Netflix recommendations

[Zapp Brannigan]

It was wonderfully dreadful

Zapp Brannigan - right up your street if I'm not mistaken...

Duly noted

Don't have Netflix, but I'm led to believe there might be, ahem, alternative ways to view. Cheers Felix!

 

[Chz]

If you're in the mood for something silly, you could do a lot worse than Under Paris. Though why they didn't go for the obvious title of Shark de Triomphe is beyond me.

 

[Oriole]

Under Paris

Absolute yes on very many fronts

(I'm halfway through. Come on! )

Watching it now. It is very silly - in a good way.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Under Paris has to be one of the dumbest fucking movies ever.

It’s one of those films that hurtles through bad, smashes through terrible, and then kinda comes out the other side as entertaining.

 

[Orang Utan]

Watching it now. It is very silly - in a good way.
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not THE Simon Pegg, unfortunately, judging by the profile pic

 

[Epona]

not THE Simon Pegg, unfortunately, judging by the profile pic

I expect as far as he is concerned, he is very much THE Simon Pegg - just not the actor bloke

 

[zedr]

I saw some stills of Scavenger’s Reign and thought ‘nope!’ Too basic for me.

i thought this about the animation too, but the style really grew on me, and the story, arcs and weirdness of the world made it totally worth it.

 

[Schmetterling]

We also watched Under Paris tonight. It was thoroughly entertaining nonsense. Better watch it soon though as

 

[moomoo]

Under Paris has to be one of the dumbest fucking movies ever.

It’s one of those films that hurtles through bad, smashes through terrible, and then kinda comes out the other side as entertaining.

It was brilliant!

 

[rubbershoes]

Fair play.

Shit film about shit people.

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a newly engaged couple's relationship to the brink.

Even the presence of Eddie Marsan couldn't save this

 

[zedr]

Under Paris has to be one of the dumbest fucking movies ever.

It’s one of those films that hurtles through bad, smashes through terrible, and then kinda comes out the other side as entertaining.

it is a very silly film. enjoy how it goes from zero to a hundred. like a bigger budget giant shark vs mega octopus

 

[T & P]

By now there have been more documentaries made about Nazi Germany and WWII than there are pebbles on Brighton beach, but I decided to start Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial.

My OH walked in before I had finished the first episode, but interesting enough. The narrative timeline alternates between the rise of Nazism and the Nuremberg Trials. The latter is the part I am most interested in, and apparently this contains a lot original audio and to a lesser extent visual recordings of the trial not previously before seen. Enjoying it so far and will continue with it.

 

[tonysingh]

I'm gonna watch Under Paris now, it sounds in-seine.


(Sorry)

 

[Epona]

Fair play.

Shit film about shit people.



Even the presence of Eddie Marsan couldn't save this

I really like Eddie Marsan, I think he's one of the best character actors around at the moment.
I'd have watched this just if I'd seen he was in it, but maybe I won't bother.

 

[T & P]

I'm gonna watch Under Paris now, it sounds in-seine.


(Sorry)

 

[tonysingh]

The ending to Under Paris.....

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Started watching the Hitman film, but got bored.

There is a new Miike Takashi film on Netflix - Lumberjack The Monster
It's a decent enough flick, most enjoyable. I have to stop comparing his modern work with my love for his excellent low budget heyday.

 

[Oriole]

The ending to Under Paris.....

Spoiler

New Venice

 

[Artaxerxes]

I'm gonna watch Under Paris now, it sounds in-seine.


(Sorry)

Honestly the French title sounds better

Sous la Seine

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I watched all of Eric. It wasn't good at all really. Lovely set design recreating 80s New York as a colourful wonderland filled with poverty, corruption and degeneracy. The detective story was interesting, but Ben Dick Cabbagepatch's character was just a cunt, and I had no interest in him at all, or his wife, or even in his missing kid. The puppet stuff wasn't charming, or funny either; It was annoying. Not sure how this got made to be honest.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I watched all of Eric. It wasn't good at all really. Lovely set design recreating 80s New York as a colourful wonderland filled with poverty, corruption and degeneracy. The detective story was interesting, but Ben Dick Cabbagepatch's character was just a cunt, and I had no interest in him at all, or his wife, or even in his missing kid. The puppet stuff wasn't charming, or funny either; It was annoying. Not sure how this got made to be honest.

