For the last few weeks there are a lot of recommendations for movies and comfort watches.
I honestly prefer the good old times where I could pop by a video store, browse movies and grab the DVD that I was in the mood for.
I was trying to catch up on some series and encountered the episode 7 and 8 are not licensed so get it from somewhere else scenario. A physicist friend of mine was watching something on Netflix when the movie stopped 30 minutes in for the same reason. He is stubborn wasted an hour troubleshooting which went nowhere. I do get movies from the library but have no control over when or what is available. I felt like watching Man of Steel, when someone recommended it. Nowhere to be found that I subscribe to and I can't keep up with which studio merges or is bought by another.
Wasn't the whole point convenience?
Haven't watched Disney's Ralph but this scene (out of context) summarizes the last decade nicely and is funny in its own way.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OX_r_ymL7MQ
Still haven't watched Oppenheimer, there are a few more.
Any good movie or series recommendations? Any tip to circumvent it?
Ok, that at the very end made me laugh because I went to Scotland several years ago and yeah, what did they say?
ReplyDeleteThe whole clip is good. Some of those dialects, I don't understand either.
DeleteI can't imagine that a Netflix movie would stop 30 minutes in because of licensing issues. It sounds more like a technical problem. Why would Netflix have a license to show 30 minutes but not the whole thing?
ReplyDeleteOppenheimer was good but it's long!
Codex: No wasn't. He called customer service. They hadn't updated it. Allegedly. Happened to someone else too. It's a free for all at the moment.
DeleteYes. It's a need to eat dinner first get snacks type of movie.
I’m probably the worst person to reply to this topic as we disconnected from cable years ago and discontinued Netflicks a year ago and haven’t missed it. The only subscription I have is Spotify. I do tend to be more of a reader and a listener than a watcher. I watch YouTube and lately, take DVDs out of the library. I’m going to try anyway as I’m do have favourites watches but they are not new.
ReplyDeleteFamily movie: I still love to rewatch Ratatouille, because how can you not love a rat that just wants to cook? ;)
Favourite Marvel character and movie: Antman, because who hasn’t dreamed of being tiny and being the proverbial fly on the wall? Plus, well, Paul Rudd. :)
Favourite TV series I’m not quite done watching on DVD from the library is the PBS version of All Creatures Great and Small. Loved the books and original series and I like this newer series too.
An extra comment on favourite comfort listen this time of year.
https://librivox.org/a-christmas-carol-by-dickens-charles/
I like this narrator. He has a great voice for reading Dickens.
Marly
Codex: Ratatouille was unique and one of a kind. Love that movie.
DeleteI've seen Antman. More of a Dr. Strange fan:) especially when he zaps Thor through his home.
It's old but if you can find it Babettes feast is a delight.
The other recommendations I'm not familiar with. Thank you. I never got into podcasts or audio books. Might try again.
Good to know this about Netflix. Witty fun clip.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to suggest Train Dreams, (perhaps regrettably) also on Netflix. I read the book too. Life is pain and regret and loss and yet it's still so beautiful.
Codex: Netflix is buying WB. I think depending on which provider owns the studio are the movies you'll be able to watch. Annoying. Amazon gives you 30 days to watch. 48 hours once you start. We know life doesn't work that way.
DeleteTrain dreams looks good. Thank you. Did you watch Wind River?
Never had that happening on netflix here, weird.
ReplyDeleteBut then, I don't watch much on netflix, a lot of the US series are so glib and glossy, the female characters stylishly made up at all times even when asleep. I am a stickler to detail and appropriate clothing and a police detective in high heels and tank top while all her male colleagues wear triple layers?
We are spoilt here with subtitled Scandinavian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish . . . series. Most can be watched free on TV or via public library membership streaming services.
Anyway, Netflix was good with The Diplomat, hairbrained at times but enjoyable acting and dialogue. I also really liked Task with Mark Ruffalo, the Australian series The Narrow Road to the Deep North (based on the excellent novel by Richard Flanagan), Slow Horses obviously, and a couple of decent UK/N.Ireland crime series I mentioned earlier. A new season of Line of Duty has just been announced, so cheers to that.
And The White Lotus was a great laugh.
We watched Oppenheimer two summers ago in an open air cinema event with headphones at sunset, lots of free drink and canapes, and I found it soooo predictable and longwinded, silently urging them on to go and detonate that test now and let's all get over it.
