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Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

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  • #14252
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I'm 3 episodes in to Boy Swallows Universe and they've made a pretty big change from the book by the looks of things. Probably 2 big changes actually, and they're both most likely for the better. Really enjoying it so far, the whole cast are amazing.



  • #14253
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,873 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121662110#Comment_121662110

    Same, watching episode 4 now

    It's very good



  • #14254
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121662559#Comment_121662559

    Watched 4 right after I posted that. It won't matter to anyone who hasn't read it but I have to say it's really nailing the most important bits and the overall emotional heart of it.



  • #14255
    DexterMorgansGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭DexterMorgansGhost


    Could be interesting in some homes if lads start inviting their girls over for a bit of Raw Netflix and Chill.



  • #14256
    DrZeuss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 899 ✭✭✭DrZeuss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121662725#Comment_121662725

    On a Monday night of all times!



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  • #14257
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,286 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121662725#Comment_121662725
    IMG_20240123_225600.jpg

    ...



  • #14258
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,284 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Can see Netflix going after more sports rights & launching Sports add-on tier to pay for WWE, etc..



  • #14259
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,937 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Yeah I was very surprised they didn't go for F1 after the success of Drive to Survive.

    Netflix has hands down won the streaming wars so I have no doubt more sports will be on the agenda for them over the next decade.



  • #14260
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,037 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Six Nations documentary out sometime today too I believe..

    Screenshot_20240124-003009.png

    Could be good!



  • #14261
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121661258#Comment_121661258

    Zero interest in full-contact pantomime, but that sounds about right.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660899#Comment_121660899

    Also true. Unfortunately, "It's just business" - as any mobster, pantomime or other, might say, after being shown the projected income spreadsheets.



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  • #14262
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,286 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://youtu.be/aDJ7vzqx68c

    On netflix today.

    Brad Pitt and Daniel Radcliffe surprisingly funny in this.

    Enjoyable family comedy.



  • #14263
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,119 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Finished Boy Eats Universe the other evening, enjoyed it but the ending was disappointing, but considering its from a book that's not hugely surprising.

    Once we flashed forward it lost some of its lustre because the young fella playing Eli was just superb.



  • #14264
    LilacNails
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭LilacNails


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121671713#Comment_121671713

    Does the boy get less annoying? Found he a bit far fetched, bit too clever for his age....

    Post edited by LilacNails on


  • #14265
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121646531#Comment_121646531

    Have to agree with you there. No real ending either, just looks like the cast all got pissed off and went home early.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #14266
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121671713#Comment_121671713

    Finished it myself tonight. The ending is mostly the same as the book, although they did change some things.

    Titus is supposed to be much older and he features more in the book. His secret underground stuff was still a bit out there when I read it, but it was built up to better. There was no reveal of what happened to Lyle until Eli finds his head. Ivan is also supposed to be older and more silently menacing, I think. No motorbike and when he stabs Eli its done with much less fuss, nobody knows it's happened and Robert doesn't get stabbed.

    I agree about the ageing up kind of killing the pace a bit. Some of the stuff little Eli does is meant to be done by older Eli, I think. Like selling Lyle's stash to Darren.

    Gus's seeing the future isn't played up as much in the book either, it and the red phone are explained by the school councilor when she comes to talk to Robert. She says it's a trauma response and the boys need to make sense of all the trauma they've experienced. That's how she gets him to tell her about the car accident. It's a really great scene in the book and I was disappointed they left it out, or the explanation part anyway. Robert has more time with the boys too and he slowly gets over his agoraphobia for them while he's looking after them. I didn't think they did as good a job with him as the book did, bit overall the family bits were definitely better than the crime stuff.

    There's a few other things they changed, Slim is more important in the book, Shelly dies at some point, there's this whole central theme where Eli is questioning if any of the men in his life are good people, and it ties in with the social situation in Brisbane at the time, immigration and heroin wars and corruption in the police, government etc. I guess there's only so much you can do with a TV show compared to a book.

    I still enjoyed it though, and the first few episodes are some of the best TV I've seen on Netflix for a long time.



  • #14267
    legrand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭legrand


    Watching Six Nations. Pretty decent with focus in certain players.

