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h2ebits

(765 posts)
2. I started watching Korean shows on Netflix to engage my brain elsewhere
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 04:04 PM
Mar 2022

I recommend the following. Some for fun and some for serious thoughts. When you have to read subtitles and watch the action and facial expressions, you get taken away from the bad news since you have to concentrate elsewhere.

I loved Navillera but you have to get past the screaming wife for the story itself. Also, try The K2 for political corruption and action; Chocolate for contemplation; Cinderella and the Four Knights for the best version of Cinderella that I have seen.

yellowdogintexas

(22,722 posts)
7. if you like Korean shows do not miss Hotel de Luna
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:45 PM
Mar 2022

It is a beautifully produced movie with a good storyline and cast. The female lead has more outfits than Natalie Wood in The Great Race.

The hotel is a transition point for souls who are not ready for the afterlife. Each of the spirits we meet has a different reason for hanging about - waiting for a loved one to arrive, waiting for the last generation of a family to die, seeking atonement for a horrible past transgression and so on.

It has 24 episodes.

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
3. Watched them all.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 04:05 PM
Mar 2022

The acting was really questionable, but as an action thriller it's pretty good. Go Freydis.

You just gotta love the "my god wants me to kill you because you don't believe in him" approach to life.

JustAnotherGen

(33,577 posts)
4. I was skeptical about
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 04:06 PM
Mar 2022

Young Wallander - but I did enjoy the first series.

I couldn't imagine anyone other than Kenneth Branagh as portraying him . . . was pleasantly surprised.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
5. Agree with your choice of movie watching..Young Wallander was entertaining..
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 04:15 PM
Mar 2022

and then Vikings Valhalla - great escape..now on to The Last Kingdom..into season 2, probably out of sequence..but also entertaining..

yellowdogintexas

(22,722 posts)
8. Vikings Valhalla was great! After finished The Vikings series, try The Norsemen
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:47 PM
Mar 2022

which is a straight up spoof of The Vikings.

Have not seen The Last Kingdom.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,600 posts)
6. I've been playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla and just started watching the first Vikings series
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 04:25 PM
Mar 2022

It's cool to see all these characters from the video game in their (somewhat) historical context. And I just love Ragnar, Laegarta and Floki.

yellowdogintexas

(22,722 posts)
10. Have you watched Ragnarok? New season dropping soon
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 02:09 AM
Apr 2022

It is set in modern times in a village somewhere in Scandinavia.

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