Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

peteeeed · 13-10-2020 8:08am

The Cabin with Bert Kreischer season 1
Fast-living comic Bert Kreischer heads to a cabin for some self-care and invites his funny friends to join his quest to cleanse his mind, body and soul.

I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
To clear his criminal record, an ex-special forces soldier agrees to lead a team to retrieve a double-crossing mercenary and deliver him to justice.

Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef
In this musical special, the Octonauts must find a way to hold back hungry swarms of coral-eating starfish to save a new friend's fragile reef home.

House of the Witch
A group of daring teens finds themselves in a fight for their lives inside a haunted house when a sinister spirit crashes their Halloween party.

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extra gravy · 13-10-2020 8:30pm

Binged on Bly Manor last couple of days. Preferred it to Hill House, thought it had more depth and the characters were more likeable.

km79 · 13-10-2020 10:07pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Binged on Bly Manor last couple of days. Preferred it to Hill House, thought it had more depth and the characters were more likeable.

I’ve been talking myself in and out of this
Just how slow moving is it .....

Charlie19 · 13-10-2020 10:17pm

km79 wrote: »

I’ve been talking myself in and out of this
Just how slow moving is it .....

First two maybe three episodes are shockingly slow but it is good though.

Porthallian · 13-10-2020 10:17pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Binged on Bly Manor last couple of days. Preferred it to Hill House, thought it had more depth and the characters were more likeable.

Thought the exact opposite, tried 2 episodes and cannot watch any more. The kids in comparison with HH are totally unlikeable. I really liked young Nell and Luke in particular in HH. But Flora is just unbearably irritating. Everything is "perfectly splendid!"

peteeeed · 14-10-2020 8:25am

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
This documentary examines a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.

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Aisling(",) · 14-10-2020 1:53pm

I just finished the UK version of The Office.
It was excellent I can see why it sparked off so many other versions. I loved to hate David Brent and the Gareth/Tim frenemy storyline was great.

I was fierce unhappy at the end of the second season because of

Tim and Dawn not getting together

.They rectified that in the Christmas special though.I was about to slate the series when the taxi was heading off in the last episode.:P

Cyrus · 14-10-2020 2:06pm

Aisling(",) wrote: »

I just finished the UK version of The Office.
It was excellent I can see why it sparked off so many other versions. I loved to hate David Brent and the Gareth/Tim frenemy storyline was great.

I was fierce unhappy at the end of the second season because of
Tim and Dawn not getting together
.They rectified that in the Christmas special though.I was about to slate the series when the taxi was heading off in the last episode.:P

its worth a rewatch in a few months, one of the best comedies ever,

extras is also very good, and peep show if you enjoyed the office.

p to the e · 14-10-2020 2:17pm

Cyrus wrote: »

its worth a rewatch in a few months, one of the best comedies ever,

extras is also very good, and peep show if you enjoyed the office.

And don't waste your time with the David Brent movie. No idea what he was thinking.

joeguevara · 14-10-2020 2:22pm

p to the e wrote: »

And don't waste your time with the David Brent movie. No idea what he was thinking.

I was really looking forward to watching 'Life on the Road'. I found it to be very depressing as he was bullied from start to finish. Definitely not the same as the Office.

I liked the Invention of Lying but i could see how others didn't.

I said it before and I'll say it again, Derek is his best work and the laughs as well as tears that are in every episode makes it formidable.

14-10-2020 2:25pm

Aisling(",) wrote: »

I just finished the UK version of The Office.
It was excellent I can see why it sparked off so many other versions. I loved to hate David Brent and the Gareth/Tim frenemy storyline was great.

I was fierce unhappy at the end of the second season because of
Tim and Dawn not getting together
.They rectified that in the Christmas special though.I was about to slate the series when the taxi was heading off in the last episode.:P

Cyrus wrote: »

its worth a rewatch in a few months, one of the best comedies ever,

extras is also very good, and peep show if you enjoyed the office.

It's been years since I watched the Office UK, it's not one for binging, unless you can handle all the second hand cringe from David Brent. I loved when they had Stephen Merchant's dad do the cameos.

Peep Show is excellent too, the second hand cringe was more bearable I think, or maybe I was getting immune to it

I haven't seen Extras, but I will recommend Spaced and the IT Crowd, if you haven't watched those already.

p to the e wrote: »

And don't waste your time with the David Brent movie. No idea what he was thinking.

I'm amazed I didn't ever hear of this, or maybe I did and I've blocked it from my memory.

Aisling(",) · 14-10-2020 2:36pm

Excellent,thanks for the recomendations.So many decent british comedies that I missed out on first time around.

joeguevara · 14-10-2020 2:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's been years since I watched the Office UK, it's not one for binging, unless you can handle all the second hand cringe from David Brent. I loved when they had Stephen Merchant's dad do the cameos.

Peep Show is excellent too, the second hand cringe was more bearable I think, or maybe I was getting immune to it

I haven't seen Extras, but I will recommend Spaced and the IT Crowd, if you haven't watched those already.

I'm amazed I didn't ever hear of this, or maybe I did and I've blocked it from my memory.

Toast of London and Cuckoo are two other excellent UK comedies to go with Spaced and IT Crowd. Indeed Black Books is absolutely top class and all on Netflix.

