Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

CastorTroy · 04-07-2021 12:00pm

Yeah think I started it for a couple seconds before, before changing my mind

Wossack · 04-07-2021 1:37pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Gave Overlord a watch last night and was surprised at how good it was. Less you know going in the better probably.

It's leaving on the 10th so if you were planning on watching it now's the time.

Thanks for recommendation, thought it was pretty good myself. From its name I was sure I’d seen it before, but I’d it mixed up with the Tom Cruise Hitler assassination plot one (Valkyrie). So thanks for making me check again

Man Vs ManUre · 04-07-2021 5:07pm

Watched Somos. It’s good but slowly paced. Not a huge amount of action it it until the final episode, which is particularly vicious and heartbreaking. Hard to believe all this happened as recent as 2011.

Need a Username · 04-07-2021 7:26pm

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Watched Somos. It’s good but slowly paced. Not a huge amount of action it it until the final episode, which is particularly vicious and heartbreaking. Hard to believe all this happened as recent as 2011.

I read that Netflix renewed Narcos Mexico for a third season but the shows info page doesn’t have the “it’s official another season is coming” that other shows have.

Is this just because a filming is a long way off at the moment?

Man Vs ManUre · 04-07-2021 7:44pm

Need a Username wrote: »

I read that Netflix renewed Narcos Mexico for a third season but the shows info page doesn’t have the “it’s official another season is coming” that other shows have.

Is this just because a filming is a long way off at the moment?

No shooting started on it yet anyway. I’ve been a bit disappointed with the 2 Mexico seasons so far. But I guess it was about the origins of drugs trafficking and the story of the dea lad who was killed and the godfather of Mexican drugs, so hopefully it will keep going to tell the story of El Chapo, the violence of Juarez in the 2000s and more about the zetas.

NIMAN · 04-07-2021 9:32pm

Starting watching Giri Haji couple of weeks ago, and to be honest it's tough to finish.

I kinda lost interest around episode 4, and stuck with it cos I was half way through.

Last episode tonight but I nearly gave up before penultimate one. Just not doing it for me. Too bloated and drawn out. So many shows these days need a good editor.

peteeeed · 05-07-2021 8:19am

Midsommar
A grieving woman accompanies her boyfriend and his grad-school colleagues to a remote Swedish village that isn't the idyllic commune it appears to be.

Split
A man with multiple identities abducts three teenage girls, who must find a way to escape before his newest, most dangerous personality takes over.

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pixelburp · 05-07-2021 8:51am

Split is probably Shyamalan's best film since those early days of hype; it was a film where his eccentricities worked for the feature, not against it. A total piece of borderline exploitation trash that made me think Shyamalan might have finally found comfort at his level - then píssed it all away with that awful follow-up, Glass. Saw a trailer for his new feature, "Old" and it looks like Split was ultimately the exception that proves the rule.

Need a Username · 05-07-2021 1:42pm

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

And midsommar is arriving on Monday.

I read that the director’s cut is the better version.

Basq · 05-07-2021 1:55pm

Need a Username wrote: »

I read that the director’s cut is the better version.

There's a Director's Cut? While decent, I thought it overstayed it's welcome slightly at touching 2.5 hours.

Need a Username · 05-07-2021 2:21pm

Basq wrote: »

There's a Director's Cut? While decent, I thought it overstayed it's welcome slightly at touching 2.5 hours.

An extra 30 minutes or there abouts.

Sam Hain · 05-07-2021 3:05pm

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Watched Fatherhood last night. Kevin Hart plays a widowed father of a new born baby girl. Nice enough watch, a little on the schmaltzy side and predictable as one would expect but Hart was likeable and the supporting cast were good. Not one I'd ever revisit but enjoyable nonetheless.

Would rather gouge my eyes out.

Need a Username · 05-07-2021 3:17pm

Sam Hain wrote: »

Would rather gouge my eyes out.

You could also try my way of just not watching it as there is no situation that could possibly arise where you would in a situation where those are two options.

Well if that is all it takes to break you I don’t want to be around you during the Zombie Apocalypse.

budgemook · 05-07-2021 4:09pm

I watched Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw over the weekend - I never really do this but I ended up watching it over 2 nights as it's a bit too long for this type of movie. It is what it is I suppose - they have moved fully into the superhero realm at this stage with the 2 leads having Captain America type strength and the villain basically being a version of Dr. Octopus or some other lab created maniac. The story is a familiar one - a deadly virus threatens to wipe out most of humankind so two former enemies must put aside their differences to save the world :rolleyes: The Rock and Jason Statham have plenty of charisma and work well together in this buddy film but overall it's a pretty forgettable, paint by numbers, brain-dead action/comedy movie. 4/10.

