Now Streaming Heads Up!

I haven't seen it yet. I'm always open to new Now Watching additions.

I'm not sure if I'd want to make World War Z a Now Watching. It was bad, don't get me wrong, but not a fun bad or even an interesting bad like the prequels. It was just boring.

I'd have to agree with it being ultimately boring if it was so bad I forgot about everything but a grocery store and an airplane. Honestly I don't remember the plot and that is BAD bad for a hundreds of millions dollar movie.

And I was wrong about GI Joe being bad funny so you guys find a movie that is accessible. My ideas are only what I think would be entertaining in discussion on the forums. Discussing "Harry Stanton Partly Fiction" or "Harlem Nights" would kind of suck on a forum and not in person.

*edit* I confused the airplane thing with the 2012 movie with John Cusack and his airplane and submarine thing. But the WWZ stuff is that bad combined. I apologize to my brain for remembering either. It obviously deserves some JD for having to store this shit.

New in July for Netflix Streaming (so far):

July 1:
12 Angry Men (Essential)
Bad Santa (a damned good time)
Basic Instinct (fun but bad)
Boyz N the Hood (probably dated now but worth a watch)
City of God (Essential
Dead Man Walking (don't want to see it again but it was effective)
Fever Pitch (1997)
Funny Face
Gandhi
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Karate Kid (fun)
The Karate Kid Part II (bad)
The Karate Kid Part III (worse)
The Last Days
Legends of the Fall (handsomely mounted tragedy porn)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (the original was better)
My Girl
My Girl 2
The Parent Trap (1998)
Patton (Essential)
Philadelphia
Primal Fear (damned good court thriller with great early performance from Edward Norton)
Sophie’s Choice (more tragedy porn)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County (one of the best)
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan 2
Under the Tuscan Sun
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Wolf Creek 2
XXX: State of the Union

July 6:
Renoir

July 9:
Homefront
Out of the Furnace

July 11:
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

July 12:
Sleeping Beauty (2014)

July 14:
Hitch
The Master (Essential. Not for everyone but essential just the same.)

July 26:
Christmas with the Kranks (WTF?)

12 Angry Men? Hell fucking yeah!

Im not a huge movie guy but 12 Angry Men is a classic. Nice birthday gift Netflix decided to give me.

How was Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo not essential viewing?

Boyz holds up crazy well. I'd put it up there with Apocalypse Now as far as well thought out character studies go. I love the movie even more after watching it again.

That Larry Fishburne is in both is probably a Freudian slip on my part.

This is the last day The Raid is on Crackle.

New for Netflix this month (so far):

Movies:
“A Simple Plan,” Sept. 1
“Cool Runnings,” Sept. 1
“Crocodile Dundee,” Sept. 1
“Detention,” Sept. 1
“Flubber,” Sept. 1
“Girl Rising,” Sept. 1
“Girlfight,” Sept. 1
“Good Morning, Vietnam,” Sept. 1
“Guess Who,” Sept. 1
“Hoodwinked,” Sept. 1
“Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie,” Sept. 1
“Lords of Dogtown,” Sept. 1
“Mirage Men,” Sept. 1
“School of Rock,” Sept. 1
“Small Apartments,” Sept. 1
“Swiss Family Robinson,” Sept. 1
“The Believers,” Sept. 1
“The Blue Lagoon,” Sept. 1
“The Unbelievers,” Sept. 1
“All is Lost,” Sept. 5
“Kid Cannabis,” Sept. 6
“Le Week-End,” Sept. 6
“Refuge,” Sept. 6
“Your Sister’s Sister,” Sept. 6
“Who Is Dayani Cristal?,” Sept. 9
“Deadly Code,” Sept. 10
“A Single Man,” Sept. 11
“Dennis Miller: America 180,” Sept. 11
“Filth,” Sept. 11
“The Moment,” Sept. 11
“Grace Unplugged,” Sept. 12
“Justin and the Knights of Valor,” Sept. 13
“Beginners,” Sept. 16
“One Day,” Sept. 16
“Silver Linings Playbook,” Sept. 16
“3 Days to Kill,” Sept. 17
“The Double,” Sept. 25
“Bad Grandpa,” Sept. 27
“Lullaby,” Sept. 29
“Killing Them Softly,” Sept. 30

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is on Netflix.

I was talking about how stupid MMA fighters are during the bouts tonight and likened them to JCVD movies. Netflix is apparently spying on me because sure as shit if Bloodsport isn't front and center in my Top Picks.

Everyone in this thread owes it to themselves to watch it. It's the original inspiration for The Room. (That may not be true but it seems too likely to ignore the similarities in the wonderful acting and overdubs)

Bloodsport is awesome. I loved that movie when I was a kid. Bastards cheat and try to blind him, fuckers!

@avid: I'm disappointed I just now noticed Grosse Pointe Blank is on Netflix. Also, best soundtrack ever? Close call with Dead Presidents. (Greenie, check both of those out)

I've enjoyed both films and their soundtracks. Grosse Pointe Blank = better film. Dead Presidents = better soundtrack.

I dunno, the banter in Blank is great; the Tarantino reference in the Ultimart is crazy good. Yet the ending of Dead Presidents is so socially aware. Toss up for me on which is a better film. Same with the soundtracks.

Speaking of, start a top five movie soundtracks..

It's been a long time since I've seen it but I felt the heist sequence of Dead Presidents undermined the film. While its true that Vietnam vets (especially black) were screwed over after returning home, I felt that sequence belonged in another movie.

Spoiler:

I may need to watch it again to see if I still feel the same way.

It is pretty heavy with the Spike Lee influence for better or worse. They crammed in a lot of juxtaposition late with more of a Goodfellas vibe. I can see how you didn't find it very satisfying. However, I found it poignant. Let me know when you watch it again and I'll do the same so we can discuss it. My feelings about it may have changed too. T-wolf should definitely join in that. As well as anyone else interested.

Video Games: The Movie is on Netflix.

Django Unchained is on Netflix. If for some reason you haven't seen it or don't own it, it's not a movie to be missed. And if you've seen it, but only once, watching it again is also a good idea.

What I'm saying is watch Django Unchained. And then we can all discuss how awesome it is. Again.

That was one of those movies I saw in theaters and IMMEDIATELY signed up to be told when it was available on blu ray. So good!

I haven't watched it yet and when I saw it on there I gladly put it in my queue. Once all of this Halloween hooplah is done I'm going to watch it.

Total Recall is on Netflix. If you haven't seen this you really need to get your ass to Mars.

Snowpiercer is on Netflix. Maybe do a Now Watching?

I'd be up for that.

Was browsing Netflix when I saw a section titled, "Recently watched by Gob Bluth." It included Silent Bees, History of Chickens, Magic Camp, Escape From Alcatraz, World's Greatest Dad, and Deceptive Practice. Netflix is so awesome.