We watched Unforgivable with Sandra Bullock the other night - that was pretty good.
Funny, all this people having different tastes. I guess because our "forum fwends" aren't people we'd actually make friends with, we see more of it these days.
Bloke I work with, I'd never be friends with, keeps recommending me stuff and there's none of it I'd choose to watch. And with good reason - it's all awful! Latest is that James Nesbitt thing mentioned somewhere previously. I just know I'll hate it. And 'Don't Look Up' - seems to divide opinion and I have a good idea which side I'll be on. 😆
Just watched Eternals on Disney+, dear god that was an awful marvel movie, made pretty much no sense in the marvel universe and even less sense to be happening as part of it.
I had read it was going to be bad, so waited until it hit TV, but i thought it would have been better than it was, i heard similar with Shang Chi, but enjoyed that and it actually worked all round, this one is two and a half hours of pointlessness.
Just watched Eternals on Disney+, dear god that was an awful marvel movie, made pretty much no sense in the marvel universe and even less sense to be happening as part of it.
You are clearly not an 11-year old child. My research (with an admittedly very small sample size) indicates that it is the greatest movie every made if you are a child.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the live action 'Cowboy Bebop' at the moment.
As the above suggests, its a live action version of an Anime series, which I haven't seen.
Script is basic and a bit cheesy, I guess an attempt to retain the feel of a graphic novel / anime, but characters are great fun cartoon style characters. The soundtrack and photography however are both awesome. Some beautiful shots design to look like graphic novel panels but done equally as good, if not better as Sin City IMO.
Chewing gum for the mind with great aesthetic.
Going to watch Eternals tonight. Expectations are low however.
I love my SF but I'm upto episode 8 in The Silent Sea and I'm done with it.
I'm just finding it totally unengaging. Can't really pin it down to any one thing but I keep finding myself picking up my mobile to look on STW or whatever. I just don't do that during the series I like.
Guess its just not for me. Gutted, as I desperately need a meaty SF series to get into as all the ones I watch are coming to an end.😟
I've not followed this thread fully but having started Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon a week ago surprised not to have seen it on here. It has so much potential to be cheesy AF but is actually just perfect, constantly funny on several levels and absolutely hilarious at times
We watched Blackfish on Netflix last night, just browsing for any old guff and pressed play, thought it would just rubbish but a very interesting and exceptionally sad film about something which is really quite horrific and we had no knowledge of.
Going to watch Eternals tonight. Expectations are low however.
I use films like this as visual entertainment when I'm on the Turbo, something low brow that doesn't require concentration, has explode-y things, nice to look at and a plot so thin I don't have to think about it.
I watched about 20 mins of this guff, stopped my session (I never do this) and switched to something else....
I’ve not followed this thread fully but having started Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon a week ago surprised not to have seen it on here. It has so much potential to be cheesy AF but is actually just perfect, constantly funny on several levels and absolutely hilarious at time
gets her tits out n the first episode then you sit through three whole seasons waiting to see em again!
Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon
I was recommended this by someone IRL recently, you just reminded me to give it a go, ta.
I've bigged up Flemish trailer park drama (drugs/cops/robbers) Undercover on here before and season 3 is now on netflix. Looks like there won't be line-dancing in this one, fortunately. Undercover - an unqualified netflix recommendation.
+1 for Undercover (although the dubbing is a bit meh!)
^^^ you've got to do subtitles [for Netflix' very good Undercover]. And Flemish is about as comprehensible as Geordie crossed with deep Brummie anyway (okay so not remotely, hence subtitles) with a fair proportion in English anyway "cut out ze middle man" (literally 🙂 )
re. Undercover - I loved the first series but dropped out halfway through the second. Felt it didn't work so well without one of the key characters (no spoilers).
Did you see the prequel movie Ferry? That's v good.
Did you see the prequel movie Ferry? That’s v good.
Yep. He's a great character.
Know what you mean about s2 (and you probably dropped out before the line dancing...) Main protagonist becomes a lot more mortal compared to in s1. But we thought it worth staying with it and it does gather momentum. Only seen s3 e1 but it looks v good.
Marvelous Mrs Maisel is great - should be a 4th series along by the end of the month.
Netflix wize, we're rewatching Suits 10 years later and have nearly binged Downton since the start of Christmas having previously decided it wasn't for us. The move to middle age must have done something to us.
