So, I got to thinking about those ridiculously long Netflix queues. You know, you have over 100+ items on your queue and are on the 2 DVDs per month plan...

In addition, new stuff comes out and you move it to the top of the queue, pushing stuff you put on there farther down.

So I'm interested in what's on the list but not moving up..you know, the stuff you don't want to take off, but the stuff you don't see ever making it to the top of the queue and actually getting sent to you.

In the spirit of this fascinating window into our members and what we are ambivalent about, I've picked a number at sort of random...I figure 31 is low enough that most people will have it, but not so high that it is a number that won't routinely get jumped over by new releases.

Without further ado then, what is 31st in your Netflix queue? When and why did you put it on your list, and do you think you'll ever actually watch it?


Peace.

Ken

Oh, and for the record. My #31 is something called Shock Corridor. I had to read the description to know why it was there. I think I read a blurb in another forum of people talking about Samuel Fuller (maybe when something was rereleased) and thought, oh, I've never seen any of his films. So I threw a few in my queue. Will I ever see it? Hmmm. Not sure.

Here is a description:

#31 on mine (out of 77 counting SAVED) is Kubrick's Paths of Glory

#31 is Casablanca. I will see this eventually. Numbers 27-30, I will be deleting--the complete Looney Tunes. I'll just buy them when the little guy's old enough.

Hitchcock's Rope

I don't remember if I added it from Netflix recommendation or from one of the friend's ratings (3 of my circle give it ). Now that I've looked at it again, I may try to time it to come up sometime when I'm giving blood (Apheresis takes a couple hours and so is ideal for watching a movie.)

My #31 is Kiarostami's Ten, a film I will definitely watch at some point. I placed it in my queue initially about six or so months ago, with a bunch of other Iranian films I was interested in. I have also enjoyed other Kiarostami films I've seen (Where is the Friends House, Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, and especially Close-Up).

I've tried to stay fairly realistic about what I add, and really, what I delete. Thus, my queue has shrunk from a high in the 130's or so down to its current weight, a svelte 64.

Entourage season 1, disc 1, followed by disc 2

I think Netflix recommended it, and possibly some A&F folk were enjoying it, so I thought we'd give it a try. I think I'll leave it there for a while. I move things around a lot.

La Notte, which Sara also has in her queue (and which John loved...)

My #31 is the Buster Keaton double bill Our Hospitality/Sherlock Jr. My sister recommended the titles to me, and I added this disc about six months ago. I won't say I’ll never watch these films, but it won't be any time soon.

#31 in my Peerflix queue (in which the numbers actually relate to reality only in a sketchy way) is Criterion's release of Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. I missed it at the AFI and have been kicking myself ever since.

Alas, I only have 27 items in my NetFlix queue, with #27 being Samurai Jack season 1, disc 1.

My #31 (out of over 200 ) is THE BEST OF YOUTH ... so many people said so many good things about it is why it's on there ... should probably be bumped up.

#31 in my queue is



I have only had Netflix for a few months, so my queue has not had the chance to filter through waves of additions and subtractions. I will probably see this, but not likely soon.

31 out of 181:

Husbands & Wives

I have an unlimited number of DVD's per month, 2 at a time. I used to have 4 at a time but as am now back at uni and theoretically have less DVD watching time, I reduced it. I also don't update it that regularly as am not that concerned about seeing new films on DVD as I usually catch most of what I want to see at the cinema.

I should mention that my DVD rental allows you to "collapse" an entire tv series together if you choose to watch them in order. I have the Sopranos series 1 and 24 series 1 prior to 31 on my list, and I counted them as 1 entry.

Rolling in at #31 is:

Doctor Zhivago: Part I (2002)



I think Ruthie put it in the queue after we watched the original (1965) Doctor Zhivago a few months ago.

And for some diversity (not including Part II at #32):

#30 Kal Ho Naa Ho: Tomorrow May Never Come (2003, Bollywood)
#33 In the Mood For Love (2001)

Ah, but consider these specimens (#32 is Disc II of DZ):

#30 Kal Ho Naa Ho: Tomorrow May Never Come (2001, Bollywood)
#33 In the Mood For Love (2002)

Yep, Ruthie definately got ahold of this part of the queue.

