Rented any good DVDs lately?

WhyFi wrote: Watched King of California last night - the wife and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Thanks, WhyFi. I'll add that to my list

I hesitate to say this, but I watched Paris, Je T'aime over the weekend. Never recommend movies, but I have to this.

Ethan/Joel Coen, Wes Craven, Gerard Depardieu, Marianne Faithfull, and that funny guy from Brooklyn (Buscemi), etc.

Made me want to go buy a new TV.............

Watched "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" ...pretty good...not great, but enjoyable

Death at a Funeral - Great cast and a wide variety of laughs - lots of fun.

I'm going to be cheesy here but I just saw the old school movie Logan's Run and loved it! Yeah for post apocalyptic dramas!

WhyFi wrote: Death at a Funeral - Great cast and a wide variety of laughs - lots of fun.

I saw that too. Fun to watch

Flexichick wrote: Watched "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" ...pretty good...not great, but enjoyable

I agree. I recall it got great reviews and the genre was right up my alley so I figured it would be a home run. It was a good story, good cast, but unfortunately I kept waiting to be blown away and it didn't happen.

I thought Michael Clayton was a waste of time. It wasn't terrible, it's just that that story has been told so many times with a few new wrinkles that the movie really needs to be outstanding to make it worthwhile.

I did watch Porco Rosso with my daughter and really enjoyed it.

Two films I watched recently from Denmark (same actress in both) and liked ...."Open Hearts" and "The Celebration"

Two Days in Paris. Adam Goldberg is funny as shit.

I've also recently watched three movies with NYC in rather rough shape -
I am Legend, with Will Smith was okay, but the wrecked CG NYC was the real star.
Cloverfield also sees NYC destroyed and is only "meh" as far as dumb monster fun.
Dark Days, a documentary on underground (literally) NYC homeless people, was fascinating.

Loved:
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Lars and the Real Girl

OpossumQueen wrote: Lars and the Real Girl

GREAT movie!

WhyFi wrote: [quote=OpossumQueen]Lars and the Real Girl

GREAT movie!

It's in my Netflix queue but hasn't shipped yet.I think they're throttling my account again for renting/returning too fast. Bastards!

Flexichick wrote: It's in my Netflix queue but hasn't shipped yet.I think they're throttling my account again for renting/returning too fast. Bastards!

Really? How many movies do you go through per month? I've gotta be at 15+ per month, and I've never noticed a slow-down...

WhyFi wrote: [quote=Flexichick]It's in my Netflix queue but hasn't shipped yet.I think they're throttling my account again for renting/returning too fast. Bastards!

Really? How many movies do you go through per month? I've gotta be at 15+ per month, and I've never noticed a slow-down...

Probably about 15 as well. They did it to me once before and I went to Blockbuster for a while. When I came back, it sped up for a month or two, and then slowed down again. Been waiting on Juno for weeks (long wait) and Lars (short wait).

Flexichick wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=Flexichick]It's in my Netflix queue but hasn't shipped yet.I think they're throttling my account again for renting/returning too fast. Bastards!

Really? How many movies do you go through per month? I've gotta be at 15+ per month, and I've never noticed a slow-down...

Probably about 15 as well. They did it to me once before and I went to Blockbuster for a while. When I came back, it sped up for a month or two, and then slowed down again. Been waiting on Juno for weeks (long wait) and Lars (short wait).
Juno was great. I just saw it on a plane and loved it.

Flexichick wrote: Probably about 15 as well. They did it to me once before and I went to Blockbuster for a while. When I came back, it sped up for a month or two, and then slowed down again. Been waiting on Juno for weeks (long wait) and Lars (short wait).

Do you have a really short queue? I think that mine is always about 40 deep, so even if a few are on on wait, I never notice... that, or they just like me more

have 80+ in queue. Today they received something at 8am and even though i have tons of stuff available, they're not shipping anything until tomorrow.

fuckers!

we have about 25 - but just received and viewed The Diving Bell & the Butterfly - really awesome, really moving, really sad and wonderful, and realy well-filmed and directed. Just received Rendition a couple of days ago.

Diving Bell was very good.,

Last night I watched an instant movie on Netflix called "Street Fight" about the 2002 election between Sharpe James and Cory Booker for Mayor of Newark. I really enjoyed it. Sharpe James is a corrupt fucker!

I think somebody aready mentioned this, but it's out on DVD today and I just watched (and liked):

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

not an easy film to watch, though

Flexichick wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=OpossumQueen]Lars and the Real Girl

GREAT movie!

It's in my Netflix queue but hasn't shipped yet.I think they're throttling my account again for renting/returning too fast. Bastards!

Saw this last week and enjoyed it.

LOL..talking to myself here :-)

Just watched "Mad Men", first season. I liked it a lot.

Thread revival!

Come on, people, there must have been some good DVDs in the past 5 months.

My most recent favorite:

"Man on Wire" - a documentary about the guy who tightrope walked between the Twin Towers. Truly amazing.

yes, "man on wire" is great. i recently saw and enjoyed "love and death" (woody allen) and "surfwise," (a documentary about an eccentric surfing family).

cool, Surfwise is available on Netflix instant. I'll add it to my queue. Thanks, bill c

All About Eve. It's possibly the best movie ever.

Gonzo is a mesmerizing documentary about Hunter Thompson. A fascinating but ulitmately sad man. Burn After Reading is pretty funny if you're a fan of the Coen brothers.

Here's one if you are into documentaries, basketball, or just enjoy seeing how the other half lives in Brooklyn "A Woman Among Boys"