Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)

Quote: Pacomartin

I think the second season of Stranger Things is considerably better than the first.

I never made it halfway thru the first ep
of season one, it must be better, how can
it be worse.

Quote: Evenbob

I never made it halfway thru the first ep
of season one, it must be better, how can
it be worse.

Stranger Things is not like La La Land; not surprised at your disappointment.

Quote: zippyboy

Stranger Things is not like La La Land; not surprised at your disappointment.

I hated Close Encounters and walked out
on ET. I still have no idea how ET ends,
I fantasize that they killed him and cooked
him of the grill and ate him. Close
Encounters was all downhill after he
destroyed his house building a replica
of the mountain in the living room. I
wanted to hurt myself and others when
it was over.

Quote: ams288

I just finished episode 4.

She's growing up fast! Born (February 19, 2004) Age 12 (13 September 2016) to age 13 (10 August 2017).

Quote: Evenbob

I hated Close Encounters and walked out
on ET. I still have no idea how ET ends,
I fantasize that they killed him and cooked
him of the grill and ate him.

Saw ET because everyone was seeing it. Never watched it again. For years they tried to "protect" the franchise, after it was out on VHS they set a limit date after which retailers were supposed to send back unsold copies. They would not license it to HBO.

Quote: Evenbob

I still have no idea how ET ends, I fantasize that they killed him and cooked him of the grill and ate him.

Even the blatant product placement for Eggos is supposed to be a flashback for the blatant product placement of Reese's pieces.





They didn't call it product placement in the 1950's. They just hung up a sign.

Quote: AZDuffman

Saw ET because everyone was seeing it. Never watched it again.

I had a visceral reaction to ET, I was
noisy about it as I left the theater.
That was in Santa Barbara when I
got free tickets to every theater
in town because I owned a bar
frequented by the manager of
all the theaters. I walked out on
a lot of movies in those days, I
cursed at the screen of ET.

I saw a little of it on Nflix and still
can't watch it.

Quote: Evenbob

I cursed at the screen of ET. I saw a little of it on Nflix and still can't watch it.

It seems like a very strong reaction to a movie which is basically a sci fi "Lassie come Home".
Most of the five dozen films that are estimated to have sold 60K (over all screenings in all years) or more tickets domestically are family films.


Year : Est. Tickets : Title : Studio
1937 : 109,000,000 : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs : Dis.
1939 : 202,044,600 : Gone with the Wind : MGM
1940 : 67,403,300 : Pinocchio : Dis.
1941 : 83,043,500 : Fantasia : Dis.
1942 : 63,712,400 : Bambi : RKO
1945 : 62,745,100 : The Bells of St. Mary's : RKO
1950 : 60,301,400 : Cinderella (1950) : Dis.
1952 : 60,000,000 : The Greatest Showman on Earth : Par.
1953 : 65,454,500 : The Robe : Fox
1956 : 131,000,000 : The Ten Commandments : Par.
1956 : 64,615,400 : Around the World in 80 Days : UA
1959 : 98,000,000 : Ben-Hur : MGM
1959 : 72,676,100 : Sleeping Beauty : Dis.
1961 : 99,917,300 : 101 Dalmatians : Dis.
1963 : 67,183,500 : Cleopatra (1963) : Fox
1964 : 78,181,800 : Mary Poppins : Dis.
1964 : 66,300,000 : Goldfinger : UA
1964 : 60,000,000 : My Fair Lady : WB
1965 : 142,415,400 : The Sound of Music : Fox
1965 : 124,135,500 : Doctor Zhivago : MGM
1965 : 74,800,000 : Thunderball : UA
1967 : 85,576,800 : The Graduate : AVCO
1967 : 73,679,900 : The Jungle Book : Dis.
1969 : 70,557,900 : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid : Fox
1970 : 69,998,100 : Love Story : Par.
1970 : 66,111,300 : Airport : Uni.
1972 : 78,922,600 : The Godfather : Par.
1973 : 110,599,200 : The Exorcist : WB
1973 : 89,142,900 : The Sting : Uni.
1973 : 65,714,300 : American Graffiti : Uni.
1974 : 63,239,600 : Blazing Saddles : WB
1974 : 61,375,700 : The Towering Inferno : Fox
1975 : 128,078,800 : Jaws : Uni.
1977 : 178,119,600 : Star Wars : Fox
1978 : 76,969,200 : Grease : Par.
1980 : 98,180,600 : The Empire Strikes Back : Fox
1981 : 88,526,800 : Raiders of the Lost Ark : Par.
1982 : 141,854,300 : E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial : Uni. -----------------------------------------------------
1983 : 94,059,400 : Return of the Jedi : Fox
1984 : 71,173,700 : Ghostbusters : Col.
1984 : 67,150,000 : Beverly Hills Cop : Par.

----------------------------------------------------- Lowest number of blockbuster films since WWII

1989 : 62,954,600 : Batman : WB
1990 : 67,734,200 : Home Alone : Fox

----------------------------------------------------- Lowest number of blockbuster films since WWII


1993 : 91,922,000 : Jurassic Park : Uni.
1994 : 89,146,400 : The Lion King : BV
1994 : 78,614,600 : Forrest Gump : Par.
1996 : 69,268,900 : Independence Day : Fox
1997 : 135,474,500 : Titanic : Par.
1999 : 90,312,100 : Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace : Fox
2002 : 69,484,700 : Spider-Man : Sony
2003 : 61,639,700 : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King : NL
2003 : 61,586,500 : Finding Nemo : BV
2004 : 71,050,900 : Shrek 2 : DW
2004 : 60,158,700 : Spider-Man 2 : Sony
2006 : 64,628,400 : Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest : BV
2008 : 74,463,500 : The Dark Knight : WB
2009 : 97,309,600 : Avatar : Fox
2012 : 76,881,200 : Marvel's The Avengers : BV
2015 : 108,115,100 : Star Wars: The Force Awakens : BV
2015 : 79,049,200 : Jurassic World : Uni.
2016 : 60,441,600 : Rogue One: A Star Wars Story : BV

Quote: Pacomartin

It seems like a very strong reaction to a movie which is basically a sci fi "Lassie come Home".

I was pissed at Spielberg for making
such childish claptrap nonsense. I
expected more from him then. I
expect nothing from him now and
he usually delivers.

I am really loving this second season of Stranger Things. I really liked the first one as well.