Netflix: What I’ve Watched Lately

Netflix: What I’ve Watched Lately

I really love sitting down and binge watching Netflix.

It’s one of my favourite things to do because I can always find something to watch.

So, I thought I would talk about what I’ve been watching this past week and my thoughts on them all.

I was dying to sink my teeth into some new shows and films! Even though I had been watching Netflix, I was rewatching Rick and Morty for some easy viewing, but I wasn’t really throwing myself into a show or movie.

So, I set out to find some things to add to my watch list.

I’ve watched a lot over the past few weeks but I thought I would keep things short, well, as short as possible and only talk about what I’ve watched this past week.

Netflix: What I’ve Watched Lately

Secret obsession

I saw that this was a new addition to Netflix and that it was a Netflix original, so I really wanted to give it a watch.

Honestly, I just love Netflix original stuff!

I feel like they are elevating the game and this was the perfect pick for a movie night.

Exactly what I was looking for, or so I thought…

I really don’t want to ruin anything for anyone about the film, so please skip this part if you haven’t seen it yet.

Although I won’t be discussing major plot points I don’t want to ruin anyone’s experience.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let me tell you my thoughts.

It’s 2 hours of my life that I won’t get back and it was abysmal to say the least.

There were far too many plot holes for me to take it seriously, they introduced characters for no reason, they did not make any attempt to try and make it make sense, it’s like they didn’t even try with this one.

I genuinely feel like it’s a time filler movie, it makes no sense so you don’t need to pay attention, it’s background noise at best.

Blown away

I saw this when I was looking for something quick to stick on in the background for some noise, but I found myself being pulled in and not being able to move.

I watched the whole first series in a night when I couldn’t sleep and I loved every second of it.

It was a great reality tv competition show, there was no drama and it was nice to just see these amazing designers and their work.

Do I think the right person won? No.

But it was a really enjoyable series all in all.

Queer eye 

Queer eye has become so big now that I just had to binge watch it.

I can’t start and stop at any time, so I need to make sure I’ve got time to watch.

This show was binged one night when my fibro was really bad.

I watched it in bed with a hot water bottle, I watched it whilst in the bath, I carried it with me on my iPad because I was so gripped.

I cried so I suggest you have tissues at the ready.

Honestly I loved the whole season.

It’s such a fabulous programme, and fab 5 they are!

Murder mystery

When this title showed up I couldn’t resist watching it.

I’m a sucker for Adam Sandler, his movies are my guilty pleasure for sure.

Although I know a lot of people find him unfunny and his movies are pretty much all the same, but I grew up on his movies.

I loved his movies when I was younger so going into this one I was a little biassed.

I liked the story behind this movie, I did laugh at some parts and I found the simplicity of it pretty good.

They have gone a bit far-fetched and that annoyed me slightly, but I’ve come to expect that with his movies now.

I’m glad to say I’ve seen it, but I don’t think this is one I would watch a second time.

The Great Hack 

When this popped up I wasn’t eager to click on it, but after not finding much else, I decided what the heck.

I lost track a little at the start but once it got going, I was hooked!

I texted Stephen straight away to tell him to watch it because I loved it.

My eyes were definitely opened, the way our data is used and mined, it was a shock to really see it all.

You read about it somewhere and you never really pay it much thought afterwards, but after seeing this I’m going to be paying attention to everything!

I would for sure recommend this to everyone, it’s an eye opener. 

The people vs OJ Simpson 

*Caution, spoilers ahead*

Despite hearing about this numerous times, it wasn’t on my to watch list, ever.

I’ve been looking for lots of crime documentaries to watch lately as I go through phases all the time where I’m hooked on the crime genre.

After scrolling through Netflix I came across this title so I thought why not.

I’m always hearing about it, might as well give it a go.

I wasn’t invested in it fully to be honest, sometimes I was on my phone playing games, ushering little bear back to bed, but once I was settled that night I got sucked in.

I know it’s a dramatised effort to explain the whole thing but I was a bit “meh” on it all, I was however sucked in when the jurors were getting kicked off one by one, I found that quite interesting.

I’m not sure I liked the casting either, maybe that’s what threw it off a little.

I didn’t bond with any characters, I found myself perplexed by them at times and it was frustrating.

Often I would be rolling my eyes and bur then it hit me that I must be interested in this for some reason and that’s because I was interacting, I was thinking about things, the plot, the story, the characters and I then went on to read up about the case etc.

That led me to learn some new information.

Anything that helps me expand my knowledge in any way is welcome.

iBoy

I was a little sceptical about this one, it didn’t seem like it had a big budget (not that it means anything) but I was intrigued by the synopsis.

But I thought why not give it a go, and I’m glad I did!

I loved this move from the outset!

The style was right up my street plus Maisie Williams was in it, so you know, fan girl moment!

It felt a little slow at first but once it got into the plot, the whole thing was brilliant!

I really don’t want to spoil this for anyone so I’ll keep details secret, but there was this one sequence in a scene where the music built up and the main character walking through just gave me goosebumps.

I was hooked and the film knew just what to give me.

The ending was ok but I wanted more of an update, if you’ve seen it I hope you know what I mean.

It felt a little sudden yet expected, it contradicted my thoughts which is a good thing and overall I enjoyed it.

Manhunt: Unabomber

*Caution, may contain spoilers*

I’ve heard about the Unabomber before, often through crime programmes I watched with my gran when I was younger, but as I grew up I stopped hearing anything so it went out of my mind.

Then I saw there was this on Netflix.

I started to watch it, again it was another night I couldn’t sleep and this got me hooked so I don’t think I could have slept until I knew everything anyway.

I was glued to the screen, little bear didn’t get up at all that night which made it even better, no distractions.

Personally I think that’s the only way you can watch this, by submerging yourself into it.

I loved the main character, the use of linguistics to help catch a killer was brilliant.

It reminded me of criminal minds, hearing about behavioural analysis etc.

That’s something I find very intriguing.

I watched, mostly on the edge of my seat, I wanted the information, I needed to consume it there and then, I wanted to know everything at once but Manhunt didn’t give it all up at once.

It kept me hooked, dragged it out, made me watch every second of it to see what was going to happen and this is now one of my favourite documentary film things ever.

It was very intriguing

The dynamics between Ted (unabomber) and Jim (the one who cracked the case) even though they had never met was electric.

Ted didn’t even know about Jim, but the tension between the two was amazing, I wanted to see them meet, I was dying to see that.

I wanted to put a face on the man who had been doing it all and I genuinely think the set up of this series was done perfectly.

It was flashbacks and present day, but they weren’t too frequent and it always related to what was happening.

I didn’t feel jolted by any of it and liked the way they used this editing throughout.

This was another show that sparked an interest in me to go looking for more information, learn the details and it was sad to find out parts I genuinely enjoyed weren’t even real.

But it was still good.

I now have another criminal case I can take a dive into.

So that’s what I’ve been watching in Netflix.

I’m thoroughly enjoying the crime stuff but I’m also keen to try out new genres.

If you have any Netflix recommendations, leave them below!

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