Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

Gloomtastic! · 27-12-2019 03:47PM

Basq wrote: »

It's 'Funny Cow'

My bad, sorry. :rolleyes:

(I’ve edited the original post).

bunderoon · 27-12-2019 03:51PM

Basq wrote: »

It's 'Funny Cow'

I couldn't help but read that in a Joe Pesci voice.
I'm all the better for it since.

Charlie19 · 27-12-2019 04:27PM

bunderoon wrote: »

I couldn't help but read that in a Joe Pesci voice.
I'm all the better for it since.

Like I'm a clown.

acequion · 27-12-2019 05:03PM

I have my elderly mother staying with me and trying to find something to watch. Was thinking of The Crown as she likes the British royals. What do people think?

budgemook · 27-12-2019 05:05PM

acequion wrote: »

I have my elderly mother staying with me and trying to find something to watch. Was thinking of The Crown as she likes the British royals. What do people think?

The Butler with Forest Whitaker is one I recently watched in similar company.

Addle · 27-12-2019 05:17PM

I watched black 47 with a group of pensioners yesterday and they were ready to go to war after.

Addle · 27-12-2019 05:19PM

I was sorry I didn’t put on the Two Popes.

dougm1970 · 27-12-2019 06:19PM

recommend me a good, but not obvious, prison or mob drama...please

dougm1970 · 27-12-2019 06:24PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Funny Cow. A dark, dark northern British comedy starring a brilliant Maxine Peake. A great but difficult film.

might try this...i like social dramas too...its got a look of a modern day saturday night sunday morning to it.

fair play for recommending it

MaceFace · 27-12-2019 06:28PM

dougm1970 wrote: »

recommend me a good, but not obvious, prison or mob drama...please

Avengement.

ixoy · 27-12-2019 06:29PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

Metacritic only has 12 reviews logged so it's not really a proper sample size. Rotten tomatoes has 54 and the aggregate score is more in line with the audience one.

Since it didn't get a cinema release, a lot of critics overlooked it - either unaware or, I suspect to a degree, pure snobbery.

Hopefully, word of mouth gets it the recognition it deserves.

bunderoon · 27-12-2019 06:50PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

Like I'm a clown.

Close. Like I've a sense of humor. Try it some time.

Who ever hurt you, tell someone. Don't bottle it up inside.

dougm1970 · 27-12-2019 06:51PM

MaceFace wrote: »

Avengement.

i seen that. and stuck with it...a few recognisable heads in it..few good fight sequences....but my god its bargain basement stuff...looks like it was made in a weekend with no budget.

Mickeroo · 27-12-2019 06:58PM

ixoy wrote: »

Since it didn't get a cinema release, a lot of critics overlooked it - either unaware or, I suspect to a degree, pure snobbery.

Hopefully, word of mouth gets it the recognition it deserves.

It actually did get a cinema release, my local were showing it on the run up to Christmas. Netflix stuff definitely seems to get overlooked in terms of review quantity.

bunderoon · 27-12-2019 07:01PM

simongurnick wrote: »

Thought it was brilliant. I live near toronto and vividly remember the case

Watching it now. Brilliant.

pixelburp · 27-12-2019 07:05PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

It actually did get a cinema release, my local were showing it on the run up to Christmas. Netflix stuff definitely seems to get overlooked in terms of review quantity.

I sympathise here with critics because given the sheer volume of content, released at random intervals, it must surely be harder to stay current with steaming films, and picking the movies to review. Especially when, like Klaus, they can pop on the service without anyone knowing. At least a cinema will actually print its schedule front and centre.

Hercule Poirot · 27-12-2019 07:59PM

pixelburp wrote: »

I sympathise here with critics because given the sheer volume of content, released at random intervals, it must surely be harder to stay current with steaming films, and picking the movies to review. Especially when, like Klaus, they can pop on the service without anyone knowing. At least a cinema will actually print its schedule front and centre.

