Topic: Whats worth watching on DVD.

[Freyr]

I don't know if anybody else on here uses netflix or a service like it. Even if you don't what are good things you seen that are on DVD, that are worth looking at. I'll post a few that I have watched that I liked.

Shows
Babylon 5 (Seasons 1-5)
Dead like Me ( Seasons 1-2)
Firefly
Heroes (Season 1 / 2 not out)
Rome (Seasons 1-2)
The Shield(Seasons 1-5, 6-7 not out)
The Wire (Seasons 1-3 / 4-5 not out)

Movies
V for Vendetta
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Mini Series
Band of Brothers  

[ShyGuy]

Firefly is worth, then watch Serenity to cap if off.
I also liked the first season of Dead Like Me, still have to watch the second.

Might I also suggest Super Natural? Great show that I think gets overlooked by a lot of people.

[decoyman]

I'll throw my vote on Firefly and Supernatural as well. I actually miss having tv mostly for Supernatural (and now, Heroes and Lost).

Also The Office (British or American version, both are good, for slightly different reasons).

I just started watching Lost on DVD. I can't believe I never got on the bandwagon before now, but it's great. I'm partway through Season 2 right now, and I've been very impressed with the storytelling, character development and the unexpected twists and turns. Great effects for the most part too. I've heard it said before, but it's true: it's the most "movie-like" tv show I've ever seen.  

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Any crap that doesn't look good enough in pirated Xvid format.

[IceCold]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

On a side note, Pushing Daisies is the best new TV show of the year. It's not on DVD though.

[ShyGuy]

Pushing Daisies is by the same guy who did Dead Like Me, right?

[that Baby guy]

Rocky VI

[Freyr]

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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Firefly is worth, then watch Serenity to cap if off.
I also liked the first season of Dead Like Me, still have to watch the second.

Might I also suggest Super Natural? Great show that I think gets overlooked by a lot of people.

Own Serenity
Watch the second season of "Dead Like Me", It was really good, the episode dealing with Rube's past is one of the best in the series. Very Sad
Also they are by the looks of it bring out several direct to DVD movies and sequels, personally just give me another season of the show, but this will have to work.

Added the first two disks of Super Natural Season 1 To my queue, sounds intriguing.

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Originally posted by: decoyman
I'll throw my vote on Firefly and Supernatural as well. I actually miss having tv mostly for Supernatural (and now, Heroes and Lost).

Also The Office (British or American version, both are good, for slightly different reasons).

I just started watching Lost on DVD. I can't believe I never got on the bandwagon before now, but it's great. I'm partway through Season 2 right now, and I've been very impressed with the storytelling, character development and the unexpected twists and turns. Great effects for the most part too. I've heard it said before, but it's true: it's the most "movie-like" tv show I've ever seen.

The office just did not mash well with me. I can see why people would like it, but it just did nothing for me.
Added The first two disks of lost to my queue. Heard as it goes on the later season degrade in goodness, but i'll give it a shot.
I would guess you still have a tv considering you play videogame, so why don't you uses a pair of bunny ears to watch it over the air.

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Originally posted by: IceCold
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

On a side note, Pushing Daisies is the best new TV show of the year. It's not on DVD though.

Added Eternal Sunshine to my queue and Pushing Daisies to my saved(and VCR)
Second one looks really interesting.

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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Pushing Daisies is by the same guy who did Dead Like Me, right?

Yes, Wikipedia is were I found that

Other things netflix recommend to me while adding the above stuff was Robin Hood and Space:_Above_and_Beyond[

Is it just me or does fox get in the frame of mind to kill a show, before it even airs.  

[Adrock]

Wonderfalls is a very underrated show that got axed by Fox (surprise!) after only like 3 episodes aired. Luckily, the entire season was finished and tells a fairly complete story. I highly, highly recommend this show. Its cancellation single-handedly made me stop watching television since every show I enjoy gets canceled. Like Futurama... which luckily got renewed!

The 1966 adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is excellent. More people need to enjoy that film.

[Nick DiMola]

Two words, Arrested Development.

[Freyr]

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Originally posted by: Adrock
Wonderfalls is a very underrated show that got axed by Fox (surprise!) after only like 3 episodes aired. Luckily, the entire season was finished and tells a fairly complete story. I highly, highly recommend this show. Its cancellation single-handedly made me stop watching television since every show I enjoy gets canceled. Like Futurama... which luckily got renewed!

The 1966 adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is excellent. More people need to enjoy that film.

I just looked up some backround on that show on wikipedia. Man fox hated that show even worse then firefly....
Aired only four episodes, out of order at that and changed the time it was on. That is a one two three punch there. I added the first disk to my queue.

