Movies/TV shows that don't suck on Netflix

[Deputy Wendell]

i'm pretty sure this has come up before, but i just watched The Highwaymen again, and i do dig it



as always, "official trailers" rarely do justice.

funny how "history" is working in these kinds of films. admittedly, i haven't seen it in a while, but i know the film Bonnie and Clyde (with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty) is sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde and casts them as fairly righteous class rebels



which of course, means representing Texas Ranger Frank Hamer as a kind of monster--which is not to say that he wasn't one. one way i remember they do this, is by not giving him many lines, or face shots (and if so, weird close-ups), and by focusing mainly on his killing. i could be a bit off here, since i have not seen the film in a while, but i feel like i remember it that way. this new Netflix version, focusing on Ranger Hamer (and his partner Maney Gault), reverses this--you only get bits and pieces of Bonnie and Clyde, and they're almost always when they're murdering someone.

anyway, i'd be curious about what other heads in here think about this. historically, i've always been sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde, because of the time and the circumstances of the time, but it is easy to overlook that they were fairly cold-blooded killers who did more than just defend themselves against the police...

[Pushing 4D]

Athena is a French film from 2022 on Netflix that has one of the craziest opening 10 minutes in recent memory.  Worth watching just for that shot.  An INTENSE movie.

[Atiba Applebum]

i'm pretty sure this has come up before, but i just watched The Highwaymen again, and i do dig it



as always, "official trailers" rarely do justice.

funny how "history" is working in these kinds of films. admittedly, i haven't seen it in a while, but i know the film Bonnie and Clyde (with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty) is sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde and casts them as fairly righteous class rebels



which of course, means representing Texas Ranger Frank Hamer as a kind of monster--which is not to say that he wasn't one. one way i remember they do this, is by not giving him many lines, or face shots (and if so, weird close-ups), and by focusing mainly on his killing. i could be a bit off here, since i have not seen the film in a while, but i feel like i remember it that way. this new Netflix version, focusing on Ranger Hamer (and his partner Maney Gault), reverses this--you only get bits and pieces of Bonnie and Clyde, and they're almost always when they're murdering someone.

anyway, i'd be curious about what other heads in here think about this. historically, i've always been sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde, because of the time and the circumstances of the time, but it is easy to overlook that they were fairly cold-blooded killers who did more than just defend themselves against the police...

Texas Rangers are usually creeps, idiots, and tools of the Texas establishment to disenfranchise non-whites and steal their land, but I do seem to remember in my research of them that Hamer was one of the better (almost good) ones.

[brycickle]

I'm not a big gamer and have never played "The Last of Us", but the first episode of the show was really good.

[Mean salto]

I'm not a big gamer and have never played "The Last of Us", but the first episode of the show was really good.

I'd agree and thought it was mostly ok. Prob much better if you haven't seen a ton of zombie stuff because it's well worn territory at this point. It's a weird time we're living in when video games that are based on a bunch of movies/tv then get made into movies/tv

[Atiba Applebum]

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I'm not a big gamer and have never played "The Last of Us", but the first episode of the show was really good.

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I'd agree and thought it was mostly ok. Prob much better if you haven't seen a ton of zombie stuff because it's well worn territory at this point. It's a weird time we're living in when video games that are based on a bunch of movies/tv then get made into movies/tv

It hasn’t jazzed me yet bc it’s pretty close to the game, but it gave me confidence in creative unlike say the Halo show where you knew that it was never going to get better than what they showed you in the pilot

[Deputy Wendell]

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i'm pretty sure this has come up before, but i just watched The Highwaymen again, and i do dig it



as always, "official trailers" rarely do justice.

funny how "history" is working in these kinds of films. admittedly, i haven't seen it in a while, but i know the film Bonnie and Clyde (with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty) is sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde and casts them as fairly righteous class rebels



which of course, means representing Texas Ranger Frank Hamer as a kind of monster--which is not to say that he wasn't one. one way i remember they do this, is by not giving him many lines, or face shots (and if so, weird close-ups), and by focusing mainly on his killing. i could be a bit off here, since i have not seen the film in a while, but i feel like i remember it that way. this new Netflix version, focusing on Ranger Hamer (and his partner Maney Gault), reverses this--you only get bits and pieces of Bonnie and Clyde, and they're almost always when they're murdering someone.

anyway, i'd be curious about what other heads in here think about this. historically, i've always been sympathetic to Bonnie and Clyde, because of the time and the circumstances of the time, but it is easy to overlook that they were fairly cold-blooded killers who did more than just defend themselves against the police...

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Texas Rangers are usually creeps, idiots, and tools of the Texas establishment to disenfranchise non-whites and steal their land, but I do seem to remember in my research of them that Hamer was one of the better (almost good) ones.

yeah, i've read mixed things on Hamer and the Ranger history is pretty well known. i'm also wondering about the timing, culturally--telling the story from a vantage point sympathetic to "law enforcement" in 2019 like this and how besides-the-point the class politics is for the most part in this new telling...

