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Netflix recommendations
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T & P
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Absolutely. Just finished it and bloody loved it. A million times better than I had expected.
Thoroughly recommended, and this coming from someone who doesn’t usually have any time for that kind of genre.
Great production values as well, and the soundtrack was superb throughout.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Sorry, vapid plot, ludicrous characters. They've clearly just chucked bundles of cash at someone who said "raunchy period drama".
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
wrong thread
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T & P
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Exactly! Perfect Christmas fun
Pisses all over Downtown Abbey and the BBC period dramas as far as enterteinment is concerned.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Exactly! Perfect Christmas fun
There's a point where suspension of disbelief ceases to be possible though, and it's just some very modern actors prancing about in costumes reading out their stupid lines.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah, also watched it thinking it would be good and thought it was rubbish as well.
can highly recommend Your Name Engraved Herein
but not if you want something light for xmas.
set in Taiwan in 87 just as martial law is falling, about a doomed romance between two teenage boys at a strict catholic boarding school.
the two leads are amazing, and the cinematography is beautiful. those make it one of those films you can become totally drawn into, and easily overlook any flaws (like the supporting cast lacking much depth).
but not if you want something light for xmas.
set in Taiwan in 87 just as martial law is falling, about a doomed romance between two teenage boys at a strict catholic boarding school.
the two leads are amazing, and the cinematography is beautiful. those make it one of those films you can become totally drawn into, and easily overlook any flaws (like the supporting cast lacking much depth).
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Started watching today. First episode is very good. I read S3 is a bit of a let down, but I'll enjoy S1&S2.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I tried it but couldn't make it past the first episode. I'll give it another go...
T & P
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I certainly rather liked it, and don’t get for the life of me the massive panning it’s received from critics. It’s a fucking satirical comedy programme ffs, and an undoubtedly decent one at that, and as good as most programmes in that type of genre. Is it because the critics saw the name Charlie Brooker and immediately expected something else?
I’m going to make the same statement I’ve made once or twice before (my apologies in advance, Reno
), and say that in this case the critics are talking out of their fucking arse, and being as much in tune with the general public as an Eton-educated Tory MP.It’s not superb, but it’s certainly good enough for its genre, and nowhere near as bad as the laughably dismal reviews it’s getting.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Ah shit I watched it last night and didn't like it or find it that funny.
Yeah, I found the same. Turned it off after 20mins.
Reno
The In Kraut
Same here, unbelievably shite. Drafting big names to read your poor jokes doesn't make them more funny.
Clooney is rubbish. Overacting, grumpy, soulless performance.
The little girl is a million times better......
Reno
The In Kraut
I don't mind Clooney in front of the camera (he's just an ok actor but an excellent movie star), but he should be kept well away from directing anything. I've found every film he directed an awards-baity snooze. I was hoping The Midnight Sky would be a change as I'm always up for apocalyptic sci-fi but reviews for this have been poor, most complaining that it's cliched and poorly paced.
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Chz
Stark Raving Sane
I didn't mind it, but Brooker's own Antiviral Wipe was quite a bit sharper despite being the same content from half the same team.
paul mckenna
Bellend
I certainly rather liked it, and don’t get for the life of me the massive panning it’s received from critics. It’s a fucking satirical comedy programme ffs, and an undoubtedly decent one at that, and as good as most programmes in that type of genre. Is it because the critics saw the name Charlie Brooker and immediately expected something else?
I’m going to make the same statement I’ve made once or twice before (my apologies in advance, Reno
It’s not superb, but it’s certainly good enough for its genre, and nowhere near as bad as the laughably dismal reviews it’s getting.
Considering he had to broaden the subject for the global audience Charlie still managed to make it very funny.
Without his monologues though the format was near identical to Time Trumpet. I would definitely watch a Netflix budgeted Time Trumpet
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Brookers been on a steady decline since about 2015 imo.
Reno
The In Kraut
I certainly rather liked it, and don’t get for the life of me the massive panning it’s received from critics. It’s a fucking satirical comedy programme ffs, and an undoubtedly decent one at that, and as good as most programmes in that type of genre. Is it because the critics saw the name Charlie Brooker and immediately expected something else?
I’m going to make the same statement I’ve made once or twice before (my apologies in advance, Reno
It’s not superb, but it’s certainly good enough for its genre, and nowhere near as bad as the laughably dismal reviews it’s getting.
As you felt the need to mention me:
We all got that this is supposed to be satire, whether it's any good is where we diverge. If stating the bloody obvious over and over, preaching to the choir and celebrities straining to be anywhere near as absurd or funny than the types they impersonate is hilarious to you, then Death to 2020 is comedy gold.
You need to stop invalidating the opinions of others by speculating about what they were expecting or thinking, that's a strawman argument. Don't elect yourself to speak for "the general public", I too am the general public and you aren't speaking for me.
Just because the standards of critics for political satire aren't as low as yours, that doesn't make everybody who hated this dismal programme equal to an "Eton educated Tory MP". If anything, those most disappointed with the programme are likely agree with its politics, they just think that satire needs to do better than this.
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T & P
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You really need to lighten up a bit. I do find it highly amusing that you cannot tolerate a suggestion of a single failing (for I have never ever said that cinema critics are generally incompetent) in the professional reviewers' industry. For the most part they are either completely right or broadly right in my view.
And yet, the handful of times at most over the years when I have commented on what I believed to be a poorly judged critics consensus review of a particular film, you have pretty much invariably contested it, as if it was an affront that couldn't possibly ever be true and must be challenged. Out of the many tens of thousands of critic reviews of films and series in existence, apparently it is unconcievable that they might be wrong about even a single item, ever.. After thousands of years progressing as an evolving species, the human race has finally achieved infallibility in the form of the TV & cinema professional critic industry. Take that, God.
I could reference one or two of the other films or series that have used as an example of critics being well wide of the mark for incomprehensible reasons that got very high ratings from the general public (so not just me and my "low standards of satire"). But what would be the point? The critics must always, always be right, and even if the great majority of the viewing public think otherwise, the viewing public must unquestionably be in the wrong.
Anyways, this is far too silly a subject to argue or get angry about, so I'll leave it there. Happy New Year.
not-bono-ever
meh
To the lake
Russian pandemic dystopian mini series- I’m well enjoying it. Very apt . Very cold .very infectious .
Russian pandemic dystopian mini series- I’m well enjoying it. Very apt . Very cold .very infectious .
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