Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.

[Taipan]

Had the mother of all hangovers yesterday and monged out watching shite, really shite, films.

First up was, and to be clear i'm putting these hear to prevent you ever making the mistake of sitting down to watch them; Three Wishes with Patrick Swayze. If he wasn't dead I'd hunt him down and punch him in the face.

Stranded in Paradise. Made for Hallmark TV channel, which will now serve as a warning for anything else I see that belongs to them.

The Confirmation. The other films at least made this watchable. Clive Owen starred in this. I assume he must have had debts around this time...

[636mick]

Son of a Gun on prime. Thought out would be mindless crap but was actually a worthwhile watch. Of course, 1/2 bottle of JD May have helped!!
It’s got that McGregor bloke in it so that may sway your decision.
Mick

[Potter]

I watched The Stranger on Netflix.
It’s an eight part thriller.

It was ok, in fact it had the makings of being brilliant but I think about stuff too much these days and the plot holes and the way the characters change character to fit the story annoy me.

Worth a watch though.

[JamJar]

I tried to watch Cats the other night to see if it really was as bad as people said ... it isn’t .... it’s much, much worse!!!

[Noggin]

I wanted to watch Kubo and the two strings. But it's not on Netflix here Or, not on mine So that's annoying!! LOL

[slowsider]

Only the Animals.
Netflix French movie with subs. Slow burner but intriguing with some quality twists.

[gremlin]

Watched the last episode (to date) of Toast of London. Matt Berry is brilliant. If you haven't watched it, it's on Netflix.

He also wrote and starred in Year of the Rabbit which was good, if a little bizarre. Tried to find it on 4OD, but must have dropped off.

[Mr Moofo]

I wanted to watch Kubo and the two strings. But it's not on Netflix here Or, not on mine So that's annoying!! LOL

Well worth finding it!

[demographic]

The Midnight Sky with that George Clooney chap.
Fairly slow burn Sci Fi but I liked it.

[Noggin]

I wanted to watch Kubo and the two strings. But it's not on Netflix here Or, not on mine So that's annoying!! LOL

Well worth finding it!

I want to. I tried. Not there

Netflix
Prime
Disney

None have it

[wheelnut]

Tin Star

Just finished the third season - little bit comic book-esque but brilliantly overacted by Tim Roth.

First season still the best though.

[weeksy]

Vikings is back.

[Taipan]

Tin Star

Just finished the third season - little bit comic book-esque but brilliantly overacted by Tim Roth.

First season still the best though.

Binged series 1, gave up at series 2 within the first few episodes. Maybe I should have stuck with it?

[wheelnut]

Tin Star

Just finished the third season - little bit comic book-esque but brilliantly overacted by Tim Roth.

First season still the best though.

Binged series 1, gave up at series 2 within the first few episodes. Maybe I should have stuck with it?

Season 2 was a bit disjointed tbh, 3 was better than 2, 1 was the best of all.

[Potter]

I'm off work atm and staying up late watching TV.

I watched all of Bodyguard over a few nights.
Once again it starts off with a lot of promise, fairly sensible authentic stuff if you ignore one or two obvious things, decent acting, a bit wooden in places but overall I quite liked the first few episodes. Then it goes into sensationalist stuff for the sake of trying to whip up excitement. It goes from being decent drama to fantasy stuff to appeal to the people in the audience that won't ask obvious questions about reality or holes. It's a bit too fantasy for me.

There is obviously a market for it and they clearly they aim it at the 'Borne Identity' type of audience who are happy to suspend belief. But it's a shame because it's half and half, good idea for a story, decent sensible start, then it goes all Hollywood and loses it's way, it had all the ingredients of a great gritty drama programme.

If you don't ask too many questions and don't over analyse plots or characters then it's probably a decent watch.

[Pseudonym]

Here's one to avoid. AVA. What a pile of crap. Mindless violence, thin plot, absolute tosh despite starring John Malkovich and Geena Davis.

[Taipan]

Been watching the 2005 box series of Bleak House. Pretty good but it could have been compressed down a bit? Oh and I watched Roadhouse for a grin last night.

[Potter]

I might binge watch Band of Brothers.

That set the bar for a mini-series in my book, the amount of work that went into authenticity and capturing the feeling has left a lot of other stuff seeming to be poorly done.

There is loads of opportunity to make authentic stuff and it doesn't need big budgets, that drama about Dennis Neilson was very well done, I dunno if it was entirely historically accurate but it seemed to capture it.

I used to very rarely watch the TV, but since our eldest moved over here she's turned me onto a lot of half decent TV stuff.

[Nordboy]

I might binge watch Band of Brothers.

That set the bar for a mini-series in my book, the amount of work that went into authenticity and capturing the feeling has left a lot of other stuff seeming to be poorly done.

There is loads of opportunity to make authentic stuff and it doesn't need big budgets, that drama about Dennis Neilson was very well done, I dunno if it was entirely historically accurate but it seemed to capture it.

I used to very rarely watch the TV, but since our eldest moved over here she's turned me onto a lot of half decent TV stuff.

I re-watched BOB over a weekend of boredom a few weeks ago.

It's still amazing and has to be one of, if not the, best mini series ever. I think the characters are brilliant and you really relate to them. The stuff they went through, unbelievable.

[asmethurst99]

Infernal Affairs - set in Hong Kong -