What's in your Netflix Queue? What Should Be?

[larkin]

The NYT posted a fabulous interactive map series (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) today overlaying netflix queue positions for top movies with zip code in the top twelve U.S. cities. A couple of years ago I did a presentation on the potential future value of GIS systems to the development community. But once again, proprietary software has been significantly outpaced by, well, Google Maps.

If your neighborhood's on here, were you surprised by what they liked? Disgusted? (I found it through Gawker, under the headline Manhattan Mostly Occupied by Gays, Self-Loathing Alcoholics (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).) And what the hell is on your queue, anyway - what have you been wanting to see?

[BlinkandThink]

Why do so many people rent The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? I've never seen it, but apparently I'm less curious about it than everyone else in the United States.

... And what the hell is on your queue, anyway - what have you been wanting to see?

My Netflix queue has 448 movies in it. Every time something seems interesting, I write down the name and later dump it into my queue for safekeeping. I don't remember what 90% of them are even about, and I'll never watch that many.


The first five items on my list right now are:


Once
In the Loop
Beau Travail
Syndromes and a Century
Ricky Gervais: Out of England

[Synamon]

I don't do Netflix, I just PVR (or TIVO) movies from HD cable channels. The only two on the lists that I'd like to see are Slumdog Millionaire and Star Trek (missed it when at the lake last summer). I recently saw Frost/Nixon and Milk, both were excellent. Benjamin Button was a bit long and sappy (it reminded me of Forrest Gump).

[Kisai]

50 disks of Usurei Yatsura are waiting for me to consume them.

[larkin]

Why do so many people rent The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? I've never seen it, but apparently I'm less curious about it than everyone else in the United States.

I have to agree here. Wait, didn't you define yourself as curious about everything? Curious, indeed.

I don't do Netflix, I just PVR (or TIVO) movies from HD cable channels. The only two on the lists that I'd like to see are Slumdog Millionaire and Star Trek (missed it when at the lake last summer). I recently saw Frost/Nixon and Milk, both were excellent. Benjamin Button was a bit long and sappy (it reminded me of Forrest Gump).

I don't officially do Netflix either, have to settle for DVR. But apparently if I don't rush out and see every season of Mad Men, I'm going to be thrown off the island that is my zip code.

50 disks of Usurei Yatsura are waiting for me to consume them.

Funny, I didn't see those on the map :p

[realJim]

The Wire!

[BlackOp]

The Wire!

I have watched all 5 seasons 3 times. It's amazing....one of the best things I have ever seen. Thats not an exaggeration...it literally transports you into another's world.

Cocaine Cowboys was a great documentary...which you can watch instantly.
Architects of Doom was great too....

[invicta]

Netflix and I are very close, and I've got several future viewings, but just a few off the top of the queue:

Order of the Alchemists
Le Bete Humaine
Port of Shadows
Transsiberian
Waltz with Bashir
Reliqulous
Al Franken: God Spoke

I haven't been at all Curious about Benjamin Button either, mostly because I'm no longer curious about Brad Pitt. He's worn out the novelty by now.

[Causa Mortis]

Recent viewings:
1. Antichrist - a total mind fuck that I have ambiguous feelings about
2. The Hurt Locker - a bit more press than it deserves, but a high quality film
3. The Messenger - I loved it, very well done and relevant to me.
4. Bad Lieutenant - The best argument I've seen in favor of decriminalization of drugs in a long time.
5. Taxi Driver - What a film! I won't comment on the fact that I identified with him through the first 2/3rds of the movie.

In my queue:
1. A Serious Man
2. The Lovely Bones
3. The Road

Ben BUtton is a decent flick. Lazy sunday afternoon material, not friday night stuff though.

What does all of this mean about me personally?

[larkin]

The Hurt Locker - a bit more press than it deserves, but a high quality film.

Probably going to win best picture, do you think it deserves it?

Taxi Driver - What a film! I won't comment on the fact that I identified with him through the first 2/3rds of the movie.

Hey, as long as you keep your distance from Jodie Foster no one here will judge.

What does all of this mean about me personally?

I'm going with self-loathing alcoholic! Kidding. According to this application I would need to know your zip code.

[invicta]

4. Bad Lieutenant - The best argument I've seen in favor of decriminalization of drugs in a long time.

A fascinating tale of redemption. I loved that one.

[gestalt]

Out of Sight
Hard Eight
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Scratch
The Prophecy
Unforgiven
True Romance
...And Star Trek TNG Seasons 1-7 (Vash inspired me to understand the trekkie frame of reference)

[larkin]

Out of Sight

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's just hot. (Despite the presence of Jennifer Lopez, who believe it or not, is actually good.)

