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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
| February 23rd, 2020 at 12:50:29 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Watching a new series on Prime called Hunters. It's about Nazi hunters in the US in the late 70s. Stars Al Pacino, and a bunch of other pretty good actors. So far I'm really enjoying it, shows and movies about Nazi hunting have gone out of style. I'm betting a lot of people born after 1980 don't know very much about what the Nazis did. All the Nazi Hunters, most of them anyway, are Jews. So the Jews are the heroes. of the series. Prime is available all over Europe, Germany is their biggest European market. I wonder how this is going to do in Germany. Because it's really showing how evil and barbaric the white supremacist Nazis were. And anti-semitism is at a decades high all over Europe. If you read the comments section, it's split 50/50 between 5 star reviews and 1 star reviews. The comments are almost as entertaining as the show. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 10th, 2020 at 10:50:01 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I have a low opinion of Nflix orig productions, as I've said many times. They have a new movie with Mark Whalburg, so I thought I'd try it. Oh my dear god. It's so horribly bad I can't watch more than 20 min of it. 3rd night last night, more than half done, and I still have no idea what it's about. Terrible story, awful acting, non existent production values. Whalburg has made some good movies, he isn't even trying here. He's just showing up and saying his lines. It's like his agent got him this movie, said they could shoot it in a week, and he squeezed it in against his will. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 10th, 2020 at 11:23:27 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Mark Wahlberg is hit or miss with his feature films as well. Critically it seems his last 9 films got 5 bad ratings and 4 good ones. 2020 Spenser Confidential - Spenser 39% 2018 Instant Family -Pete 81% 2018 Mile 22 - James Silva 23% 2017 All the Money in the World - Fletcher Chace 79% 2017 Daddy's Home 2 - Dusty 21% 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight - Cade Yeager 15% 2016 Patriots Day - Tommy Saunders 80% 2016 Deepwater Horizon - Mike Williams 83% 2015 Daddy's Home - Dusty Mayron 31% Netflix films have a lot of hits (Sandra Bullock in Bird Box) for every miss (Will Smith in Bright) |
| March 11th, 2020 at 9:33:24 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4961 |
Wow, I am so out of touch with the entertainment industry. The only one of those movies that I have ever heard of was Transformers. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| March 11th, 2020 at 9:44:56 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I saw Deepwater Horizon It was a really good movie So devastating what those oil workers went through and BP's lack of regard for safety Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 12th, 2020 at 1:33:57 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Spenser Confidential (2020) - Netflix
When a reviewer for Instant Family (2018) was looking at Mark Wahlberg's recent film history, he divided up the films into categories. He was hoping that Instant Family would break the mold. It went on to become a modest success. As of 2020 Mark Wahlberg has a net worth of $300 million. POSITIVE REVIEWS/ commercial success Film (year) part budget, opening weekend US&Canada Worldwide Instant Family (2018) Pete $48MM $15MM $67MM $121MM POSITIVE REVIEWS/ commercial failure All the Money in the World (2017) Fletcher Chace$50MM $5.6MM $25MM $57MM Patriots Day (2016) Tommy Saunders $45MM $161K $32MM $52MM Deepwater Horizon (2016) Mike Williams $110MM $20MM $61MM $122MM NEGATIVE REVIEWS/ commercial failure Mile 22 (2018) James Silva $50MM $14MM $36MM $66MM NEGATIVE REVIEWS/ commercial success Daddy's Home 2 (2017) Dusty $69MM $30MM $104MM $181MM Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) Cade Yeager $217MM $45MM $130MM $605MM Daddy's Home (2015) Dusty Mayron $50MM $39MM $150MM $243MM |
| March 26th, 2020 at 8:00:23 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12509 | Tiger King on Netflix Documentary about some eccentric big cat owners and an animal rights activist who they despise. Everyone involved seems effing nuts. One episode in and I’m hooked. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| March 26th, 2020 at 8:15:53 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I definitely want to see this. Big Cat rescue is just up the street from me Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 26th, 2020 at 8:17:06 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12509 |
I’m only one episode in, but that lady seems just as crazy as the other guys. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| March 26th, 2020 at 11:11:26 AM permalink | |
| gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
I binged the entire series on Sunday |