Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

I watched The Hustler a while ago. That might squeak through Morbs' approval process

I dedicate hours daily to watching shitty films by a "master filmmaker", no approval from the Doctor, only contempt.

"I stopped watching You're the Worst after the part where the leads bonded over hating Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

okay, these people are officially my new best friends and i have to see this now.

I watched the pilot of Mad Dogs last year. It had a strong Entourage vibe iirc?

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, February 22, 2016 3:13 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, not even remotely, you saw something else

Watched 1st episode of Love. A bit Apatow by numbers and kinda hated the charachters. Will prob watch another episode to see where it goes tho

Been meaning to watch Force Majeure. ILX snob haterade turned me off a bit but i should know better

bonkers, Force Majeure is totally amazing. I remember a bunch of ilxors digging it.

Maybe he means haterade on his part for ILX snobs. I loved it!

Love was more interesting than I assumed it'd be, though it def suffers from a few stale Apatow-isms here and there (esp the groaningly lampshaded "wise black friend" character, ooof)

Force Majeure placed in last year's ILX Film Poll.

Speaking of...

Ok, 5 episodes into Love, the awkward roommate date one, and this is great, I identify with both these characters. It seems much more genuine than yr standard Apatow schtick.

Yeah finished this now and I thought it was great. Apatow should stop casting his children though.

okay, maybe i'll give Love another chance. that first episode really turned me off.

Force Majeure still on Netflix by the way for anyone who hasn't seen it.

You could watch Gaspar Noe's Love instead hah.

Kinda amusing that both those popped up (literally in Noe's films case) on Netflix at the same time.

Watched the first episode last night. Those four frisbee people are all standing together in every scene/shot, after-school special style. Terrible. I think I have whiplash from first ten minutes when female lead said "okay whatever but you can't spend the night" to OTT sobbing when he dumps her.

Also that guy, oof.

consensus seems to be that the 1st ep is not good, gets much better after that

Okay Scott you go ahead in. I'll wait here! /runs

yup, pilot bad, hits its stride at ep4 and soars from there. am up to episode 8. it is surprisingly... sad? in places. gillian jacobs is great, it has more depth than i expected.

Scott, you're the worst is great. i don't think i can handle anything more than the first ep of love

Only recently binged first season of You're the Worst. It's fantastic.

second season improves exponentially

I can only hope! Only first season is on Hulu and I am tempted to grab season 2 elsewhere if it doesn't show up soon.

season two explores depression and what it's really like and it comes closer to an accurate representation of that particular beast than i've seen anywhere else on teevee

The bit in season one where they visit Aya Cash's character's apartment and it's a mess made me relate

okay i'll watch you're the worst. sometimes it's hard to know which bad people acting badly shows to watch.

i'm also SOOOOO gonna watch this when it hits hulu. jesse pinkman back on the attack! looks cool to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJGX50Pt4s

yeah scott, c'mon The Shop Around The Corner is klassik, incl delivery boy's last scene w/ Frank Morgan. It's set in Budapest Hollywood (but the signage is in Hungarian!)

China Seas is essential for Jean Harlow as much as Gable.

sometimes it's hard to know which bad people acting badly shows to watch.

I watched Exhibition. Some pretty cinematography, but overall I thought it was kind of boring. It slowly comes to life, but I think getting there just takes too long.

I know I'm super late to the party and this will mostly be preaching to the converted, but I'm really loving the 30 For 30 series. But I should note that I'm someone who, historically speaking, basically knows next to nothing about sports, doesn't follow sports at all, doesn't particularly enjoy watching or participating in sports, and feels more than a little put-out by the oppressive omnipresence of sports culture in the US. These films are just that good, and they're actually really effective as ethnographies inasmuch as I'm starting to understand how people become so passionate about sports. I get wrapped up! And I've been brought to tears more than a few times (Bo Kimble's left-handed free throw in the Hank Gathers story was too much). Highly recommended, whether you give a shit about sports or not.

i can definitely see someone not loving Exhibition. i don't really know why i loved it so much but i really did.

the 30 for 30 things are really good. and, yeah, even if you don't like sports.

I binged all of Love this weekend, I really liked it. Gillian Jacobs is so good

She is great in it, isn't she?

so good

Really enjoying it- unexpectedly.

a pal asked me what I've seen on netflix that's good recently and I put together a list. here is the list in case anyone's looking for something that someone thinks was good recently: Love (the twee one not the jizz one), A Picture of You, The Overnight, Fish Tank, Puppylove, Doomsdays, Starlet, Results, Detectorists, Shenandoah, Oka!, In a World, Zero Motivation.

Netflix needs a larry bird documentary

LOlz i'm watching Love again cuz you guys talked me into it and thru the whole first episode i keep thinking wow that actress looks SO much like Britta! i'm kinda slow. really not used to seeing her in anything else.

no one should ever make a Lou Barlow biopic, but if they do they oughta cast Gus

okay that penthouse forum sister thing was really dumb but i will keep watching cuz i do love britta to death. even if i don't immediately recognize her.

Finding Vivian Maier was really great

i enjoyed the vivian doc too. made me want to see the thousands of pictures she took on her worldwide vacation.

also couldn't help but think that she was hiding from someone who had hurt her! which would explain all the fake names she gave people. like she was afraid someone was going to get her. they didn't really delve into that other than the speculate that she had suffered trauma in the past.

also would explain why she didn't want to become known through her photography and it was definitely established that SHE knew she was good and doing good work.

Started "you're the worst" and while its laugh out loud funnier than "love" I don't think it's actually as good

second season of you're the worst really takes it to the next level

but then I have no interest in watching love

oh I see that same opinion was voiced by forks upthread

still need second season, thanks for the cosign

anyone else watch Casual on netflix?

oh I see that same opinion was voiced by forks upthread

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 1, 2016 7:14 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Shouldn't this make you rethink your position

Srsly I get the resistance but it's pretty much about inverting the dynamic of what you think it's about

Re: casual, I liked it at first but gave up at a certain pt bc despite good performances certain parts v much felt like "dudes writing women" in this very rings a false note sense