Author Topic: Awesome documentaries thread (Read 280744 times)

Ray K · « **Reply #1400 on:** March 4, 2019, 10:19:57 am »

Quote from: boyspenhoolie on February 28, 2019, 03:25:31 pm

There's a really good documentary on C4 tonight at 9pm, called 'Three Identical Strangers'. It's an amazing story but one you are best knowing as little about as possible beforehand. Definitely worth a watch.

Watched this last night, a brilliant film. It's available on the catch-up thingy if you have Sky.

Port_vale_lad · « **Reply #1401 on:** March 4, 2019, 08:49:53 pm »

Wouldn't say it was "awesome" but if you want to spend an hour laughing at some flat earth nut jobs then behind the curve on Netflix could be right up your street.

Red_Irishman · « **Reply #1402 on:** March 4, 2019, 09:53:11 pm »

Quote from: Port_vale_lad on March 4, 2019, 08:49:53 pm

Wouldn't say it was "awesome" but if you want to spend an hour laughing at some flat earth nut jobs then behind the curve on Netflix could be right up your street.

Ah it was unreal. The level of delusion is just bananas. Absolute twats

ChrisOH · « **Reply #1403 on:** March 4, 2019, 11:49:18 pm »

Anyone seen that Parkinson's trial thing? I stay away from most news so it was all new to me. Literally cried during the whole thing

Second episode on Thursday concludes the results so don't be ruining it people!

royhendo · « **Reply #1404 on:** March 5, 2019, 08:37:18 am »

Quote from: ChrisOH on March 4, 2019, 11:49:18 pm

Anyone seen that Parkinson's trial thing? I stay away from most news so it was all new to me. Literally cried during the whole thing Second episode on Thursday concludes the results so don't be ruining it people!

Was just going to say that. A privilege to be able to witness a lot of the stuff covered.

Tobelius · « **Reply #1405 on:** March 10, 2019, 06:00:20 pm »

Just finished watching Free Solo,one of the scariest,amazing physical and mental performances i've ever witnessed.

Also i think it's a glimpse on a person's psyche who's totally dedicated to one overriding passion in his life.

John C · « **Reply #1406 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:37:32 pm »

Quote from: ChrisOH on March 4, 2019, 11:49:18 pm

Anyone seen that Parkinson's trial thing? I stay away from most news so it was all new to me. Literally cried during the whole thing Second episode on Thursday concludes the results so don't be ruining it people!

My mum had Parkinsons so I watched it with extreme interest. The way they approached it with the placebo then wrongly assessed the results was a bit weird but it was really worth a watch.

Stevie-A · « **Reply #1407 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:45:56 pm »

Quote from: Tobelius on March 10, 2019, 06:00:20 pm

Just finished watching Free Solo,one of the scariest,amazing physical and mental performances i've ever witnessed.

Also i think it's a glimpse on a person's psyche who's totally dedicated to one overriding passion in his life.

I was lucky enough to climb in Yosemite. Just standing at the base of El Cap is awe inspiring. What Honnold did beggars belief. Incredible. Also, try Dawn Wall on Netflix. I could at least understand that achievement as it involved roped climbing!

Tobelius · « **Reply #1408 on:** March 12, 2019, 05:52:29 am »

Quote from: Stevie-A on March 11, 2019, 09:45:56 pm

I was lucky enough to climb in Yosemite. Just standing at the base of El Cap is awe inspiring. What Honnold did beggars belief. Incredible. Also, try Dawn Wall on Netflix. I could at least understand that achievement as it involved roped climbing!

Thanks mate,i'll watch that too!
Yeah,that El Cap climb was one of the most amazing things i've ever witnessed.
My feelings watching it were similar to the crew and his girlfriend,amazement mixed with pure dread for him,it was hard to witness even when you know how it ends.

rob1966 · « **Reply #1409 on:** March 15, 2019, 03:18:29 pm »

Quote from: boyspenhoolie on February 28, 2019, 03:25:31 pm

There's a really good documentary on C4 tonight at 9pm, called 'Three Identical Strangers'. It's an amazing story but one you are best knowing as little about as possible beforehand. Definitely worth a watch.

Got around to watching this last night - brilliant but also shocking at the same time.

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #1410 on:** March 21, 2019, 11:49:09 pm »

Just watched the documentary on BBC one this evening about the current knife crime problem

Hard to watch due to the stories told and one particular bit of footage from a murder but very interesting documentary

Skidder. · « **Reply #1411 on:** March 22, 2019, 08:47:07 pm »

The Inventor Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019 AMZN WEB-DL AAC2 0 H 264-NTG

Right, first off - is that girl a guy? I don't mean to sound indelicate or whatever... but I've never heard this story, I've never heard of her and I've never heard of Theranos.

