Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

Snake Plisken

Just finished binging The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and really enjoyed it, not a fan of American Football and didn't know anything about this guy going into it so would advise those who watch it not to Google the story before watching it. Have to say I preferred it over Don't F@@k with Cats. So well worth a watch.

GolfNut33

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Just finished binging The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and really enjoyed it, not a fan of American Football and didn't know anything about this guy going into it so would advise those who watch it not to Google the story before watching it. Have to say I preferred it over Don't F@@k with Cats. So well worth a watch.

I'd never google the story as it ruins it. We have a bit of an advantage this side of the pond as a lot of the crime series from over there we aren't familiar with.

I thought this series was very good and well made as usual.

Mr E

Netflix just picked up 21 Studio Ghibli movies. Due to be released between February and April.

https://kotaku.com/netflix-just-picked-up-21-studio-ghibli-movies-but-not-1841103335

Feb. 1: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Ocean Waves (1993), Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Arrietty (2010), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1: Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), The Wind Rises (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014).

Netflix is going to provide subtitles in 28 languages, while there will be dubs available in 20.

gmisk

Mr E wrote: »

Netflix just picked up 21 Studio Ghibli movies. Due to be released between February and April.

https://kotaku.com/netflix-just-picked-up-21-studio-ghibli-movies-but-not-1841103335

Feb. 1: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Ocean Waves (1993), Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Arrietty (2010), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1: Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), The Wind Rises (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014).

Netflix is going to provide subtitles in 28 languages, while there will be dubs available in 20.

That is fantastic!

Tom Mann Centuria

Mr E wrote: »

Netflix just picked up 21 Studio Ghibli movies. Due to be released between February and April.

https://kotaku.com/netflix-just-picked-up-21-studio-ghibli-movies-but-not-1841103335

Feb. 1: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Ocean Waves (1993), Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Arrietty (2010), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1: Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), The Wind Rises (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014).

Netflix is going to provide subtitles in 28 languages, while there will be dubs available in 20.

This is fantastic news!

peteeeed

Mr E wrote: »

Netflix just picked up 21 Studio Ghibli movies. Due to be released between February and April.

https://kotaku.com/netflix-just-picked-up-21-studio-ghibli-movies-but-not-1841103335

Feb. 1: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Ocean Waves (1993), Tales from Earthsea (2006)

March 1: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Arrietty (2010), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

April 1: Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), The Wind Rises (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014).

Netflix is going to provide subtitles in 28 languages, while there will be dubs available in 20.

wonderful

pixelburp

That is absolutely brilliant news. 👍

peteeeed

Family Reunion
When the McKellan family moves from Seattle to small-town Georgia, life down South -- and traditional grandparents -- challenge their big-city ways.

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S.M.B.

Just came in to post the Studio Ghibli news as they are tweeting about it.

I was just about to buy the Arriety DVD for the Saoirse Ronan dubbed version. Delighted that 20/21 will be dubbed.

joeguevara

bogmanfan wrote: »

Just got around to Dolemite is my Name. Great stuff with a fantastic performance from Eddie Murphy. Really enjoyable two hours.

Was going to post similar last night. Really good film. For some reason reminded me of Bowfinger.

brevity

That Netflix/Studio Ghibli news has made my day/week/month!

Absolutely delighted

Sad Professor

Awesome news about Ghibli. A lot of films I still haven’t seen.

Electric Nitwit

Can the Ghibli aficionados suggest a good place to start when they all land? I'm a luddite, I've only seen Spirited Away (which I really liked)

Cheers

Mantis Toboggan

Can't say ever heard of any of those Ghibli films, are any of them worth watching?

shrapnel222

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Can the Ghibli aficionados suggest a good place to start when they all land? I'm a luddite, I've only seen Spirited Away (which I really liked)

Cheers

castle in the sky, my neighbor totoro, princess mononoke and howl's moving castle are all sublime, with the last 2 being slightly darker

brevity

You will need a hug after watching When Marnie Was There

beans

'Nausicaä' is excellent and pretty dark, 'Pom Poko' has all the raccoon testicles you could ever want.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

shrapnel222 wrote: »

castle in the sky, my neighbor totoro, princess mononoke and howl's moving castle are all sublime, with the last 2 being slightly darker

