Netflix recommendations
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Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
Anyone seen the new Charlie Kaufman, I'm Thinking Of Ending Things?
Reno
The In Kraut
Watched it last night. My most anticipated film of the year, but I found it disappointing (it is 2020 after all!). It's an adaptation of an acclaimed horror novel but Kaufman clearly isn't interested in the genre aspects and I don't think it works. What is a big plot twist at the end of the book, he leaks early on (some people won't get what's going on, as Kaufman isn't explicit about it) and then the film has nowhere to go, it gets very repetitive. It's a type of story David Lynch has done a few times and he imbues that sort of material with mystery, black comedy and malevolence. In Kaufman's hands this becomes an intellectual exercise which appears to be personal to him but I couldn't get into it.
If you like Kaufman it's still worth checking out, but I think it's among his less successful films and far too long.
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I'm in two minds - it was interesting to see a lesser known battle portrayed, and apart from the 1987 miniseries Vietnam, I don't think I've seen the Australian involvement taking centre stage before. And there were some well-drawn moments, particularly in the lead-up, which gave us some definite characters. The pre-battle scenes, and the earliest moments of contact, are impressively staged.
But very soon into the battle, it becomes very samey, and very same-old same-old. It was a bit like We Were Soldiers, the relentless battle scenes in a limited space, all the back-and-forth, the 'here comes yet another attack’, means it was hard to distinguish one moment from another, and did little to guide the viewer through the significance of any given action.
It's on my list.
I watched Prince Avalanche the other day, brilliant, vaguely surreal film about two men working out in rural Texas.
Also watched Gloria Bell, film with Julianna Moore about a woman living in LA. Easy watch but essentially unsatisfying.
T & P
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Just started it, good to hear an early positive piece of feedback.
Also finished Cobra Kai.Very good, and certainly a lot better and more multilayered and I and suspect most people had imagined when I first learned of its existence.
Christ that was bleak.
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DaveCinzano
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Reno
The In Kraut
I just listened to a podcast where they discussed I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Several times I thought, that was actually really good, when they discussed certain plot points. Maybe its not as bad as I thought, some of it has stuck with me. I still think it could have been half an hour shorter.
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hiraethified
I'm trying to enjoy it but I can't get on board with the endless phone chummy chats - like they're on a regular train or something - and the way the crew almost falls apart the second they take off.
Mation
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Ah, that's what I liked about it
I do love a really techie or grand space opera, but this one was very personal; less macho overall, aside from the gender of the characters. I want to see that too (it turns out) and I haven't seen much else like it.
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One for fellow fans of stylish horror/ supernatural period series such as American Horror Story. I hadn’t even heard of this being made or know the first thing about it, but Netflix just recommended us a brand new series coming up on Sep 18 that is right up my alley and looks interesting as fuck, judging by the trailer anyway
Has anyone heard anything much about it? I think some of the people behind American Horror Story are involved. I love Sarah Paulson anyway so that alone is good enough to give it a good try.
Has anyone heard anything much about it? I think some of the people behind American Horror Story are involved. I love Sarah Paulson anyway so that alone is good enough to give it a good try.
Reno
The In Kraut
Apart from that it's a prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and that it has a pretty amazing cast, we won't know till it comes out. I hope that in terms of plotting it won't be as wonky as AHS.
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Oooh.... didn’t know that was in the works, let alone this is based around it. Interesting
Reno
The In Kraut
Nurse Rached.Oooh.... didn’t know that was in the works, let alone this is based around it. Interesting
kittyP
Pluviophile
It's stunning huh?
If it's half as good as American Horror Story, should be a blast. Does Ratched need an origin story? Nah, but neither did Norman Bates and we got the rather excellent Bates Motel...
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Despite this tonally being a million miles away from Milos Foreman’s near-perfect film, I have to say i think this looks ducking fabulous.
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girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I love AHS, so naturally I will be watching this! I also know nothing about it, and I do like knowing as little as possible when I start watching something.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Is nobody else doing north/South Korea drama crash landing on you?
Anyway, I'm also quite enjoying series three of aggressive retsuko. She's in a band and learning guitar!!!
Anyway, I'm also quite enjoying series three of aggressive retsuko. She's in a band and learning guitar!!!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Just watched it and I was enjoying it immensely but thinking exactly the same. However, it surprised me. It did resolve things, really very satisfactorily. It's all about him and his unrealised life/lives, but there are hints of that right from the start when she recites the poem, and even before that when he finishes off her sentence about her rabies paper. Hell, it's right there at the start when he hears her thought. It makes total sense that it is all about him. And I liked how that wasn't a big reveal at the end. It was a slow, slightly sombre reveal that built through the film.
tbh I always enjoy Kaufman films, but they don't always completely work. I thought this really did work. A good antidote for me for the let-down that was Tenet, which I saw yesterday. A really promising basic Nolany physicsy idea but done as a flat, noisy, relentless Hollywood action film.
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
More I think about that film the more there is to enjoy. David Thewlis, brilliant as always - what he says about the art. Everything is given a fresh poignancy when the full reveal comes.
Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
Lots of us enjoyed John Was Trying To Contact Aliens, so forgive me for putting a link to a music show on the films forum (though it’s technically radio so I guess it’s ok)
John Shepherd has done a mix on NTS:
John Shepherd has done a mix on NTS:
Mogden
I like tea
I've got a few lined up but not tried any yet. I enjoyed Kim's Convenience, albeit not in the native tongue, and am keen to expand my Korean watching.
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