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johnny_ultimate · 03-01-2018 01:44PM

Season 2 was such a breath of fresh air - no longer limited by being a Coens-homage, and instead its own wild, strange, intelligent thing with a directorial depth rarely seen in television.

Season 3 had much to like, but lost quite a bit of its sharpness at the same time. It probably suffered a bit from my perspective by being up against some strong other shows, like Twin Peaks (the best the medium has to offer) and The Handmaid’s Tale. But even if it lacked the surprise of its predecessor, it still boasted impressive work from a hell of a cast - just maybe relied a bit more on their skills than the previous season did.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 03-01-2018 01:44PM

Just started watching Castlevania. Not one for watching while eating, my word! So gruesome!

Edit: My God, they're talking about someone f**king a goat. Clearly not for kids, this one.

ShadyAcres · 03-01-2018 02:07PM

I've just watched a French film called 'The climb' About this guy who climbed Everest with no experience. Thought it was a decent watch and funny. Based on a true story.

Slattsy · 03-01-2018 08:34PM

Just binged watched Dark - its brilliant/gripping. Cant wait for Series 2.

Watched Bright before that - dire.

Summary - always go with the dark side.

ShamoBuc · 03-01-2018 08:47PM

Binged on Godless...great show. Best western show I've seen in a long time.

Gloomtastic! · 03-01-2018 09:20PM

Slattsy wrote: »

Watched Bright before that - dire.

Just wasted 45 minutes of my life to come to the same conclusion! :rolleyes:

Deco99 · 03-01-2018 09:45PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Just wasted 45 minutes of my life to come to the same conclusion! :rolleyes:

Bright is getting a sequel. This raises two questions, is will smith just a huge draw no matter what? Is the US audience so ignorant that this is the level they now enjoy and are capable of following? Sense8 cancelled but this gets a sequel???

03-01-2018 11:06PM

Deco99 wrote:

Bright is getting a sequel. This raises two questions, is will smith just a huge draw no matter what? Is the US audience so ignorant that this is the level they now enjoy and are capable of following? Sense8 cancelled but this gets a sequel???

You do realise that Bright cost less to make than series 2 of Sense8? The biggest reason Sense8 was cancelled was because the average cost of an episode went from $4.5 million for series 1 to over $9 million an episode for the second. That is an incredible amount of money for a series.

Also, you know you can have an opinion without being a dick. Do you think that only people in the US watched and enjoyed the film? There is nothing worse than someone who thinks that people who enjoy something they don't are idiots. I'll hold my hand up and say I liked Bright more than The Last Jedi. Does that make me an idiot like the people in the US?

Deco99 · 04-01-2018 12:27AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You do realise that Bright cost less to make than series 2 of Sense8? The biggest reason Sense8 was cancelled was because the average cost of an episode went from $4.5 million for series 1 to over $9 million an episode for the second. That is an incredible amount of money for a series.

Also, you know you can have an opinion without being a dick. Do you think that only people in the US watched and enjoyed the film? There is nothing worse than someone who thinks that people who enjoy something they don't are idiots. I'll hold my hand up and say I liked Bright more than The Last Jedi. Does that make me an idiot like the people in the US?

Didn't call anyone an idiot. Made reference to a growing ignorance of the great unwashed and a by the numbers approach to what gets made and what doesn't, leading to a greater ignorance and so on. Less risky stuff has a chance to get through. Don't like star trek myself either.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 04-01-2018 01:36AM

The two things that lead to massive viewing numbers on Netflix are excellent reviews and terrible reviews. Unlike a traditional cinema release, where you have to hand over cash, people will watch a badly reviewed film on Netflix just to see if it's really as bad as people are saying. The Adam Sandler deal they did proves that Netflix don't necessarily care about the quality of all their projects as long as they do the right numbers for them. That said, I believe they're getting someone else to write the sequel so maybe they like the project and see better things for it.

peteeeed · 04-01-2018 08:23AM

conan the barbarian (remake ) added today

04-01-2018 09:15AM

Deco99 wrote: »

Didn't call anyone an idiot. Made reference to a growing ignorance of the great unwashed and a by the numbers approach to what gets made and what doesn't, leading to a greater ignorance and so on. Less risky stuff has a chance to get through. Don't like star trek myself either.

Come on, just admit it, you were having a go and saying those US people sure are dumb. You do realise that Netflix have helped a lot of rather risky films get made, they've supported a number of small films and while some of their output is disappointing without Netflix and Amazon there would be a lot less low and middle tier films being made.

If you want to look at by the numbers cookie cutter film making then surely Hollywood is the place to go, the next few years offer little other than Superhero and Star Wars films. That a filmmaker like James Gray cannot raise financing for his work through one of the major studios while Josh Whedon and the Russo Brothers have no issue working with $300+ million says it all.

kunst nugget · 04-01-2018 09:26AM

Deco99 wrote: »

Bright is getting a sequel. This raises two questions, is will smith just a huge draw no matter what? Is the US audience so ignorant that this is the level they now enjoy and are capable of following? Sense8 cancelled but this gets a sequel???

Having enjoyed the first season of Sense8 despite its inherent silliness, I ended up not being able to make it through the second season. It seemed to end up following the Christmas special template of 15 minute scenes of them all riding each other punctuated by the need to talk about their feelings all the time with little slivers of plot thrown in every now and then. The interesting set pieces that showed the way their lives inter-mingled in the first season were fascinating to watch and dynamic. The second season became a turgid mess.

I'm not saying Bright is any better than it, it's not by a long shot, but I'd imagine that the viewership figures for Sense8 were probably pretty abysmal. I'd wager not many people even made it through the first season.

