Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Netflix recommendations

Orang Utan said:
It’s best to find out what you want to see first (news sources, word of mouth etc), rather than use streaming services like a browsing library
Click to expand...
I do this. find things I'm interested in then add to the watchlist.
but frequently have to scroll past Popular, Trending*, New, Watch Again, Netflix Originals, other recommendations to get to my watchlist. there's a special place in hell for whoever decided that the stuff I've said I want to swatch isn't obviously the most important thing to list first in the most prominent position


* what's the difference between those two anyway?
 
Reno said:
Charlie Kaufman is probably best described as a surrealist filmmaker and he defies genre definitions. I'm Thinking of Ending Things is based on a horror novel, which is a little more conventional than the film, though the conceit of the film is the same. If it's horror, then it's existential horror rather than horror of the jump scare or suspense variety.

I had an initially negative reaction to I'm Thinking if Ending Things, it is hard work at times but the film stayed with me. I'll probably give it another watch soon, now that I know what's going on with the characters. I felt similarly about his debut as a director, Synecdoche New York, which I now love. Before he also directed, Kaufman was the only US screenwriter who was considered more the auteur of the films he was involved with, than the directors who adapted his screenplay, his voice is that distinctive. Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are based on his screenplays and they are more accessible than his more recent films.

Netflix way of promoting films is frequently misleading and can be controversial, like its tasteless marketing of the otherwise well received film Cuties which lead to a massive backlash. I would never just go by how Netflix describes a film, I'd have a look online whether something might be up my street if I don't know much about it. Kaufman has been around for over two decades and a quick search should make it clear, that what you are in for is something less conventional and more challenging than a straightforward genre film.
Click to expand...
I did find it a little hard at just one point, when they leave the parents' house and it's clear that that bit is over. I wasn't sure I wanted more of them in the car again. But I stopped it for a few minutes and came back rebooted. I was concerned I'd be left feeling a bit unfulfilled at the end, but the exact opposite happened. Everything made complete sense, in a way that had been slowly dawning on me throughout. In that sense, I wouldn't compare it to Mulholland Drive, which really didn't make much sense to me at all, and in which I'm not sure there is much sense to be had. Everything in this film has a place and a point. It's unremittingly bleak in its resolution, but it does have a resolution, which is why I wouldn't quite call it surreal either, although I'm a bit prejudiced against the idea of surrealism. Easy excuse for not bothering to work out how to have everything make sense, or at least have a structure with a point to it, imo. ;)
 
I really liked the ice cream bit. It suddenly takes a massive swerve, all the red, the mention of the "smell", what's out back, and the way that girl suddenly switched and said "you can choose not to go forward. You can stay here". That was my favourite bit.
 
Last edited:
sojourner said:
Yeh I've seen up to 5 or 6 I think now, and that's exactly what we've been saying! We never normally talk when we're watching stuff but it's been a constant stream of slagging off :D
Click to expand...
:D

I started watching this on my own, it was going to be my thing that I watched in the morning or before bed on my iPad. Except Mr Looby saw a bit and wanted to watch too. Bit annoying but fine until he then started bitching about how shit it is.
I know! That’s why I chose it. Mindless, schmaltz, bit of space, some peril. Perfect for my stressed out, can't focus moments but now I have to watch it with someone else who has higher standards. :mad:
 
I'm so stoked. J.G. Quintel's Close Enough has come to netflix in the uk. I have been waiting for this since pops went into the sun and nobody came back as a pterodactyl.

Plays 'Heros' at much PRS expense
 
Last edited:
I started season one of Dirty John last night, a drama in the American true crime genre. Wasn’t sure at first but then Julia Garner showed up in a role that made me understand the main character a bit better so i am now looking forward to episode two.
 
