Discovering Netflix.... so far.
Posted: December 6th, 2021, 1:50 pm
We have access to our youngest's Netflix account and my wife caught the bug about six months ago. She always claimed she wasn't a tele person so I left her to it.
I'm more a SciFi and comedy person myself and dislike anything sad, but I will swallow my pride and admit that she seems to have found some good series.
The Israeli series 'Fauda', dubbed and with subtitles, is gripping but seems to be going on for a long time, so we gave it a break for a while.
The Swedish series Kaliphat or Caliphate is shorter and was very good. Syrian terrorists operating in Sweden, a Swedish wife desperate to leave Syria, with a Syrian husband who is supposed to be in a terrorist group but would prefer to be elsewhere. Nail-biting stuff, unforgettable ending and only about 10 episodes. You need the first episode to get used to the dubbing (Syrian women talking as though they're shopping in Guildford), but then it's great.
'Anne with an E', based on Anne of Green Gables and set in Canada c. 1899 is beautiful and despite my love of films like Terminator, I can't stop watching it. Adaptations of Anne of Green Gables have been done to death and I think the series 'Pollyanna' was based on it. This is a bit more adult and maybe not for kids under 11ish, but the camera work, scenes and acting are mesmerising.
Steve
PS If anyone ever saw the Expanse to the end, can you tell me if it's worth it? Even my youngest, who is a SciFi fan as well, admitted that it was dragging on for too long, and we stopped when they started going through that stargate thingy.
I'm more a SciFi and comedy person myself and dislike anything sad, but I will swallow my pride and admit that she seems to have found some good series.
The Israeli series 'Fauda', dubbed and with subtitles, is gripping but seems to be going on for a long time, so we gave it a break for a while.
The Swedish series Kaliphat or Caliphate is shorter and was very good. Syrian terrorists operating in Sweden, a Swedish wife desperate to leave Syria, with a Syrian husband who is supposed to be in a terrorist group but would prefer to be elsewhere. Nail-biting stuff, unforgettable ending and only about 10 episodes. You need the first episode to get used to the dubbing (Syrian women talking as though they're shopping in Guildford), but then it's great.
'Anne with an E', based on Anne of Green Gables and set in Canada c. 1899 is beautiful and despite my love of films like Terminator, I can't stop watching it. Adaptations of Anne of Green Gables have been done to death and I think the series 'Pollyanna' was based on it. This is a bit more adult and maybe not for kids under 11ish, but the camera work, scenes and acting are mesmerising.
Steve
PS If anyone ever saw the Expanse to the end, can you tell me if it's worth it? Even my youngest, who is a SciFi fan as well, admitted that it was dragging on for too long, and we stopped when they started going through that stargate thingy.