Bright was passable entertainment when I watched it on a Friday night with a couple of beers and a disengaged brain but it's one of those movies that annoyed me the more I thought about it. LA is going to look and behave in essentally the exact same way even though they're living in a world of humans, orcs and elves? C'mon… the execution of the premise is a complete dud and the script is an absolute mess.

DyldeBrill · 04-01-2018 09:34AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Didn’t hear that much talk about S3. It didn't seem to take off in the same way the first 2 did.

I thought the 3rd season was a decent watch - but you're right. Definitely not as good as the 1st or 2nd seasons. The ending of the 3rd season though wrapped it up nicely. All 3 worth a watch regardless.

Deco99 · 04-01-2018 11:09AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Come on, just admit it, you were having a go and saying those US people sure are dumb.

Don't feel I was. But you know better.

kunst nugget · 04-01-2018 11:42AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The two things that lead to massive viewing numbers on Netflix are excellent reviews and terrible reviews. Unlike a traditional cinema release, where you have to hand over cash, people will watch a badly reviewed film on Netflix just to see if it's really as bad as people are saying. The Adam Sandler deal they did proves that Netflix don't necessarily care about the quality of all their projects as long as they do the right numbers for them. That said, I believe they're getting someone else to write the sequel so maybe they like the project and see better things for it.

It's a commercial business so it is going to come down to revenue generation at the end of the day - if Adam Sandler makes them money, they'll keep making the films. But they've still invested in some pretty interesting small and medium budget movies over the years. Mascots, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Tramps, Beasts of No Nation, Okja, Mudbound etc…

ThisRegard · 04-01-2018 11:54AM

Deco99 wrote: »

Bright is getting a sequel. This raises two questions, is will smith just a huge draw no matter what? Is the US audience so ignorant that this is the level they now enjoy and are capable of following? Sense8 cancelled but this gets a sequel???

Nothing to do with Smith or the US audience being ignorant. I fall into neither category and I enjoyed it.

Your post falls into the realm of snobbery.

johnny_ultimate · 04-01-2018 11:56AM

Mod note: Can we please focus on discussing the films themselves rather than generalising about the people who like / dislike them? Thanks!

Aenaes · 04-01-2018 01:11PM

I watched Bone Tomahawk a little while ago and was pleasantly surprised. After reading the general description I was expecting a film that focused mainly on the gory and gruesome but it's actually a decent Western.

ShamoBuc · 04-01-2018 03:11PM

Aenaes wrote: »

I watched Bone Tomahawk a little while ago and was pleasantly surprised. After reading the general description I was expecting a film that focused mainly on the gory and gruesome but it's actually a decent Western.

Actually finished watching it this morning. Its watchable but only if there was nothing else on really. Some big names in it but I feel it could have been better. Not sure exactly why but I was hoping for better.

neirbloom · 04-01-2018 03:56PM

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Actually finished watching it this morning. Its watchable but only if there was nothing else on really. Some big names in it but I feel it could have been better. Not sure exactly why but I was hoping for better.

Will Penny is a fantastic western starring Charlton Heston, Bruce Dern and Donald Pleasance who's completely over the top as the bad guy. Dern mentioned in an interview somewhere that its probably Charlton Heston best performance although I could watch Dern in anything. Criminally underrated.

KERSPLAT! · 04-01-2018 04:03PM

Binged on Weeds, the show is nuts, all over the place... but still decent

Tom Mann Centuria · 04-01-2018 05:17PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Binged on Weeds, the show is nuts, all over the place... but still decent

Thought the last couple of seasons were flogging a dead horse but I loved the early series.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 04-01-2018 06:54PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

It's a commercial business so it is going to come down to revenue generation at the end of the day - if Adam Sandler makes them money, they'll keep making the films. But they've still invested in some pretty interesting small and medium budget movies over the years. Mascots, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Tramps, Beasts of No Nation, Okja, Mudbound etc…

A lot of those things you list were made without Netflix's investment. They just bought the distribution rights. It does allow small films to get seen by bigger audiences though. I remember reading that although Mudbound got standing ovations and huge praise at Sundance last year Netflix were the only ones that were interested in buying it and they offered a lot more than they really had to, given nobody else was bidding.

oneilla · 04-01-2018 09:42PM

Is the Danish version of The Killing gone from Netflix?

ShamoBuc · 05-01-2018 01:15AM

neirbloom wrote: »

Will Penny is a fantastic western starring Charlton Heston, Bruce Dern and Donald Pleasance who's completely over the top as the bad guy. Dern mentioned in an interview somewhere that its probably Charlton Heston best performance although I could watch Dern in anything. Criminally underrated.

Hadn't seen it it donkeys years, so I watched it tonight. Not your stereotypical western but watchable nonetheless. Heston really was very good, Lee Majors looked so young in it as well.

peteeeed · 05-01-2018 08:38AM

daddy day camp
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency season 2
head in the clouds
jabberwocky
julie & julia
love the coopers
outsiders season 1 & 2
the physician
Sin Senos sí Hay Paraíso season 1 & 2
think like a man too
underground seasons 1&2
added today

den87 · 05-01-2018 09:15AM

Has anyone seen Outsiders or Underground?

Unearthly · 05-01-2018 09:16AM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Binged on Weeds, the show is nuts, all over the place... but still decent

Vince Gilligan the Breaking Bad creator said if he knew about Weeds before pitching BB to networks he wouldn't have gone through with the show.

Thank god he didn't:)

yabadabado · 05-01-2018 09:33AM

First few seasons of Weeds was very good but towards the end it was rubbish imo.
Dragged it out way too long.

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