[Blind Fisherman]

I don’t know how the hell I missed it, but I Think You Should Leave is fucking incredible.

[Dark Knight]

I don’t know how the hell I missed it, but I Think You Should Leave is fucking incredible.

I enjoyed that flick

[Newphone]

Athena is a French film from 2022 on Netflix that has one of the craziest opening 10 minutes in recent memory.  Worth watching just for that shot.  An INTENSE movie.

Yeah that opener is amazing.

[funeral_tuxedo]

I don’t know how the hell I missed it, but I Think You Should Leave is fucking incredible.

best show
@Blind Fisherman I'm in a similar spot since I finally just got around to watching Silicon Valley last week.

Also, if anyone has got HBO and you have a hankering for some supernatural horror 30 Coins is a fun show. The aesthetic kind of bops around from well done horror to b movie horror to daytime soap opera to cinemax late night and then to the Matrix for some reason before going back to decent horror. Heavy Catholic vibes with Vatican conspiracies and gore aplenty.

[Atiba Applebum]

30 Coins has a Wild opening title sequence.   300 meets Jesus’s Crucifixion iirc

[funeral_tuxedo]

30 Coins has a Wild opening title sequence.   300 meets Jesus’s Crucifixion iirc

Definitely. Also, if you end up watching the series get ready for Paco (the mayor) to wear skin tight booty jeans and shake that sweet big thang while walking away from the camera.

[RCB3]

Ya'll keep posting stuff and getting me excited for new shows and movies and they're not even on Netflix. Roberto Bummin.

[Mean salto]

Ya'll keep posting stuff and getting me excited for new shows and movies and they're not even on Netflix. Roberto Bummin.

If we followed what the name of the thread was there'd only be about two posts a year

[Atiba Applebum]

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Ya'll keep posting stuff and getting me excited for new shows and movies and they're not even on Netflix. Roberto Bummin.

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If we followed what the name of the thread was there'd only be about two posts a year

 there’s also the problem of shows/movies being on different streaming services in different countries.  Not everything on Netflix in the states is there internationally and vice versa

[brycickle]

The name of the thread just needs to be changed.

[RCB3]

If only there was a thread titled something like "Last Good Movie I Saw," that didn't focus on a single platform...

[Mean salto]

^^Well yeah but that threads for movies and this one's mostly about series.

[Atiba Applebum]

^^Well yeah but that threads for movies and this one's mostly about series.

I like to assume that other thread is for new movies in theaters and this one is for whatever is on streaming, but that doesn’t usually seem to be the case

[matt_2993]

I don’t know how the hell I missed it, but I Think You Should Leave is fucking incredible.

Thanks for posting this enjoying the hell out of it right now. First scene includes hotdog humor? I'm fucking sold immediately

[Mean salto]

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I don’t know how the hell I missed it, but I Think You Should Leave is fucking incredible.

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Thanks for posting this enjoying the hell out of it right now. First scene includes hotdog humor? I'm fucking sold immediately

There's another show on Netflix called "the characters" where different people have an episode each of sketches and Tim has the second last episode (pretty sure going off memory). It's like a bonus episode of I think you should leave

[Mean salto]

Mystery road: origin
Pretty good. Little crime thriller thing set in outback Aus. Worth watching if you like mystery road and if you haven't seen mystery road but like crime thriller noiry type things I'd say it's worth it (altho look up the proper order as it alternates between movies and series)

[manysnakes]

Since there's a new full-length Christmas special out, we are re-watching "The Detectorists", which is honestly one of the best shows in decades. Any one of you grown-ass men still meeting with your friends to practice your hobby/obsession (skateboarding) will relate. Everyone describes the show as "gentle" and that's true, but re-watching it now I realize that it's probably the most accurate depiction of male friendship I've ever seen in a TV show.

[Atiba Applebum]

It’s on Peacock, but has anyone dipped their toes in Paul T Goldman?   

[quaintly]

The maid ..

[Atiba Applebum]

The maid ..

Amaazing movie

[ohcomeon]

Since there's a new full-length Christmas special out, we are re-watching "The Detectorists", which is honestly one of the best shows in decades. Any one of you grown-ass men still meeting with your friends to practice your hobby/obsession (skateboarding) will relate. Everyone describes the show as "gentle" and that's true, but re-watching it now I realize that it's probably the most accurate depiction of male friendship I've ever seen in a TV show.

I fully agree.

It is a really good show.

[j....soy.....]

I liked it….mentioned it before but I dug ‘this country’ a lot too….

Watching Broad City the one girl reminds me of Nora…

[Atiba Applebum]

I liked it….mentioned it before but I dug ‘this country’ a lot too….

Watching Broad City the one girl reminds me of Nora…

This country is hard to find in the US surprisingly since there’s a US remake of it going on Fox