Netflix - What gems have you found?

[Ali2202]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Just finished watching Who Killed Little Gregory. Utterly brilliant. A truly fascinating but harrowing true story.

Outwith the obvious horror of the murder of a little boy, I found myself bemused by the the way practically all of these particular French people approached their telling of their individual roles. What an odd, provincial and dark-age bunch they mostly were. We travel a lot throughout Europe and encounter this with French people even today. They are very, very weird.....

[anonymous-user]

andymc said:

And they look 76 even with the make up

it;s cgi. it is odd as their bodies are clearly much older, one scene with De niro stomping, looked like at 70 year odd. The acting is good, it just feels all very odd, like last of the summer wine doing Goodfellas.

[andymc]

Thesprucegoose said:

andymc said:

And they look 76 even with the make up

it;s cgi. it is odd as their bodies are clearly much older, one scene with De niro stomping, looked like at 70 year odd. The acting is good, it just feels all very odd, like last of the summer wine doing Goodfellas.

ah, I didn't know

[pidsy]

andymc said:

Thesprucegoose said:

andymc said:

And they look 76 even with the make up

it;s cgi. it is odd as their bodies are clearly much older, one scene with De niro stomping, looked like at 70 year odd. The acting is good, it just feels all very odd, like last of the summer wine doing Goodfellas.

ah, I didn't know

It’s Deepfake.

Very clever stuff.

[ben5575]

Mr Trophy said:

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Just seen The Irishman is out now, may watch this over the weekend, I like De Niro and Pacino, so hopefully this will be good....Scorsese doesn't tend to do much in the way of bad stuff.

Started watching - really enjoying it so far!

I remember when Heat first came out and the excitement I had about DeNiro and Pacino appearing in the same movie. Within 5 minutes of the Irishman starting, you know you're in a safe pair of hands.

And they, you know, [affecting best DeNiro impression] 'have a little conversation', and all of a sudden I have the same goosebumps I did 20 years ago.

I struggling think beyond DiCaprio and Damon (who have obviously already been there) who I care about as much being on screen together?

It is everything you'll hope it'll be and everything that is missing from current 'cinema'.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

ben5575 said:

Mr Trophy said:

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Just seen The Irishman is out now, may watch this over the weekend, I like De Niro and Pacino, so hopefully this will be good....Scorsese doesn't tend to do much in the way of bad stuff.

Started watching - really enjoying it so far!

I remember when Heat first came out and the excitement I had about DeNiro and Pacino appearing in the same movie. Within 5 minutes of the Irishman starting, you know you're in a safe pair of hands.

And they, you know, [affecting best DeNiro impression] 'have a little conversation', and all of a sudden I have the same goosebumps I did 20 years ago.

I struggling think beyond DiCaprio and Damon (who have obviously already been there) who I care about as much being on screen together?

It is everything you'll hope it'll be and everything that is missing from current 'cinema'.

I very much look forward to seeing it. I must admit I think Di Caprio is right up there as one of the best. He has been in some epic films in the past 20 years and has done some fantastic performances.

[Scabutz]

I've only just signed up with Netflix having been a sky we for years. There are tonnes of Netflix Originals that look great. Spoilt for choice . Triple Frontier, The Highwaymen look great. The new Shaft film might be all right. The Irishman. That 6 days about the embassy siege that spawned a million Walts.

Where do I start.

[rich12]

Anyone watched the OA?
Saw it last night and watched 3 episodes. I don't know anything about it so just watching and working it out as I go along.

I think I like it but not sure.

[anonymous-user]

Scabutz said:

I've only just signed up with Netflix having been a sky we for years. There are tonnes of Netflix Originals that look great. Spoilt for choice . Triple Frontier, The Highwaymen look great. The new Shaft film might be all right. The Irishman. That 6 days about the embassy siege that spawned a million Walts.

Where do I start.

There is a lot of choice but quality is hit and miss, Triple Frontier for example is pretty lacklustre.

[Joyrider1]

Thesprucegoose said:

andymc said:

And they look 76 even with the make up

it;s cgi. it is odd as their bodies are clearly much older, one scene with De niro stomping, looked like at 70 year odd. The acting is good, it just feels all very odd, like last of the summer wine doing Goodfellas.

