Netflix recommendations

[rubbershoes]

Wildlife

Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhall don't play happy families in 1960s Montana.

It's alright but feel that it could have been much more than it was

 

[tony.c]

I just watched White Tiger, it's based on the book written by Aravind Adaga winner of the 2008 Man Booker prize.
A good story of the meeting of the old with the new India.

 

[T & P]

The first S2 of Snowpiercer has just dropped. Strong start to the season, excellent first episode, easily the best one by far

ETA: If like us you’re getting a very unbalanced sound, with the sound effects far louder than the dialogue, switching from 5.1 Dolby English to bog-standard English helps a lot.

 

[spanglechick]

Was disappointed that they’re only dropping one episode a week, though.

Elsewhere on Netflix I’ve been gobbling up 2 seasons of Blown Away, which is like bake off for glass blowers, and which rattles along thanks to short episode length. Very satisfying.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Was disappointed that they’re only dropping one episode a week, though.

Elsewhere on Netflix I’ve been gobbling up 2 seasons of Blown Away, which is like bake off for glass blowers, and which rattles along thanks to short episode length. Very satisfying.

I've been watching Blown Away too. Seems much more intense due to the added danger of the flames and heat and also the fragility of the glass. In other competition shows, there's a risk they might mess up a cake or a dress or a pot or something, but they'll generally have something to show for it, whereas this has the nail-biting element of the contestants spending a couple of hours making something only for it to shatter into pieces and they have to start again from scratch or try and fudge something.

No spoilers, as I don't know how far you've got, but I'm very surprised by one of the eliminations.

 

[passenger]

Surviving death is worth a watch.

 

[Epona]

Surviving death is worth a watch.

Really? Just looked like some paranormal nonsense pretending to be a documentary to me.

 

[smokedout]

Really? Just looked like some paranormal nonsense pretending to be a documentary to me.

It is. I watched a couple of them by mistake after reading a review that seemed to suggest it wasn't like that and was hoping for crazy quantum weirdness about the nature of consciousness and parallel universes, or wacky simulation theories, or even a hard look at neuroscience/psychology and what actually might make people experience or claim they've experienced paranormal events like NDEs. It was none of that, it was basically I saw a ghost once/came back from the dead told in ever more elaborate ways. If you glanced through the Usborne book of the Unexplained when you were a kid you've got it covered.

 

[Epona]

It is. I watched a couple of them by mistake after reading a review that seemed to suggest it wasn't like that and was hoping for crazy quantum weirdness about the nature of consciousness and parallel universes, or wacky simulation theories, or even a hard look at neuroscience/psychology and what actually might make people experience or claim they've experienced paranormal events like NDEs. It was none of that, it was basically I saw a ghost once/came back from the dead told in ever more elaborate ways. If you glanced through the Usborne book of the Unexplained when you were a kid you've got it covered.

Thanks, you've saved me from wasting time on it

 

[LDC]

Watched both seasons of Zone Blanche (Black Spot). It's a slightly weird crime supernatural (ish) thing set in a rural forested area of France that very much reminds me of the Millevaches plateau, so much so I wonder if the series location was based on it. It's got some great characters in it, and it's a slow burning thing that I enjoyed.

 

[Chz]

Was disappointed that they’re only dropping one episode a week, though.

Elsewhere on Netflix I’ve been gobbling up 2 seasons of Blown Away, which is like bake off for glass blowers, and which rattles along thanks to short episode length. Very satisfying.

I enjoy watching it with a friend of mine who went to Sheridan (where all the assistants are from) and who knows some of the people involved. It does help to have someone who knows a bit about glass on hand. I really think they could do a better job with the voice-over, it's pretty vacant. Which I suppose at least shows how interesting the actual glass blowing is, since the commentary is pants and I still watch it.

 

[danny la rouge]

I was in the middle of Occupied and it's gone! Fuckers!!!!

 

[T & P]

We enjoyed The Dig. Not amazing but fairly decent historical drama.

 

[Epona]

Just started watching The Dig - HE'S SMOKING IN THE FUCKING TRENCH OMFG (((((carbon dating)))))

(And yes I wonder whether anything we do now when excavating will seem terrible to archaeologists 80 years from now!)

 

[Epona]

Still just the thought of it makes the hairs on my arms stand up. I am enjoying the film.

Photo of the excavation (IRL, not from the film):



(Edited because I found a better photo, I love the detail in this one, you can see where all the planks were held together)

 

[T & P]

Just started watching The Dig - HE'S SMOKING IN THE FUCKING TRENCH OMFG (((((carbon dating)))))

(And yes I wonder whether anything we do now when excavating will seem terrible to archaeologists 80 years from now!)

Well instead of interesting artefacts, future archaeologists will be mostly finding plastics from our era, so I’d wager 21st century society will not be the most popular of eras...

 

[Epona]

Well instead of interesting artefacts, future archaeologists will be mostly finding plastics from our era, so I’d wager 21st century society will not be the most popular of eras...

So the equivalent of having to get multiple skips to deal with Roman pottery then? A lot of that is not "interesting" as such. (can be useful for dating strata though).

Today's rubbish is tomorrows archaeology.