But within five seconds, the question popped in my head... 20 or so minutes later and I can't stop thinking it.

Skidder. · « **Reply #1412 on:** March 23, 2019, 02:26:42 am »

Holy fuck, I've never wanted to crawl into the TV and strangle someone with their own tongue as much as the subject of the above documentary.

I remember seeing all this shit here and there and most others will too. But thank god for the NHS that is all I'm going to say and this documentary made me feel lucky that we live in a society with universal healthcare.

This quack should never see the light of day again and I'm still convinced her mum forcibly dressed her as a girl against will and that this whole project stemmed from that. I know it sounds cruel and bigoted, as well obviously wrong to say that, but for fuck's sake, there is something deeply, deeply wrong with that person and as soon as she appeared on screen and spoke... I don't know... you know when you just get a feeling about someone?

Anyhow, made by the same guy who made the Scientology documentary, everyone should check this doc out.

Ray K · « **Reply #1413 on:** March 23, 2019, 09:46:19 am »

Quote from: Kidder. on March 22, 2019, 08:47:07 pm

The Inventor Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019 AMZN WEB-DL AAC2 0 H 264-NTG

Right, first off - is that girl a guy? I don't mean to sound indelicate or whatever... but I've never heard this story, I've never heard of her and I've never heard of Theranos.

This is on Sky Atlantic on Monday night.
Bad Blood is on my reading list (if ever I get to start reading again). She's just so terrible and so is everyone else around her.

Skidder. · « **Reply #1414 on:** March 23, 2019, 09:53:42 am »

Still convinced she's just a front.

Scammers of people's health should burn.

Trada · « **Reply #1415 on:** April 2, 2019, 03:24:08 pm »

Ok not a documentary but a channel on Youtube. safariLIVE

If you like wildlife they do a couple of live Safaris a day just filming what they see and talking about what they see and they don't cut anything Natural in the raw if something happens.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/eFO9RCYfY6c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/eFO9RCYfY6c</a>

Its very good. I enjoy watching the Sunrise Safaris but they are all on there to watch if you don't catch they live and also highlight videos.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6HJBZD_hZcIX9JVJ3dCXQ/videos

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1416 on:** April 2, 2019, 03:34:12 pm »

Quote from: boyspenhoolie on February 28, 2019, 03:25:31 pm

There's a really good documentary on C4 tonight at 9pm, called 'Three Identical Strangers'. It's an amazing story but one you are best knowing as little about as possible beforehand. Definitely worth a watch.

that was a brilliant documentary

Lad · « **Reply #1417 on:** April 3, 2019, 04:06:52 pm »

Another brilliant Storyville on BBC4 ‘The trial of Ratko Mladavic’. Consistently coming up with superb documentaries.

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #1418 on:** April 9, 2019, 11:01:55 pm »

"Two Tribes" on BT Sport Now!

Two Tribes: BT Sport’s latest film explores how football gave the city of Liverpool new hope during troubled times

Two Tribes, which is available to watch on BTSport.com and the award-winning BT Sport app, explores Liverpool and Everton’s success in the 1980s amid political and cultural upheaval.

https://sport.bt.com/football/two-tribes-bt-sports-latest-film-explores-how-football-gave-the-city-of-liverpool-new-hope-during-troubled-times-S11364349206560

Skidder. · « **Reply #1419 on:** April 10, 2019, 12:10:40 am »

Quote from: Yosser0_0 on April 9, 2019, 11:01:55 pm

"Two Tribes" on BT Sport Now!

Two Tribes: BT Sport’s latest film explores how football gave the city of Liverpool new hope during troubled times

Two Tribes, which is available to watch on BTSport.com and the award-winning BT Sport app, explores Liverpool and Everton’s success in the 1980s amid political and cultural upheaval.

https://sport.bt.com/football/two-tribes-bt-sports-latest-film-explores-how-football-gave-the-city-of-liverpool-new-hope-during-troubled-times-S11364349206560

Just watched this, was great. But Derek Hatton.

Was studying politcal theatre in university in 2010 and after a night of reading about Militant at John Moores, went into Tescos on Bold Street. I was queing up and the bloke in front of me, who I thought was a tramp, turned around with a handful of change and asked if I could lend him 50p.

It was Derek Hatton, sloshed and hardly standing wearing a shellsuit in 2010.

One strange man he is.

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #1420 on:** April 10, 2019, 09:53:05 am »

Quote from: Skidder. on April 10, 2019, 12:10:40 am

Just watched this, was great. But Derek Hatton.

