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@submarined - The Flight attendant was fun (although looks not to be on Prime/Netf which was part of your request).
Three Pines on Prime was interesting and lovely to look at as it's all Rockies landscape.
As for the comments about Mr&Mrs Smith it really did go nuts in it's lack of anything other than beautiful locations to shoot, the skiing episode as an example. It was still fun because of Donald Glover I thought, but it could have been better.
Also, liked the Black Doves hit-women side story, they were fun and carried the comedy element the Helen character lacked.
@nicko74 yeah I guess so. We strung them out over the course of a week or so, but they're easily digestible 🙂
Thanks for the recommendations. Haven't seen Killing Eve so will stick it on the list.
Watched the first episode of The Gentlemen a while back. It's one of the only things I've seen in recent memory that I refuse to give any more time to. I thought it was awful. Not a Guy Ritchie fan, but it was pretty much him by numbers.
I watched the first episode of The Sticky. Great cast, entertaining.
watched the rest of Longlegs. My word, one of the most disturbing horrors I’ve seen in a while. My sort of film that, highly recommended, if you don’t mind feeling a bit screwy.
Netflix has a new gritty western series: American Primeval. Promising start.
Another who has just binged The Sticky. Very good so far. Margo Martindale from Justified is excellent (again) in this.
Never watched Silo before as I avoid depressing dystopian content but it's actually very good.
Watched civil war earlier with mum, got the thumbs up from her which is high praise, I also thought it was good and would watch it again
Yeah @Caher I found S1 was better watching a couple at a time, and S2 has improved.
American Primeval - can't stop watching. It's so good. If you like your westerns gritty and violent. Guarantee in 10, 15, 20 pages time on this thread people will be piping up, Just discovered American Primeval! Only downside is the bloody woman who won't do what she's told! (You'll see what I mean if you watch it)
I tried American Primeval, not that impressed. Just seems lazy to me, they don't have much of a story so just fill it with gratuitous violence. Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War was much better.
Finally got into series 3 of the Bear and was almost relieved when after 2 nice episodes we finally got one that was a 40 minute long panic attack. Remember kids, if you're ever making a decision and New Noise by Refused starts playing, do something else.
Caher
Full MemberNever watched Silo before as I avoid depressing dystopian content but it’s actually very good.
Yeah I was pleasantly surprised, it'll be interesting to see how it continues considering the novels completely fell to bits about halfway through the second one. Some of the changes so far were pretty odd, I'm wondering if they're setting up for something later.
Never watched Silo before as I avoid depressing dystopian content but it’s actually very good.
Gave up on it.
For me, it had too many big stretches of bland acting*,a lot of scenes filmed in dark mode and a wandering storyline.
* and sometimes a bit too american high-school
'On Call' on Amazon is rather good if you like a gritty police procedural.
I don't know if it's been mentioned here but we've just watched season one of Guilt on iPlayer. Very good, tense, menacing, occasionally funny, with plenty of twists and turns.
I've just sat in economy for 23 hrs (plus an unplanned 19 hour layover in Dubai after sitting on the tarmac at Manchester for 2 hours waiting to be de-iced), things I watched:
Strike (Ink Black Heart): Meh. I like the Strike books - but the TV adaptations have been variable - this latest one was ok, but it started with a book that was very difficult to turn into telly - much of the plot is revealed by way of messaging in the game, social media posts etc. I thought they did a decent job of it, but it was never going to be great. I don't particularly like the lead either - was pretty surprised to see him show up in the new mad max movie (in which he was fairly beige also). Holiday Grainger on the other hand......
Landman: New Taylor Sheridan thing - Enjoyed it. Carried entirely by Billy Bob Thornton's performance - but it occurred to me that Timothy Olyphant would also have been good.
Lionesses S2: Didn't know this was also Taylor Sheridan until some of the same actors started turning up. Much better than the previous season - decent action thriller.
