I'm enjoying lots of British shows too. Definitely my favourite recently is People Just Do Nothing. It is incredibly funny and is a cross between The Office/Spinal Tap with the subjects of the being pirate radio djs.
Everydaynormalguy wrote:
I'm an American, but I've been discovering fantastic shows from over the pond.
Check out White Gold, Toast of London, and Still Game if you like comedies.
I recently watched The Crown on Netflix and found it to be very interesting, particularly from a historical perspective, having not lived through any of the events. The acting isn’t superb too.
*is superb
The CW wrote:
I recently watched The Crown on Netflix and found it to be very interesting, particularly from a historical perspective, having not lived through any of the events. The acting isn’t superb too.
If you liked The Crown you would probably like The Hollow Crown. The later is the original Game of Thrones and is based on several of Shakespeare's plays.
E[Episode]1 Richard II, E2 Henry IV part 1, E3 Henry IV part 2, E4 Henry V, E5 Henry VI part 1, E6 Henry VI part 2, E7 Richard III.
The entire series is over 14 hours long.
kibitzer wrote:
Any other recommendations of movies or TV, whether on Netflix or not? And thanks again for all the previous suggestions!
Have you watched The Sopranos? HBO Now. I hadn't seen it, but just watched it recently. That's some amazingly good TV. The writing is just awesome. The cast are exceptional. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Just watched a Seven Seconds. Reminded me a lot of The Killing, but not nearly so good. Give it a B-.
I liked Tambourine, Chris Rock's special. Not as great as Bigger and Blacker, but that seems to be the norm for comics.
wtfunny wrote:
kibitzer wrote:
Any other recommendations of movies or TV, whether on Netflix or not? And thanks again for all the previous suggestions!
Have you watched The Sopranos? HBO Now. I hadn't seen it, but just watched it recently. That's some amazingly good TV. The writing is just awesome. The cast are exceptional. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Just watched a Seven Seconds. Reminded me a lot of The Killing, but not nearly so good. Give it a B-.
I liked Tambourine, Chris Rock's special. Not as great as Bigger and Blacker, but that seems to be the norm for comics.
The only thing I hated about The Sopranos was all the scenes centered around eating at the table. Tony would always push his food around the plate with his fork but never actually ate any of it. It annoyed me way more than it should have. Like take a bite already god dammit.
asdfasdf wrote:
The only thing I hated about The Sopranos was all the scenes centered around eating at the table. Tony would always push his food around the plate with his fork but never actually ate any of it. It annoyed me way more than it should have. Like take a bite already god dammit.
I know. And some of the scenes where they shot people ... turns out they fired blanks and the actors just fell down intentionally. Didn't even die at all.
Driving down the street? Turns out they were PRETENDING to drive and the "moving backgrounds" were CG.
The food thing was such a huge part of the show. I thought they did it wonderfully.
AJ's "So what, no f**king ziti now?" was classic.
Started watching "Electric Dreams"--had anybody recommended it? Seems pretty goo--and "Deadwood."
Am likely to DNF on "World War II in Colour"--not color footage from that war, but (badly) *colorized* film. The narrator's soothing tones doesn't really make up for the visual deficiencies.
"...seems pretty good..."
Nerts.
Watching "Stop Making Sense" on Netflix. One of the very best concert movies I've ever seen, and there've been some great ones.
It's from 1984--amazed at how well it holds up.
I was never a big TH fan, but this is great!
As usual, thanks for suggestions!
I recently re-viewed "L.A. Confidential." Somehow it doesn't make the current list of one hundred best movies on Netflix--I think it's brilliant.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-100-best-movies-on-netflix-january-2018.html?a=1
Anyway, in addition to the Amazon Prime that one of my daughters was treating us to, she's added (at least for a little while) Hulu and HBO.
So any recommendations of movies on those channels or others, or even currently in theaters?
Any TV shows that you recommend?
Much obliged for tips!
Back again. Just finished the first two seasons of "The Fall." A look at the reviews suggested that was enough. Anyway, I thought the first season was great and enjoyed the second as well, though it seemed a bit farfetched at times.
I never watched "The X Files" so I was unfamiliar with Gillian Anderson's work. Thought she did well in this.
Any recommendations of current films/series, whether on Netflix or not, that you're enjoying?
kibitzer wrote:
Back again. Just finished the first two seasons of "The Fall." A look at the reviews suggested that was enough. Anyway, I thought the first season was great and enjoyed the second as well, though it seemed a bit farfetched at times.
I never watched "The X Files" so I was unfamiliar with Gillian Anderson's work. Thought she did well in this.
Any recommendations of current films/series, whether on Netflix or not, that you're enjoying?
Halt and Catch Fire
Friends from College was cancelled before we had even heard of it and they only have two seasons of 8 episodes each and we're through 14 episodes. It is very funny at times, depressing quite a bit, but always very well-written, in fact, best written show I have seen in a long time. Keegan Michael Key is the star.
Thanks for suggestions!
What about this series Goliath with Billy Bob Thornton? I think it's on Amazon Prime.
Any feedback?
kibitzer wrote:
Anyway, in addition to the Amazon Prime that one of my daughters was treating us to, she's added (at least for a little while) Hulu and HBO.
So any recommendations of movies on those channels or others, or even currently in theaters?
Any TV shows that you recommend?
Much obliged for tips!
You can use a site like justwatch.com to browse through your Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and HBO subscriptions at the same time. They have all the information what's on which platform right now and you can filter for genres, ratings etc.
I've probably posted this before but I just finished watching Altered Carbon for like the third time, what an amazing show.
movienerd wrote:
You can use a site like justwatch.com . . .
Yeah, I do use one or two of those, but I've also found recommendations (and pans) from LRCers to be very helpful.
A different medium, but a few years back someone on this board recommended that I read U.S. Grant's "Memoirs"--one of the great reads of my last decade.