What should teachercd watch this summer?

[NUance]

Help a guy out. Make your suggestion(s) for what teachercd should watch this summer. Okay, granted we don't know what he's already seen. So just make a guess at what you think he'd be interested in. Maybe throw in something obscure that he hasn't likely seen.

My suggestions?

• Band of Brothers. If you have time, read the book first. This is a great, great HBO mini-series.

• The one season series Firefly followed by the movie Serenity. Probably my favorite thing on Netflix, if you get that.

• Rushmore and/or The Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson's two best movies.

• Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. A documentary about modern day trappers in a remote Siberian village. They are phenomenal craftsmen.

 

[The Dude]

The Shawshank Redemption

Never gets old. Ever.

 

[teachercd]

Help a guy out. Make your suggestion(s) for what teachercd should watch this summer. Okay, granted we don't know what he's already seen. So just make a guess at what you think he'd be interested in. Maybe throw in something obscure that he hasn't likely seen.

My suggestions?

• Band of Brothers. If you have time, read the book first. This is a great, great HBO mini-series.

• The one season series Firefly followed by the movie Serenity. Probably my favorite thing on Netflix, if you get that.

• Rushmore and/or The Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson's two best movies.

• Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. A documentary about modern day trappers in a remote Siberian village. They are phenomenal craftsmen.

Interesting picks! I love Rushmore!

 

[NUance]

Interesting picks! I love Rushmore!

Yeah, I like Wes Anderson's style. Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums are both great flicks. I also like his animated film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. I haven't seen a couple of his latest films though: Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Guess I have those to look forward to.

 

[huKSer]

Just on the "I've got nothing to do all summer" here is the longest American movies ever made.

• Hamlet (1996) (242 mins.)
• The Iceman Cometh (239 mins.)
• Gods and Generals (231 mins.)
• Once Upon a Time in America (229 mins.)
• Lawrence of Arabia (227 mins.)
• Gone With the Wind (226 mins.)
• Heaven’s Gate (220 mins.)
• Ben-Hur (212 mins.)
• Exodus (208 mins.)
• War and Peace (208 mins.)
• Apocalypse Now Redux (202 mins.)
• The Alamo (202 mins.)
• Malcolm X (202 mins.)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (201 mins.)
• Giant (201 mins.)
• The Godfather Part II (200 mins.)
• Dr. Zhivago (197 mins.)
• Intolerance (197 mins.)
• Pepe (195 mins.)
• Ryan’s Daughter (195 mins.)
• Schindler’s List (195 mins.)
• Titanic (194 mins.)
• Reds (194 mins.)
• The Right Stuff (193 mins.)
• It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (192 mins.)
• Nixon (192 mins.)
• Tess (190 mins.)
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord (189 mins.)
• Hawaii (189 mins.)
• JFK (189 mins.)
• Nicholas and Alexandra (189 mins.)
• Gandhi (188 mins.)
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (188 mins.)
• The Green Mile (188 mins.)
• King Kong (2005) (187 mins.)
• The Birth of a Nation (187 mins.)
• Short Cuts (187 mins.)
• Judgement at Nuremberg (186 mins.)
• The Deer Hunter (185 mins.)
• Barry Lyndon (184 mins.)
• Spartacus (184 mins.)
• Woodstock (184 mins.)
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (183 mins.)
• O Lucky Man! (183 mins.)
• Pearl Harbor (183 mins.)
• El Cid (182 mins.)
• Fiddler on the Roof (181 mins.)
• Dances with Wolves (180 mins.)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (179 mins.)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (178 mins.)

 

[sd'sker]

you should dedicate yourself to watching 'the wire'.

 

[StPaulHusker]

you should dedicate yourself to watching 'the wire'.

I concur with this. I just finished season 1 last night.

Going to watch season 1 of The Americans staring tonight and then go back to Season 2 of the Wire after that.

 

[teachercd]

I liked the Americans at first but I lost interest. I don't really know why.

 

[sd'sker]

you should dedicate yourself to watching 'the wire'.

I concur with this. I just finished season 1 last night.

Going to watch season 1 of The Americans staring tonight and then go back to Season 2 of the Wire after that.

while watching the entire series, i was not crazy about season 2. but upon rewatching it, season 2 might be my favorite.

 

[strigori]

The Wire is always a good pick. HBO tends to be solid, more recently off of there True Detective and Game of Thrones are very highly recommended.

 

[ADS]

Porn? Everyone likes porn.

 

[GM_Tood]

Porn? Everyone likes porn.

Or, at least, chicks sunbathing at the pool.

 

[teachercd]

Man...I am out of stuff to watch again.

I don't think think I am going to start The Wire

But I need something

 

[NUance]

Maybe get one of the pay cable channels that you don't already get. Like HBO, Max, Encore, Starz, etc., if there's one of those you don't already subscribe to. The On-Demand stuff you'll gain access to will provide you with plenty of content.

Either that, or take up golf.

 

[Redux]

I suggest anything with Hulk Hogan "acting" in it.