I switched to Blockbuster and my queue after half a year still only goes to # 21. Is that a sad tale about Blockbuster or is that a sad tale about me?

-s.

PS. 21 is Eraserhead, which I saw a hundred times as a kid. Some day I want to watch it again and ask myself, Self, JUST WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????!

It's not a Netflix queue, me being a Canuck. It's Videomatica.

#31. By Brakhage (Vol 1)

#31 of 98 is

Disc 4 of the Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection. For some reason I got on an anime kick and added all sorts of things. I watched Disc 1 a long time ago, but really don't remember it.

Let me encourage you to bump up Kal ho into your top 10. It is the most magnficent and exquisite bollywood film ever.(I've only seen about 5)

My 31 is Kontroll. A hungarian film about a Budapest subway. God knows why it's on here.

Netflix #31 out of 209: City of God. It's probably been at #31 for the past 9 months.

Landmarks of Early Film, Vol. 2. I doubt I'll ever get to it; there's a lot below the film that I'm more interested in seeing.

Dale

And He has sent me to inform you that you need to see it. Quite simply, it rocks.

-s.

My second #31 (i.e., #62) is Harry Chapin: Remember When: The Anthology. Chapin was one of my favorite storytellers. And he was nominated for an Oscar (documentary short) before he started his singing career.

Now that a month has gone by, my new #31 is Virgin Spring to catch up on my Bergman

Felt inspired to bump Kontroll up to #1.

My new #31 is Stroszek by Werner Herzog. I think I added this after I watched Grizzly Man.

And what did you think about Kontroll? (Number 10 of my Top 10 for 2004.)

-s.

Kitty Foyle (1940)
Told via flashback, this bittersweet drama follows working girl Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers, who received the Best Actress Academy Award) as she chases her storybook dreams. While earning a living as a department store clerk, Kitty finds herself romantically entangled with two men: a weak-willed Philadelphia society scion (Dennis Morgan) and an unassuming physician (James Craig). Gladys Cooper plays Morgan's sniffish mother.

("sniffish"?)

I don't remember when I put this in my q., but it's one of those movies I kept hearing mentioned whenever I'd watch an episode of Biography with an old star, plus the plot sounds somewhat similar to Mildred Pierce, which is like the best movie ever.

I'll probably never watch it.





Have you watched it yet? You should really bump this up!

Mine is All Quiet on the Western Front, now that I've bumped Fawlty Towers to the top.

# 31 Red Dwarf Series 2 Bonus Material

#31 Diary of a Country Priest--slowly but surely, I'm working my way through every film on the A&F Top 100.

However, Christmas break is coming up, so I might move a series, such as Bleak House or Keen Eddie, up to the top...

Cool Hand Luke. it's been on there forever and I don't think I'll ever watch it.

Ouch! How can you say that about Luke? It's a must see film. My 2nd favorite Christ figure ever. (3rd if you count books as well as film.)

Ron wrote:
: It's not a Netflix queue, me being a Canuck. It's Videomatica.

Is their service good? Any idea how it compares to Zip.ca? I just signed up for Videomatica.ca today, since I'm gonna be spending a LOT more time at home with the kids in the immediate future -- and since I've already got to catch up on a number of recent films that I missed in theatres anyway.

FWIW, I do not yet have 31 items in my queue.

I've been thrilled with it. I can't really comment on how quickly they turn around the dvds, sending a new one when you send them the one you're finished with, since I've tended to get stuck with a few that I don't get around to watching, or that I watch but don't get around to writing up, so I haven't cranked through all that many, or noticed the speed of turnaround. But the freedom to keep a movie as long as you need it? Sweet. And I love their selection.

Also, I've often used the "Jump All Queues" button: costs $4.99, they send you the movie right away, even if you already have your full amount signed out. (I'm on the three-movie plan: if I JAQ a film, they send it as soon as they've got it, and I've got four. However, when I send any one of those back in, it doesn't trigger them sending my next queued dvd: they don't send another until my "movies in hand" are less than three. Does that make sense?)

Once I clear my backed-up copies of USHPIZIN (which I've watched three times but not gotten round to writing up) and the two Rossellinis (which I haven't managed to finish, OR write up), I'm intending on flying through a whole lot of movies that won't take as much time. So I guess I'll find out soon enough how they are on the turnaround time.