RocketRaccoon · 05-07-2021 4:17pm

Sam Hain wrote: »

Would rather gouge my eyes out.

I absolutely hate comments like this. You clearly wouldn't do this so why bother posting it?

To keep the discussion on topic, the movie in question was decent, not going to win any awards but was OK to pass a quiet evening.

Lisha · 05-07-2021 6:53pm

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

How to Train Your Dragon is one of mt favourite filma. It's a million times better than any of the Disney/Pixar films, and I'm still angry it didn't win best score at the Oscars.

I love the how to train your dragon films so much. They are gorgeous . I often listen to the sound tracks especially if I’m doing lots of housework.

Rjd2 · 05-07-2021 7:08pm

alchemist33 wrote: »

Seems good so far, but some of the acting is awful, especially the main character

Interesting.

That was the lead in the incredible film " A Prophet" back in the day.

I thought he carried it.:p

The love interest is a pretty mediocre actress but obviously the BBC have decided that they want her to be a big star.

peteeeed · 06-07-2021 8:16am

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Season 2
There is no such thing as an ordinary interaction in this offbeat sketch comedy series that features a deep roster of guest stars.

Born to Be Wild Season 1
Survivalist Andrew Ucles explores the jungles, rivers and plains of three continents with the residents who knows them best: the local animals.

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Basq · 06-07-2021 8:36am

peteeeed wrote: »

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Season 2

Loved the first season!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLfAf8oHrMo

Nalz · 06-07-2021 8:38am

alchemist33 wrote: »

Seems good so far, but some of the acting is awful, especially the main character

Have to say I didn't notice that. Thoroughly enjoyed the Serpent from start to finish.

Mr.Wemmick · 06-07-2021 2:26pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Split is probably Shyamalan's best film since those early days of hype; it was a film where his eccentricities worked for the feature, not against it. A total piece of borderline exploitation trash that made me think Shyamalan might have finally found comfort at his level - then píssed it all away with that awful follow-up, Glass. Saw a trailer for his new feature, "Old" and it looks like Split was ultimately the exception that proves the rule.

Glass is not on Netflix, I take it? I'm intrigued.

I watched Split last night. I enjoyed the performances more than the story, and the story wasn't all bad. The cast were great, I must say.

The Raging Bile Duct · 06-07-2021 2:34pm

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

Glass is not on Netflix, I take it? I'm intrigued.

I watched Split last night. I enjoyed the performances more than the story, and the story wasn't all bad. The cast were great, I must say.

Glass is absolutely terrible. Don't bother.

pixelburp · 06-07-2021 2:38pm

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

Glass is not on Netflix, I take it? I'm intrigued.

I watched Split last night. I enjoyed the performances more than the story, and the story wasn't all bad. The cast were great, I must say.

Don't be; it's awful to the point I'd challenge anyone to find a good thing to say about it. Shyamalan back to Last Airbender worst; a director who frequently has characters not see things because they're out of frame :rolleyes: The finale and the big superpowers showdown is one of the limpest, anticlimactic, most pathetic powered fights I've seen committed to film. While our hero

dies, drowning in a puddle

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Do something better with 2 hours; pair socks, or watch a better off-brand Hero film like .. I dunno, Mystery Men

Mickeroo · 06-07-2021 2:41pm

It's on Disney+ I think.

rob316 · 06-07-2021 5:15pm

budgemook wrote: »

I watched Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw over the weekend - I never really do this but I ended up watching it over 2 nights as it's a bit too long for this type of movie. It is what it is I suppose - they have moved fully into the superhero realm at this stage with the 2 leads having Captain America type strength and the villain basically being a version of Dr. Octopus or some other lab created maniac. The story is a familiar one - a deadly virus threatens to wipe out most of humankind so two former enemies must put aside their differences to save the world :rolleyes: The Rock and Jason Statham have plenty of charisma and work well together in this buddy film but overall it's a pretty forgettable, paint by numbers, brain-dead action/comedy movie. 4/10.

