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Bloat my Blockbuster queue
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Marc Peabody
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I have Blockbuster online (it's like Netflix) and my queue of movies is bottoming out! If you mention a movie and I haven't seen it (and I don't find any moral objections against it), it will get added to my queue. I will update this post with my queue's contents as I add your suggestions. Please help me reach 30 movies! My list was removed... as 2 long lists were provided for me. Thanks! I've only seen a few of the films/series listed, so this is great. *********************** PS - I could still use some more chick flick suggestions so my wife will have plenty of "not-scary" stuff to watch with me. I find the older of such films more palatable, so long as they aren't musicals. Any help there? *********************** [ July 26, 2006: Message edited by: Marc Peabody ]
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Jim Yingst
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Dude, up to 30? I periodically delete things I've listed in a futile attempt to get my queue under 100. You need to get into some good TV series - those will fill up your queue in no time. In no particular order (at least, not one that should matter to anyone else): Firefly (+ Serenity) Doctor Who (particularly the new series, but older ones are fun too) Battlestar Galactica (only the new series, of course) Farscape Babylon 5 Ghost in the Shell Cowboy Bebop Buffy Angel the Vampire Slayer The Sopranos Six Feet Under Arrested Development I could find some movies to recommend too, but if you just want to fill up an empty queue, this is the faster route.  [ July 25, 2006: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]
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marc weber
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Here are 30 must-see films, many of which aren't well known (compared to titles like Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Taxi Driver, etc.). 21 Grams (2003 - Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu - USA - Color - 125 min) After Hours (1985 - Martin Scorsese - USA - Color - 97 min) American Astronaut, The (2001 - Cory McAbee - USA - B&W - 94 min) Book of Life, The (1999 - Hal Hartley - France - Color - 63 min) Bubble (2005 - Steven Soderbergh - USA - Color - 73 min) Coffee and Cigarettes (2004 - Jim Jarmusch - USA - B&W - 97 min) Conversation, The (1974 - Francis Ford Coppola - USA - Color - 113 min) Cowards Bend the Knee (2004 - Guy Maddin - Canada - B&W w/ tints - 64 min) Dark City (1998 - Alex Proyas - USA - Color - 101 min) Doctor Strangelove (1964 - Stanley Kubrick - USA, UK - B&W - 93 min) Eraserhead (1977 - David Lynch - USA - B&W - 100 min) Full Frontal (2000 - Steven Soderbergh - USA - Color - 101 min) Henry Fool (1997 - Hal Hartley - USA - Color - 140 min) Institute Benjamenta (1995 - Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay - UK - B&W - 104 min) Limey, The (1999 - Steven Soderbergh - USA - Color - 90 min) Lords of Flatbush, The (1974 - Martin Davidson, Stephen Verona - USA - Color - 86 min) Milk + Honey (2003 - Joe Maggio - USA - Color - 91 min) Mulholland Drive (2001 - David Lynch - USA - Color - 146 min) My Dinner with Andre (1981 - Louis Malle - USA - Color - 110 min) Naked Lunch (1991 - David Cronenberg - Canada, UK - Color - 117 min) Requiem for a Dream (2000 - Darren Aronofsky - USA - Color - 102 min) Reservoir Dogs (1992 - Quentin Tarantino - USA - Color - 100 min) Saddest Music in the World, The (2004 - Guy Maddin - Canada - B&W & Color - 101 min) Schizopolis (1996 - Steven Soderbergh - USA - Color - 99 min) Sin City (2005 - Robert Rodriguez - USA - Color - 147 min) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 - George Roy Hill - USA - Color - 104 min) Solaris (2002 - Steven Soderbergh - USA - Color - 99 min) Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988 - Guy Maddin - Canada - B&W - 72 min) True Romance (1993 - Tony Scott - USA - Color - 116 min) Videodrome (1982 - David Cronenberg - Canada - Color - 88 min) [ July 25, 2006: Message edited by: marc weber ]
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Eric Pascarello
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If you like Ghosts like I do: 3 disc set: Ghost Hunters (Season 1) from sci fi My favorite movie from 1989 with stars before they were stars: UHF Eric
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Gregg Bolinger
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Originally posted by Eric Pascarello: My favorite movie from 1989 with stars before they were stars: UHF Eric
There are stars in that movie?
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Marc Peabody
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Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger: There are stars in that movie?
Kramer and The Nanny. UHF is one of my favorite movies of all-time. It was one of only a few movies I owned on VHS and I very well may have seen it 100 times. I own it on DVD now but I haven't seen it in over a year. I think I'll put it on this weekend and see if I can still quote the entire thing word-for-word.
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Eric Pascarello
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Girl Movie that is sort of a guy movie In The Mix It is an advertisment of Usher since it is him, has all of his songs, etc. But my wife loves his body and it is a mob story and a love story. I would rate it as "Will not see again" but it was not bad. I have a bunch of chick flicks up next in our queue, so I will suffer through them and tell you what are okay to suffer through! Eric [ July 26, 2006: Message edited by: Eric Pascarello ]
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marc weber
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These aren't exactly "chick flicks," but from my list above, Henry Fool and The Lords of Flatbush have a good chance of passing. Maybe even The Saddest Music in the World, which actually is a musical. (Kind of. Well, not really. Okay, maybe not.) For more info, see AllMusic.com.
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Marc Peabody
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Originally posted by Eric Pascarello: I would rate it as "Will not see again" but it was not bad.
Hmm... is that a Million Dollar Baby kind of "Will not see again" or an Along Came Polly sort of "Will not see again"? :roll:
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