Netflix - What gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS) (Vol. 2)

[StevieBee]

lauda said:

kevinon said:

I've just started Adolescence - a 4 parter.

Amazing review (5* ) in the Guardian. I avoided any proper info, but with Stephen Graham as a lead actor, and producer I didn't need much persuading.

First episode is totally immersive. It was police procedural - but I don't think we'll be seeing car chases. All psychological, taut, emotional. Actors who play the lead detective and the boy hold their own with Steven Graham.

I'm totally invested.

I finished watching this today. I thought it was outstanding and some of the best tv I’ve watched in a long time.

Each episode is shot in real time as a continuous take (or at least seems to be). As a parent of kids of similar age to those in the show it made for compulsive but also terrifying viewing.

It was. I've been reading how they did it.

Normally, when going for a single take effect, it's several scenes that are blended together using careful camera positioning and hidden cuts in the edit. But for Adolescence, each episode was genuinely shot as a single take.

The actors treated like they would a play.

Took ages to choreograph everything and required careful planning to keep crew out of shot but close enough to step in to set up the grips, take the camera from a drone to a gimbal to handheld. To make it easier, a lot of the crew were also extras. There's a scene when the van arrives at the DiY store and you see someone in the background with a trolley and some pipes and stuff - looking like they've bought something from the store. In fact, it's the bonnet mount for the camera that was attached to the van on the drive from the house. It was the only way they could get it out of the shot convincingly.

Each episode was shot 10 times!!

Amazing bit of work.

[muscatdxb]

It’s the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV or movie I think. I watched all four in one sitting and was a wreck afterwards!

[croyde]

The one take thing is amazing. I'd love to see a drone shot from above it all showing everyone being corralled and told to walk, run into the shot. Especially the school part as well as cars, vans being readied for their part.

Kudos to the camera crew, must be nerve wracking.

I'd get nervous enough for a 2 minute handheld take back when I operated real TV cameras

There was a Canadian Cop series with a school shooting episode that was shot in one take.

Put you right there with the terrified kids, cops not knowing where or who the shooter was and desperate first responders.

[rodericb]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

quigonjay said:

Never know whether to put Netflix films in here or the Films thread, anyway

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick



Starring Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt and directed by the Russo brothers
Thought it was great entertainment, no doubt will get slated to hell as most Netflix films do but 7/10 from me

Best I could say about it was that it was inoffensive. I thought it was a waste of the IP to be honest. I have the book, and the film is nothing like it...simply uses some of the aesthetics.

The book is much darker and dystopian.

I purchased to book last week and have read about three pages of it so far, but I've seen the pictures over the years and gotten the gist of it. So I was looking forward to seeing this. Soon after news starting coming out about this film I caught a fleeting glimpse of the word "Marvel" to do with it and thought "hmmmm, this don't look promising...". Reviews started coming out and most were uncomplimentary.

One of the positive reviews said that Stalenhag was quite happy that his story was being picked up and turned into whatever this is as it'd make it appeal to a wider audience than it otherwise would have. But I think if it had stuck to its roots and been produced by someone like Denis Villeneuve, Neill Blomkamp or whatever it might have not been a bit hit with the five second attention span crowd but would have been a classic and will have introduced like-minded people to his other works.

[Black can man]

Alltrack said:

croyde said:

stemll said:

lauda said:

kevinon said:

I've just started Adolescence - a 4 parter.

Amazing review (5* ) in the Guardian. I avoided any proper info, but with Stephen Graham as a lead actor, and producer I didn't need much persuading.

First episode is totally immersive. It was police procedural - but I don't think we'll be seeing car chases. All psychological, taut, emotional. Actors who play the lead detective and the boy hold their own with Steven Graham.

I'm totally invested.

I finished watching this today. I thought it was outstanding and some of the best tv I’ve watched in a long time.

Each episode is shot in real time as a continuous take (or at least seems to be). As a parent of kids of similar age to those in the show it made for compulsive but also terrifying viewing.

As a parent of a slightly older child, that is a hard watch. Absolutely brilliant

Just watching it now. The custody unit has brought back unhappy memories of having to be the responsible adult for both of my sons. Very realistic apart from the long waits in real life.

The first episode is the best bit of television I’ve seen in years.

We watched all 4 last night , Superb from start to finish, as a bloke approaching his mid sixties I kind of feel my days oc childhood seemed a lot more of an easier time to grow up.

This is a tragic story of how our children are growing up these days, My grandkids seem to favour their I pads over anything outdoors & it worries the fk out of me at times

Stehen Graham really is one of our very best & the kid that played Jamie Miller has a huge future .

