February 2010 Netflix Summary | Arrived at Home | Received at Netflix | Days at Home | Monthly Average Days at Home | Cost Per Movie |
Zombieland | 02/05 | 02/10 | 5 | ||
Cinderella Liberty | 02/05 | 02/25 | 20 | ||
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | 02/06 | 02/10 | 4 | ||
Jumper | 02/10 | 02/23 | 13 | ||
Black Snake Moan | 02/10 | 02/25 | 15 | ||
Sorority Row | 02/26 | 03/02 | 4 | ||
Brothers in Arms | 02/26 | 03/04 | 6 | ||
9.6 | $2.65 |
Zombieland was a lot of fun - don't know why I missed that one in the theaters, it would have been fun to see it on opening weekend. And I see at IMDB they have a page for Zombieland 2 and the studio may apparently go ahead and greenlight two sequels. Sorority Row was a decent slasher movie - I saw the previews for that so many times I had to eventually see it (I guess coming attractions saturation works afterall, eh?) And I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell was as stupid as everything I read indicated it would be, but was worth watching as its proof that any minor publishing success - on-line and/or in print - can lead to a movie deal if a studio thinks a property will have a large built-in audience.
The best movie from Netflix this month was Cinderella Liberty. I had just read The Last Detail and learned that another book by the author, Darryl Ponicsan, was the source for this movie. Like The Last Detail, its a gritty, realistic portrayal of Nacy life. Marsha Mason was great in it and maybe I've come to associate James Caan with Sonny Corleone too much, but I thought he was mis-cast in this and I didn't really buy him as the directionless, needy sailor. I picture someone like Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy mode being better for this role. But still a great flick. And I hadn't realized before I saw it that it was set and filmed in Seattle - I recognized some of the settings, and it must be a great record of what the city looked like in the late seventies, pre-urban renewal.
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