Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

fin12 · 30-09-2020 02:59PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Has anyone watched the Spy with Sacha Baron Cohen? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/06/the-spy-review-sacha-baron-cohen-israeli-espionage-drama-gideon-raff

I think he is amazing but was wondering if someone could recommend it before I begin?

Yes it very good. It’s not a comedy but a serious role for him . He is very good in it.

Sakana · 30-09-2020 04:26PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

BBC Scotland has put out some great comedy that either never airs on the main BBC or gets put on a Tuesday night at 11:45 or something.

Chewin' the Fat was the sketch show that Still Game originated on. Limmy's Show and Burnistoun are good too. Think they're all on Netflix actually.

Yeah, I've watched some of Chewin' the Fat. Some fantastic stuff!

Limmy is my spirit animal.

Hercule Poirot · 30-09-2020 05:27PM

Porthallian wrote: »

If you've read the books I'd definitely avoid it as you'll only be disappointed. Completely rushed into a 90 minute movie, a total mess tbh. Whole story centres around the kid, (Jake?) rather than the gunslinger.
Only saving grace for me was McConaughey who I'm a fan of. The critics got it right.

Yeah that's the vibe I got from the reviews at the time - an incoherent mess and not as faithful to the books as it should have been

I'll watch it anyways but I'm going in with low expectations so shouldn't be too disappointed

And as you say McConoughey is great at playing characters with a sinister aura so he might make it watchable at least

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-09-2020 07:51PM

About half way through an anime series called Erased and really enjoying it.
It's about a man, Satoru, who experiences a sort of glitch in time. Something happens and he goes back a couple of minutes and is able to stop something bad from happening if he can figure out what it is in time. After getting hit by a car, while saving a child during one of these time jumps, his mother comes to stay to make sure he's okay and ends up dead, with Satoru the main suspect. On the run from the police he blacks out and when he wakes up he finds he's jumped all the way back in time to when he was 10 and a series of child abductions happened in his home town. One of the girls who was later found dead is a girl in his class. Convinced this event is linked to his mother's future murder he decides to try to change the past to prevent the future.
As I said, I'm only on episode 6 of 12, but it's very good so far. It's like a dark murder mystery time travel thriller. And the episodes are only 22 minutes long, so I'm flying through them.

spuddy90 · 30-09-2020 08:14PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Has anyone watched the Spy with Sacha Baron Cohen? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/06/the-spy-review-sacha-baron-cohen-israeli-espionage-drama-gideon-raff

I think he is amazing but was wondering if someone could recommend it before I begin?

Id give it a solid 8 out of 10. Thought his acting in a more serious role was brilliant. Fascinating true story.

gmisk · 30-09-2020 08:37PM

Has anyone else watched the doc, American Murder the family next door?
Not a story I was familiar with but seriously gripping watch

Loughc · 30-09-2020 08:38PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

About half way through an anime series called Erased and really enjoying it.
It's about a man, Satoru, who experiences a sort of glitch in time. Something happens and he goes back a couple of minutes and is able to stop something bad from happening if he can figure out what it is in time. After getting hit by a car, while saving a child during one of these time jumps, his mother comes to stay to make sure he's okay and ends up dead, with Satoru the main suspect. On the run from the police he blacks out and when he wakes up he finds he's jumped all the way back in time to when he was 10 and a series of child abductions happened in his home town. One of the girls who was later found dead is a girl in his class. Convinced this event is linked to his mother's future murder he decides to try to change the past to prevent the future.
As I said, I'm only on episode 6 of 12, but it's very good so far. It's like a dark murder mystery time travel thriller. And the episodes are only 22 minutes long, so I'm flying through them.

There’s a live action remake of this too.

Electric Nitwit · 30-09-2020 08:38PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

About half way through an anime series called Erased and really enjoying it.
It's about a man, Satoru...

Sounds really good. I think you mean the 2017 version, but do you know what the two versions are? wiki seems unsure

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fin12 · 30-09-2020 08:39PM

gmisk wrote: »

Has anyone else watched the doc, American Murder the family next door?
Not a story I was familiar with but seriously gripping watch

I haven’t watched it yet but I am familiar with the story. Only happened two years ago, loads of videos of Chris Watts on youtube , unbelievable....

Loughc · 30-09-2020 08:39PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Sounds really good. I think you mean the 2017 version, but do you know what the two versions are? wiki seems unsure

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2016 is the anime. 2017 is the live remake.

Electric Nitwit · 30-09-2020 08:40PM

Loughc wrote: »

2016 is the anime. 2017 is the live remake.

Nice, thanks - I really messed up attaching the screenshots

el Fenomeno · 30-09-2020 09:25PM

gmisk wrote: »

Has anyone else watched the doc, American Murder the family next door?
Not a story I was familiar with but seriously gripping watch

I knew this case like the back of my hand as I've read up in in depth a few times, but still a fascinating watch.

I always find it fascinating when there's a case where there's lots of footage of the perpetrator acting innocent before they've been found out, so that's why I was drawn to this case.

Absolutely heartbreaking hearing him describe how he had Shanann's body wrapped in a sheet in his truck, and his 2 girls asking him if Mommy was okay.

Also, the documentary makes it sound like he threw the girls into the oil tanks while they were still alive, but they weren't. He had smothered them.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-09-2020 09:48PM

Loughc wrote: »

There’s a live action remake of this too.