How many DVDs are you signed up for?

Ron

PS Item 31 is now "My Voyage To Italy: Special Features."

Ron wrote:
: Also, I've often used the "Jump All Queues" button . . .Does that make sense?

Eminently. FWIW, I've signed up for the 2-films-at-once service (with an unlimited number of DVDs per month, as opposed to the 6-DVDs-per-month plan). I've also signed up to pay for it quarterly, which costs less per quarter than paying for it monthly, but still, plunking down sixty bucks or more at one time for video rentals does give me pause.

: How many DVDs are you signed up for?

28. It's a real hodgepodge of stuff, and in a few cases I've signed up for every single disc in a series or set of discs. I frequently get DVDs out of the library (which lets you keep five at a time, plus of course it's free), but the library is sometimes slow in getting new releases, and there are other gaps besides, so ...

Currently at 31 (and it has been on and off for a while) is The Spook Who Sat by the Door. Hard for blaxploitation to move up the list.

Update: I have now seen one of my former #31s - Paths of Glory. Nice film. I didn't get it from Netflix, but I watched it and it's now off the queue.

Current #31 is The Girl from Monday. No real hurry to move it ahead of others.

Peter will appreciate this.

Current #31: When Harry Met Sally

I saw it years ago; thought it was OK. Looking forward to seeing it with my wife.

#31: Strangers on a Train

My #31 (out of 158) is Collateral. I'm assuming one of the DVDs I sent back will make it through processing today, so my new #31 will be Tarnation. While I do tend to move things around fairly often, generally films keep moving up, so I imagine I'll see them both in the next couple of months. I'm on a 3 at a time plan.

Right now #31 in my queue is 2046. I keep telling myself I'm going to see it again to try to see if I can make sense of it this time. Of course, that's providing I don't keep bumping up other films to the top of my queue instead.

This topic has been moved to the better-suited "Film Awards, Festivals, and Lists" forum...

I don't know if anyone else has this problem. I get 3 at a time from netflix. Sometimes when the movie comes, I lose interest along the way. But I don't want to send it back without watching it. It feels like wasting money. So instead, I keep a movie for almost 6 months before finally watching it. I estimated that I lost $36 in the end anyway.

Not only that, if I would have known Kontroll would be this awesome, I would have watched it when it first arrived.

My latest number 31 is Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Current #31: Hal Hartley's BOOK OF LIFE. But since I don't really watch my queue in order - anything below #10 is really only there to remind me that they have the title, I'm constantly scanning the list and grabbing things from down below to jump to the top of the list - HH may do just fine, especially since he's got that new flick out, and I tend to cluster my viewing.

As for having a dvd for an excessively long time, I now have an informal rule that if I've had something more than three weeks, I watch it or send it back. Keep the flow going. I can always re-queue it when the interest returns.

R

Wallace & Gromit: Three Amazing Adventures. This has been on the queue a LONG time, gradually working its way up. I think I added it right after I saw The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
But as seems to be typical when I respond to this, I have a hole in my "at home," so another is being shipped today, making #31 "Central Station."

Does it bug anyone else that the ratings it shows are not an average, but what netflix believes you will think? There have been several films I've moved down due to lower ratings, only to discover the average is much higher. . .

JennyLynne wrote:
: Wallace & Gromit: Three Amazing Adventures.

Is that the Fox version (with the uncensored music), the Warner version (with all the bonus features), or the DreamWorks version (with the webisodes)?

I've noticed there's a lot of commentary in this thread about losing money by letting DVDs sit because you don't feel like watching what shows up. We did this with Kagemusha. I like Ron's policy of 3 weeks "in or out", but am wondering if anyone has come up with a good "queue management". I list so many movies I should see as the mood strikes me, and then I end up with 4 or 5 Kurosawa's in a row (and now that my wife has written down my password, 4 or 5 Masterpiece Theater snoozefests in a row).

Anyone have a system to balance out films you know you should see with lighter pieces to take the edge off?

A system? No, but I do check the queue now and then and move things up and down, or alternate "heavy" and "lighter" pieces. Frex, if we have a TV series, I alternate the discs with various movies.