Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)

[anonymous-user]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i found it very enjoyable too

loved paolo gucci

I enjoyed it also, Paulo was quite the transformation from the actor underneath all the prosthetics.

[blingybongy]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i found it very enjoyable too

loved paolo gucci

Blimey I've just looked on IMDb, that was Jared Leto?
I don't much care for him but his portrayal of Paolo was first class.

[DSLiverpool]

blingybongy said:

Trustmeimadoctor said:

i found it very enjoyable too

loved paolo gucci

Blimey I've just looked on IMDb, that was Jared Leto?
I don't much care for him but his portrayal of Paolo was first class.

He was brilliant in “We Crashed”

[Dr Jekyll]

The girl who became three boys.

Documentary first shown on TV a few years back about an utterly bizarre sequence of events around a girl pretending to be boys.

[toasty]

Richard Jewell True story film about a security guard saving people from a bomb that he’s later accused of planting. Fine performances by Paul Walter Hauser and Sam Rockwell. 7/10

[TwigtheWonderkid]

May have been mentions already, but Ten Percent.

Central London talent agency, drama with light comedy. Reminds me of Extras a bit, with major stars like Helena Bonham Carter & Kelly McDonald appearing as themselves.

[Doofus]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

May have been mentions already, but Ten Percent.

Central London talent agency, drama with light comedy. Reminds me of Extras a bit, with major stars like Helena Bonham Carter & Kelly McDonald appearing as themselves.

Watch Call My Agent. The original, and infinitely better.

[V8mate]

Doofus said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

May have been mentions already, but Ten Percent.

Central London talent agency, drama with light comedy. Reminds me of Extras a bit, with major stars like Helena Bonham Carter & Kelly McDonald appearing as themselves.

Watch Call My Agent. The original, and infinitely better.

Quite. In this case, infinite is indeed the appropriate measure of comparison.

[pidsy]

Anyone else watching Terminal List?

Chris Pratt as a special ops soldier who suffers with memory issues after his team are all killed - only to find out that someone is out to finish the job.

Actually very watchable- pretty good so far and 8.2 on IMDb

[MYOB]

pidsy said:

Anyone else watching Terminal List?

Chris Pratt as a special ops soldier who suffers with memory issues after his team are all killed - only to find out that someone is out to finish the job.

Actually very watchable- pretty good so far and 8.2 on IMDb

I’m enjoying it! It’s not going to win any awards but it’s perfectly adequate. Not sure I would rate it as high as 8.2 though. I would give it 7.

[Doofus]

MYOB said:

pidsy said:

Anyone else watching Terminal List?

Chris Pratt as a special ops soldier who suffers with memory issues after his team are all killed - only to find out that someone is out to finish the job.

Actually very watchable- pretty good so far and 8.2 on IMDb

I’m enjoying it! It’s not going to win any awards but it’s perfectly adequate. Not sure I would rate it as high as 8.2 though. I would give it 7.

I was frightened off by the description that there were "dark forces" at work. Assumed it was another Stranger Things, or yet more YA vampire bks.

Was I wrong?

[MYOB]

Doofus said:

I was frightened off by the description that there were "dark forces" at work. Assumed it was another Stranger Things, or yet more YA vampire bks.

Was I wrong?

You were wrong! It’s an action/thriller and NOT science fiction.

[Mars]

pidsy said:

Anyone else watching Terminal List?

Chris Pratt as a special ops soldier who suffers with memory issues after his team are all killed - only to find out that someone is out to finish the job.

Actually very watchable- pretty good so far and 8.2 on IMDb

It was OK except for the continual miraculous recoveries from the various injuries he sustained.

Can't decide if we witnessed an end or a link to a second series.

Watchable.

[Murph7355]

Mars said:

pidsy said:

Anyone else watching Terminal List?

Chris Pratt as a special ops soldier who suffers with memory issues after his team are all killed - only to find out that someone is out to finish the job.

Actually very watchable- pretty good so far and 8.2 on IMDb

It was OK except for the continual miraculous recoveries from the various injuries he sustained.

Can't decide if we witnessed an end or a link to a second series.

Watchable.

I suspect the latter...trying to be a Bourne?

I thought it was pretty good. A bit too much like a video game in places, but very watchable. It's in the 7s for me.

[Its Just Adz]

Im going to start that tonight.
It was written by an actual navy seal, he was on the Joe Rogan podcast a few weeks ago talking about it. He wanted Chris Pratt to play the lead from the beginning.

[21st Century Man]

Started on the terminal list earlier, highly rated at 8.2 but I'm finding it to be the usual dumb fk all American action bullst, boring as hell so far, along with the now obligatory soft spoken barely audible gravel voiced dialogue interspersed with shouting and explosions. I can sort of see a plot developing, but does it actually get going for anyone with a modicum of the cerebral?

[pidsy]

21st Century Man said:

Started on the terminal list earlier, highly rated at 8.2 but I'm finding it to be the usual dumb fk all American action bullst, boring as hell so far, along with the now obligatory soft spoken barely audible gravel voiced dialogue interspersed with shouting and explosions. I can sort of see a plot developing, but does it actually get going for anyone with a modicum of the cerebral?

It’s pretty much “man with gun wants to get revenge” but it’s very well made, written by a former seal so I presume the action scenes are as true to life as possible.
Pratt actually played the part really well imo.

It’s been done lots of times before but I got into it and did enjoy it.

[mattyn1]

Not bothered previously with The Handmaids Tale but have taken to binge watching the lot.

Season 1 done…….. I think it is rather good!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

mattyn1 said:

Not bothered previously with The Handmaids Tale but have taken to binge watching the lot.

Season 1 done…….. I think it is rather good!

I've heard that Season 1 is indeed good, but it subsequently descends into what some have referred to as "Misery Porn" with latter seasons being a somewhat masochistic experience.

That's just what I've heard / read, mind.

[21st Century Man]

pidsy said:

21st Century Man said:

Started on the terminal list earlier, highly rated at 8.2 but I'm finding it to be the usual dumb fk all American action bullst, boring as hell so far, along with the now obligatory soft spoken barely audible gravel voiced dialogue interspersed with shouting and explosions. I can sort of see a plot developing, but does it actually get going for anyone with a modicum of the cerebral?

It’s pretty much “man with gun wants to get revenge” but it’s very well made, written by a former seal so I presume the action scenes are as true to life as possible.
Pratt actually played the part really well imo.

It’s been done lots of times before but I got into it and did enjoy it.

It got going, took damn near an hour. Ordinarily I would've long bailed

Binged it. Not too bad at all. Instantly forgettable though, doubt I'll remember it once I've posted this.

Edited by 21st Century Man on Saturday 9th July 22:14