Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

johnny_ultimate · 12-05-2023 01:01PM

Mod note: Right-o, let's end the Conor McGregor tangent here. Everyone has had a chance to have their say, and there are other, better places for the wider conversation. And, as ever, personal attacks against other posters won't be tolerated here.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 12-05-2023 03:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120586797#Comment_120586797

Lost bullet is excellent, and the sequel is even better, straightforward old school action thrillers. Hopefully they wont be too long turning around the third installment.

The main actor is currently in a film that seems to be fairly high on the most watched list - AKA, its not as good as lost bullet and could probably have done with being a little shorter, but if you fancy seeing Eric Cantona as a mob boss, there are certainly worse ways to spend an evening.

gmisk · 13-05-2023 12:57PM

Lockwood & co cancelled :( shame I enjoyed it.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/lockwood-co-second-season-canceled-1235610948/

pixelburp · 13-05-2023 01:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120590799#Comment_120590799

a Netflix show you say?

jj880 · 13-05-2023 01:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120590799#Comment_120590799

They do this all the time. Mindhunter 😭.

Fysh · 13-05-2023 02:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120590926#Comment_120590926

I'm still extremely salty about The OA being cancelled, while Stranger Things at this point will probably get an entire season telling the story of how Will got that dreadful haircut in S4....

Charlie19 · 13-05-2023 03:35PM

I'm liking the Diplomat at the moment around 3 episodes in. The lead actor reminds me a little of Carrie Matheson of Homeland, just the way they're both driven in their work with a touch of crazyness albeit a different type of crazy

gmisk · 13-05-2023 04:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591093#Comment_120591093

They seem to be spinning it off as much as possible...stage show...animated tv programme...probably more

pixelburp · 13-05-2023 07:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591093#Comment_120591093

I remain grumpy the Dark Crystal prequel show got cancelled; absolutely fantastic show that was leagues ahead of the original movie, ended on a cliffhanger and me wanting more.

ixoy · 13-05-2023 09:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120592495#Comment_120592495

Same. A genuinely excellent show. I firmly believe Hup's story is one of the best ever heroes journey committed to screen.

rekluse · 13-05-2023 11:16PM

Anyone given the black knight a go, any good? Won't be able to watch until later in the week.

Charlie19 · 14-05-2023 12:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591307#Comment_120591307

Interesting that the creator of the Diplomat wrote 5 episodes of Homeland.

https://www.tvinsider.com/1086309/the-diplomat-netflix-keri-russell-series-inspiration/

silverharp · 14-05-2023 07:15AM

is it worth giving this a shot lol, a real own goal here for netflix, they even managed to p1ss off Egypt.

https://twitter.com/Roy_Cravey/status/1657441443194220545

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-05-2023 08:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594822#Comment_120594822

It's 8th on the worldwide chart for the week, having only been released on Wednesday, and seems to be in the top 10 in every single country at the moment. Number 3 in Egypt.

peteeeed · 14-05-2023 08:42AM

enjoyed this and and it netflix's was the number one show when it came out

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/lockwood-co-second-season-canceled-1235610948/

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 14-05-2023 08:58AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594927#Comment_120594927

Probbaly why they axed it.

peteeeed · 15-05-2023 08:38AM

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) A clever fox who's been stealing food on the sly must craft a courageous plan to outwit three angry farmers -- and protect his friends and family..

Big Momma's House (2000)

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)

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silverharp · 16-05-2023 07:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594916#Comment_120594916

still its got to hurt when you have the rare occurrence of audience and critics uniting to trash such a production

peteeeed · 16-05-2023 08:27AM

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023) From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her..

Jaws (1975) When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes Amity Island, a police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the beast ( one of the best movies of all time , a different type of shark tail)

Shark Tale (2004) A tiny white lie turns a little fish into an unlikely hero. But when the truth comes out, he teams up with an outcast great white shark for protection

Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie (2014) Elite penguin spies Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with the suave agents of the North Wind to defeat power-mad genius Octavius Brine.