(Also that is not really what I meant with my comment in the previous post - I was wondering about archaeological excavation methods, maybe in 80 years time they will be horrified that us in the past didn't do excavations in full on protective gear to prevent DNA contamination of excavation sites or something, or we'll have in some way wrecked sites with our current primitive methods - like folks smoking on sites in the era portrayed in the film).

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Mute by that David Bowie's son bloke.
Supposed to be passion project that was hard to get off the ground. No shit, the story is shite. Needed more to make a film with, and really wasn't well put together at all. Was supposed to be an actual sequel to 'moon' but without Sam Rockwell and no mention, it's just a 'spiritual' follow on in the same universe, if that.
Also didn't buy Paul Rudd as a hot headed psycho hard nut.

Not sure what the whole point of it all was. No moral, no journey or character development, no foreshadowing, things just happen one after another, then it ends.

 

[marty21]

I enjoyed The Dig , I was interested in Sutton Hoo anyway , have been there several times , thought it was a beautiful film , almost a love story , but not quite.

 

[Smangus]

Just getting into "Midnight Diner" , a Japanese series set in a small bar/ eaterie. It follows the stories of the patrons, I'm finding it quirky, sad, funny and poignant, worth a watch even if just for the cooking tips at the end of each episode.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Just getting into "Midnight Diner" , a Japanese series set in a small bar/ eaterie. It follows the stories of the patrons, I'm finding it quirky, sad, funny and poignant, worth a watch even if just for the cooking tips at the end of each episode.

Oh that's great that. I'd completely forgotten about it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I was in the middle of Occupied and it's gone! Fuckers!!!!

They've got history on this front

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I've just watched Hotel Artemis. I liked it. It's about an underground hospital for treating criminals in a dystopian future Los Angeles wracked by riots about privatised water supplies being cut off.

Apparently, it had mixed reviews and bombed at the box office, but Jodie Foster's performance is brilliant.

It reminded me of dark graphic novel treatments, but I looked it up and it wasn't based on a graphic novel, but it's kind of noir-ish.

 

[T & P]

I've just watched Hotel Artemis. I liked it. It's about an underground hospital for treating criminals in a dystopian future Los Angeles wracked by riots about privatised water supplies being cut off.

Apparently, it had mixed reviews and bombed at the box office, but Jodie Foster's performance is brilliant.

It reminded me of dark graphic novel treatments, but I looked it up and it wasn't based on a graphic novel, but it's kind of noir-ish.

For me it was ultimately a bit of a disappointment, ironically because the premise and the opening half hour felt extremely fucking promising, and you felt like you were watching something that was going to end up being a great film.

But at the end it felt like a missed opportunity on both the conclusion of the storyline and insufficient character development. Ended up being a 6/10 for me and I enjoyed it, but it kind of fizzled off.

 

[Aladdin]

Rather enjoyed Lupin, short, sweet and entertaining. Requires some suspension of disbelief but then on a par with the genre.

Did anyone else think Pellegrini sometimes looked remarkably like a chubby Kevin Spacey? Uncanny at times apart from the fuller face.

I thought so.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I've just watched Hotel Artemis. I liked it. It's about an underground hospital for treating criminals in a dystopian future Los Angeles wracked by riots about privatised water supplies being cut off.

Apparently, it had mixed reviews and bombed at the box office, but Jodie Foster's performance is brilliant.

It reminded me of dark graphic novel treatments, but I looked it up and it wasn't based on a graphic novel, but it's kind of noir-ish.

I'll be the other side of that mixed review. I saw it a while back, and was quite looking forward to it. Pretty much liked everyone's performances but the story and pacing were just a bit duff. Having said that it's been a while (I think I saw it on a plane) and maybe it's worth another shot.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I'll be the other side of that mixed review. I saw it a while back, and was quite looking forward to it. Pretty much liked everyone's performances but the story and pacing were just a bit duff. Having said that it's been a while (I think I saw it on a plane) and maybe it's worth another shot.

Yeah, I think I went into it with low-ish expectations, and different expectations. I hadn't seen the written blurb, only the trailer on Netflix. I watched it on my laptop so for some reason couldn't see the written. So I looked it up and read it had mixed reviews.

In terms of different expectations, I think I expected something like a cross between Battle in Seattle and M*A*S*H/ER or something, rather than the criminal underworldy stuff that transpired.

So it was very different to what I expected, and Jodie Foster's performance was great.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Yeah, I think I went into it with low-ish expectations, and different expectations. I hadn't seen the written blurb, only the trailer on Netflix. I watched it on my laptop so for some reason couldn't see the written. So I looked it up and read it had mixed reviews.

In terms of different expectations, I think I expected something like a cross between Battle in Seattle and M*A*S*H/ER or something, rather than the criminal underworldy stuff that transpired.

So it was very different to what I expected, and Jodie Foster's performance was great.

Ah I think I expected something different as well. Thought there would be a interwoven detailed plot that would unravel cleverly for some action, but cleverly done . . . . .it just never actually kicked in.

 

[LDC]

Watched Les Miserables last night, the only similarity with the originals is in the title, it's more in the vein of La Haine, it follows French cops and kids in the banlieue. Grim and good watching.

 

[rubbershoes]

I was in the middle of Occupied and it's gone! Fuckers!!!!

The Norwegian thing? It's still there for me