Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

Pen Rua

ILikeBoats wrote: »

What a soundtrack. Good movie too

I remember watching this in my (Catholic) secondary school for "Religion*" of all classes - with the nude scenes and all. Absolutely brilliant soundtrack. Still have it on now and then.

* In senior cycle, our Religion classes were much broader than that (evidently) and encompassed retreats, different talks etc. It wasn't an exam subject in my school.

mikhail

peteeeed wrote: »

Into the Wild
A young man gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary life in the wild.

God, I hated that movie. I found the lead so smug that I couldn't feel an ounce of sympathy when he blundered into trouble. It's like Grizzly Man except it is convinced the protagonist is a hero of American independence and self-sufficiently instead of a fool who had no idea what he was doing.

bottlebrush

Watched Norwegian series Borderliner over the last 2 nights. Found it addictive and tense! Hope theres a second series.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

mikhail wrote: »

God, I hated that movie. I found the lead so smug that I couldn't feel an ounce of sympathy when he blundered into trouble. It's like Grizzly Man except it is convinced the protagonist is a hero of American independence and self-sufficiently instead of a fool who had no idea what he was doing.

Same. I remember thinking his life wasn't that bad that he needed to abandon it completely, and he was kind of selfish too.

Mickeroo

It's worth reading the book, gives a more balanced look at what happened. I loved the film when I first watched it but it's definitely the rose tinted view of the events and as I get older I can relate to what he did less and less.

Funnily enough they actually removed the Bus last year because too many inexperienced people were putting themselves into danger hiking out to see it.

2smiggy

mikhail wrote: »

God, I hated that movie. I found the lead so smug that I couldn't feel an ounce of sympathy when he blundered into trouble. It's like Grizzly Man except it is convinced the protagonist is a hero of American independence and self-sufficiently instead of a fool who had no idea what he was doing.

been a long time since I watched it, but I remember not being too unhappy about the outcome. Will give it a rewatch thou. Remembered loving the sound track

Yep the book is definitely worth reading, it details the sheer arrogance of his behaviour.

greenspurs

Into the Wild - i like the movie - LOVE the music.

Strange to hear people "not being too unhappy about the outcome" of a 24yr old

dying along from starvation in a

bus in the wilderness?!?!

greenspurs

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep the book is definitely worth reading, it details the sheer arrogance of his behaviour.

arrogance? or naive?

I think the latter...

2smiggy

greenspurs wrote: »

Into the Wild - i like the movie - LOVE the music.

Strange to hear people "not being too unhappy about the outcome" of a 24yr old

dying along from starvation in a

bus in the wilderness?!?!

sorry , sort of sounds worse than I meant. Just thought he was silly and cocky (in the film) , and only commenting from a point of view of watching the film and how he was portrayed.

santana75

I dont get the negative comments about into the wild, aimed particularly at Chris mcCandles. To me watching that film, I felt inspired. His ideology was a good one, his only mistake was that he was unprepared and that was his undoing. I recently discovered a guy on youtube who's built his own cabin in the wilderness. He hunts, fishes and grows his own food. It's about self reliance and him and his dog seem to love that life.

The Inbetween is mine

Into the wild is all about the music..the story is secondary

S.M.B.

I've never watched Into the Wild. I might pair it with Nomadland (coming to Disney+) as a double bill next month.

brevity

peteeeed wrote: »

The Sisters Brothers
Get on these siblings’ wavelength and you’ll be rewarded with an enjoyably unusual Western.

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

greenspurs

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Same. I remember thinking his life wasn't that bad that he needed to abandon it completely, and he was kind of selfish too.

Do you know the way his family life was ??

If you did, youd probably understand a bit more ....

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

greenspurs wrote: »

Do you know the way his family life was ??

If you did, youd probably understand a bit more ....