I think we have all learned fox hates good shows...

 

[vudu]

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Originally posted by: Mr. Jack
Two words, Arrested Development.

I'd like to quantify this by specifying the first season only; the rest are crap.

[wandering]

1.   9.1   The Godfather (1972)   241,401
2.   9.1   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)   285,701
3.   9.0   The Godfather: Part II (1974)   138,014
4.   8.9   Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)   76,128
5.   8.8   Pulp Fiction (1994)   245,732
6.   8.8   Schindler's List (1993)   166,463
7.   8.8   Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)   177,021
8.   8.8   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)   123,502
9.   8.8   Casablanca (1942)   110,196
10.   8.8   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)   220,383
11.   8.8   Shichinin no samurai (1954)   61,243
12.   8.8   Star Wars (1977)   215,935
13.   8.7   12 Angry Men (1957)   56,911
14.   8.7   Rear Window (1954)   72,216
15.   8.7   Goodfellas (1990)   132,149
16.   8.7   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)   151,499
17.   8.7   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)   255,997
18.   8.7   Cidade de Deus (2002)   79,698
19.   8.7   C'era una volta il West (1968)   39,085
20.   8.6   The Usual Suspects (1995)   171,987
21.   8.6   Psycho (1960)   89,272
22.   8.6   Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)   104,206
23.   8.6   North by Northwest (1959)   59,265
24.   8.6   The Silence of the Lambs (1991)   152,295
25.   8.6   Citizen Kane (1941)   95,283
26.   8.6   The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)   209,002
27.   8.6   Memento (2000)   162,236
28.   8.6   Fight Club (1999)   216,747
29.   8.6   Sunset Blvd. (1950)   31,226
30.   8.5   Lawrence of Arabia (1962)   52,056
31.   8.5   It's a Wonderful Life (1946)   65,859
32.   8.5   The Matrix (1999)   238,594
33.   8.5   Taxi Driver (1976)   89,780
34.   8.5   Se7en (1995)   161,847
35.   8.5   American Beauty (1999)   185,007
36.   8.5   Apocalypse Now (1979)   110,410
37.   8.5   Vertigo (1958)   57,197
38.   8.5   Fabuleux destin d'AmĂ©lie Poulain, Le (2001)   111,251
39.   8.5   LĂ©on (1994)   108,063
40.   8.5   The Departed (2006)   127,428
41.   8.5   American History X (1998)   123,300
42.   8.4   Paths of Glory (1957)   26,195
43.   8.4   Chinatown (1974)   46,561
44.   8.4   To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)   52,468
45.   8.4   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)   122,672
46.   8.4   M (1931)   23,337
47.   8.4   Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)   71,460
48.   8.4   The Third Man (1949)   32,037
49.   8.4   A Clockwork Orange (1971)   116,816
50.   8.4   The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)   19,069
51.   8.4   Alien (1979)   108,522
52.   8.4   The Pianist (2002)   69,557
53.   8.4   Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)   103,665
54.   8.4   The Shining (1980)   98,673
55.   8.4   L.A. Confidential (1997)   110,216
56.   8.4   Double Indemnity (1944)   21,351
57.   8.4   Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)   55,983
58.   8.4   The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)   37,402
59.   8.4   Untergang, Der (2004)   41,627
60.   8.4   Boot, Das (1981)   47,047
61.   8.4   The Maltese Falcon (1941)   32,998
62.   8.4   Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)   23,600
63.   8.3   Reservoir Dogs (1992)   127,585
64.   8.3   Saving Private Ryan (1998)   169,459
65.   8.3   Requiem for a Dream (2000)   102,941
66.   8.3   Metropolis (1927)   22,922
67.   8.3   Aliens (1986)   105,854
68.   8.3   Forrest Gump (1994)   168,902
69.   8.3   Raging Bull (1980)   52,599
70.   8.3   Sin City (2005)   141,323
71.   8.3   Singin' in the Rain (1952)   34,807
72.   8.3   Hotel Rwanda (2004)   47,246
73.   8.3   RashĂ´mon (1950)   22,804
74.   8.3   Rebecca (1940)   20,955
75.   8.3   Modern Times (1936)   19,665
76.   8.3   Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)   134,666
77.   8.3   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)   102,802
