Netflix Recommendations

[Js1 85,436]

8 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Leave the World Behind is quite good.  Great cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon.

Panic inducing watching it. Like a 2 hour long anxiety attack 

[austingirl 2,191]

32 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Panic inducing watching it. Like a 2 hour long anxiety attack 

Apocalypse Karen was great and the other cast wasn't too bad, either.

Spoiler

I loled at the last scene. The Friends references were killing me.

I loled at the last scene. The Friends references were killing me.

[Firemans4Horn 18,112]

10 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Leave the World Behind is quite good.  Great cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon.

I avoid Netflix movies like the plague but gave this one a chance because I love post-apocalyptic themes. It was terrible. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch. 

[atomheartbevo 89,735]

Okay didn’t see this coming.  Looks dorky but apparently Archie comics are huge in India.

About The Archies Movie (2023)

Set in the 1960s, a musical drama based on Archie Comics that finds Indian actors taking on the beloved characters. An experience bursting with youth, rebellion, friendships, first loves, and everything young adult.

 

[Billy Pilgrim 1,974]

On 12/8/2023 at 11:18 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

I avoid Netflix movies like the plague but gave this one a chance because I love post-apocalyptic themes. It was terrible. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch. 

100% agree with this. Moved so slow I fell asleep a couple of times. Felt like it wanted to be an M. Night Shyamalan movie but failed.

[semitired 82]

On 12/8/2023 at 11:18 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

I avoid Netflix movies like the plague but gave this one a chance because I love post-apocalyptic themes. It was terrible. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch. 

This....What a complete waste of 2plus hours. 

[pch 1,259]

On 12/8/2023 at 12:42 PM, 4th&Five said:

Leave the World Behind is quite good.  Great cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon.

All hat/no cattle describes the ending of this otherwise worth a watch movie. Cast was A+, story was intense at times, and I did stay for the last scene.  Should have had  "to be continued. . ." when it ended leaving too many outcomes unresolved.

[Red Five 40,868]

I enjoyed Leave the World Behind. But I also liked the book.

[RomaVicta 29,936]

On 12/5/2023 at 10:48 AM, Texzilla58 said:

Just overlook the plot holes and obvious stupidity.

Why would anyone want to do that?

[kingkoopa6 8,371]

On 11/21/2023 at 10:14 PM, Buzzrock said:

Episode 5 of Blue Eye Samurai is one of the best single episodes of a show (taken within context of the season) I’ve ever seen.

Yea. This shows awesome. And that episode was kick ass 

[LonghornSean 4,008]

On 12/6/2023 at 1:35 PM, zman13 said:

May December thoughts:  Very, very good film. Lead actor and actresses are really good. Story is very interesting. The film can inspire tenseness and awkwardness. Not a mainstream type of film. Expect to feel strange/weird while watching.

Very very weird feeling and watch. Was kind of struggling through it, and wondering where it’s going, but it won me over in act 3. Performances were great and I just love Natalie Portman, which helped my reception of the film.
 

The musical cues that come in are so out of place feeling and funny.

[austingirl 2,191]

8 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

Very very weird feeling and watch. Was kind of struggling through it, and wondering where it’s going, but it won me over in act 3. Performances were great and I just love Natalie Portman, which helped my reception of the film.
 

The musical cues that come in are so out of place feeling and funny.

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,515]

I thought Leave the World Behind was good. In 2+ hours they accomplished pretty much the same that some post-apocalyptic tv series takes 1 full season to accomplish. I could see this as the initial part of a world building franchise.

It's hard to believe that Netflix won't want to expand on this. Franchises are important to them.

[Js1 85,436]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I thought Leave the World Behind was good. In 2+ hours they accomplished pretty much the same that some post-apocalyptic tv series takes 1 full season to accomplish. I could see this as the initial part of a world building franchise.

It's hard to believe that Netflix won't want to expand on this. Franchises are important to them.

I thought it was good, but not great - which is a pretty good barometer for a Netflix original movie lately. 

Little preachy in the social commentary wrt race from the daughter.  But overall, it built a lot of suspense, it left open a lot of questions and it was generally very anxiety inducing with the cinematography and music (and I watched it very high in the dark, so that didn't help at all). 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,515]

31 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I thought it was good, but not great - which is a pretty good barometer for a Netflix original movie lately. 

Little preachy in the social commentary wrt race from the daughter.  But overall, it built a lot of suspense, it left open a lot of questions and it was generally very anxiety inducing with the cinematography and music (and I watched it very high in the dark, so that didn't help at all). 

The daughter was quick to assume that they were treated poorly due to their race but it's just a story with characters that have unknown backgrounds. Characters can be racist or incorrectly assumed to be so. Not a big deal either way.

Edited December 12, 2023 by Nice Guy Eddie

[utxmike05 1,828]

On 12/8/2023 at 12:42 PM, 4th&Five said:

Leave the World Behind is quite good.  Great cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon.

We enjoyed it, but halfway we knew we were headed for that open "what/if, who knows?" ending.

I had not heard of the book.  The cast attracted us to it.  

Later googled that the Obamas' production company was behind it and had some "notes" for the director.  Interesting...

