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We are cancelling our netflix account. I am tired of feeling like I have to watch the movies as soon as possible or I'm not getting my money's worth. "But why don't you not worry about that, and just watch at your own pace?" you might ask. I just can't.
Instead, we've decided to just buy the TV series that we want to watch. That's 95% of what we use Netflix for, anyway. If we buy one season of TV every other month, we'll be spending about the same as for netflix, as long as we don't buy anything overpriced, like ST.
Hwaet*, we have three weeks until our Netflix month is up. We are going to spend these three weeks watching movies from Netflix.
But Mary and I don't watch enough movies. We have about three movies we really want to watch in our queue. The rest is up for grabs.
To you. Tell us what movies we need to watch.
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Downfall (Der Untergang) is pretty good. I agree with The Machinist (good dark mystery/thriller).
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First of all, we're big nerds, hence our presence on Hatrack.
Movies that I can watch over and over: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hudsucker Proxy, Princess Bride, Raising Arizone.
Not too interested in most main-stream "guy" or "chick" movies.
Being the prude that I am, sexual content is much more problematic than violence. That's not to say that it is verboten, but it is an issue.
To give you an idea about that, I was pretty darn uncomfortable with all the sex and how willing they were to portray it in season 6 of Buffy. It made it almost impossible to really enjoy the whole season.
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Hmmm, we like Cohen brothers movies, if that gives some idea. Movies that make you think, feel.
Neither one of us is big into romance or chick flicks, unless they are really good. But we aren't into big, dumb, guy-action flicks either.
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We saw Pirates and to tell you the truth, I wasn't all that impressed. It was fun and all, but it obviously didn't penetrate my soul like it did for so many people on this board.
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American History X, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Cube, Last Night (some sex in there though. Well, what would YOU do your last night on earth? ) The Fifth Element, Crybaby, Johnny Dangerously, Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption, Run Lola Run, The Green Mile, Heathers, Donnie Darko.
There is a few of my favourites. If you've seen a few of them then you can get a feel for my taste. Crybaby and Johnny Dangerously are campy cheesey funny like Princess Bride sorta. Posts: 870 | Registered: Mar 2005
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I tried watching Moulin Rouge once, and didn't get past the first scene. Add to that the fact that I dislike Kiddman, and I'll have to vote no.
When it came out, the ads made Coyote Ugly look about like the Victoria Secret's "fasion show" on TV about a year back -- a thinly-veiled excuse to ogle hot chicks. But somebody here on HR (was it PSI Teleport?) said it was her favorite romance ever.
I absolutely adore The Fifth Element. I'm going to have to buy that whenever they release a decent DVD for it.
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Grave of the Fireflies is a good movie (I would recommend it), but it is difficult to watch (it is after all about children in Japan during WWII).
Other movies I really enjoyed (read the summaries on netflix and see if you would also enjoy them): Life is Beautiful Amelie Hero How to Steal a Million The Court Jester Sneakers Whale Rider Hotel Rwanda Finding Neverland
Movies you can watch with your kids: Spirited Away My Neighbor Totoro Kiki's Delivery Service Castle in the Sky
[Edit: Oh yes Shawshank Redemption definitely!! Coyote Ugly, I'd say not. I also love Office Space.]
If you loved that movie you might like other Luc Besson films. The rest aren't quite as silly as Fifth Element but they're good stuff. Just stay away from Taxi (the two main characters are a bit like rabbits, let's say.)
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Dark City. This movie is SO AWESOME! So is Donny Darko.
You should try and finish Moulin Rouge, it's like Rocky Horror Picture Show on acid for the first bit, but it becomes really really beautiful after that. (Not that RHPS on acid is a bad thing mind you )
I also highly recomend Grave of the Fireflies. Again, watch it in the original Japanese. Oddly, it's the last movie that my mom and I watched together.
The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Secret of NIMH, Legend (special edition), Rock & Rule, Heavy Metal, Titan AE.... these are all fantasy/sci-fi favorites of mine that you guys might like.
Some mind expanding movies: The Velocity of Gary, Better Than Chocolate, Jeffery, It's My Party... Porter, you might have problems with these because they are about gay folk and as a result deal with sex and has some sexual scenes. But it isn't unwarranted, the sex helps tell the story.
Shadow Lands is a good one about CS Lewis. (I wish there was a movie about JRR Tolkien)
The mini series Pride & Prejudice is REALLY good as is the series Dead Like Me.
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quote:You should try and finish Moulin Rouge, it's like Rocky Horror Picture Show on acid for the first bit
One of only two movies I have ever walked out of. (RHPS, that is)
Titan AE? My image of you is crumbling, Telp. I thought it was extremely mediocre (if that's possible).