Was studying politcal theatre in university in 2010 and after a night of reading about Militant at John Moores, went into Tescos on Bold Street. I was queing up and the bloke in front of me, who I thought was a tramp, turned around with a handful of change and asked if I could lend him 50p.

It was Derek Hatton, sloshed and hardly standing wearing a shellsuit in 2010.

One strange man he is.

Aye, Motormouth, the bloke gives me the creeps and it was disappointing to see him portrayed as some sort of saviour of city. I was only a youngster at the time, but most people I knew thought he did a lot of damage to the city, even though it was already fucked - it looked like we'd just come out of the blitz.

Anyway the rest of the documentary, where they talk about the fans and the football was great, some of those tackles in those derby games look frightening now. I remember going to a few of those games and the atmosphere was fantastic.

Skidder. · « **Reply #1421 on:** April 10, 2019, 11:54:22 am »

He was an amateur doing a professional's job - but he could certainly talk, which is probably 50% of the job.

Kinnock sorted him out in the end and it is a shame Militant went the way it did, it could have done some good.

Aye, come from a half-red, half-blue family and still struggled with that up until that 1984 final, where I would say, I became a proper red (at the aghast of mum).

Great documentary, one of the best sports documentaries I've seen since the KK one.

Qston · « **Reply #1422 on:** April 10, 2019, 12:54:24 pm »

Quote from: Yosser0_0 on April 9, 2019, 11:01:55 pm

"Two Tribes" on BT Sport Now!

Two Tribes: BT Sport’s latest film explores how football gave the city of Liverpool new hope during troubled times

Two Tribes, which is available to watch on BTSport.com and the award-winning BT Sport app, explores Liverpool and Everton’s success in the 1980s amid political and cultural upheaval.

https://sport.bt.com/football/two-tribes-bt-sports-latest-film-explores-how-football-gave-the-city-of-liverpool-new-hope-during-troubled-times-S11364349206560

I watched it last week. It was good. It makes me a little sad that we have lost the "merseyside" attitude between reds and blues when there was rivalry but an understanding that it was us against every other fucker who wanted to run the city down. There is a lot of bile nowadays that is a genuine shame.

I thought it covered the political and social climate of the 80's well and the brilliance of both sides during the period. By fowler we had some amazing teams, and that tells you just how good the Everton side in the mid 80's was for a few years. That 86 cup final was just brilliant.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1423 on:** April 11, 2019, 04:07:43 pm »

Posted in the Space Exploration thread but the documentary on the Black Hole Photograph on BBC4 last night @ 9pm was brilliant.

KillieRed · « **Reply #1424 on:** May 20, 2019, 08:32:03 am »

Finally got round to watching "Knock Down the House" (Netflix), about various Democrat candidates in the run up to their primaries last year.

Obviously, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is the star, for many reasons, but not least (spoilers) because she actually surprisingly won. I suspect the editing would have been very different if the other women they followed had won too. AOC is very impressive, definitively human. I do hope she doesnt become consumed by the Dem Machine she was trying to break. Joe Crowley seemed like the archetypal establishment candidate, in place for 20 years, with the whole apparatus of the party behind him & the sense of owning his safe seat, despite being an absentee representative.

However, it was the stories of the other women that were more affecting; genuine anger from Paula Jean Swearengin tired of the abuses of "big coal" in West Virginia, the grief of Amy Vilela from Nevada & the disappointment of Cori Bush from Missouri as she failed to make significant change in the aftermath of the Ferguson issues.

Geppvindh's · « **Reply #1425 on:** May 29, 2019, 03:02:49 am »

Read recently that Michael Apted's next installment of the Up Series, 63 Up is due for release next month. It's a fascinating show, and looks like this will be the last in the series.

KillieRed · « **Reply #1426 on:** May 29, 2019, 08:34:04 am »

Quote from: Geppvindh's on May 29, 2019, 03:02:49 am

Read recently that Michael Apted's next installment of the Up Series, 63 Up is due for release next month. It's a fascinating show, and looks like this will be the last in the series.

I cant believe how quickly those 7 years come round...

Geppvindh's · « **Reply #1427 on:** May 30, 2019, 01:38:24 am »

Quote from: KillieRed on May 29, 2019, 08:34:04 am

I cant believe how quickly those 7 years come round...

Yeah I still remember watching 56 Up like yesterday. It's a captivating series, and one I imagine that would have been incredibly hard for the subjects.

