Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

xlogo

Chimp Empire - just finished it - very good and recommended 👍

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935528#Comment_121935528

😳 How did I not know:

Spoiler Warning

Chimps split monkeys apart and eat them like bbq ribs

I thought they only ate bananas, nuts, leaves etc. Jaysus.

silliussoddius

God no. I still think this is one of the greatest tv moments, especially the bit at the end about mob violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGvblv_ts4

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121938289#Comment_121938289

Theres something extra disturbing watchin that compared to lions catching their lunch. Maybe its the screams. That 1 ape adding some leaves for flavour 🤣

Man Vs ManUre

House of Sims what complete garbage of a tv show. It’s like the yellow pack version of the Kardashian’s.

black & white

Watching Iron Reign at the moment, really enjoying it, set in Barcelona port and is about drug smuggling.

Mantis Toboggan

Enjoyed the Gentleman but felt it was a bit all over the place and moving at a million miles an hour. Acting was very good and the show was very well done, 8/10

Spon Farmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121903182#Comment_121903182

Just curious why you watched the whole thing?

Were you thinking “it has to get better” ? Because that would be some optimism. :)

Spon Farmer

DAMSEL is good. I expected a lot of “strong independent woman” rubbish and Brown would be a “kick-ass” female from the start but there wasn’t any of it. A nice bit of horror thrown in with the fantasy and action.

Kicking myself for not recognising Shohreh Aghdashloo. She was perfectly cast.

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121952243#Comment_121952243

Yeah thought maybe a good ending could save it. Im a patriot. Big Netflix production filmed in Ireland.

pixelburp

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

And if initial reviews are to be believed, this Wages of Fear remake is supposedly horrendous. So bad in fact I'm now perversely curious, against all my better judgement.

EoinMcLovin

New show based in Ireland

https://youtu.be/KoVnzw4nP10?si=FQgse9fAD82AiFj4

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121967621#Comment_121967621

Weird to see Will Forte star in another Ireland located story; he was in Extra Ordinary from a few years back.

Best comment from that link is "Wicker Man meets Father Ted".

Agent Coulson

Based on a true story*

*Overheard in a pub

That's as Irish as you will get so they nailed it.

silliussoddius

Almost got a Mississippi Burning vibe from it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121967639#Comment_121967639

He was in another Irish thing with Maxine Peake a few years back too. Can't remember the name of it, Run and Jump, maybe?

cdgalwegian

Reminds me of the New Zealand comedy/drama 'Deadloch', just using a podcasting conceit rather than detectives on a weird case. Like Deadloch, could be a lot of silly fun- poking fun through exaggerating prejudices etc. Looks like there could be a lot of eye-rolling as well though - throwing in make-uppy traditions, coz like, we're all a bit mad here. Definitely give it a look though.

JoeA3

Lastnight, I watched "No Escape", starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan. I must say it's one of the best things I've seen on Netflix in some time. I think it was originally released in 2015 but it must have been with little fanfare because I never heard of it till now.

Anyway, highly recommend it. It's a good old fashioned edge of the seat thriller. It's actually quite relentless in its pacing from start to finish. Wilson is very good in a role (ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances) that you wouldn't typically see him in.

Fysh

I watched The Block Island Sound and was pleasantly impressed by it. It's a psychological horror film about a group of siblings struggling to understand the circumstances surrounding a family tragedy on the island where they grew up; the writing & use of sound are both strong, and the performances consistently good. It reminds me in some ways of YellowbrickRoad, and also (if you're in any way interested in watching it, don't look at the spoiler until after you've seen it):

Spoiler Warning

Nope

rob316

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121903450#Comment_121903450

Same with wild mountain thyme, young ones dressed in shawls when it's supposed to be modern Ireland. Absolute rubbish that movie was, what they had on Walken to partake I'd love to know.

Gloomtastic!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121970652#Comment_121970652

That was really good. Thanks.🔫🔫🔫💪 😋

Spon Farmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121971319#Comment_121971319

Walken is the only one involved in that that can be forgiven - maybe he knows next to nothing about Ireland. Maybe it was just a paycheck.

It is everybody else that should questioned, especially Blunt and Dornan.

Electric Nitwit

Glowing review from the BBC for Andrew Scott's Ripley. Just added, looking forward to watching it

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240404-masterful-ripley-is-the-hitchcock-series-hitchcock-never-made

Electric Nitwit

I looked at a few more reviews of Ripley...

Guardian - Andrew Scott is absolutely spellbinding

Independent - Andrew Scott is all wrong for this otherwise decent Netflix adaptation

Irish Independent - Andrew Scott mesmerises as best Ripley of them all

Variety - Andrew Scott Is Utterly Charmless

Not sure I've ever seen such wildly contrasting opinions 🤣

jj880

Scott sometimes seems similar to Timothee Chalamet to me in style.

Undoubtedly talented but often so understated it almost seems out of place and I start to wonder what all the hype is about.

Ripley looks good. Added to My List.

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121970652#Comment_121970652

I watched this last week. I had never heard of it either. Simple enough storyline, but it's oh so tense.

I recently watched another thriller of Owen Wilson a few weeks ago. It's a bit of an oldie - film made over 20 years ago. It's called Behind Enemy Lines. If you liked No Escape, you'd like this one too. Similar enough story line.

Gloomtastic!

Speaking of Irish talent, also watched Good Luck to you Leo Grande last night.

About a widow, played by Emma Thompson, employing the services of a male escort, our own Daryl McCormick.
It’s basically the two of them in a hotel room for the entire film but thought they both played it very well.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121967995#Comment_121967995

Going a bit back but yeah you're right

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_%26_Jump

Gosh, so three Irish flicks? Forte must have some connection here, or else just really loves the country & coming here for a filmshoot / holiday…

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974264#Comment_121974264

Yep, I remember seeing Behind Enemy Lines when it first came out! And yes, Wilson's character in this movie reminded me a bit of his performance in that one. Gene Hackman was in that movie too if memory serves, possibly one of his last big roles.

Man Vs ManUre

Behind enemy lines and No Escape are 2 very good Owen Wilson films. Don’t think BEL’s is on Netflix.