Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

Wrongway1985 · 21-06-2021 2:29pm

Both Under Siege films still on Prime,Die Hard on a ship and on a train. The first pretty great of that vein the second not so much but watchable nonsense nonetheless and also better than the later Die Hards imo despite the dated "technology".

RandomViewer · 21-06-2021 11:53pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Both Under Siege films still on Prime,Die Hard on a ship and on a train. The first pretty great of that vein the second not so much but watchable nonsense nonetheless and also better than the later Die Hards imo despite the dated "technology".

Seagal gets less screen time than Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey in the first one, keeping his time minimal seems to be the trick as they kill him off early in Executive Decision

RandomViewer · 21-06-2021 11:55pm

pixelburp wrote: »

I mentioned it more because it better took the low stakes, confined-locale premise of Die Hard than the 4th and 5th films of the actual franchise. Those went big, McClane turning into a superhero, when they should have stayed small, let McClane stay a cop.

No, it's not an especially memorable film beyond that, and wouldn't wax lyrical at all - but it understood how to mine a tense narrative out of something as simple as "travel 16 Blocks of NY", than the kind of executive driven "uh, Dir Hard goes to Russia. More explosions! Jai Courtnay must happen!" crap that drove the progenitor off a cliff.

So I'd recommend it more as a comparison piece than some hidden classic. It's not the latter at all.

The Last Boy Scout is often overlooked

Charlie19 · 22-06-2021 12:01am

Scouts Guide to Zombie Apocalypse.. is great craic.

EltonJohn69 · 22-06-2021 8:07am

RandomViewer wrote: »

The Last Boy Scout is often overlooked

I would never overlook it.

Wrongway1985 · 25-06-2021 4:00pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

The Best of Men
Cold Deck
Crimes of Passion
Digging to China (E.R.Wood/Bacon)
A Dog's Way Home (A.Judd)
Dumb and Dumber
Johnny Mnemonic
Hidden Agenda (McDormand/B.Cox)
The Ice Road (Nesson/Fishburne)(Amazon Original)(2021)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jupiter Ascending
Little Men
Mary J Blige's My Life (Amazon Original)(2021)
McLintock! (J.Wayne)
New York, I Love You
Out of Sight
Reality Bites (W.Ryder/E.Hawke)
Shuffle
The Town

Bosch (Season 7)(Amazon Original)(2021)
The Greatest American Hero (Season 1-3)
Prime Day Show (Presented by Amazon Music - H.E.R./Kid Cudi/Billie Eilish)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

The American President - 1/7
The Italian Job (Caine) - 2/7
Shutter Island - 2/7
American Hustle - 4/7
How to Lose a guy in 10 Days - 4/7

Charlie19 wrote: »

Scouts Guide to Zombie Apocalypse.. is great craic.

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalyse - 5/7
Vanilla Sky - 5/7
Monster-in-Law - 7/7

Charlie19 · 25-06-2021 11:57pm

If you've not seen it already then make time to watch The Professor staring Johnny Depp.

VonLuck · 26-06-2021 1:04pm

Watched Sound of Metal last night. Very good, although I feel that the movie title and premise may turn a lot of people off from watching it. I can tell you that it doesn't matter what your taste in music is, even if you hate metal, you will still enjoy this movie.

gmisk · 26-06-2021 4:15pm

The ice road

I am fan of big Liam Neeson...like most of the geriaction stuff.....but this is awful....I gave up after 25 minutes...plot is a mish mash of nonsense...the special effects are awful, not sure what the budget was....I wouldn't bother

EltonJohn69 · 26-06-2021 4:27pm

gmisk wrote: »

The ice road

I am fan of big Liam Neeson...like most of the geriaction stuff.....but this is awful....I gave up after 25 minutes...plot is a mish mash of nonsense...the special effects are awful, not sure what the budget was....I wouldn't bother

Wrong. This movie is a masterpiece.

gmisk · 26-06-2021 4:43pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Wrong. This movie is a masterpiece.

...are you being sarcastic?
Where to start with this dire film....
The first crappy CGI explosion looked like something from a syfy channel film.....then it went downhill from there.
Every character is paper thin, the entire film is just cliche after cliche.

