Netflix recommendations

[poului]

I was quite looking forward to Criminal UK but watched the first episode this evening and was disappointed. David Tennant being questioned by police for an hour was well boring. Started to watch the second episode (there are 3 stand-alone stories) and it seemed like more of the same so dumped it after about 15 minutes.

Yeah, I have a high crap tolerance coz I tend to watch while doing other stuff but all three episodes were proper shit. Think they were aiming for a Line of Duty type thing where the interviews were actually gripping but it really doesn't work without any background or stuff happening outside the interview room or time to get to know characters over a series.

Lame. I was really looking forward to this as it seemed a ballsy original move.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Back to Marianne....I'm really loving this series. It's beautifully made. Very stylish. I love the pages of the books turning on the recaps and scene changes. The quirkiness of the characters - I love the detective and his occult store mate. The scene with the priest in the church when he goes to pick up the book....

And I'm finding it really disturbing. When they find where the skin for the witches packages comes from OMG

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Some new ones up.
Happy death day was a very kid friendly 'horror' film. Bit shit, but passed the time while working on a tool based project at home.
New disenchantment . . I fell asleep.
Between two ferns the movie . . . Good enough. . . The blooper reel was a nice uplifting end.

 

[DexterTCN]

Between Two Ferns. Promoted from the Funny or Die youtube channel into a full (well about 80 minutes) movie.

To get the best of this movie just fast forward til you see a famous face, watch that scene then repeat until the end - then watch the end credits. 25 minutes or so.

 

[Spymaster]

Lame. I was really looking forward to this as it seemed a ballsy original move.

It sounded good. Promoted as “edge of the seat stuff” with comparisons to Line of Duty, as Iona says. It doesn’t get close to LoD and was just dull.

 

[T & P]

Between Two Ferns. Promoted from the Funny or Die youtube channel into a full (well about 80 minutes) movie.

To get the best of this movie just fast forward til you see a famous face, watch that scene then repeat until the end - then watch the end credits. 25 minutes or so.

I would recommend watching the whole thing. Admittedly the behind-the-scenes bits between the interviews are nowhere near as funny, but they’re not unwatchable either and they stitch the story together.

The interviews are fucking ace though, as are the outtakes at the end credits

 

[DexterTCN]

Interviews are generally excellent and hilarious...a cross between Dennis Pennis and Ali G, kinda.

Here's most of what they have on YouTube.

between two ferns - YouTube

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Between Two Ferns. Promoted from the Funny or Die youtube channel into a full (well about 80 minutes) movie.

To get the best of this movie just fast forward til you see a famous face, watch that scene then repeat until the end - then watch the end credits. 25 minutes or so.

Yeah, probably right. I quite liked the speech at the end explaining that he stuck with his friends because he wanted to stay raw and edgy and didn't want to go the Hollywood route where everything is neatly rolled into a format that always has a happy ending. Ooh meta.
But yeah, the best bit about between two ferns is between two ferns.

 

[not-bono-ever]

i dunno if its worth recommending but watched Creed 2 yesterday. routine rocky stuff with a melancholy stallone in his hat and hang dog expression

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Watching Surviving R Kelly. On the last one now- fuck it is grim. So grim. But worth it to see all those brave women speaking up. Very inspiring.

 

[8115]

I watched the first ep of Dead to Me today, didn't rate it.

I'm still smarting at how shit The Good Place was by the end.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I watched the first ep of Dead to Me today, didn't rate it.

I'm still smarting at how shit The Good Place was by the end.

I didn’t mind it! Stick with it for a bit. There’s twists. Everyone loves a twist.

 

[passenger]

Loving this on the Netflix

Criminal: UK (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb

 

[Spymaster]

Loving this on the Netflix

Criminal: UK (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb

Why?

It takes all sorts, I guess!

Has anyone tried the French, Spanish, or German versions yet?

 

[iona]

I probably will at some point

 

[Spymaster]

I probably will at some point

Let us know if they're any better.

 

[wiskey]

Hullo thread, I was expecting to see something about Unbelievable which seems to be the water cooler talk of the last week, but I scanned a few pages back and couldn't see anything.

Anyway I thought it was quite good.

 

[Red Cat]

Hullo thread, I was expecting to see something about Unbelievable which seems to be the water cooler talk of the last week, but I scanned a few pages back and couldn't see anything.

Anyway I thought it was quite good.

There's a thread, though it's a very quiet one. I thought it was excellent.

Unbelievable: the quiet power of Netflix's fact-based rape drama

 

[wiskey]

There's a thread, though it's a very quiet one. I thought it was excellent.

Unbelievable: the quiet power of Netflix's fact-based rape drama

Ahh, that hadn't occurred to me

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Jim & Andy
Documentary about Jim Carrey playing Andy Kaufman using behind the scenes footage from the man in the moon film.
As a Kaufman fan I'm enjoying it. The background of the film is far more interesting than the film. Danny Devito is so sweet, which is very odd after seeing him on taxi, aways sunny, and well, everything he has been in bar one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

 

[Jennastan]

Finally got round to watching GLOW. found it funny, touching, inspiring, and now it's over I feel bereft.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Finally got round to watching GLOW. found it funny, touching, inspiring, and now it's over I feel bereft.

I saw the first one and liked it but have never gone any further for some reason.

 

[Orang Utan]

I saw the first one and liked it but have never gone any further for some reason.

it gets better as it goes on imo. love it.

 

[Jennastan]

I'm watching whatever original material i can find on Youtube now. You never know might become a born again wrestling fan ;-)

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm watching whatever original material i can find on Youtube now. You never know might become a born again wrestling fan ;-)

watch Fighting With My Family then if you haven't already.

 

[keybored]

Tried Russian Doll, couldn't get into it. Now watching Homeland, which I may be the last person in the world not to have seen.

Not quite

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Homeland? I haven't even heard of it.

 

[passenger]

Why?

It takes all sorts, I guess!

Has anyone tried the French, Spanish, or German versions yet?

I liked it wellthe the first one was good

 

[rubbershoes]

I'm watching whatever original material i can find on Youtube now. You never know might become a born again wrestling fan ;-)

Try this

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Went full glow last night and wacked through a few episodes. Great stuff!
I cannot believe that I didn't recognise Brie Larson and Kate Nash. Saw them on the credits and kicked myself for not recognizing them.