I just don’t watch anything with Benedict Slumberbatch in at this point. He’s shit.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I just don’t watch anything with Benedict Slumberbatch in at this point. He’s shit.

Have you watched 'Stuart: A Life Backwards'?
Excellent film, despite Cumberland Sausage.
Tom Hardy is a great actor.

 

[belboid]

Hit Man is highly enjoyable.

Probably not if you want some flashy gun bollocks, but it's funny, has an easy going charm and rips along. The philosophy discussions are a bit too on the nose and the ending makes you go 'but, but, but' - but its not a film that takes itself too seriously. Well worth a watch.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I watched all of Eric. It wasn't good at all really. Lovely set design recreating 80s New York as a colourful wonderland filled with poverty, corruption and degeneracy. The detective story was interesting, but Ben Dick Cabbagepatch's character was just a cunt, and I had no interest in him at all, or his wife, or even in his missing kid. The puppet stuff wasn't charming, or funny either; It was annoying. Not sure how this got made to be honest.

This is exactly the impression I got from the first episode, so I'm glad I didn't continue. I didn't really see the puppet thing from his imagination though, so it's nice to hear I didn't miss anything and there was no redeeming character arc for Ben.
It's a good point you make. I also just didn't care about the characters. That's some feat of shite writing when the abduction of a small child and his father's sense of helplessness and loss don't register or engage at all.

Is this series a slight rip off of the premise of 'Happy'? (Also Netflix).
Drunk arsehole sees imaginary friend and tries to track down his missing child.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Hit Man is highly enjoyable.

Probably not if you want some flashy gun bollocks, but it's funny, has an easy going charm and rips along. The philosophy discussions are a bit too on the nose and the ending makes you go 'but, but, but' - but its not a film that takes itself too seriously. Well worth a watch.

I tapped out after the relationship started to take flight. Just got boring. The original premise was kind of fun, and would have perhaps made a better TV series, focusing on each 'hit' and a greater story arc (and other mini arcs of the side characters). It might have made the relationship more bareable (in chunks) and locked the viewer in to the situation.

 

[Sue]

I tapped out after the relationship started to take flight. Just got boring. The original premise was kind of fun, and would have perhaps made a better TV series, focusing on each 'hit' and a greater story arc (and other mini arcs of the side characters). It might have made the relationship more bareable (in chunks) and locked the viewer in to the situation.

I really enjoyed it. As I said on the other thread, it's in many ways a modern noir with jokes. And the relationship is essential to the plot/motivations.

I think it'd be a rubbish TV series to be honest because it's thankfully not really about the hits.

 

[belboid]

I really enjoyed it. As I said on the other thread, it's in many ways a modern noir with jokes. And the relationship is essential to the plot/motivations.

I think it'd be a rubbish TV series to be honest because it's thankfully not really about the hits.

I would like to have seen a bit more about a couple of the would be hits, the ones by the posh women, basically. But mostly, they were just boring fuckers who made a really really bad decision.

The original article is interesting - Hit Man

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think it'd be a rubbish TV series to be honest because it's thankfully not really about the hihits.

I quite like the idea of various stories about various motivations and his reason for becoming a different character each time. I think it has legs. Having said tgat, I still probably wouldn't watch it.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

This is exactly the impression I got from the first episode, so I'm glad I didn't continue. I didn't really see the puppet thing from his imagination though, so it's nice to hear I didn't miss anything and there was no redeeming character arc for Ben.
It's a good point you make. I also just didn't care about the characters. That's some feat of shite writing when the abduction of a small child and his father's sense of helplessness and loss don't register or engage at all.

Is this series a slight rip off of the premise of 'Happy'? (Also Netflix).
Drunk arsehole sees imaginary friend and tries to track down his missing child.

Yeah, I did think it ripped off Happy a bit while I was watching it.

 

[Ming]

Hit Man is highly enjoyable.

Probably not if you want some flashy gun bollocks, but it's funny, has an easy going charm and rips along. The philosophy discussions are a bit too on the nose and the ending makes you go 'but, but, but' - but its not a film that takes itself too seriously. Well worth a watch.

Just finished watching it. I enjoyed it but the end is a bit dodgy morally. I know it's not that serious a movie but still.