Netflix recommendations

[T & P]

Brand new film The Devil all the Time has just landed after a short limited cinema release. Good cast and generally favourable reviews but it sounds grim as fuck (also part of the professional reviewers’ criticisms of it). Has anyone checked it out yet?

The Devil All the Time (film) - Wikipedia

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[BoatieBird]

Brand new film The Devil all the Time has just landed after a short limited cinema release. Good cast and generally favourable reviews but it sounds grim as fuck (also part of the professional reviewers’ criticisms of it). Has anyone checked it out yet?

The Devil All the Time (film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I've read the book of the same name and yep, 'grim as fuck' is a good description.
I still count it as an excellent book though.

 

[MrCurry]

“High Score” is worth a watch. A four part documentary, mostly talking heads, but they follow that trademark Netflix documentary style and manage to make it entertaining anyhow. The theme is the evolution of computer games from the earliest to almost current day and of course level of detail is fairly scant because it’s so broad, but I learned a few things anyway.

 

[Aladdin]

Watching the Danish series, Rita.
Enjoying it so far.

 

[MrCurry]

Watching the Danish series, Rita.
Enjoying it so far.

Is it about a lovely meter maid?

 

[Aladdin]

Is it about a lovely meter maid?

No. It centers around Rita Madsen (Mille Dinesen), a headstrong and unconventional teacher and single mother.

 

[editor]

So, Away. My thoughts.

Spoiler: episode 9

I ended up just having it in the background because it's not really worthy of full attention - even though I'll stick with almost anything that has Mars in it.

It was the endless religious stuff that pushed me over the edge. Hardened scientists all holding hands while some bloke recites a prayer. Yeah right.

In episode 8, they had a botanist who actually believes in miracles over science and a homesick captain who became such an emotional wreck that she could hardly speak. I certainly wouldn't trust her to look after my cat for a weekend.

And the most rubbish thing if all is that no one ever looks out of the window at Mars!

Oh, and the incredible speed that the ground crew gave up on the crew reminded me of Airplane the movie!

 

[editor]

I know I'm talking to myself here but I thought I should wrap up my thoughts:

Spoiler: Episode 10

I stuck with it until the end and have to say the actual landing scene was really well done.

 

[fucthest8]

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens.

A 16 min documentary. Just watch it.

I've been banging the drum for this all over social media. Wonderful film. Seen it three times in a weekend

I think everyone has, and rightly so.
Perfect length and what a twist. Just a lovey little film.

What a lovely story that is.

Well add me to the list of people who adores it. Fantastic.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Anyone watched Cuties yet? Some demanding Netflix be "cancelled" because of it, but sounds like a classic case of a misunderstood film.

 

[Reno]

Anyone watched Cuties yet? Some demanding Netflix be "cancelled" because of it, but sounds like a classic case of a misunderstood film.

I haven't watched it yet, but it was the crass Netflix marketing which sparked the outrage, not the film itself. People who had not watched what is a well received French film, drew the wrong conclusions from that and the title. Netflix has since withdrawn the poster/advert. The film is critical of what people thought it espouses, the sexualisation of young girls on social media.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Totally gripped by The fall. Oooh Gillian. Plots pretty good too.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I haven't watched it yet, but it was the crass Netflix marketing which sparked the outrage, not the film itself. People who had not watched what is a well received French film, drew the wrong conclusions from that and the title. Netflix has since withdrawn the poster/advert. The film is critical of what people thought it espouses, the sexualisation of young girls on social media.

It's an interesting enough 90 minutes. I wasn't really aware of the original marketing campaign tbh, just the reaction to it. The film isn't exploitative overall (IMO), but there are occasional scenes which could easily cause upset due to the combination of the nature of the dance routine, camera angles and the age of the characters (maybe the actors are older than they look?).

 

[ash]

Totally gripped by The fall. Oooh Gillian. Plots pretty good too.

It was bloody amazing imo. Fantastic acting from the children up and so enthralling.

 

[T & P]

Ratched has just landed

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Brand new film The Devil all the Time has just landed after a short limited cinema release. Good cast and generally favourable reviews but it sounds grim as fuck (also part of the professional reviewers’ criticisms of it). Has anyone checked it out yet?

The Devil All the Time (film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

It's on my to watch list. Was going to watch it last night, but its length meant it would run over my bed time.

 

[Orang Utan]

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It's on my to watch list. Was going to watch it last night, but its length meant it would run over my bed time.

I've literally just seen a clip of Robert Pattinson in this, playing a Southern fire-and-brimstone preacher - his accent is sure to go down with Tom Cruise in Far & Away and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins as an all-time worst accennt. Shame, as it looks interesting

 

[wiskey]

Ratched has just landed

Just posted this on faceache:

Ratched has landed on Netflix .... Visually stunning to watch from the gorgeous colour scheme to the perfect 50's outfits, fascinating and complex characters, unsettling plot and uncomfortable scenes .... It's just not quite doing it though.

Almost half way through S1 and still sort of waiting for it to grab me.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the best books of the last century and I'm not sure if this is getting it quite right .... But the cars I love all the cars.