78.   8.3   Some Like It Hot (1959)   42,321
79.   8.3   All About Eve (1950)   21,957
80.   8.3   The Great Escape (1963)   36,738
81.   8.3   Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)   20,309
82.   8.3   Amadeus (1984)   61,208
83.   8.3   On the Waterfront (1954)   24,400
84.   8.3   Ratatouille (2007)   35,791
85.   8.3   Touch of Evil (1958)   19,900
86.   8.3   The Elephant Man (1980)   32,221
87.   8.3   The Manchurian Candidate (1962)   23,382
88.   8.3   The Prestige (2006)   85,772
89.   8.3   Jaws (1975)   84,434
90.   8.2   Vita è bella, La (1997)   64,520
91.   8.2   The Sting (1973)   40,662
92.   8.2   Strangers on a Train (1951)   19,701
93.   8.2   City Lights (1931)   14,546
94.   8.2   Full Metal Jacket (1987)   87,029
95.   8.2   The Apartment (1960)   20,273
96.   8.2   Batman Begins (2005)   137,624
97.   8.2   Braveheart (1995)   153,734
98.   8.2   The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)   51,740
99.   8.2   Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)   20,526
100.   8.2   The Big Sleep (1946)   17,874
101.   8.2   Once Upon a Time in America (1984)   40,120
102.   8.2   Blade Runner (1982)   117,464
103.   8.2   The Wizard of Oz (1939)   64,668
104.   8.2   Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)   26,369
105.   8.2   The Great Dictator (1940)   20,327
106.   8.2   Notorious (1946)   18,840
107.   8.2   Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)   139,252
108.   8.2   High Noon (1952)   21,056
109.   8.2   Million Dollar Baby (2004)   75,318
110.   8.2   Fargo (1996)   103,179
111.   8.2   Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)   135,703
112.   8.2   Unforgiven (1992)   55,483
113.   8.2   Ran (1985)   21,582
114.   8.2   Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)   7,252
115.   8.2   Donnie Darko (2001)   120,454
116.   8.2   Back to the Future (1985)   119,648
117.   8.2   Cool Hand Luke (1967)   25,801
118.   8.2   Oldboy (2003)   45,517
119.   8.2   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)   102,832
120.   8.1   Mononoke-hime (1997)   38,401
121.   8.1   Per qualche dollaro in piĂą (1965)   21,596
122.   8.1   Annie Hall (1977)   38,773
123.   8.1   The Green Mile (1999)   112,914
124.   8.1   The Sixth Sense (1999)   157,161
125.   8.1   Yojimbo (1961)   17,430
126.   8.1   Ladri di biciclette (1948)   14,493
127.   8.1   Gladiator (2000)   166,187
128.   8.1   The Incredibles (2004)   84,523
129.   8.1   Ben-Hur (1959)   35,894
130.   8.1   Life of Brian (1979)   58,200
131.   8.1   Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)   7,156
132.   8.1   Finding Nemo (2003)   89,394
133.   8.1   The Deer Hunter (1978)   52,297
134.   8.1   The Killing (1956)   13,741
135.   8.1   Die Hard (1988)   107,658
136.   8.1   Diaboliques, Les (1955)   7,340
137.   8.1   V for Vendetta (2005)   115,443
138.   8.1   Children of Men (2006)   74,896
139.   8.1   It Happened One Night (1934)   14,274
140.   8.1   Platoon (1986)   65,116
141.   8.1   Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)   5,632
142.   8.1   Grindhouse (2007)   43,795
143.   8.1   The General (1927)   11,706
144.   8.1   Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)   6,708
145.   8.1   Crash (2004/I)   99,850
146.   8.1   The Princess Bride (1987)   85,581
147.   8.1   Smultronstället (1957)   11,377
148.   8.1   The Graduate (1967)   48,338
149.   8.1   Brief Encounter (1945)   6,635
150.   8.1   Amores perros (2000)   34,159
151.   8.1   The Wild Bunch (1969)   18,919
152.   8.1   Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)   22,290
153.   8.1   Gandhi (1982)   28,969
154.   8.1   Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)   34,922
155.   8.1   Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)   7,537
156.   8.0   Dog Day Afternoon (1975)   31,393
157.   8.0   3:10 to Yuma (2007)   17,022
158.   8.0   Shadow of a Doubt (1943)   11,487
159.   8.0   Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)   103,440
160.   8.0   Heat (1995)   84,243
161.   8.0   8½ (1963)   15,942
162.   8.0   The African Queen (1951)   22,361
163.   8.0   Stand by Me (1986)   54,485
