Well, I have decided that a Netflix Account is a giant suckhole of time, much in the same way being online can be a giant suckhole of time.
Would I rather watch films than clean the house, sew my projects or cook?
Yep!
Just call me your friendly neighborhood Netflix 'Ho....
But I can say I DID get my money's worth of show viewing in March with my new Netflix account. Many things I want to watch are NOT available under their instant play feature that streams on your computer, so I have to wait for a dvd to show up in the mail, watch it quickly and return it the next day. I was able to squeeze 7 whole dvd mail/view/return cycles into a month. Not very satisfying for me but as long as there is still stuff I want to watch instantly to fill in the voids of time when I don't have a new dvd to watch, this will work out.
I'd love everyone's suggestions on what to watch, so if you have some favorite movies or tv shows, let me hear it!!
I started watching old tv shows from my past but this is turning out to be not such a good idea. I seem to remember them fondly but when I look at some of them with a new, older, more sophisticated eye, they don't stack up. Case in point, "Soap". I remember the few episodes I saw 'back in the day-1970something' as funny. I tried to watch it again and it's just horrible! ACK!!!
And that one called "Trailer Park Boys"? Don't even bother.... It's a Canadian tv comedy series. It's suppose to be funny. It's the former but not the latter.....and there are a bazillion epidsodes. It's a time waster and it will eat a piece of your brain out too. ;-)
Some films/shows that surprised me pleasantly....
No Impact Man--Before he started his year of living no-impact, he had joined the Compact list that I have been a member of for 5+ years now. Basically, he joined to get us to follow his blog and to advertise his film adventure, so that left a bad taste in my mouth toward him. I finally broke down and watched his docudrama and I enjoyed it. Not because of him, but because of his wife. SHE is the star of that film and she should get a medal for putting up with him.lolol
Another surprise was being able to sit through an entire Michael Moore film. The man has serious problems and I share no piece of his view of the world, but I enjoyed most of Capitalism:A Love Story....as long as I detached myself from the maudlin sentimentality and his crazy as a loon philosophies.lol
Films I would recommend.....Noise, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski and Botany of Desire. And only 1 of them is a documentary.... 8-)
Here is the list of what I've watched this month, with my recommendations(1-5 stars). My tastes tend toward Documentaries, Comedies, Older Movies/Shows, Indie Films, etc.
PRESSURE COOKER stream *****
BABIES stream ****
OUTSOURCED stream ***
THE BIG LEBOWSKI stream *****
THE RITCHIE BOYS stream ***
TEMPLE GRANDIN dvd *****
DOGTOWN AND THE Z-BOYS stream ***
GEORGE CARLIN-BACK IN TOWN stream ***
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH stream *****
BROKEN stream **
GREY GARDENS dvd ***
NIRVANA:TEEN SPIRIT INTERVIEWS stream ****
NAT GEO-CHINA'S LOST GIRLS stream **
MY FLESH AND BLOOD stream ***
PRECIOUS stream *****
FREAKONOMICS stream ****
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS stream ***
MAXED OUT stream ***
THE PARKING LOT MOVIE stream ****
ZACK GALIFIANAKIS: LIVE stream **
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE stream ***
NO IMPACT MAN stream ***
3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN TV SERIES stream ***
PREGNANT IN AMERICA stream ***
ELEVEN MINUTES dvd ***
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES the original one stream ****
LAST TRAIN HOME stream ****
UNFORGOTTEN stream ***
THE TRAILER PARK BOYS TV SERIES stream negative *
1940'S dvd ****
FRONTIER HOUSE dvd ***
SOAP TV SERIES stream negative ***
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE stream ****
THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES stream ****
CSA: CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA stream **
NOISE stream ****
KINGS OF PASTRY stream ***
THUMBS UP stream ***
NATGEO:INSIDE NORTH KOREA stream **
AUNTIE MAME stream ****
EAT PRAY LOVE stream ***
FILM GEEK stream **
TARNATION stream ***
TUDORS TV SERIES stream ****
THE ONE PERCENT stream ****
WENDY AND LUCY stream ***
CAPITALISM:A LOVE STORY stream ***
WHICH WAY HOME stream ****
CLOSE TO HOME:SCENES FROM A RECESSION stream ***
LORDS OF DOGTOWN dvd ****
THE BIG BANG THEORY stream *****
So what is everybody else watching lately?
