Topic: Movies for Home Viewing (Read 77206 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #740 on:** September 02, 2011, 05:01:32 AM »

Oh hey, I don't know if you guys noticed or not, but there have been some incidents lately where YouTube was mysteriously posting full movies in high-quality without explanation. So people got to watch The Third Man, The Godfather, and a couple others.

Apparently, since all the Blockbusters in Canada are about to close (and the US too, I guess?), the wraps are coming off: Google is set to offer video rentals through YouTube for $4 or $5 a pop. You'll have 30 days within which to watch the movie, and 48 hours to complete watching once you start.

Mongrel · « **Reply #741 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:28:04 PM »

Cross-posting from the What I Learned thread

Hey, I finally got to watch all of They Live instead of just the chopped-up highlight reel.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #742 on:** September 06, 2011, 05:47:21 AM »

I was watching the end of Big Trouble in Little China today, and I noticed something that I never caught before: Egg Chen taking a hit off a bong.

Friday · « **Reply #743 on:** September 06, 2011, 11:18:14 AM »

He prefers you call it his six demon bong.

Da_Beerman · « **Reply #744 on:** October 09, 2011, 08:23:33 PM »

So Chinatown and Once Upon a Time in the West are available on Netflix instant watch, and I'd say both are worth watching.

Ziiro · « **Reply #745 on:** October 10, 2011, 10:30:21 PM »

I've been watching various movies while putting together some CSM Rhinos. "Riverworld" (The 2010 version). And The Man From Earth. Riverworld isn't amazing movie wise, but I dig the concept and universe and that movie drags me into the book. The Man From Earth is an amazing watch. I can't suggest that one enough. Both are on Netflix!

Mothra · « **Reply #746 on:** October 12, 2011, 10:47:08 AM »

Oh yeah! The one with Doctor Flox and The Fat Sweaty Dude From Whose Line Is It Anyways! Both playing genuine and compelling characters for the first time I've seen.

It is quite good.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #747 on:** October 12, 2011, 12:55:16 PM »

"Oh, yay! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is on!"

2 hours later

"... jesus christ its like shindlers list except with wizards"

Mongrel · « **Reply #748 on:** October 12, 2011, 10:16:32 PM »

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round is a fun little heist movie starring James Coburn (swoon) that's among the free offerings on YouTube's film service (if it doesn't come up in the list, just search for it by name). The editor probably should have been strangled with a strip of celluloid otherwise it's pretty decent, mostly for the acting. If you do watch it, you'll know what I mean when I say the scenes with the airhead in red is alllll kinds of wowfucked. Bonus: the actress who plays Inga is... phew! Zowie!

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #749 on:** October 18, 2011, 09:36:08 PM »

Caught Pirahna 3D on showtime.

I can see why half of it was in 3D. Naked 3D women on a giant screen seems like something many people would pay for.

... the other half.

It's like something Niku would pay money for.

Niku · « **Reply #750 on:** October 19, 2011, 02:16:18 AM »

AND YET SADLY, I HAVEN'T

when i think of all the time i have wasted not seeing movies because i knew a friend wanted to see them too but then they like never actually seem to want to go i basically amplify the force of my punches whenever someone incredulously asks "you're going by yourself?" when i tell them i am going to the movies and no i am not meeting anyone there

Brentai · « **Reply #751 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:13:07 AM »

That's what I have a big plasma TV for.

Lottel · « **Reply #752 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:14:45 AM »

Because if you don't have friends, you might as well fill the void with expensive electronics.

Brentai · « **Reply #753 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:18:57 AM »

That's what she said.

Mothra · « **Reply #754 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:24:48 AM »

Ba-ZING

Classic · « **Reply #755 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:55:46 AM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on October 18, 2011, 09:36:08 PM

I can see why half of it was in 3D. Naked 3D women on a giant screen seems like something many people would pay for.

Here I am, stuck with naked 2D women on a merely large screen. Fff.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #756 on:** October 19, 2011, 10:04:46 AM »

Yeah, snuff fetistists really missed out if they skipped out on going to the theatre for Pirahna 3D.

Oh, but hey there's a sequel coming out apparently.

Thad · « **Reply #757 on:** October 26, 2011, 07:04:23 AM »

EW's got a Princess Bride retrospective, including an interview and reunion photo of the cast. (Via Mark Evanier, who praises the original hardback over all other editions of the book.) The reminiscences about Andre the Giant are pretty touching.

Thad · « **Reply #758 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:54:27 AM »

My grandparents got me a copy of Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection for my birthday. It must have been a preorder, because I didn't get it until yesterday.

Anyhow, the thing's spendy but fucking gorgeous. It's 10 DVD's, featuring the entire Hal Roach run of talkies, and the packaging is really nice, resembling a bound book with discs between the pages. Each page has a description of the shorts and features on the discs, their basic plot and their significance. Really, really nice stuff.

Last night I watched Night Owls, and it was delightful. It's clearly one of their early talkies, and it's striking in its contrast between silence and sound -- in this short, the duo are trying to break into a house, and keep making loud noises. The setup's about as simple as they come, but it's a wonderful little time capsule, combining silent-era physical comedy with gags that could only work in a talkie.

Brilliant shit and still funny 80 years later. Dunno when Netflix will have this available but it's worth checking out when they do, and if you can spare $65 it's recommended.

It's funny -- my girlfriend's sister had a baby some months back, and I think the biggest compliment I can offer all-ages media is "In a few years, I'm going to share this with my nephew."

My nephew will be the only kid on the playground who knows who Laurel and Hardy are. I am cool with that.

Büge · « **Reply #759 on:** October 26, 2011, 12:42:02 PM »

But will he be?

Kids have been ostracized for less.

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