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Netflix - Film Recommendations *READ FIRST POST*

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    #6962
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    I've always enjoyed House of Cards. Not amazingly intelligent but enjoyable enough to watch I think. I'll be watching season 4 for sure.


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    #6963
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


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    I watched Smashed on UK Netflix recently and quite enjoyed it - Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul are a young married couple who are both alcoholics whose marriage is strained when Kate decides that it's time to quit drinking. It manages to avoid being preachy, has a strong central performance from Winstead and manages some very funny moments without making light of the subject.


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    #6964
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,265 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


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    Fysh wrote: »
    I watched Smashed on UK Netflix recently and quite enjoyed it - Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul are a young married couple who are both alcoholics whose marriage is strained when Kate decides that it's time to quit drinking. It manages to avoid being preachy, has a strong central performance from Winstead and manages some very funny moments without making light of the subject.

    Watched that a few years ago and its pretty good yeah, genuine laugh out loud at a certain unexpected line from Nick Offerman's character.


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    #6965
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    India's Daughter, very upsetting documentary. As I woman makes me so angry and unbelievable how backward some countries Still are.


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    #6966
    Rjd2
    Registered Users Posts: 12,096 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    So anybody else have their passport revoked recently?:(


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    #6967
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Rjd2 wrote: »
    So anybody else have their passport revoked recently?:(

    Yep 2 weeks ago it was a heartbreaking experience for me.


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    #6968
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


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    Me too. I didn't use it as much as some but it was great while it lasted


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    #6969
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,265 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


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    Watched Dope on the US site last night, well worth a look. Pretty funny with a great soundtrack and a very good central performance.


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    #6970
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,438 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    There is a thread about Netflix region blocking here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057549557

    Please keep this thread for recommendations. Thanks.


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    #6971
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


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    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Watched Dope on the US site last night, well worth a look. Pretty funny with a great soundtrack and a very good central performance.

    yeah its excellent


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    #6972
    Mousewar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭Mousewar


    The Voices
    Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, and that good looking one from Clash of the Titans whose name escapes me.

    Took a punt on it when I was browsing through Netflix and was very pleasantly surprised. It's effectively a dark comedy but that's deceptive and in actual fact it is quite a decent depiction of severe mental illness. The comedy aspect probably caused this side of the film to be overlooked or dismissed but really it's actually a film of some substance. Bit gruesome in parts but nothing too severe. Not a masterpiece but would definitely recommend. On the Irish netflix.


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    #6973
    Howard the Duck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Howard the Duck


    Mousewar wrote: »
    The Voices
    Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, and that good looking one from Clash of the Titans whose name escapes me.

    Took a punt on it when I was browsing through Netflix and was very pleasantly surprised. It's effectively a dark comedy but that's deceptive and in actual fact it is quite a decent depiction of severe mental illness. The comedy aspect probably caused this side of the film to be overlooked or dismissed but really it's actually a film of some substance. Bit gruesome in parts but nothing too severe. Not a masterpiece but would definitely recommend. On the Irish netflix.

    The trailer for this was very misleading , looked like an almost out and out comedy, i think it's a stretch calling it a dark comedy. I just found it very very dark. Not a bad movie just not what i expected when i went to the cinema to see it


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    #6974
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    Deadly Women true crime series. If you like Forensic Files, should watch this.


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    #6975
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    Anyone here sub Mubi.com? I'm thinking of switching to it and dropping Netflix. Seems to have much less filler and they announce well ahead of time when films are added and removed.

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    #6976
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


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    Does Mubi only show 30 movies a day?

    Not much of an alternative to Netflix if so


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    #6977
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,438 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Yeah, Mubi is great if you're interested in a broader spectrum of cinema. Even just looking at any day's selection of 30 films, you'll get a better insight into some of the great auteurs of world and classic cinema that you do on Netflix - right now for example you have Varda, Capra, Cassavetes, Griffith, von Stroheim, Vidor etc... alongside a host of contemporary directors, both obscure and well known.

    The only thing I'd say is there was a few months there when the selection became a bit more mainstream than usual. They must have agreed a new deal with a studio or something. There was still plenty of obscurities and foreign fare too, of course, and I can see how it'd help attract more subscribers. But yeah as someone who prefers the 'curated' approach of Mubi it meant a less interesting few months than usual.
    Does Mubi only show 30 movies a day?

    One film is added and removed every day. So basically it's 365 films a year. By and large they wisely aim for a quality over quantity approach. It aims for a different audience and approach rather than trying to compete directly with Netflix.


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    #6978
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,931 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


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    Synode wrote: »
    Does Mubi only show 30 movies a day?

    Not much of an alternative to Netflix if so

    My understanding of it is they add one and remove one every day so it's like a constantly revolving buffet with limited choice. I don't think they do TV at all either.


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    #6979
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,104 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote:
    I don't think they do TV at all either.

    Apart from Mrs. Brown's Boys they don't.


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    #6980
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Technocentral wrote: »
    Apart from Mrs. Brown's Boys they don't.

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    #6981
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


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    flaked , new netflix made comedy staring will arnett added to all regions today


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    #6982
    Edward Hopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Edward Hopper


    peteeeed wrote: »
    flaked , new netflix made comedy staring will arnett added to all regions today

    Taken a bit of a hammering in a few reviews I've read, think people are reaching dramedy saturation point. I'll give it a go anyway.


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    #6983
    spektorfive
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭spektorfive


    I start watching Flaked, after only seeing it mention here, It wasn't promoted on Netflix main page which I always see as a sign Netflix are burying it. I last barley ten minutes. It seems a very L.A. show. I be honest I haven't been impressed with Netflix out put. The new "comedy" with Ashton Kutcher looks awful. As I said a lot of the their own shows just has the L.A vibe, Frankie and Grace, Bojack etc. which I don't care for.


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    #6984
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    spektorfive wrote: »
    I start watching Flaked, after only seeing it mention here, It wasn't promoted on Netflix main page which I always see as a sign Netflix are burying it. I last barley ten minutes. It seems a very L.A. show. I be honest I haven't been impressed with Netflix out put. The new "comedy" with Ashton Kutcher looks awful. As I said a lot of the their own shows just has the L.A vibe, Frankie and Grace, Bojack etc. which I don't care for.

    I think F is for family was very funny.


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    #6985
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    Woohoo Daredevil season 2 is on Netflix on the 18th of March, really liked the first season.


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    #6986
    Dair76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Dair76


    fin12 wrote: »
    Woohoo Daredevil season 2 is on Netflix on the 18th of March, really liked the first season.

    Nice one - during midterm from college, so I don't have to feel guilty about bingeing on the whole series.


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    #6987
    FunLover18
    Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


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    fin12 wrote: »
    Woohoo Daredevil season 2 is on Netflix on the 18th of March, really liked the first season.

    I wish it were a day earlier, I hate Paddy's day and could do with something to do.


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    #6988
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    I wish it were a day earlier, I hate Paddy's day and could do with something to do.

    I think it's a pretty crap day too and can't even drink either because work the next day...


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    #6989
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,114 ✭✭✭✭flazio


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    Captain America Winter Solider now on UK Ireland Netflix.


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    #6990
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,468 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


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    Not much comment on House of Cards, Season 4....... Three episodes in, very impressed so far!


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    #6991
    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    Personally I'm pretty disappointed with the recent Netflix Originals. F Is For Family is absolutely awful imo, I just couldn't tolerate the art style.

    And as for Full House... Cac! It has one of those horrible laughing tracks which is badly badly overused.

    *character says hello*
    *HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

    House Of Cards however, I really enjoy.


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