I saw that when I was trying to find out what year it was made. Not sure what a live action remake would be like. It's pretty heavy stuff to rely on a couple of 10 year old actors to carry.

CastorTroy · 30-09-2020 09:51PM

I watched that Erased anime as it aired. Thought it was excellent. Have the live action version on my list but haven't watched it yet.

GottaGetGatt · 30-09-2020 10:02PM

Finished Dark last week. Very good. Finding it hard to think of another show so meticulously written and thought out from Start to finish. Definitely turn off the English dubbed voices though and change to the original German with English subs, excellent acting Throughout. One of my favourite shows this year.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-09-2020 10:02PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

I watched that Erased anime as it aired. Thought it was excellent. Have the live action version on my list but haven't watched it yet.

I didn't realise they were both on Netflix. Watched the live action trailer there and it actually looks pretty good. Although it also looks like a shot for shot remake of the anime, so I might give it a while before watching it too.

CastorTroy · 30-09-2020 10:19PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I didn't realise they were both on Netflix. Watched the live action trailer there and it actually looks pretty good. Although it also looks like a shot for shot remake of the anime, so I might give it a while before watching it too.

Both are based on the manga though seems the anime deviates from the source material, according to wikipedia, probably because the anime was made before the manga was finished. But the live action series follows the manga completely so there must be some differences to the anime in the second half.
I haven't read the manga so don't know what the differences are.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-09-2020 10:27PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

Both are based on the manga though seems the anime deviates from the source material, according to wikipedia, probably because the anime was made before the manga was finished. But the live action series follows the manga completely so there must be some differences to the anime in the second half.
I haven't read the manga so don't know what the differences are.

Cool. I was afraid to look anything up incase of spoilers

CastorTroy · 30-09-2020 10:36PM

Yeah that's one thing I hate about watching a series after it's finished. Look up a main character on imdb to see what else they were in only to accidentally see they're only in 30 of the 46 episodes that aired, obviously means they're written out at some point.

Or even googling a character sometimes gives autocomplete suggestion of character name death.

daretodream · 30-09-2020 10:40PM

Just watched American Murder - The Family Next Door. Tragic but highly recommend.

Mr Crispy · 30-09-2020 11:00PM

My Octopus Teacher is a lovely watch. Highly recommended.

Basq · 30-09-2020 11:15PM

daretodream wrote: »

Just watched American Murder - The Family Next Door. Tragic but highly recommend.

Hugely unsettling but recommended watch..

.. the amount of documented footage is insane.

weldoninhio · 01-10-2020 07:01AM

olvias wrote: »

The Comey Rule. Truly gripping account of the director of the FBI's impossible task handling Hillary's alleged dodgy email server before the last US election and it's aftermath.

Is this on Netflix??

ShineOn7 · 01-10-2020 07:02AM

olvias wrote: »

The Comey Rule. Truly gripping account of the director of the FBI's impossible task handling Hillary's alleged dodgy email server before the last US election and it's aftermath.

This isn't on Netflix

It's Sky Atlantic I believe

peteeeed · 01-10-2020 07:09AM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

This isn't on Netflix

It's Sky Atlantic I believe

Yep

peteeeed · 01-10-2020 07:16AM

Banana season 1
Follow the misadventures of young friends in Manchester as they navigate love and lust in separate, interconnected stories.

Good Morning, Verônica season 1
While hunting for a dating-site predator, an underused cop discovers a husband and wife with a horrific secret -- and a web of conspiracy hiding it.

Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood season 1
In 1900 Munich, ambitious brewer Curt Prank uses brutal tactics on his quest to build a beer hall that will dominate the city's lucrative Oktoberfest.

The Ugly Truth
A chauvinistic morning-show commentator tries to prove the relationship theories he espouses on a segment called "The Ugly Truth."

Adaptation
Cowboys and aliens
Bandslam
Super 8
Pose: Season 2
Rocks
The Last Tree
A United Kingdom
Gangster Squad
Corpse Bride
Into the Storm
Addams Family
Addams Family Values
Aliens: Season 1
White Teeth: Season 1
Tucked
The Conjuring
Friday the 13th (2009)
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma: Season 2
Dolphin Tale 2
All Because of You
Elsewhere
The Ugly Truth
The Three Musketeers
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
A Moving Image
Generation Revolution
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Kangaroo Jack
Beyond the Mat
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Journey of an African Colony: Season 1
Gone Too Far!
The Lucky One
Zarafa
The American Game
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension
Familiar Wife: Season 1

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Tom Mann Centuria · 01-10-2020 08:52AM

Finally got around to Second season of After Life. Not as good as the first one, and not as funny. They could have finished after the first season tbh. Not terrible, just a big standard dramedy with the odd belly laugh.

The Raging Bile Duct · 01-10-2020 09:19AM

The Social Dilemma tackles an interesting topic but the dramatisations in it are so stupid that they taint the whole documentary. Who in their right mind thought they were a good idea?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 01-10-2020 09:24AM

Rocks was added today. Didn't expect to see it streaming so soon. Great reviews from most sources.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/20/rocks-review-sarah-gavron-bukky-bakray-kosar-ali-d-angelou-osei-kissiedu

peteeeed · 01-10-2020 10:46AM

Just a quick note that the expanse seasons 1&2 are listed as being added today but I'm not seeing them on my Netflix

Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

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