Furiosa: Enjoyed it, but not as good as the last one. Anya Taylor-Joy was ok - but (like tom Hardy) had virtually no lines. Chris Hemsworth was decent as the baddie, but what was missing/much needed was some zippy/deranged dialogue- the whole film felt like it was taking itself a bit too seriously for a mad-max film. And then strike turned up - playing the beigest of all heros, who you are supposed to believe is some kind of legendary road warrior. 5/10
An old film and nineteen years late to the party, but just watched Children of Men (Amazon or Netflix) and was pretty blown away on many fronts - directing, cinematography, the gripping story and relevance to today's world. I want to watch it again this weekend.
We watched Civil War over the weekend. Very good, well-made. Quite on the nose, no subtlety whatsoever about its politics, but still a decent film.
Finished it last night, I agree it was very well made and IMO very thought provoking.
But I thought the politics side of it was deliberately ambiguous and subtle. Perhaps it allows the viewer to project their own ideas onto it?
The main things I took from it initially were the media's complicity and do-dependence with the military, and seeing the "civil war" as a literal representation of the current state of politics and public opinions - with people on both sides being terrible to each other because they think they are right.
I saw Civil War on the big screen when it came out and watched it again last night.
Such a powerful film ,but glad I saw it before watching the Lee Miller film.
That early scene at the protest with the young photographer (for me) ,still holds up as one of the best use of crowd and sound when it all kicks off,and even second time around ,that Jesse Plemons scene was still intense.
The only thing that eased the Jesse Plemons scene for me was knowing that he and Kirsten Dunst are married! Otherwise it was properly anxiey-inducing stuff.
I've just (last week) finished reading Prophet Song, and Civil War feels very of a piece with that, in terms of the through line of the story they're telling etc. Both v good, neither very cheery
That early scene at the protest with the young photographer (for me) ,still holds up as one of the best use of crowd and sound when it all kicks off
I know Alex Garland doesn't do the sound himself, but the use of sound (and sometimes lack of it) throughout the film was very Alex Garland-y, I thought.
And the way scenes feel like they are running over, or the camera lingering on incidental things.
The final part of the film (trying not to spoil it) felt deliberately unrealistic in the way the journalists were so involved in the action, which I imagine was a decision taken to make a point.
re civil war IIRC they tried to neutralize the politics somewhat by making the large militia group a california/texas coalition so it wasn't a clear 'red' or 'blue' movement
just pasted from wikipedia:
An authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, is embattled by secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washington, D.C. will soon be reached by the "Western Forces" (WF) led by Texas and California, while forces of the southeast Florida Alliance are also fast approaching
also, the torture scene with the former schoolmates was realistic as , given the polarisation in US you can actually see it easily happening.
I've just finished Squid Games season 2 and am obsessed with the 'mingle' kids song ('round and round') Im listening to it a couple of times a day at the moment.
An old film and nineteen years late to the party, but just watched Children of Men (Amazon or Netflix) and was pretty blown away on many fronts – directing, cinematography, the gripping story and relevance to today’s world. I want to watch it again this weekend.
An absolute masterpiece of cinematography, and at last, an accurate representation of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Seriously, one of my personal top 10 movies of all time. So many great performances. The direction is top-notch. Made a box office loss, apparently.
I’ve just finished Squid Games season 2 and am obsessed with the ‘mingle’ kids song (’round and round’) Im listening to it a couple of times a day at the moment.
Can't believe they ended it where they did, felt like half a season (seven episodes is an unusual number for the streamers too).
Working my way through Blackbird on Apple at the moment. It's a bit 'Manhunter' meets 'Prisoner Cell Block H', but not bad overall.
I know Alex Garland doesn’t do the sound himself, but the use of sound (and sometimes lack of it) throughout the film was very Alex Garland-y, I thought.
I know what you mean, but for Denis Villeneuve. Arrival and Sicario made really big use of double bass, and for me that's the Denis Villeneuve 'sound'
i think with squid games, as it's netflix's sacred cow they probably wanted to truncate the final season (as is the convention these days) to milk it and build anticipation etc
the way S2 ends definitely suggests that season '2' and '3' are effectively the same series. I think season 3 is in June 2025?
