OT: TV Shows or Movie Recomendations
The airlines thread a week ago seemed to generate quite a bit of interest amongst users. My question to all of you, is what shows or movies would you recommend downloading to watch during the flight?
I was recomended Parks and Rec from co-workers, but am more interested in what the board has to say.
They put GoodFellas on Netflix a month or two ago. I watched it for like the 49th time. Never gets old
Get the papers.
I just watched the three Godfather movies, and Goodfellas, and Casino. I live in a heavily Italian area west of Chicago . . . names like Carmine and Schiavone and Frankie and Maria and Francesca and Comella are commonplace. The meats and cheeses are out of this world. And there are definitely plenty of moms around who dress very similarly to some of the movies. Smh. It is close to home. Still offer Italian as a language choice at the high school, and there are several parishes where the mass is still in Italian. Those are great choices.
Personally, I have really loved watching the Crown. I like to watch movies based on history, and would even watch the right History Channel series. Love to learn something new.
I like Peaky Blinders particularly.
Under the radar movie: Tucker and Dale versus Evil. Very funny.
if you play any fantasy sports it should be mandatory viewing.
I spent three days in the hospital and the only thing that kept me sane was Black Mirror. I've seen many shows, but Black Mirror is at the top of my list. I can't recommend it enough!
I almost forgot about that. That was real good. I always wanted to punch Holden in the face, but maybe he was suppose to be a bit of a douche-bag and that was the point.
I watched about 7 or so episodes and had to stop. I like when they get into the crimes and interviews, but I got so tired of the personal lives of the Holden and Bill.
Godfather.
TV Shows:
The Santa Clarita Diet is Hilarious
Travelers is pretty good for low budget sci fi.
Jennifer Jones and the Defenders for Super Hero shows
Check out the new series Killing Eve. Its 3 episodes in, but its already one of the best I have seen in a while. Other than that, Fargo, The Americans.
Dexter...best series ever.
in the last season. Seemed like they ran out of original ideas. Same for The Shield.
Coming of age story really well done with a mix of comedy and drama. It's set in the mid-1980's at a country club in north New Jersey. The writers do just enough to embrace the 80s, but don't go so far as to make it an over the top homage to the decade. I'm through seasons 1 & 2 and am hesitant to start the 3rd and final season because I don't want it to end.
Agree with others on Ozarks on Netflix, you'll be left wanting more after finishing the 1 season that's been done so far.
Snakes on a Plane FFS!
I'm still annoyed that they took it off Netflix.
Will echo the recs for Ozark - Bateman is great. Speaking of Bateman I've been catching up on Arrested Development. Funny as hell.
Missed out on original Twin Peaks so got through most of it and it's pretty crazy (although I hear it falls off toward the end).
Some others I would recommend - Atlanta, High Maintenance, Westworld, Big Little Lies, Deadwood, Treme. Loved Louie too but eh, hard to recommend now.
Some I didn't like as much - Crashing, Bloodline (not bad not great) I know I'm forgetting some but if it doesn't hook me in episode 1 or come recommended from people I trust I usually bail quick - like Lady Dynamite and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Vikings- prime
Homeland- Hulu
The Americans- Prime
Frontier- Netflix
The Following- Netflix
Vegas- Prime
so is the Shield, Friday Night Lights (the TV show) is surprisingly really good, Bloodline, Wentworth, Homeland, Damages, Brotherhood, Happy Valley, Boardwalk Empire. Billions, Ray Donovan, The Ranch, The Affair, Rectify, Mad Men, The Missing, Prison Break
is American Gods. Read the book and loved it and reviews of series were solid. Neil Gaman writes some good shit.
Much love for...
Breaking Bad
Silicon Valley
The Wire
Community
Parks and Rec
Peaky Blinders
Friday Night Lights
And... Wild Country. Newest best thing?
Americans
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Happy Valley
Broadchurch
Godless
The Crown
Penny Dreadful
The Fall
Frontier
Alias Grace
Hell On Wheels
Hinterland
Dark is the best show on Netflix IMO. It's a German Netflix Original series, must watch.
For drama:
Wind River is a great, quieter, slower movie, good performances from a pretty distinguished cast.
Ozark, if you're missing that breaking bad feeling.
For SciFi:
Black Mirror
Altered Carbon
For Comedy:
I'm finally caught up on Brooklyn 99. It's like Parks and Rec in a detective unit. Andre Braugher is amazing as the straight man (er... gay straight man). Give that man an emmy.
And if you haven't watched It's always sunny in Philadelphia, you're missing out.
Ingrid goes west is an interesting indie commentary on social media.
I wasn't really that impressed by the other Oscar nominees. It was kind of a down year for the oscar bait movies.
All the Marvel movies are sucking the air out of the industry, by making entertaining blockbusters that puts everything else to shame. All the DC movies (sans WW) pale in comparison. And the new Venom movie looks like recycled trash with horrible dialogue in comparison to the MCU.
1950s era black and white is classic.
Slapshot is always good for a rewatch.
Best Michael Keaton movie EVER.
...based on his avatar, that Deadwood is fantastic. AL SWEARENGEN!!!! Also, True Detective (Season 1) is awesome. Season 2? Didn't happen. I believe what they called Season 2 was some kind of revenge on the fans, like Halloween III: Season of the Witch and Michigan Football: 2017.
If you liked making a murderer check out "the murder of lacy peterson". I was in high school when that happened. I remembered it but nothing about the story or media coverage. It really condemns the media convicting someone before a trial *cough* Nancy Grace.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
on Sons of Anarchy. Saw the commercials for years and never watched it, then I got a recommendation from a guy I work with. Turns out was one of my favorite shows. Also thought Ozark was very good.
April 27th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
Counterpoint on Starz
McMafia on AMC
Into the Badlands on AMC