Its dreadful and I'd be a big fan of FF films. All the elements were there for a good action movie but it just dragged and the dialogue was so poor. Elba another actor I like was so weak in it.

camz09 · 06-07-2021 5:37pm

Just watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the first time. Man, what an excellent film. Brilliant cast.

Capt'n Midnight · 06-07-2021 6:03pm

camz09 wrote: »

Just watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the first time. Man, what an excellent film. Brilliant cast.

I found it over hyped. Not on Netflix now , but keep an eye out for other Wuxia movies like Hero (2002 , Jet Li) and House of Flying Daggers , and when you've watched enough Wuxia that you know the rules , treat yourself to Kung Fu Hustle

Red Cliff is another film worth watching if it turns up.

Avoid 47 Ronin.

Need a Username · 06-07-2021 6:19pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I found it over hyped. Not on Netflix now , but keep an eye out for other Wuxia movies like Hero (2002 , Jet Li) and House of Flying Daggers , and when you've watched enough Wuxia that you know the rules , treat yourself to Kung Fu Hustle

Red Cliff is another film worth watching if it turns up.

Avoid 47 Ronin.

Red Cliff is two movies and that is only way to see it. So much good stuff lost when they cut it done to one film.

Mr.Wemmick · 06-07-2021 6:44pm

camz09 wrote: »

Just watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the first time. Man, what an excellent film. Brilliant cast.

One of my all time favourite movies. I've watched it too many times though.

Another brilliant one is The Admiral: roaring currents - Korean movie. It's shocking how good it is. Not sure if it's on Netflix though.

camz09 · 06-07-2021 7:41pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I found it over hyped. Not on Netflix now , but keep an eye out for other Wuxia movies like Hero (2002 , Jet Li) and House of Flying Daggers , and when you've watched enough Wuxia that you know the rules , treat yourself to Kung Fu Hustle

Hero is amazing, probably my favourite of the lot. Haven't seen it in years though, doesn't seem to be on any streaming platforms, unfortunately. I remember there was some buzz about it being Chinese govt propaganda or something about Zhang Yi Mou (the director) I can't remember but I doubt the visuals and sequences would age much. It's a truly beautiful film.

I have to check out House of Flying Daggers!

Mickeroo · 06-07-2021 7:48pm

camz09 wrote: »

Hero is amazing, probably my favourite of the lot. Haven't seen it in years though, doesn't seem to be on any streaming platforms, unfortunately. I remember there was some buzz about it being Chinese govt propaganda or something about Zhang Yi Mou (the director) I can't remember but I doubt the visuals and sequences would age much. It's a truly beautiful film.

I have to check out House of Flying Daggers!

One of his more recent ones is on Netflix, called Shadow. Thought it was decent enough though not as good as Hero or House of Flying Daggers, great visuals again though.

Basq · 07-07-2021 1:07am

The excellent "How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" is back for a new season later this month too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRlXpi7NDs

peteeeed · 15-07-2021 8:32am

Big Momma's House

Uncle Season 1

Whitechapel season 1&2

BEASTARS season 1&2

Never Have I Ever Season 2

After a traumatic year, an Indian-American teen just wants to spruce up her social status -- but friends, family and feelings won't make it easy on her.

Peppa Pig Season 6

Epic Movie

A Few Good Men

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Desperado

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Shaun the Sheep Movie

A classic horror story

In this gruesome suspense film, strangers traveling in southern Italy become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive.

Rock the Kazbah

When a has-been music producer gets stuck in Afghanistan he discovers a girl with a wonderful voice, then has to find a way to market her talents

The Duchess

To compensate for her unhappy marriage, young duchess Georgiana Spencer begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey.

Rust Creek

A wrong turn in the woods becomes a fight for her life when a career-seeking college student runs into two outlaw brothers looking to cook up trouble.

Trust

An art gallery owner and her news anchor husband face temptation and jealousy when two strangers enter their seemingly perfect marriage.

My unorthodox life season 1

Follow Julia Haart, Elite World Group CEO and a former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and her adult kids in this reality series.

Heist

Millions in stolen cash. Missing luxury bourbon. Watch ordinary people almost get away with these extraordinary heists in this true crime series.

