Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

greenspurs · 12-03-2021 12:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep the book is definitely worth reading, it details the sheer arrogance of his behaviour.

arrogance? or naive?

I think the latter...

2smiggy · 12-03-2021 01:00PM

greenspurs wrote: »

Into the Wild - i like the movie - LOVE the music.

Strange to hear people "not being too unhappy about the outcome" of a 24yr old
dying along from starvation in a
bus in the wilderness?!?!

sorry , sort of sounds worse than I meant. Just thought he was silly and cocky (in the film) , and only commenting from a point of view of watching the film and how he was portrayed.

santana75 · 12-03-2021 01:09PM

I dont get the negative comments about into the wild, aimed particularly at Chris mcCandles. To me watching that film, I felt inspired. His ideology was a good one, his only mistake was that he was unprepared and that was his undoing. I recently discovered a guy on youtube who's built his own cabin in the wilderness. He hunts, fishes and grows his own food. It's about self reliance and him and his dog seem to love that life.

The Inbetween is mine · 12-03-2021 01:32PM

Into the wild is all about the music..the story is secondary

S.M.B. · 12-03-2021 01:40PM

I've never watched Into the Wild. I might pair it with Nomadland (coming to Disney+) as a double bill next month.

brevity · 12-03-2021 01:47PM

peteeeed wrote: »

The Sisters Brothers
Get on these siblings’ wavelength and you’ll be rewarded with an enjoyably unusual Western.

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

greenspurs · 12-03-2021 03:29PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Same. I remember thinking his life wasn't that bad that he needed to abandon it completely, and he was kind of selfish too.

Do you know the way his family life was ??

If you did, youd probably understand a bit more ....

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 12-03-2021 03:37PM

greenspurs wrote: »

Do you know the way his family life was ??

If you did, youd probably understand a bit more ....

I've read the stuff his sister has said since, but from what's in the film, made 7 years before
her book, which is what we're discussing, he just came across as a bit selfish and not very sympathetic.

greenspurs · 12-03-2021 03:47PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I've read the stuff his sister has said since, but from what's in the film, made 7 years before
her book, which is what we're discussing, he just came across as a bit selfish and not very sympathetic.

thats his life. Its a real life story, you do realise it ?
Just because his tumultuous family life wasnt really mentioned in the movie, doesnt mean it didnt happen, and it didnt affect the lad....

Mr Crispy · 12-03-2021 03:54PM

Neither here nor there, but I'd have more sympathy for McCandless than I would for Timothy Treadwell.

12-03-2021 04:17PM

I enjoyed Into the wild. Interesting story, beautiful scenery and a great soundtrack.

The Raging Bile Duct · 12-03-2021 04:22PM

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Neither here nor there, but I'd have more sympathy for McCandless than I would for Timothy Treadwell.

Timothy Treadwell was an unhinged tit.

FunLover18 · 12-03-2021 04:52PM

greenspurs wrote: »

thats his life. Its a real life story, you do realise it ?
Just because his tumultuous family life wasnt really mentioned in the movie, doesnt mean it didnt happen, and it didnt affect the lad....

They're talking about the movie though, if his tumultuous family life isnt in the movie, you can't really expect people to sympathise with him. Sure they sympathise with him after if they read up on it not everyone is going to and so it's a fairly reasonable criticism to say that the movie didn't do enough to make you sympathise with or understand his motivations.

DenMan · 12-03-2021 04:55PM

I'm really enjoying Tribes of Europa. 3 of 6 watched

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 12-03-2021 07:17PM

FunLover18 wrote: »

They're talking about the movie though, if his tumultuous family life isnt in the movie, you can't really expect people to sympathise with him. Sure they sympathise with him after if they read up on it not everyone is going to and so it's a fairly reasonable criticism to say that the movie didn't do enough to make you sympathise with or understand his motivations.

