Netflix / Blockbuster Queue

I liked this thread because it gave me a bunch of good suggestions to throw on my list, but I can't find it anymore …

Constant Gardener [WS]
Junebug
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Dark Days
Jarhead
Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
Berkeley in the Sixties
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 1 - Our Game
Annie Hall
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 2 - Something Like War
Spellbound
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 3 - The Faith of Fifty Million People
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Fog of War
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 4 - A National Heirloom
28 Days Later [WS]
The Aristocrats
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 5 - Shadow Ball
Paper Chase
The Maltese Falcon
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 6 - A National Pastime
Capturing the Friedmans
The Smiths: The Complete Picture
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 7 - The Capital of Baseball
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 8 - A Whole New Ballgame
Stop Making Sense
Layer Cake
Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 9 - Home
American Splendor
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Ken Burns' Baseball: Extra Innings
Corporation [Special Edition] - Disc 1
Station Agent
Corporation [Special Edition] - Disc 2
Kingdom of Heaven [WS]

i just finished with the tv show 'undeclared', i've got a 'long wait' for 'ultimate avengers'

that probably didn't provide anyone with any suggestions. umm undeclared was pretty good but it ends very abruptly.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Layer Cake

I thought this movie was horrendous. Snatch and Lock Stock are far superior if you're going for British gangster films.

I think I might overwhelm you if I put up my entire 314 title queue. But I'll try to cut it down this weekend and post the unusual highlights. Strangely enough, I think I've seen almost all of the films on your queue, Hoya. You have a lot of good ones. (Ah, Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and how it made me cry.) FYI, aside from Amy Adams' radiant performance, I really didn't like Junebug. I enjoyed Layer Cake though I didn't like it as much as the brilliant Lock Stock or Snatch.

two good movies that i recently saw were: "red eye" and "three extremes", but i dunno if the latter is on dvd yet. i obv got some bootleg asian vcd version from little saigon. it is some craaaazy horror movie with three different sections directed by different directors. also check out "the killer" and "hard boiled" if youve never seen those. chow yun-fat is such a bad ass.

Flightplan
SCTV Network 90: Vol. 3: Disc 1
Stagecoach
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hobgoblins
Pork Chop Hill
The Magnificent Seven
Re-Animator
Do Not Adjust Your Set: Disc 1
Thief
The Virgin Spring
Stroszek
Rabid
The Brood
Smash Palace
Joint Security Area

Originally posted by bigyellow100:
also check out "the killer" and "hard boiled" if youve never seen those. chow yun-fat is such a bad ass.

I'd add to that God of Gamblers (Chow Yun-Fat) and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which is by the same guy who directed Oldboy.


The Battle of Algiers
The Train
Last Orders
The Woodsman
American Gun
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Source
Top Secret!
Scarecrow
Kontroll
The Killers (1964): Disc 2
5X2
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Tony Rome
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bukowski: Born Into This
Fear of a Black Hat

I'll ditto both Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Highly recommended if you like Tarantino films. If you're very squeamish about bodily injuries though, you might want to look elsewhere.

I'll add 3-Iron, another Korean film, this time by Kim Ki-Duk, about a guy who breaks into houses and lives there while their occupants are away on vacation. Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, … and Spring is also excellent. Both films are beautiful beyond words.

Nobody Knows, a Japanese film about a family of young children who are abandoned to live on their own, is really sad but worth the effort.

Shopgirl isn't out on DVD yet, but add it to your queue now. It's an underappreciated film with Claire Danes and Steve Martin. There's a hilarious subplot with a character played by Jason Schwartzman who becomes a roadie for a band.

If you like classic film noir, I recommend the very fun neo-film noir The Ice Harvest with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton.

Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film I had seen since Amélie, though Sin City which was released a month later gave it a run for its money in that department. Fans of martial arts films will love every frame of this film and its deft combination of highly kinetic action sequences, campy comedy, and romance. In addition to many classic kung fu film references, Chow's film also references The Matrix, Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, Kubrick's The Shining, and Ghostbusters. This film may not be for everyone, but I think a lot of people who aren't fans of the martial arts genre would still enjoy it. One of the most enjoyable films I saw last year.

If you like Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown is worth seeing. Just don't expect it to be as good as Cameron Crowe's best films such as Almost Famous.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
I'll ditto both Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Highly recommended if you like Tarantino films. If you're very squeamish about bodily injuries though, you might want to look elsewhere.

I'm looking forward to seeing Lady Vengeance when it comes out this Spring.

For fans of Asian cinema, check out Battle Royale. Twisted and fantastic at the same time.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:

If you like Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown is worth seeing. Just don't expect it to be as good as Cameron Crowe's best films such as Almost Famous.

Ditto. Disappointing for Crowe, but still a decent movie.

I'm way into documentaries lately, and would recommend:

- Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
- Control Room
- Journeys with George
- Brother's Keeper (1st movie from the dudes who did Paradise Lost and Metallica's Some Kind of Monster)
- School of Rock (the documentary about the real school the Jack Black movie was based on)

Originally posted by Arlette:

School of Rock (the documentary about the real school the Jack Black movie was based on)

I think it's called Rock School. Just for searching purposes.

In the documentary-ish vein, I suggest "Shattered Glass." It's not a documentary, but a movie based on a true story, about a journalist who fabricated a majority of his material. Takes place in Bethesda.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film

Do they walk in the air in that one?

Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English? I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.

I assume you got your copy from netflix? The copy I watched from Blockbuster had no English dubbing.

Originally posted by econo:
Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English? I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.

I just watched Junebug this weekend and liked it. Wil Oldham has a bit part.

Originally posted by FREE RANDY CUNNINGHAM:

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Kung Fu Hustle is writer/director/producer/star Stephen Chow's homage to the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films of the '60s and '70s. I thought it was the most visually inventive film

Do they walk in the air in that one?

Yes, but the intent is humor. Kung Fu Hustle never takes itself seriously. There are even a couple of musical/dance numbers.

Originally posted by econo:
Are there any versions of Oldboy that aren't dubbed in English? I couldn't stand that about the copy I got.

I'm not aware of any Oldboy DVD that doesn't have the original Korean language track and English subtitles. Check the Sound or Language options. I'm pretty sure the Oldboy DVD defaulted to the Korean soundtrack. Anyway, this is the one I have:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009S2T0M