And so begins year three with Netflix. I covered year one and year two, of what was shipped to me, when, and when I shipped them back, previously.
Since last year got a bit long, I'm going to break it up a bit. So, this post covers shipping from September 26, 2008, to about halfway through (I'm not there yet, so ...).
Plan changes
None yet.
The times
09/26/2008 (F) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped. Watched Purple Rain (1984) online.
09/27/2008 (Sa) - Received next two movies. Watched Tokyo Story (1953), which was rather long ...
09/28/2008 (Su) - Watched 3:10 to Yuma (2007), which I had no idea was based on an Elmore Leonard short story ... I'll drop this and the other off in the mail tomorrow morning.
09/30/2008 (T) - Movies received by Netflix and next ones shipped.
10/01/2008 (W) - Received next two movies. Watched The Terminal (2004), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/02/2008 (R) - Watched Inside Man (2006), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/03/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Crash (2005), which my mom rented, and which was okay. Near the end reminded me of Magnolia, near the end.
10/04/2008 (Sa) - Received next movie. Watched Yojimbo (1961), which I picked up a copy of, a while ago.
10/05/2008 (Su) - Watched The 400 Blows (1959), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/06/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Videodrome (1983) online.
10/07/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and started watching Ray Bradbury Theater: Vol 1 (1985+). Watched "The Crowd" (which I recognized right away), "Marionettes, Inc.," "The Playground," "The Town Where No One Got Off" (very good), "Banshee," "The Coffin," and "Gotcha!."
10/08/2008 (W) - Watched the rest of Ray Bradbury Theater: Vol 1 (1985+); "The Screaming Woman," "The Emissary," "The Man Upstairs," "The Small Assassin," "On the Orient, North," and "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl." I'll drop it off today. Received and watched Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (1992). Oddly, I didn't forget anything about the movie, but actually thought there were more scenes ... I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/09/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
10/10/2008 (F) - Watched Burn After Reading (2008), which was actually rather good. Received next movie.
10/11/2008 (Sa) - Watched Revolver (2006), which I believe is a psychological Jason Statham movie. Huh? I'll drop it off Sunday or Monday (no mail delivery on Monday), although I might watch it again before I do so ...
10/13/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Expected delivery on Wednesday.
10/14/2008 (T) - Dropped movie off in the mail. Received (early it seems) and watched Scream (1996). I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/15/2008 (W) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
10/16/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), which was actually rather funny, but an abrupt end. Why do they do that to themselves? I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/17/2008 (F) - Received next movie.
10/18/2008 (Sa) - Watched Novocaine: Special Edition (2001), which was very good. I'll try to drop off today, before lunch. Watched The Big One (1998) online. Watched Big Trouble in Little China (1986) online.
10/19/2008 (Su) - Watched The Film Crew: Killers from Space (2007). Pretty bad when the most interesting part of the movie takes place in a flashback ... and definitely not MST3K commentary. Watched No Country for Old Men (2007) online. Watched Cashback (2006) online.
10/20/2008 (M) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped.
10/21/2008 (T) - Received next two movies. Watched Firestarter (1984). I haven't read the book for over a decade, but I think I liked it better. But, who else could star but Barrymore? I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/22/2008 (W) - Watched Running Scared (2006), which was extremely good. I'll either drop off or let it be picked up tomorrow (I'm on vacation, and I ended up being sick, so I won't drop it off until Saturday, or Friday night through my sister).
10/23/2008 (R) - Watched Rob Lumley's copy of JFK: Director's Cut (1991). Good, but long. Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched 30 Days of Night (2007) online. Watched 2 Days in the Valley (1996) online.
10/24/2008 (F) - Received and watched The Return of the Living Dead (1985), which is truly a cult film at its best. I'll mail in the Milwaukee mailer tomorrow (unless my sister takes this and the other and drops them off - I ended up dropping them off late).
10/25/2008 (Sa) - Watched Heavy Metal (1981) online. Eh.
10/27/2008 (M) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped.
10/28/2008 (T) - Received next two movies. Watched Hostage (2005), which proves again how great Bruce Willis is. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/30/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Ali (2001), which I'll drop off tomorrow morning.
10/31/2008 (F) - Received and watched Better Off Dead (1985). No Joan Cusack? At least there's a cute French girl ... I'll drop it off Monday morning.
11/01/2008 (Sa) - Started November off right, with the feel good flick License to Drive (1988) online.
11/02/2008 (Su) - Watched Once Upon a Time in China (1991), which had a very good opening/closing song. Netflix is right; definitely a good example of the genre.
11/03/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
11/04/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received next movie.
11/05/2008 (W) - Received and watched The Transporter 2 (2005), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/06/2008 (R) - Watched L'Avventura (1960), which was good, but long. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
11/07/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Double Team (1997) online.
11/09/2008 (Su) - Watched Drunken Master (1978) online.
11/10/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped, for Wednesday. Received and watched Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Okay, but long. I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/12/2008 (W) - Received and watched The Last House on the Left: Special Edition (1972), which was fine, and which I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/13/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
11/14/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched the first 6 episodes from Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 1 (2000). I'll either drop it off or put it in the mail tomorrow.
11/15/2008 (Sa) - Received and watched episodes 7 through 10 (id est, the rest) of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 2 (2000) and the one-hour special feature. I'll drop off Sunday or Monday morning. Overall, good, but painful; how many episodes can you get yourself into a hole?
11/16/2008 (Su) - Watched Legend: The Director's Cut (1986) online.
11/17/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched my copy of Appleseed Ex Machina (2007).
11/18/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched Starship Troopers (1997), which wasn't half bad. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
11/19/2008 (W) - Received and watched Flight of the Conchords: Season 1: Disc 1 (2007), which I'll drop off tomorrow. Funny moments, but they're spread out a bit ...