The Great Wall (2016) Searching for gunpowder in Song dynasty China, European mercenaries discover an epic war being waged between the country's heroes and savage monsters

Darkest Hour (2017) As the threat of Nazi invasion looms, newly appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallies a nation to fight for its very survival.

Split (2016) A man with multiple identities abducts three teenage girls, who must find a way to escape before his newest, most dangerous personality takes over.

Sebastian Maniscalco: Aren't You Embarrassed? (2014) Returning to his hometown of Chicago, the comedian views modern life through his family's old-world Italian lens and wonders where our shame went

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 16-05-2023 09:57AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602194#Comment_120602194

When audience scores are that low that fast, it's usually got nothing to do with the quality of a show/film.

silverharp · 16-05-2023 10:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602563#Comment_120602563

The crowd know when to dunk on stuff, its always something that is garbage and if it was great people would pile in the other way, confirmed in this case by the critics not circling the wagons around it

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 16-05-2023 10:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602774#Comment_120602774

1% audience ratings across all the review sites 2 days after something is released is review bombing. It's deliberate and it's motivated by things other than quality. This one might genuinely be rubbish, I don't know, but using scores like that to make any kind of point about how bad something is, is a pointless exercise.

pixelburp · 16-05-2023 02:41PM

Looks like they're really doubling down on the one-shot set pieces in the sequel; certainly that gimmick is quite popular these days across the genre. Superficially it looks cool, but there's always just something too slick, too processed with these CGI assisted "oners"

https://youtu.be/Y274jZs5s7s

Fysh · 16-05-2023 03:23PM

Oof, that exterior CGI at the end of the train scene... Might be YT compression but if not it's pretty poor.

I remember the first film having good action and a better character performance from Hemsworth than is usually the case in something like this but the plot was kind of meh. I don't see that improving since the Russos are still involved. Personally I think I'll probably rewatch Lost Bullet and then watch Lost Bullet 2 before deciding if I'll bother with this.

Mr Crispy · 16-05-2023 03:31PM

I thought the fire looked fake in the prison yard scene, but apparently they really set him on fire for that. So what do I know? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

johnny_ultimate · 16-05-2023 03:37PM

For me, a long one-shot take (or a really well-done faux one-shot take) only really works if you can admire the craft and choreography on display - the cinematic engineering that went into staging the scene - or if it really enhances the tension or drama of a scene. Cutting to another shot is a key feature of cinematic language, so you really want to have a good reason to defy it.

When it’s clearly a bunch of short scenes stitched together in post and full of bad CG / green screen stuff, I struggle to see the point. If anything, it highlights dodgy effects and inconsistencies more that if you’d simply cut away to a different shot that’d mask the effects more effectively. The fact that CG tends to look worse on 4K, HDR streaming platforms anyway means it’d look even less convincing that it would on a big screen.

EoinMcLovin · 16-05-2023 09:17PM

https://twitter.com/chrishemsworth/status/1658094903631437831?t=uTU70CV9v931nKg_9KjGaQ&s=19

The one shot action scene is 21 minutes long

budgemook · 16-05-2023 10:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120604280#Comment_120604280

What do you think of Birdman?

~Rebel~ · 16-05-2023 11:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120605841#Comment_120605841

That approach to Birdman makes sense I think, being set in the world of theatre. A one-take (with hidden cuts) style is kind of justified and motivated since it's rooted in the context of living and dying by what happens on the night, in the moment, with no do-overs.

pixelburp · 17-05-2023 06:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120605841#Comment_120605841

Birdman at least had a purpose, wanting to really show the inner chaos of a theatre without ever breaking stride. By and large it was still just a bunch of actors hitting their markers on cue to maintain the flow. I believe digital trickery was only used to stitch large tracts together. These CGI based oners often use FX as the first response, the entire set piece formed from a lot of small moments stitched together - with my own eye spotting that excessively slick, digital tracking.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120604280#Comment_120604280

And it's not like you can't do oner action scenes, it just takes a lot of planning and choreography. Effort, basically. And money I suppose but what was at first a fun gimmick just doesn't surprise me. Maybe these digital oners astound others, I just find them really floaty and fake.

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