164.   8.0   The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)   13,680
165.   8.0   Little Miss Sunshine (2006)   72,722
166.   8.0   Harvey (1950)   13,832
167.   8.0   Wo hu cang long (2000)   77,463
168.   8.0   The Night of the Hunter (1955)   13,994
169.   8.0   The Conversation (1974)   19,045
170.   8.0   The Big Lebowski (1998)   97,829
171.   8.0   Duck Soup (1933)   16,632
172.   8.0   Gone with the Wind (1939)   48,846
173.   8.0   Hot Fuzz (2007)   60,880
174.   8.0   Witness for the Prosecution (1957)   9,587
175.   8.0   The Grapes of Wrath (1940)   13,824
176.   8.0   The Gold Rush (1925)   11,699
177.   8.0   Trainspotting (1996)   90,843
178.   8.0   Groundhog Day (1993)   79,534
179.   8.0   Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)   16,418
180.   8.0   Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)   9,036
181.   8.0   Patton (1970)   24,807
182.   8.0   Snatch. (2000)   92,041
183.   8.0   The Thing (1982)   39,790
184.   8.0   Toy Story (1995)   80,064
185.   8.0   Superbad (2007)   40,158
186.   8.0   Glory (1989)   36,706
187.   8.0   Bride of Frankenstein (1935)   9,567
188.   8.0   Scarface (1983)   78,372
189.   8.0   The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)   17,706
190.   8.0   Spartacus (1960)   30,371
191.   8.0   Sleuth (1972)   8,825
192.   8.0   Twelve Monkeys (1995)   103,967
193.   8.0   The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)   10,588
194.   8.0   Belle et la bĂŞte, La (1946)   5,472
195.   8.0   Ed Wood (1994)   43,276
196.   8.0   King Kong (1933)   23,085
197.   8.0   Out of the Past (1947)   5,902
198.   8.0   The Terminator (1984)   102,495
199.   8.0   Lola rennt (1998)   54,789
200.   8.0   The Lady Vanishes (1938)   9,303
201.   8.0   In the Heat of the Night (1967)   12,949
202.   8.0   The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)   4,533
203.   8.0   The Exorcist (1973)   61,284
204.   8.0   Toy Story 2 (1999)   70,570
205.   8.0   Frankenstein (1931)   13,241
206.   7.9   Into the Wild (2007)   2,634
207.   7.9   Stalker (1979)   10,018
208.   7.9   Big Fish (2003)   75,414
209.   7.9   The Philadelphia Story (1940)   17,727
210.   7.9   Anatomy of a Murder (1959)   8,206
211.   7.9   The Hustler (1961)   14,803
212.   7.9   Mystic River (2003)   64,173
213.   7.9   The Lion King (1994)   68,064
214.   7.9   Bonnie and Clyde (1967)   23,097
215.   7.9   Magnolia (1999)   78,171
216.   7.9   Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)   67,744
217.   7.9   Young Frankenstein (1974)   38,275
218.   7.9   Ying xiong (2002)   51,542
219.   7.9   A Christmas Story (1983)   34,447
220.   7.9   In Cold Blood (1967)   6,060
221.   7.9   Casino Royale (2006)   93,812
222.   7.9   Casino (1995)   57,141
223.   7.9   Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)   144,545
224.   7.9   A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)   19,125
225.   7.9   Dial M for Murder (1954)   15,714
226.   7.9   Rosemary's Baby (1968)   26,060
227.   7.9   Hotaru no haka (1988)   17,508
228.   7.9   Manhattan (1979)   22,390
229.   7.9   Roman Holiday (1953)   17,819
230.   7.9   Shaun of the Dead (2004)   65,699
231.   7.9   Stalag 17 (1953)   12,588
232.   7.9   Rope (1948)   15,868
233.   7.9   Mou gaan dou (2002)   19,179
234.   7.9   Finding Neverland (2004)   54,759
235.   7.9   Tropa de Elite (2007)   1,861
236.   7.9   Shrek (2001)   116,591
237.   7.9   Cinderella Man (2005)   37,840
238.   7.9   Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)   4,443
239.   7.9   All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)   12,875
240.   7.9   Umberto D. (1952)   4,134
241.   7.9   The Searchers (1956)   18,228
242.   7.9   The Lost Weekend (1945)   6,534
243.   7.9   A Man for All Seasons (1966)   8,014
244.   7.9   Doctor Zhivago (1965)   18,977
245.   7.9   Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)   19,034
246.   7.9   Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)   20,618
247.   7.9   To Have and Have Not (1944)   7,721
248.   7.9   Before Sunset (2004)   27,743
249.   7.9   Brazil (1985)   51,985
250.   7.9   The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)   13,649