I think also, especially with major films, critics are given a special screening or sent a copy in advance so reviews can go out the week of release - not so with Netflix films

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO · 27-12-2019 08:04PM

Enjoying Lost in Spaces second season here.

peteeeed · 28-12-2019 08:26AM

Downsizing
Suburban couple Paul and Audrey decide to have themselves shrunk to tiny size and relocated to a miniature city where they can live in upscale luxury

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy
A quiet teen's life is shaken up when she's forced to be her arrogant neighbor's slave. He loves her, but they both have a lot to learn about trust

Roman J. Israel, Esq.
A savant-like civil rights defense attorney is faced with an enormous moral decision when his simple, ossified life is thrown into turmoil.

Social Animals
While trying to salvage a failing business, improve her love life and embrace adulthood, a millennial stoner falls head-over-heels for a married man

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johnny_ultimate · 28-12-2019 08:40AM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I think also, especially with major films, critics are given a special screening or sent a copy in advance so reviews can go out the week of release - not so with Netflix films

Netflix have gotten better with promoting their prestige fare - you certainly couldn’t avoid The Irishman, The Two Popes or Marriage Story.

Honestly, though, I think the responsibility is on Netflix for how much stuff gets lost in the crowd. They crap out so much #content it’s hard to keep track of, and it can be a bit of a surprise when something gathers the sort of viral momentum you see with Klaus or Fyre. Still, Netflix more or less dump a tonne of stuff on the platform - most of it dumped for a good reason, but also genuinely significant work like Atlantics too (which got a small cinema release in the UK at least). Even as someone who keeps an eye on the foreign and indie films being released on there, the algorithm just buries so much stuff there’s been a few that have snuck in with nary any fanfare.

seligehgit · 28-12-2019 06:31PM

Really enjoyed season 2 of You.

Can't wait to get stuck into The Witcher.

Word of mouth it's a dead ringer in type to Game of Thrones?!

Sad Professor · 28-12-2019 06:39PM

seligehgit wrote: »

Really enjoyed season 2 of You.

Can't wait to get stuck into The Witcher.

Word of mouth it's a dead ringer in type to Game of Thrones?!

Not really like GOT. Too cheesy and fantastical. LOTR might be a better comparison.

Foweva Awone · 28-12-2019 07:57PM

I'm on episode 7 of the second season of You. I wasn't particularly looking forward to it, as the second book wasn't great at all, this is far better than the book though!

Basq · 28-12-2019 08:42PM

Binged the first season of You over the last day or two while sick (after giving up with it a few episodes in last year) and enjoyed it. It's fluff but enjoyable enough.

Will start season 2 tomorrow I'd say

gmisk · 28-12-2019 10:00PM

Don't f#ck with cats

Jesus Christ great watch...mad stuff...watch it without reading the background

Burty330 · 28-12-2019 10:08PM

Im thinking a light to strong 9 on The Witcher.

Drumpot · 28-12-2019 10:12PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Not really like GOT. Too cheesy and fantastical. LOTR might be a better comparison.

Yeh I would not really compare it with GOT, its way more fun and doesn’t take itself too seriously. I really enjoyed it and looking forward to S2. I think it’s closer to a Hercules (the legendary journey) type show but just way better and much bigger budget you can appreciate. For enjoyment 8/9 out of 10.

pixelburp · 28-12-2019 10:15PM

The Witcher has the violence & gratuitous toplessness of GoT, so superficially it's a similar show but as said already, bares more of a resemblance to a grubbier LoTR.

Hithere246 · 29-12-2019 08:11AM

The Guilty
Danish movie, one actor in an emergency call centre.. I've a low attention span when it comes to movies as I prefer series as I know the characters. I really enjoyed this.. couldn't leave the couch till it was over.

peteeeed · 29-12-2019 11:52AM

Alexa & Katie: New Year's Eve Countdown

Full house new years Eve and a load of kids cartoon new years Eve specials

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