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OneMoreRobot3021
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I got a NetFlix coupon
#4222521 - 05/26/05 12:41 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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for 2 free weeks of rentals.
First up: BARAKA
I can't wait to finally see it, stoned as all heck.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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HELLA_TIGHT
Madge the Smoking Vag
Registered: 08/19/03
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never heard of it
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4222537 - 05/26/05 12:44 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect. And there are other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi) explains that the effect was intentional: "It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there." And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Burke Dennings
baby merchant
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I'll sum up your whole world in 104 minutes.
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afoaf
CEO DBK?
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Dr. Strangelove
-------------------- All I know is The Growery is a place where losers who get banned here go.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: afoaf]
#4222570 - 05/26/05 12:48 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Seen it own it love it.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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HELLA_TIGHT
Madge the Smoking Vag
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good deal
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Burke Dennings
baby merchant
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Dr. Strangelove is great.
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EnCHaNTeDHoBBiT
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Baraka blew me away. I believe the only word I was able to mutter the entire movie was ahhhh WOW.
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blissedout
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Netflix owns! You should definitely check out City of God. They have it and that is one of the best movies that I have seen in awhile.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: blissedout]
#4222915 - 05/26/05 02:21 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I been meaning to see that for MONTHS now, thanks for the reminder..I'm gonna go shoot it to the top of the queue, asap.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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blissedout
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I am gonna buy it, eventually. I just haven't ran across a copy to buy.
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Noetical
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City of Good is one of the best flicks ever, And Lil 'Ze is one of the baddest motherfuckers around!
I saw Baraka in grade 9 in a Recreational Math Class (Best class ever) I got kicked out that day cause I wouldn't stop talking. I was too young to appreciate and the only thing that sticks out is the chickens.
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afoaf
CEO DBK?
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have you seen clay pigeons?
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: blissedout]
#4222949 - 05/26/05 02:29 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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These just got sent to me, coming Saturday.
Baraka My Neighbor Totoro Fog of War
Other than that my queue is:
City of God Dodes'kaden The Manchurian Candidate (the original)
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: afoaf]
#4222966 - 05/26/05 02:30 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nope, what is it?
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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blissedout
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lol We have like 250 movies in our Netflix queue. They just keep coming!
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: blissedout]
#4222979 - 05/26/05 02:32 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think I'm gonna sign up for good once this free trial runs out.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Adden
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i want netflix
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: I got a NetFlix coupon [Re: Adden]
#4222999 - 05/26/05 02:36 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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My sister's friend Shu Ping sent back the wrong movie once and they never said anything.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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