The "did you know this streams on Netflix?" thread

[PaloAltoCougar]

Jeff Who Lives at Home

I watched because I remember PAC giving this a thumbs up. I don't know if I watched in a tender moment or what, but I seriously sobbed at the end of that movie. I found it so redemptive.

Glad you liked it. The ending was obviously a tad contrived, and yet that didn't bother me a bit and I enjoyed the whole thing; I'm a sucker for redemption themes. With that movie and The Descendants, Judy Greer had a great 2011.

[MarkGrace]

Ending was contrived? Eff that. Makes the movie. So good.

[SteelBlue]

"Margin Call". Kevin Spacey and a host of other recognizables. It's about a Lehmanesque company in the first 24 hours of the 2008 crisis. I'd never heard of it, but really enjoyed it.

Zachary Quinto plays an MIT rocket scientist turned Wall Street risk analyst and the movie takes off when he becomes the first to discover that the company is in deep trouble.

[Indy Coug]

"Margin Call". Kevin Spacey and a host of other recognizables. It's about a Lehmanesque company in the first 24 hours of the 2008 crisis. I'd never heard of it, but really enjoyed it.

Zachary Quinto plays an MIT rocket scientist turned Wall Street risk analyst and the movie takes off when he becomes the first to discover that the company is in deep trouble.

I saw it about a month ago. Yeah, that wasn't too bad of a movie. I had to decode for my wife a bit, but after that she enjoyed it.

[falafel]

"Margin Call". Kevin Spacey and a host of other recognizables. It's about a Lehmanesque company in the first 24 hours of the 2008 crisis. I'd never heard of it, but really enjoyed it.

Zachary Quinto plays an MIT rocket scientist turned Wall Street risk analyst and the movie takes off when he becomes the first to discover that the company is in deep trouble.

I enjoyed it as well. They did a great job casting that movie.

[Joe Public]

I queued up Rounders the other night; I hadn't seen it in a long time. Good movie.

[SteelBlue]

I saw it about a month ago. Yeah, that wasn't too bad of a movie. I had to decode for my wife a bit, but after that she enjoyed it.

As an actuary, did you enjoy that scene when the CEO (Jeremy Irons) refuses to even open the report and is asking the young risk analyst to explain to him exactly what the problem is? I loved that line "now stand up, speak clearly, and talk to me like you'd talk to a 5 year old child, or a golden retriever. I didn't get here because of my brains, I assure you."

[Indy Coug]

As an actuary, did you enjoy that scene when the CEO (Jeremy Irons) refuses to even open the report and is asking the young risk analyst to explain to him exactly what the problem is? I loved that line "now stand up, speak clearly, and talk to me like you'd talk to a 5 year old child, or a golden retriever. I didn't get here because of my brains, I assure you."

Heck, you even have to do that for older actuaries from time to time.

[Katy Lied]

I know GL recommended the Deep Blue Sea but good hell that movie was soooo boring. The artsy fartsy parts bit the action parts in the ass.

[MarkGrace]

I know GL recommended the Deep Blue Sea but good hell that movie was soooo boring. The artsy fartsy parts bit the action parts in the ass.

I expected a little more thorough analysis from the woman who one time broke down the cleanliness of the sets and every detail of Sandra Bullocks physical appearance in The Proposal.

[Green Lantern]

I know GL recommended the Deep Blue Sea but good hell that movie was soooo boring. The artsy fartsy parts bit the action parts in the ass.

Wait, that movie had action parts? I admit, it's not a movie that I was super excited to watch but I found the combination of emotion and pure cinema (the movie is just beautiful to look at) to be pretty potent.

[Katy Lied]

Yeah, must have been the mood I was in. I had kids buggin me. Plus the neighbor kid always seems to come over at the most inopportune times.

son: (Seeing me watching Deep Blue Sea): excuse me
me: Yes?
son: Neighbor kid wants to come over
me: We're getting ready to make jamba-juice style smoothies and I've ordered pizza from The Pie. Ask him to come over later.
son: Umm, he's waiting in our garage.
me: sigh.
son: Does dad know you're watching a movie of two people having sex?

[MarkGrace]

lol!

[SteelBlue]

Anyone start House of Cards? I tried, hoping that it'd be available at 9pm on the west coast but it wasn't. I'll start it tonight.

[LiveCoug]

LL Cool J was awesome in Deep Blue Sea.