Netflix Recommendations 2.0 *READ FIRST POST*

ixoy

The Dragon Prince, Season 2, was also released today.

El Duda

Buried deep in the darkest corners of Netflix...

Christine

John Carpenter adapts a Stephen King novel about a car that was born evil. Filmed in the same neighborhood as Halloween, this has all of the trappings that define a great Carpenter flick. I particularly loved the use of old 50's/60's rock 'n' roll tracks made to sound sinister and creepy.

It's one of those films that should be awful but thanks to the craftmanship that went into its production, it is fantastic.

Sugarlumps

El Duda wrote: »

Buried deep in the darkest corners of Netflix...

Christine

John Carpenter adapts a Stephen King novel about a car that was born evil. Filmed in the same neighborhood as Halloween, this has all of the trappings that define a great Carpenter flick. I particularly loved the use of old 50's/60's rock 'n' roll tracks made to sound sinister and creepy.

It's one of those films that should be awful but thanks to the craftmanship that went into its production, it is fantastic.

This film still looks absolutely amazing. Timeless, gets better with age.

El Duda

Yep. The scene where Christine 'shows herself' is flawless. Practical effects are awesome.

batgoat

El Duda wrote: »

Yep. The scene where Christine 'shows herself' is flawless. Practical effects are awesome.

Also when she goes in pursuit of the thugs with lots of explosions. Ridiculous fun.

Fysh

peteeeed wrote: »

its david fincher , i'll give it a go

Oh I'll check it out as well, but that feckin' trailer is the sort of thing that should have a seizure warning ahead of it, like a bad trance music video from late 90s mtv or something. *Old man shakes fist at cloud, etc*

Agent Coulson

Second Trailer for Ben Affleck & Oscar Isaac's Netflix film which arrives March 13th.

kearneybobs

TITANS is really good.
Full of DC heroes and introduce characters, some of which I've never heard of, in a good way.

Not a hugely familiar with DC heroes other than the mainstream ones and this has me hooked.

cmac2009

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Second Trailer for Ben Affleck & Oscar Isaac's Netflix film which arrives March 13th.

Premise looks interesting. Big fan of Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal. Looking forward to this.

Charlie19

I would recommend Ashby 2015. Its about a geeky 17 year old boy who moves with his single mother to a new suburb and starts in a new school and is given an assignment to interview an elderly person, In which he meets an interesting neighbour played by Mickey Rourke.

Also stars Emma Roberts and Sarah Silverman.


I would also recommend No Escape 2015.

I had noticed this movie throughout the categories lately but I didn't really fancy it as it starred Owen Wilson but I was surprised how good it was.
Wilson moves his family to Thailand for career purposes and finds himself in the middle of an uprising not long after landing.

Also stars Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan.

galwayllm

Valley uprising.

It's a docu about the history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley.


Great watch.

marklazarcovic

Broken.

Sean bean plays a priest troubled by his belief in himself , struggling with his own life whilst doing his best to help others in strife.

For me his best ever performance, Worthy of any award recognition. I'm in no way religious,that last episode was a emotional roller coaster.

Simply superb. Heavy stuff.

km79

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Broken.

Sean bean plays a priest troubled by his belief in himself , struggling with his own life whilst doing his best to help others in strife.

For me his best ever performance, Worthy of any award recognition. I'm in no way religious,that last episode was a emotional roller coaster.

Simply superb. Heavy stuff.

I like Sean Bean so I am gonna give this a go

marklazarcovic

km79 wrote: »

I like Sean Bean so I am gonna give this a go

Jimmy McGovern involved too

fin12

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Broken.

Sean bean plays a priest troubled by his belief in himself , struggling with his own life whilst doing his best to help others in strife.

For me his best ever performance, Worthy of any award recognition. I'm in no way religious,that last episode was a emotional roller coaster.

Simply superb. Heavy stuff.

I really liked it cause he was so down to earth and was exactly like one of his parishioners. Like I feel with a lot of priests and the church there seems to be a divide between us and them. I don’t go to mass but if there was a priest like Sean Beans character in my parish I’d definitely start going to mass. You could definitely confide in him about anything, actually to a lot of his parishioners he was actually their friend more than a priest.

mooseknunkle

I watched a documentary last night about flat earthers called 'behind the curve' its hard to tell if these people are actually serious they think we are living in a globe

Also watched a few episodes of 'dirty john' it looks good so far

rocky1813

Just finished watching Dirty John. Really enjoyed it. Eric Bana is really good in it. It’s based on a true story.

lazeedaisy

Charlie19 wrote: »

I would recommend Ashby 2015. Its about a geeky 17 year old boy who moves with his single mother to a new suburb and starts in a new school and is given an assignment to interview an elderly person, In which he meets an interesting neighbour played by Mickey Rourke.

Also stars Emma Roberts and Sarah Silverman.


I would also recommend No Escape 2015.

