Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

appledrop · 26-09-2022 09:18PM

I just watched Pieces of a Woman and I'm not the better for it.

Absolutely heartbreaking, haven't cried like that since Manchester by the Sea.

Gremlinertia · 27-09-2022 01:18AM

Barbaric Genius - purely stumbled on this, inrtiguing profile of a man with a sad history who made it as a writer briefly before losing it all again. I read what i thought was his only book a few years ago, The Green Arena by John Healy. The documentary is probably a niche interest view but i'm glad i watched it..

peteeeed · 27-09-2022 07:20AM

Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy (2022) Nick Kroll shares his comedian origin story, his first heartbreak, his strange hypnosis experience and the trash-talking celebrity voice in his head.

Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) This collection of Minions shorts from the "Despicable Me" franchise includes mini-movies like "Training Wheels," "Puppy" and "Yellow Is the New Black.

Guidance (2009) (Swedish) After consulting a therapist, a wife convinces her husband to seek treatment for depression at an unconventional facility in the countryside.

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RocketRaccoon · 27-09-2022 07:25AM

6 episodes into Dahmer and it is absolutely fantastic, I'm vaguely familiar with the case through other shows and documentaries but avoiding googling anything about him and the men involved until I'm finished watching this series.

jj880 · 27-09-2022 07:40AM

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Episode 6 is the best episode Ive seen in any series in a long time. Been thinking about it ever since watching yesterday. A masterpiece really.

holly_johnson · 27-09-2022 08:08AM

Finished Dahmer yesterday. Very disturbing but so compelling to watch. Was very powerful.

Thanks to a recommendation on here I've been watching Superbro. Some of the funniest comedy I've seen in a long time. Had to stop watching it on the bus because I was laughing out loud like a loon 😂

Also watched Fortune Teller: A TV Scam. Was a mad story but very difficult to follow. It is in Italian, which is fine, but it jumped all over the place so got confusing. But it's mad to think how much money they scammed!

Have to say the algorithm is getting on my nerves recently. I mentioned before I watched a fantastic Korean show called Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Ever since then I'm getting recommended piles and piles of Korean shows. Wish I could filter that out!

Caranica · 27-09-2022 08:13AM

Netflix really needs to work on a filter system. I'd love to hide stuff I've already watched or would never watch

RocketRaccoon · 27-09-2022 08:28AM

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It was a completely unexpected style of episode, for me anyway. But I agree, a fantastic episode.

Odelay · 27-09-2022 08:41PM

I have watched Dahmer. I do not recommend it. Depressing stuff. Just sick. Don't go there.

jj880 · 27-09-2022 08:46PM

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Maybe true crime isn't for you. There are many sicker shows on Netflix.

km79 · 27-09-2022 10:26PM

Cobra Kai has lost the run of itself ……

RocketRaccoon · 28-09-2022 08:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119673443#Comment_119673443

Did you expect a romcom before you started it?

Finished it earlier this morning, a fantastic series although I was slightly disappointed to read how much they varied from the truth with certain people (Tony and Glenda mainly).

robwen · 28-09-2022 11:48AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058264775/dahmer-netflix

Dahmer Netflix thread

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 01:21PM

Trailer for My Father's Dragon, the new film from Cartoon Saloon. I assume it will get some kind of limited cinema release too.

https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1575108901657255940?s=20&t=N_ri8HnoVegzPmhBZvCCoA

Man Vs ManUre · 28-09-2022 01:24PM

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Have watched 7 episodes, agreed 6 was fantastic. But I think the best episode of tv I ever see was the last episode of season 2 of American Horror Story (Asylum). Or maybe even the episode of Vikings in season 1 when they went to retreat or in later season when Ragnar was dropped from the snake pit.

pixelburp · 28-09-2022 01:37PM

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YouTube link with proper aspect ratio and better encoding! Weirdly disappointed there are no Irish voices to be heard, but I guess that was the price for a larger potential audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0giW36Fb69c

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 01:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119676339#Comment_119676339

It's based on a book so I don't know if that had something to do with the casting. Chris O'Dowd is listed in the cast, but I'm assuming it's not a very big part.

