Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

"Piggly winks" just seems to be the cutest possible combination of syllables.

Watched 'The One I Love' tonight, really liked it. Mark Duplass was just okay but Elisabeth Moss was outstanding. Did a great job of ratcheting up the tension.

started watching Person Of Interest. so far so ridiculous. but i dig it. in a comic book way. whatshisface really does sound like he's auditioning for Batman.

― scott seward, Friday, September 4, 2015 5:32 AM (1 month ago)

haha i've been watching this now ... he totally does this Clint Eastwood as Batman thing with his voice ... otm.

thanks for that recommendation, James!

Beasts Of No Nation is alright, quite moving at times and some brilliant young actors in it. I felt like it could have been more powerful if it was a bit more historically specific. Elba's performance was charismatic enough but I didn't find his character one iota convincing. Abraham Attah on the other hand, this kid was brilliant.

Watched Your Sister's Sister last night - Mark Duplass is just meh everyman as usual but Rosemarie DeWitt and Emily Blunt are quite good.

I still don't understand Mark Duplass is.. a thing

I want to like him, he used to be funny on The League and his WTF/Maron interview pointed to him having good intentions as a writer/director/performer, but he's terribly limited.

For sure, just goes as a sort of wide-eyed dude. Gotta imagine he's different in "Creep," though.

Love him on Mindy and that movie e Elizabeth Moss.

pretty much the same guy in that movie and Your Sister's Sister (and from what I gather most of his own films)

turns out that mumblecore-y (Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton, etc.) stuff is right up my alley when it looks half decent.

last week, i really enjoyed the 'bloodline' series.

anyone know if it has been signed up for a second season ?

i think he's great in togetherness xp

Have watched 4 lynn shelton movies in the last 2 weeks. Shes really good!

xxp from what i hear yes. still need to get around to Bloodline myself, was a huge fan of Damages

not a netflix rec, but amazon prime if you have it: 'catastrophe'. so so hilarious that i ended up buying sharon hogan's other show, 'pulling', which is also amazing.

so i'm back on this ish because now i switch/choose from all the different stuff that is on all 22 countries, which basically is just about everything.

the only bad thing is the japanese shows don't have subtitles, but it's still enjoyable

have you guys watched Scrotal Recall? i watched one episode. not bad as far as brits behaving badly shows go.

the duplass brothers suck real bad.

yeah

i ctrl+f'd hola and i'm pretty surprised i couldn't find any talk of it

anyway the hola extension can get you access to every country's netflix content. that's my rec!

on amazon prime, i recommend 'nameless gangster', which is a really good Korean gangster flick and has a great central performance by choi min-sik.

(Catastrophe about to start series 2 this week)

(Proper TV though, not Netflix)

curious as to when that's on Amazon... hopefully not after the full brit run

xpost Huh. Is that the first show to make the jump from original programming on a streaming service to TV proper?

Oh, wait. I didn't realize it was already an actual TV show on actual TV.

both seasons are on amazon but only the first is prime. i loved it so much that i paid for season 2.

it's the kind of thing i totally wouldn't look twice at, since i'm not really into sitcom episode formatting and it also didn't sound all that interesting, but we were looking for an easy show to watch and just happened upon it bc amazon was doing those big banner ads.

the only show i've watched that literally makes me lol multiple times is broad city.

is 'love soup' available anywhere? slightly high-concept romcom thing. series one was particularly groundbreaking - hour long episodes... some people might like it...

(one of the freeview channels is trailing a rerun and a quick search just finds me gushing about it)

Carastrophe is so good

I think Netflix's Alias Jessica Jones and the Amazon Man In The High Castle are both releasing the same day, the week before Thanksgiving. Hurray for a reason to avoid family.

finally watching black books. thanks, netflix!

also which of these t.v. shows are good to watch:

last tango in halifax

laid

midsomer murders

still game

top boy

utopia

crikey, 16 seasons of midsomer murders.

that's a lot of murders

have heard great things about still game.

i finished season 2 of The 100 last night. i'm probably the only one here who likes it. the heart wants what the heart wants. is clarke from the 100 a big deal in Australia? Neighbours is a huge deal there, right? i've heard of it and it's an australian soap opera so it must be pretty huge.

You're not the only one, I love it too. Working my way through season 2. I like it because it just a mash up of the best elements of Lost/BSG/Earth 2, even some of the actors. Solid acting, badass female characters, interesting twists. I hope it has a good run.

it got picked up for a 3rd season.

That Aziz Ansari show is likeable but oh my god there are no jokes, no funny lines. It's like a sitcom with no "hilarious consequences". Like, the vetting procedure on Netflix and Amazon productions seems really lax.

That actually sounds like something I feel like watching right now

That's actually both a good descriptor and not a negative as far as I was concerned. I like but don't love Aziz, and don't know his standup at all. Anyway this has a bit more depth than I was expecting.

It was more of a dramedy? I didn't think the lack of punchlines seemed out of place at all.

The Man in the High Castle - we have a thread on this or just thoughts? I enjoyed it, but kind of ran out of episodes when I wanted more.

i was wondering why we didn't have a thread, wanted to start one last week

anyway, yeah, i liked it too but agree that it stopped just as the hook was really getting set for me

thought the production value was very impressive

ppl in our imagined alternate realities, imagining us over here

speaking of sundance, anyone watch the Red Road series? Lisa Bonet! Tom Sizemore!

― scott seward, Monday, March 23, 2015 2:20 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did you watch this, Scott?

This is a HUGE sleeper. The plotting is increasingly complex but it's so tightly written that you don't realize how much info is coming on board. I started inhaling episodes before realizing the two seasons are only six episodes ea. Maybe it'll take a nosedive (I have four episodes to go) but for me this is easily up there with the consensus "best" cable dramas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huu_dLA5hGk&index=78&list=PLfJMfBbRvIsgmvEp9upKV-EK1v4gvq0Ir

The first few eps of Man in the High Castle have been interesing, definitely great production values and an engaging story, but it has plot hole that just feel massive. I almost have a hard time giving it my full attention because I spend so much time thinking about all the inconsistencies and things that are under-explained or just implausible about their alternate reality.