 

[T & P]

Just posted this on faceache:

Ratched has landed on Netflix .... Visually stunning to watch from the gorgeous colour scheme to the perfect 50's outfits, fascinating and complex characters, unsettling plot and uncomfortable scenes .... It's just not quite doing it though.

Almost half way through S1 and still sort of waiting for it to grab me.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the best books of the last century and I'm not sure if this is getting it quite right .... But the cars I love all the cars.

Interesting that I was going to post a very similar review after the first two episodes.

Don’t know if you’ve noticed or agree, but they’ve gone a bit OTT with the ambience background music. Nearly ceaseless and not just paying homage to various staples of the genre (Hitchcock in particular) but sometimes playing the actual soundtrack from certain films.

The critics’ reviews are also interesting. A google search returned a handful at the top of the page, and instead of a relative consensus or at least a small discrepancy on the whole, it was pure Marmite: Guardian and Independent loved it, Vulture and the Telegraph hated it.

 

[wiskey]

.....but sometimes playing the actual soundtrack from certain films.

Now it's funny you mention that because there were a couple of times that the music caught my attention in a 'that's very familiar' sort of way.

The other thing I noticed repeatedly and found a bit irksome was the amount of empty space, I know everything in the states is bigger but it's deliberately been taken to extremes that all the rooms are vast and it irritated me

 

[Reno]

#Alive, South Korean zombie film. Not as good as Train to Busan (not much is !), but a lot better than its recently released sequel, Peninsula and entertaining enough. Part of a group of zombie films about men trying to survive being stuck in an apartment block due to the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse. Like the German Rammbock and the French The Night Eats the World, these become urban Robinson Crusoe stories. Also works as a "it could always be worse" infection/lockdown movie.

 

[Spymaster]

I'm amazed by how hard it is to find things I like on netflix or amazon prime. I wonder when they'll sort out their UIs? All they do is heavily promote a limited selection of shit at you, and finding anything besides that is really difficult. I can see they'd want to create a buzz around their new shows, but once you've shown no interested in Umbrella Fucking Academy or whatever they're trying to foist on you, it's utterly bizarre that they don't have decent browse and search functions.

Absolutely agree and I’ve written to both of them complaining about it. Both ignored by the looks of it. There’s little more infuriating than having to flick through fucking hundreds of poorly organised pictures to find something you want to watch.

I’ve taken to searching 3rd parties instead (e.g. googling “best period dramas on Netflix/Amazon UK”) and checking out other lists like imdb but it only half works because they’re often out of date.

For two of the biggest streaming services in the world to have such shit UIs is bizarre and irritating in the extreme.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

These hidden Netflix codes unlock secret movies

There are thousands of Netflix titles tucked away in secret

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Spymaster]

Interesting that I was going to post a very similar review after the first two episodes.

Don’t know if you’ve noticed or agree, but they’ve gone a bit OTT with the ambience background music. Nearly ceaseless and not just paying homage to various staples of the genre (Hitchcock in particular) but sometimes playing the actual soundtrack from certain films.

The critics’ reviews are also interesting. A google search returned a handful at the top of the page, and instead of a relative consensus or at least a small discrepancy on the whole, it was pure Marmite: Guardian and Independent loved it, Vulture and the Telegraph hated it.

We stopped watching it after about half an hour into the first episode because of the music I think. It’s kind of zany music with a serious plot and it just jars. Might give it another go as I liked the photography, costumes, etc., but we’ll wait until it get more reviews.

 

[Aladdin]

Watched 3 seasons of Rita over 3 days. And it just gets better.
Excellent series...

 

[T & P]

Now it's funny you mention that because there were a couple of times that the music caught my attention in a 'that's very familiar' sort of way.

On ep. 2 they suddenly start playing the main theme tune to Cape Fear. That's when I realised there weren't just playing soundtrack 'inspired' by others but the actual music from some films. A tad bizarre...

 

[Reno]

On ep. 2 they suddenly start playing the main theme tune to Cape Fear. That's when I realised there weren't just playing soundtrack 'inspired' by others but the actual music from some films. A tad bizarre...

The recent Amazon Prime series Homecoming used classic movie soundtracks that rather effectively and Quentin Tarantino uses existing film scores a lot. That said, the more read about Rached, the less inclined I am to watch it. It does look like a particularly bad season of American Horror Story:

'Ratched' on Netflix is the worst season of 'American Horror Story'

Sarah Paulson can't save Netflix's "Ratched," which contains all of Ryan Murphy's showrunning flaws and none of the fun that usually outweighs them.

mashable.com

 

[wiskey]

I have to confess I've never even heard of American Horror Story

 

[Reno]

I have to confess I've never even heard of American Horror Story

You aren't missing much.

 

[BCBlues]

Brand new film The Devil all the Time has just landed after a short limited cinema release. Good cast and generally favourable reviews but it sounds grim as fuck (also part of the professional reviewers’ criticisms of it). Has anyone checked it out yet?

The Devil All the Time (film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I watched it last night. I thought it was really good even though grim. My son recommended it to me as like something Tarantino would do to which I agree. Reminded me of Badlands too.
Theres some weird, deep old C&W music in there too which fits in well.