Netflix movie club

[faceroll]

I was thinking, we could have a "let's watch" instead of "let's play", where we pick a movie on netflix to watch, then discuss it afterwards. Any interest?

[Otogi]

Dunno, need some more details (how we talk about it, what we talk about, how we decide movies, etc.).

[Gaelbert]

I'd be up for this. Maybe.
I think the normal convention for selecting a movie is to do a round of nominations, then a round of voting. Then the club members would be given a certain amount of time to watch the movie selected. After this time is up, the members post their comments in here and discuss it. Then comes the nomination round again, rinse, and repeat.

[Syka]

I'm willing to give it a go. :) Can't promise I'll be able to always participate, but I can try.

[Bhu]

I use Netflix for my movie review job. I could possibly be in.

[faceroll]

I'd be up for this. Maybe.
I think the normal convention for selecting a movie is to do a round of nominations, then a round of voting. Then the club members would be given a certain amount of time to watch the movie selected. After this time is up, the members post their comments in here and discuss it. Then comes the nomination round again, rinse, and repeat.

Yes, this would be how I was thinking it would work.

[Viking_Mage]

I'd be up for it.

[faceroll]

Nominations? Let's stay away from anything that violates board policies.

[Benson]

Arsenic and Old Lace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_and_Old_Lace_%28film%29) good old fashion screwball comedy from 1944 starring all kinds of madness. My nomination.

[Otogi]

I vote for Mystery Team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Team), because Donald Glover was in that, and he's in Community and hear that's popular in these parts.

[SDF]

If you watch it on XBox Live we could do live chat and watch it together. I have like a dozen things I can watch Netflix on so, sure I'm down for this.

[Gaelbert]

I'd like to nominate The Secret of Kells (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Secret_of_Kells/70120522?trkid=496624#height1351). It's the only movie in my queue that's board appropriate, but it's also a damn good movie. Or so I've heard.

[Innis Cabal]

I'm in for it to.

[ScottishDragon]

If you watch it on XBox Live we could do live chat and watch it together. I have like a dozen things I can watch Netflix on so, sure I'm down for this.

Yeah I was thinking of this when I read it.If you guys do this I might join in as well.

[Sillycomic]

Yeah, this sounds amazing.

I have already seen Mystery Team, but I was rather pleased when I did see it. So, I'd be up for that again.

[Bhu]

Nominations? Let's stay away from anything that violates board policies.

Aww, but that leaves out the fun movies! :smalltongue:

[Icewalker]

Secret of Kells is an excellent movie. Will second that.

I may or may not participate any given time, pretty busy with college, but if I can, I will. Here's some board-safe movies on my list:

Ink
Nausicaa
Steamboy
Into the Woods
Titan AE
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Addam’s Family and Addam’s Family Values
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Young Frankenstein
Airplane
Muppet Treasure Island

Wow, I only had to take off like three or four things. :smallbiggrin: This is longer than I expected. I should maybe pare it down, hm? Perhaps we should develop a system for number of nominations?

[Benson]

Perhaps limiting it to ones that can be instantly viewed on Netflix since some one those in the list would require dvd by mail. ^^

[Innis Cabal]

Putting Seven Samurai up for nomination.

[Icewalker]

Ahyes! Right. Instant view netflix. That's like...the point. That cuts it down to 2-3, if I recall. Let me do so.

Alright then. I nominate Ink (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Ink/70125584?trkid=2361637), and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Robin_Hood_Men_in_Tights/70046290?trkid=2361637).

[faceroll]

I'll throw my hat in with Ink, I guess.

Shall we vote by Friday? That way we can know what we're watching this weekend.

[Gaelbert]

Okay, here are the ones that have been nominated so far. Do we want to keep nominating, or move onto the voting?
Arsenic and Old Lace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_and_Old_Lace_%28film%29)
Mystery Team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Team)
The Secret of Kells (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Secret_of_Kells/70120522?trkid=496624#height1351)
Ink (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Ink/70125584?trkid=2361637)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Robin_Hood_Men_in_Tights/70046290?trkid=2361637)
Seven Samurai (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Seven_Samurai/950727?trkid=2361637#height1543)

[Bhu]

Instant view leaves me out, I dont have it. Ah well

[Sillycomic]

Voting:

If only one vote: Mystery Team.

If two: Ink.

[Viking_Mage]

About a Boy
Sanjuro
High and Low
Bottle Shock
Paper Heart
The Alphabet Killer
The Messenger
Hidden Fortress
Jaws
Boyz N the Hood? Board appropriate?
I'm Still Here

[Phae Nymna]

I want in, but I feel as though keeping the movies "board appropriate" limits things a lot. There are movies that are socially acceptable under normal context rather than board rules, but whatever.

Some good discussion movies:
Requiem for a Dream
Shutter Island
Inception
Metropolis
Red Dawn
Full Metal Jacket
Doctor Strangelove
The Shining
Kill Bill

[Otogi]

I'm also voting for Mystery Team, although I wouldn't mind the Secrets of Kell.

[Bhu]

I want in, but I feel as though keeping the movies "board appropriate" limits things a lot. There are movies that are socially acceptable under normal context rather than board rules, but whatever.



*hugs* :smallcool:

[Hadessniper]

It sounds like a pretty good idea, although I sorta dislike the nomination/voting aspect. You just end up with popular movies that most of us have seen already. I think a better way would be to have OP think of a number between 1-1000 and let everyone take a guess at it and the one closest picks what we watch. That way we get some stranger and lesser known movies thrown into the mix.

[Phae Nymna]

*hugs* :smallcool:
This may be a faux pas to ask, but was that sarcasm?
I have a lot of trouble detecting sarcasm, just a mental thing.

