DVD rental suggestions?

[jamsmu]

I finally joined Blockbuster Online this weekend. Anyone have suggestions to help me fill my Queue?

[Sarah1]

We just saw Meet the Fockers. It was really funny. I also liked "In Good Company" with Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace & Scarlett Johansson.

[caridura]

We've been catching up on old Sopranos episodes we missed. But, we recently saw Hitch with Will Smith and really liked it.

[mudder17]

LOL, do you want a copy of our queue, past and present? ;) I think we've gotten a hundred movies/shows so far and have over a hundred on our queue. But here are some movies we have seen!

Some "non-hollywood" movies that we've seen lately that are great are:

Whale Rider (2003)
Bagdad Cafe (1988)
Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut (1988)
Legend of 1900 (1998)
Winged Migration
The Notebook (2004)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2 (if you don't mind some violence, although he kind of takes it over the top making it not as bad--pretty hilarious as well)

Some older movies:
Parenthood (1989)
First Do No Harm (1997) (our choir member was in this movie at the end)
The Italian Job (1969)

Some funny/quirky movies:
Mean Girls (2004)
Saved! (2004)
Spirited Away (2002)
Amelie (2001)
Shrek 2 (2004)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Freaky Friday (2003)

Awesome Hollywood Movies (haven't seen many lately--this is the last one we saw, not counting HP movies and LoTR):
Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Depressing but very powerful--I'm from Baltimore and my fellow teacher wrote this:
The Corner: Disc 2 (2000)
The Corner: Disc 1 (2000)

Have fun!

Eileen

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[candybomiller]

How about Dodgeball? We thought it was pretty darn funny. We finally saw Napoleon Dynamite. It wasn't bad.

[KrisM]

We recently watched The Final Cut, The Butterfly Effect, and Insomnia and liked them all.

[jbowman]

I recently saw "Personal Velocity" with Parker Posey and thought it was excellent. I also saw "Breaking Away" last week for the one millionth time. It's a wonderful movie!

And go Eileen! I second the suggestion of Baghdad Cafe--that movie rocks!

I could suggest more movies, but I'll stop for now :)!

[mudder17]

>I second the suggestion of Baghdad Cafe--that movie rocks!

Wasn't that a cool movie? It was such a fun movie. My sister actually at at the Baghdad Cafe recently--she said it wasn't anything special, except of course the movie took place there. :)

Eileen

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[jbowman]

I absolutely love that movie! I think the sense of place is extraordinary and the characters are great. But the thing I love the most is the music. I used to have the soundtrack, I wonder what happened to it?!

[pixelprincess]

hi julie, hope you are doing well!! you might have seen some of these, but here are a few old fave's and recent ones that I got from my netflix history.

Requiem for a Dream
Timecode- Mike Figgis tells 4 stories simultaneously
Pearl Harbor
City of God
Vanity Fair (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 + 2 (2004) (some of it is pretty gory, but I am a Tarantino fan so had to watch)
Mystic River (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
The Quiet American (2002)
Laurel Canyon (2003)
Frida (2002)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
The Guru (2003)
Man on the Train (2002)
Signs (2002)
Unbreakable (2000)
Unfaithful (2002)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Who is Cletis Tout? (2002)
Das Boot (1981)
East Is East (1999)
Brazil (1985)
Almost Famous (2000)
Bridget Jones- End of Reason
Sideways (nice independent film)
Station Agent

[jbowman]

I loved Laurel Canyon!

And that is one of my *favorite* Homer Simpson quotes. My sister and I say it all of the time, LOL!

Ok, I'll stop responding to this thread :).

[pixelprincess]

lol, Jill. Dh does a pretty good rendition of Homer! It seems "stuck" in my head.

[aliceinwonderland]

Loved The Quiet American. Loved the book better, but the movie was excellent too.

I am not a huge movie person (still trying to figure out what to go see this week, why is it so hard for me to decide!), but here are some recent ones that I remember

--De-lovely--based on life of Cole Porter
--La vita e bella (Life is Beautiful, won Oscar for best foreign film a couple of yrs a go/ I have a crush on Roberto Benigni, but DH doesn't feel threatened, LOL). This one is if you want to laugh and sob withing a couple of hours.

--Bread and Tulips--light and cute, also italian.

I want to see Sea Inside, etc.

e.

[kijip]

Office Space
Against the Ropes
Bend it Like Beckham
West Wing TV episodes
Pieces of April

[VClute]

I think online movie services lend themselves to seeing something "off the beaten path." Along those lines, I recommend Monsoon Wedding and The Weeping Camel. I've also heard Winged Migration is beautiful, but I haven't seen it. Also beautiful: Hero.

Amy in NC
mom to Dixon, born 2/14/05

[kristine_elen]

We've become addicted to The Wire (HBO series) and The Sopranos.

[jbowman]

Ok, one more response! The Guru is one of my all-time favorite movies. Just noticed it on your list! That is a definite must-see!