Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

ugh i remember the thing about the water now. This is my fault for going to movies that I have no clue what they are about. Like, when The Revenant came out I really did think it was just about Leo getting raped by a bear because that is all I kept hearing. Imagine my confusion.

imagine my disappointment when the revenant wasn't just one 156-minute take of a bear using leonardo dicaprio as a fleshlight

Would that more of the pitch-black early Onion material were adapted into major motion pictures.

Oddly enough my friend I went with also thought this is what the movie was about. We kept whispering "when does he get raped by a bear?" Even after he got mauled.

wasn't that one really dumb reviewer who made that assumption based on his own weird sense of projection, then it got turned into a meme?

Yeah, I think it was circulating. It got both our expectations up mistakenly.

so many dejected cinema managers handing out refunds to irate customers who paid their ticket money solely to watch the star of j. edgar be subjected to unwanted ursine advances

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it was the 2010s equivalent of viewers flocking to Meet Joe Black to catch the Phantom Menace trailer.

the brownbearball diaries

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ha ha

The Burial of Kojo was good - beautiful scenery, great music.

Beyonce's Homecoming is pretty amazing.

this chris lilley show has its moments

of gross racism, and lunatic ego such that no other performer is allowed to contribute anything substantial? because

not racism, no. (he doesn’t portray himself as another race, contrary to the controversy engendered by the trailer.) some of the bits about what being a social media celebrity can do to people are funny.

I haven’t seen the trailer, but that’ll make his first show in 14 years that isn’t dumbfoundingly racist

(I’m giving WCBH a pass that it may not deserve; he definitely yellowfaced in it but may have only reached the level of “well-meaning stereotyping”)

Anyone else tried Black Summer yet? The first few episodes seem promising and I definitely like the very scant use of dialogue.

I really don't know how I feel about Black Summer. I am on episode 7. I was telling miccio that I got aggravated by neverending bad decisions. There are a lot of weird choices too that I don't think are realistic. I really love zombies though.

^^same. enjoyed the action sequences, but yeah some of these characters are super dumb. and while I liked the minimal amount of dialogue, it also meant I couldn't give a shit who lived or died (other than Sun, who will obviously survive everything). another one in the not-terrible-not-great Netflix category.

Interesting. I'd actually been thinking that the regular ineptitudes of the characters was a positive in it, because people do stupid things all the time anyway (myself very much included) and it would be no different in a zombie apocalypse (or probably worse because of stress and pressure etc).

The last zombie thing I've spent much time watching in recent years was The Walking Dead, so it's not surprising how refreshing this feels in comparison. There's infinitely less wretched dialogue, more tension even with fewer overblown grand set-pieces, way more genuine mystery as to what's going on (especially with the structure of the gradually linking vignettes)... More realistic characters would have been another of my positives on this list, personally.

I'm only a couple of episodes in though, so there's plenty of time for it to wear thin.

It has a very video game feel to it. I could not stand how no one has any sort of weapon for the first part. Also that Jaime King dated Kid Rock.

The last zombie thing I watched was Train to Busan, oh and I guess the newest season of Santa Clarita Diet.

I'd actually been thinking that the regular ineptitudes of the characters was a positive in it, because people do stupid things all the time anyway (myself very much included) and it would be no different in a zombie apocalypse (or probably worse because of stress and pressure etc).

I think I could buy this if they also didn't all seem to be magical gun experts. like this ragtag bunch of suburbanites can't swing an axe but they all automatically know how to use assault rifles and shotguns (maybe this is a "lol america" thing idk).

yerac, you might like Kingdom, another Korean zombie thing on Netflix (posted about it way upthread - basically Joseon-era palace drama + braineaters).

I also love Santa Clarita Diet (third season is goofier and gorier than ever).

thx, added it to my queue!

xxp Ah, I haven't got that far.

(maybe this is a "lol america" thing idk).

xpost ahh so sorry krakow - I didn't read your previous post properly to the end. hope that wasn't too much of a spoiler for you!

That's fine, don't worry at all!

Last Tango in Halifax is on NF! I am super psyched. Maybe it's been there for awhile and I never noticed it bc of the terrible interface. I loved Happy Valley and will watch anything that show runner does.

in that case, this starts tonight i think:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/arts/television/review-gentleman-jack-review.html

Happy Valley is truly amazing. LTI Halifax is a more homely affair but still a lovely thing at times. Sally Wainwright is incredible. She has this coming up on UK TV and I'm very much looking forward to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_Jack_(TV_series)

in fact THIS IS IMPORTANT it's actually debuting on HBO first (HBO/BBC co production) and it starts TONIGHT.

911? I'd like to report a killfiling.

someone posted to this thread but it ain't showing up for me.

the killfiling is coming from inside the house

CALL ME

new show with tim robinson debuted this morning. it was ok. wish netflix would just revive DETROITERS.

new show with tim robinson debuted this morning. it was ok. wish netflix would just revive DETROITERS.

My Russian barber recommended Imposters - kind of a “catch me if you can” idea but “much better”

Money Heist, or to give it its far more poetic original name La Casa de Papel, is a lot of trashy, plot heavy fun. The criminals are splendidly refered to as 'Los Cracadores'throughout, for which there appears to be no direct translation. Apologies if covered previously.

Yeah, ian and I discussed it somewhere. There is a second season coming up.

loooove money heist.
i haven't been able to get through the 2nd season of suburra; not sure why.

ian, I've been having the same trouble w/Suburra. i'm not sure if it has anything to do with the journey for the characters being so pre-determined that i can see exactly what's going to occur. i'm also not a huge fan of the Amedeo character, i haven't quite bought into his turn from honest and decent man to being ruthless and utterly compromised. There was no series of incidents that would make him the way he is at present, he just got a little greedy. and the greediness isn't being offset by any palpable sense of inner turmoil. the decency was believable previously.

tried to watch WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS and i lasted about 40 minutes. kind of like my recent issues w/Mrs Maisel -- it likewise seemed to try to get by on the style and the comedy rhythms rather than actually having really hilarious gags. the one gag i loved was the shockingly messy first kill.

the movie? it's definitely not a hilarious gag type of thing

the tv show has been very close in tone so far but it's stuck to a single topic per half hour episode, which might be more palatable for some

i guess it's one of those movies where the comedy just isn't hitting me like it's supposed to. it coasts a bit on the mockumentary style. i realize this might be a me thing vs a WWDIS thing; other than Spinal Tap I've never really been a huge fan of that type of thing.

i love the movie

Love the movie, love the show.