I've read the stuff his sister has said since, but from what's in the film, made 7 years before
her book, which is what we're discussing, he just came across as a bit selfish and not very sympathetic.

greenspurs

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I've read the stuff his sister has said since, but from what's in the film, made 7 years before
her book, which is what we're discussing, he just came across as a bit selfish and not very sympathetic.

thats his life. Its a real life story, you do realise it ?
Just because his tumultuous family life wasnt really mentioned in the movie, doesnt mean it didnt happen, and it didnt affect the lad....

Mr Crispy

Neither here nor there, but I'd have more sympathy for McCandless than I would for Timothy Treadwell.

I enjoyed Into the wild. Interesting story, beautiful scenery and a great soundtrack.

The Raging Bile Duct

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Neither here nor there, but I'd have more sympathy for McCandless than I would for Timothy Treadwell.

Timothy Treadwell was an unhinged tit.

FunLover18

greenspurs wrote: »

thats his life. Its a real life story, you do realise it ?
Just because his tumultuous family life wasnt really mentioned in the movie, doesnt mean it didnt happen, and it didnt affect the lad....

They're talking about the movie though, if his tumultuous family life isnt in the movie, you can't really expect people to sympathise with him. Sure they sympathise with him after if they read up on it not everyone is going to and so it's a fairly reasonable criticism to say that the movie didn't do enough to make you sympathise with or understand his motivations.

DenMan

I'm really enjoying Tribes of Europa. 3 of 6 watched

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

FunLover18 wrote: »

They're talking about the movie though, if his tumultuous family life isnt in the movie, you can't really expect people to sympathise with him. Sure they sympathise with him after if they read up on it not everyone is going to and so it's a fairly reasonable criticism to say that the movie didn't do enough to make you sympathise with or understand his motivations.

Exactly. The film came out in 2007, and I watched it in 2012. As far as I know his sister's book, outlining abuse, came out in 2014. None of that, as far as I recall, is included in the film. His parents just came across like not very nice, and it played out like he could have just cut them out of his life without abandoning his sister too.

budgemook

brevity wrote: »

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

I enjoyed the Sisters Brothers. Nothing spectacular but worth a watch.

cdgalwegian

peteeeed wrote: »

The Sisters Brothers
Get on these siblings’ wavelength and you’ll be rewarded with an enjoyably unusual Western.

brevity wrote: »

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

It is enjoyable (and a very faithful adaptation of the book), with lots of quirky takes on the violent history of the shaping of America- using much matter-of-factness about the violence.
There is a depth to the sense of fractured fraternity that's explored, but it does get a bit lost in the parallel of raw capitalism and human nature in the ‘red in tooth and claw’ struggle of 1851 America. Really good performances all round.

Fysh

I watched She Dies Tomorrow, having seen a trailer for it sometime last year. It's an odd film, as much about mood as narrative, but I quite enjoyed it. It is coherent in its presentation, and uses simple but very effective effects to illustrate the spread of infection from one person to the next, so while the narrative is fragmented and not entirely linear it's not too difficult to follow. It put me in mind of It Follows, The Neon Demon and Under The Silver Lake (all of which I enjoyed a lot and would happily rewatch), so if you like those films it's worth taking a look.

CastorTroy

Barna77 wrote: »

As much as I love the book, that's one movie I can't watch again because of one scene... :eek:

In the original or the remake?

Rfrip

God unforgotton is brilliant! On to season 3 I go

L'prof

budgemook wrote: »

Yeah, just waiting on good news about Hey Duggee now!

Hey Duggee is one I’m my favourites, nevermind the monster. Don’t tell me they’re scrapping that now?

We find a really cute Irish cartoon called Puffin Rock last week. Chris O’Dowd narrates it. It’s gone down a storm in our house

grassylawn

L'prof wrote: »

Hey Duggee is one I’m my favourites, nevermind the monster. Don’t tell me they’re scrapping that now?

We find a really cute Irish cartoon called Puffin Rock last week. Chris O’Dowd narrates it. It’s gone down a storm in our house

Yeah Puffin Rock and Hey Duggee are both great. Pocoyo is another good one for toddlers that is enjoyable for adults. Its first season is narrated by Stephen Fry. Octonauts is also really good and has an educational angle like Puffin Rock.