I was curious to see what everyone else was watching on Netflix these days -- those of us who subscribe, that is. It's fun to compare movie tastes, and often surprising to find out how varied those tastes truly are. If you're sitting there wondering, "How the hell do I know what I watch on Netflix?" -- it's easy to backtrack. Just log on to their website and click your rental history. Here's what I've been watching. There are more than a few surprises, I'm sure. If you're a Blockbuster groupie instead of a Netflixer, well---that's OK, too.
NETFLIX: THE YEAR IN JOHN'S RENTALS, 2008
SUPERBAD
THE HEARTBREAK KID
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (The classic with Claude Rains)
DEAD RECKONING (Humphrey Bogart)
EASTERN PROMISES
BALLS OF FURY
DEATH SENTENCE
BREAKHEART PASS
COUNT DRACULA (Christopher Lee and Herbert Lom -- not that good)
THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU
THE KING OF KONG
THE SOPRANOS: SEASONS 5 AND 6
WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
SCARFACE (1932)
THE UNDYING MONSTER
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
M (The Fritz Lang classic, with Peter Lorre in an amazing performance)
GOOD LUCK CHUCK
DIARY OF THE DEAD
THE BRAVE ONE
CHISUM
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
JOHN ADAMS (HBO Miniseries)
LET'S DO IT AGAIN
THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD
THE MACHINE GIRL
WEREWOLF SHADOW (Paul Naschy)
SEMI-PRO
JUMPER
MANDINGO
THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (Hammer non-horror)
THE TERROR OF THE TONGS (Hammer non-horror, part 2)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
DRILLBIT TAYLOR
THE NARROW MARGIN
THE GAME PLAN
ACROSS 110TH STREET
COMANCHE MOON (Miniseries)
DEXTER: SEASON 2
GRIZZLY RAGE
LEATHERHEADS
88 MINUTES
ILSA, HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHEIKS
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN
WRESTLEMANIAC
THE SUBSTITUTE
RUN, FATBOY, RUN
3:10 TO YUMA (1957)
NIGHT GALLERY: SEASON 1 (This show does not hold up well.)
FRED CLAUS
THE HOUSE BUNNY
DEATH RACE
EAGLE EYE
And that's a wrap…
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I just joined Netflix last fall and am very sorry I didn't do it many years ago. Anyway I have been whizzing thru some tv show seasons. Shows that like Netflix, I didn't watch. Band of Brothers, Criminal Minds, and Boston Legal. All have been enjoyable. I haven't netflixed much in movies because of time, but I would like to change that. Some of the movies I have seen before, but not in awhile and don't own. A couple are new to blu ray and I want to check them out that way.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you what I have coming up to watch -
Criminal Minds: Season 2: Disc 4
Criminal Minds: Season 2: Disc 5
Shaun of the Dead
Gray Lady Down
Corvette Summer
Boston Legal: Season 3: Disc 4
Boston Legal: Season 3: Disc 5
Deliverance
Boston Legal: Season 3: Disc 6
Boston Legal: Season 3: Disc 7
John Adams: Disc 1
John Adams: Disc 2
The Prestige – blu ray
Giant
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Fort Apache
Alien
That Girl: Season 1: Disc 1
Early Edition: Season 1: Disc 1
The Wire:Season 1: Disc 1
The Wire: Season 1: Disc 2
Superman the Movie – Blu Ray
Vagina Monologues: Eve Ensler
Johndalf, your a couple on your list makes me go to netflix and check some out. The Hammer non horror ones particularly. Did you like them?
ReplyDeleteThe Terror of the Tongs was one I remembered watching on the late show many years ago -- back in Pennsylvania. It's pretty good. Christopher Lee played an Asian mastermind that predated his Fu Manchu movies by several years. As a matter of fact, prior to this, his most well-known Hammers were Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, and The Mummy, so he had more lines of dialogue in Tongs than in the first three put together!
ReplyDeleteBetts, you have some good titles in your queue. Terri and I loved the John Adams miniseries -- Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney are fantastic in it. Deliverance and Giant, of course, are classics, and if you've never seen them, you're in for a treat. I have both in my personal collection.
I have found Netflix to be an excellent source for watching old TV. It's cheaper than renting the discs one at a time from Blockbuster. While it's true that the new releases are usually tagged "Very long wait," the fact is, I use Netflix mostly for classic stuff, older stuff, and TV, and I rarely have to wait for those.
