Netflix Recommendations 2.0 *READ FIRST POST*

peteeeed

sugarman wrote: »

I gave it 15mins, absolutely utter rubbish. A toned back / dumbed down Jimmy Carr just doesn't work whatever the shows format. But the guests were terrible, everyone came off as awkward and the laughs were forced. You could tell it was primarily aimed at a US audience.




Finished this earlier. Brilliant watch. Great insight to the mess and shambles that went on behind the scenes. I dont think itd have worked out as well if things had went to plan.

I'd recommend the four year plan about QPR , incredible watch

peteeeed

Escape plan 2 : Hades
The big short

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snotboogie

Us and them. Romance/Drama set in Beijing around Chinese New Year. Possibly the only modern Chinese film of genuine quality. It has a perfect score on rotten tomatoes but it has plenty of faults, most notably teetering between emotional and mawkish too often. Worth a watch if you have any interest in a glimpse into modern Chinese life.

Bahanaman

Thought Derry Girls was on Netflix! Can't find it...

NIMAN

Which Netflix have you?

I have Irish one and often am told shows are on NEtflix and can never find them.

Must be UK ?

killbillvol2

Bowlardo wrote: »

Rake is really really funny. Drops off for the last season but 4 season of quality laughs. I’m really surprised more people haven’t seen it

I've recommended it to a few people. Just starting the final season myself now and there's a big dip in quality. First four seasons were excellent though.

mightybashful

Bahanaman wrote: »

Thought Derry Girls was on Netflix! Can't find it...

Not on the Irish or UK Netflix. Its on All4 though

rebeve

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I've recommended it to a few people. Just starting the final season myself now and there's a big dip in quality. First four seasons were excellent though.

Season 5 is shocking ,dont waste your time .

Mantis Toboggan

Started watching Cuckoo, lighthearted fun.

Mam of 4

Did anyone watch The Casketeers yet ?
I thought it was lovely the way this Undertakers business handled the needs of the customers .

Also eye opening to learn how people of a different culture/race conduct their funeral services/burials .

But , Francis , he had me in knots laughing , funny , funny man !

FunLover18

Watched the first episode of The Fix, it's not good but it was kind of fascinating. It's an American production and they don't really do panel shows. The budget is obviously quite low and it feels like a poor multi-cam sitcom; the audience's laughter feels forces and the camera keeps cutting to other panellists for reaction shots to what's just been said. I won't be watching another episode.

cml387

Watched Bird Box, it's not bad with a good sense of tension but I spent the entire movie remarking on how much Sandra Bullock looks like Michael Jackson.

peteeeed

Bahanaman wrote: »

Thought Derry Girls was on Netflix! Can't find it...

netflix bought the rights to show it outside the uk

kunst nugget

cml387 wrote: »

Watched Bird Box, it's not bad with a good sense of tension but I spent the entire movie remarking on how much Sandra Bullock looks like Michael Jackson.

Ha, that's what me and the missus were saying as well. Pretty off putting.

I enjoyed the film beside that.

peteeeed

Dealt
From losing his eyesight as a child to achieving global glory, this documentary follows the life and rise of legendary card magician Richard Turner

Hi Score Girl season 1
A chronic gamer abysmally inept in academics and sports finally meets his match at his usual shady arcade -- and it's his rich classmate, Akira.

The Last Animals
This sobering documentary highlights the poaching and trafficking of elephants and rhinos, and the activists who will stop at nothing to protect them

The Miracle Season
Grieving the death of their star player, a high school volleyball team is led by their stern but kind coach to pursue the state championship.

Stand Up and Away! with Brian Regan
Brian Regan blends his trademark observational stand-up with short sketches and a bit of audience interaction in this hybrid comedy series

Way Back into Love season 1
After years in the U.S., a Taiwanese immigrant returns to her hometown with a young daughter in tow to assist her father with his bed-and-breakfast.