    Not so keen on some of the restrospective commentary which feels false.



  • #14268
    secondrowgal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭secondrowgal


    American Nightmare. Oh. My. Good. God. It’s just an amazing story and I highly recommend it. I can say nothing about it without giving away anything that happened. Suffice it to say, if you like documentaries and you like true crime, then this is 100% for you.



  • #14269
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121680009#Comment_121680009

    This is what Netflix does best - head-spinning true crime documentary.

    It’s compulsory binge-watching because the twists in the story keep coming. As always with such stories, I am left with some questions but not the sort of “back where we started” feeling I got e.g. from the various documentaries about Sophie Toscan du Plantier. This was a very fascinating story told with style and pacing where each revelation brings the story closer to resolution.



  • #14270
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,286 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121680620#Comment_121680620

    Mostly its great (like American Nightmare) sometimes its not so great like Netflix's Sophie Toscan du Plantier docuseries. The Sky version in that case was much better imo. Agreed Netflix overall does great true crime. Much better than tripe like Red Notice.



  • #14271
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Looks like Netflix has scrapped another production: the Halle Berry starring SciFi vehicle that was stuck in multiple rounds of post production.

    https://variety.com/2024/film/news/netflix-cancels-halle-berry-film-mothership-1235886861/




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  • #14272
    ShagNastii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭ShagNastii


    It's been on and off for a while but I'd recommend Knuckle for anyone that hasn't seen it.

    An intriguing story about bare knuckle boxer James McDonagh Quinn and the traveller feud between the McDonagh/Quinns and the Nevins.



  • #14273
    gucci
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,283 ✭✭✭gucci


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121646531#Comment_121646531

    I watched this, mostly because i refused to believe it would be as bad as you had indicated given the trailer. I went in with low expectations and even at that i found myself pausing it twice to see how long was left and wondering if I had the heart to continue.

    A big disappointment, so many different avenues for a story given the setting but it was a poor 2/10.



  • #14274
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    The most powerful drama I’ve seen on Netflix. Based on a true story of heroic endurance and comradeship. Sticks closely to the facts and the actors are wonderful. Prepare for a gruelling couple of hours viewing and don’t book any flights until you get the crash scene out of your head.

    Here’s some tips for Netflix- buy the rights to the best books on true-life dramas. Fire any writer on the spot if they try to get “creative” with the storyline. Hire the best “unknown” actors i.e. who don’t have millions of Insta followers.

    https://youtu.be/pDak4qLyF4Q?si=PXkgJEc4X47qOuRp

    https://youtu.be/pDak4qLyF4Q?si=PXkgJEc4X47qOuRp


    Post edited by Caquas on


  • #14275
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121408000#Comment_121408000

    Still kinda surprised nobody has picked up this idea again for another go: it's a cracking set up and one you can tell without necessarily stepping on the toes of the prior version.

    @Tony EH I'm so sorry, I feel like I jinxed it from our chat not that long ago. This new remake looks kinda terrible and has dispensed with any of the character or world-building from the prior two films. Probably just as well Friedkin died before this trailer came out 😂

    https://youtu.be/9SX-jF6dTPU




  • #14276
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,052 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121690439#Comment_121690439

    This is why we can't have nice things.



  • #14277
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,596 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121690439#Comment_121690439

    🤮

    ....



  • #14278
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121691010#Comment_121691010
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121691056#Comment_121691056

    I feel personally responsible for willing this into the world 🤭

    It just looks so bad, so braindead; not like you can't just have an action-focused version of the concept but this looks particularly nonsensical. And dunno why but giving the characters guns kinda feels like a cheat. The whole concept worked in both prior films because the men had nothing except their driving skills and SFA else.



  • #14279
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,767 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Even if the film was a grittier, more pared-back affair, there’s an argument that The Wages of Fear / Sorcerer simply don’t work when relocated to a modern context, where technology has evolved to the point where the basic premise seems increasingly ridiculous. It’d almost have to be a period piece. Which just leads back to there being two extremely well made - dare I say classic / canonical - films based on the material - either of which anyone would be better off watching than an over-polished nothingburger.



