Good movies,,, well there are a few.......

[Alan46]

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How about Papillon? I still love that movie!!! Seen it maybe 4 times, we haven’t watched it for 20 plus years, I think it’s time for another viewing

 

[JasperFrank]

"Cool Hand Luke." Best modern rendition of the Biblical New Testament.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Great movie. Take care of that lemon tree.

Well don't you all pee on the lemon tree ???

 

[MossRoad]

Well don't you all pee on the lemon tree ???

No citrus in our region... too cold. Or I would!

 

[MossRoad]

"Cool Hand Luke." Best modern rendition of the Biblical New Testament.

Nobody can eat 50 eggs.

 

[Alan46]

Nobody can eat 50 eggs.

What about Joey Chestnut?

 

[MossRoad]

Good point.

 

[IH3444]

 

[WinterDeere]

I'm struggling to think of a current movie that I enjoyed. We canceled Netflix because there just wasn't anything that we rented from them that we would watch to the end. Then we started renting movies from the 40's to about the 60's and enjoyed some of them. Really liked having a plot and a story instead of special effects and never ending fight scenes.

How would you define “current”? Post-2000? Post-2010? 2020’s?

I still enjoy almost anything done by Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, M Knight Shayamalan. But now that I think about it, many of those have a few decades on them, now.

 

[IH3444]

 

[Grumpycat]

Many streaming services are so deep one must dig for the good stuff.

“Outlander” originates on Starz but first 7 seasons is on Netflix. Very good but often too intense. Too much *** and violence.

“Foundation” is on Apple, based on Isaac Asimov’s works. Not perfect adaption but excellent.

“The Wheel of Time” on Amazon based on Robert Jordan’s books is also excellent.

 

[Alan46]

We just saw the new John Candy Doc. If you are a JC fan it’s a must watch! It’s on Amazon prime, we signed up for the prime 30 day freebie!!!

 

[WinterDeere]

...we signed up for the prime 30 day freebie!!!

I've been a Prime member since the service first started about 20 years ago, before they had streaming. Their streaming service got pretty good for awhile, but anymore it just seems to be a paid service that allows you to see previews of other paid services. Damn near every show or movie I want to watch on Prime anymore requires me to sign up for Paramount, Peacock, or one of a dozen other services. Useless.

 

[Jstpssng]

I've been a Prime member since the service first started about 20 years ago, before they had streaming. Their streaming service got pretty good for awhile, but anymore it just seems to be a paid service that allows you to see previews of other paid services. Damn near every show or movie I want to watch on Prime anymore requires me to sign up for Paramount, Peacock, or one of a dozen other services. Useless.

I just canceled my free trial of Prime. (Again)
Aside from the free shipping- which I can generally get anyways- it seems like any advantage has gone away. The order I placed last Monday is estimated to get here next week; 14 days minimum.

 

[WinterDeere]

I keep it for the shipping, but we use it a LOT, and I often want my items same-day or next-day. But I consider the video service to be a throw-away, at this point. It's really terrible, I wouldn't recommend anyone get Prime if their goal is streaming video.

 

[gstrom99]

I keep it for the shipping, but we use it a LOT, and I often want my items same-day or next-day. But I consider the video service to be a throw-away, at this point. It's really terrible, I wouldn't recommend anyone get Prime if their goal is streaming video.

Same here. Rarely is a full movie I want to watch included free. I'll sign up for Prime, if it's free or saves me $ on shipping, then cancel before renewal hits. I almost always remember, but it really annoys me that we have to dig down deep in their site, find and click a little box to have them send an email reminder before the renewal $...

 

[Alan46]

I asked my bride to cancel my free 30 day subscription,
She knows how to maneuver around the Amazon site!!!

I asked the mailman if we had a lot of packages compared to other people, he said NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!

 

[JeepHead]

We pay for so many different streaming services that we probably rival the full cable TV rates. I rarely watch TV but she does and the 14 year old twins do constantly. I do enjoy my Amazon Music and Spotify accounts though as I always have good tunes going in the shop.

 

[tradosaurus]

How about Papillon? I still love that movie!!! Seen it maybe 4 times, we haven’t watched it for 20 plus years, I think it’s time for another viewing

Ugh. My wife couldn't stand that movie and I thought it depressing.
The movie has Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman and was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière.
I didn't believe most of the movie happened the way Henri Charriere recounted.

 

[tradosaurus]

I just canceled my free trial of Prime. (Again)
Aside from the free shipping- which I can generally get anyways- it seems like any advantage has gone away. The order I placed last Monday is estimated to get here next week; 14 days minimum.

I got rid of Prime years ago after the many price increases. There was absolutely no advantages for me to pay $150 / yr for a service that rarely gets my packages to me any quicker or cheaper.