Infinite Darkness: Season 1

11th July

The Descent

Rush

The Stand-Up

The Tour

10th July

120 BPM

Chicken Run

Outback Lockdown: Season 1

9th July

Atypical: Season 4

Biohackers: Season 2

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

Finding Hubby

How I Became a Superhero

How to Become a Tyrant: Season 1

Last Summer

Lee Su-geun: The Sense Coach

The Cook of Castamar: Season 1

The Water Man

Virgin River: Season 3

8th July

Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime: Season 1

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: Season 1

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this is a mess :)

pixelburp · 15-07-2021 8:53am

Boards may change, but good to see some users are still doing their good work :👍️

Akabusi · 15-07-2021 9:04am

Watched the first episode of Heist last night and really enjoyed it.

CastorTroy · 15-07-2021 9:18am

Edit: So we can edit but can't delete blank posts.

CastorTroy · 15-07-2021 9:21am

Shaun the Sheep Movie

A classic horror story

In this gruesome suspense film, strangers traveling in southern Italy become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive.

Shaun the Sheep sounds like it's a major change from the tv series. 😮

So looks like you can post blank comments and can't edit your posts

And you can't edit quoted posts. It's all or nothing as a I tried to quote only that part of Peteeeed's post

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-07-2021 10:07am

Looking forward to S2 of Never Have I Ever. S1 was a pleasant surprise.

peteeeed · 15-07-2021 10:08am

the edit is all over the shop

a classic horror story is a title on netflix :)

CastorTroy · 15-07-2021 10:13am

Ah, I know. Just the way it was listed was funny.

And I see now the 3 dots(gear in mobile version) at the top of the post is to Edit

Gloomtastic! · 15-07-2021 5:15pm

How good is Series 4 of Atypical? I just want to reach into my telly screen and hug every one of the characters. Only one episode to go with lots to resolve, or make another series......... 😍

Charlie19 · 15-07-2021 9:22pm

The Mexican with Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and an excellent James Gandolfini is a good bit of fun.

peteeeed · 16-07-2021 8:22am

Fear Street Part 3: 1666 :Thrust back to 1666, Deena learns the truth about Sarah Fier. Back in 1994, the friends fight for their lives -- and Shadyside's future

Explained Season 3 :This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop

Van Helsing Season 5: After three years in a coma, Vanessa awakens to a world ravaged by vampires. Now, she and a motley band of fellow survivors fight to stay alive

Crawl :While trying to save her dad during a hurricane, a woman becomes trapped in the flooded crawl space of their home as a deadly threat lurks in the water

Naomi Osaka: This intimate series follows Naomi Osaka as she explores her cultural roots and navigates her multifaceted identity as a tennis champ and rising leader

Johnny Test Season 1 :How much trouble could one imaginative boy, his faithful dog and two science-loving sisters possibly get into? Hmm, that sounds like a challenge!.

Deep :(Thai) Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control -- and must find a way out before it's too late

Good Boys :Invited to a major party, three naive sixth graders ditch school to replace a broken drone and prep for their first kisses when events go epically awry.

La ley de Herodes :(Spanish) Following the brutal 1949 murder of a small Mexican town's mayor, genteel and humble janitor Juan Vargas is appointed his successor.

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Akrasia · 16-07-2021 9:03am

Black Summer on Netflix is a really really good zombie series, can’t recommend it enough

just finished Season 2 last night.

season 1 was grand but season 2 drove it to another level

peteeeed · 18-07-2021 9:33am

Warner Bros day

300

300 rise of an empire

Attack the block

Cockneys v Zombies

Dunkirk

Justice league (Not the Snyder cut)

Wonder Woman

Suicide Squad

Kong skull island

The legend of Tarzan(2016)

The lego batman movie

The Matrix trilogy

Storks (Animated)

Sully

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Lashes28 · 18-07-2021 11:08am

Heist was really good,netflix didn't drag the story out like usual in those documentaries.

Hercule Poirot · 18-07-2021 1:45pm

Watched Aquaman yesterday because I was dying after my second jab on Friday, it's not terrible.

The big reveal for me was School of Rock which I'd never seen before - such a great film; I love, love, loved it!

Nigzcurran · 18-07-2021 3:58pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627346#Comment_117627346

Yep we watched school of rock recently and thought it was excellent, very surprised as not normally a Jack black fan

18-07-2021 4:02pm

The Serpent is worth a watch. Eight part series With Jenna Coleman based on a true story.

cdgalwegian · 18-07-2021 9:56pm

Finished Katla- Icelandic mystery series with an "is it science or supernatural" chain of events. Slow, but very intriguing. Despite the constant grim meteorological background, a very enjoyable show.

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