FAVORITE MOVIES TO RECOMMEND FOR RENTAL VIEWING
Just started Netflix a short while ago and am amazed at the plethora of films listed. Was wondering if we could get some titles of movies that y'all have rented and recommend. That sure would help in choosing for the listing of our choices. barb1191 |
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Movies we've loved:
You've Got Mail Rudy Dreamgirls Sleepless in Seattle ***My Big Fat Greek Wedding*** The Godfather 1 and 2 A Few Good Men We Are Marshall ** Little Woman (saw the original recently and was wowed again by it) Wild Hogs The Notebook Imaginary Heroes Ladies in Lavender Mr. Holland's Opus Where The Boys Are The American President Giant Rosemary's Baby Notes on a Scandal The Great Escape Walk The Line*** Knocked Up (it's okay...not as good as the press for it IMHO) Cheaper By The Dozen with Steve Martin The Queen The Money Pit***** Presumed Innocent The Firm Mr. Brooks** West Side Story Steel Magnolias Fried Green Tomatos Love Story The Group Since You Went Away (old pic but great!)**** I'll Be Seeing You I'm sure I've forgotten more than I remember but it's a good start! |
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Might be easier if you tell us your basic preferences -- chick flicks, westerns, whodunits, action, comedy ....
One nice thing about Netflix is if you go in and rate some of the movies you've seen, they'll recommend others they think you'll like. It's not 100% accurate, but it does a pretty decent job. One movie I would recommend that I think you'd like is the new version of "Marie Antoinnette." She is made into a very sympathetic character in this version. It is well acted and well written. Mr. Holland's Opus is outstanding but be prepared to cry your heart out. I do every time I see it. |
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The new 3:10 to Yuma coming out January 8, 2008 is excellent. The old one is good too. That's from 1957. The Bourne Ultimatum is quite good but you should see the first two installments of this series before watching the Bourne Ultimatum. They are the Bourne Identity and the Bourne Supremacy. |
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who's the woman your using in your icon...Looks like a young Marjorie Maine.......... |
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You may to check these all out if they are all available on DVD? They are the Best Pictures for each year. The Oscar winners for Best Picture:
2006 Departed, The 2005 Crash 2004 Million Dollar Baby 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002 Chicago 2001 Beautiful Mind, A 2000 Gladiator 1999 American Beauty 1998 Shakespeare In Love 1997 Titanic 1996 The English Patient 1995 Braveheart 1994 Forrest Gump 1993 Schindler's List 1992 Unforgiven 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 1990 Dances With Wolves 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 1988 Rain Man 1987 The Last Emperor 1986 Platoon 1985 Out of Africa 1984 Amadeus 1983 Terms of Endearment 1982 Gandhi 1981 Chariots of Fire 1980 Ordinary People 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer 1978 The Deer Hunter 1977 Annie Hall 1976 Rocky 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1974 The Godfather: Part II 1973 The Sting 1972 The Godfather 1971 The French Connection 1970 Patton 1969 Midnight Cowboy 1968 Oliver! 1967 In the Heat of the Night 1966 A Man for All Seasons 1965 The Sound of Music 1964 My Fair Lady 1963 Tom Jones 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 1961 West Side Story 1960 The Apartment 1959 Ben-Hur 1958 Gigi 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956 Around the World in 80 Days 1955 Marty 1954 On the Waterfront 1953 From Here to Eternity 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth 1951 An American in Paris 1950 All About Eve 1949 All the King's Men 1948 Hamlet 1947 Gentleman's Agreement 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives 1945 The Lost Weekend 1944 Going My Way 1943 Casablanca 1942 Mrs. Miniver 1941 How Green Was My Valley 1940 Rebecca 1939 Gone With the Wind 1938 You Can't Take It With You 1937 The Life of Émile Zola 1936 The Great Ziegfeld 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1934 It Happened One Night 1932-1933 Cavalcade 1931-1932 Grand Hotel 1930-1931 Cimarron 1929-1930 All Quiet on the Western Front 1928-1929 The Broadway Melody I did not actually like all of these movies all that much. I believe that they are all out on DVD but could be mistaken on that matter?? :dontknow: Did not care for Crash that much and like Saving Private Ryan a lot more than Shakespeare in Love. |
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I use Blockbuster but what I do is go through the best 100 movies and select the ones I want and then go through the various types (westerns, mystery, comedy, pirate, foreign kunk-fu/Japanese Samauri) and select the ones I like and weekly when the latest releases come out i add them to the queue.
