Netflix Recommendations 2.0 *READ FIRST POST*

peteeeed

ixoy wrote: »

Is it coming to Netflix here? It's not there currently.

December

peteeeed

Passengers
The tribe( film )

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ILikeBoats

peteeeed wrote: »

Passengers

Is this with Chris Pratt? Any use?

mikhail

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Is this with Chris Pratt? Any use?

It's harmless enough. Looks slick, two decent leads in Pratt and Lawrence, story isn't anything special. 7/10 on imdb and 30% on rotten tomatoes, for whatever that's worth.

GBX

I enjoyed Passengers. Worth a watch.

Fysh

sweetie wrote: »

Loved that and their previous one is supposed to be good too, called Resolution.

Resolution is the first film by the two directors and is well worth a watch - limited budget but well written and directed. It was included in the Bluray release of The Endless (maybe because the two films have some shared characters and common settings?) - daftly, I bought the Blu-ray but have only watched Resolution so far, yet to get around to The Endless.

They also did a film called Spring in between the other two which is well worth a watch - it's a character focused romance story that's also kind of a horror story, but the writing and dialogue is good. It is (or at least was) on Netflix so worth a look if you liked The Endless.

kunst nugget

Yeah, I've seen Spring as well and it is well worth a watch.

Fysh

peteeeed wrote: »

Passengers
The tribe( film )

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That's twice now I've seen this mentioned - I thought it was the 2015 Ukranian drama (which I want to see) but it turns out to be a Spanish comedy.

Ciaran_B

Fysh wrote: »

That's twice now I've seen this mentioned - I thought it was the 2015 Ukranian drama (which I want to see) but it turns out to be a Spanish comedy.

The one set in the school for deaf children? Easily one of the most depressing films I've ever seen.

gmisk

km79 wrote: »

Neither am I
So that’s two of us then ....

That was in response to another post about that film

You said a monster calls is so good

And they responded
.....If you're a teenage girl.

Ott tearjerk heartstring nonsense.
I was just pointing out I am not a teenage girl.

Aenaes

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

December 31
Silence of the Lambs

About time. Red Dragon and Hannibal (the film) have both been on Netflix for a while now.

johnny_ultimate

CAM is worth 90ish minutes of your time. I was apprehensive going in given the sleazy subject matter was rife for exploitation. But while it certainly doesn’t back off some of the more explicit material (albeit *relatively* tastefully, given how it could have gone) I think it mostly achieves a fine balance - likely the result of the scriptwriter being a former ‘cam girl’ herself.

As a thriller I found it consistently involving. It’s a weird, Lynchian central premise with a more accessible delivery. While it definitely isn’t tied to reality and doesn’t provide definitive or logical answers, it keeps things reasonably grounded given the surreal, creepy events unfolding. Madeline Brewer does a damn good job in the lead role,

This isn’t the best of the recent Netflix lot - Other Side of the Wind or Buster Scruggs are more substantial works. But this is still several cuts above the dismal standards for Netflix originals had until very recently. A solid, high concept thriller that’s a definitely an easy, entertaining watch on a rainy November evening.

Frank O. Pinion

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

CAM...

It didn't have a proper ending or explanation, at all. I'm all for open endings and not getting everything explained, but it didn't even hint at anything.

"Lynchian", this is not.

tigger123

A Monster Calls is an incredible film, would highly recommend it. And you will be in floods by the end of it.

Knine

tigger123 wrote: »

A Monster Calls is an incredible film, would highly recommend it. And you will be in floods by the end of it.

Can't find it on Netflix

Aenaes

Knine wrote: »

Can't find it on Netflix

It's not being added until the 9th of December.

mooseknunkle

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

It didn't have a proper ending or explanation, at all. I'm all for open endings and not getting everything explained, but it didn't even hint at anything.

"Lynchian", this is not.

I watched it last night and i didnt have a clue what was going on,i still thought it was good though.

Murph76

Aenaes wrote: »

About time. Red Dragon and Hannibal (the film) have both been on Netflix for a while now.

Hannibal wasn´t worth watching...:(

Murph76

Any recomendations for kids movies added lately?

Frank O. Pinion

Murph76 wrote: »

Any recomendations for kids movies added lately?

I don't find Netflix great for regularly added kids movies. Once you've seen all the good stuff they already have, there's not a steady stream of quality kids stuff each month.

The Land Before Time (1988), Rio 2 (2014), Gnome Alone (2017) were added in October.

Nothing great for November for kids, although...

"Netflix Original" film, The Christmas Chronicles, with Kurt Russell as Santa was released today, which I plan to watch tomorrow.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Murph76 wrote: »

Any recomendations for kids movies added lately?

Not added recently but a few that are really great but often overlooked are Megamind, Rise of the Guardians and Over the Hedge.

Hurrache

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Not added recently but a few that are really great but often overlooked are Megamind, Rise of the Guardians and Over the Hedge.

All 3 great moves, Megamind is great. Another overlooked one with a great voice cast that I've watched a few times is Monsters vs Aliens.

Labyrinth stands up to multiple viewings all these years later, Secret life of Pets, Kubo and the Two Strings, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 are all movies I've enjoyed watching with the kids.