  • #14280
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121695053#Comment_121695053

    I dunno, I can swing both ways on this whole trope of "oh you couldn't have that story in the modern day, 'cos of smart-phones" argument; 'cos it doesn't take that writing to jettison those, satellites or whatever undercuts the key concept. Indeed even the previous films had to, with intentional lines noting how they couldn't use helicopters, something that would have rendered Roy Scheider's stressful days work unnecessary.

    Heck, a remake doesn't even need to be about transporting explosives; I'm sure you could re-tell the basic story swapping explosives for a wedding cake and still be able to mine as much tension ... sure wasn't Speed 3 about a milk float after all? 🤣 None of that is to say this remake looks good, or I'm even giving it the slimmest chance 'cos it looks like áss.

    Now, as for other movies, who knew Charlie Kaufman had written a kids movie? Cos I didn't! It's supposedly on Netflix feb 2 but not sure if that's just america and what the Irish release looks like.

    https://youtu.be/cEU3tnJrouE




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  • #14281
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,767 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121695844#Comment_121695844

    I don’t think it’s impossible by any stretch, just seems to me the premise becomes more stretched in a deeply interconnected world with all kinds of basic safety technology now the norm. Not to say there aren’t extremely dangerous journeys / parts of the world or anything like that, but I dunno just feels like you’d need more and more caveats these days. Sorcerer gets away with it despite it also requiring a suspension of disbelief as the film’s so relentlessly cynical. Those guys are so ‘expendable’ in the view of their wealthy bosses (who do fly in by helicopter at one point IIRC?) that the outrageously dangerous mission they’re sent on is clearly just to save a few quid. That could be replicated in a modern day take, but not sure any modern director would nail that brutal cynicism the way Friedkin did. Either way, agreed this film looks like utter crap.

    As for the Kaufman film, he briefly mentioned it when he visited Dublin last year. IIRC he mentioned he was fairly hands off with the project - in that he submitted it ages ago and other people went off and made a film out of it after a while. Still, very interested to see how his unique writing sensibilities translate - or don’t, as the case may be - to more mainstream fare. Reviews seem to be generally positive, which is encouraging, with the suggestion there’s definitely at least some Kaufman flourishes to separate it from the norm.



  • #14282
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Oh my god American Nightmare is fecking mental, that's all I can say, a must watch.



  • #14283
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,596 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121694249#Comment_121694249

    I feel personally responsible for willing this into the world

    Our lawyers will call your lawyer in the morning.


    Seriously though, it looks like absolute trash...and not in an entertaining way.



  • #14284
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121689660#Comment_121689660

    The “making of” documentary is also well worth your half-hour after watching this movie.

    I’m not usually a fan of this kind of thing but this documentary has two big attractions- the creation of the special effects was spectacular (no green screen) and the cast are infectiously enthusiastic about their gruelling roles, including a starvation diet so their bodies were suitably emaciated for the final scenes. No Hollywood prima Donna carry-on. This was real teamwork, as it should be for the real life story which this movie told.

    https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81755382?s=i&trkid=253448517&vlang=en&clip=81757677



  • #14285
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,937 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Preview of whats coming in 2024.

    Including first look at Squid Game season 2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896fMIKFl7A&ab_channel=Netflix




  • #14286
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,937 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Trailer for Code 8 Part 2

    Drops Feb 28th.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBi2KxEcRk




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  • #14287
    Bruno Spicy Syntax
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Bruno Spicy Syntax


    Past lives coming on the 15th

    really enjoyed it!



  • #14288
    ShagNastii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭ShagNastii


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121697979#Comment_121697979

    I was a bit underwhelmed by it after all the hype. Wholly interesting story that is really messed up but comparing it to the likes of Tiger King, Making a Murderer and Don’t F with Cats I feel it didn’t drop my jaw too far. It all seemed very real whereas the others were so mental they seemed fictional.


    The twists and turns in AN didn’t have much of a reveal and I feel many aspects were under explored I.e The cops, the media’s view and possibly corruption.


    That said, it’s worth a watch. Easy two-three hours arc.

    Post edited by ShagNastii on


  • #14289
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,037 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Have to agree re: hype for American Nightmare.