[Causa Mortis]

Probably going to win best picture, do you think it deserves it?

Considering the competition, yes. However, I personally think The Messenger is a better film...its just less exciting.

I'm going with self-loathing alcoholic! Kidding. According to this application I would need to know your zip code.

Only 2/3rds right :P


A fascinating tale of redemption. I loved that one.

Really? I found Cage pretty much repulsive throughout the film, and it ends with him engaging in yet another sex/drugs shakedown.

[invicta]

Really? I found Cage pretty much repulsive throughout the film, and...

He was entirely self-centered, self-indulgent, and repulsive throughout most of the film, but I experienced the story as him having some kind of awakening during the scene in the church, and he goes on to do his last, and seemingly only unselfish act before the close of the film.

[Causa Mortis]

Update:

A Serious Man is probably the Coen brother's most perplexing film, which is saying something. It was also probably the least funny. Its a decent film but nothing special.

The Road is well made but again somewhat unsatisfying; its never really resolved, and there doesn't appear to be a point to it all.

[KHBaker]

OK, I have ten films in queue at Netflix, in this order:

Sharpe's Justice (Sharpe #13)
Sharpe's Waterloo (#14)
Sharpe's Challenge (#15)
Taking Chance
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Moon
Outlander
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Stardust

My wife and I have very much enjoyed the Sharpe's series of historical dramas. I'm a SciFi geek, so that explains Moon and Outlander. Stardust was on the recommendation of others. I like Robert B. Parker and Tom Selleck, so that explains the Jesse Stone films.

I don't live in one of the twelve covered cities (thankfully), so I can't answer the question.

[rara avis]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's just hot. (Despite the presence of Jennifer Lopez, who believe it or not, is actually good.)

Yes. Steve Zahn was great in this, too. But the scene where Jennifer Lopez gives the guy a "tussle" with a collapsible baton... I forgave her for many things right then. She really was good in this, IMO.

[NoStoneUnturned]

1. Tesla: Master of Lightning
2. Snatch
3. Star Trek: TNG: Season 1
Star Trek: TNG: Season 2
4. Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
5. Minority Report
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Crucible
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Age of Innocence
In the Name of the Father
The Protector
Star Trek
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Heist
Seven
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut
Gladiator: Extended Edition
The 13th Warrior
Searching for Bobby Fischer
An American Werewolf in London
Reign of Fire
The Pianist
Enemy at the Gates
The Alamo
The Warriors
Species II
Species
Alien: Resurrection: Collector's Edition
Alien: Collector's Edition
Jezebel (I didn't know this title was actually a movie...)
The Firm
Lawrence of Arabia
Coraline
Nanking


I have it set up so I can watch certain movies via the internet through my PlayStation 3 (can be done in other ways too). However, the selection available in this way is usually of lesser quality (i.e. older movies that no one likes/ has already seen), except for the documentaries. As such, I often watch tons of documentaries while eating and such, in this way.
1. Wild China (just about finished and highly recommended for anyone who is intrigued by the title alone; documentary of china wild life and environment.)
2. Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
3. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
4. Seven Samurai
Che
Thomas Jefferson
In Search of Shakespeare
Michael Collins
The Last Emperor
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Wyatt Earp: Special Edition
Shakespeare in Love
Donnie Brasco
Man vs. Wild: Collection 1
Man vs. Wild: Collection 2
Man vs. Wild: Collection 3
Legend of the Red Dragon
Heist
Shiri
Immortal Beloved
400 Years of the Telescope
Independent Lens: The Atom Smashers
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Serenity
Evil
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Human Face
Where Are All the UFOs?
The Dark Ages
Coral Reef Adventure
Malcolm X
Rocky
Philadelphia
The Last of the Mohicans
War Dance
Vertigo
Becoming Human: Nova
Frontline: Rules of Engagement
Lost Treasures of Tibet
Scent of a Woman
Lo
Elling
Groundhog Day
Empires: Martin Luther
The Princess Bride
Mark Twain
Yellowstone: Battle for Life

[Kisai]

Down to 38 disks of Urusei Yatsura...

Did I mention on top of that there's 6 movies and 12 OVAs?

[Four]

I miss Netflix. We went with comcast and some premium channels and it's lame since there isn't over 40000(sure way more now) titles to choose from like Netflix. It was also fun to forget about the next picks, plan ahead, get the surprise in the mail. Or to look forward to them. I'd rather Netflix it than the lousy selection on the premium channels with Comcast.

Has their online selection gotten any better? That was another great feature but hadn't evolved too much when we quit using.

[Malkavia]

Just got "The September Issue" in. Excited to watch it!

I usually just use the online feature though. Mail is mostly used for TV shows like The Tudors.