[new username under construction] · « **Reply #1428 on:** June 4, 2019, 07:45:47 pm »

If it's not been done I'll pop one here about the Amazing Jonathan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6sxwjRGSWs

Igor Tripod Biscan · « **Reply #1429 on:** June 4, 2019, 11:40:56 pm »

Quote from: [new username under construction] on June 4, 2019, 07:45:47 pm

If it's not been done I'll pop one here about the Amazing Jonathan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6sxwjRGSWs

Thanks you for sharing that, it was really good and touching and funny

Ciara (with a capital "C") · « **Reply #1430 on:** June 13, 2019, 12:12:24 pm »

What is the best OJ Simpson documentary to watch? Preferably something with real footage of the events?

I have seen The People v OJ Simpson and read that book. Looking for something different if it exists!

Ray K · « **Reply #1431 on:** June 13, 2019, 01:46:39 pm »

Quote from: Ciara (with a capital "C") on June 13, 2019, 12:12:24 pm

What is the best OJ Simpson documentary to watch? Preferably something with real footage of the events?

I have seen The People v OJ Simpson and read that book. Looking for something different if it exists!

ESPN's OJ Simpson: Made in America is the definitive watch. It's 5x1 hour parts, rather than a 2 hour movie, and it still won an Oscar for best doc.

Red Ol · « **Reply #1432 on:** June 13, 2019, 02:01:07 pm »

Quote from: Ciara (with a capital "C") on June 13, 2019, 12:12:24 pm

What is the best OJ Simpson documentary to watch? Preferably something with real footage of the events?

I have seen The People v OJ Simpson and read that book. Looking for something different if it exists!

Best documentary I saw was call OJ: Made in America. I think i saw it on Sky and not that long ago ... maybe a year or so? ... but it’s not there anymore. It was very long, perhaps even in two parts from memory, but an excellent in depth look at his whole life and how he turned out as he did, so not just focusing on the murders and everything after that. Worth watching if you can find it

redk84 · « **Reply #1433 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:02:32 am »

Quote from: Red Ol on June 13, 2019, 02:01:07 pm

Best documentary I saw was call OJ: Made in America. I think i saw it on Sky and not that long ago ... maybe a year or so? ... but it’s not there anymore. It was very long, perhaps even in two parts from memory, but an excellent in depth look at his whole life and how he turned out as he did, so not just focusing on the murders and everything after that. Worth watching if you can find it

That's the one.
I think it was 4 parts in total....each over an hour

Worth it because it not only told the story of what happened in detail but the context of what America was like back then at the same time (in relation to the riots etc)

Still one of the best docs I've seen of this sort to date

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1434 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:21:58 am »

Quote from: Ray K on June 13, 2019, 01:46:39 pm

ESPN's OJ Simpson: Made in America is the definitive watch. It's 5x1 hour parts, rather than a 2 hour movie, and it still won an Oscar for best doc.

agree, brilliant doc that one

Ciara (with a capital "C") · « **Reply #1435 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:51:31 am »

I think you are all talking about the same documentary?

Just had a look on Sky and it is on BT Sport 2 tonight at 9pm - episode 2, episode 3 tomorrow night etc... so I have missed episode 1 but I am sure I can find that somewhere.

Thanks everyone!

CraigDS · « **Reply #1436 on:** June 14, 2019, 10:39:02 am »

Planets on BBC with Brian Cox has been excellent so far.

CraigDS · « **Reply #1437 on:** June 14, 2019, 12:13:43 pm »

Quote from: Lfsea on June 14, 2019, 11:06:11 am

It's a *little* bit basic but beautiful to sit back and just soak up all the amazing imagery and CGI. Can't wait for the bluray.

Yeah, I totally get that but the way it is being done is visualising those basic things you probably know in a whole new way, at least I've never seen anything done as well as this anyway.

Ray K · « **Reply #1438 on:** June 14, 2019, 03:11:20 pm »

Quote from: Lfsea on June 14, 2019, 11:11:32 am

Here's something I wanted to post about for a fortnight. It's one of the very best documentaries about sport, I've ever seen. SB Nation a Youtube channel that normally focuses on US sport does a series called 'chart party' where it takes very niche sporting data sets and makes the most compelling documentaries about them.

Love those Jon Bois videos. Still go back to his Pretty Good series - especially the one about Larry using helium balloons to fly his lawn chair into the LAX airport flight path.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/E7w_v9J7iOc&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFSCYW1o-4whWtepyVlsfuCC&index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/E7w_v9J7iOc&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFSCYW1o-4whWtepyVlsfuCC&index=2</a>

jason67 · « **Reply #1439 on:** June 17, 2019, 07:54:30 pm »

Last Breath on Netflix.

Not going to say anything about it but really worth a watch.