ReplyDeleteJohndalf you didn't mention Corvetee Summer! A Mark Hamill Classic. (ha ha)
ReplyDeleteI have not seen Deliverance before, but always wanted to view it and Giant is one I watch about once a year, but still have it only on vhs.
I am interested in The Wire and may move those up a bit on the list. And John Adams I have heard nothing but good things about so I am looking forward to that series also.
Please tell me you are watching the original Heartbreak Kid and not the Farrelly Bros. one!!
ReplyDeleteI know I totally sound like a crusty old ICS member when I say this, but the original one was so depressing... it was a black comedy about this schlubby guy who consistently wanted what he didn't have and would never be happy because of it.
Turning it into some cute Ben Stiller romcom about finding your soulmate sounds execrable.
But heck, if the Farrelly Bros. remake Schindler's List, I'd probably be first in line.
Don't have a Netflix Q, but here's my latest to-watch purchases:
Four Flies on Gray Velvet
Beyond the Door
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Seven Notes in Black
Hate2O
Just finished Star 80 after getting a replacement for my lost VHS - I just love that film.
Rented from Blockbuster recently -
13
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Annie Hall
Watched with Andrew (a lot of B-movie schlock!) -
Savage Streets (mine)
Blue Sunshine (his)
Fast Company (his copy, but we both have them)
BTW - the subsequent Ilsa movies are much campier and easier to watch than the first one IMO. The first one was a lot more vicious while the sequels were just as sleazy but much more silly.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the Ilsa comments. I remember watching the first one and wanting to take a shower afterward -- and not a cold one, either. The second one was just plain goofy.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, CP, the "Heartbreak Kid" I watched was indeed the Ben Stiller remake, and boy, was I depressed. Not funny at all. As a bit of casting trivia, the actress (Malin Akerman) who played Stiller's blonde wife was the same one who played Silk Spectre II in "Watchmen."
Most recently, I tried watching Oliver Stone's "W" off Netflix, and I fell asleep 15 minutes in. Maybe I was just tired. Anyway, I sent it back so I could time "New Release Tuesday" for a possible no. 1 slot in my queue, and sure enough, it worked: tomorrow I'm getting the Norwegian import "Let the Right One In," a vampire movie that got rave reviews last fall when it was released. I've been looking forward to this one. I'll keep you posted.
It is usually kinda tough to get a New Release through Netflix, but after a while, you learn little tricks -- for example, always try to return a movie Monday morning, because the Netflix shipping location in Gaithersburg will get it Tuesday, when the New Releases come out, and if you've got a New Release in your first slot -- well, there ya go.
I just finished watching "Let the Right One In," a horror film from Sweden. (I was wrong in my previous post, when I thought the film was from Norway.) It was a New Release on Netflix, and I watched it with English subtitles, just to get the full effect. I also got it on Blu-Ray, which Netflix offers for an extra buck a month. I was totally drawn in -- one of the best horror films I've seen in a long time.
ReplyDeleteThe story follows Oskar, a 12-year-old boy dealing with bullies at school and loneliness pretty much everywhere else. He meets Eli, a secretive girl who suddenly appears behind him one night outside his apartment. Eli insists they cannot be friends, but Oskar is captivated. More than that I will not reveal, except to say it is very definitely a genre film.
I loved the look of this movie. Rather than try to play down the cold and the snow, the filmmakers embraced both, and the result is startlingly beautiful.
A great movie. Highly recommended!
Current Netflix queue.
ReplyDeleteThe Music Within
Rogue (giant gator flic!)
How About You
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Eight Men Out
Reign Over Me
Wendy and Lucy
White Dog (politically un-correct Samuel Fuller film)
Fanboys
"61"
The Grocer's Son
Passengers
The Outrage
We Are Marshall
Tortilla Heaven
The Jack Bull
Death Race
North Star
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
The Spirit
Les Miserable (1934 French version)
District B13
Tokyo Zombie
Great list, Centurion. The one title that really stands out is Eight Men Out, my choice for the best baseball movie ever made -- even better than The Natural or Pride of the Yankees. We Are Marshall, another sports movie, was surprisingly good, considering it had Matthew McConnaughey in the lead. I also have White Dog in my queue -- we will have to compare notes on that one sometime.
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