What Did You Rent Last Night?

[bklynred]

I wish I'd seen A Single Man in the theaters. I saw The Other Guys opening weekend; I think the audience energy was so high that it elevated the movie. It actually ended up as one of my few favorites of the summer.

[magazinewhore]

I'm watching War Games on cable. The Cold War seems so quaint now.

[RabbitEars]

I'm watching War Games, too. I love the floppy discs as big as his head, the dot matrix printers, the microfiche, and the glow of green text on a black computer screen. The early '80s had some great-looking machines (and they really did look like that back then, I can vouch for 'em).

[save lilo!]

Any Netflix Streaming recommendations? I have a slew of depressing or dark movies in my queue, (first 3 movies are: Let the Right One In, Thirst, The Cove...) so I would love something a little brighter or funny. I can't bring myself to watch any of the 40 things I have in queue after a workday.

ETA: TV shows are good too but I would rather not get sucked into a TV show with 4 seasons or more! I am one of those people who feel compelled to finish something once I start and I don't know how good my level of commitment can be.

[twodollars]

I have that same problem. I have a massive streaming queue of dramas, thrillers, etc. and I usually end up re-watching a movie I already saw.

Based on someone here recommendation I streamed "Stone of Destiny". It's based on a true story about some hapless Scots who want to steal the Stone of Destiny from the British Museum. It was really a funny, quirky movie.

Another movie that I streamed recently was Young Victoria with Emily Blunt. It's a drama but it was a light drama.

[butternut]

Lightish movies that I have seen recently on Netflix streaming: "City Island" and "Heartbreaker" (it's French and a bit ridiculous but fun and Vanessa Paradis is stunning). I thought "An Education" was really good, and its not too heavy.

For a great tv show that only has two seasons, please watch "Party Down".

If you want to watch a completely fucked up foreign film: "Dogtooth."

[bklynred]

Mar 16, 2011 21:51:24 GMT -4 RabbitEars said:

I'm watching War Games, too. I love the floppy discs as big as his head, the dot matrix printers, the microfiche, and the glow of green text on a black computer screen. The early '80s had some great-looking machines (and they really did look like that back then, I can vouch for 'em).

I'm so glad this came on again tonight. The last hour still keeps me at the edge of my seat (esp. as an adult, since I now recognize a lot of the countries Joshua used as 'strategies'). But that first "Shall we play a game?" was the first spooky computer I encountered in a movie (followed by 2001, Moon, etc.) And yeah, when my grade school started a "computer program", only students whose parents paid extra could take it, and our screens were green on black. There's nothing like an old movie to totally date myself.

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Mar 19, 2011 20:14:10 GMT -4 butternut said:

For a great tv show that only has two seasons, please watch "Party Down".

I loved that show! I was so bummed that it was canceled. I also thought that Jane Lynch was much better on this than on Glee.

Tonight I watched Chloe and The Kids Are All Right. I am not sure why since I am not a Julianne Moore fan. Chloe was terrible. I did like The Kids Are All Right mainly for the kids. All the adults were kind of assholes.

[twodollars]

I streamed Chloe as well and it was truly awful. It just confirms my poor opinion of Julianne's acting skills. Oy, she was bad in that movie.

[Sunnyhorse]

We visited friends and watched a blaxploitation spoof, Black Dynamite, which was really funny and had a great cast. There were some Airplane!-level gags in there, and we're already planning a second viewing so we can catch the stuff we missed the first time around.