Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

CastorTroy · 27-02-2021 12:36PM

peteeeed wrote: »

Coming on april 23rd

Not being familiar with the books, that trailer doesn't really make me want to watch.

Need a Username · 27-02-2021 12:39PM

guapos wrote: »

"....has fallen" series
Man on the ledge
Equaliser
21 Bridges

Seen them all except 21 Bridges but looking for something more explodey that that - just like the Has Fallen series.

RocketRaccoon · 27-02-2021 12:41PM

Need a Username wrote: »

Looking an action or adventure movie to watch this afternoon.

Loud and fun and not too serious. Smart or dumb doesn’t matter.

I spent must of last Saturday afternoon trying to decide.

2012 is on Prime video if you have that. Brainless explosions, I watched it last Saturday and it was perfect.

Frozen Veg · 27-02-2021 01:54PM

Finished Caliphate, really good.

Also done Line of duty, happy valley, Ozark, lupin, Luther, breaking bad, better call Saul.

Any recommendations similar to above?

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 27-02-2021 03:08PM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

2012 is on Prime video if you have that. Brainless explosions, I watched it last Saturday and it was perfect.

Is you have prime and want to watch a disaster movie like that I would recommend Greenland with Gerard Butler.

RandomViewer · 27-02-2021 04:25PM

Need a Username wrote: »

Looking an action or adventure movie to watch this afternoon.

Loud and fun and not too serious. Smart or dumb doesn’t matter.

I spent must of last Saturday afternoon trying to decide.

The third Johnny English film is quite funny

Foreign Sports · 27-02-2021 04:32PM

Frozen Veg wrote: »

Finished Caliphate, really good.

Also done Line of duty, happy valley, Ozark, lupin, Luther, breaking bad, better call Saul.

Any recommendations similar to above?

Nice list, you could add Unforgotten to it if you haven't seen it yet. Really good show, if a bit slow burning.

Also watching informer at the moment. Another BBC show from a couple of years back with Paddy Considine about a counter terrorism unit and how they get their intelligence.

Worth a watch so far.

alchemist33 · 27-02-2021 05:18PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

Not being familiar with the books, that trailer doesn't really make me want to watch.

I've just read another book by the same author, which started well but kinda ended up as regular urban fantasy with some mild social commentary. I'll give this show a go.

Need a Username · 27-02-2021 05:55PM

I just watched The Old Guard.

Bloody brilliant. All the heroes given time to be developed, great action scrnes and good old fashioned villains.

Assumed the director was a very experienced action and very surprised to learn this was her first such movie

Very happy to learn there is a sequel being developed.

Pen Rua · 27-02-2021 06:04PM

Need a Username wrote: »

I just watched The Old Guard.

Bloody brilliant. All the heroes given time to be developed, great action scrnes and good old fashioned villains.

Assumed the director was a very experienced action and very surprised to learn this was her first such movie
Very happy to learn there is a sequel being developed.

Just to chime in with a contrary opinion, not that you asked! But my goodness, I found that film to be dreadful. The music was almost the worst part. Totally ill fitting and kept pulling me out of the movie.

But hey, that's part of the fun of films & discussing them!

johnny_ultimate · 27-02-2021 06:14PM

I quite liked The Old Guard as well. Not a perfect film by any stretch, but I think Gina Prince-Brythewood had the right instincts about what aspects of the material to double down on. There’s a humanity to the characters, where the little emotional moments that would be ignored by many directors are given proper space. The direction of the action and set pieces also hammers home the impact of the central gimmick: immortality is a drag, but also quite ghastly and horrifying.

I wouldn’t oversell it, but it’s better than the Netflix norm for sure, and I’d be keen to see a sequel with the same crew on board.

pixelburp · 27-02-2021 06:50PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I quite liked The Old Guard as well. Not a perfect film by any stretch, but I think Gina Prince-Brythewood had the right instincts about what aspects of the material to double down on. There’s a humanity to the characters, where the little emotional moments that would be ignored by many directors are given proper space. The direction of the action and set pieces also hammers home the impact of the central gimmick: immortality is a drag, but also quite ghastly and horrifying.

I wouldn’t oversell it, but it’s better than the Netflix norm for sure, and I’d be keen to see a sequel with the same crew on board.

As someone I know puts stock in the beauty of moving pictures, didn't you find the directing just utterly pedestrian and uninspired, to its detriment? It all felt like a mid 90s pilot episode for a show that never happened, both in story (those flashback scenes felt like something from Xena), and execution. Presumably the dump truck of money that persuaded Theron to headline left nothing for cinematography, locations, or 2nd unit directors. The airplane scuffle was fun, the rest a bit eh. I dunno, I thought it was one of the worse "slushpile script boosted by 1 A Lister" Netflix has produced; something like Project Power worked better for me.

youcancallmeal · 27-02-2021 06:55PM

Is that Irish film Broken Law any good? Might watch it tonight

mgn · 27-02-2021 06:58PM

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Is that Irish film Broken Law any good? Might watch it tonight

I thought it was brutal anyway.

