Seen all three. Free Solo is the heart stopper in terms of the action for me, his story is interesting and it will be facsinating to see where it goes.
Dawn Wall was simply epic because of the story. Caldwell comes across as an amazing bloke.
As said Valley Uprising is a good film and in many ways I wish I'd seen it first.
If you haven’t seen it already Valley Uprising is also very good
Excellent. Will check it out.
Valley Uprising is excellent (the secret crashed plane full of marijuana!)
John Long, above in VU days narrates Dawn Wall
Triple Frontier was watchable and entertaining, if forgettable and generic.
And did I mention Brooklyn Nine Nine season five is on there now? Toit!
Triple Frontier was watchable and entertaining, if forgettable and generic.
Aye,it was.
Shame they didn't put a bit more effort in to the story.
Yeah I liked how the plot didn't quite go where clichés would dictate, but it did feel a bit under-developed and broad strokes.
Awesome ST3 trailer. Great use of The Who - last seen in that Spike Lee film Summer of Sam.
Started on After Life last night, I was avoiding it because Derek made me cry more than once. Say what you like about Gervais, but he can write comedy.
Just finished Love Death + Robots. Really good a couple of them were a bit so so but most were decent. Loved the first one Sonnie's Edge.
Miami showband massacre. A must see for those that didn't know what was happening in the north between security forces and loyalists.
Love Death + Robots was surprisingly good even if the Alastair Reynolds stories were bit too condensed. Maybe someone could make his Merlin stories work on big screen.
Planning on watching The Dirt tonight. If you’ve read the book (and if you haven’t, you really should!) there are a few things spring to mind which you really wouldn’t want to put on film. Or be allowed too.
Drug-crazed debauchery taken to truly epic levels. Yay! 😃
Thanks to this thread I'm on After Life.
I'm not a big Gervais fan in general, but bloody hell, this is brilliant.
Yeah, Dawn Wall is an amazing doc. I need to watch more of that type of stuff.
I'll probably get slaughtered for this but I really enjoyed The Foreigner. It's a revenge movie between Jackie Chan and Gerry Adams (Pierce Brosnan) and if you can get the past the political mistakes it's a good romp.
I thought Hardy Bucks was great no it’s not cerebral but it’s very very funny. Give it a try after a couple of pints.
I’m not a big Gervais fan in general, but bloody hell, this is brilliant.
Does it get better after episode 1? Lots of swearing, Gervais being Gervais. Meh.
If anything I thought the dirt was a little too cheerful. Fine as a series of skits (you could see the Jeff Tremaine Jackass influence) but could have been an awesome mini series if they'd just followed the chapters of the book. Yes it was full of drugs / boobs / booze, but I dont think it got across just what di-k heads Motley Crue really were both to other people and themselves, how few **** were really given, and hence why they were SO big.
Loved the day in the life of Tommy Lee section, thought MGK was spot on in his portrayal of a hyper active wide eyed kid who somehow made it big. Good for a Friday night with the boys and beers movie, but should have been longer (and not screwed with the timeline quite so much).
dirt is on my list....not before guardians of the galaxy 2 though!
I'm only two episodes in but the second series of The OA is really bloody good.
Does it get better after episode 1? Lots of swearing, Gervais being Gervais. Meh.
I didn't make it to the end of E1. Not Gervais at his best.
Watched Triple Frontier last night, it was ok but seemed to be a hurried finish with quite few loose ends.
Enjoying season 1 of the O A
+1 for Dawn Wall
Gervais being Gervais
Never seen him doing a character like this before. Brilliant series, shame there's only 7 eps.
And the last one gets a bit
Watched the F1 doc series this week. Not been into F1 myself since the early 1990s but it was quite gripping (pun intended).
Dawn Wall was great. I have no interest in climbing, only watched it based on recommendations from this thread, but it's quite powerful. I vaguely recall the news when they got back from Kyrgyzstan, but hadn't linked him to this movie.
After Life was good. A few laughs, a few moments when the room got unexpectedly dusty... Gervais is a bit Marmite in terms of his comedy, but he certainly understands pathos. I enjoyed The Office, I still think the Tim and Dawn storyline is one of the greatest ever love stories! Second only to Ted and Ralph. After Life is no Derek though, that had me properly crying in places, and laughing through the tears.
Have just watched the first two episodes of The O A. Weird but intriguing, looking forward to seeing where it goes*.
