Amazon Prime streaming video recommendations thread

[sojourner]

Amazon offered me a week of Prime for 99p so I'm binging stuff on there.

Can thoroughly recommend Tyrannosaur, by Paddy Considine. Holy fucking shit. Yes, that did give me nightmares! Absolutely belting soundtrack too Cracking Leisure Society track on the end credits - I've loved LS for a good few years now, and did you know that both Paddy Considine and Shane Meadows used to be in the band?

T'other one we watched, in order to avoid the nightmares (cos we're both ridiculously susceptible to them whenever we watch owt disturbing) was Sightseers, by Ben Wheatly. Another fantastic film. Didn't work to swerve the nightmares however

 

[yield]

If you like alternative world type stuff you'd love 'Counterpart', might not be a Prime show but it's whole premise is an alternative world is found in Berlin at the end of WW2 and the UN built an office over the 'portal' between the 2 to monitor it, but then it goes a bit wrong, with people from the other side coming over to do dastardly deeds. Very interesting, as both sides diverge from the original timeline of 1945 slowly over time to become 2 very separate realities.

Finished Series 2 yesterday. Pretty sure this is on Amazon?

Thriller with a touch of Cold War scifi. Stellar cast J. K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Nazanin Boniadi thoroughly recommend.

 

[Chilli.s]

Under the Skin. Sci fi with a style of its own. Very weird.

 

[Chz]

Under the Skin. Sci fi with a style of its own. Very weird.

It's... divisive, let's say.

 

[DexterTCN]

I thought Under The Skin was fascinating. It's a haunting, alien story. Not for everyone though. Like Aaronovsky, kinda.

 

[kabbes]

Yeah, I loved it

 

[DexterTCN]

Dunno why it's divisive.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

I have Under the Skin on my to read pile at the moment - am struggling to not watch it
sounds/looks good

 

[DexterTCN]

I have Under the Skin on my to read pile at the moment - am struggling to not watch it
sounds/looks good

I doubt it would affect your reading of the book (which I haven't read)...almost the whole film is presented visually, dialogue isn't a big thing apart from very obvious lines.

 

[Orang Utan]

The book and the film are very different. Both brilliant. The book explains a lot more of who Johansson's character is and what she is doing.

 

[Chz]

Dunno why it's divisive.

Neither do I, it's awful.
We've done it to death before, but it's a love or hate film. Few seem to think it's "alright". Glazer should stick to music videos and car ads, Sexy Beast was obviously a fluke.

 

[T & P]

This is a tech question not a recommendation so apologies. But does anyone else sometimes get 'insufficient bandwidth' error messages when watching Amazon, on a TV set at least? We have a rather large broadband speed and it has never, ever happened with Netflix, NowTV or any other app or service. Just did a google search and it seems we're by no means the only ones...

 

[Throbbing Angel]

This is a tech question not a recommendation so apologies. But does anyone else sometimes get 'insufficient bandwidth' error messages when watching Amazon, on a TV set at least? We have a rather large broadband speed and it has never, ever happened with Netflix, NowTV or any other app or service. Just did a google search and it seems we're by no means the only ones...

Nope - never had that - use Netflix and have used NowTV - never had it with them either

 

[T & P]

Nope - never had that - use Netflix and have used NowTV - never had it with them either

Cheers. Do you watch on a computer/ tablet device, or through the TV set? I’m starting to suspect the TV set is causing it.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Tv, iPad, phone - all get used - mainly the TV, though - Amazon Prime gets watched on 3 tvs - 3 different manufacturers

 

[flypanam]

We get it, watch AP through a 5/6 year Sony Bravia. Just tend to turn the tv off, wait 3 minutes and turn on again. seems to work fine after that.

 

[T & P]

We get it, watch AP through a 5/6 year Sony Bravia. Just tend to turn the tv off, wait 3 minutes and turn on again. seems to work fine after that.

We have a Sony Bravia too. A few people talking online about the issue also mentioned Sony sets. Interesting...

 

[Throbbing Angel]

lil'Angel's tv is a Sony - don't recall any issues like those described

 

[Nivag]

This is a tech question not a recommendation so apologies. But does anyone else sometimes get 'insufficient bandwidth' error messages when watching Amazon, on a TV set at least? We have a rather large broadband speed and it has never, ever happened with Netflix, NowTV or any other app or service. Just did a google search and it seems we're by no means the only ones...

I get this every now and then when using my Sony TV's Prime app, I just press cancel and select what I want to watch again and it always works the 2nd time.
I never get this when using my PS4.

 

[Nivag]

Just noticed series 2 of The Tick is live

 

[kabbes]

Just noticed series 2 of The Tick is live

Spooooooooon!

 

[Nivag]

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger series 2 is available now, well episode 1 & 2 are.

 

[Tankus]

Expanse....

My fav scifi... 3 seasons to binge on... There's a separate thread

 

[Mordi]

Expanse....

My fav scifi... 3 seasons to binge on... There's a separate thread

I gave it a go torrenting it when it first came out but wasn't gripped enough to continue. Having it on the tablet to whack on when I'm cooking or doing the dishes is fairly ideal though. I haven't found much else worth watching it terms of other series on there unfortunately.

 

[Chz]

Just noticed series 2 of The Tick is live

And it's more in tune with what I'd expect from The Tick. It's definitely grown into itself.

 

[T & P]

Has S2 of Jack Ryan materiised yet?

 

[Orang Utan]

Being Frank is on there if you've got a spare tenner. It'll be a tenner well spent.

 

[Nivag]

Has S2 of Jack Ryan materiised yet?

Not yet.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Can very much recommend Whatever Works - saw it at the cinema around the time it came out
Woody Allen writes & directs, Larry David and others bring it to life. 8/10

 

[Spymaster]

The Evacuation. We gave it a miss for a while because the artwork looks a bit B movie but it’s actually a really nice French film about the evacuation of a village in the early days of WW2 as the Germans invade, and a father’s search for his son. Not a guns and bombs war film and a bit of CGI, but a good story, well made and filmed. Subtitles.