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Netflix - Film Recommendations *READ FIRST POST*

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    #8852
    neonsofa
    Registered Users Posts: 5,476 ✭✭✭neonsofa


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    Fysh wrote: »
    Clouds Of Sils Maria
    I'm not sure what to make of this.... I'm honestly a bit perplexed at how much praise this got on release.

    Completely agree. I actually didn't finish it, lost interest. It just didn't seem to be going anywhere quick enough. And usually I stick these things out but I just wasn't interested enough in the characters to actually do that with this.


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    #8853
    tigger123
    Registered Users Posts: 4,441 ✭✭✭tigger123


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    peteeeed wrote: »
    War games added today

    The 80s Mathew Broderick film?


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    #8854
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


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    tigger123 wrote: »
    The 80s Mathew Broderick film?

    Oh yes


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    #8855
    tigger123
    Registered Users Posts: 4,441 ✭✭✭tigger123


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    peteeeed wrote: »
    Oh yes

    Never seen it, but always wanted to. Is it worth watching, outside of the nostalgia?


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    #8856
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,204 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Yes, watch War Games. :)

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #8857
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


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    Watched I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore at the weekend. I've always enjoyed Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood in anything I've seen them in and they work really well together in this. Lynskey plays Ruth, a downtrodden nursing assistant who asks her martial arts obsessed neighbour Tony (played by Wood) to come with her and help get back her stolen laptop after the police refuse to help her. It spirals from there and goes completely off the rails by the end but it's always enjoyable and there's a great chemistry between the two leads. An added bonus (for me) is the fact that the character of Marshall is played by Jesus Lizard singer David Yow. Well worth a watch.

    Watched Captain Philips as well. Don't know why I hadn't got around to it before. Great performances by Hanks and Barkhad Abdi in it. It's based on the true story of the kidnapping of Richard Philips by Somali pirates. Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it already.


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    #8858
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,315 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


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    Hologram for the King is a good film, that I never heard being released in cinemas, starring Tom Hanks going to Saudi Arabia on business to try and win a big contract. It shows the madness of how Saudi Arabia works compared to our western ways.

    After that I was recommended by Netflix to watch Copenhagen. A 20-something American in Europe trying to trace his paternal grandfather who meets a 14 year-old girl and there follows a will-they-won't-they scenario (the age of consent in Denmark is 15). 3/5


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    #8859
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Watched I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore at the weekend. I've always enjoyed Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood in anything I've seen them in and they work really well together in this. Lynskey plays Ruth, a downtrodden nursing assistant who asks her martial arts obsessed neighbour Tony (played by Wood) to come with her and help get back her stolen laptop after the police refuse to help her. It spirals from there and goes completely off the rails by the end but it's always enjoyable and there's a great chemistry between the two leads. An added bonus (for me) is the fact that the character of Marshall is played by Jesus Lizard singer David Yow. Well worth a watch.

    Watched Captain Philips as well. Don't know why I hadn't got around to it before. Great performances by Hanks and Barkhad Abdi in it. It's based on the true story of the kidnapping of Richard Philips by Somali pirates. Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it already.

    Elijah Wood is one of those really underrated actors, that could never really surpass the heights that he reached with Lord of the Rings.

    Given it is a Netflix thread, also checked out Dirk Gently, in which Wood is once more fantastic!


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    #8860
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Elijah Wood is one of those really underrated actors, that could never really surpass the heights that he reached with Lord of the Rings.

    Given it is a Netflix thread, also checked out Dirk Gently, in which Wood is once more fantastic!

    I loved Dirk Gently but it did get a bit of hate on here due to its deviation from the source material. Wood was great in it though and his performance throughout was pitch-perfect imo.


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    #8861
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Elijah Wood is one of those really underrated actors, that could never really surpass the heights that he reached with Lord of the Rings.

    Given it is a Netflix thread, also checked out Dirk Gently, in which Wood is once more fantastic!

    Is sin city still on Netflix? If so, he has a very good turn on that as a serial killer


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    #8862
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Woods best role for me was in the lead for the surprisingly enjoyable remake of 80s sleaze / slasher classic, Maniac.

    He is very watchable in most things he is in IMO.


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    #8863
    Dair76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Dair76


    Agree that Wood is very underrated, but I actually thought he was terrible in LotR! Generally like him though.


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    #8864
    arcticmonkeys
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭arcticmonkeys


    Dair76 wrote: »
    Agree that Wood is very underrated, but I actually thought he was terrible in LotR! Generally like him though.

    Anyone see this clip from the GNS where he's trying to explain LOTGs to Jack Nicolson Priceless!



