Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

Reviewers didn't get an advance copy of The Woman in the Window and there seems to have been a lot of chopping and changing of the original ending after negative test audience reaction. None of these things ever bode well so be warned.

Ugh, I was looking forward to watching it tonight. I'll still watch it but now my expectations are firmly lowered. The trailer was fantastic.

Similar to "things seen and heard", decent trailer and premise that turned out to be absolutely terrible.

Oxygen is fairly decent. My only complaint would be that it's a bit predictable overall but there's plenty of low-key twists along the way. I enjoyed it anyway, not entirely unlike a more elaborate, sci-fi version of Buried with Ryan Reynolds.

Won't say anything more as it's a movie that could be easily spoiled. Watched it in French with subs, not sure how good/bad the dubs are, but usually can't stand them.

Wombatman wrote: »

The worst padded out non story in televisual history. Could have been condensed into a half hour low quality YouTube video. Vomit.

I watched it. More fool me. What a load of.. it went absolutely nowhere.

At no time did anyone even mention a severe case of mental illness. The polite sycophantic talk wore me out towards the end.

Love, Death & Robots 2. Yay. That's my weekend viewing sorted.
The first was one of my top all-time favourite on Netflix. Seriously good. I hope Volume 2 is as good. Anyone started watching it?

gmisk wrote: »

Reviews are pretty terrible so far...30 percent on rotten tomatoes

I heard someone on the radio reviewing it today and basically said what have I just watched. Great cast but awful was the view.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Director's Cut
The director's cut of this sci-fi classic includes a scene in the Gobi Desert and other footage not included in the original theatrical version.

3000 Miles to Graceland
After two con men rob a Las Vegas casino during an Elvis impersonator convention, each tries to outsmart the other and keep the loot for himself.

Bakugan: Armored (Anime) Alliance Season 1
Dan Kouzo and his crew of heroic brawlers battle both challengers and powerful, evil forces as they work to protect humans and the Bakugan

Beyblade Burst Rise (Anime) Alliance Season 1
After training with legendary Valt Aoi, Dante and his trusty Ace Dragon lead the next generation of Bladers to battle in Japan -- Beyblade's birthplace.

Kuroko's Basketball (Anime) Alliance Season 2
Five middle school basketball stars went to separate high schools, and now Tetsuya Kuroko and Seirin High are making their play for glory.

Booba: Food Puzzle Season 1
Curious Booba is now a chef! With friends Loola and Spike, he creates tasty treats with delightful designs using fruits, vegetables and other food.

The Real Housewives of New York City Season 3
Five Manhattan housewives are quite sure in their own minds that they represent the elite of society -- and that other people know it.

Saints & Strangers Season 1
To survive in the New World, the Mayflower pilgrims must endure internal strife, harsh weather and a fragile alliance with their native neighbors

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youcancallmeal wrote: »

I find I regularly disagree with professional movie critics reviews. When looking at Rotten Tomatoes I will always compare the critic score against the audience score. If they roughly match then I'll believe the critics consensus. If the critic score is high and audience score is low then I'd usually avoid it. If the audience score is high and critic score is low then it's probably worth a watch. I haven't watched woman in the window yet but the 50% audience score sort of matches up with what people are saying in this thread so far, it's watchable but nothing special. Bright is a good example, critics hated it but I quite enjoyed and it appears of a lot of other did too.

Bright is better than expected

Fysh wrote: »

Tbh with Sons of Sam I did a bit of reading around and it appears to largely be down to a combination of "a psychopath who enjoyed the attention claiming that he had a group of followers" and "a journalist who saw the potential to spin this as a Manson-Family-alike story and got a book out of it". It didn't strike me as having a good enough chance to be worth watching several episodes of, particularly given Netflix's record for picking up documentary/true-crime series that are overly-dragged-out...

Possible not, especially if you had any prior knowledge of how the case ended etc.

I did not and many of us will have thought there would be a big reveal at the end re: the investigation, the prisoner etc.

He was very unwell. I must say what was interesting was his biased, poor interviewing skills. Even those around him knew it was bad when all or any journalist/investigative objectivity had left him completely. But then I guess he was a product of the time, just as much as NYC police department was.

Ferry is excellent.

It's about a Dutch crime boss and the gang culture that comes with it.

I watched it dubbed and it wasn't to bad, some movies come across terrible when poorly dubbed but this one was ok.

Fatma is well worth a watch, lead actress Burcu Biricik puts in a fantastic performance as the traumatised woman whose life spirals further out of control when she tries to find her husband who has vanished following his release from prison.

If ye are looking for a silly film to watch tonight, or any other night, then I'd recommend Ride Along - it's predictable as these kind of films normally are but Kevin Hart is priceless in it, some truly laugh out loud moments

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I watched The Mitchell's vs The Machines tonight and thought it was just okay. Visually there's some amazing animation, but the story didn't really do much for me. I did love the Furby sequence though.

The overarching story was definitely the weakest part of the movie for me. I thought everything else was so good that I still really enjoyed it though.