ArtyM · 27-02-2021 07:42PM

Frozen Veg wrote: »

Finished Caliphate, really good.

Also done Line of duty, happy valley, Ozark, lupin, Luther, breaking bad, better call Saul.

Any recommendations similar to above?

Valhala murders, Baptiste, the Forest

All in foreign language but very good imo
Subbura Blood in Rome is a great show and is on Netflix, though a superior italian underworld drama is available elsewhere called Gomorrah. If you can find it I think you would really enjoy it based on your list above.
Unforgotten (BBC detective series) is excellent, though not light hearted.

Ozymandius2011 · 27-02-2021 07:46PM

Capone. A movie about the last year in Capone's life after he is released from prison.

alchemist33 · 27-02-2021 07:47PM

The Meg is the perfect Saturday evening family film. All 3 kids, including the teens, stayed in the living room until it finished!

gmisk · 27-02-2021 07:52PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

The Meg is the perfect Saturday evening family film. All 3 kids, including the teens, stayed in the living room until it finished!

It's cheesy nonsense but yeah it's a perfect saturday evening popcorn flick.

billyhead · 27-02-2021 08:12PM

ArtyM wrote: »

Valhala murders, Baptiste, the Forest

All in foreign language but very good imo
Subbura Blood in Rome is a great show and is on Netflix, though a superior italian underworld drama is available elsewhere called Gomorrah. If you can find it I think you would really enjoy it based on your list above.
Unforgotten (BBC detective series) is excellent, though not light hearted.

Broadchurch season 1@3 are worth a watch.

Jofspring · 27-02-2021 08:31PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

The Meg is the perfect Saturday evening family film. All 3 kids, including the teens, stayed in the living room until it finished!

Was going to watch this the other night but knew I would never set foot in the ocean ever again.

RandomViewer · 27-02-2021 08:33PM

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Is that Irish film Broken Law any good? Might watch it tonight

Watched until John Connors appeared, so don't know

Need a Username · 27-02-2021 10:03PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I quite liked The Old Guard as well. Not a perfect film by any stretch, but I think Gina Prince-Brythewood had the right instincts about what aspects of the material to double down on. There’s a humanity to the characters, where the little emotional moments that would be ignored by many directors are given proper space. The direction of the action and set pieces also hammers home the impact of the central gimmick: immortality is a drag, but also quite ghastly and horrifying.

I wouldn’t oversell it, but it’s better than the Netflix norm for sure, and I’d be keen to see a sequel with the same crew on board.

That is what I was thinking too - just couldn’t get it into words.

Those are the moments that made it great.

De Bhál · 27-02-2021 10:47PM

Outside the wire

50 mins in. I'll just leave it at that

fin12 · 27-02-2021 10:48PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

The third Johnny English film is quite funny

Yes that is hilarious, especially the nightclub scene.

gmisk · 27-02-2021 10:52PM

Pen Rua wrote: »

Just to chime in with a contrary opinion, not that you asked! But my goodness, I found that film to be dreadful. The music was almost the worst part. Totally ill fitting and kept pulling me out of the movie.

But hey, that's part of the fun of films & discussing them!

The music....lol....absolutely brutal...but also the "villain" was also fecking awful, and it wasn't just the actor I have seen him in other things and he is normally pretty good.
It also felt weirdly cheap for such an expensive film.
If you want to see a good action film with Charlize Theron watch atomic blonde.

fin12 · 27-02-2021 10:53PM

Well fans of firefly, I think our next binge watch is Ginny & Georgia.

Need a Username · 27-02-2021 11:27PM

fin12 wrote: »

Well fans of firefly, I think our next binge watch is Ginny & Georgia.

Firefly as in Serenity and Summer Glau?

cdgalwegian · 27-02-2021 11:33PM

fin12 wrote: »

Well fans of firefly, I think our next binge watch is Ginny & Georgia.

I thought great- Firefly; excellent cult sci-fi series has some sort of TV cousin with a weirdly non-sci fi name :eek::). Then I realised you meant Firefly Lane.

Augme · 27-02-2021 11:37PM

Lasted half an hour of Capone and that was a struggle. Absolutely brutal.

RandomViewer · 27-02-2021 11:42PM

Need a Username wrote: »

Firefly as in Serenity and Summer Glau?

I went and looked it up only to find some mother daughter teen angst , River forever

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