In the meantime we can enjoy listening to Round and round on loop:
The final part of the film (trying not to spoil it) felt deliberately unrealistic in the way the journalists were so involved in the action, which I imagine was a decision taken to make a point.
Yup,watching it again, it didn't quite fit with the rest of the film.
Politics aside,having now seen the Lee Miller* film (Lee),I thought they both dealt with the disconnect that War photographers and journalists need while doing that work.
*I have to confess I was ignorant of the Lee Miller story before seeing the film
Another thumbs up for Civil War, beautifully shot and very tense at times. All felt very real given the current state of the world!
An old film and nineteen years late to the party, but just watched Children of Men (Amazon or Netflix) and was pretty blown away on many fronts – directing, cinematography, the gripping story and relevance to today’s world. I want to watch it again this weekend.
One of my all time fave films! Re watched it recently actually.
Hmm, well 1883 is behind a paywall, but also is a "Yellowstone origin story", which really doesn't sell it to me. Yellowstone was just a soap.
And I saw some of Deadwood, but never really engaged with it.
Each to their own eh.But at least you've recommended something, rather than going "nah that's crap".
Bit of a change of pace, but the latest series of 24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4) is as impressive as ever.
They always manage to show the humanity in the most grim of situations
We had a difference of opinion on the sentences this week, Mrs K thought the henchman should've got about three or less and I thought he got about right at ten.
The new Manchester police one Manhunt might be interesting if you like 24hrs
We had a difference of opinion on the sentences this week, Mrs K thought the henchman should’ve got about three or less and I thought he got about right at ten.
Was that the crystal meth one?
I've been watching on the app so I'm not sure when they aired.
If so, I'd maybe have expected something in between, but it was a lot of class As and I'm sure there's a strong deterrent element when it comes to crystal meth in particular.
I did genuinely feel sorry for him. He was hopelessly naive and did something really really stupid, so the sentence seemed harsh. Bless him, he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box but hardly some hardened criminal. I can see why though. That was A LOT of Class A’s!
24 Hours is consistently engrossing telly, sensitively done. I find it absolutely fascinating seeing how some of the detectives minds work
Politics aside,having now seen the Lee Miller* film (Lee),I thought they both dealt with the disconnect that War photographers and journalists need while doing that work.
That felt like one of the strongest parts of Civil War, I thought, the way in which reporters passively (or impassively) watch these horrors going on around them, not getting involved. The OH said it's like David Attenborough not intervening with wildlife (although even his crew got involved to help a bunch of baby turtles get to the sea)
Was that the crystal meth one?
I did genuinely feel sorry for him. He was hopelessly naive and did something really really stupid, so the sentence seemed harsh.
Yes. I think any naivety was undermined by his actively taking part in angle grinding the gear out of the concealment and storing it, no doubt he assisted in punting it out too. The fact he was a bit dense doesn't get away from he knew exactly what he was getting into and chose to go ahead with it. The ten would've been after his discount for an early plea too.
Bit old now but we recently binged the two series of Making a Murderer on Netflix. Don't tend to watch much true crime stuff but found it an interesting insight into some of the workings of the US State and Federal courts. I was amazed how much detective work some of the attorneys undertake themselves and how much information is given to the press before a trial (or retrial) has taken place. It also raises some ethical questions surrounding interrogations and confessions. It's obviously filmed from the defendants view but if it's true it is an amazing albeit somewhat depressing story.
The Split on iPlayer was mostly enjoyable. It's about a family of family lawyers in London. Bad behaviour, heartbreak etc.
Going to try Industry next.
Going to try Industry next.
It's v good IMO - just don't watch it with your parents, or kids.
@desperatebicycle I had similar reservations about 1883 because of Yellowstone, I'm in the same camp as you. If the chance arises, give it a go.
Another thumbs up for Civil War, beautifully shot and very tense at times. All felt very real given the current state of the world!
Powerful stuff. Bleak and grim in places, it could so easily be completely real. Stunning film work.