You would be far better of watching wages of fear or sorcerer

adox · 26-06-2021 4:45pm

VonLuck wrote: »

Watched Sound of Metal last night. Very good, although I feel that the movie title and premise may turn a lot of people off from watching it. I can tell you that it doesn't matter what your taste in music is, even if you hate metal, you will still enjoy this movie.

The title had more than one meaning and what I took away from it was it wasn’t referring to the music

EltonJohn69 · 26-06-2021 9:16pm

gmisk wrote: »

...are you being sarcastic?
Where to start with this dire film....
The first crappy CGI explosion looked like something from a syfy channel film.....then it went downhill from there.
Every character is paper thin, the entire film is just cliche after cliche.

You would be far better of watching wages of fear or sorcerer

My apologies I was think of the Liam neeson movie cold pursuit which is excellent. And I agree sorcerer is a very good watch.

gmisk · 26-06-2021 9:40pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

My apologies I was think of the Liam neeson movie cold pursuit which is excellent. And I agree sorcerer is a very good watch.

Ah that makes more sense...no worries.
Cold pursuit was really good, underrated imo.

whatever76 · 27-06-2021 10:23pm

Watched Our Friend last night - lots of tears so not really uplifting or light heared to watch in current times ! Good film though.

ShamoBuc · 27-06-2021 10:35pm

Clarkson's Farm, I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

I like Jeremy anyway but no interest in farming, but I found it very good, with the added characters especially. Really interesting view of how life on a big farm is too.

When I hear farmers complaining about the weather, I have a bit of an insight now as to why.

higster · 27-06-2021 10:47pm

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Clarkson's Farm, I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

I like Jeremy anyway but no interest in farming, but I found it very good, with the added characters especially. Really interesting view of how life on a big farm is too.

When I hear farmers complaining about the weather, I have a bit of an insight now as to why.

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Had “gone off” Clarkson and gave up on Top Gear back when was on BBC never mind new version on Amazon. I do have farming background (nowhere near the size of what he is “farming”) and find it quite funny and like you said the characters are excellent. The “big tractor” in itself is good and the rams/sheep’s scenes with the vet and others is quite good…”you need a shepherd”
Saying that must be spending a fortune in help for the farming, no way making money on it.

VonLuck · 28-06-2021 8:24am

adox wrote: »

The title had more than one meaning and what I took away from it was it wasn’t referring to the music

Oh yeah that's clear after watching the movie, but someone who was just judging whether to watch it based off the title and plot summary might think it's all about heavy metal music, which it's not at all.

The Raging Bile Duct · 28-06-2021 9:37am

VonLuck wrote: »

Oh yeah that's clear after watching the movie, but someone who was just judging whether to watch it based off the title and plot summary might think it's all about heavy metal music, which it's not at all.

Aye, it was a hard sell for the wife when I told her the name of the film. I had to give a synopsis of the film and convince her heavy metal wasn't going to be the major theme of the movie.

killbillvol2 · 28-06-2021 10:26am

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

Aye, it was a hard sell for the wife when I told her the name of the film. I had to give a synopsis of the film and convince her heavy metal wasn't going to be the major theme of the movie.

I remember years ago meeting my boss and his wife on their way to the Savoy for a romantic night at the pictures. I hadn't the heart to tell them that True Romance wasn't going to be quite what they expected!

Night owl gal · 02-07-2021 8:31pm

anyone know of a website, where they show prime shows/movies that are about to expire?

Wrongway1985 · 05-07-2021 5:43am

Night owl gal wrote: »

anyone know of a website, where they show prime shows/movies that are about to expire?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A9791716031&brr=1&rd=1

Yes it's the UK site but there is much more correlation nowadays generally if a title is listed here that's on Prime here you better get cracking. It gives you what shall be leaving within the upcoming month.