All in all great stuff

[The Rotrex Kid]

Black can man said:

Alltrack said:

croyde said:

stemll said:

lauda said:

kevinon said:

I've just started Adolescence - a 4 parter.

Amazing review (5* ) in the Guardian. I avoided any proper info, but with Stephen Graham as a lead actor, and producer I didn't need much persuading.

First episode is totally immersive. It was police procedural - but I don't think we'll be seeing car chases. All psychological, taut, emotional. Actors who play the lead detective and the boy hold their own with Steven Graham.

I'm totally invested.

I finished watching this today. I thought it was outstanding and some of the best tv I’ve watched in a long time.

Each episode is shot in real time as a continuous take (or at least seems to be). As a parent of kids of similar age to those in the show it made for compulsive but also terrifying viewing.

As a parent of a slightly older child, that is a hard watch. Absolutely brilliant

Just watching it now. The custody unit has brought back unhappy memories of having to be the responsible adult for both of my sons. Very realistic apart from the long waits in real life.

The first episode is the best bit of television I’ve seen in years.

We watched all 4 last night , Superb from start to finish, as a bloke approaching his mid sixties I kind of feel my days oc childhood seemed a lot more of an easier time to grow up.

This is a tragic story of how our children are growing up these days, My grandkids seem to favour their I pads over anything outdoors & it worries the fk out of me at times

Stehen Graham really is one of our very best & the kid that played Jamie Miller has a huge future .

All in all great stuff

Just got to the end of episode 1. Superb stuff. Might hold off now and see if the Mrs wants to watch it with me. Gripping.

[Paul_B]

The Rotrex Kid said:

Black can man said:

Alltrack said:

croyde said:

stemll said:

lauda said:

kevinon said:

I've just started Adolescence - a 4 parter.

Amazing review (5* ) in the Guardian. I avoided any proper info, but with Stephen Graham as a lead actor, and producer I didn't need much persuading.

First episode is totally immersive. It was police procedural - but I don't think we'll be seeing car chases. All psychological, taut, emotional. Actors who play the lead detective and the boy hold their own with Steven Graham.

I'm totally invested.

I finished watching this today. I thought it was outstanding and some of the best tv I’ve watched in a long time.

Each episode is shot in real time as a continuous take (or at least seems to be). As a parent of kids of similar age to those in the show it made for compulsive but also terrifying viewing.

As a parent of a slightly older child, that is a hard watch. Absolutely brilliant

Just watching it now. The custody unit has brought back unhappy memories of having to be the responsible adult for both of my sons. Very realistic apart from the long waits in real life.

The first episode is the best bit of television I’ve seen in years.

We watched all 4 last night , Superb from start to finish, as a bloke approaching his mid sixties I kind of feel my days oc childhood seemed a lot more of an easier time to grow up.

This is a tragic story of how our children are growing up these days, My grandkids seem to favour their I pads over anything outdoors & it worries the fk out of me at times

Stehen Graham really is one of our very best & the kid that played Jamie Miller has a huge future .

All in all great stuff

Just got to the end of episode 1. Superb stuff. Might hold off now and see if the Mrs wants to watch it with me. Gripping.

Looks like I'm in a huge minority of thinking this wasn't all that.

I was really looking forward to it. I love Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters. However, it just missed the mark for me. I can appreciate the one-take concept and it's obviously a deep subject matter (I have two boys, 8 and 10 so it does make you think). But it just didn't grip me, it was very slow at times, not a lot of substance in places and various aspects of the story which just weren't covered which, had they been, would have improved it in my opinion.

I will say though that the kids in it, Jamie, his sister Lisa and Adam, the DI's son were all very good.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

rodericb said:

TGCOTF-dewey said:

quigonjay said:

Never know whether to put Netflix films in here or the Films thread, anyway

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick



Starring Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt and directed by the Russo brothers
Thought it was great entertainment, no doubt will get slated to hell as most Netflix films do but 7/10 from me

Best I could say about it was that it was inoffensive. I thought it was a waste of the IP to be honest. I have the book, and the film is nothing like it...simply uses some of the aesthetics.

The book is much darker and dystopian.

I purchased to book last week and have read about three pages of it so far, but I've seen the pictures over the years and gotten the gist of it. So I was looking forward to seeing this. Soon after news starting coming out about this film I caught a fleeting glimpse of the word "Marvel" to do with it and thought "hmmmm, this don't look promising...". Reviews started coming out and most were uncomplimentary.