I had noticed this movie throughout the categories lately but I didn't really fancy it as it starred Owen Wilson but I was surprised how good it was.
Wilson moves his family to Thailand for career purposes and finds himself in the middle of an uprising not long after landing.

Also stars Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan.

Can't find no escape, am I missing something?

Charlie19

lazeedaisy wrote: »

Can't find no escape, am I missing something?

Just checked there, its actually on the US library.

Sorry about that.

Rjd2

gmisk wrote: »

I thought the trailer for this was actually funny, will defo check it out.

Story is not the most complex, but its pretty funny and its only 80 mins so if yo loath it for whatever reason the suffering won't be that long.:pac:

Thought Triple Frontier looked good but just way too much shown in the trailer.

facehugger99

Anyone know if the umbrella academy would be appropriate for a 12 year old?

It says 15s but doesn’t seem too bad in the parents guide of IMDB.

Basq

^ From watching the first one, some dodgy language and some scenes with blood.

jaffa20

rocky1813 wrote: »

Just finished watching Dirty John. Really enjoyed it. Eric Bana is really good in it. It’s based on a true story.

I liked it too but it did feel like it was dragged out and episoide or 2 longer than it should have been.

lazeedaisy

Charlie19 wrote: »

Just checked there, its actually on the US library.

Sorry about that.

No problem,

Thanks for the recommendations by the way,

facehugger99

I'm really enjoying Russian Doll - a couple of episodes in and I find it intriguing.

I know the odd Amazon Prime recommendation gets thrown around in here so I'll just say that 'Halt and Catch Fire' is one of the best series I've watched in years. Possibly the best thing on tv since Mad Men finished - a show with which it shares its DNA.

peteeeed

The legend in of Tarzan (2016)

Life

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retro:electro

rocky1813 wrote: »

Just finished watching Dirty John. Really enjoyed it. Eric Bana is really good in it. It’s based on a true story.

The podcast is amazing. One of the best I’ve ever listened to. Unbelievable story

ShamoBuc

Only got around to watching and finishing Narcos-Mexico this weekend. Not a bad show and apparently season 2 on its way aswell.

Damien360

Nightflyers - Sci-Fi horror. Just on episode 2 and I'm hooked. Looks good so far. Couple of Irish actors in it also. Acting is decent for the most part.

CrankyHaus

facehugger99 wrote: »

I know the odd Amazon Prime recommendation gets thrown around in here so I'll just say that 'Halt and Catch Fire' is one of the best series I've watched in years. Possibly the best thing on tv since Mad Men finished - a show with which it shares its DNA.

Thanks for the shout. Started watching it. Very good so far.

Freeway on Netflix is a very good documentary about the 80s crack dealer that the rapper Rick Ross stole his name from. Through his tennis coach he got introduced to some Nicaraguans raising funds for the Contras by trafficking huge quantities of cocaine into the US in cooperation with the CIA and he basically lucked into becoming one of the biggest drug dealers in US history.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

A whole year after it was added I finally got around to watching the 3rd and I think final series of Lovesick.
Pretty sure I've recommended this show a few times now but I'm going to do it again. It's really funny and sweet and the cast have great chemistry and really interestingly they resolved what was the focus of the first 2 series early in the 3rd one and yet it was still really enjoyable because at some point during those first 2 series I became very invested in Luke and Aengus without even realising it.
The framing of episodes was a little off in s3, I must say, some episodes were flashbacks and some weren't and at times I found it a little confusing and unnecessary, but that's a minor complaint.

Gadgetman496

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

A whole year after it was added I finally got around to watching the 3rd and I think final series of Lovesick.
Pretty sure I've recommended this show a few times now but I'm going to do it again. It's really funny and sweet and the cast have great chemistry and really interestingly they resolved what was the focus of the first 2 series early in the 3rd one and yet it was still really enjoyable because at some point during those first 2 series I became very invested in Luke and Aengus without even realising it.
The framing of episodes was a little off in s3, I must say, some episodes were flashbacks and some weren't and at times I found it a little confusing and unnecessary, but that's a minor complaint.

Was that originally called "Scrotal Recall" and renamed to Lovesick after season 1?

Basq

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Was that originally called "Scrotal Recall" and renamed to Lovesick after season 1?

Yep, was Scrotal Recall for the first series which aired on Channel 4.. Netflix then continued the series and called it "Lovesick".

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Was that originally called "Scrotal Recall" and renamed to Lovesick after season 1?

That's it. S1 aired on Channel 4 as Scrotal Recall and I don't think anyone watched it. A real headscratcher of a marketing campaign on that one. I remember the ads even made it seem like an American Pie style gross out comedy thing and it could not be further from that. Netflix somehow ended up picking it up and making 2 more series of it.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Basq wrote: »

Yep, was Scrotal Recall for the first series which aired on Channel 4.. Netflix then continued the series and called it "Lovesick".