[utxmike05 1,828]

Lately Netflix has sucked.  Nothing but "releases" of old ass movies I already own or have seen on other apps already.

I binged Squid games...and now I am empty.  For the most expensive app I have it needs to step it up.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4,773]

39 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I thought it was good, but not great - which is a pretty good barometer for a Netflix original movie lately. 

Little preachy in the social commentary wrt race from the daughter.  But overall, it built a lot of suspense, it left open a lot of questions and it was generally very anxiety inducing with the cinematography and music (and I watched it very high in the dark, so that didn't help at all). 

Myha'la Herrold continues her streak of playing incredibly annoying characters.

This was a silly movie, but perfect for a Tuesday night and a 10mg gummy after the kids go to sleep. 

[Speedtrucker 2,071]

Leave the world behind.

Interesting story. Didn’t care for the ending, my wife was super pissed at the ending… she did not like the little girl, lol.

The social commentary was amusing, the youthful black girl consistently playing the race themes, the older Karen playing the “hear me, let me speak to the manager” motif. It was fine.

I will say what irritated me more than anything was no one dressing appropriately for the situations… I kept saying “flip flops?!? Wtf! A sun dress and sandals?!? Dress shoes and slacks?!?”

My wife bitches at me hoarding(I don’t) supplies and first aid gear and shit but then watches this movie and says we need lifestraws!!! (No shit, that’s why I buy a box of them every few years when I have leftover FSA $…)

Oh and the self-driving cars was something I had bitched/wondered about, as well as On* kill switches in a massive cyber attack. That was a pretty freaky part.

[MissingInAction 25,110]

3 hours ago, utxmike05 said:

Lately Netflix has sucked.  Nothing but "releases" of old ass movies I already own or have seen on other apps already.

I binged Squid games...and now I am empty.  For the most expensive app I have it needs to step it up.

Switch out for paramount plus or hbomax for a couple months then come back. That's what I do once I've seen everything that doesn't suck.

[Gil Bang 25,978]

On 12/8/2023 at 9:18 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

I avoid Netflix movies like the plague but gave this one a chance because I love post-apocalyptic themes. It was terrible. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch. 

It was a steaming pile of shit.  I only continued watching because the GF promised to blow me when it was over.  

[ChickenSandwich 9,843]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

It was a steaming pile of shit.  I only continued watching because the GF promised to blow me when it was over.  

This, we made it 30 mins before giving up.

[nycHorn 3,037]

Leave the World Behind: interesting story idea, felt like the movie was trying too hard with the excessive camera moves/effects, the music, and some of the story. Felt like a lesser version of Don’t Look Up.

[Sgt Hulk 13,791]

On 12/8/2023 at 10:42 AM, 4th&Five said:

Leave the World Behind is quite good.  Great cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon.

Im

1.5 hours in and I’m like meh.  I’m trying to love it.  I love this apocalyptic shit. But this isn’t moving the needle yet.   But it’s probably an Obama signal that bad shit is coming hahaha

Edited December 13, 2023 by Sgt Hulk

[bernorange 8,362]

On 12/8/2023 at 11:38 PM, atomheartbevo said:

Okay didn’t see this coming.  Looks dorky but apparently Archie comics are huge in India.

I had about 15 minutes free and decided to see what's what with this.  The intro was ridiculous but OK, I was willing to roll with it.  Then the movie actually starts and folks are talking and singing in the English-Indian equivalent of Spanglish.  Every other sentence switched language.  I could not handle it.  I did not make it 15 minutes in.

Edited December 13, 2023 by bernorange

[Elvis 3,371]

14 hours ago, nycHorn said:

Leave the World Behind: interesting story idea, felt like the movie was trying too hard with the excessive camera moves/effects, the music, and some of the story. Felt like a lesser version of Don’t Look Up.

There were so many things I disliked about this movie.

Spoiler

George "G.H."  can't communicate that he owns a house.

Julia Roberts is the worst.  

The dancing scene in the vinyl room.

The teeth thing nearly ended it for me.

Ethan Hawk is the dumbest beta on the planet.

Everyone is stupid, even the Baconator.

Why aren't they looting?  Why isn't everyone looting? (wherever they are).

 

[henrygandorf 29,192]

watched the julia roberts thing.  was it a great movie?  no.  but i was bored enough to watch it and it was marginally better than sleeping.

[utxmike05 1,828]

20 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Switch out for paramount plus or hbomax for a couple months then come back. That's what I do once I've seen everything that doesn't suck.

Good suggestion. I was going to maybe cancel Paramount but then realized I'm only paying like $5/mo.  Hbomax is a mainstay for my access to Curb episodes, but they are on a drought for new material also.

[Paper_jam 831]

On 12/5/2023 at 6:20 PM, Tylerocks said:

We started Obliterated last night.

It's fucking awful.  A few chuckles here and there, but the acting and writing is pretty bad.

The lead is hot and gets naked.

It's fucking dire. I only made it 20 minutes. Is this supposed to be a comedy? If so, it's not funny. And if it's supposed to be action-drama, it sucks at that too.