Sluggy
Would I rather watch films than clean the house, sew my projects or cook?
Yep!
Just call me your friendly neighborhood Netflix 'Ho....
But I can say I DID get my money's worth of show viewing in March with my new Netflix account. Many things I want to watch are NOT available under their instant play feature that streams on your computer, so I have to wait for a dvd to show up in the mail, watch it quickly and return it the next day. I was able to squeeze 7 whole dvd mail/view/return cycles into a month. Not very satisfying for me but as long as there is still stuff I want to watch instantly to fill in the voids of time when I don't have a new dvd to watch, this will work out.
I'd love everyone's suggestions on what to watch, so if you have some favorite movies or tv shows, let me hear it!!
I started watching old tv shows from my past but this is turning out to be not such a good idea. I seem to remember them fondly but when I look at some of them with a new, older, more sophisticated eye, they don't stack up. Case in point, "Soap". I remember the few episodes I saw 'back in the day-1970something' as funny. I tried to watch it again and it's just horrible! ACK!!!
And that one called "Trailer Park Boys"? Don't even bother.... It's a Canadian tv comedy series. It's suppose to be funny. It's the former but not the latter.....and there are a bazillion epidsodes. It's a time waster and it will eat a piece of your brain out too. ;-)
Some films/shows that surprised me pleasantly....
No Impact Man--Before he started his year of living no-impact, he had joined the Compact list that I have been a member of for 5+ years now. Basically, he joined to get us to follow his blog and to advertise his film adventure, so that left a bad taste in my mouth toward him. I finally broke down and watched his docudrama and I enjoyed it. Not because of him, but because of his wife. SHE is the star of that film and she should get a medal for putting up with him.lolol
Another surprise was being able to sit through an entire Michael Moore film. The man has serious problems and I share no piece of his view of the world, but I enjoyed most of Capitalism:A Love Story....as long as I detached myself from the maudlin sentimentality and his crazy as a loon philosophies.lol
Films I would recommend.....Noise, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski and Botany of Desire. And only 1 of them is a documentary.... 8-)
Here is the list of what I've watched this month, with my recommendations(1-5 stars). My tastes tend toward Documentaries, Comedies, Older Movies/Shows, Indie Films, etc.
PRESSURE COOKER stream *****
BABIES stream ****
OUTSOURCED stream ***
THE BIG LEBOWSKI stream *****
THE RITCHIE BOYS stream ***
TEMPLE GRANDIN dvd *****
DOGTOWN AND THE Z-BOYS stream ***
GEORGE CARLIN-BACK IN TOWN stream ***
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH stream *****
BROKEN stream **
GREY GARDENS dvd ***
NIRVANA:TEEN SPIRIT INTERVIEWS stream ****
NAT GEO-CHINA'S LOST GIRLS stream **
MY FLESH AND BLOOD stream ***
PRECIOUS stream *****
FREAKONOMICS stream ****
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS stream ***
MAXED OUT stream ***
THE PARKING LOT MOVIE stream ****
ZACK GALIFIANAKIS: LIVE stream **
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE stream ***
NO IMPACT MAN stream ***
3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN TV SERIES stream ***
PREGNANT IN AMERICA stream ***
ELEVEN MINUTES dvd ***
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES the original one stream ****
LAST TRAIN HOME stream ****
UNFORGOTTEN stream ***
THE TRAILER PARK BOYS TV SERIES stream negative *
1940'S dvd ****
FRONTIER HOUSE dvd ***
SOAP TV SERIES stream negative ***
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE stream ****
THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES stream ****
CSA: CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA stream **
NOISE stream ****
KINGS OF PASTRY stream ***
THUMBS UP stream ***
NATGEO:INSIDE NORTH KOREA stream **
AUNTIE MAME stream ****
EAT PRAY LOVE stream ***
FILM GEEK stream **
TARNATION stream ***
TUDORS TV SERIES stream ****
THE ONE PERCENT stream ****
WENDY AND LUCY stream ***
CAPITALISM:A LOVE STORY stream ***
WHICH WAY HOME stream ****
CLOSE TO HOME:SCENES FROM A RECESSION stream ***
LORDS OF DOGTOWN dvd ****
THE BIG BANG THEORY stream *****
So what is everybody else watching lately?
Sluggy
