Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

when are they going to put up the final 5 is my question

up now

Milton Glaser doc is good btw.

Just watched Black Narcissus -- so good.

― pixel farmer, Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:38 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Beautiful stuff like these seems worth waiting for the disc to show up, no?

I just watch Hoarders and old SNLs

Exit through the gift shop is so awesome

I know the disc would be better quality than streaming, but streaming is definitely better quality than regular tv -- there are far fewer compression artifacts than I get on cable. Maybe Netflix can tell I have decent downstream bandwidth (10 Mbps), I dunno. Turn off the lights in my office, watch fullscreen on the larger monitor, in with the earbuds, ask the family not to mess with me for two hours (or watch in the morning before they get up), a nice near-cinema experience.

"Beautiful stuff like these seems worth waiting for the disc to show up, no?"

Not with my TV, no.

ah good point

i'm a little of worried that Netflix is gonna phase out discs before the internet connections get good enough for streams to be disc-quality

I'M STILL HERE, one of the greatest and most underrated films of the year, is now on instant. Time will be very kind to it.

Just watched Moon, pretty good.
Now starting the Red Riding Trilogy.

Just watched "I Think We're Alone Now" about two disturbed dudes obsessed with Tiffany. Pretty interesting, if a bit depressing.

Come to think of it, both of the dudes are probably ILM regulars.

"probably"

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work was great, I really enjoyed it.

nova eps on dogs and dreams were both p tite, origami doc 'independent lens: between the folds' had some peak moments

did they just add an HD feature/button today or did i just get it/notice it today?

No, they've been offering some stuff in HD for a while now.

aight, maybe it was just 'no reservations' then

2 bad no Life of Brian

they had it for awhile

Rockers the other night.

they took mall cops away :(

i only got to see, like, 4 episodes.

― scott seward, Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:00 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

ive been watching this too. I had no idea it was gone :(

Watched Cool Hand Luke - they're taking it away Jan 1st. Never seen it before and it was AWESOME.

so i watched the joan rivers, my god this lady

Yeah that Joan Rivers doc is pretty great. She's kind of simultaneously terrifying and amazing at the same time.

a profoundly confused person

"ive been watching this too. I had no idea it was gone :("

i goofed or something. i watched the first couple episodes and then couldn't find it on the netflix menu on my t.v. and then i found it on the "recently watched" menu. so i got to watch the whole first season. such a sad show in a weird way. i don't know why it wasn't on the regular t.v. menu anymore. they just add and remove things randomly i guess.

the black/white thing is pretty stark on mall cops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUlB9yQZKPo

They Took My Show Away

yeh, we were 5 episodes into Archer (so great) and it's gone

the whole taking things away angle of netflix is no cool

need to concentrate on building

I'm Still Here is up. That seems like a perfect NetFlix! streaming movie.

I kind of hate this because I always go looking with something in mind and it's never available.

I am snowed in and need something to watch. Would I like the Joan Rivers thing? Tiffany one also strangely appealing. Any other suggestions for a lazy, snowy afternoon?

x-post - oooh that might be ok!

Love that Tiffany doc.

ENBB the Joan Rivers doc is worth a look. It adds some more layers to her, so that she's not just scary-plastic-surgery lady (but she absolutely is that too, lol)

streaming netflix isnt really abt looking, its abt finding

I get fed up too easily I think. Gonna try the Tiffany one but welcome more ideas.

I watched about 20 minutes of this terrible movie called Gypsy '83 the other night. It was about a chubby goth chick who works in a photo hut in a parking lot, and she has a fey little goth buddy, and they terrorize the straights together. Sort of hilarious in a so-bad-its sort of way but definitely not for everyone.

oh man what were the names of those little drive thru parking lot photo huts? There was a chain I remember going to all the time as a kid.

Fotomat!

i watched 10 episodes of avatar yesterday. gonna watch ten more later.

Avatar is so good! Just started the third season/book/whatever you want to call it.

hope they put up season 2 and 3 eventually on the netflix.

they won't phase out regular discs until they massively upgrade their content for instant streaming, which is still paltry, in my experience.

quality wise: well I have really awful badwidth, ATT dsl which is supposed to be 3 mpbs but it more like 2 at best. MOST things look pretty bad to me (but the vast majority of things I wind up streaming are kids cartoons for my son and he doesn't care). Louis looks great though for some reason, guess because it's HD; but Parks and Rec is supposed to be HD also and it doesn't look nearly as good. I stream everything via AppleTV. Hopefully, when I move, I can get back on a decent internet line.

anyone who hasnt seen veronica mars yet all 3 seasons are on instant watch

i watched a film called 'teenage dirtbag' last month that was pretty bad (production quality wise) but was weirdly affecting. I recommend it if you are bored and want to bum yourself out.

streaming netflix isnt really abt looking, its abt finding

otm

also: polyphonic, you live in the berkeley area right? we're in el c and have been bemoaning the shitty slow att dsl we have, and wondering why the hell the faster speed isn't available in our area... on the cusp of getting cable, we called att and the higher speed IS now available, for NO extra cost, so you should give them a call and get them to switch you over.

I use Comcast and haven't noticed any significant issues with it.

I'M STILL HERE, one of the greatest and most underrated films of the year

still lol'ing about this, btw.

that letterman clip is AMAZING

I actually thought the fourth season started off brilliantly, but it kind of treaded water for the rest of it.

Maybe I was not in the mood for it when I watched, but your description of the fifth season is exactly how I felt about the fourth: failed joke after failed joke. Got painful after a while, was barely able to finish it and vowed not to waste more time

Well, the finale ends on a character curling up and waiting to die, which for a kids' show, makes me want to give it a chanec.

"Well, the finale ends on [show hidden text], which for a kids' show, makes me want to give it a chanec."

let me guess. Hitler's birthday?

Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher out tomorrow.

Can't wait

S7 of Big Mouth just dropped

Previous to seeing this I had never even considered the scenario of a Psyduck softly resting its head on my shoulder, and now I know I will die an unfulfilled man because this will never happen to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zmhHLVrq0

Same studio as the excellent Rilakkuma and Kaoru I see.

Anyone watched the new season of Sweet Home yet? Didn't realise it was back

This is good!
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/movie-anniversaries-2024

Triple Frontier is like Very Bad Things meets a shitty Peter Berg movie about Navy SEALs.

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yes

it was great fun and far better than these things usually are despite being totally predictable

I liked The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House but fell behind! It's cozy in a way that I think will reward fall/colder weather viewing while something stews in the kitchen.