    Millers crossing is leaving at the end of the week. I see its been listed on Sky Movies from Monday onwards. Fantastic Movie, not one of the Cohens best but a great turn from our own Gabriel Byrne.


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    #8865
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Another plus one for I don't feel at home in this world any more. Very darkly funny.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #8866
    Choochtown
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Choochtown


    I'm finding it hard to get past 3 or 4 episodes with a lot of the Netflix series. .... Same old , Same old .... Lack of originality and very difficult to care about the characters (eg. Designated survivor, Prison break ..... )


    Chanced upon the EXCELLENT "Historia de un clan" and finished it last night.

    Very black humour/ drama and based on a true story. There were some authentic newsreels from the case during the final episode which added a lot. Lots of great one-liners from the central character and superb performances all round.

    Word of warning: the last few minutes of every episode gives spoilers towards the next one. Sort of ruins the suspense in places.

    Overall though highly recommended.


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    #8867
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,315 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


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    ^ Thanks for that, on the list!

    Watching Greenleaf at the moment. A black family that 'own' a church in the US, a church that turns over millions from donations. Thought it would be too predictable but it's turning out ok....


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    #8868
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    ^ Thanks for that, on the list!

    Watching Greenleaf at the moment. A black family that 'own' a church in the US, a church that turns over millions from donations. Thought it would be too predictable but it's turning out ok....

    I planned to start that one myself at the weekend but got sidetracked. Looks like a kind of trashy soapy type thing, in a good way.


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    #8869
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,315 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I planned to start that one myself at the weekend but got sidetracked. Looks like a kind of trashy soapy type thing, in a good way.

    You'd be right about the soapy. :)


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    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    Another plus one for I don't feel at home in this world any more. Very darkly funny.

    Guess I'll have to add that to something I'll watch this weekend.


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    #8871
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


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    127 hours
    chappie
    the young offenders
    added today


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    #8872
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


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    The 1st season of Killjoys got added today (the second aired recently, summer 2016).

    Your mileage will definitely vary with this one, but if you're looking for a breezy, space-opera adventure that doesn't take itself remotely seriously, you'll enjoy it. The writing is achingly "Whedon'esque" though, so the barrage of glib snark may be too much. They definitely toned it down in that 2nd season though, and was an all-round better run.


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    #8873
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


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    The 1st season of Killjoys got added today (the second aired recently, summer 2016).

    Your mileage will definitely vary with this one, but if you're looking for a breezy, space-opera adventure that doesn't take itself remotely seriously, you'll enjoy it. The writing is achingly "Whedon'esque" though, so the barrage of glib snark may be too much. They definitely toned it down in that 2nd season though, and was an all-round better run.


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    #8874
    [Deleted User]
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    Second season of Love has been added.

    There goes my weekend plans.


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    #8875
    deisedude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭deisedude


    New episode of designated survivor gone up overnight


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    #8876
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    The Black Oil wrote:
    Yes, watch War Games.


    It still stands up, from 1984 but not dated at all believe it or not.


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    #8877
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,315 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


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    deisedude wrote: »
    New episode of designated survivor gone up overnight

    Please let us know if we need to watch the last episode again to try and remember all the plot lines they left hanging. There was quite a few!!!


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    #8878
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Please let us know if we need to watch the last episode again to try and remember all the plot lines they left hanging. There was quite a few!!!

    I dunno If i can force myself to watch any more of it, It started with an interesting premise but completely lost its way towards the middle and end.


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    #8879
    neonsofa
    Registered Users Posts: 5,476 ✭✭✭neonsofa


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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Second season of Love has been added.

    There goes my weekend plans.

    Well you just dragged me down with you.. :pac:


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    #8880
    Rjd2
    Registered Users Posts: 12,005 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    Choochtown wrote: »
    I'm finding it hard to get past 3 or 4 episodes with a lot of the Netflix series. .... Same old , Same old .... Lack of originality and very difficult to care about the characters (eg. Designated survivor, Prison break ..... )


    Chanced upon the EXCELLENT "Historia de un clan" and finished it last night.

    Very black humour/ drama and based on a true story. There were some authentic newsreels from the case during the final episode which added a lot. Lots of great one-liners from the central character and superb performances all round.

    Word of warning: the last few minutes of every episode gives spoilers towards the next one. Sort of ruins the suspense in places.

    Overall though highly recommended.




    The film version is on netflix I think also, (down for me for some reason so can't check).

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_clan_2016/

    Its pretty good also.


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    #8881
    Itssoeasy
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    I watched last days in vietnam yesterday. Excellent documentary.


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