***Updated 4/18***

I use Blockbuster Online to rent DVDs. Still in my first couple of months, so I'm pretty gung-ho. I'll give you my list and you can add a few, and if you like, steer me away from some, or bump some up the list. I'm a big fan of black comedies, drama, and action. I tend to stay away from Horror, westerns, animations, and "chick" flicks. If it catches on, maybe I can do a weekly vote where you pick a movie for me to watch. Let's see how it goes.

Paradise Lost, Vol. 2: Revelations NR
Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand Up
Family Guy, Vol. 1: Seasons 1 & 2 - Disc 1 NR
Henry Rollins: Talking From The Box NR
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Special Edition] R
Family Guy, Vol. 1: Seasons 1 & 2 - Disc 2 NR
Family Guy, Vol. 1: Seasons 1 & 2 - Disc 3 NR
Family Guy, Vol. 1: Seasons 1 & 2 - Disc 4 NR
G.G. Allin: Hated NR
Tool: Toology (Unauthorized)
I Heart Huckabees [Special Edition] R
Magnolia [Special Edition] R
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind R
Henry Rollins: Live at Luna Park
Mystic River R(WS)
Saw R
Two Hands R
Saw II R
Donnie Darko [Director's Cut] R
Masters of Poker, Vol. 2: Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Secrets to Bluffing
Citizen Kane PG
Cape Fear R
Cold Creek Manor R
History of Violence R
Playboy: The Model Solution
Capote R
Sane Man NR
My Date With Drew PG
Masters of Poker: Annie Duke's Advanced Texas Hold-em
Champion Fundamentals: Going All In-Texas Holdem' Secrets Taught by Champions of the Game
21 Grams R
Brokeback Mountain R
Syriana [WS] R
Good Night, and Good Luck PG
Get Rich or Die Tryin' R
Jamie Kennedy Experiment: The Complete First Season - Disc 1 NR
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle [Unrated] NR
Party Monster R
Hostel [Unrated] [WS] NR
Life of Brian
The United States of Leland R
Station Agent




Here's what I've already rented. It's not everything I've seen, but a short list of movies to take off any recommendations.

Paradise Lost-The Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Bully
SuperSize Me
The Man Show Boy and Household Tips from Adult Film Stars
Poison Ivy (1992) 04/12/2006
Lolita (1962) 04/11/2006
Unbreakable [Special Edition] (2000) 04/10/2006
Trainspotting [Director's Cut] (1996) 04/08/2006
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002) 04/06/2006
Lords of Dogtown (2005) 04/01/2006
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Special Edition] (1998) 04/01/2006
Walk the Line (2005) 04/01/2006
Million Dollar Baby [WS] (2004) 03/28/2006
Menace II Society (1993) 03/23/2006
No Man's Land (2001) 03/23/2006
Ocean's Twelve [WS] (2004) 03/20/2006
Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour (1990) 03/20/2006
Hotel Rwanda (2004) 03/16/2006
Passion of The Christ [WS] (2004) 03/16/2006
Monster (2003) 03/15/2006
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) 03/13/2006
Rebel Without a Cause [Special Edition] (1955) 03/11/2006
Monster (2003) 03/11/2006
Entourage: Complete First Season - Disc 2 (2005) 03/08/2006
Entourage: Complete First Season - Disc 1 (2005) 03/08/2006
Sideways [WS] (2004) 03/08/2006
Crash (2005) 03/02/2006
Waiting [Unrated] [WS] (2005) 03/02/2006
40 Year-Old Virgin [WS] (2005) 03/02/2006

You should bump that to number 1.



































Not.

I figure at worst case it will be worth a laugh. I try to suck up whatever poker info I can get, and the selection at blockbuster is limited. I'm sure there's a few selections I've made, and am waiting on, that are worth a laugh. Hence, help me FIX my queue.

You should put this on your list.

Wakefield comes out dead sexy

I thought I Heart Huckabees was more weird than funny.

You should probably move Saw 2 down so if you're not a fan of the first one, you won't rent it automatically by accident. If you're not a fan of horror, I'm not even sure why these are on there.

Move Life of Brian up.

Move One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest up.

Super Size Me - overrated as a documentary..I'd move it down

Magnolia - I liked it - always like the movies where you get multiple storylines and watch how they intersect.

Donnie Darko - Thought this was great - mindphuck type of movie

Cape Fear - overrated unless you just love DeNiro

History of Violence - nothing special

Mystic River - excellent acting and drama - I've move it up

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - classic Nicholson

Weird is good. For some reason I picture Huckabees in the same vein as The Royal Tennenbaums, which I enjoyed.