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Hehe... yes Titan AE in general was very mediocre... but the death of Earth was very moving and the ice crystal scenes were out of this world. I like any movie that has falls of civilizations. I try and imagine how humanity or our cultures/religions could survive such a thing. Our religions are tied to the Earth... how would they deal with it's utter destruction? A catastrophy like that would prove there are no God/gods/goddesses. Just imagine the poor nature worshipers...
And I like how they show humanity dying out.. because we as a species are so connected to the biosphere of Earth, it's gravity, air mixture, etc... that we probably could not survive very long away from it. Unless we had some really advanced starships that could perfectly mimic the environment of the Earth.
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I remember wondering "Why do those aliens want to destroy all humans?" The only answer that I came up with was to create dramatic tension.
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LOL! Well they were like the galactic gardeners. They saw humanity as a threat with our ever advancing technology and power...they they decided to wipe us out while they still could. It was kinda neat, they created a backstory with comic books and stuff...telling about the Titan Project and how the Drej came into the picture and the years of war as they beat down our fleets and defences back to the homeworld. I wish they would have filmed that... much more interesting to me. But having read all that made the first 10 minutes of the movie actually emotional. That's why I loved Titanic...because it was a microcosm of the end of the world and how people reacted to it.
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Thanks guys. Some really good suggestions here, some I've never heard of.
Its funny, I often check out the "questionable" content of movies on websites that spell them out. You can read about all the profanity, violence, and sex that a movie contains. It is funny to read a long list of detailed sexual situations and acts, then it says "a man touches a womans hand". I nearly laughed aloud at that.
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Probably not. They're both rather sexual which is something MPH said was a problem. I thought Moulin Rouge was fun because of the zany songs, but as a movie it's really not that good. Predictable plot etc. Coyote Ugly is extremely mediocre. It is indeed a thinly-veiled excuse to ogle hot chicks.
My recommends are: About a Boy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Good Company, Mars Attacks, and Galaxy Quest.
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OK. The reason I asked about those two is that a lot of gals on the forum really enjoyed them.
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Hmmm, could someone tell me a bit more about "The Machinist"? I am having trouble finding a lot of info on it, but I am seeing it described as a "horror flick". Neither of us tend to enjoy that genre.
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Garden State is really good. All of Miyazaki's movies are extremely good if you haven't seen those, I'd particularly recommend Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle (I'm not dissing Spirited Away, just wasn't my favorite).
I assume you've seen the Monty Python films? Holy Grail and Life of Brian are personal favorites of mine.
Also, not sure how much of a dork you are, but I really love the cartoon movies of LOTR Return of the King and The Hobbit. But that's mainly because of the voice acting of John Huston as Gandalf, whose voice I ALWAYS hear in my head when I read the books, and always will.
Downfall was very powerful, I'd recommend that as well. As was Hotel Rwanda. Though I caution against buying them without having seen them. They are both dark films, Downfall more so, and you might not get a lot of use out of them. You can rewatch a comedy or dorky sci-fi film a lot more than a serious dark film like those. One can only take so much genocide.
When it comes out on DVD, I would highly recommend March of the Penguins. Good film for all ages. Madagascar and Robots I thought were really funny films too.
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Some stuff I've gotten through Netflix you might like =
-- Kung Fu Hustle (action, but good sense of humor and style) -- Wonderfalls (TV, by some of the same folks who did Firefly) -- Gilmore Girls (don't know if you'd consider it to be too much of a chick thing, mph, but it's funny and has GREAT dialogue)
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I'll put in a vote for "Grave for the Fireflies". It's an excellent film but be prepared. It is the only movie I can remember that made me break down and sob. I'm kind of a sentimentally ninny so I tear up at all kinds of things, but this was way beyond that. My husband and I just hugged each other and sobbed for a god 5 minutes or more after the end of the film.
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I'll Third About a Boy. I hate Hugh Grant but I sure do love that movie. Chicago is good. But you don't want to see Sin City because it has too much violence, but I loved that movie anyway. Violence makes me dizzy. Also, A Very Long Engagement was good... But don't see Cold Mountain unless you want to be depressed even though it has great music.
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Other movies I really enjoyed (read the summaries on netflix and see if you would also enjoy them):
The Court Jester [/QB]
I second that one! It's one of my favorites, and no one seems to know about it until I make them watch it. And then they love it! Danny Kaye is brilliant.
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I'm going to third Donnie Darko and Life is Beautiful. I'd also recommend Chocolat and I Heart Huckabees.
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