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Streaming recommendations?

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Posted on March 26, 2019 at 15:06:22
Victor Khomenko
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With Netflix consistently running slow with their DVD delivery, I need some good recommendations - Amazon Prime, or Netflix, otherwise wife sez no dinner.


 

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Have you seen Happy Valley?, posted on March 26, 2019 at 15:39:30
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It's not very happy but it's well done.

I liked
Homeland (maybe that's on Hulu?)
The Americans
and most of Peaky Blinders.

Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Good luck.

 

Yes, posted on March 26, 2019 at 15:45:57
Victor Khomenko
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Have not seen Peaky Blinders, but from the description - not the kind of a movie my wife would like. :)


 

Cold War..., posted on March 26, 2019 at 20:00:12
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just showed up on Amazon Prime. I saw in a theater. My favorite of 2018.

 

She'd love 'The Punisher' for sure . . ., posted on March 26, 2019 at 21:40:56
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More blood and bullets than anything you've seen. So violent, it was canceled after two seasons instead of the NF standard three.

You can see 'Roma' as a streamer.

 

Cool, thank you! Will check it out. nt, posted on March 27, 2019 at 07:41:34
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a few more on amazon from 2018, posted on March 27, 2019 at 09:52:35
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Zama is free on amazon prime. I found it very interesting.

Two more of my favorites are not free but can be paid for. These are Burning from Korea an Shoplifters from Japan. Both are quite thought provoking or at least were for me.

 

Thank you, wrote them down! nt, posted on March 27, 2019 at 10:49:41
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'Battle Creek' on Netflix, posted on March 27, 2019 at 18:01:51
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'Endeavor' on Amazon Prime.




'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

RE: a few more on amazon from 2018, posted on March 27, 2019 at 20:16:04
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Gosh, so good to see The Burning and Shoplifters mentioned. Those two were my two favourite movies from last year. I still can't get The Burning out of my mind. It's not everyone's cup of tea, as my wife didn't particularly care for it.

 

RE: a few more on amazon from 2018, posted on March 27, 2019 at 21:25:08
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I watched Burning twice. There is some ambiguity that I won't go into. I really really enjoyed 2nd time through. There is so much subtlety in the performances. Brilliant IMO. I have not seen Shoplifters a 2nd time, but plan to do that soon. It really surprised me. These, along with Cold War, made up for lots of less interesting movie going.

 

RE: She'd love 'The Punisher' for sure . . ., posted on March 28, 2019 at 10:41:30
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Or, it was cancelled because Netflix did not own the production company used to produce all the Marvel comic based programs and because Disney (owner of Marvel stuff) is a soon-to-be competitor.

You have to remember that this is all just a business to these guys running the entertainment companies. Most of them would be just as happy and satisfied running a soft drink or hygiene product company next week as they are now. Happier if the money was better.

 

I'm crushed they are really interested in my blood lust. *, posted on March 28, 2019 at 16:11:47
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RE: Streaming recommendations?, posted on March 29, 2019 at 19:09:43
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After Life, Ricky Gervais, sad, sweet, with a good dose of gallows' humour^ , posted on March 30, 2019 at 06:17:21
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Loved it, thank you! nt, posted on March 30, 2019 at 18:25:22
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Evening with Zama, posted on April 1, 2019 at 06:02:23
Victor Khomenko
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Unusual, and unusually beautiful film, but most definitely not for everyone.

I don't regret seeing it at all. I know some people were about to puke over it, based on their reviews. I enjoyed floating with it - no relation to the final scene...

I would put it in the same category as Lavinia Currier's Passion in the Desert, with images so beautiful and so thick you need a chain saw to cut through them. Is it just the coincidence that both directors are women? If so, I would certainly add Claire Denis to this cohort, with her incredible Beau Travail.

It was way too gloomy for my wife, who could not deny its visual beauty, but it was simply the wrong kind of a mood for her.

Thank you for your recommendation, it was a very gratifying experience, with memories, that are bound to prove lasting.


 

RE: Evening with Zama, posted on April 2, 2019 at 13:03:09
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Glad you enjoyed it. I used a neutral word interesting to describe it...scenery, setting, mood caught me up but I did not get any deeper connection. I will look up Passion in the Desert, I do not know it.

 

I did get that. :), posted on April 2, 2019 at 14:10:40
Victor Khomenko
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I noticed that word, so I had some concerns. :) Mainly in my wife's department, which does not appreciate gloomy stuff. Thank God she missed some of the final scenes. :)


 

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