Love, Death + Robots... Watched the first one, loved the visuals. Loved the story, too, except. Dunno. Second one was dull, only watched the first third then skipped it. Third one was visually stunning, the mix of photo-realism with anime highlights is really effective. Wondering if they used motion-capture, some of the movement is so life-like.
But why is the lead (female) essentially naked for most of it? It's a great storyline as it is, between that and the superb visuals there's more than enough entertainment. The nudity adds nothing to the whole thing (sweet baby Jeebus I'm sounding old here!). Don't get me wrong, I was a teenager in the late 90's, I put the nascent web to good use researching certain types of Japanese culture 🤫, but everyone's got to grow up at some point. Except the creators of Love, Death + Robots, apparently. Here's a chance to get something new into the mainstream. Proper thought-provoking, conversation-inducing stories, animation for grown-ups, sublime animation. And tits for no apparent reason. I'll probably watch the rest at some point but hopes are low at the moment.
*Hello to Jason Isaacs.
Watched Murder Mountain. Thought it was good.
WillH sed> And tits for no apparent reason. I’ll probably watch the rest at some point but hopes are low at the moment.
You're new to David Fincher?
Tried using Netflicks yesterday. Can anyone tell me a) how to generate a simple list of what titles are available? That random genre system is annoying. b) If there's no answer to my first question, how on a laptop to prevent the preview clips running on the menu page.
Ta.
Can anyone tell me a) how to generate a simple list of what titles are available?
If I could do that I'd probably be a millionaire.
Plenty of articles out there covering stuff worth watching on it though.
The Highwaymen
Just watched this, awesome film and stunning cinematography.
3 episodes into the oa,series 1 not sure whether to take it to the end of series 2 or not yet. Line of duty might get a run through as I liked it before. Difficult to commit to an on going series. I might have to stick with short movies. Triple frontier was watchable , but very rushed and story was not executed as well as it should have.
Madeleine mccann , only managed 3 episodes in, then just got bored with it.
how on a laptop to prevent the preview clips running on the menu page.
You can't
I sed > how on a laptop to prevent the preview clips running on the menu page.
and NickC sed > You can’t
And now I miss Blockbusters.
Watched The Highwaymen yesterday (Netflix must be the best invention to occupy an off-sick day!). Funny how Woody Harrelson has become a quality sign in films. He is brilliant in this too. As is !YES! Kevin Costner! So much better as an old geezer than an action hero. Top quality film. The real stuff at the end is fascinating too. Not sure it's quite up there with Warren & Faye's version, but def worth a watch.
I just watched The Highwaymen too. I thought it was solid, but not amazing. Yes, Costner does ok as a grumpy old man, guess it saves him from having to act.
2nd series of After Life has officially been confirmed. Be interesting to see where he takes it as it was wrapped up quite well.
The Highwayman was Ok I was left a bit disappointed as it just seemed be a loop of the same story sections but in a different location.
Trailer Perk Boys animated. Penis milkers!
Started watching Kingdom after it was recommended on here (I think). Pretty good so far although I keep wishing the prince and his bodyguard would take their hats off. Restricted vision, something extra to grab and a sweaty head are not good in a zombie infestation.
Just finished watching F is for a family which is worth a go and pretty funny at times. I especially like the mad, drug addicted neighbour and the dads catchphrase of “I’ll put you through the ****ing wall”
Watched Polar ladty week. Good if you like assassin films.
No it's not.
Yes it is. 😬
Kingdom is gripping and not short of extras. More realistic than most zombie films.
More realistic than most zombie films.
🤔
Don't know if it's been mentioned but give the Mist a wide berth. While I liked the film the series is very disappointing.
2nd series of After Life has officially been confirmed. Be interesting to see where he takes it as it was wrapped up quite well.
Agreed. Just finished it this week, great series but felt very complete as it was.
Did enjoy it, not just for the bold topic but the look and feel of it was very original too - like a stage play at times and edited very snappily so it never lagged.
A Very Secret Service
Very French very chic very funny
Really enjoying The OA. Watched the first series last week and a few episodes in to part 2 now. I think the characters are great and some nice cliff hangers. I am struggling a bit to keep the various threads in my head just now, but then that's not unusual for me!
Made the mistake of watching Alien Warfare last night, another film-for-Netflix special.
Kept wanting to turn it off but also wanted to see how badly it could actually turn out. "very" was the answer to that. Cliched, tired, sterotyped - gets "inspiration" from several monster / alien films (mostly the bad ones) but has no idea what to do with any of it.
