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This thread is to post about whatever movies and TV shows you are currently watching or have recently watched.
For all of November, I tried to knock out all of Netflix's interactive films and shows, since November was their last month on the service. I got all of the ones that were recently removed watched once, although I wanted to watch them more than once to see all of the other options available. Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-Rama was, surprisingly, probably the best one - just knowingly ridiculous, absurdist cartoon comedy filled with laugh-out-loud moments. Johnny Test's Ultimate Meatloaf Quest was, unsurprisingly, the worst one, followed by Barbie: Epic Road Trip (needless to say, I wasn't exactly expecting cinematic masterpieces from either of those, but they were even worse than I expected). We Lost Our Human is probably the most intricate interactive movie ever made (despite receiving very little attention), but that certainly doesn't mean that it's very good. It's the ultimate in ADHD cinema, stringing together a bunch of completely random nonsense and changing the plot every minute or so (yet still managing to go on endlessly). Even so, the amount of time and effort put into it is nothing short of incredible, and it certainly shouldn't be lost forever, nor should any of Netflix's other interactive films and shows.
Before watching the interactive shows, I watched Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams. It's akin to an arthouse horror version of Black Mirror, and it's a must-see for fans of shows like The Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt along with fans of intelligent horror films filled with genuine pathos. The violence is toned down from Anwar's films, but the intense surreal horror and heavy, thought-provoking themes are not. All of the episodes are connected in ways that become apparent later on, and all of them tackle complex moral dilemmas with considerable skill and grace, propelled by powerful storytelling and masterful filmmaking (some of Anwar's films are crippled by messy, incoherent writing, but that is thankfully not the case with this series, which is consistently great). Other than some cheesy CGI, it's a rock-solid and highly promising show that will hopefully get renewed (and will hopefully switch to using practical special effects when it does). Don't miss this gem. However, make sure that you watch the original Indonesian version, not the badly English dubbed version.
For all of November, I tried to knock out all of Netflix's interactive films and shows, since November was their last month on the service. I got all of the ones that were recently removed watched once, although I wanted to watch them more than once to see all of the other options available. Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-Rama was, surprisingly, probably the best one - just knowingly ridiculous, absurdist cartoon comedy filled with laugh-out-loud moments. Johnny Test's Ultimate Meatloaf Quest was, unsurprisingly, the worst one, followed by Barbie: Epic Road Trip (needless to say, I wasn't exactly expecting cinematic masterpieces from either of those, but they were even worse than I expected). We Lost Our Human is probably the most intricate interactive movie ever made (despite receiving very little attention), but that certainly doesn't mean that it's very good. It's the ultimate in ADHD cinema, stringing together a bunch of completely random nonsense and changing the plot every minute or so (yet still managing to go on endlessly). Even so, the amount of time and effort put into it is nothing short of incredible, and it certainly shouldn't be lost forever, nor should any of Netflix's other interactive films and shows.
Before watching the interactive shows, I watched Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams. It's akin to an arthouse horror version of Black Mirror, and it's a must-see for fans of shows like The Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt along with fans of intelligent horror films filled with genuine pathos. The violence is toned down from Anwar's films, but the intense surreal horror and heavy, thought-provoking themes are not. All of the episodes are connected in ways that become apparent later on, and all of them tackle complex moral dilemmas with considerable skill and grace, propelled by powerful storytelling and masterful filmmaking (some of Anwar's films are crippled by messy, incoherent writing, but that is thankfully not the case with this series, which is consistently great). Other than some cheesy CGI, it's a rock-solid and highly promising show that will hopefully get renewed (and will hopefully switch to using practical special effects when it does). Don't miss this gem. However, make sure that you watch the original Indonesian version, not the badly English dubbed version.