Exactly. The film came out in 2007, and I watched it in 2012. As far as I know his sister's book, outlining abuse, came out in 2014. None of that, as far as I recall, is included in the film. His parents just came across like not very nice, and it played out like he could have just cut them out of his life without abandoning his sister too.

budgemook · 12-03-2021 08:46PM

brevity wrote: »

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

I enjoyed the Sisters Brothers. Nothing spectacular but worth a watch.

cdgalwegian · 12-03-2021 10:03PM

peteeeed wrote: »

The Sisters Brothers
Get on these siblings’ wavelength and you’ll be rewarded with an enjoyably unusual Western.

brevity wrote: »

Is this worth a watch - seeing some mixed reviews?

It is enjoyable (and a very faithful adaptation of the book), with lots of quirky takes on the violent history of the shaping of America- using much matter-of-factness about the violence.
There is a depth to the sense of fractured fraternity that's explored, but it does get a bit lost in the parallel of raw capitalism and human nature in the ‘red in tooth and claw’ struggle of 1851 America. Really good performances all round.

Fysh · 12-03-2021 10:11PM

I watched She Dies Tomorrow, having seen a trailer for it sometime last year. It's an odd film, as much about mood as narrative, but I quite enjoyed it. It is coherent in its presentation, and uses simple but very effective effects to illustrate the spread of infection from one person to the next, so while the narrative is fragmented and not entirely linear it's not too difficult to follow. It put me in mind of It Follows, The Neon Demon and Under The Silver Lake (all of which I enjoyed a lot and would happily rewatch), so if you like those films it's worth taking a look.

CastorTroy · 12-03-2021 11:35PM

Barna77 wrote: »

As much as I love the book, that's one movie I can't watch again because of one scene... :eek:

In the original or the remake?

13-03-2021 05:32AM

God unforgotton is brilliant! On to season 3 I go

L'prof · 13-03-2021 07:37AM

budgemook wrote: »

Yeah, just waiting on good news about Hey Duggee now!

Hey Duggee is one I’m my favourites, nevermind the monster. Don’t tell me they’re scrapping that now?

We find a really cute Irish cartoon called Puffin Rock last week. Chris O’Dowd narrates it. It’s gone down a storm in our house

grassylawn · 13-03-2021 08:31AM

L'prof wrote: »

Hey Duggee is one I’m my favourites, nevermind the monster. Don’t tell me they’re scrapping that now?

We find a really cute Irish cartoon called Puffin Rock last week. Chris O’Dowd narrates it. It’s gone down a storm in our house

Yeah Puffin Rock and Hey Duggee are both great. Pocoyo is another good one for toddlers that is enjoyable for adults. Its first season is narrated by Stephen Fry. Octonauts is also really good and has an educational angle like Puffin Rock.

budgemook · 13-03-2021 08:42AM

Puffin Rock is great - it's cartoon studio (secret of kells, wolf walkers) and is on RTE player too I think.

When Netflix tweeted that Peppa Pig is staying, in the replies there was talk of Duggee and Netflix said they hope to have good news soon. It's on CBeebies every morning if you wanted to set the recorder. Some of the second season episodes are wonderfully weird.

Just trying to think what else is good, I think they've all been mentioned! The Lego stuff is pretty good I suppose, but a little older.

grassylawn · 13-03-2021 08:42AM

Storybots is another good kids' one.

Barna77 · 13-03-2021 11:07AM

CastorTroy wrote: »

In the original or the remake?

The original

ArtyM · 13-03-2021 03:25PM

Watched FURY - A WW2 movie starring Brad Pitt as Commander of a Tank crew.
Really enjoyed it.

DenMan · 13-03-2021 05:23PM

An animated series from Pacific Rim has just landed on Netflix. My nephew saw the trailer and said it looks cool.

The Black

alchemist33 · 13-03-2021 05:24PM

DenMan wrote: »

An animated series from Pacific Rim has just landed on Netflix. My nephew saw the trailer and said it looks cool. The Black

Yeah, it's pretty good.

DenMan · 13-03-2021 05:30PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Yeah, it's pretty good.

7 episodes I just saw on Wikipedia.

Mam of 4 · 13-03-2021 05:43PM

Elisa Shapely Scatterbrain wrote: »

God unforgotton is brilliant! On to season 3 I go

Enjoy! !
I finished watching it during the week ..now I miss it

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