[Deej 76,839]

3 hours ago, utxmike05 said:

Good suggestion. I was going to maybe cancel Paramount but then realized I'm only paying like $5/mo.  Hbomax is a mainstay for my access to Curb episodes, but they are on a drought for new material also.

It may still be going, but last week I got 2 months of Paramount+ for $.99 a month.

Always check Amazon Prime Video before subscribing to a streaming platform. They run really good deals often. 

[Brandywine 1,316]

Probably already mentioned, but wife and I  watched In The Dark. We both enjoyed it but, woah, it was intense. Got to the point where we could only watch 2 episodes at a time and then take a break for a couple of days. Great acting. 

[Buzzrock 14,926]

Lately Netflix has sucked.  Nothing but "releases" of old ass movies I already own or have seen on other apps already.
I binged Squid games...and now I am empty.  For the most expensive app I have it needs to step it up.

Blue Eye Samurai

[burntorangebongos 10,747]

On 12/12/2023 at 12:32 PM, utxmike05 said:

Lately Netflix has sucked.  Nothing but "releases" of old ass movies I already own or have seen on other apps already.

I binged Squid games...and now I am empty.  For the most expensive app I have it needs to step it up.

Blue eye Samurai is worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.

[tbone_ 14,131]

It was a steaming pile of shit.  I only continued watching because the GF promised to blow me when it was over.  

You aren’t a very good negotiator. She blew me before it started.

[Gil Bang 25,978]

3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Blue Eye Samurai

a fucking cartoon? 

[A-Tex Devil 2,451]

On 12/11/2023 at 10:41 PM, LonghornSean said:

Very very weird feeling and watch. Was kind of struggling through it, and wondering where it’s going, but it won me over in act 3. Performances were great and I just love Natalie Portman, which helped my reception of the film.
 

The musical cues that come in are so out of place feeling and funny.

Well it is Todd Haynes.  

[kingkoopa6 8,371]

2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

a fucking cartoon? 

Its like John wick but as a Samurai.
 

pretty intense show. it’s rated R. Def not for kids.  

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by kingkoopa6

[Gil Bang 25,978]

11 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

John wick but a samurai 

it’s rated r. Def not for kids 

Listen motherfucker; there's exactly ONE cartoon in the history of ever suitable for adults

 

 

[austingirl 2,191]

29 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Listen motherfucker; there's exactly ONE cartoon in the history of ever suitable for adults

 

 

I beg your pardon, sir.

[bolverk 29,694]

27 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Listen motherfucker; there's exactly ONE cartoon in the history of ever suitable for adults

 

 

Never heard of Fritz the Cat?

Seriously, Blue Eye Samarai is some quality adult entertainment and not just for the sex scenes at the brothel.

 

[Js1 85,436]

10 hours ago, utxmike05 said:

Good suggestion. I was going to maybe cancel Paramount but then realized I'm only paying like $5/mo.  Hbomax is a mainstay for my access to Curb episodes, but they are on a drought for new material also.

Every so often, I “cancel” Paramount Plus bc they just offer you 2/3 months free to stick around 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

Yeah, watch Blue Eye Samurai. You'll have to make yourself pace it over a couple of days or so. Then cancel.

[bschoolprof 6,264]

I guess I'm in the small minority that liked Leave the World Behind.  I thought the ending was great.  You gotta have priorities when the world is ending.  

[Macanudo 12,990]

I did think the ending of Leave The World Behind was decent.   Disaster movies don't have to have "happy" endings.   

 

That being said, Elvis has a good list of what is wrong with the movie in general.   I wish Julia Roberts character was less of a hateful bitch.  

[utxmike05 1,828]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

I guess I'm in the small minority that liked Leave the World Behind.  I thought the ending was great.  You gotta have priorities when the world is ending.  

Spoiler

Lol agreed. The ending hit close to home.  I told my wife "maybe all those dvds I have are going to come in handy someday!"  Lately I have been griping about having way too many and not sure what to do with them...now I know!  Secret bunker.

 

[pch 1,259]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

I guess I'm in the small minority that liked Leave the World Behind.  I thought the ending was great.  You gotta have priorities when the world is ending.  

And that is true, except you would have to change the name of the movie and it would only be availiable on xhamster, pornhub, etc.

[Deej 76,839]

Watched the new Tom Wolfe documentary this morning. It was worth the watch. 

[Red Five 40,868]

19 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Listen motherfucker; there's exactly ONE cartoon in the history of ever suitable for adults

 

 

The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead.

[Deej 76,839]

Rocky and Bullwinkle

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,907]

On 12/5/2023 at 10:48 AM, Texzilla58 said:

It’s like the A Team with nekkid women (men too if that’s your thing) drugs fucking and blowing shit up. We’ve watched two or three eps so far. It’s a bit of overload to binge straight thru. Just overlook the plot holes and obvious stupidity.

For some reason I watched the whole fucking series of Obliterated  The writing and acting was pretty bad, but it did have some good looking chicks and plenty of T and A.  Also a lot of D and A, but I’m pretty sure they used a prosthetic dick for the scene where they tortured the guy by sticking some kind of drill up his dick hole.

Edited December 15, 2023 by NeverMarryAStripper