Comments on: The Ref (1994) http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/ There are 7,000 languages in the world that I do not know how to speak. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Emily http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-86 Emily Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:36:16 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-86 So you're saying a disproportionately high percentage of your income is spent on movie watching. That is where we differ, my brother. I did not get the movie-watching and tolerating genes that you did. So you’re saying a disproportionately high percentage of your income is spent on movie watching. That is where we differ, my brother. I did not get the movie-watching and tolerating genes that you did.

]]> By: monoglot http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-84 monoglot Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:40:04 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-84 We don't actually get enough movies from Netflix each month to matter. I would say we get 10 in a good month. The primary reason is the video store around the corner from us, where we also have an unlimited membership. Netflix is great for longterm movie viewing plans and overarching schemes (for example, seeing everything possible from 1974, which, yeah, we're doing), but you can't beat the Hollywood a block away for newish releases on a whim. And then there's digital cable with a couple hundred free on-demand movie-viewing options... We don’t actually get enough movies from Netflix each month to matter. I would say we get 10 in a good month. The primary reason is the video store around the corner from us, where we also have an unlimited membership. Netflix is great for longterm movie viewing plans and overarching schemes (for example, seeing everything possible from 1974, which, yeah, we’re doing), but you can’t beat the Hollywood a block away for newish releases on a whim.

And then there’s digital cable with a couple hundred free on-demand movie-viewing options…

]]> By: Emily http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-83 Emily Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:37:22 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-83 How many movies do you get from Netflix each month? They may be ripping you off. Did you see that? How many movies do you get from Netflix each month? They may be ripping you off. Did you see that?

]]> By: Jessica http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-82 Jessica Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:16:59 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-82 Some crime movies depend on the double-cross or the wood-chipper to tear people apart: Grifters, Reservoir Dogs, Little Caesar, Shallow Grave, Asphalt Jungle, Fargo Some crime movies depend on the double-cross or the wood-chipper to tear people apart:

Grifters, Reservoir Dogs, Little Caesar, Shallow Grave, Asphalt Jungle, Fargo

]]> By: monoglot http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-81 monoglot Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:03:05 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-81 No great shakes, I tell you! No great shakes, I tell you!

]]> By: Jessica http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-80 Jessica Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:58:53 +0000 http://monoglot.com/2006/02/09/the-ref/#comment-80 I don't know how to respond to this. The Ref is an awful movie -- bad script, bad pacing, stupid premise, unbelievable and unlikeable characters. We must have been watching two different movies with the same title! I don’t know how to respond to this. The Ref is an awful movie — bad script, bad pacing, stupid premise, unbelievable and unlikeable characters. We must have been watching two different movies with the same title!

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