Netflix recommendations

[lolo]

i am watching the thick of it, never saw them all on tv at the time, so good - best swears on TV
Am trying the league, it is good but i don't love it yet, not like Sunny in philadelphia which is amazing
"day man ah ah aaaaaaah"

 

[ibilly99]

All 4 series 36 episodes of The Tudors - addictive,sumptious Henry 8th schlock must of cost a fortune, and some stretching of the truth but really brings the past and machinations of power to life. Felt bereft when we had seen the last episode.

 

[Chilli.s]

Films: City Of God, followed by City Of Men. Tough to watch in places due to violence but great film making.

 

[SovietArmy]

I try to find
8½ (1963) is not available on Neflix so is not that good, I try to search other films is most of Hollywood cheap fighting films.

 

[girasol]

I watched 'Californication' very recently. Then started watching it again. I don't know why I didn't watch it first time around, I remember it being on tv... It's excellent, and it's very funny.

And surprisingly touching, I love Beca and Hank's relationship.

 

[spanglechick]

Bumpety-bump.

Just for a couple of "heads ups":

- Bambi has recently turned up... but more excitingly, "Scrooged" is on there.


Also, I watched "Black Christmas" last week, which - made in 1974 - is apparently, possibly the first late-teenage-girls-don't-go-upstairs 'slasher' movie. Stars Olivia Hussey (Zefferelli's Juilet) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane - brilliant in this).

 

[spanglechick]

:Less festively - we've been working our way through 'House'. It's perfect background telly: doesn't require close attention... Good mix of funny and dramatic... Engaging performances... Bloody loads of episodes.

 

[dervish]

Stuck for something to watch so I put on phone shop, I had watched the first ep before and not found it very funny, but this time around it's bloody hilarious.

 

[baffled]

Get Santa has appeared on the US site, only just in the cinema over here.

 

[Blagsta]

Stuck for something to watch so I put on phone shop, I had watched the first ep before and not found it very funny, but this time around it's bloody hilarious.

Phone Shop is great.

 

[girasol]

Watched 'Frank' last night. Very good. I didn't know what it was about and had no expectations - and turned out to be one of the best movies I've seen in a while.

Portlandia is ok too, comedy sketch... On season 2 now, I usually watch it when I have 20 minutes to kill.

 

[Spymaster]

Generation War if you have 4.5 hours to spare and like WW2 dramas.

 

[Me76]

I agree that Frank is good.

I've been watching The L Word. I dislike all the characters apart from one but can't stop watching it.

 

[Mapped]

I'm going US tomorrow, had enough of the lack of content on UK Netflix. I was using US when I was in Aus and it's much better.

 

[zenie]

I'm going US tomorrow, had enough of the lack of content on UK Netflix. I was using US when I was in Aus and it's much better.

I thought they'd stopped you being able to do that?!

 

[Mapped]

I thought they'd stopped you being able to do that?!

Where there's a will there's a way I did it in Aus, where they're not allowed netflix. It's definitely still possible. There was a load of rubbish in the media to keep rights holders happy, but they earn way too much money out of people using smart dns and other routes to bother clamping down on it.

My netflix account is actually a US one and my 'zip code' is 90210 I think I get it a bit cheaper doing it that way too.

 

[girasol]

Anyone said 'Locke' yet? Watched this weekend. Tom Hardy, in a car, making concrete sound interesting . Pretty good .

 

[Chilli.s]

A fumbs up for both Locke (film) and Generation War (3 part, German language/subtitles).

 

[girasol]

Frances Ha(2012) - lovely indie film: about a 27 year old woman's life in New York.

"...the story is not about relationships being the necessary ingredient of a woman's self-esteem, but simply one component of an internal growth process"

 

[girasol]

So I've had time to explore Netflix lately, here are some more gems I found

Harold and Maude (I had watched it before, but watched it again yesterday, it has stood the test of time! So so very good!)

Blue is the warmest colour. I had avoided it due to its length, but I watched in two sittings, although the first one was two hours and I only stopped because I had stuff to do, it's quite engrossing. Also I had forgotten the furore about the sex scenes when it first came out about two years ago and was a bit surprised when the scene(s) came on and seemed to last forever AWKWARD! Nonetheless, they felt necessary to tell the whole story somehow. And they weren't having sex, they were actually making love, cheesy as it sounds!

 

[mod]

Anyone said 'Locke' yet? Watched this weekend. Tom Hardy, in a car, making concrete sound interesting . Pretty good .

I thought this was very good too

 

[girasol]

Another really good one, a documentary, there are lots of great documentaries on Netflix, last night I watched the one on Bukowski, Born into this. He looks menacing to begin with, but he's a joy to listen to and by the end of it I wished I met him. What a warm, intelligent man. A mess! But an amazing mess.

 

[craigxcraig]

Watched and thoroughly enjoyed 'we are the best' - three schoolgirls start up a punk band. Really wonderful movie

 

[girasol]

Just finishing 'Bloodline'... Made me glad I am an only child

Gets darker as it progresses and the cinematography is pleasing. It shows family guilt in a way I haven't seen done before. Very interesting.

 

[spanglechick]

I'm not sure it counts as a recommendation, but i'm currently devouring 'Once Upon a Time. It's utter tosh - similar concept to Grimm, but makes Grimm look edgy and intelligent.

However, in its favour:

- Robert Carlisle
- Other three leads are women and the whole thing is very beschdel-friendly
- captain hook is peerless eyecandy

 

[baffled]

Just finishing 'Bloodline'... Made me glad I am an only child

Gets darker as it progresses and the cinematography is pleasing. It shows family guilt in a way I haven't seen done before. Very interesting.

I struggled with the first few episodes as it's quite slow but glad I stuck with it as it ended up being very good.

 

[girasol]

I struggled with the first few episodes as it's quite slow but glad I stuck with it as it ended up being very good.

Yeah, me too, glad I stuck with it Something kept me coming back for more. I think it was Danny. Great character! Have two episodes left...

 

[girasol]

Oh, wow. I don't think they should do a second series. I think they are the same people who wrote Damages and that dragged on for too long.

Having finished it now I really recommend it, but don't see the point in making another season... Last two episodes were excellent!

 

[wtfftw]

I'm watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and I'm not disappointed.

Actual belly laughter.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Shows which are a bit too "gimicky" for my liking, but the pilot is worth a go, where you see the best of the gimmick, before the show spirals off into increasingly desperate plotting and general silliness.

Lie To Me
Suits
The Unit

See also, House, although by all accounts they milked a few pretty decent seasons out of it before the writing became too blatantly formulaic, obvious and predictable. All on UK Netflix right now, if you want an hour of mildly diverting entertainment here and there over the bank holiday.

Trailer made bloodline look a bit dull. Worth a go, you say?