Movies

[irishjayhawk]

Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

I'm pretty sure it's just regular DVD.


www.redbox.com

****.

That.

[blaise]

An old movie, but I'd never seen it until now- Manhattan by Woody Allen. I never felt like watching a Woody Allen movie before. Growing up he was just one of the people my parents thought was hilarious, but just seemed boring and old to me. Then the whole Mia Farrow thing went down and he seemed like a creep. Since then I'd read stuff dwritten for the New Yorker and it's really great, hilarious stuff, but still never watched his films.
Anyway, I thought Manhattan was fantastic. Great writing, great casting, great acting. The black and white totally works, especially with the shots of NYC. I was surprised at how entertained I was by it. Just a really good movie.

[The Franchise]

I'll let you borrow my copy of The Hangover on Blu-ray. It's going to cost you $30 plus shipping though.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I get BluRay only.

And I've NEVER had a problem before these two movies.

I can't think of a single time I didn't get another movie within a day.

I just sent Weeds Season 4-Disk 2 back on Monday, and Weeds Season 5-Disk 1 was in the mailbox yesterday.

I almost wonder if people are stealing them, since Netflix makes it pretty damn easy to do so, and they just don't have the inventory.

Would not surprise me it's so easy saying 'it got lost' and they send another one...

they have been a pretty good company since ive had them for 2 years and no complaints here and i watch alot of movies. Hopefully you get those soon. How many movies are in your que? i have about 30-40 and usually get them fast, not sure if that matters priority wise or not.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Would not surprise me it's so easy saying 'it got lost' and they send another one...

they have been a pretty good company since ive had them for 2 years and no complaints here and i watch alot of movies. Hopefully you get those soon. How many movies are in your que? i have about 30-40 and usually get them fast, not sure if that matters priority wise or not.

I'm wondering if that's the problem. I only have like 10 disks in my queue, but have close to 100 in my instant queue.

Maybe I need to load my queue up with bullshit and see if that helps.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

I'll let you borrow my copy of The Hangover on Blu-ray. It's going to cost you $30 plus shipping though.

I'd just go buy it.

Which I may do with Hurt Locker. I'm paying $10 a month to get caught up on Weeds, and watch documentaries streamed through the PS3.

Speaking of, I found The Rape of Europa interesting.

[Frazod]

Hurt Locker is worth buying, IMO (as is Moon). Hangover, not so much. It was a good movie, but not one I need to see more than once.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by frazod

Hurt Locker is worth buying, IMO (as is Moon). Hangover, not so much. It was a good movie, but not one I need to see more than once.

That's what I've heard, which is why I'm considering buying it.

I need to start scouting around for a deal.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Does Netflix only have one ****ing copy of Hurt Locker and The Hangover?

Both have been "very long wait" for over a ****ing month.

I got both the day they came out. The trick is to add poplular movies to your queue while they are in the theater. Discs are allocated to users based on first come first served, so those who have it the queue longest get it first. Works like a charm for me.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I got both the day they came out. The trick is to add poplular movies to your queue while they are in the theater. Discs are allocated to users based on first come first served, so those who have it the queue longest get it first. Works like a charm for me.

I'll try this, thanks.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Brock

I'll try this, thanks.

also if you really want a movie on release day but you forgot to return a disc on Saturday to ensure you have an open slot, sometimes it's helpful to "lose a movie in the mail".

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by blaise

An old movie, but I'd never seen it until now- Manhattan by Woody Allen. I never felt like watching a Woody Allen movie before. Growing up he was just one of the people my parents thought was hilarious, but just seemed boring and old to me. Then the whole Mia Farrow thing went down and he seemed like a creep. Since then I'd read stuff dwritten for the New Yorker and it's really great, hilarious stuff, but still never watched his films.
Anyway, I thought Manhattan was fantastic. Great writing, great casting, great acting. The black and white totally works, especially with the shots of NYC. I was surprised at how entertained I was by it. Just a really good movie.

I've had Manhattan near the top of my Netflix queue (just behind Inglourious Basterds) since it came out in 1979 and it still says "Very Long Wait"!

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Would not surprise me it's so easy saying 'it got lost' and they send another one...

they have been a pretty good company since ive had them for 2 years and no complaints here and i watch alot of movies. Hopefully you get those soon. How many movies are in your que? i have about 30-40 and usually get them fast, not sure if that matters priority wise or not.

I don't think that matters. I've usually got 150 in my queue and currently, at the top of my queue, I've got Long or Very Long Waits on

Inglourious Basterds
Zombieland
Weeds (Season 5)
Post Grad
The Hangover
Farscape (Season 4, disks 3-6 [discs 1 and 2 arrived after several weeks of waiting])

Public Enemies has just become a Short Wait for me.

All of the above were at the top of my queue on the day they were released and have been skipped over several times due to not being available when it was time to ship my next DVD.

In the past, they've occasionally shipped me a 4th DVD (I'm on the 3-at-a-time plan) and my theory is that they do that if you've been waiting a sufficiently long time on a particular title. For that reason, I keep all of my Long Waits at the top of my queue. I can't say that my theory has been verified by my experience though. The 4th DVD deal still occurs pretty infrequently.

One other thing I've heard is that high volume users have lower priority in the wait queues than low volume or new users. This could very well be the case. I'm a high volume user and I almost never get a popular new release very early.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I got both the day they came out. The trick is to add poplular movies to your queue while they are in the theater. Discs are allocated to users based on first come first served, so those who have it the queue longest get it first. Works like a charm for me.

Maybe this is true, but I get movies in the saved queue as soon as I hear about them (which usually means I've heard about them here) and that is often at or before the movie's theatrical opening. As soon as the saved item moves into the normal queue with a status of "Releases on xx/xx/xx", I move it to the top of my queue. I still wait forever.

For example, I've had Legion and Book of Eli in my saved queue so long that I can't remember when I added them. They're both still in the theaters but I bet I end up wait listed when they come out on DVD. Kick-Ass hasn't had it's theatrical release yet but it's in my queue and I won't be surprised if I have to wait anyway.

[KJROD20]

Watched Saw 6 last night. As dumb as those movies are, I have to watch them when they come out on DVD. For some reason, I just think they're really entertaining.