I watched Howl's Moving Castle recently having recorded it off Film4 a while ago. I didn't enjoy it that much but it was the dubbed version with Christian Bale voicing Howl, maybe the subtitled version would have been better.
I have a couple more recorded, might check them and see if they're dubs too and just wait for the Netflix ones instead.

megaten

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I watched Howl's Moving Castle recently having recorded it off Film4 a while ago. I didn't enjoy it that much but it was the dubbed version with Christian Bale voicing Howl, maybe the subtitled version would have been better.
I have a couple more recorded, might check them and see if they're dubs too and just wait for the Netflix ones instead.

Howls is beautiful but a bit of a mess and had a director drop out. Its defiantly in the lower end of Ghibli films in terms of quality.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

megaten wrote: »

Howls is beautiful but a bit of a mess and had a director drop out. Its defiantly in the lower end of Ghibli films in terms of quality.

Yeah, it definitely felt a little disjointed from a story telling point of view, but visually there's some lovely stuff and I'm not sure if it was supposed to but the complete randomness of the ending for Pumpkin Head made me laugh.

brevity

I liked Calcifer...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

shrapnel222 wrote: »

castle in the sky, my neighbor totoro, princess mononoke and howl's moving castle are all sublime, with the last 2 being slightly darker

Princess Mononoke is extremely dark. And sobering.

Out of those, the "castle" ones are the most similar to Spirited Away.

My neigbout Totoro and Kiki's Delievery Service would be the more light-hearted ones.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

brevity wrote: »

I liked Calcifer...

I did like him, to be fair

S.M.B.

Grave of the Fireflies is devastating.

Which isn't being added

brevity

S.M.B. wrote: »

Grave of the Fireflies is devastating.

Which isn't being added

Yea, I was looking for that. Tbh I don’t think I could rewatch it. Heartbreaking.

ixoy

brevity wrote: »

Yea, I was looking for that. Tbh I don’t think I could rewatch it. Heartbreaking.

Same here. Superb film but probably the most heart wrenching I've seen.

El Duda

Grave of the Fireflies is possibly the best film i've ever seen. I don't like using phrases like this as it sounds a bit pretentious but I'd say that watching it 'enrichens the soul'. It is a masterpiece.

ShaneU

What did Jack do?

David Lynch interrogates a monkey accused of murder for 17 minutes.

Haven't watched it yet but it sounds mad.

johnny_ultimate

Gotta say I'm super-psyched that a whole generation of kids will have incredibly easy access to the Ghibli back catalogue. I mean, as much as I'm looking forward to seeing the ones I haven't seen in years, it's wonderful to know a whole new generation will get to discover them now

For those keen to dive in to the back catalogue, here's how I'd rate them by handy tiers, from essential to avoid. Caveat: it's been a good long while now since I've seen some of them and there are a couple (Porco Rosso and The Cat Returns in particular) I've been eager to revisit.

'Greatest animated films of all time' contenders

My Neighbour Totoro
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

'Mere' masterpieces

Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Pom Poko
Grave of the Fireflies

'Really great but don't start with these as they're a little more niche'

The Wind Rises
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Whisper of the Heart
Only Yesterday

Good, solid, mid-tier Ghibli

Porco Rosso
Ocean Waves
From Up On Poppy Hill
Kiki's Delivery Service
Arriety

'Yeah, they're alright'

When Marine Was There
Howl's Moving Castle
The Cat Returns

Baaadddd Ghibli

Tales from Earthsea (NB: just read the books, because they're incredible)

2smiggy

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Just finished binging The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and really enjoyed it, not a fan of American Football and didn't know anything about this guy going into it so would advise those who watch it not to Google the story before watching it. Have to say I preferred it over Don't F@@k with Cats. So well worth a watch.

knew the story fairly well (so I thought) as am a big fan of the patriots. Still loads extra in it that i knew nothing about , one of the best things I have seen in a long time