[Bhu]

This may be a faux pas to ask, but was that sarcasm?
I have a lot of trouble detecting sarcasm, just a mental thing.

It was most definitely not sarcasm, I was just echoing the expressed sentiment.

[Sillycomic]

I think a better way would be to have OP think of a number between 1-1000 and let everyone take a guess at it and the one closest picks what we watch. That way we get some stranger and lesser known movies thrown into the mix.


That works for me. This way everyone gets a movie they think is awesome and wants to share it with everyone else. And if you've already picked you can't pick again until everyone else has.

I think that's the way they do it in most book/movie clubs.

Sounds good.

[Weezer]

I'd be up for participating in this.
Casting my vote for:
Ink

[Phae Nymna]

It was most definitely not sarcasm, I was just echoing the expressed sentiment.
Yay!

Additionally, I support the number guess system. We needs to get this started!

[Gaelbert]

Okay, I'm going to step forward and start the number guessing thing because it seems like a consensus. If this keeps going, the person who won last can pick the next number, and so on? Sound good? If so, then I have a number picked. I'd write it down here in a spoiler, but if you quoted it you would accidentally see it. So you'll just have to trust me for now.

[Sillycomic]

Cool.

Pick a number 1 to 1000.

My pick is

669

[Hadessniper]

My magic number is 138

I figure we should cut off the guessing around Thursday so we can name the winner and have them tell us what we're watching before the weekend.

[Weezer]

My pick is :
713

Cutting it off on thursday sounds good.

[Phae Nymna]

Ze pick!

497
Maybe we should do 1-100 next time...

[Otogi]

Ze pick!

497
Maybe we should do 1-100 next time...

Agreed. BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT!

504

[Phae Nymna]

shameless bump here

Oh and I have my movie picked out if I win this round.

[Gaelbert]

My number was 942, so Weezer has won it. Go ahead, claim your prize.

[Phae Nymna]

Shameless bump because I want to watch some movies!

[Weezer]

Lets go with Moon for some nice hard sci-fi and I've been meaning to watch it..
www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/

So how long to we have to watch it?

[Gaelbert]

I was thinking a week would be fair. So next Sunday we would start the guessing process again, then have the movie selected by Thursday, and start over. That could be a little too long though, I don't know if it would take a week to watch a movie.

[Sillycomic]

It might take longer.

Moon isn't a Netflix Instant Watch movie, so people will need to order it to watch it.

[Phae Nymna]

It might take longer.

Moon isn't a Netflix Instant Watch movie, so people will need to order it to watch it.
Sadly this is true. I am fine with ordering it, but that may be prohibitive to others, but then again, I do really like Moon though.

[Hadessniper]

It might take longer.

Moon isn't a Netflix Instant Watch movie, so people will need to order it to watch it.
I was under the impression we were limiting the movies we were going to watch to the ones available on the Watch Instantly list. If we are I think we have to veto this choice on principle, no matter how great a movie Moon is.

[Sillycomic]

Yes, that's what I thought too.

Which is why this choice confused me so.

[Hadessniper]

Yes, that's what I thought too.

Which is why this choice confused me so.

Moon was on on watch instantly before, I remember watching it. Weezer probably did too and didn't check to make sure it was still available.

[Sillycomic]

Ahh that makes sense. There have been a couple of movies that have gone off the instant watch. I remember a few in my queue having expiration dates and I had to watch them quickly. How weird.

[Weezer]

I could've sworn Moon was on watch instantly. Apparently as Hadessniper said it was taken off relatively recently, must've seen it before then.
Let's go with Ink instead, I know that ones still up.

Sorry bout the mix up.

[Sillycomic]

It's late so I won't go in depth on the movie or analysis so I will just give some overall thoughts.

Wow.

Wow.

Seriously wow.

It's been a long time since I saw a movie that just blew me away like this. They got almost everything right in my book.

And I cried like a little girl at the ending.... so there's that.

[Icewalker]

Wooooo, Ink! Great movie. I saw it pretty recently, intending to watch again with the lady soon. I love the ideas of the movie so much. I'm actually intending to write an Unknown Armies one shot in the setting.

Spoilerwise:
I saw the twist coming from very far off. It's meant to be hinted at, definitely: I don't think the fact that I figured it out is any kind of negative point to the movie, nor did it harm the movie at all for me, I think it made it more interesting, but I figured out who Ink was probably around the time he was dealing with the first wanderer, or just after.

Also, a suggestion for the future. Rather than people spouting numbers, and guesses, and etc, just make a big single list of the movies proposed which are on instant watch on netflix. Then select one from the list at random. Much simpler.

[Weezer]

Just finished watching it, really, really enjoyed it. Simultaneously dark yet not depressing, which can be a fine line to walk.
As Icewalker said, the twist was pretty easy to figure out, but i don't think that detracts from the movie at all. It just adds another layer of expectation as the viewer waits to see when Ink will figure out who he is.
I also liked the fight choreography, fights were fast, brutal and not at all over the top. They captured a very visceral feel that stands out from many fight scenes where the tension is removed by how over the top it is.

[Benson]

I really enjoyed this, from the editing, sound, lighting...its a smorgasbord for a cinema student. I know what movie I'll be picking for my film assignment :smallsmile:

[Benson]

Apologies for double posting but is this thread now calling an early kaput? :smallconfused:

[Weezer]

Sadly it seems so :smallsigh:

[Sillycomic]

Well, we've given people plenty of time to watch the movie and review.

So, if we're done discussing it... should be move on?

Next movie?

[Phae Nymna]

I might as well say PICK A NUMBER 1-100.