Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

den87

White Boy Rick- very enjoyable after the first 30 minutes.

Trial of the Chicago 7- couldn’t get into it at all, maybe i need to watch it again but couldn’t understand the hype.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

den87 wrote: »

Trial of the Chicago 7- couldn’t get into it at all, maybe i need to watch it again but couldn’t understand the hype.

I've seen equally as many awful reviews for Chicago 7 as I've seen hyping it up.

Charlie19

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I've seen equally as many awful reviews for Chicago 7 as I've seen hyping it up.

I thought it was excellent myself.

EltonJohn69

Opinions on the sinner ??? Just finished all 3 seasons thought it was a great watch

barneygumble99

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Opinions on the sinner ??? Just finished all 3 seasons thought it was a great watch

First season was the best. Second was ok. Stopped watching half way through the third.

Widdensushi

barneygumble99 wrote: »

First season was the best. Second was ok. Stopped watching half way through the third.

The end of the last season was good, but yeah, it was poor half way through.

GBX

Watched Trial 4 this week. Didn't think after 2/3 episodes it would have enough to last 8. But the more they talk about the more things come out. Definitely worth a watch!! Really enjoyed it.

Taiga

I'm liking Somebody Feed Phil. He's funny and it's a colourful and interesting show.

appledrop

Saw everyone on here raving about Queens Gambit + I was thinking a programme about chess can't be that good.

Ha ha how wrong I was. We started it last night + only stopped after 3 episodes because it was 1 o clock in morning!

Amazing cant wait to watch it again tonight.

johnny_ultimate

Chicago 7 is all the bad things about Aaron Sorkin’s writing, matched with his very pedestrian and unimaginative direction. The politics and characters of the story are flattened into a sort of middle-of-the-road liberalism (pure Sorkin), and everything is generally glib and shallow. It does move along at a decent, engaging pace, to give credit where it’s due, but there’s a total lack of imagination to the visuals and staging. A terrible soundtrack doesn’t help.

Sorkin definitely needs a talented director to counter some of his worst impulses. The Social Network remains his masterpiece simply because Fincher was able to inject it with the directorial energy and cynical edge it needed.

pixelburp

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Chicago 7 is all the bad things about Aaron Sorkin’s writing, matched with his very pedestrian and unimaginative direction. The politics and characters of the story are flattened into a sort of middle-of-the-road liberalism (pure Sorkin), and everything is generally glib and shallow. It does move along at a decent pace, but there’s a total lack of imagination to the visuals and staging. A terrible soundtrack doesn’t help.

Sorkin definitely needs a talented director to counter some of his worst impulses. The Social Network remains his masterpiece simply because Fincher was able to inject it with the directorial energy and cynical edge it needed.

I wish scriptwriters would stop being indulged into trying their hand at directing. That is to say, folk who started or built their careers off of writing - obviously plenty of great directors write their own work. I'm sure there are exceptions but writing and directing are simply leagues apart as skillsets, it's no surprise Sorkin isn't a very good director TBH.

Mam of 4

Taiga wrote: »

I'm liking Somebody Feed Phil. He's funny and it's a colourful and interesting show.

His facial expressions when tasting the food say it all !
It's a good series , worth watching them all

Rfrip

Loved the holidate and il make no apologies for it!

mightyreds

Rfrip wrote: »

Loved the holidate and il make no apologies for it!

It was shockingly bad and I liked it alot too.

ShineOn7

appledrop wrote: »

Saw everyone on here raving about Queens Gambit

It's so good it probably warrants it's own thread at this stage

I've the finale tonight. It's just 7 episodes and a Limited Series so it flew by

I'd go as far as saying it's the strongest thing Netflix have done since the first season of House Of Cards

pixelburp

ShineOn7 wrote: »

It's so good it probably warrants it's own thread at this stage

I've the finale tonight. It's just 7 episodes and a Limited Series so it flew by

I'd go as far as saying it's the strongest thing Netflix have done since the first season of House Of Cards

There already is one, being as it is a TV show https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058116168

ShineOn7

pixelburp wrote: »

There already is one, being as it is a TV show https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058116168

Aha!

Cheers. I'll have a read through it once I finish the show tonight

I'm only subbed to one thread in the TV forum so it's easy to forget about it sometimes

ShagNastii

Taiga wrote: »

I'm liking Somebody Feed Phil. He's funny and it's a colourful and interesting show.

I like the show and shows like it but sometimes Phil can be tooo "sweeter than sweet" OH MY GAWW American.

Maybe it stems from being a big Bourdain fan. He is almost the exact opposite with his certain FTW gruffness and bite.

marklazarcovic

ShineOn7 wrote: »

It's so good it probably warrants it's own thread at this stage

I've the finale tonight. It's just 7 episodes and a Limited Series so it flew by

I'd go as far as saying it's the strongest thing Netflix have done since the first season of House Of Cards

Season 2 on the cards

Gadgetman496

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Season 2 on the cards

Although fans are desperate for more episodes, the series was originally devised as a Limited Series and is based on a book to which there is no sequel, meaning a follow up seems relatively unlikely.

RandomViewer

Watched " Hold the Dark" last night, Jeffery Wright in darkest Alaska, bit dull really

gmisk

I am a sucker for a cheesy Christmas film.
But I checked out a christmas tv show on netflix called Dash and Lily, it's really enjoyable I am only a couple of episodes in.

Oh and great Christmas songs!
Especially episode 2

Charlie19

I wanted to throw on Christmas movie today and i was told it's only November:(

gmisk

Charlie19 wrote: »

I wanted to throw on Christmas movie today and i was told it's only November:(

It's after halloween!
Some early Christmas cheer can't be a bad thing imo! Especially this year

SCOOP 64

Charlie19 wrote: »

I wanted to throw on Christmas movie today and i was told it's only November:(

That's very sad.:(

Charlie19

gmisk wrote: »

It's after halloween!
Some early Christmas cheer can't be a bad thing imo! Especially this year

I get that.... but do you start lighting fireworks after the August Bank holiday?

Charlie19

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

That's very sad.:(

Is it though?

Do you have your tree and decorations up?

Suckit

I've seen a few houses with full decorations up. It's as bad as the ads that start on 1st of November imo.
Everyone sick of the sight of Christmas by the time it arrives.

Nigzcurran

Charlie19 wrote: »

Is it though?

Do you have your tree and decorations up?

Bah Humbug!!

Basq

Sorry, I thought I was in the Netflix Recommendations thread..