I do need to check out some of these - must make a note about Wayne
Just watched Eternals on Disney+, dear god that was an awful marvel movie, made pretty much no sense in the marvel universe and even less sense to be happening as part of it.
I didn't even last 10 mins of the eternals. It was like a hippy drama and dance teacher attempt at a super hero movie.
Another vote for Marvelous Mrs Maisel, really great.
I have Disney+, like a good Marvel, but have no interest in even trying Eternals.
Marvelous Mrs Maisel is great – should be a 4th series along by the end of the month.
Also of note in the near future for me anyway, The Boys S3, on Amazon, it's stupid and I love it.
Dollface S3 (I think in Feb, might have to sign back up to D+ for a bit).
After Life hasn't undergone a radical rework for series 3, you may or may not be pleased to know.
like a good Marvel
There are some good ones?
😀
Cobra Kai is best avoided
The new series of Afterlife is about to land on Netflix
Just finished binge watching it.
Brilliant as always. Anything that can have you grinning, laughing out loud and crying in the same episode gets a thumbs up for writing from me 😀
really looking forward to starting Afterlife later today.
at the moment we're binge watching Still Game. how did this pass us by when it first came out? never heard of it until recommendations on here but we love it. currently recommending it to all our friends.
What Revs said! Still wondering about that very final scene
What Revs said! Still wondering about that very final scene
This ⬆️
Maybe a separate thread for this so there's no spoilers?
Been binging on Hidden Assets on the iplayer app. RTE & Belgian show, pretty good
Watched Afterlife S3 in one evening. Over too soon.
We’re currently half way through Silent Sea and halfway through Archive 81.
Silent Sea, I’m finding OK, Archive 81 is spookily intriguing. I’m not normally into the supernatural genre, but this has me hooked.
Next stop - Undercover s3
New series of After Life is absolutely shite. Milked it for one season too many. Lost all the funny characters (the psychiatrist and the prozzy) and given their airtime to OTT unfunny stupid ones (Brian and James).
It was enjoyable when in the first series he stops moping about and sees the error of his ways toward the end. Then series 2 starts and he’s back to being miserable. Forgivable once but guess what, same old saccharine nonsense repeated in series 3. Boring. Even saying c**t a lot was boring.
Station Eleven. Set before and after a flu pandemic wipes out civilisation, but it’s not really about how the characters survive though - more about the survival of culture. Don’t think it’s streaming in the UK till early Feb though. Fantastic TV, but don’t expect the Walking Dead, etc.
Inside job.... you cannot go wrong with it
i've a dirty secret. i only started as my wife had it on but...its good! i'm just going to say it.
Cheer
i’ve a dirty secret. i only started as my wife had it on but…its good! i’m just going to say it.
Cheer
Season 1 was an unexpected first lockdown gem. Season 2 is definitely thrashing around for anything new to say, except for the thing.
3 episodes into season 2 and not bored of it yet, but I can see what you're saying.
New series of After Life is absolutely shite
Least you got the name right. Unlike most people 😛
Apologies not Netflix but if you have SKY there's The Alpinist that follows a solo climber. Plenty of vertigo inducing clips!
Apologies not Netflix but if you have SKY there’s The Alpinist that follows a solo climber. Plenty of vertigo inducing clips!
It's good, isn't it? Extraordinary climber who likes to do it unseen, just that bit different from the more "commercial" climbers. And yet there's still all this spectacular footage...
3 episodes into season 2 and not bored of it yet, but I can see what you’re saying
It's still decent enough and Episode 5 is fascinating but then as if by magic any possibility of systemic issues of safeguarding totally vanish. I strongly suspect any other approach would have had the Cheer organisation pull the plug on the whole thing.
I recommend Athlete A on Netflix for an insight into abusive training practices of young gymnasts coupled with safeguarding failures across the sport. I did find it a tough watch though.
Finished watching The Tourist , MrsBeanZ liked it, I thought it a bit meh.
Yellowjackets season 1 is over, gonna be a long wait for season 2, well set up by the first one though... Especially the final episode. A series that had everything: - murder! football! sex! lesbians! blackmail! freaky goings on in the forest!... loved it! (Sky Atlantic)
I'll be starting on the new Ozark tonight, can't wait
^ thanks for the reminder. Currently working through Peacemaker, which has a fun vibe, continuing that of “The Suicide Squad” film (no surprise, given the continuity of production).
Currently working through Peacemaker
Usually helpful to say which platform you're watching something on... I presume this is via torrents?