Just got to that scene, and thought exactly the same - DeNiro’s eyes look very odd - good film so far though

Edit: 1hr 20m into it, have got really bored and switched it off - maybe not in the mood to watch it, but all the union stuff isn’t doing it for me - shame as it started off really good

Edited by Joyrider1 on Wednesday 27th November 21:31

[smn159]

rich12 said:

Anyone watched the OA?
Saw it last night and watched 3 episodes. I don't know anything about it so just watching and working it out as I go along.

I think I like it but not sure.

The first series?

Prepare for disappointment

[DE1975]

smn159 said:

rich12 said:

Anyone watched the OA?
Saw it last night and watched 3 episodes. I don't know anything about it so just watching and working it out as I go along.

I think I like it but not sure.

The first series?

Prepare for disappointment

I loved it, thought it was great

[RichFN2]

Scabutz said:

I've only just signed up with Netflix having been a sky we for years. There are tonnes of Netflix Originals that look great. Spoilt for choice . Triple Frontier, The Highwaymen look great. The new Shaft film might be all right. The Irishman. That 6 days about the embassy siege that spawned a million Walts.

Where do I start.

If you dont mind watching tv with subtitles then Netflix has some excellent original content from across the globe. Narcos, Kingdom, Sacred Games, Money Heist,Virunga, The Mechanism, Suburra are a few that spring to mind

There are the obvious choices spoken in English such as The Crown and Ozark etc but to get the best out of Netflix you have to keep an eye on their global content, which is generally better

[andymc]

Joyrider1 said:

Thesprucegoose said:

andymc said:

And they look 76 even with the make up

it;s cgi. it is odd as their bodies are clearly much older, one scene with De niro stomping, looked like at 70 year odd. The acting is good, it just feels all very odd, like last of the summer wine doing Goodfellas.

Just got to that scene, and thought exactly the same - DeNiro’s eyes look very odd - good film so far though

Edit: 1hr 20m into it, have got really bored and switched it off - maybe not in the mood to watch it, but all the union stuff isn’t doing it for me - shame as it started off really good

Edited by Joyrider1 on Wednesday 27th November 21:31

its pants

[Ructions]

Three and a half hours and despite the amount of time with these characters I just didn't feel any emotional involvement with any of them. The finale was a bit of a let down.
You'll probably need to do this in two sittings.

[quigonjay]

DE1975 said:

smn159 said:

rich12 said:

Anyone watched the OA?
Saw it last night and watched 3 episodes. I don't know anything about it so just watching and working it out as I go along.

I think I like it but not sure.

The first series?

Prepare for disappointment

I loved it, thought it was great

Yep, me too, big fan of The OA

[ben5575]

Joyrider1 said:

Just got to that scene, and thought exactly the same - DeNiro’s eyes look very odd - good film so far though

Edit: 1hr 20m into it, have got really bored and switched it off - maybe not in the mood to watch it, but all the union stuff isn’t doing it for me - shame as it started off really good

Edited by Joyrider1 on Wednesday 27th November 21:31

Yeah despite prematurely waxing about it above, I fell asleep at at around the 1hr30m mark! It'd been a long day though...

[Legend83]

Scabutz said:

I've only just signed up with Netflix having been a sky we for years. There are tonnes of Netflix Originals that look great. Spoilt for choice . Triple Frontier, The Highwaymen look great. The new Shaft film might be all right. The Irishman. That 6 days about the embassy siege that spawned a million Walts.

Where do I start.

TV:

- Ozark
- Unbelievable
- The Crown
- The Last Kingdom
- Breaking Bad
- Fargo
- Better Call Saul
- Sex Education
- Living With Yourself
- Cuckoo
- Archer
- The Sinner

To name a few.

Films are more hit and miss and they have a lot of old stock on there:

- Prisoners
- The King
- Call Me By Your Name
- Ex MAchina
- Blade Runner 2049
- Sully
- Bird Box
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Wind River
- Spotlight
- Dumplin'

Should keep you going!

[designforlife]

If you have a passing interest in space travel, the mini documentary series " A year in Space" is excellent.

only 13 mins an episode, but very interesting, with some great ISS footage.

[Scabutz]

Thesprucegoose said:

There is a lot of choice but quality is hit and miss, Triple Frontier for example is pretty lacklustre.

I watched triple frontier last night. Lackluster is definitely the word, its not bad, but it could have been a fair bit better with not much effort. Mostly the action scenes were just a little bit of a damp squip. Turn those up a bit and it would have been better. Cast was good, script not bad, soundtrack great (not often you get 2 Metallica songs in a film).