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Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

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    #362
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Watched Widows last night. It's a fantastic heist movie with a brilliant cast and some lovely touches with the cinematography. There's a scene where Colin Farrell gets into his chauffeur driven car and it shows how quickly the streets move from poor to rich that is superbly handled.


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    #363
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    I watched Olympus Has Fallen. I was expecting this to be quite bad tbh but I had fun watching it. Plenty of good action and I liked Gerard Butler's character. Reminded me a bit of Metal Gear Solid with the whole 'find this person before the terrorists do' plot. I'll have to give the sequel a look.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    #364
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,901 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfhr7aCxFo


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    #365
    Hurrache
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    Tory Belleci doesn't get a mention in the trailer at all.


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    #366
    [Deleted User]
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    Full_Circle_81 wrote: »
    Over the past few months Amazon have been adding far more movies to their service than Netflix have. Great to see!
    They added a huge number of movies to my service just in the last week and that may have something to do with Customers seeing that Amazon Prime is due for renewal and needing to decide if they will let the €69 annual fee go through or cancel before their card gets debited.


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    #367
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,118 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Ah people’s renewal dates are scattered so that wouldn’t be the reason (primary reason anyway). Much more likely is that the start of the year would bring with it a bunch of new film rights - you typically see a big wave of archive content appearing across all streaming services every year on December 31st / January 1st.


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    #368
    Full_Circle_81
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Full_Circle_81


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They added a huge number of movies to my service just in the last week and that may have something to do with Customers seeing that Amazon Prime is due for renewal and needing to decide if they will let the €69 annual fee go through or cancel before their card gets debited.

    I'm actually paying monthly at the moment myself. I was a bit wary for signing up for a year again because of Brexit, but looks like it might not have impacted us as badly as I feared. I'd still prefer to wait for some kind of reduction/deal for the yearly sub amount, but even the regular yearly sub works out slightly less than paying it monthly.


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    #369
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I had it free for a year with Eir and didn't think I'd sign up once I had to start paying but I think now it's worth it, for the original content especially. They don't do as much as Netflix but I think the quality is higher, or at least as good as the best of Netflix's originals.


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    #370
    bb12
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭bb12


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I had it free for a year with Eir and didn't think I'd sign up once I had to start paying but I think now it's worth it, for the original content especially. They don't do as much as Netflix but I think the quality is higher, or at least as good as the best of Netflix's originals.

    not so sure on the quality. was watching a bbc program a few months back where they said that amazon, unllike netflix, does not monitor everything uploaded onto its prime video platform...they used a tommy robinson documentary as an example, where it had been banned by netflix but amazon allowed it. apparently there are no controls on its content...which i've found as i've come across a few dodgy documentaries along the way


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    #371
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    bb12 wrote: »
    not so sure on the quality. was watching a bbc program a few months back where they said that amazon, unllike netflix, does not monitor everything uploaded onto its prime video platform...they used a tommy robinson documentary as an example, where it had been banned by netflix but amazon allowed it. apparently there are no controls on its content...which i've found as i've come across a few dodgy documentaries along the way

    I'm talking about the quality of their original programming.


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    #372
    S.M.B.
    Registered Users Posts: 9,358 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    I've always seen prime video as a bit a free add on to the original Amazon Prime UK delivery benefits so I never really question it's value on its own.

    I think there's enough there to warrant the subscription fee, mostly via original content and exclusive movies.

    I finally finished Undone which I found a little plodding in the middle. Flew through the final few episodes though and really enjoyed it as a whole.


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    #373
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 31,968 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Widows has been added recently, excellent cast and terrific film if anyone hasn't seen it.


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    #374
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,728 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    gmisk wrote: »
    Widows has been added recently, excellent cast and terrific film if anyone hasn't seen it.

    It's showing as not available in my location.

    I know there was a few changes brought in since the 01/01/21 but nearly every movie I click into, I'm met with the same message.

    This happens even when I click the Free to me tab, I'll have to get onto them and see what the issue is.


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    #375
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    It's showing as not available in my location.

    I know there was a few changes brought in since the 01/01/21 but nearly every movie I click into, I'm met with the same message.

    This happens even when I click the Free to me tab, I'll have to get onto them and see what the issue is.

    I think you have to sign in to prime video and change your region to Ireland.


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    #376
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,728 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »
    I think you have to sign in to prime video and change your region to Ireland.

    Yeah I changed my preference to Ireland and changed my primary address back from the address pal to my home. I'll check it out again tomorrow to see if I missed something.


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    #377
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Yeah I changed my preference to Ireland and changed my primary address back from the address pal to my home. I'll check it out again tomorrow to see if I missed something.

    They were discussing this in the other Amazon thread a few days ago, might be something in there that will get you sorted.... https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057771671/164


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    #378
    Bowlardo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    Watching the man in the high castle.
    Fairly decent so far.
    Just wondering does this go off a cliff?


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    #379
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Just re-posting this one as the results of the Senate runoff in Georgia are coming in. Very relevant to those results, and the entire election outcome from last November.


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    All In: The Fight For Democracy - a documentary examining the history of voter suppression in the US.

    I'm not sure exactly when this landed on Prime but it's a very recent production and has footage including people voting with masks on. It flips between giving a pretty in depth but still very accessible history of voting rights and the subsequent suppression of those rights across the US, while also telling the story of Stacey Abrams campaign to become governor of Georgia in 2018. Obviously this was made to be viewed by Americans before the election but it's particularly interesting watching it post election and results. There's mentions of several of the states that ended up flipping blue, or nearly flipping. There's even a specific mention of one of the Arizona counties that has been on the news all week. Everything Trump has done and said since the polls closed are pretty much forecast, and there were several sort of "light bulb moments" where dots were joining up in my brain with things we've been seeing this week.