You're right about Saw. I moved both down. I put those on when I first started the queue, and they were around 30. I'm really in no rush to see it, just caught up in the hype. They're back down to 25.

Life of Brian is staying. I'm not a big Monty Python fan, but it's a must see. I can wait a month or so.

One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest goes up. I'm going to try to make sure at least one out of 7 are classics(20 years +).

Thanks for the input.

Supersize me has to stay, if for no other reason than keeping me away from McDonald's. If you have any good documentary suggestions, I'd like to hear.

Clueless about Magnolia and Donnie Darko. I'm excited and ready to be suprised.

Cape Fear I haven't seen in a long time, but DeNiro's performance is what I remember. That and something about Juliette Lewis' feet, lol.

I double checked Mystic River, definitely moving up.

Thanks for the help.

History of Violence: Move up, I thought it was great.

Hellmuth and Duke's poker DVD's: only get them if you're planning on laughing at them. If you want to learn about poker, buy some books.

Saw: Leave it up there. I never watch horror movies (the last one I saw before "Saw" was Scream) and I loved saw, and saw 2 (but not quite as much). The endings leave me in shock for a week.

Have you seen the movie "Resevoir Dogs" ? judging by some of the movies on your rented list, I think you'd like it. Also you might enjoy American History X, and Pulp Fiction if you haven't seen it.




After I watched this movie I wanted to go to McDonald's more than ever. no joke.

Huckabees is great. If you liked Tenenbaums, you'll definitely like it. Magnolia is one of the best films of the 90s. PT Anderson is the best young director around, imo. So yeah, I'd move those two up to the top of the list. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was overlooked, but it is an excellent film--one of the best directorial debuts in recent years. Mystic River is solid, Capote is excellent. And Harold and Kumar should be moved up as well.

The Man Show is #2? Really?

Good documentaries I've seen recently are Capturing the Friedmans, Touching the Void, and this documentary about an english guy who apparently lost his memory but has been called a fraud subsequently. Good film, even if it's bull.

History of Violence seems to be 50/50, so I'll keep it there. I'll be moving Family Guy down so it's really 5 spots higher.

Shock for a week sounds good, not like your typical running fall, down, put your hands up to deflect the ax slasher film. I'll put it after a comedy around the middle.

I own RDs, A History X, and Pulp Fiction. All must haves.

Supersize Me came today. The 24 hour McDonald's here is awful, so I'll have to hold out until tomorrow if I get symptoms.




The order is really just how I added them as I came across them. Yes, the Man Show Boy is a guilty pleasure. It came today, and really isn't as good when you put them all together. It's all only 30 minutes of material. The rest is household tips with adult film stars, which is just worthless. Glad the rest of the picks are looking good. If you had to pick one of the above which would you put first?

Take Saw I and II off that list.

Two of the worst movies I have ever seen.

I guess I missed them in the news, but I don't know anything about the Friedmans. This is the synopsis of the movie...

Full Synopsis

Andrew Jarecki's award-winning documentary Capturing the Friedmans comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film .The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. The superb supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Jarecki and editor Richard Hankin. They discuss the complicated process of putting the film together, including how the focus of the film shifted radically after learning about David Friedman's family. What really makes this film quite worthwhile are the over two-hours of addition video and audio recordings taken by the family, and footage of the heated discussion that took place after the film's initial screening at the TriBeca film festival. The extras also provide information on how the people profiled in the film are dealing with their lives today. This is a fantastic release of an intriguing documentary. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Pretty vague, but I'll put it on the list. Into the Void looks good. Thanks, I doubt I would have ever stumbled across it.




I'll keep the original on there, people seem to love it or hate it(here and in other discussions). If you hated the first one, why see the sequel?

Also, I don't know if you have seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I just saw it for the first time a week ago and it has quickly become maybe my favorite movie ever.



Friends went, I had nothing better to do.

I put Sci-Fi with horror, the more unbelievable, the less it interests me. I'm going to stick with the route I'm on for now, but thanks for the suggestion. I don't know if Kubrick doing sci-fi woudl make it more interesting, or just turn me off it in 15 mintues.

WTF?!?!




WTF?!?!? again.



and the only good thing on this list....

Unbreakable [Special Edition] (2000) 04/10/2006






Tim, you shouldve resisted the urge to use this early 90's throwback... it's played... SOOO played. "Hello!! La La La...."

