The Netflix Thread

[Dukefrukem]

Have you seen an Uwe Boll film?

House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. Yes very bad. But the guy is a joke.

[ledfloyd]

House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. Yes very bad. But the guy is a joke.

Yeah, it just seemed odd to me that PTA would be someone's least favorite filmmaker. I'm not a huge fan (outside of The Master and PDL), but it's hard not to admire his talent. He's interesting, which is more than you can say about most directors.

[eternity]

There are one or two PTA movies that I cannot stand, but as a young American movie viewer with no worse than middlebrow sensibilities (which I think would be a fair description of Duke and many others here as well), you can do SO MUCH WORSE. Hell, many of the prominent blockbuster filmmakers alone are both 1. unavoidable and 2. almost undeniably worse than Paul Thomas Anderson.

[Ezee E]

There are one or two PTA movies that I cannot stand, but as a young American movie viewer with no worse than middlebrow sensibilities (which I think would be a fair description of Duke and many others here as well), you can do SO MUCH WORSE. Hell, many of the prominent blockbuster filmmakers alone are both 1. unavoidable and 2. almost undeniably worse than Paul Thomas Anderson.

Why does middlebrow have to sound so degrading?

[Derek]

Why does middlebrow have to sound so degrading?

Because it pretty much is.

middlebrow

— n
1. a person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciation

[eternity]

Pretend I said a nicer sounding word. Something between Joe Popcorn and Cahiers du cinema.

[MadMan]

I can see why someone wouldn't care for PTA's films almost, but Malick's works are not as abstract as people think they are. Nevermind that though Duke you didn't at least like Badlands? If there was one movie even Malick's haters could like it would be that film.

[Dukefrukem]

There are one or two PTA movies that I cannot stand, but as a young American movie viewer with no worse than middlebrow sensibilities (which I think would be a fair description of Duke and many others here as well), you can do SO MUCH WORSE. Hell, many of the prominent blockbuster filmmakers alone are both 1. unavoidable and 2. almost undeniably worse than Paul Thomas Anderson.

I was probably exaggerating when I said I "hate" him because you're exactly right; I can list a dozen big directors where I have't liked a single movie they made and I fully admitted to liking two PTA films. I get frustrated with the praise sometimes and my posts show up as hyperbole.

[EyesWideOpen]

They added all of An Idiot Abroad which is fantastic television.

Also added The Act of Killing.

[wigwam]

I recommend A Werewolf Boy

[Skitch]

Man Of Tai Chi added. I'm really excited/curious about that one!

[EyesWideOpen]

Bates Motel Season 1 (been wanting to see this)

[Bandy Greensacks]

Not a PTA fan. I hate most of his movies with the exception of Punch Drunk Love and Boogie Nights.

Why?

Probably my least favorite director next to Terrance Mallick.

Why?

[wigwam]

I recommend Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy

[EyesWideOpen]

Here's a list of all the movies available for netflix streaming from the 2013 database:

6 Souls
56 Up
ABC's of Death, The
Act of Killing, The
Adore
Aftershock
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
American Mary
Angels' Share, The
Antiviral
As I Lay Dying
Assault on Wall Street
Attack, The
Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan
Band Called Death, A
Berberian Sound Studio
Blackfish
Blancanieves
Blue is the Warmest Color (available 2/25)
Brass Teapot, The
Broken
Caesar Must Die
Cockneys vs Zombies
Come Out and Play
Computer Chess
Contracted (available 3/18)
Crawlspace
Croods, The
Crystal Fairy
Cutie and the Boxer
Dead Man Down
Dealin' With Idiots
Death Race 3: Inferno
Devil's Pass
Dracula 3D
Drug War
Drinking Buddies
Eden aka Abduction of Eden
Electrick Children
Erased
Europa Report
Factory, The
Frances Ha
Frankenstein's Army (available 4/1)
Gimme the Loot
Grabbers
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Hijacking, A
Host, The
Hunt, The
I Give It a Year
Iceman, The
In the House
It's a Disaster
Jeffrey Dahmer Files, The
John Dies at the End
Kiss of the Damned
Kon-Tiki
Last Stand, The
Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
Lifeguard, The
Lore
Lovelace
Man of Tai Chi
Maniac
Movie 43
My Amityville Horror
New World
Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear
Numbers Station, The
Olympus Has Fallen
Only God Forgives
Paradise
Paradise: Faith
Parker
Pieta
+1
Plush
Post Tenebras Lux
Prince Avalanche
Redemption
Resolution
Room 237
Salinger
Sapphires, The
Shadow Dancer
Sharknado
Side Effects
Sightseers
Simon Killer
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Tai Chi Hero
Texas Chainsaw 3D
This is Martin Bonner
To The Wonder
Toad Road
Touchy Feely
Upside Down
Upstream Color
V/H/S 2
War Witch
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
What Maise Knew
Wrong
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Zombie Hunter

[Skitch]

Bad Milo!
Wishmaster 1-4
Somewhere
Passion

[Skitch]

Final season of Breaking Bad.

[number8]

Blue is the Warmest Color.

[ledfloyd]

Blue is the Warmest Color.

Ooh.

[Skitch]

Bad News Bears (1976)
Below
The Blair Witch Project
Blood: The Last Vampire
Bugsy
Capote
Das Boot: Director's Cut
Desperado
Dirty Pretty Things
Donnie Brasco
Dr. Strangelove
Easy Rider
El Mariachi
The Final Cut
The Fisher Kings
Fright Night (1985)
House Of The Dead 2: All Guts, No Glory - I have to see this.
Over The Top
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Serpico
The Silence Of The Lambs
Spider-Man
Taxi Driver
Valkyrie
Vanilla Sky

[Dukefrukem]

Heh I would love a rewatch of Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

[EyesWideOpen]

It's a bunch of stuff that was already up before that expired and they've now renewed.

[Mysterious Dude]

Some of them definitely look familiar. I don't remember them having Taxi Driver, though.

[Skitch]

I know a bunch are renewals, but maybe someone didn't get to see em before they last expired.

[Spun Lepton]

Awesome. Easy Rider can sit unwatched in my queue for another 4 years. :|