Amazon prime is killing it with movies and tv shows
I had a Prime trial recently. Everything I found on there that I wanted to watch wanted further payment (including a TV series from back in 1999!). I literally couldn't find a single thing I wanted that was included in the subscription.
Posted : 04/09/2018 8:03 pm
Amazon prime is a bit of a mess and the layout does it no favours. Sneaky Pete has been one of the best things on there.
No comparison to Netflix's best stuff though.
Better Call Saul S4 is fantastic yet again.
Posted : 04/09/2018 9:21 pm
I'll confess that I don't have the usial taste in stuff but Prime has -
American gods
Preacher
Seinfield
Xfiles
Vikings
Lucifer
All or nothing
Unreal
Mr Robot
Plus it has been putting up a lot of film noir and old school sci-fi so I've been a very happy bunny
Posted : 04/09/2018 10:24 pm
I'll give you American Gods: However Netflix also has the X-Files. The only thing I regularly watch on Prime is Parks and Rec.
Posted : 04/09/2018 10:28 pm
However Netflix also has the X-Files
UK Netflix? Just looked and it's deffo not there
Posted : 04/09/2018 11:08 pm
Oh, must just be Canadian Netflix then.
Posted : 05/09/2018 12:43 am
Looking forward the film Hold The Dark - from today.
http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/60722/netflix-hold-the-dark-review
Really enjoying BCS S4. Fabulous, unshowy and unpredictable.
Posted : 28/09/2018 12:28 pm
However Netflix also has the X-Files
UK Netflix? Just looked and it’s deffo not there
It was earlier in the year.
Posted : 28/09/2018 12:35 pm
Last season of House of Cards soon...
Posted : 28/09/2018 12:41 pm
Looking forward the film Hold The Dark – from today.
Yes, I liked the look of this. Will be watching it this weekend.
Posted : 28/09/2018 12:46 pm
Yep, the notification for Hold The Darkdropped into my inbox today. I thought I recognised the name of the director, Saulnier so IMDB’d him. And yep, he directed Blue Ruin a few years back which was one of the best revenge genre films I’ve seen. I’d thoroughly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:07 pm
Hold The Dark
Just watched the trailer at work (no sound), have no idea what its about but will definitely be watching it this weekend. I'm a sucker for anything wilderness based.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:10 pm
Blue Ruin was fantastic - shot on a mega low budget. And his follow up Green Room was very tense too.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:12 pm
Just watched the trailer at work (no sound), have no idea what its about but will definitely be watching it this weekend. I’m a sucker for anything wilderness based.
Okay so have you seen 'Wind River' on Netflix?
It's excellent. Scripted by Taylor Sheridan of Hell or High Water / Sicario . Set in Wyoming, which was great for me as I visited that area last year.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:13 pm
Wind River was very good indeed. The ending was nuts. 😀
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:26 pm
Black Mirror
I watched the first episode, thought, this is a bit weird, it might take me a few episodes to get into this... Then realised the 2nd episode is an entirely new story? Does it all get tied together, or is it just random? I opted out based on the latter.
Watched the Sinner instead, which is really good and not a big investment in time.
Narcos is pretty good.
Mr Robot if you like techy stuff, although the second season drags. Picks up a bit in the 3rd.
Really enjoyed Stranger Things, but not been too fussed about watching the 2nd series.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:29 pm
Wind River was very good indeed. The ending was nuts
yeah - i didn't have a clue where it was going. Comes out of nowhere.
Posted : 28/09/2018 1:40 pm
Black Mirror is basically a modern "Tales of the Unexpected" or "Outer Limits". Each episode is a self-contained story with different characters, times and locations, the only connection between them is that the overall theme is about the potential for misuse of technology.
My current Netflix recommendation is Big Mouth, I only discovered it recently and it's made me laugh a lot.
Posted : 28/09/2018 2:25 pm
Finished watching “Maniac” last night. Enjoyed the performance of the main characters (Jonah Hill a more nuanced Ben Stiller) and the Eighties-evoking sets, but ultimately feel a bit short-changed by the ending. I’ll try to focus on the consolation of it not meandering on like “Lost”, and would still recommend it.
Posted : 28/09/2018 3:01 pm
My current Netflix recommendation is Big Mouth, I only discovered it recently and it’s made me laugh a lot.
Second season is due for release in a few days.
Posted : 28/09/2018 4:07 pm
Just tried to watch Hold The Dark, turned it off after an hour....
Posted : 28/09/2018 10:57 pm
Maniac
Posted : 29/09/2018 8:27 am
Ken Burns 18 part documentary on the Vietnam War is a riveting watch. Possibly the best documentary series I have ever seen.
Posted : 29/09/2018 10:06 am
Norsemen series 2 has just appeared yah!!! 🤗
Posted : 29/09/2018 12:38 pm
Goliath on Prime was very enjoyable. Also The Looming Tower. And American Gods as mentionened.
On Netflix...
Just finished season 4 of Gotham and it was superb. The darkness has moved up a good few notches and the style and production is excellent.
Mindhunter was also a highlight this year. Again really nicely produced and shot.
For something a bit different then the Barkley Marathons was a great watch too.
Posted : 29/09/2018 1:03 pm
I’ll second Mind Hunter and Wind River. The former is very atmospheric, the latter a beautifully shot film with a great plot.
