Netflix "Watch Instantly"
I just recently rejoined Netflix and was pleased to see they have added a "Watch Instantly" feature where you can stream a movie over the internet. The selection of movies/shows is subpar, but it's free baby! Well, free as in no extra charge. You can watch 1 hour for every dollar/month your subscription is and it doesn't affect your queued/shipped movies at all. Minuses are that you have to be running Windows and Internet Explorer, but the quality is great! I have a garbage laptop, but it looks the same as a DVD to me and it hasn't skipped/paused/hiccuped once so far.
I watch a lot of foreign shows with English subtitles. Helps me excuse myself from watching too much tv as I can pretend I'm learning different languages...
I am of the belief that all foreign language films should be played in their native language with English subtitles (or whatever your native language is). voice actors are laughably bad.
This is excellent. Some points to counter what film producers, directors and actors are doing to movies nowadays (or whoever is in charge of messing up the sound).
1. Actors are talking in low, hushed tones because they think it is more realistic. There is nothing realistic about it. NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. No one. Ever. If it were truly realistic, we would be able to understand what they are saying. But we can't.
2. Background noises are mixed to create a more immersive experience. I have never gone to a movie in a theater and felt like I was inside the movie. Never. So they have failed in this and created a harder to watch movie in the meantime.
3. It should be a giant slap in the face to film directors, actors and producers that viewers need to turn on subtitles in order to watch the movie. That takes away a great deal of the experience. If you consider film an art, it has lost a great deal, if not all, of the art of the film. It's nearly impossible to appreciate the cinematography, or hear the sound effects and background noises when you are reading the dialogue.
I wonder if part of the sound issue is that stuff is being put out to sound great on premium sound systems and not translating to lower quality systems well. I turned a bedroom into a movie room with a badass sound system and I have no trouble with dialogue in there, but when I watch in the living room with just the tv speakers I seem to have a pretty tough time with a lot of backing up to try to understand what was said.
If you have Netflix and no surround sound system, go to settings and make sure 5.1 sound is not on. That's for surround sound and will make voices sound lower and harder to hear.
Does Surround Sound = Sound Bar too?
Okay, sound mixing sucks these days. But also, what about the lighting? It's hard to see anything going on in a scene that is dark. I've adjusted my TV the best I can without lighter scenes not looking like ****.
Why they do that man?!
The Bondsman with Kevin Bacon on Prime tomorrow looks good.
Also Pulse on Netflix tomorrow with 10 episode drop, It's an ER drama, with only 2 episodes of The Pitt left, I hope it's good.
2nd episode of The Studio was a lot of fun...all in one shot! And it's about director Sarah Polley trying to get a scene in one shot with actress Greta Lee. Always love seeing Lee and it was such a joy watching Polley on screen for the first time in 15 years! She is a writer and director now, but I always loved her in movies when she was younger.
Watching the UK version of Last One Laughing.
Put a bunch of comedians together and have them try to make each other laugh. If you laugh, you're out.
So, so funny.
I've not finished yet, but was kinda proud, when I saw the line-up I guessed my top 3, and when I accidentally kinda spoiled it for myself, I saw the I had the final heads-up battle correct.
If you have Netflix and no surround sound system, go to settings and make sure 5.1 sound is not on. That's for surround sound and will make voices sound lower and harder to hear.
Good tip. It inspired me to go into my Roku audio settings and I found that the default is optimized for surround. I guess that's what most people have these days, but clearly wasn't right for my 2-speaker setup. Changing it to Stereo has improved being able to hear dialogue across all of my streaming services.
won't help with the english scenes on bureau des legendes which do not have subtitles.
it's a guessing game!
Call it stupidity, or whatever is deserved, but the main reason I didn’t start Adolescence was because I thought it was more of a “1 room, 1 shot, 1 take” kind of thing. Considering the subject matter, it seemed like it would be a depressing stage play kind of thing. Glad I finally gave it a shot. It’s honestly somewhat thrilling in its production.
Call it stupidity, or whatever is deserved, but the main reason I didn’t start Adolescence was because I thought it was more of a “1 room, 1 shot, 1 take” kind of thing. Considering the subject matter, it seemed like it would be a depressing stage play kind of thing. Glad I finally gave it a shot. It’s honestly somewhat thrilling in its production.
i thought overall it was 7/10 but the acting was great 10/10
It definitely refelcts the state of the UK / London over current years, kids go around stabbing kids like its a game
It’s quite a bit different than I expected. Not nearly as depressing and the “reasoning” wasn’t something I thought would be a part of it. It’s an interesting angle. And an important one. I’d rate it the same.
Your Friends & Neighbors on Apple with Jon Hamm is good and obviously Black Mirror will be good.
Your Friends & Neighbors sounds great (except the weekly release).
Already renewed for a second season, which I'd assume is good sign.
Yeah Mobland’s weekly release has annoyed me. Am gonna delay watching for a few more weeks at least