Tom Mann Centuria · 28-09-2022 01:57PM

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Thought he might even be that crocodile pulling my leg character. Hard to tell from one line though.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 02:02PM

Cartoon Saloon confirmed on twitter that there will be a limited cinema release, details of which will be announced soon. I know the cinema release is only to qualify it for the Oscars but I'm hoping it gets a decent run here like Wolfwalkers did.

peteeeed · 28-09-2022 02:13PM

Blonde (2022) This fictional portrait of Marilyn Monroe boldly reimagines the tumultuous private life of the Hollywood legend -- and the price she paid for fame

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga Limited Series (2022) A community of amateur traders enacts a daring plan to get rich quick and wreak havoc on the stock market. But can they beat Wall Street at its own game?..

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons season 6 (2022) Investigative journalists become voluntary inmates in the world's most volatile prisons, where intimidation and brutality rule

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TheIrishGrover · 28-09-2022 02:19PM

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Was coming here to post this. Yeah,pity about the lack of Irish voices but yeah, international appeal I suppose. Although I remember that they did two different English dubs of Ghibli's version of Arrietty. A REALLY annoying American dub - Very screechy and OTT (Some squeeky kids from TV, Will Arnet as her father, Amy Phoeler as mother etc). And a much more subdued European English dub (Saoirse Ronan as Arrietty, Tom Holand, Mark Strong, Olivia Colman). VASTLY superior. I wanna hear Brendan Gleeson as a gorilla :D

28-09-2022 02:35PM

I was getting some flashbacks of La Haine when watching Athena however the story nowhere as good. Decent bits overall but lacking something.

Opening was amazing.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 02:47PM

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Cartoon Saloon also made The Breadwinner (same director as this new one) a few years ago, no Irish accents in that either, but it did alright for them. Personally I think it's great that the same studio can release something like their very Irish folklore trilogy, while also making things like this or The Breadwinner, and find success with them all. I'm just hoping Netflix don't drop the ball with this when it comes to the Oscars. They have GDT's Pinocchio too, which seems guaranteed a nomination at the very least. Cartoon Saloon have had 4 films and 4 nominations, so I hope this one keeps the streak doing for them.

hold my beer · 28-09-2022 03:38PM

Eat the rich going on my list

FullBack Jam · 28-09-2022 04:10PM

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Looking forward to watching Blonde. I don't know that much about Marilyn Monroe's life, apart from the few bits that you'd pick up in the media. It's a long film - 2.75 hours.

It seems to have received very mixed reviews.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 04:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677074#Comment_119677074

It's not a straight forward biopic, so I'm not sure how much more you'll know about her after watching it. I was listening to Mark Kermode's review of it earlier and he said its more like a horror film disguised as a biopic. He seemed to like it though.

johnny_ultimate · 28-09-2022 04:44PM

I like Andrew Dominik as a director - especially Jesse James and his two superb Nick Cave films - but yikes he's been doing an awful job talking about Blonde, doing his best to strengthen the skeptical and negative readings of the film. This Sight & Sound interview has been doing the rounds over the last day or so, showing how bizarre and narrow his approach to Monroe as a person seems to be.

https://twitter.com/christinalefou/status/1574784870269722624?s=20&t=vj2Xm9VOMe9WEyTSrBTHhw

I'll be watching myself this evening with as open a mind as possible, but this went from a film I would've checked out day one in the cinema to approaching with trepidation after the reviews (some of which have been scathing, although it must be noted there have been some positive ones too - including Kermode's) and Dominik's own strange promotional journey!

Fysh · 28-09-2022 06:09PM

Yeah, that Sight & Sound interview was like a really concerted effort to say "I couldn't give a feck about the reality of her, I wanted to just convey what I felt reading this book about her that completely ignores a large part of her life". I wasn't likely to see it in the cinema to begin with, but certainly not doing that now - though the stuff about changing presentation style to match the photos that scenes were based around does have me curious about the cinematography, at least...

CastorTroy · 28-09-2022 09:10PM

Yeah, Nertflix seem to be emphasising it's a fictional account going by the description. At least they admit it, unlike other biopics that can be a bit careless with the truth.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 28-09-2022 10:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119678220#Comment_119678220

It's based on a book that's been around for 20 years, that's described as a fictionalized take on Monroe's life. It would be very hard for them to present it as anything else. And yet there still seems to be a lot of people expecting a straight up biopic.

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