Problem is as the guys said, the rotation of kids movies is slow.

peteeeed

MST3000 season 2
The Christmas chronicles
Great leaf season 3 added today

kunst nugget

Hurrache wrote: »

All 3 great moves, Megamind is great. Another overlooked one with a great voice cast that I've watched a few times is Monsters vs Aliens.

Labyrinth stands up to multiple viewings all these years later, Secret life of Pets, Kubo and the Two Strings, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 are all movies I've enjoyed watching with the kids.

Problem is as the guys said, the rotation of kids movies is slow.

Goonies still stands the test of time.

Mebuntu

Murph76 wrote: »

Any recomendations for kids movies added lately?

Wonder is very good.

lolo62

kunst nugget wrote: »

Goonies still stands the test of time.

Watched the other night still magic.

murpho999

Mebuntu wrote: »

Wonder is very good.

It's a very good film but not a kids film for me.

donfers

Anyone seen Roma yet?

brilou23

Just finished the last kingdom it was excellent hope it gets a 4th season

CastorTroy

Haven't noticed with other series I've watched, but is Sabrina the only one that does a recap if you leave and come back to an episode?

Itssoeasy

brilou23 wrote: »

Just finished the last kingdom it was excellent hope it gets a 4th season

I've only watched the first two episodes of season 3 and

the nephew of king Alfred and the lord of Mercia hopefully get a slap as they are bugging me

Itssoeasy

CastorTroy wrote: »

Haven't noticed with other series I've watched, but is Sabrina the only one that does a recap if you leave and come back to an episode?

The opening episode of season 3 of the last kingdom had a recap but I've not noticed it happening when you resume an episode.

shamrock55

Kids Should Be Made To Watch WONDEE, they could learn a lot from it

mooseknunkle

F is for Family season 3 coming next week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U94RUsVj2w

Mr.Wemmick

Enjoyed the documentary on Quincy Jones. Although I would have preferred if more film time was spent on the music.

Hurrache

kunst nugget wrote: »

Goonies still stands the test of time.

I love it, but my wife isn't a fan, the oddball.

johnny_ultimate

donfers wrote: »

Anyone seen Roma yet?

Aye. It’s easily the best thing Netflix has ever put its name to - I say that without a second’s hesitation. I’ll write more when it’s closer to Netflix release in a couple of weeks, but it’s just stunning, personal and deeply, deeply moving cinema and maybe the strongest film Cuaron has made yet (maybe!)

fin12

brilou23 wrote: »

Just finished the last kingdom it was excellent hope it gets a 4th season

Ya it’s absolutely brilliant. I can’t wait.

Sorry I actually haven’t watched season 3 at all didn’t realize that was the new series.

fin12

sugarman wrote: »

Brilliant show, I just finished season 2 this evening too

When is season 3 out?

fin12

Anyone who loves Dogs, Netflix has a 6 episode documentary series about dogs called Dogs. They really are so amazing.

mooseknunkle

fin12 wrote: »

When is season 3 out?

30th November

shamrock55

fin12 wrote: »

Anyone who loves Dogs, Netflix has a 6 episode documentary series about dogs called Dogs. They really are so amazing.

Really, I thought dogs would've been about cats, I might watch it so

spacecoyote

shamrock55 wrote: »

Kids Should Be Made To Watch WONDER, they could learn a lot from it

My wife is a primary teacher & has been reading the book it's based on to her classes for years.

You're right, it's an excellent story to help build empathy in children

Missyelliot2

fin12 wrote: »

Anyone who loves Dogs, Netflix has a 6 episode documentary series about dogs called Dogs. They really are so amazing.

Thank you for this.... am waiting for someone to call to repair the washing machine - and have blubbed my way through episode one. ,
with my little fella asleep on the couch...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

spacecoyote wrote: »

My wife is a primary teacher & has been reading the book it's based on to her classes for years.

You're right, it's an excellent story to help build empathy in children

Perhaps adults should be made read/watch it as children aren't born without empathy.

peteeeed

Frontier season 3
Fugitiva season 1
A domestic abuse survivor orchestrates an elaborate deception to protect her family from her powerfully wealthy husband and his vindictive enemies.

And some various series by Monty don

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Gloomtastic!

Don’t think I’ve seen Outlaw King mentioned. It’s basically the Netflix sequel to Braveheart. It gets a 5 star rating and deservedly so.

KERSPLAT!

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Don’t think I’ve seen Outlaw King mentioned. It’s basically the Netflix sequel to Braveheart. It gets a 5 star rating and deservedly so.

Thought it was pretty poor, I was bored half way through. Watchable but that's about it

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I started watching Shera and the Princesses of Power the other day and it's actually really enjoyable. It looks like a show for very young and very girly girls, and it doesn't hold back on being feminine, for the most part, but it's a more complex story than it appears and there's some nice humour in it too. Captain Seahawk is a fabulous character. Maybe one to watch with kids but a decent way to kill a bit of time on your own too.

(i have no knowledge of the original series to compare this to, so don't yell at me if you have strong feelings about that)

murpho999

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Don’t think I’ve seen Outlaw King mentioned. It’s basically the Netflix sequel to Braveheart. It gets a 5 star rating and deservedly so.

5 star rating from whom? Reviews are pretty average.