Expiry notices will go up on such titles 2 weeks in advance be it by sussing your watchlist (recommend) or hovering title on primevideo.com

peteeeed · 06-07-2021 8:12am

tomorrow war has got some terrible reviews
i watched it last night, the dialogue is terrible , some of the acting is terrible but i enjoyed it ., mindless popcorn action/sci fi fun

Nalz · 06-07-2021 8:35am

peteeeed wrote: »

tomorrow war has got some terrible reviews
i watched it last night, the dialogue is terrible , some of the acting is terrible but i enjoyed it ., mindless popcorn action/sci fi fun

I enjoyed it also. It's not terrible at all. 6/10.

EltonJohn69 · 06-07-2021 9:17am

They removed broad city a day before I could finish the last episodes…… this is something I will never forgive and likely never fully recover from.

EltonJohn69 · 06-07-2021 9:18am

Nalz wrote: »

I enjoyed it also. It's not terrible at all. 6/10.

6/10 is very close to a terrible review.

CiaranW · 06-07-2021 9:25am

Started watching Bosch yday.
Really liking it so far. Looking forward to more tonight.
Dark, gritty crime detective drama.

Wrongway1985 · 06-07-2021 10:25am

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

10 Items or Less
21 & Over
A Cinderella Story
The Accountant
The Age of Stupid
Animalympics
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Blood Diamond
Charade (C.Grant/Hepburn)
Cinema Paradiso (Original Title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
Contagion
Dallas Buyers Club
Death in Love
Deepwater Horizon (M.Wahlberg/K.Russell)
Dressed to Kill
Escape Room
The Feels
Final Destination 3
The Final Destination
Free Willy
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The Glass House
The Gospel According to Matthew (Original Title: Il vangelo secondo Matteo)
The Great Gatby (Di Caprio/C.Mulligan)
Harpoon
He Walked by Night
He's Just Not That Into You
In the Heart of the Sea
House on Haunted Hill (V.Price)
La La Land
Layer Cake
Leave No Trace
Kansas City Confidential
King of New York (Walken/Caruso)
Mad at the Moon
The Man with the Golden Arm (Sinatra/K.Novak)
Matilda
Mr. Calzaghe (Documentary)
The Naked Kiss
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
North of the Rio Grande
Pay the Ghost
Pixels
The Physician
Primer
Royal Wedding (Astaire/J.Powell)
Scrooged
Storm Boy
Sully
The Switch
Terminator Genisys
The Tomorrow War (Pratt/Strahowski)(Amazon Original)(2021)
The Tracker
Upstream Color
War Dogs
The Way Back
The Wedding Guest
Welcome to the Punch (J.McAvoy/M.Strong)
The Woman

Anonymous Noise (Season 1)
Eureka Seven (Season 1)
Erased (Season 1)
Love Live! Sunshine!! (Season 1-2)
The Promised Neverland (Season 1)
Your Lie in April (Season 1)
The Shield (Season 1-7)
Station 19 (Season 1-3)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

School of Rock - 12/7
Saving Private Ryan - 16/7
Little Miss Sunshine - 18/7

The Raging Bile Duct · 06-07-2021 10:30am

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Clarkson's Farm, I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

I like Jeremy anyway but no interest in farming, but I found it very good, with the added characters especially. Really interesting view of how life on a big farm is too.

When I hear farmers complaining about the weather, I have a bit of an insight now as to why.

I watched a couple of episodes of this while it was pissing rain at the weekend. I'll put my hands up and say I think he's a total twunt. It's interesting in places in terms of dealing with stuff I never would have thought about when it comes to farming but so much of it feels so staged that it destroys the rest of the show. And he's an utter penis.

Wrongway1985 · 06-07-2021 10:30am

peteeeed wrote: »

tomorrow war has got some terrible reviews
i watched it last night, the dialogue is terrible , some of the acting is terrible but i enjoyed it ., mindless popcorn action/sci fi fun

Also watched it last night, liked it I like Chris Pratt but not truly convinced he's a lead tbh. Had the writing been better could have been a great film but it's entertaining anyway - 6.5/10

Nalz · 06-07-2021 10:55am

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

6/10 is very close to a terrible review.

Terrible for me is 3 or less, 4 is poor, 5 is watchable, 6 is okay, 7 is good, 8 very good, 9 excellent and 10 is well 10!

