off as hipster-ish early on but once you get settled into what it's supposed to be, it's actually a very fun and almost quasi-experimental piece of neo-noir.

I thought Rian Johnson's writer/director debut was pretty outstanding too.
I'm looking forward to his next film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Bruce Willis.
It's a mob action sci-fi flick called, "Looper".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/

E.D.

QWIKSTER!!

Everybody else get that apology letter from Reed Hastings?  Wow, been awhile since I've seen an executive publicly eat that much shyt.  Looks like they're really trying to bury the DVD by mail portion of their company.  Calling it Qwikster now.  Put a lot of thought into the new name, I see.  It's incredible how far this company has fallen in just a couple months.  I saw this:

"Since backlash to the price increase, investors have grown disillusioned. Netflix's market value has plummeted 53 percent from its high, wiping out about $8 billion in stockholder wealth. On Monday, the stock shed more than $11 to close at $143.75."

Half market value gone in a few months.  Unbelievable.  Right now, I still subscribe to the instant play, but Starz will be pulling all its titles in January, I think.  That's a lot of movie gone from instant play.  Damn shame, I really loved Netflix when it was nine bucks a month for dvd and instant.

Trust

I dunno why, but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Critics were so-so on it from what i can see. Didn't do any research, but when netflix starts it, there's no studio logos at all... Right to the chase.

Didn't do research to see who, if any, distrubuted this. Find that had to believe with Clive Owen an Catherine Keener in starring roles.

So they're parents who's 14 year old daughter befriends a 35 yr old predator online. They end up meeting, she gets raped. She tells a friend and sooner rather then later, the FBI are involved.

Clive becomes obsessed with finding and killing this guy. Their daughter hates her parents and her friend for not understanding her relationship with this man. Her mother struggles to keep the family together. It all comes to a pretty good bubble. Very deep and real. Never saw a rape kit so much in depth before. Very well acted throughout...

SPOILERS!!!

The only one you need to know is that they never catch the guy. They just figure how to get along with their lives. This guy is good at it and has done it before. As much as I hate that ending, it's very real to me.

END SPOILERS

If you've got netflix, give it 10 minutes. Just like a script. I think most of you will continue alot further...

James

Quoted from Dreamscale Good job, Bert!  I was wondering what happened to this thread.

Someone resurrected this thread and I'm resurrecting part of a post from July 11, 2010. Lot's wife I guess.   But so be it...

Bert is the deep thinker working quietly in the background. Always thinking. Always working, even if you don't see him, he's there and productive.

As I mentioned last week, I feel like an oddity because I read more than watch movies. And I watch almost no television except the odd gander at Hell's Kitchen or a glimpse from someone else's viewing.

When I choose to watch something, it's with a passion and I throw my whole body and psyche into it. I don't do it passively to relax. I don't know what relax means. Not anymore, anyways...

I want to ask Jeff if he has yet watched "Once Around" with Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter...

I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!

But Jeff, I think it will probably be much too slow and even mundane for you because I think you really love (it gets your adrenaline going) more action based works.

That's ok. Still, I would love to hear you comment on this film because I think that it's one of the best shows I've ever watched. I've watched it tons of times. I loved all of the actors... I don't know what else to say but love-love-love.

If I could write a script half that good and see it produced, I'd consider my life worth lived. That's how strongly I feel about that one.

Like I said though, don't feel bad if you hate it or whatever. That's you and you help to create a reflection of me so that I can exist. It's all good.

P.S.

I need to seriously try to watch one movie per week. My choosing. So:

You guys. YOU GUYS! I'm talkin' to ya now. Feel me?

What should I be watchin'? What'll help me grow as a writer? As a person?

Give me your feedback. I'm waiting. At a bus stop. On mystical 7th avenue. Or street. I'm not sure.  

Sandra