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seligehgit

Just watched The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Absolutely brilliant IMO.

vkus6mt3y8zg2q

Den Of Thieves, top quality heist movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it

the whole year inn

sugarman wrote: »

Don't bother with Escape Plan anyway.. As ridiculous as the first film was, it was a bit of mindless fun that saw Stallone and Schwarzenegger really co star a film together for the first time. Solid 6/10 leave your brain at the door stuff.

Hades, is a poor B movie starting Batista and 50 cent bigged up using Stallone's name to try sell it, to what is essentially a cameo appearance by him. Script is poor, acting is poor, visuals are poor.. it's just an all round stinker.

Its pure garbage ,I watched the first one and your right its a watchable.The second is a mess.

peteeeed

Overboard (2018)

The domestics
In a post-apocalyptic America divided by gang violence, a married couple must pass through several deadly territories on their road to refuge

Mary Shelley

Swimming with men
Neck-deep in a mid-life crisis, a bored and unhappily married accountant finds solidarity in an all-male, amateur synchronized swimming team
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peteeeed

Avengers age of Ultron added today

qwabercd

You was added today aswell.

A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

Been looking forward to this one for a while, gets good ratings. Half way through the first episode and it looks promising.

peteeeed

Christine
In a film based on true events, an awkward but ambitious TV reporter struggles to adapt when she's ordered to focus on violent and salacious stories

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peteeeed

So the black mirror film lands tomorrow with rumoured multiple paths that you get to choose with 5 hours of footage filmed
https://theplaylist.net/black-mirror-bandersnatch-netflix-20181226/

mooseknunkle

peteeeed wrote: »

So the black mirror film lands tomorrow with rumoured multiple paths that you get to choose with 5 hours of footage filmed
https://theplaylist.net/black-mirror-bandersnatch-netflix-20181226/

Looks good

https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1078231083559383040

Sardonicat

peteeeed wrote: »

So the black mirror film lands tomorrow with rumoured multiple paths that you get to choose with 5 hours of footage filmed
https://theplaylist.net/black-mirror-bandersnatch-netflix-20181226/

Looking good. My cynicism reserves have taken a hit over the past few days. This should top me up nicely going into 2019

neirbloom

Street Smart is leaving the 1st of Jan. Seen it when it first arrived on netflix, not a prefect movie but enjoyable Morgan Freeman is brilliant as Fast Black one of the few times hes ever played a really unpleasant character Oscar nominated.

peteeeed

So seeing as it's the end of the year what is your favourite films and shows of the year on Netflix ? As many as you want

Mickeroo

Netflix show of the year for me was easily The Haunting of Hill House. Probably the best "Netflix Original" they've ever done imo.

extra gravy

Anybody watching Perfume? If you like dark European drama, you'll like this.

wadacrack

Shows: Narcos: Mexico and El Chapo

extra gravy

peteeeed wrote: »

So seeing as it's the end of the year what is your favourite films and shows of the year on Netflix ? As many as you want

Is there anyone else like me that can't remember half the stuff they've watched?

Sardonicat

The animaged Vincent Van Hoghton film ( Loving Vincent ) was really very good.

Mam of 4

Seven Seconds ,
Time - The Kalief Browder Story ,
Evil Genius ,
Wild , Wild Country(?)
The Final Table ,

Will probably remember the rest after I post

Ted_YNWA

Binged watched Sunderland Til I Die over the last 2 days. Very interesting. If that is the goings on behind the scenes at a 'smallish' club, it must be crazy logistics at the top Premier League teams.

Mickeroo

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Binged watched Sunderland Til I Die over the last 2 days. Very interesting. If that is the goings on behind the scenes at a 'smallish' club, it must be crazy logistics at the top Premier League teams.

Yeah finished that today myself and thought it was a good watch. The fact it was such a disaster of season probably contributed to how interesting it was. I might watch the Man City docu on amazon now to contrast.

Charlie19

Haunting of Hill House
Narcos Mexico

Both brilliant series's.

Ilovethe bonesofyou

By this time tomorrow I'll probably be saying Black Mirror was my favourite of the year!

Sirsok

qwabercd wrote: »

You was added today aswell.