But I appreciate different websites/peoples gauges are different.

VonLuck · 06-07-2021 10:58am

I think a 6/10 is watchable, but I'd never willingly want to watch it again.

Mickeroo · 06-07-2021 11:05am

The Shield is coming I see, think I watched the first three seasons years ago on netflix, might give the rest of it a go now.

06-07-2021 11:11am

Mickeroo wrote: »

The Shield is coming I see, think I watched the first three seasons years ago on netflix, might give the rest of it a go now.

It's been on prime for a while. It's great, launched Walton Goggins.

Wrongway1985 · 06-07-2021 11:29am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's been on prime for a while. It's great, launched Walton Goggins.

There since around February I think, expected it to leave like the rest of the FX shows but been renewed so may give a bash myself now.

On another note The X-Files looks likely to be leaving soon, expected with the Disney factor I suppose.

EltonJohn69 · 06-07-2021 12:06pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

There since around February I think, expected it to leave like the rest of the FX shows but been renewed so may give a bash myself now.

On another note The X-Files looks likely to be leaving soon, expected with the Disney factor I suppose.

A criminal act… I like to dip in for an episode or two… good HD as well…..

rob316 · 06-07-2021 5:01pm

Nalz wrote: »

Terrible for me is 3 or less, 4 is poor, 5 is watchable, 6 is okay, 7 is good, 8 very good, 9 excellent and 10 is well 10!

But I appreciate different websites/peoples gauges are different.

Ya 6 is nowhere near terrible, I'd rate similar and gave tomorrow war 6.5

Night owl gal · 06-07-2021 11:55pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A9791716031&brr=1&rd=1

Yes it's the UK site but there is much more correlation nowadays generally if a title is listed here that's on Prime here you better get cracking. It gives you what shall be leaving within the upcoming month.

Expiry notices will go up on such titles 2 weeks in advance be it by sussing your watchlist (recommend) or hovering title on primevideo.com

thanks:)

johnny_ultimate · 15-07-2021 2:56pm

Noticed the Gamera films added to Prime recently, and decided to give the 1990s trilogy a gander. I'm not a kaiju expert, but my understanding is the series was conceived in the 1960s as a rival Japanese studio's cheapo rival to the popular Godzilla franchise. By most accounts, the original films aren't anything to write home about - indeed, they've been actively mocked by Mystery Science Theatre. Even the character - a giant turtle with massive fangs, fire breath and a rocket powered shell - is fairly naff.

And yet the 1990s movies are extremely well regarded, and it's not hard to see why. These are great modern monster / disaster movies that surprisingly get better with each passing film. The first is a rock solid bit of kaiju storytelling, but a focus on characters pays serious dividends by the time the excellent third film rolls around. The modern Godzilla / 'Monsterverse' films from the US have been rightly criticised for their terrible human-level storytelling - this is how you do it better. Even the nonsense stuff about the psychic connections between humans and the monsters works well. Gamera's relationship with humanity complicated as the series progresses, to quite striking and interesting effect.

This is still a film series based around a guy in a turtle suit, but it also feels like a pleasant stop-gap between the era of practical and CG effects. There's some superb model work throughout, and director Shusuke Kaneko really delivers on the big showstopping monster mash climaxes. By the time very Evangelion like mecha-monsters get involved, there's plenty of pleasantly beautiful compositions. Temper your expectations - this isn't Hollywood level, and some effects are very much 'guys in suit' territory. But if you like your monster movies, these films represent a much, much better take on the genre than anything Hollywood studios have made with exponentially higher budgets. Not bad for a series featuring a c-tier monster.

For anyone interested and (understandably) confused by the plethora of Gamera titles on Prime at the mo, you want to start with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and then work your way through the handily titled Gamera 2 and Gamera 3.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 15-07-2021 3:56pm

Dave Made A Maze

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4457344/

Watched it the other night and thoroughly enjoyed it for it's uniqueness and creative visuals. It's not a million miles from one of those "high concept" fan-favourite episodes of Community to be honest, so if you're familiar with and like those, you'll really enjoy this one I think.

