Since moving to Denver I purchased a separate Netflix account from Elaine. This works out well, since I have very little to do here beside work and JJ, I have time to watch movies (I didn't purchase cable when I moved out here). One of the more interesting things I have found out about Netflix instant watch, is that it suggests movies I would like based on my rating of the movies I have already watched. So, with out further delay here are the 3 most recent movies I have watched (with a short review/synopsis) and what Netflix thinks I will love.
National Geographic: Aryan Brotherhood
A movie about the ways and means the Aryan Brotherhood operates in prison. It is short (1h:16m), and talks about prison related things. Very informative, 4.5/5 stars.
The Descent: Part 2
After some girls venture into a cave and get eaten/attacked by cave dwelling monsters, one girl manages to survive and escape. Upon finding said girl, the town sheriff makes her go back into the tunnel with some other people. They are re-attacked by monsters. The major enjoyment of this movie is that the actors are in tight spaces that induce a lot uncomfortable claustrophobia. Watchable 3/5 stars.
Human Centipede: First Sequence
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you kidnapped 3 people, removed their ability to walk, and then sewed them together in a human train (take a minute to think about what I am implying)? Well, wonder no more. This movie is based solely on that premise. It is disturbing and strange as it sounds. Watchable, if only for the sheer morbidity of it. 3/5 stars.
Here are the next 4 movies I am supposed to watch (that I haven't already seen):
Brick:
When a secret crush turns up dead and the murderer is anyone's guess, teenage loner Brendan Fry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to navigate his school's social network through intense interactions with thespians, band geeks and druggies (including a grown-up Lukas Haas). This unconventional film noir marked a promising debut for writer-director Rian Johnson, picking up a Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX:
Go inside the world of makeup special effects for movies of all genres, from horror (Scream, The Thing) to fantasy (The Chronicles of Narnia) to sci-fi (Planet of the Apes) as K.N.B. EFX Group shares their techniques in creating monsters, aliens and ... old people. Directors Quentin Tarantino, Wes Craven, John Carpenter and more tip their hats off to the magic makers themsevles, such as Howard Berger and Rob Bottin.
Black Dynamite:
Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) is the only one strong enough and brave enough to take on the baddies who murdered his brother. What's the former CIA agent to do? Expose a conspiracy that leads straight to the White House. Providing plenty of hilarity and sexy, slick action, Scott Sanders directs this homage to classic 1970s blaxploitation flicks. Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Arsenio Hall also star.
Mother:
A murder rocks a South Korean town and suspicion quickly falls on a reclusive, mentally challenged -- and alibi-free -- young man (Bin Won). When an inept public defender botches the boy's case, his mother (Hye-ja Kim) sets out to prove her son's innocence. Acclaimed director Joon-ho Bong (Memories of Murder) explores the lengths a mother will go to protect her child in this atmospheric crime thriller.
I think it is safe to say the instant watch knows me like family.
Bill-out.
I like how on the Human Centipede, it states, "100% medically accurate" (!) and a reviewer is quoted as saying, "I honestly got sick..." Lol! This is probably awesome... but not for me. Glad you and Netflix are getting along :)
ReplyDeleteNancy,
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure that move is for anyone. It is like a train running into a nuclear weapons factory. You know you should run, but their is that tiny little piece of you that wants to know just how impressive of a mishap their is going to be. Also, you want to be able to brag to your friends that you saw said "mishap"...so you push through (and deal with the messed up dreams later that night).