    The joke of a legal system in the States is well documented at this stage.

    They got a horrible time of it.. don't get me wrong.. but I'd say similar things happen in small towns over there - e.g high school football scumbags sexually abusing girls - that aren't even documented.



  • #14290
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,335 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121723539#Comment_121723539

    If you want to see a doc in that area roll red roll is excellent if grim and on Amazon prime.



  • #14291
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,286 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121724503#Comment_121724503

    +1 on that. Grim but well worth watching.



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  • #14292
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,937 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    The Greatest Night in Pop was a good watch.

    It really showed Prince up as a dick.

    Also good to see Geldof get the recognition for it as well as I think that's sometimes its forgotten when it comes to the American side of Live Aid and the songs that none of it would have happened without him.



  • #14293
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,141 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Griselda is very very good.

    Based on the true story of Griselda Blanco who was a Columbian drug long. If you liked Narcos you should enjoy this one. Limited series, 6 episodes.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #14294
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121724503#Comment_121724503

    This was on Netflix too if I remember correctly. I remember watching it a year or two back. Agree with it being grim .



  • #14295
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,335 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121724638#Comment_121724638

    When I hear about prince I always think of Sinead OConnors supposed nickname for him...ol fluffy cuffs...lol



  • #14296
    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121722923#Comment_121722923

    Agreed. It was a good watch but nothing too bizarre or shocking. And I would add in Kai the hatchet wielding hitchhiker documentary as another that was more crazy than this.



  • #14297
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121726467#Comment_121726467

    Prince is like a dark cloud in that studio.

    In "Remembering", Sinead recounted her only meeting with him, when she visited his house in L.A. . Was he grateful (or even impressed) that she had made one of his songs a mega-hit? No, he was so creepy and manipulative, she literally ran out the front door, scrambled down the canyon and ran to the nearest house with Prince in hot pursuit.

    Amazing Prince escaped the Me-Too moment while Michael Jackson was destroyed by unproven allegations. Prince is overdue a tell-all biography but the people who know his darkest secrets have too much to lose.



  • #14298
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    "The Trust" is the best unscripted show I've seen. I'm not a fan of "Big Brother"-style reality TV but this is different.

    The Trust has a familiar set-up - diverse group of 11 people (with a few models/hunks) are brought to a sea-side mansion with an infinity pool. But The Trust flips the usual script. Instead of the prize going to the last contestant standing, and the inevitable "I'm not here to make friends", these contestants are told they will share a "trust fund" of $250,000 equally. The catch is that they can vote anyone out of the house and even a single vote is enough. At the start, everyone declares they are "a family" but soon the double-dealing and backstabbing starts. The contestants face real moral issues about honesty, trust, wealth, inequality, selfishness, generosity.

    Trigger warning - very binge-able.

    The Trust: A Game of Greed | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTubewww.youtube.com › watch



  • #14299
    fabsoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭fabsoul


    "King Richard"

    Armed with a clear vision, Richard Williams guides his extraordinarily talented daughters, Venus and Serena, on their journey to tennis superstardom.

    Starring:Will Smith,Aunjanue Ellis,Saniyya Sidney

    really enjoyed it!


    https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81039550?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=more&vlang=en&clip=81633535 



  • #14300
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,767 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121733458#Comment_121733458

    If you think The Trust is good, wait until you see The Traitors on BBC. The Trust is the dodgy euro-store knock-off of The Traitors.



  • #14301
    Caquas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Caquas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121733570#Comment_121733570

    Nothing dodgy, cheap or knock-off about “The Trust”. It is genuinely original and, if anything, a bit too glitzy, which may distract from the real life economic hardships of many participants.

    The BBC show (a copy of the Dutch “Verradars”) has a very different premise - a secret cabal of “traitors” knocking out the “Faithfuls” with the aim of taking the prize. The Trust is the opposite - everyone is invited to cooperate and share the prize. Cliques and cabals form and dissolve but they do so spontaneously among the players so it is much more interesting morally i.e. everyone is free to cooperate or betray. It is an elaborate form of the Prisoners Dilemma - everyone can win if they cooperate but an individual might gain more by betrayal..

    Post edited by Caquas on


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