My Netflix queue has come to a point where I have a few different movies that I would like to see, but none that sticks out above the others. In this moment of uncertainty, I am turning to you for advise.
Here are the four movies I am looking to rent next (in no particular order):
A) Cabin Fever = Director - Eli Roth Stars – Jordan Ladd and Rider Strong Plot – Kids go out to a Log Cabin and get sick. Genre – Horror
B) Where Eagles Dare = Director – Brian G. Hutton Stars – Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton Plot – Army guys invade a Nazi stronghold Genre – Action
C) The Man Who Knew Too Much = Director - Alfred Hitchcock Stars – James Stewart and Doris Day Plot – Something about a couple vacationing in Morocco (Netflix’s description is terrible for this one) Genre – Thriller
D) Death on the Nile = Director – John Guillermin Stars – Peter Ustinov and Bette Davis (among others) Plot – Agatha Christie novel about a murder mystery on a boat in Egypt. Genre – Mystery
So, take this time to tell me which one to rent (get your vote in before tomorrow morning). If you want to go into reasons why I should or should not rent a movie next, feel free to write a dissertation about it. I’ll pick based on the strongest argument(s).
If no one votes, I’ll just let it go through with Cabin Fever as the next movie I’ll get (the way the queue is currently set-up.
September 17, 2007 at 1:04 pm |
Reasons on why these movies are on my queue and why I want to see them:
Cabin Fever – Chris has hyped the heck out of this movie. Also, Eli Roth was (by far) the best guest judge on “On The Lot.”
Where Eagles Dare – Eastwood is pretty b.a. I heard the plot is similar to that old Wolfenstein PC game (which I liked).
The Man Who Knew Too Much – I’ve liked/loved a lot of Hitchcock’s other work (North by Northwest, Rear Window, and Psycho). I have a fondness of foreign countries depicted in older films (i.e. Casablanca).
Death on the Nile – Peter Ustinov is in one of the best Bogart movies (We’re No Angels). I felt like checking some of his other movies, this one sounded the most interesting. Murder mysteries tend to be fun flicks (how come we don’t see many of them anymore?).
Reasons that cause hesitation in renting these movies:
Cabin Fever – It’s in the horror genre, which I don’t like.
Where Eagles Dare – Stupid title. World War II movies are very hit or miss.
The Man Who Knew Too Much – I’ve never been into either of the leads of the movie (Stewart or Day).
Death on the Nile – Murder mysteries are kind of like Bond movies. Sometimes they hit the cover off the ball (Casino Royale or Clue) and other times they are unwatchable (The one with Denise Richards or the Charlie Chan movies [in my opinion]).
September 17, 2007 at 1:59 pm |
I advise that you look up the difference between advise and advice. ;)
September 17, 2007 at 2:01 pm |
Right, I think I structured that sentence differently and then went back and changed it without taking heed of the word. Seeing as though no one reads the blog anyway, it’s not that big of a deal.
September 17, 2007 at 2:25 pm |
Who is this no one that reads the blog?
I pick Cabin Fever, my pick for the best horror film of all time. Make sure that this is clear, this is my pick for the best horror film of all time, not scariest horror film of all time. In my estimation, a good horror film should know what it wants to do and never veer from that path. Sometimes you get a movie like White Noise, where the film begins and looks like it wants to go one way and switches and goes another. Same thing with Stir of Echoes (don’t begin like a decent ghost story and turn into a murder mystery, you just waist everyone’s time). With that being said, Cabin Fever brings the creepy, a crazy disease that starts infecting everyone, it brings the funny, and it brings the drama. These are the key parts to any horror movie. If you want to be in this genre you better damn well have a good idea that is going to creep people out, you better damn well realize the world that you are in and use that world for intentional laughs that help ground an otherwise outrageous idea in some form of reality, and you better DAMN WELL treat the subject seriously. There is nothing worse than a horror movie that pokes fun at itself, think any 90s Scream movie. If you don’t take yourself seriously, then why should anyone else.
Otherwise I haven’t seen the others on your list. My question does become, why are you getting these instead of ATHF or the Lookout? Both those movies are out. Shit, I’ve watched the Hunger Force three times since its been on DVD alone.
September 17, 2007 at 2:51 pm |
White Noise look like it was going to be Sci-Fi drama about Jim Caviesel and his dad, then it turns out to be a horror movie with Michael Keaton. I’ll agree with you about it not sticking with its direction.
ATHF and the Lookout are both Long or Very Long Waits. Apparently, Netflix only purchased one copy of each because no one would want to see either of them…
September 18, 2007 at 7:05 am |
I guess we are going with Cabin Fever.
September 18, 2007 at 1:08 pm |
damn straight
September 18, 2007 at 1:18 pm |
It looks like it actually shipped today. I guess that is a step forward for Netflix.
September 18, 2007 at 1:25 pm |
The problem may have been that I still had an active account with a zeroed out queue. *shrug*
September 18, 2007 at 1:26 pm |
Could be. We could move all your movies back to your queue if you wanted. Seeing as though we are going one from my list and then one from your list anyway.
September 20, 2007 at 12:33 pm |
Don’t rent Cabin Fever. Some blogger guy said it was terrible… ;)