Russian Doll is pretty good. I'm sure page 5 or 6 has that covered though
Really enjoying The OA
S02E04 is one of the most bonkers bit of TV I've ever seen, love it.
The walrus lemmings on our planet were pretty upsetting viewing
Made the mistake of watching Alien Warfare last night, another film-for-Netflix special.
Kept wanting to turn it off but also wanted to see how badly it could actually turn out. “very” was the answer to that. Cliched, tired, sterotyped – gets “inspiration” from several monster / alien films (mostly the bad ones) but has no idea what to do with any of it.
Sounds like I dodged a bullet there.
Just finished the Punisher.
I don't know what to do with my life now...
not netflix but started watching Animal Kingdom on Prime.
huge fan of the film! an all time favourite, so was keen to check this out - no idea how i only just heard about it!?
Im only a couple of eps in as yet but seems decent enough, i find so many american remakes impossible to watch but im invested in this for now. great turn from the young lad from Peaky Blinders who plays Josh, but some of the other brothers acting can be bit dodgy - im guessing one of them is british too, going off his weird american accent...
it may be a bit boring to some but just started watching 'the durrells' from scratch. love our greek islands, so its an easy watch and never seen them before. thatll be our viewing for the next few weeks til we've caught up.....
Any recommendations for decent indie-ish films that aren't all bleak and miserable?
Loved Wilderpeople but obviously not a lot will match that.
Or even underappreciated mainstream movies.
If you like Wilderpeople then What We Do In The Shadows is the obvious call.
If you like Wilderpeople then What We Do In The Shadows is the obvious call
It's good, but it ain't Wilderpeople
This got a good review in Empire mag, haven't got round to it yet-
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80200047
Have you seen What We Do In The Shadows? Same director as Wildepeople.
Recently finished Sex Education, which I thought would be rubbish, but was actually really good.
Also watched The Dirt, was entertaining enough for a couple of hours. I've read the book a few years ago so already knew the story /incidents.
Any recommendations for decent indie-ish films that aren’t all bleak and miserable?
I would say the Land of Steady habits - but it's a bit bleak and miserable but funny too.
Just finished season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery. Daft as a brush in places, but really enjoyable, and the finale was fantastic. Probably anathema to proper Trekkies, but who cares about them?
PSA The Wandering Earth comes to Netflix on 30th April. Chinese film based on the epic sifi book. The film has taken $700million at the box office World wide and looks great.....
I also loved the punisher!
Little J is loving Little Lunch at the moment & I have to confess it has made me laugh too.
( he’s 6.75 y/o!)
And after life is fantastic.
Watched episode one of The umbrella academy last night as was really enjoying it which surprised me alot as I really don't like marvel stuff or super hero genre although I do love Sci fi.
The Wandering Earth looks watchable - dubbed for us lot, which is fine by me. Big budget, bit OTT, but isn't every sci fi - done about 30 minutes of it, then the missus comes home...
Umbrella Academy is good - part way through myself.
Santa Clarita Diet - funny Zombie series - light entertainment..
The Siege of Jadotville - true story about a UN peacekeeping force made up of Irish Army soldiers sent to the Congo in 1961. Great war film.
Deadmou5 and Polar. Combo win.
Just finished season 2 of The OA.
Brilliant stuff, very brave and the only thing that comes vaguely close to Twin Peaks in terms of being out there but really well executed.
Brawl in cell block 99
Starts slow, turns v bloody
Is vince vaune really 6ft5?
Saw Brawl when it was on Sky, some surprisingly gruesome scenes and def worth a watch (the start is a bit boring).
I only managed about 45 mins of Wandering Earth and got bored, will give it another go soon I guess.
Also how have I not heard of Trailer Park Boys before? The preview clip was pretty funny and seeing it had been running for 12 seasons I thought I'd give it a shot. Halfway through season 2 at the moment and it's still making me laugh.
Halfway through Dead To Me at the moment and enjoying that.
S2 of the OA was utterly bonkers - I'll echo the above comment about parallels to Twin Peaks. I have to say I only just got through it, and to be honest, not sure I really understood it!
Counting down to S3 of Stranger Things 🙂
Have been enjoying Ozark recently bit am also fairly new to Netflix so will be reading back over this thread to see what I've missed.
to be honest, not sure I really understood it!
Like Twin Peaks, I think you have to relax and go with it a bit. Just take it all in and wait for the threads to come together.
The last episode was proper WTF stuff though, eh?