I'm really really enjoying Cobra Kai. Some of it is hilarious, it's great nostalgia, has a brilliant 80s metal soundtrack and it's got a superb pace to it that means I've zipped through both series happily letting Netflix chuck episodes at me. Great stuff. Bring on series 3.
 
souljacker said:
I'm really really enjoying Cobra Kai. Some of it is hilarious, it's great nostalgia, has a brilliant 80s metal soundtrack and it's got a superb pace to it that means I've zipped through both series happily letting Netflix chuck episodes at me. Great stuff. Bring on series 3.
Click to expand...
QUIET!
 
Looby said:
:D

I started watching this on my own, it was going to be my thing that I watched in the morning or before bed on my iPad. Except Mr Looby saw a bit and wanted to watch too. Bit annoying but fine until he then started bitching about how shit it is.
I know! That’s why I chose it. Mindless, schmaltz, bit of space, some peril. Perfect for my stressed out, can't focus moments but now I have to watch it with someone else who has higher standards. :mad:
Click to expand...
See, I am completely unable to lose myself in mindless tv. It irritates the living shit out of me. I can sit and colour in a colouring book, and I can read a 'gentle' book, but I cannot sit and watch shit telly. Unless you count Ambulance and Call the Midwife as shit telly, which I don't (but the fella does).
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I'm so stoked. J.G. Quintel's Close Enough has come to netflix in the uk. I have been waiting for this since pops went into the sun and nobody came back as a pterodactyl.

Plays 'Heros' at much PRS expense
Click to expand...

Wacked through almost the whole thing last night. Brilliant stuff. Good to see that Netflix is really pushing it, it deserves exposure.
Hopefully Solar Opposites will also make it's way to netflix UK.
 
sojourner said:
See, I am completely unable to lose myself in mindless tv. It irritates the living shit out of me. I can sit and colour in a colouring book, and I can read a 'gentle' book, but I cannot sit and watch shit telly. Unless you count Ambulance and Call the Midwife as shit telly, which I don't (but the fella does).
Click to expand...
It’s the only thing that keeps me sane. I’ve always loved a bit of trash but my job is so emotionally demanding and intense that I struggle with anything too taxing outside of work. So I watch a lot of shit. Weirdly I love disaster films and don’t find those stressful. 😄
 
sojourner said:
See, I am completely unable to lose myself in mindless tv. It irritates the living shit out of me. I can sit and colour in a colouring book, and I can read a 'gentle' book, but I cannot sit and watch shit telly. Unless you count Ambulance and Call the Midwife as shit telly, which I don't (but the fella does).
Click to expand...
Aye, know what you mean. If something is described as undemanding or gentle or nobrain or whatever, this just means it won’t hold my attention and is therefore a waste of time
 
I’ll tell you what is brilliant but undemanding telly: Mythbusters. It’s on prime though, not Netflix - but I mention it because it’s not a huge commitment of effort or attention, but is nonetheless quite engaging. Clever without requiring any real intellectual effort from the viewer, too.
 
spanglechick said:
I’ll tell you what is brilliant but undemanding telly: Mythbusters. It’s on prime though, not Netflix - but I mention it because it’s not a huge commitment of effort or attention, but is nonetheless quite engaging. Clever without requiring any real intellectual effort from the viewer, too.
Click to expand...
Urban75 is in eternal debt to Mythbusters for putting to bed the hotly argued ‘plane on a conveyor belt’ thread :)
 
It has its ups and downs. When it's mostly the two guys actually busting myths, it's pretty good. But it gets fattened up and padded out as the years go by and ends up not even half as interesting. :(
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Voley
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
10 11 12 13 14
Replies
393
Views
13K
krtek a houby
krtek a houby
frogwoman
Sally Rooney - recommendations?
Replies
11
Views
256
Red Cat
R
savoloysam
Film Recommendations Please
Replies
29
Views
695
savoloysam
savoloysam
N
Free Halloween movie recommendations on YouTube
Replies
28
Views
465
krtek a houby
krtek a houby
Orang Utan
Live Stand Up Comedy Recommendations
Replies
16
Views
497
Orang Utan
Orang Utan
Back
Top Bottom