Occasionally i go through the queue and reposition the movies. the movie 3;10 to Yuma is coming out so I rented the original to see the difference. |
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Hi Barb, I use a site on the web to evaluate movies. It has many critics reviews as well as what audiences thought of the movie. The site is: www.rottentomatoes.com If a movie reaches a certain score it is deemed "fresh", which is good. If it does not reach a target score it is deemed "rotten" and should be avoided. They are not always right, but I find them to be close to the mark. Good luck with the movies! Hope you enjoy the "Rotten Tomatoes" site.
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Didn't win the Academy Award, but it should have.
The Shawshank Redemption |
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Barb, "Away from Her" is now available and I think you'd enjoy it.
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I loved Netflix. I was visiting my son and family over Christmas. My teenage daughter got the first season of Grey's Anatomy. We had the best time watching it together. I had never seen these episodes. I came home and ordered the 2nd season via Netflix.
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I second "The Shawshank Redemption". Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors.
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Recent releases: In Her Shoes, and The Holiday, both with Cameron Diaz. For Action I loved The Italian Job and of course any James Bond 007 thriller. Goldfinger and Thunderball are great on a rainy day
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There is a five disc series available called " Planet Earth". I got it for Xmas. It was produced by the BBC and is unbelievable. They took high definition films all over the world and captured some of the most breathtaking video ever filmed of scenery and wildlife from Pole to Pole.
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Barb! Barefoot is right..........."Away From Her" is awesome. I thought my hubby had tears and he never does......... bring kleenex and keep it close by.
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It looks like a movie that some Villagers can relate to in some way. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491747/ |
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I use Blockbuster online because I can either mail the DVD back or return it to the store and pick up another rental. Recently I rented "Namesake" and "Wallstreet" which I had never seen when it was in the theaters. Enjoyed both. I also rent movies from "Red Box" which is in most supermakets up north. Don't know if you have it in TV yet. $1.06/nite.
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Another vote for rotten tomatoes. I think it is the most extensive movie site for reviews. I'm not sure how far back they go but it is great to determine where to spend your current $. I look for any movie that gets at least a 55% favorable rating. The rest i can wait for on DVD for $1 from local store.
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I looked for movies from the 1920s that had a 90% or higher fresh ratio from critics and it came up with two-- Nosferatu from 1922 and Metropolis from 1926. So, RT does get some old films. These were the only two films that showed up when I set the parameters for 10% or over. With the 1930s only 5 films showed up with the 10% or higher fresh meter search. Nothing showed up for films from the Silent Era before 1920 that is on Rotten Tomatoes. |
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Shawshank is my favorite movie.
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Shawshank is my husband's favorite movie. We own it and he still watches it whenever it comes on television. For me, it has to be Memoirs of a Geisha ... the scenery is just beautiful ... read the book and the movie is just beautiful. There are $1 rental kiosks in the Albertson's (I think that's the right grocery store) ...
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Forgot two that are southern favorites. 1. Fried Green Tomatoes. 2. Steel Magnolias
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Barb,
I love that pic..Will they all be on the Red Carpet at the Academy Awards?http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/oscars.gif A lovely group indeed!http://www.millan.net/minimations/sm...multistars.gif |
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Did you know that with Netflix, you can put in a brand new movie that has just been released in theaters, and save it. That way as soon as it's released on video you get it.
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Just saw Mr. Hulot's Holiday on DVD. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046487/ Had never seen this one before even though it is from 1953. I ordered it after reading about it in Roger Ebert's The Great Movies (2002). It is in this book along with The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Some Like It Hot and one of my favorites Sunset Blvd .
This book by Roger Ebert is definitely worth a look about which movies to get on DVD. |
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Saw "3:10 to Yuma" last night.
If you like Westerns, this one was pretty good. I heard it compared to "The Unforgiven", but I didn't tink it was that good. But it is definitely worth seeing. |
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Just got Shiloh Falls with my Blockbuster exchange program. I can exchange the DVD I got in the mail for something I pick up at a local Blockbuster store. This unfortunately looks like another stinker which so many of the recent direct-to-DVD westerns have turned out to be. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804541/. |
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All you kids seem fixated with modern stuff at the expense of truly great cinematic accvomplishments, e.g.,
The Prisoner of Zenda A Tale of Two Cities Lost Horizon If I Were King Random Harvest and, of course, Around the World in Eighty Days There were a few other actors who turned in decent performance: 39 Steps The Third Man The Man Who Knew Too Much To Be or Not to Be Yankee Doodle Dandy Invasion of the Body Snatchers Tarantula The Day the Earth Stood Still Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb David & Lisa The Mouse That Roared Spartacus The Exorcist The Loved Ones Murder By Death and many, many more |
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