However, Cillian Murphy is for a variety of reasons a great actor in my book and not only because he's from Cork, Ireland and was in preschool with my daughter.
Since covid lockdown I haven't really been to see any recent movies, something I must try and work on for next year maybe.
This brought to mind movies where the female lead wears all white and heels and goes through whatever action/destruction and her clothes never get dirty, not even a smudge, her heels never broken.
DeleteI like the White Lotus series.
Codex: I'll respond to the rest of it later but the outfits annoy me as well to the point that it will take me out of the show I'm watching.
DeleteThen again watching Bruce Willis run around in his tank top in some die hard movies does that as well.
The make up. People enjoy watching pretty people. Don't mind it that much. The males wear just as much.
Codex@Sabine: Mmmh. Probably because every country has a different agreement or it hasn't been rolled out in yours yet.
DeleteCillian comment is mine. That's an interesting story no doubt.
Keep in mind that we don't get much of that, so it's little repertoires theaters, specialty video stores I even had to get the library to buy a few suggested Palmes d'Or movies. I mentioned it before I sometimes find European movies too dark and existential but have never found subtitles to be a hindrance.
It really depends. Sometimes I want a superficial popcorn movie/series.
What do you think of Greenaway?
I'm curious about the streaming service from the library. How does that work?
It is a video-on-demand platform for libraries. The offer ranges from German, European and international movies, TV series and documentaries to international arthouse cinema and children's series. The catalog is constantly being expanded. It looks like a posh netflix without the big current blockbusters. With recommendations, discussions, reviews and links to filmmakers, history and so on. It comes with the annual library membership fee, 30 Euro. It's well curated, monthly themes, selections and festival features.
DeleteCodex: Most here have streaming services, but the selection is what they call bulk orders. (I know a few librarians). Meager on the avantgarde international media.
DeleteSomething they do have is home delivery. (You guys don't shameful). It's due to a very powerful legislation called disability act, prevents discrimination. Fantastic for seniors. The program was so successful they extended it to people with chronic illness and injuries.
We do have home delivery, usually same day on e-bike. The city library has branches in all suburbs and there are numerous mobile units also using (large) e-bikes providing services to old folks homes, hospitals and schools but also on request for special event days or weeks.
DeleteAll services can be accessed via the library app on my phone. And then there's inter library loans, state, national, Europe and international. The latter comes with a small fee.
Also, all citizens have free access to all university libraries and our uni is huge and one of Germany's oldest.
The actual main building of the city library is called Home of Learning, open seven days and offering a large catalogue of courses, real life and online talks, workshops, group events, readings with visiting authors, book groups and drama, from philosophy to yoga to cooking to children's art classes, languages and several community gardens. Rooms can be booked for almost free for events by anybody and there are several kitchens for use and every branch has at least one, some three cafes/bistros.
Codex: I looked for it for a relative in a major city and they did not have it. Everything else sounds amazing. Which city? Maybe not as advertised?
DeleteIt's filmfriend.de via any public library and online. Access with library membership log in.
DeleteAbove is from me. Public libraries differ depending on federal state and funding. But generally are a very popular thing all over the country.
DeleteHere in the sign-in page is a drop down list of the libraries currentzly participating in filmfriend.de, it's expanding, so nothing is final:
Deletehttps://www.filmfriend.de/de/sign-in
Cillian Murphy is an actor that I can't take my eyes off. He's just so interesting.
ReplyDeleteCodex: @Sabine the other program they had (don't know if they still do) was book mobile. A big library on wheels for at risk and underprivileged neighborhoods.
ReplyDeletehttps://oodihelsinki.fi/en/
ReplyDeleteThis btw is the best library on the planet, the future of shared learning and community.
Codex: A relative in germany could benefit from home lib. Tried to find it for her but nada. That's why I asked which city.
ReplyDeleteCodex: @Sabine second thing. I used to do a lot of advocacy and advisory etc. Tried to offer some art basics to underprivileged teens through library. We always used the but Europe has...it was always a funding issue. Libs free rooms, weren't free, no budget for art supplies and so on. But the library kept advertising programs and support for the community blah blah. These teens have nothing how are they going to pay 10bucks per class to cover the room?
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