As a name scrotal recall was the greatest marketing disaster ever. And with the general theme of the show as originally described I never watched it on C4, it seemed like a kind of macho ladies man eventually doing the right thing with his exes,

contacting them about a possible STD

. Not very appealing.

It’s actually a lovely and believable romance, with characters you root for. Didn’t outstay it’s welcome either, or jump the shark.

EPAndlee

km79 wrote: »

As a huge BB fan I don't know how I feel about this.......if there has to be a movie I would rather take a VERY rare trip to the cinema to see it......if there has to be one .....

I was wondering if this was the 'acting gig' Bill Burr has been dropping hints about on his podcast the last few weeks

gmisk

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

A whole year after it was added I finally got around to watching the 3rd and I think final series of Lovesick.
Pretty sure I've recommended this show a few times now but I'm going to do it again. It's really funny and sweet and the cast have great chemistry and really interestingly they resolved what was the focus of the first 2 series early in the 3rd one and yet it was still really enjoyable because at some point during those first 2 series I became very invested in Luke and Aengus without even realising it.
The framing of episodes was a little off in s3, I must say, some episodes were flashbacks and some weren't and at times I found it a little confusing and unnecessary, but that's a minor complaint.

Loved lovesick, Luke in particular was a brilliant character.
I don't think it was ever officially cancelled, but Antonia Thomas is in the good doctor and Johnny Flynn got amazing reviews for a film called beast and he is playing Bowie in a biopic so can't see another series happening
If it doesn't come back in fairness the ending of season 3 was good.

If you are looking for something along the lines of this show I can highly recommend you're the worst, no one seems to really watch it but it is terrific.

fin12

Dirty John is very good.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

gmisk wrote: »

Loved lovesick, Luke in particular was a brilliant character.
I don't think it was ever officially cancelled, but Antonia Thomas is in the good doctor and Johnny Flynn got amazing reviews for a film called beast and he is playing Bowie in a biopic so can't see another series happening
If it doesn't come back in fairness the ending of season 3 was good.

If you are looking for something along the lines of this show I can highly recommend you're the worst, no one seems to really watch it but it is terrific.

I love You're the Worst. It's the complete opposite of Lovesick in some ways, mainly they're all kind of awful people, but it's also really funny and surprisingly very sweet.
Unfortunately it's not on Netflix, although Comedy Central were showing it for a while there.

P.S. I started Sex Education right after finishing Lovesick and Luke was in the first episode! And his name was Dylan!

tigger123

Finished Russian Doll last night and thoroughly enjoyed, best thing I've seen in quite a while.

Kind of thought it was perfect how it ended, and am hoping they just leave it as one stand alone season.

Sugarlumps

Dirty John was dire. Watched the first episode, the remaining seven episodes I watched in an hour over lunch. Awful acting, worse than daytime soap. Two daughters were horrid, there accents were piercing. Bana excelled in Chopper, since then, what’s he been good in?

Alf Veedersane

fin12 wrote: »

Suburra: Blood on Rome season 2 out on 22nd of February. Season 1 was brilliant.

Maybe I missed something when I put it on but there a version that isn't dubbed?

gmisk

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Dirty John was dire. Watched the first episode, the remaining seven episodes I watched in an hour over lunch. Awful acting, worse than daytime soap. Two daughters were horrid, there accents were piercing. Bana excelled in Chopper, since then, what’s he been good in?

Kath and kim?


Yes he has made some bad film choices, I would say Munich? and he was good in Hanna but it was a small part.

Hurrache

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Dirty John was dire. Watched the first episode, the remaining seven episodes I watched in an hour over lunch. Awful acting, worse than daytime soap. Two daughters were horrid, there accents were piercing. Bana excelled in Chopper, since then, what’s he been good in?

I found it pretty good too, I think it's a long way from being dire anyway.

Don't see any particular issue with the accents?

fin12

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Maybe I missed something when I put it on but there a version that isn't dubbed?

Ya I watch them in Italian with English subtitles.

peteeeed

Homeland season 7
The story of us with Morgan Freeman season 1
Explore the forces of love, belief, power, war, peace, rebellion and freedom in this series about the ties that bind -- and destroy -- humanity.

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somesoldiers

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Maybe I missed something when I put it on but there a version that isn't dubbed?

there's an Audio & Subtitles setting, I normally change the audio to Original and the sub titles to english- otherwise its like watching Monkey Magic ...

extra gravy

Hurrache wrote: »

I found it pretty good too, I think it's a long way from being dire anyway.

You're doing it wrong though, you should have watched all 8 episodes in an hour during lunch

cmac2009

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Dirty John was dire. Watched the first episode, the remaining seven episodes I watched in an hour over lunch. Awful acting, worse than daytime soap. Two daughters were horrid, there accents were piercing. Bana excelled in Chopper, since then, what’s he been good in?

Quality of Netflix shows has really deteriorated in my opinion. Rare to find anything decent, obviously one of the main reasons is they seem to be throwing money at everything. South Park had an excellent episode poking fun at how shows are greenlit.