Since Netflix UK has mostly different stuff to the USA site, I thought we could get our own version of this thread.
Also, I find the way that titles are presented on Netflix to be aggravating - I know there is a bunch of interesting stuff on there, I just can't quite figure out how to surface it. So recommendations for unique/art house/grindhouse/doc/etc. all welcome....
― Walter Galt, Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:40 (ten years ago)
Harold and Maud. It's a film from the 70s (I think) about a young guy who likes faking his own suicide and going to stranger's funerals for fun and he falls in love with a woman old enough to be his gran. It's a black comedy that's also heartwarming/uplifting and it gets the five stars from me
― paolo, Sunday, 18 January 2015 10:50 (ten years ago)
i found this site http://netflix.maft.uk/catalogue pretty useful in the past
― Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 January 2015 11:10 (ten years ago)
Albert Brooks-Charles Grodin joint "Real Life" is super fun and otherwise quite hard to track down.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 18 January 2015 12:37 (ten years ago)
this could be a useful thread. netflix kinda totally sucks tho innit
― ØYE MATS (wins), Sunday, 18 January 2015 18:44 (ten years ago)
Yeah, it's easy to ha3k into the US anyway.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 18 January 2015 19:21 (ten years ago)
"Bill Cunningham New York" - documentary about the New York street fashion photographer.
― the gabhal cabal (Bob Six), Sunday, 18 January 2015 21:48 (ten years ago)
this is u&k. so much good stuff out there - moreflicks.com is a good way to find which netflix region something is on if you can't find it in your home region.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 19 January 2015 11:13 (ten years ago)
u&k?
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 19 January 2015 17:19 (ten years ago)
Urgent & key
― ØYE MATS (wins), Monday, 19 January 2015 17:23 (ten years ago)
A New Leaf is on Netflix UK. It's terrific and pretty damn impossible to find on DVD.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 3 July 2015 14:31 (ten years ago)
Anyone know how to complain to Netflix? Their chat is a total joke. A while ago I was watching a film with closed caption subtitles with a hard-of-hearing person. All the Spanish dialogue either had no subtitles or was subtitled as 'speaking Spanish'. Took us halfway through the fucking film before we realised yeah the audience is supposed to understand all the Spanish dialogue. (English subtitles appear when you switch off CC). What a joke! Please go ahead and laugh at me as well for taking so long to realise.
btw Freaks and Geeks is now on Netflix
― kinder, Saturday, 1 October 2016 14:48 (nine years ago)
Interesting problem. Basically same language closed captions and localisation/translation closed captions, although they feel similar, are usually produced via different operational processes (usually different companies). Netflix are still feeling their way slightly here - so-called over the top platforms like Netflix are in the process of being legislated for or still requiring legalisation in most markets. The FCC in the States is p much leading the way in mandating captions for VOD, online and OTT content.
After being burned by a legal case a few years ago brought by a national association for the deaf Netflix have been keen to be seen to do the right thing and are paying much more attention to captioning. But yes, they're still getting there I think. And the problem you had would be experienced by many content providers.
All that said, depending on the market, film captioning will often come out of initial production and Netflix would get both media and captioning when they purchase it rather than re-captioning unless it's a Netflix production.
Complain! It might end up influencing their captioning workflow.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 1 October 2016 17:39 (nine years ago)