    I really recommend watching it. I've been aware of voter suppression on a very basic scale for a long time but this really fills in a lot of the blanks and explains the different methods that have been employed over the years and how the Republican Party has always been the driving force behind it.


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    #380
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,157 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    Thanks to whoever recommended The Missing, really "enjoyed" it? Probably wrong word given the content but I was really taken in by the acting all round.

    Can't believe I never noticed Tcheky Karyo before. I've never quite seen someone bring such a basic humanity to a role like that before. He comes across as a real person and that's harder to do than one might think on screen.


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    #381
    Full_Circle_81
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Full_Circle_81


    The White Wolf wrote: »
    Thanks to whoever recommended The Missing, really "enjoyed" it? Probably wrong word given the content but I was really taken in by the acting all round.

    Can't believe I never noticed Tcheky Karyo before. I've never quite seen someone bring such a basic humanity to a role like that before. He comes across as a real person and that's harder to do than one might think on screen.

    I tried watching that a while back on Amazon but it was missing subtitles throughout. I was halfway through the pilot when I realised that yes, there were supposed to be subtitles during the foreign language parts! Did Amazon eventually sort that out?


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    #382
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,157 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    Full_Circle_81 wrote: »
    I tried watching that a while back on Amazon but it was missing subtitles throughout. I was halfway through the pilot when I realised that yes, there were supposed to be subtitles during the foreign language parts! Did Amazon eventually sort that out?

    It was a weird one.

    At first I didn't mind not having subtitles because it added to my frustration for the family, but then I ended up genuinely annoyed!

    I couldn't see English on subtitles but finally took a stab and toggled Dansk for subtitles....that gave me subtitles in English for the French and German dialogue.


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    #383
    Full_Circle_81
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Full_Circle_81


    The White Wolf wrote: »
    It was a weird one.

    At first I didn't mind not having subtitles because it added to my frustration for the family, but then I ended up genuinely annoyed!

    I couldn't see English on subtitles but finally took a stab and toggled Dansk for subtitles....that gave me subtitles in English for the French and German dialogue.

    Thanks for that, might go back and give that a go.
    Like yourself, I thought we were supposed to be in the dark like the family when the French were talking near them, but then there were scenes with just French people talking French to each other and I knew that something was up!

    I'll say it again, Amazon's subtitle game is appalling!


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    #384
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Is it S1 or S2 of The Missing you're taking about? I remember watching S2 when it aired on BBC and being really annoyed when the truth was all revealed because I had a much more twisty and surprising but still logically sound explanation for it all worked out.


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    #385
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,157 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Is it S1 or S2 of The Missing you're taking about? I remember watching S2 when it aired on BBC and being really annoyed when the truth was all revealed because I had a much more twisty and surprising but still logically sound explanation for it all worked out.

    Season 1 annoyed me at the end anyway.
    The mayor's conversations with various people really began to grate on me towards the end as he took on more importance.


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    #386
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users Posts: 10,571 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    Been watching The Boys, a TV show based on a comic book series (written by Northern Irishman Garth Ennis!). Not your traditional comic book fare — it’s a subversion of the genre, where superheroes are puppets of corporations using them to sell movies and win defence contracts. Lots of violence, swearing and humour.


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    #387
    dubstepper
    Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭dubstepper


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Watched The Vast of Night earlier.

    I think I saw it mentioned here a few times. It's set in the 1950s and it's basically a local radio DJ and a girl who works nights on the telephone switchboard trying to figure out what's making the weird noise she heard on one of the phone lines. It's framed like it's an episode of something like The Twilight Zone, and it's got a very particular style to it, which adds to the atmosphere, I think. It's undoubtedly not going to be for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. I've had a difficult time concentrating on anything this year, with all that's going on, but this captivated me for the full run time.


    Thanks for the recommendation. Really enjoyed it.


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    #388
    santana75
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭santana75


    Salmon fishing In Yemen

    I'd heard of this before but never watched it. Gave it a go last night and I really liked it. Its the kind of film that'd be cannon fodder for critical analysis, I mean the premise is ridiculous, but thanks to Ewan Mc Gregor and the lovely Emily Blunt, the whole thing works in a Local hero-esque kind of way. It has an innocent charm about it and you could do worse in terms of family entertainment.


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    #389
    Buttros
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭Buttros


    santana75 wrote: »
    Salmon fishing In Yemen

    I'd heard of this before but never watched it. Gave it a go last night and I really liked it. Its the kind of film that'd be cannon fodder for critical analysis, I mean the premise is ridiculous, but thanks to Ewan Mc Gregor and the lovely Emily Blunt, the whole thing works in a Local hero-esque kind of way. It has an innocent charm about it and you could do worse in terms of family entertainment.

    I really enjoyed this film. It's just a nice easy watch.


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    #390
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 31,968 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    If anyone is stuck for something to watch and fancies something a bit fun and silly - bobs burgers is really good.


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    #391
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    I've one episode of Preacher left.
    It's absolutely bananas but I've enjoyed the mental twists and turns.
    It helped me fill the ridiculous comic book violence shaped hole The Boys had left in my viewing schedule.
    Cassidy is my favorite of the three.

    Though it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that
    Jesus and Humperdoo are the same actor:o.He's the lead singer from The All American Rejects

    Jexi with Adam Devine isn't terrible either.Its about a chap who gets a new AI on his phone and she tries to make his life better but it doesn't go to plan when she gets overly attached. It's easy to watch and grand as a disengage your brain film. It's easily forgettable though.


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