Posted : 29/09/2018 1:18 pm
Black Mirror is brilliant, also loved Final Space.
Amazon is absolutely dire, I pay for Prime and don't even bother with it.
Posted : 29/09/2018 3:04 pm
bookmarking
Posted : 29/09/2018 3:35 pm
Just tried to watch Hold The Dark, turned it off after an hour….
I watched it, thought it was decent but not quite what I was expecting it to be.
Posted : 29/09/2018 4:29 pm
Amazon is absolutely dire, I pay for Prime and don’t even bother with it.
I had a trial of Amazon Prime. I couldn't find a single thing on there that I wanted to watch which didn't want more money from me, even like 15-year old TV shows.
Posted : 29/09/2018 4:46 pm
Netflix and Prime - Prime mainly for postage but I do get it cheap.
Netflix for series - enjoying Saul and Maniac at the minute.
Posted : 29/09/2018 5:12 pm
Some shows I have found worth watching on Prime so far - Sneaky Pete, Goliath, Jack Ryan, Bosch
Posted : 29/09/2018 5:17 pm
I had a trial of Amazon Prime. I couldn’t find a single thing on there that I wanted to watch which didn’t want more money from me, even like 15-year old TV shows.
Yup it use to be terrible. Now it’s pretty good some great TV shows on there and some good movie. Netflix use to be utter crap too but now is pretty good.
Posted : 29/09/2018 7:06 pm
Black Sails and Vikings are worth the Prime subscription
Posted : 29/09/2018 7:42 pm
Not Netflix, but if anyone fancies a bit of Australian Noir, I’ve just noticed that Mystery Road is on iPlayer. It’s really very good.
Posted : 30/09/2018 1:09 am
Norsemen - Monty Python meets the Detectorists?
Posted : 30/09/2018 1:32 am
Watched Wind River and Hold the Dark during a weekend bout of sickness. Good stuff - brutal and dark, bit of revenge too.
Posted : 02/10/2018 9:25 pm
Enjoyed Hold the Dark.
Going to watch The Apostle tonight - directed by Gareth Evans of The Raid. Looks Wickerman / Red State like.
Also Paul Greengrass' 22 July (based on the 2011 Norway mass killings). This is a Netflix/cinema dual release. Greengrass' has done some great work such as United93 / Captain Phillips.
Posted : 13/10/2018 7:58 pm
I've watched Quincy (the biopic of Quincy Jones not the TV sleuth) this week.
Recommended if you have an interest in good music, the length and breadth of his career is absolutely stunning and he's a very wise and very funny guy.
Was hoping for more of the gossip he's been spilling in recent years, but it's a great watch anyway.
Posted : 13/10/2018 8:12 pm
Watched Apostle last night.....great..like a proper video nasty from the 80s. Best gory horror I have seen for a while.
Any watched the haunting of hill house yet?
Posted : 13/10/2018 8:36 pm
3 eps into Hill house , usual cliched haunted house stuff that gives you the jeebers & at least 2 very pretty Ladies. Adding to that it seems pretty descent so far.
Posted : 13/10/2018 11:43 pm
I’m favouring Prime more than Netflix at the moment.
I’ve only just discovered the American version of The Office. It’s on Prime and I’m very late to the party but my word, it’s one of the funniest and cringiest things I have ever watched. Superb.
Also on Amazon - Transparent. Might have mentioned it earlier in the thread but very good family drama about a patriarch who goes trans, but in reality it’s not really about him. Great characterisation.
Over on Netflix, just watched ‘Wonder’ - sweet and moving, probably more so if you have kids. I noticed there is a new series of Norsemen available - looking forward to that, cos it’s bloody funny.
The new series of Ozark is moving nicely as well.
Posted : 14/10/2018 12:14 am
Oh, sorry - just realised this is a thread for Netflix, not Amazon 😄
Posted : 14/10/2018 12:16 am
Its's Singletrack who cares?
My recommendation? The Cannondale Trigger 29.
Or Stranger Things. Especially the Honest Trailers for both, just for Winona Face
Posted : 14/10/2018 12:28 am
same here. slow paced with a few jumps. I'll give it another couple of episodes
Posted : 21/10/2018 10:21 pm
3 eps into Hill house , usual cliched haunted house stuff that gives you the jeebers & at least 2 very pretty Ladies. Adding to that it seems pretty descent so far.
same here. slow paced with a few jumps. I’ll give it another couple of episodes
Posted : 21/10/2018 10:21 pm
Sinner S2 (Nov 9) and House of Cards final season beginning of Nov.
Posted : 21/10/2018 10:43 pm
Norsemen series 2 is now up, brilliant!!!
Posted : 22/10/2018 8:46 am
Sacrifice is ace - but then, everything Derren Brown does is full of wow.
Posted : 22/10/2018 9:12 am
Valley Uprising was a really enjoyable documentary covering climbing in Yosemite.
Posted : 22/10/2018 9:30 am
Just started Dirk Gently on Netflix, whole lot of Wtf and Dirk is annoying in the way only a Douglas Adams character could be. I reckon it'll be a good one.
On Prime I battered through Mr Robot and enjoyed it, The Man in the High Castle is supposed to be worth watching too.
Both platforms are all about the TV, movies are mostly so-so.
Posted : 22/10/2018 9:40 am