[wandering]

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Originally posted by: vudu

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Originally posted by: Mr. Jack
Two words, Arrested Development.

I'd like to quantify this by specifying the first season only; the rest are crap.

eh disagree

the second and third seasons are broader and more linear but they're still brilliant

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Also The Office (British or American version, both are good, for slightly different reasons).

hate the american version, mainly because they took my favorite character (Gareth) and turned him into Dwight

hate Dwight

also, the american version isn't nearly as funny  

[Nick DiMola]

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Originally posted by: vudu

Quote
Originally posted by: Mr. Jack
Two words, Arrested Development.

I'd like to quantify this by specifying the first season only; the rest are crap.

I'd also like to disagree here, great from beginning to end, no qualifiers necessary.

[IceCold]

The only Arrested Development episode I would ever consider "terrible" is the one with Martin Short. Ugh..

But I've disagreed with vudu before about this, and I will again here - the second season is great. The beginning of the third (the whole Charlize Theron story) was weak, but it ended brilliantly.  

[ThePerm]

are you afraid of the dark season 1 if you can find it

[IceCold]

Also, IMDB is crap.

[Freyr]

BI-WEEKLY UPDATE:

Previously Recommended
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is on it's way from netflix.
Wonderfalls is really good, no wonder fox killed it The third and final disk is at my house waiting for me to watch it. Me want season 2 Currently 5/5 stars

Supernatural Normal I don't like any type of horror shows/movies, but this is good, Currently need disk 2 of season 1. More about it after I watch some more.

Stuff I Picked
The Lost Battalion This is a very good world war 1 based movie. If you liked Band of Brothers, try this one.  5/5 stars

Robin Hood watched the first disk and it's really good also. Was really surprised, it could have been terrible. More about it after I watch some more.

Space: Above and Beyond Could barely get thru the first disk. This show has not aged well in anyway. From the acting to the special effects it's just one big meh. 1/5 stars

Transformers This move is crap, I hope Michael Bay is on strike with the other movie/tv people and he never comes back. I just don't know whats the worst part of the movie. Corny dialog, how he frames stuff in camera, the plot or the characters trying to be funny and just failing. 1/5 stars  

[Nick DiMola]

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Originally posted by: Freyr
BI-WEEKLY UPDATE:
Transformers This move is crap, I hope Michael Bay is on strike with the other movie/tv people and he never comes back. I just don't know whats the worst part of the movie. Corny dialog, how he frames stuff in camera, the plot or the characters trying to be funny and just failing. 1/5 stars

Agreed this movie totally sucked and should be banished from the history of film. Nonexistent plot, crappy 1 dimensional characters, not nearly enough Transformers, and flat out too long and boring. This movie is just awful, it's terribleness is only increased due to the sheer number of people who told me it was great.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Mr. Jack

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Originally posted by: Freyr
BI-WEEKLY UPDATE:
Transformers This move is crap, I hope Michael Bay is on strike with the other movie/tv people and he never comes back. I just don't know whats the worst part of the movie. Corny dialog, how he frames stuff in camera, the plot or the characters trying to be funny and just failing. 1/5 stars

Agreed this movie totally sucked and should be banished from the history of film. Nonexistent plot, crappy 1 dimensional characters, not nearly enough Transformers, and flat out too long and boring. This movie is just awful, it's terribleness is only increased due to the sheer number of people who told me it was great.

Luckily you guys are in the VAST minority, so that makes me happy.  

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: Freyr
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

If you thought that this was good, then you're sure to love Hayao Miyazaki's other movies. Actually, I don't like his Nausicaa movie because it was made when the manga was only about a quarter done, so it ends quickly and without digging real deep into all the themes it touches on, unlike the manga which went on far past the movie...

But ANYWAYS, have you checked out Miyazaki's other movies, like Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, or the family-friendly children's classic My Neighbor Totoro?

BTW, I'm not posting my netflix list here because it's about 300 movies long... but right now I'm just digging through a whole lot of nice non-brain-taxing I Dream of Jeannie... eheh...

[Freyr]

I watched "Howl's Moving Castle", "Castle in the Sky" and "My Neighbor Totoro". They were all good imho. Just added "Spirited Away" to my queue. Need to see if I can find a copy of the manga for Nausicaa.

There was a funny video a fan did of the Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring. They took the fight at the end and recut it so it looked like it was done by Michael Bay.

[Kairon]

Anyone here into foreign movies? I've found Netflix to be a great boon for foreign language films.

I mean, most people know about Downfall, but I also enjoyed other german-language films like Nowhere in Africa, and the romantic comedy Mostly Martha (which got remade in America with Catherine Zeta Jonesa and Aaron Eckhart as "No Reservations").

... Nowhere in Africa is a bit heavy since it's based on a true story of growing up in exile in Africa during WW2, but I really just wanted to recommend Mostly Martha, hehe.

[that Baby guy]

Ratatouille is brilliant.  I saw it today.  All of Pixar's films are worth watching.