Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

peteeeed · 25-03-2022 09:18AM

Bridgerton (2022) Season 2 - The eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society. Inspired by Julia Quinn's bestselling novels...

A Dog's Way Home (2019) - A devoted, homesick dog goes on a treacherous journey across the American heartland to be reunited with her owner.

Grown Ups (2010)

Grown Ups 2 (2013)

Transformers: BotBots (2022) Season 1 - When the lights go out at the mall, the BotBots come out to play! Meet a fun-loving crew of everyday objects that morph into robots at closing time.

800 Meters (2022) Season 1 (Spanish) In 2017, Spain suffered two terrorist attacks perpetrated by young members of its community. How could this happen? This incisive series investigates.

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Gadgetman496 · 25-03-2022 01:50PM

JJ Abrams confirms he is making U2 series for Netflix

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The Raging Bile Duct · 25-03-2022 02:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118833895#Comment_118833895

A series about U2 written by the guy who wrote Bohemian Rhapsody? That sounds mindbogglingly awful.

25-03-2022 02:49PM

Finished the latest season of Top Boy. Have to say I really enjoyed it, started off slow (first 4 episodes) but the last 4 were really good.

pixelburp · 25-03-2022 02:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834155#Comment_118834155

Honestly, I still think U2's early albums are legitimately great music, but I can't see how any adaptation doesn't veer headlong over a cliff, the moment it tries to tackle Bono's messiah complex and insistence he's a relevant force in world politics.

Fysh · 25-03-2022 03:14PM

Just saw that Archive 81 is cancelled. That's a pity, I thought the first season was a strong adaptation to visual media of a podcast that makes great use of its medium, and if the source material were followed the second season would've been some great body horror. Ah well.

gmisk · 25-03-2022 03:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118828583#Comment_118828583

Some crackers on that.

I can't recommend Stray highly enough...terrific

pixelburp · 25-03-2022 03:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834413#Comment_118834413

Damn, that's a crying shame. Has been a solid series all round; nothing revolutionary but then at the same time, did it have scope for more seasons? Speaking as someone (very) slowly making their way through the series. I can't watch shows as fast as Netflix demands! lol

bullpost · 25-03-2022 03:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834470#Comment_118834470

Not on Netflix but there's a great documentary about music in Istanbul called Crossing the Bridge if you can dig it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiv-kIw8-D8

The Raging Bile Duct · 25-03-2022 03:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834413#Comment_118834413

That really sucks. Watched this and Midnight Mass close together and was really impressed by both. Article 81 ended on a bit of a cliffhanger which is particularly annoying.

The Raging Bile Duct · 25-03-2022 03:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834291#Comment_118834291

There's no denying they produced some great music in the past... Boy, War, Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are all great albums. The problem for me is that the music biopic is a genre that has few, if any, good films and Bohemian Rhapsody was a particularly turgid example. I thought it was a steaming pile of horseshíte. Give me a good documentary about a band over the made-for-tv style melodrama you usually get with the biopic.

Oh look! It's the historically-inaccurate scene where the wide-eyed singer meets the rest of the band!

Oh wow! It's the scene showing the close up of a glass of whiskey/lines of cocaine while the singer sits in the background, out of focus, holding his head in his hands while weeping softly and pathetically. I wasn't expecting that at all!

al87987 · 25-03-2022 03:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118831368#Comment_118831368

Yes I was hoping for a little more resolution with some tables and staff stories.

yourdeadwright · 25-03-2022 04:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118820591#Comment_118820591

ye 100% you'll miss a huge chuck of the story line & miss vital background info on certain characters

,Also its brilliant so its win win ,

johnny_ultimate · 25-03-2022 04:16PM

I'd watch a film about how Bono's mortifyingly terrible St Patrick's Day limerick about Ukraine ended up being read to the world by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

I want to understand the psychology involved in the numerous people involved, from the writing process to giving it the green light. Potent material for a probing multi-perspective arthouse drama directed by a Pablo Larrain or Alex Ross Perry type director.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 25-03-2022 05:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834830#Comment_118834830

A true crime doc about how that one album ended up on every apple device whether you wanted it or not

RandomViewer · 25-03-2022 05:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834155#Comment_118834155

Chronogically all over the place and Bono getting beaten up by the Orange Order as the opening scene:)

ShamoBuc · 25-03-2022 08:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834195#Comment_118834195

Exactly this. Way too slow to get going in the first 4 episodes but it really took after that.

Fysh · 25-03-2022 09:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834493#Comment_118834493

The series adapts the first series of the podcast and is largely self-contained, though it does end on a sequel hook. There's scope to adapt the second series in a similar way, although I guess it depends on whether the numbers justify the budget.

Mind you, from a company that thought it was worth paying big money to make both the live action Cowboy Bebop and Jupiter's Legacy series, only to cancel them weeks after they premiered, maybe logic isn't what we should expect...

bejeezus · 25-03-2022 09:31PM

Bridgerton: here comes the unhealthy weekend binge. It’s not as good as classical drama but it looks so pretty!

bejeezus · 25-03-2022 09:33PM

And I was a good ten minutes into IT chapter two but decided it was a little too scary to watch alone at night lol

mammychicken · 25-03-2022 10:22PM

Finished Taboo last night highly recommend v dark and akin to pesky blinders

Damien360 · 25-03-2022 10:53PM

Watched Boiling Point tonight based on messages here. Well worth a watch. Brilliant acting throughout.

Mr Crispy · 25-03-2022 10:55PM

Those Pesky Blinders up to mischief again! 🙂

I've heard good things about Taboo. There was only one season though - did everything get wrapped up properly?

trashcan · 25-03-2022 11:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834672#Comment_118834672

Agre that Bohemian Rhapsoy stank the place out, and I thought Remi Malak was awful. Couldn’t get past those awful falls teeth. Much preferred Rocketman, which I though was decent.

appledrop · 25-03-2022 11:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118836092#Comment_118836092

Yep, I've already watched 2 episodes but trying to space them out!

bejeezus · 25-03-2022 11:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118836766#Comment_118836766

Ha. Can relate. I think it feels more of a treat when you space them out though.

appledrop · 25-03-2022 11:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118836592#Comment_118836592

I remember when they both came out + we thought Bohemian Rhapsoy would be best one, how wrong we were.

I've rewatched Rocketman so many times + even my husband liked it and he hates musicials or films were they break into song but it's just done so well.

Charlie19 · 26-03-2022 02:21AM

Top boy was a fairly a decent watch, it was that good I'd watch the whole lot from the beginning of season one.

bejeezus · 26-03-2022 02:32AM

Finding it difficult to sleep so I’m watching Bridgerton right now. Only on episode one and can’t tell how good it is yet! Looks stunning, however.

peteeeed · 26-03-2022 09:07AM

Kate Humble's Coastal Britain (2021) Season 1 - Veteran science and nature TV host Kate Humble straps on a backpack and heads out on some of the most scenic coastal walks in Britain....

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