One of the positive reviews said that Stalenhag was quite happy that his story was being picked up and turned into whatever this is as it'd make it appeal to a wider audience than it otherwise would have. But I think if it had stuck to its roots and been produced by someone like Denis Villeneuve, Neill Blomkamp or whatever it might have not been a bit hit with the five second attention span crowd but would have been a classic and will have introduced like-minded people to his other works.

I've seen plenty of Stalenhag's art online, and I love it. But I have not read any of his books. I watched a few episodes of Tales from the Loop (Amazon Prime, also based on Stalenhag's art) so I was going to give this a go. But it really has been panned by the critics and the best anyone has to say about it is "breezily watchable" (Empire) and "inoffensive" (PH)

Mind you, an article by Ian Youngs on the BBC website says that it probably won't matter and millions of people will watch it anyway and Neflix will deem it a success.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdelxr18pzlo

edit: Oh gods yes. Imagine what Denis Villeneuve could have done with this IP

edit2: 16 pics of his art, for those that don't know what we are on about. https://edition.cnn.com/style/gallery/simon-stalen...

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 15th March 17:27

[ThomW]

quigonjay said:

Never know whether to put Netflix films in here or the Films thread, anyway

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick



Starring Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt and directed by the Russo brothers
Thought it was great entertainment, no doubt will get slated to hell as most Netflix films do but 7/10 from me

I enjoyed this, agree on 7/10. Wasn’t the best thing ever but a fun watch.

[macp]

ThomW said:

quigonjay said:

Never know whether to put Netflix films in here or the Films thread, anyway

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick



Starring Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt and directed by the Russo brothers
Thought it was great entertainment, no doubt will get slated to hell as most Netflix films do but 7/10 from me

I enjoyed this, agree on 7/10. Wasn’t the best thing ever but a fun watch.

We watched it last night. Not a bad Saturday night movie. Liked the music. We were a bit cofused by the ending though.

[karma mechanic]

Just discovered Sisu on Netflix.

Fantastic landscapes, almost no dialogue, grumpy unstoppable Finnish gold-prospector eliminates Nazis in more and more ludicrous but satisfying ways.

It is violent, fun (in a strange way) and quite rewarding to watch if you like the sort of Spaghetti-western style of revenge against the really nasty guys.

[lornemalvo]

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

[Strangely Brown]

lornemalvo said:

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

Where are you watching that?

[stemll]

Strangely Brown said:

lornemalvo said:

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

Where are you watching that?

It's on Paramount+

[Smollet]

lornemalvo said:

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

Completely agree. Far more continuity than the first.

[Mars]

stemll said:

Strangely Brown said:

lornemalvo said:

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

Where are you watching that?

It's on Paramount+

We need a "What TV series regardless of network" thread. There's loads I'm catching up with outside of the normal channels, and I don't know where to review them.

[Otispunkmeyer]

quigonjay said:

Never know whether to put Netflix films in here or the Films thread, anyway

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick



Starring Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt and directed by the Russo brothers
Thought it was great entertainment, no doubt will get slated to hell as most Netflix films do but 7/10 from me

Yeah, we enjoyed it. It's an easy watch and of course plenty of 90s nostalgia to keep you perked up. Seems to have been panned by critics but audience score seems to suggest otherwise.

[rider73]

Mars said:

stemll said:

Strangely Brown said:

lornemalvo said:

Watching current series of 1923, I think it's quite a bit better than the first series.

Where are you watching that?

It's on Paramount+

We need a "What TV series regardless of network" thread. There's loads I'm catching up with outside of the normal channels, and I don't know where to review them.

there are too many streaming services now - and streaming services with streaming services, like amazon!

[JagLover]

rider73 said:

there are too many streaming services now - and streaming services with streaming services, like amazon!

On the positive side more of the Paramount + stuff is ending up on Netflix.

[I-am-the-reverend]

lauda said:

kevinon said:

I've just started Adolescence - a 4 parter.

Amazing review (5* ) in the Guardian. I avoided any proper info, but with Stephen Graham as a lead actor, and producer I didn't need much persuading.

First episode is totally immersive. It was police procedural - but I don't think we'll be seeing car chases. All psychological, taut, emotional. Actors who play the lead detective and the boy hold their own with Steven Graham.

I'm totally invested.

I finished watching this today. I thought it was outstanding and some of the best tv I’ve watched in a long time.

Each episode is shot in real time as a continuous take (or at least seems to be). As a parent of kids of similar age to those in the show it made for compulsive but also terrifying viewing.

As above. It's outstanding and deserves all the praise it gets. It's the best thing I've seen in years.