The Gray Man - July 22 on Netflix

[Casey]

I'm a huge fan of Greaney's series, but not convinced that Netflix won't screw this up...


https://youtu.be/BmllggGO4pM

[Paul D]

Finally, a movie where Billy Bob Thornton doesn't look like variation of Bad Santa.

I'll watch it while doing my office work.

[feudist]

Looks like a Marvel movie. No surprise with the directors I guess.

[blues]

Finally, a movie where Billy Bob Thornton doesn't look like variation of Bad Santa.

I'll watch it while doing my office work.

Hell, watch it while seeing patients. That'll teach 'em to shut and stop asking questions. :p

[Guerrero]

Looks like a Marvel movie. No surprise with the directors I guess.

Agreed, but if it's on the level of "Captain America: Winter Soldier," I will be pleased.

[snow white]

I expect anything produced by Netflix to be complete vapid garbage.

[blues]

I expect anything produced by Netflix to be complete vapid garbage.

*with those few exceptions that make subscribing every now and again worthwhile for a month.

(This does not appear to be one of them from where I sit...but it's not my usual fare.)

[JTQ]

No surprise with the directors I guess.
I don't always like their stuff, but I always root for the Russo brothers

We went to the same high school, though separated by several years, and I don't know them, but school pride keeps me supporting their work.

[Casual Friday]

I tried reading The Gray Man a number of years ago and just couldn't finish it. I've heard the series got better and keep pondering picking it back up.

[randyho]

More excited about the terminal list, but we're moving past bourne. Get used to it.

[Totem Polar]

I'm a huge fan of Greaney's series, but not convinced that Netflix won't screw this up...


https://youtu.be/BmllggGO4pM

Damn, dude, this is the first I’ve heard of this. Thanks for the heads-up. I really dug the one book in the series that I read, bloody and stabby though it was. Actually, that’s why I dug it.

But you already knew that.
:cool:

[Gun Mutt]

I like the books and I really like Gosling as an actor...definitely watching this.

[Casey]

I tried reading The Gray Man a number of years ago and just couldn't finish it. I've heard the series got better and keep pondering picking it back up.
The series definitely gets better. I'm with you, I wasn't super impressed with the first couple, but stuck with it and now I'm hooked.

[DIESEL]

I just started book 3 (Ballistic) on my last flight, they are pretty entertaining reads so far. Good for killing time on long flights and not so deep that you forget what’s going on a week later when you get on the next plane. I just hope they don’t screw it up too bad like the American assassin movie. I loved that whole series but the movie didn’t live up to my expectations. I’ll definitely watch it though.

[vcdgrips]

SW says: I expect anything produced by Netflix to be complete vapid garbage. [emphasis added]

An examination of the material produced by Netflix makes such an all encompassing statement suspect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Netflix_original_films

2015- Beast of a Nation
2016- The Siege of Jadotville
2017- Sandy Wexler
2018- The Polka King
2019- El Camino, A Breaking Bad Movie
2020- The Old Guard
2021-14 Peaks, Nothing is Impossible
2022- Downfall-The case Against Boeing



The list I cite above is illustrative, not exhaustive. It covers action thrillers, historical drama, comedy, fantasy, documentaries and investigative journalism.

In short- I humbly submit that "anything produced by Netflix" being "complete vapid garbage" is a demonstrably incorrect statement.

[Guerrero]

SW says: I expect anything produced by Netflix to be complete vapid garbage. [emphasis added]

An examination of the material produced by Netflix makes such an all encompassing statement suspect

I will add that I was incredibly entertained by "Extraction," in fact I think it's better than "John Wick."

[WobblyPossum]

I’d say the Netflix originals have been decent for the most part. A few have been great. A few have been pretty bad. Definitely more good than bad overall, though.

[blues]

SW says: I expect anything produced by Netflix to be complete vapid garbage. [emphasis added]

An examination of the material produced by Netflix makes such an all encompassing statement suspect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Netflix_original_films

2015- Beast of a Nation
2016- The Siege of Jadotville
2017- Sandy Wexler
2018- The Polka King
2019- El Camino, A Breaking Bad Movie
2020- The Old Guard
2021-14 Peaks, Nothing is Impossible
2022- Downfall-The case Against Boeing



The list I cite above is illustrative, not exhaustive. It covers action thrillers, historical drama, comedy, fantasy, documentaries and investigative journalism.

In short- I humbly submit that "anything produced by Netflix" being "complete vapid garbage" is a demonstrably incorrect statement.


https://youtu.be/pWdd6_ZxX8c



(Personally, I found El Camino unwatchable. But..."That's baseball, Suzyn".)

[RoyGBiv]

Looks like Marvel, which is not usually my thing, but......... Anna de Armas 90218

[Casual Friday]

The series definitely gets better. I'm with you, I wasn't super impressed with the first couple, but stuck with it and now I'm hooked.

Any idea when they get better? I might just skip ahead a few.

[vcdgrips]

Blues

Lets sub in the Highwaymen for a non vapid 2019 Netflix Production in lieu of El Camino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(film)

I stand corrected Sir.

[blues]

Blues

Lets sub in the Highwaymen for a non vapid 2019 Netflix Production in lieu of El Camino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(film)

I stand corrected Sir.

https://c.tenor.com/nffa-nPxFRcAAAAC/community-ken-jeong.gif


:cool:

[Casey]

Any idea when they get better? I might just skip ahead a few.
I'd say it gets better by the second or third book, but I wouldn't skip any. Worth reading the entire series.