A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

Been looking forward to this one for a while, gets good ratings. Half way through the first episode and it looks promising.

Is this what happened to Dennis Reynolds when he has left its always sunny

Ted_YNWA

qwabercd wrote: »

You was added today aswell.

A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

Been looking forward to this one for a while, gets good ratings. Half way through the first episode and it looks promising.

Sirsok wrote: »

Is this what happened to Dennis Reynolds when he has left its always sunny

It looks very stalkery alright from the quick look at trailer I saw.

Mam of 4

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Seven Seconds ,
Time - The Kalief Browder Story ,
Evil Genius ,
Wild , Wild Country(?)
The Final Table ,

Will probably remember the rest after I post

Love actually???

yogi37

peteeeed wrote: »

So seeing as it's the end of the year what is your favourite films and shows of the year on Netflix ? As many as you want

Just finished Godless. First time in a while that I got into something that I really binge watched and couldn't wait to get to the next episode. Well worth viewing.

Mam of 4

Kai Mango Transition wrote: »

Love actually???

Charlie19

Ozark was another good series.

rocky1813

Ru Paul’s Drag Race
Narcos
Narcos Mexico

snotboogie

peteeeed wrote: »

So seeing as it's the end of the year what is your favourite films and shows of the year on Netflix ? As many as you want

Narcos Mexico was the best by a mile and the best of the series too. I'm surprised that it's gone somewhat under the radar.

Sinner and Ozark both had weak enough but watchable returns after great first seasons. I'm looking forward to Mindhunter coming back next year.

peteeeed

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.


Selection Day: Season 1
Two teen cricket prodigies struggle against their overbearing father and a system stacked against them to realize their own ambitions and identities.

Murder Mountain
In Humboldt County, California, the big business of legal marijuana brings in visitors from around the world. Some are never seen again.


Instant Hotel: Season 1
Teams of Australian homeowners compete for the title of best Instant Hotel by staying overnight in each other's rentals and rating their experience.

La noche de 12 anos

When Angels Sleep
After a businessman falls asleep at the wheel and hits a woman with his car, his interactions with her scared friend unleash a string of dark events.


A 12 year night
Future Uruguayan president José Mujica and his fellow Tupamaro political prisoners fight to survive 12 years of solitary confinement and torture.

The birth reborn 3

Benidorm 9 seasons

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Tom Mann Centuria

peteeeed wrote: »

So seeing as it's the end of the year what is your favourite films and shows of the year on Netflix ? As many as you want

I don't feel at home in this world any more was a really enjoyable film.

The Expanse, Fargo, The Punisher and Dirk Gently were series I loved, and would watch several episodes at a time.

peteeeed

A word of warning when watching the new black mirror , the multiple story lines does not work on all formats

https://twitter.com/newonnetflixuk/status/1078585227633745920?s=21

Captain Red Beard

peteeeed wrote: »

A word of warning when watching the new black mirror , the multiple story lines does not work on all formats

https://twitter.com/newonnetflixuk/status/1078585227633745920?s=21

I'm watching it now. I'm in an endless loop of mind ****ery.

Fysh

Just finished (?) watching Bandersnatch, and thought it was a good Black Mirror entry as well as an impressive application of the "interactive film" idea (a format that, frankly, I'm not entirely keen on - I don't tend to find videogames very good at imitating the strengths of narrative fiction, nor vice versa). The performances were uniformly good, the presentation is robust and the writing, crucially, is strong enough to both justify and make clever use of the possibilities of the format.

Since the comparisons are inevitable, I will throw out the two games this made me think of, albeit in spoiler tags:

Superhot and The Stanley Parable

. Frankly, there are far worse things to draw inspiration from.

I quite like the implementation of the interactive element, as well as

the implementation of both the do-over sections and the "continue?/try again?" type options at the endpoints

. I have watched several variations of specific aspects, but don't think I'd be arsed going back to the start and trying to chart through each possible decision tree to see the repercussions. Though I have no doubt some faneditor is already busy capturing every possible scene and decision point to assemble into an enormous "Complete Cut" version...