Wrongway1985 · 15-07-2021 6:36pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

Alabama Moon

An American Affair

American Violet

Bad Moms

Brooklyn's Finest (Gere/Cheadle/E.Hawke/Snipes)

Clueless

Dangerous Moves (Original Title: La Diagonal Du Fu)

Freaky Deaky

His Girl Friday

Horizon Line (A.Williams/K.David)(2020)(Amazon Original)

The Matrix

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Revolutions

Meet John Doe

New York, I Love You

Prince Avalanche

Rat Race

Submission (Tucci)

Sugar Mountain

Valerian and the City of a Thosand Planets

Where Is Kyra?

Yes Man

L.A.'s Finest (Season 2)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Crazy, Stupid, Love - 29/7

Knine · 15-07-2021 11:43pm

If you want a good laugh watch Dating Amber. I'm finding it very funny

The Raging Bile Duct · 16-07-2021 12:02pm

Guns Akimbo has been added. Harry Potter has two guns bolted to him and is forced to take part in a live-streamed death match. Great movie!!!

HoliyMoliy · 20-07-2021 3:34pm

Watching Start up on Netflix. It’s okish so far.

Wrongway1985 · 21-07-2021 10:24am

Watched Guns Akimbo the other night too enjoyed it also. I'll say it again Hugos' niece be snappin up the parts Margo Robbie not available for (like she actually did for Ready or Not).

Wrongway1985 · 22-07-2021 3:45pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

Aankhen

Amélie (Original Title: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)

Angel and the Badman

Annabelle Comes Home

Balibo

Battle in Seattle

Bernie (J.Black/McConaughey/MaClaine)

Bereavement

Carmilla

City of Life and Death (Original title: Nanjing! Nanjing!)

Dark Matter

David Brent: Life on the Road (Gervais)

The Decoy Bride

Guns Akimbo (Radcliffe/S.Weaving)(Amazon Exclusive)(2019)

The Hitch-Hiker

Jolt (Beckinsale/Tucci)(Amazon Original)(2021) - Out tommorrow - 23/7

The Messenger (B.Foster/Harrelson)

Nobel Son

Thick as Thieves

White Zombie (Legosi)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Dead Snow - 29/7

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead - 29/7

Psycho - 29/7

Click - 31/7

Ex_Machina - 31/7

Ghostbusters - 31/7

Ghostbusters II - 31/7

Ghostbusters (2016) - 31/7

The Social Network - 31/7

War of the Worlds - 31/7

Allied - 1/8

Disconnect - 1/8

The Mule - 1/8

The Hateful Eight - 3/8

Carol - 4/8

The X-Files (Season 1-11) - 31/7

EltonJohn69 · 22-07-2021 8:45pm

The definition of a hidden gem. Monument Ave. Denis Leary and Colm Meany star in Boston crime drama…. Really like this movie… surprised to see it on Amazon because for a while it basically impossible to get anywhere…. Kinda a low budget but great performances….

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 24-07-2021 12:44am

Watched Jolt tonight, new action film with Kate Beckinsale as a woman with violent tendencies, she wears a shock vest to keep her urges under control, and she sets out to find out who killed a man she's just started dating and kill them, violently.

It wasn't great, to be honest. The script is really poor, but Beckinsale seems to be having a lot of fun with it and there's a lot of violence. It's a very easy watch though, and only about 90 minutes.

There's a scene at the end that was presumably meant to set up a sequel, but it really made it feel more like a pilot for a TV show.

pixelburp · 24-07-2021 1:28pm

Kate Beckinsale feels like an actor whose career should be better than it is; wonder if all those Underworld sequels with her then husband Len Wiseman held her back, made her seem like a schlock merchant.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 24-07-2021 4:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655672#Comment_117655672

Yeah, she's quite charming and can definitely do comedy, Love & Friendship is a great example of that. This film has an awful script, there's just no way around that, and there's so many forced jokes that don't land, but even with that you can kind of see what she'd be able to do with a some decent writing.

I've been thinking about this film since last night and I'd actually really like to see it as a TV show. I haven't read any of the background on it but it really did feel more like a pilot than something written to be a film, even one setting up a sequel.

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