Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Only halfway through but Korean historical drama Kingdom is pretty gripping so far. Good if you like palace intrigue, class warfare, sword fights, stunning costumes and cinematography.

Oh, and it also has ZOMBIES.

palace intrigue, class warfare, sword fights, stunning costumes and cinematography.

Sounds great!

Oh, and it also has ZOMBIES.

Never mind.

Oooof this Sliding Doors episode of Kimmy Schmidt, painful to get through.

The new film POLAR starring Mads “Wick”elsen is apparently trash.

Polar is unimaginably, interminably bad. Like, actively unpleasant and hateful. Not even Mads Mikkelsen taking down bad guys while naked in the snow could make me finish it.

i haven't read a single good review of it, except from some Thrillist writer.

A friend who is massively into film and probably watches 8 or 9 movies a week said it was unquestionably the worst film he had seen in a long, long time.

is it worse than that MUTE thing?

It was horrible and I'm ashamed I finished it. I did FF through long stretches though.

xp yeah

there are several things meant to be in-jokes or references and I should have stopped after the first one referencing John Wick

it’s not quite as hyper-stylized in editing like some other Åkerlund material which, to me, somehow makes it worse? and all the stylized character intro titles and gross-out obesity and dirtiness he’s affected since making Spun (2002 seems like a lifetime ago) has now been digested and regurgitated by video games and other directors so there’s nothing that even seems novel

First episode of Kingdom was fun even for a zombie-disinterested like me. Mostly covetous of those hats!

Polar is hot garbage. Really nasty and ugly.

Finished Kingdom... season finale was unsatisfying but it was pretty good overall. Zombies feature prominently, yes, but tbh they're more like the wights/whitewalkers in Game of Thrones - a threatening force in the middle of elaborate political scheming and family feuding.

Oooof this Sliding Doors episode of Kimmy Schmidt, painful to get through.

Haven't seen this yet, but I really can't recommend enough that people seek out the original inspiration for Sliding Doors.

Polar is hot garbage. Really nasty and ugly.

Maybe the next 'Mads Mikkelsen in the Frozen North' film will be better...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_(film)

it's called Polar but it takes place in... Montana

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but please watch Derry Girls - it's not groundbreaking in any way but it's just a very well done comedy about a group of teen girls (and one boy) in Derry during the troubles. If you happened to attend a Catholic high school in the 90s like I did then you'll love it even more.

I think it was talked about in the UK comedy thread when it came out on Channel 4? Anyway, it's great yeah. Nice to see it getting a wider audience

i have it on my watchlist, keep meaning to check it out

Second series on in the spring.

I know, I can't wait! The ending of the last ep was so touching and sweet and I'm excited to see what they do with Clare's big reveal in the next season.

Just started Derry Girls — pretty hilarious! One of the better comedies I've seen in a while, I think?

Derry Girls is also on my list! Going to finish off a couple of other series first.

they've got their own mural now too

https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/4464633/original/?width=630&version=4464633

derry girls is great - the holiday episode is all-time

Ha!

Just started watching it. Really funny.

The new season of Punisher is super silly. I totally have brought up Remo Williams and Jean Claude while watching.

Did we rave about Sex Education yet?

There was a "fite!" above where some people thought it exploitive after seeing one episode. We loved it.

anyone watch abducted in plain sight yet? cos uhhhhhhhh ........... wtfffffffffffffffffff

right???

I totally have brought up Remo Williams

okay now you've got my attention

It's more that the actors are similar and some fight scenes are super 80s.

right???

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every single 15-20 minutes that goes by you get a whole new head explosion. layers and layers of wtf-ness. havent stopped thinking about it since i watched it last week. half the time just thinking to myself that it all must be fiction, half the time just shaking my head in disgust.

Did we rave about Sex Education yet?

wtf is up w the parents in abducted

https://i.imgur.com/pwKgz78.jpg

god there's no way i can watch that

jim just power through it

it is extremely fucked

i read the story behind it and what the actual fuck

I just cant believe those parents agreed to go on camera and air out their complete ineptitude and idiocy

Abducted in Plain Sight - I’m literally only 30% of the way thru and this is already the most bonkers and gross story I’ve ever heard

It was so nuts. I know it was a different time then and I think they mentioned very briefly at some point that they were all LDS but my God those parents were fucking idiots.

really enjoying RUSSIAN DOLL

Watching that as soon as work is over!

yeah, looking forward to it.

It's getting really good reviews so have high hopes

i watched the whole thing. i loved it. made me miss the new york of PARTY GIRL in a big way even though it’s set in the now

is it a mini or does it look to be ongoing?