Terence Rattigan · 14-10-2020 2:57pm

p to the e wrote: »

And don't waste your time with the David Brent movie. No idea what he was thinking.

I enjoyed it but can see why some mightn`t. I actually went to the cinema to see it, remember when you could do that?

joeguevara · 14-10-2020 3:28pm

Terence Rattigan wrote: »

I enjoyed it but can see why some mightn`t. I actually went to the cinema to see it, remember when you could do that?

The Gypsy song is brilliant in it.

ILikeBoats · 14-10-2020 3:35pm

joeguevara wrote: »

The Gypsy song is brilliant in it.

I said, I don't need no heather and if I did,
I would just pick some it's free it's growing in the ground

joeguevara · 14-10-2020 3:43pm

ILikeBoats wrote: »

I said, I don't need no heather and if I did,
I would just pick some it's free it's growing in the ground

Just to confirm the s3x is free now?

14-10-2020 4:08pm

joeguevara wrote: »

Toast of London and Cuckoo are two other excellent UK comedies to go with Spaced and IT Crowd. Indeed Black Books is absolutely top class and all on Netflix.

Oh I didn't even realise Black Books was on Netflix! Toast of London is one I need to watch, and I will only acknowledge season one of Cuckoo, season two was very questionable, and so I didn't attempt watching season 3.

joeguevara · 14-10-2020 4:17pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh I didn't even realise Black Books was on Netflix! Toast of London is one I need to watch, and I will only acknowledge season one of Cuckoo, season two was very questionable, and so I didn't attempt watching season 3.

I actually liked all seasons of cuckoo. Indeed it takes a little getting used to but all good imo.

peteeeed · 14-10-2020 4:55pm

p to the e wrote: »

And don't waste your time with the David Brent movie. No idea what he was thinking.

Well Stephen merchant wasn't involved in any way, so I suppose it shows what he brought to the scripts and directing

Basq · 14-10-2020 4:58pm

peteeeed wrote: »

Well Stephen merchant wasn't involved in any way, so I suppose it shows what he brought to the scripts and directing

To be fair, "Hello Ladies” wasn’t exactly brilliant either!

Both Gervais and Merchant failed with “Life’s Too Short”.

Loved both "Derek" and "After Life” (the first series moreso).

EltonJohn69 · 14-10-2020 7:16pm

Basq wrote: »

To be fair, "Hello Ladies” wasn’t exactly brilliant either!

Both Gervais and Merchant failed with “Life’s Too Short”.

Loved both "Derek" and "After Life” (the first series moreso).

Stephen merchant is now one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after his star turns in Logan and jo jo rabbit.

The Raging Bile Duct · 14-10-2020 8:14pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Stephen merchant is now one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after his star turns in Logan and jo jo rabbit.

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood? Hardly...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-10-2020 8:43pm

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood? Hardly...

He is very tall, to be fair.

Mr.Wemmick · 14-10-2020 9:00pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Binged on Bly Manor last couple of days. Preferred it to Hill House, thought it had more depth and the characters were more likeable.

Yep. Me too, could not stop watching it.

Episode 5 really struck me, almost like a stand alone theatre piece (the last series to do that for me was Penny Dreadful with the excellent actress Patti LuPone). The Bly Manor characters all had a great presence. I can see why some do not rate it as highly as the tighter story of HH, but for me Bly Manor was deeper, richer. The stories within stories were very well done - excellent writing.

Hercule Poirot · 14-10-2020 9:10pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Oh I didn't even realise Black Books was on Netflix! Toast of London is one I need to watch, and I will only acknowledge season one of Cuckoo, season two was very questionable, and so I didn't attempt watching season 3.

Re: Cuckoo

Give it another go my friend, if you had told me umpteen years ago I'd love Taylor Lautner I would have had you committed but he absolutely steals the show and is excellent in it

Mickeroo · 14-10-2020 9:12pm

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Re: Cuckoo

Give it another go my friend, if you had told me umpteen years ago I'd love Taylor Lautner I would have had you committed but he absolutely steals the show and is excellent in it

I've only watched the first two seasons and I remember thinking I would drop the show when I saw Samberg was only in one season but Lautner is actually great in it, much better than Samberg was imo.

Basq · 14-10-2020 9:23pm

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood? Hardly...

Yeah, that's a stretch.. and also "stretch" is what people called him.

MonkstownHoop · 14-10-2020 9:28pm

Really enjoyed Inheritance

Felt Simon Peggs character was only getting going when

he was shot

joeguevara · 15-10-2020 12:52am

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Stephen merchant is now one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after his star turns in Logan and jo jo rabbit.

He has done amazingly. Net worth of 40 mil and moved from U.K. small screen to US hits like Modern family as well as movies with the Rock.

But to say that he is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood is a huge stretch. He is a bit player at best. I don’t think he could have a sit com or movie where he was the main star.

Adam Sandler has a net worth of half a billion but is only the 9th biggest earner in Hollywood. The rock being number 1.

Interesting that James corden is probably the biggest U.K. star in the US at the moment. I was blown away by his talent when he covered a McCartney song to vilify trump

https://youtu.be/5C76XMCJCVs

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