I don't know much about the movie, so I don't know what your WTF?!?!?! is for. It's doesn't seem like your typical romantic comedy though. I like some romance, I just like it a little twisted(True Romance, Grosse Pointe Blank are 2 of my all time favorites). I'm surprised no one has called me out for My Date with Drew. I have had a thing for her for 15 years, and want to justify my adolescent pinings for her by proving how cool and down to earth she really is.




Well, everyone else in this post has been very helpful, I guess someone with nothing to contribute was well overdue. Unbreakable was entertaining as a 100 minute escape, but it's nothing I would discuss with anyone for more than 30 seconds.


Don't let me down Mexico!

hmmmm, I think I can help.

Big Black Booty 4


uh, I was gonna list a bunch, but I have no interest in it tonight.


People can't tell you what to like, taste is subjective. You know this.
If you want a good cry

Life as a House

If you wanna be depressed, but in a good movie way, not a hollywood ending type movie. Cheadle is good

The United States of Leland

Odd yet good movie:

The Station Agent

Classic underdog movie:

Say Anything

Boner movie:

Wild Things 3 Yep, they made a 3, and it was better than 2.

Cute love story:

Love Actually
Good luck

I agree with most of these comments. Especially for Super Size Me and History of Violence... neither was anything special.









Nothing is in the same vein as Tennenbaums... it is an unbelievable movie.




This is EXCELLENT advice... rent this ASAP...

If you like black comedies, the blackest of them all is Very Bad Things.

Hilarious.

stupid fcking Canadians


movie wasn't horrible, better after a second watch. Go to sleep old man

edit: I don't remember any black people in that movie. Canadians are racist as well. jeez

Big Black Booty 4 Blockbuster has no porn

Life as a House Certainly not my usual fare, but that's what I'd like to do, expand a bit. On the list.

The United States of Leland Great looking cast, even with Chris Klein stretching it as a "sensitive boyfriend" Nice one.

The Station Agent Something else I wouldn't have found, but looks worthwhile.

Say Anything End up watching that every once in a while when it hits TV. I'm a big Cusack fan, and it's of course one of his best.

Wild Things 3 I own the disc with the original and 2 on it. I liked the original. Like a Usual Suspects dumbed down with two bad girls, both very hot in their own way. I didn't like 2. Does three have enough softcore in it to at least make it spankable if the story doesn't hold me?

Another good thing about this is the suggestions it gives if you are interested in any particular movie. It's never-ending Blockbuster is going to lose money on me.



I've seen it a couple of times. I thought it was funny. I'm a Slater fan, plus enjoyed Cameron Diaz's character. It reminds me, no sex with the stripper anywhere near a coathanger at my brother's bachelor party coming up.

Ok... here goes...


1) Winged Migration... it is unlikely that you will ever see a more visually stunning documentary. Also has an amazing soundtrack.

2) Grizzly Man... amazing look into a mad man's mind. Also a very good soundtrack.

3) Spellbound... very cool look into the 1999 National Spelling Bee

4) Touching the Void... I'm sure you know that this is about mountain climbing.

5) Seven Up... Take 14 seven year olds in England, film them in a few interesting situations, and follow those same kids as they grow up. Every seven years.

6) 20 Dates... Hilarious.

7) Just, Melvin: Just Evil... "One of the best documentaries I have ever seen." -- Roger Ebert

8) Hoop Dreams... If one of these guys wouldve actually made it to the NBA it wouldve been AWESOME!! But it's very very good.


I have a bunch more favorites if you get bored.

Jarhead

Seven Up looks very interesting, and is 4 discs. I'll have to make time so I don't stagger them much.

Grizzly Man looks intersting.

I couldn't find 20 dates or Just Melvin.

I should see Winged Migration

Thanks for the suggestions, much improved over WTF!?!?

Wild Things 3, very spankable. Don't get me wrong, it's a stupid movie, but every other scene there is nudity and lesbo stuff.


Documentary, hmmm. Bill Simmons says Grizzly Man is a 95 on the unintentional comedy scale, but a must see.

I saw a documentary recently that was riveting but I can't remember it. I hope that helps.

If you like Kevin Smith, which by the looks of your choices, I'd say no, but he has a special on the movie channels right now of him answering questions across college campuses. Very, very entertaining. for all 3:45 of it. Seriously

A truer statement has never been spoken.

While yes it might be sci-fi, and I am not a sci-fi guy trust me, it is probably one of the 10 greatest movies ever made in my opinion.

Your updated list still does not contain many many musts....

1) Shawshank Redemption

2) Braveheart

3) Winged Migration

4) Grizzly Man

5) Blow



Rent these IMMEDIATELY!!

1) Seen it 20 times

2) Seen it 5 times

3) Added

4) Added

5) You can't be serious......