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Recommend good stuff you've seen on Netflix streaming

guitardeac said:
“The Greatest Night in Pop” documentary on Netflix about the recording of We Are The World was a good watch imo. Very interesting how they made that happen. Some funny parts too, where Stevie Wonder helps Ray Charles find the men’s room and someone says “That’s literally the blind leading the blind”.
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Except that Stevie Wonder isn’t blind
 
Finished S5 of Fargo and enjoyed it. Probably not my favorite season (I really liked S2), but it was worthwhile.

Agree with juice that Hamm was ultimately very good in his role. I had similar issues with him in the first few episodes, but I think it was more how the character was written... Maybe we weren't supposed to know how much of a villain he was right up front.

My wife said she enjoyed it, but couldn't really get into this season. Didn't like the Moonk character, not a huge fan of the actress that played Dot, and doesn't like a fat Hamm.

Think we'll catch up on The Bear S2 next.
 
DeacsATS said:
Finished S5 of Fargo and enjoyed it. Probably not my favorite season (I really liked S2), but it was worthwhile.

Agree with juice that Hamm was ultimately very good in his role. I had similar issues with him in the first few episodes, but I think it was more how the character was written... Maybe we weren't supposed to know how much of a villain he was right up front.

My wife said she enjoyed it, but couldn't really get into this season. Didn't like the Moonk character, not a huge fan of the actress that played Dot, and doesn't like a fat Hamm.

Think we'll catch up on The Bear S2 next.
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Hamm wasn't fat. He was playing an average American.
 
guitardeac said:
“The Greatest Night in Pop” documentary on Netflix about the recording of We Are The World was a good watch imo. Very interesting how they made that happen. Some funny parts too, where Stevie Wonder helps Ray Charles find the men’s room and someone says “That’s literally the blind leading the blind”.
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We watched it this weekend as well, it was pretty good. I had not realized that Lionel Ritchie had such a big role in pulling it together. Looking back on it with the benefit of hindsight, it is kind of funny that, given who all was in the room, they were trying to find larger parts for like Cindi Lauper and Huey Lewis. And I enjoy Huey Lewis. Michael Jackson comes across as weird as would be expected.
 
DeacInVermont said:
I've only seen previews but I find Donald Glover Jr to be delightful. Is it recommended?
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It is a different premise than the movie of the same name, so that kind of threw me off at first. Can't say the role allows Donald Glover to be himself either. I am not yet sold on it.
 
All I remember about the movie was that it sucked so badly that I fell asleep during it, which has only happened like 3-4 times in my life.
 
I fell asleep in all of the Lord of the Rings movies and most of the Harry Potter movies. I can stay awake for most anything else though.
 
2&2 Slider To Leyritz said:
I fell asleep in all of the Lord of the Rings movies and most of the Harry Potter movies. I can stay awake for most anything else though.
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The first LOTR movie was one of the 3-4 for me.

I have since given it a rewatch and it was fine.

I enjoy the Harry Potter movies (have only seen the first 3).
 
I watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture back in 1979 when it came out and fell asleep. I tried watching it 30-35 years later, figuring I probably fell asleep because I was just a kid, but it put me to sleep again. The end result is I still don't know WTF that first Star Trek movie is about.
 
guitardeac said:
“The Greatest Night in Pop” documentary on Netflix about the recording of We Are The World was a good watch imo. Very interesting how they made that happen. Some funny parts too, where Stevie Wonder helps Ray Charles find the men’s room and someone says “That’s literally the blind leading the blind”.
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Yeah, it was pretty good. Some great footage for sure. It helps if you lived through that time period and remember all the news reports about the famine, when the single was released, the record showcased at the front of the record stores, etc...

I thought it was funny that Al Jarreau was so hammered. As the night dragged on, it seemed like his act was wearing thin on folks. Waylon definitely wasn't putting up with any BS. I don't think it made him look good that he left when Stevie busted out the Swahili, but I don't blame him. When you are putting together something like that, you have to do it exactly like they did with no BS or sidetracking, and Stevie's ad lib was one of those things that just isn't going to fly. It's like the guy who keeps asking dumb questions and extending a work meeting unnecessarily.

I really liked hearing the parts that didn't make it too, and little things like where they were all standing, moving in when they're singing, and even Cindi Lauper's caterwauling well behind the main singers and probably a good 4 feet off the microphone (and the placement of it sounds seamless and perfect in the final mix).

Oh, and Bob Dylan was REALLY, REALLY uncomfortable around people who could sing. Shy, really.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
I watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture back in 1979 when it came out and fell asleep. I tried watching it 30-35 years later, figuring I probably fell asleep because I was just a kid, but it put me to sleep again. The end result is I still don't know WTF that first Star Trek movie is about.
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same thing ever episode is about: kirk outsmarts giant killer space machine/alien
 
I thought that the We Are the World doc was totally fine. It was interesting to see what a shit-show it was to pull together. I was frustrated watching it, so I imagine it was torture to some of the people involved. Lots of crazy, yet talented, weirdos in that group. And what the fuck was Dan Aykroyd doing there in the back the whole time? He just wander in and they said, yeah sure, go stand there?
 
wfudkn said:
I thought that the We Are the World doc was totally fine. It was interesting to see what a shit-show it was to pull together. I was frustrated watching it, so I imagine it was torture to some of the people involved. Lots of crazy, yet talented, weirdos in that group. And what the fuck was Dan Aykroyd doing there in the back the whole time? He just wander in and they said, yeah sure, go stand there?
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My only guess is that he was a Blues Brother and thus somewhat musical. He was also at the height of his career as an actor at the time.
 
Reposting from CT but Lover, Stalker, Killer on Netflix was a great true crime doc. Wild shit.
 
Watched Gran Turismo last weekend. I didn't hate it. Was a pretty entertaining watch.
 
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