Documentaries
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The China Hustle
Deadset i need to stop watching these financial documentaries, they are eroding what little faith i had left in our institutions
So, basically, there is this massive, on_going fraud being committed in the States where shitty Chinese companies are being listed on the US Stock Exchange (via a dodgy merger with an existing shell company to avoid a few rules), hyped up via blatantly cooked book, sold by investment banks to investors, and everybody makes money. Except the poor suckers left holding the chair when the music stops.
Everyone plays their part, the banks, the sellors, the regulators, the accountants. It's a fucking rort of epic proportions.
I actually did a bit more research because it seemed to fucking blatant to be real. It's real. Jesus. The financial sector, from top to bottom, is set up to fuck people out of their money.
Maybe don't watch this if you have some notion that the system is set up to protect people.
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@frank said in Documentaries:
Entertaining and depressing at the same time.
Watched it again
Bloody good
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I just finished The Test on UK Netflix. Follows the Australia cricket team for 18 months or so post sandpaper gate. Really enjoyed it. Came away thinking that they’re not all knobs. Warner still is though and Smith is eccentric as fuck along with his mini me lapdog Labuschagne.
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I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
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@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Another one about american football is Last Chance U (Netflix). Looks interesting, I must get around to watching it
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@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Mood for what? Playing fly half?
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@mikethesnow said in Documentaries:
Three Identical Strangers
That was a goody. Can’t believe it actually happened. Amazing how different the two surviving triplets look to eachother nowadays.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Another one about american football is Last Chance U (Netflix). Looks interesting, I must get around to watching it
You'll love it and hate it in equal measure
Overall it's really fucking sad.
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Framing Britney Spears
So sad, I really feel for her. I adorrrred Britney when I was an early teen, this made me both nostalgic and heartbroken.
For those who don't know she is living under conservatorship, her dad has made all decisions for her for over 10yrs (around that maybe more) and she now wants someone else to take this role, or perhaps not be under it at all, recently courts have now granted a trust Co conservatorship as Britney requested. Then there's the #freebritney movement, some of those are as nutty as the Elisa Lam Web sleuths, well they all think the dad is some demon stealing her money and not letting live her life.
It's very clear she has suffered some extreme episode of mental illness and perhaps continues to so she probably needs someone to help her, especially with finances. It's always sad to see stars fall. I really want to dig deep into her mental health, I want diagnosis and interviews etc but this doc is more about her journey to this point and it's non of my business to be fair, that's part of the problem isn't it, no privacy. She definitely needs a voice, especially today when mental health is something that is spoken about a lot, she's claimed she wants transparency for her fans but her dad is blocking it as he wants privacy.
Lives of the rich and famous ay.
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@r-l said in Documentaries:
Lives of the rich and famous ay.
Not as much fun as they ever look from the outside I suspect. As I've got older, boring is becoming really sound ... good beer on tap at home, rugby and cricket to watch, a good bunch of mates and a healthy home life - that's some apex shit right there (and so hard to achieve!)
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Mood for what? Playing fly half?
Yeah I play half back she plays fly half and I just feed her the full 80*
*seconds
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@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Mood for what? Playing fly half?
Yeah I play half back she plays fly half and I just feed her the full 80*
*seconds
sounds about right. short. yappy. blaming everything on everyone else
I'm sure she'll love it
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@r-l i have read about that, and i don't think i can bring myself to watch it. It seems like too sad a story
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@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
@magpie_in_aus said in Documentaries:
I just watched undefeated on Stan about a high school football (American) team. Was quite good. No superstars just a coach who gives a shit about making a difference in kids lives.
Speaking of which I also watched I think on the Disney channel app another American football movie not doco called 'Safety' cool story.
Stoked that Stan has some of the NZ rugby doco's on it started watching ' A perfect 10' to get the misses in the mood last night.
Mood for what? Playing fly half?
Yeah I play half back she plays fly half and I just feed her the full 80*
*seconds
BAN THE BOX KICK
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@r-l i have read about that, and i don't think i can bring myself to watch it. It seems like too sad a story
How do you think I felt, watching it with my pants around my ankles? Not what I thought it would be.
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@antipodean said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@r-l i have read about that, and i don't think i can bring myself to watch it. It seems like too sad a story
How do you think I felt, watching it with my pants around my ankles? Not what I thought it would be.
Challenging wank?
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http://soundbreaking.com/about-the-series/
Great series for the music lover
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30 For 30: What Carter Lost
I love the movie Friday Night Lights, i have watched it shitloads. So when i saw an episode about the team that beat them in the Championship Game (it was actually the semi, but you know, artistic license) i thought i would give it a crack.
Holy shit what a story. When the State Championship was done half way through the show i wondered where the fuck we were going (the story up to there was bad enough), but the bit after? The weirdest shit. And really sad actually. I wouldn't mind my sons watching it to see the impact a bad decision can have on your entire life. (not to underplay how bad a decision this was)
It was really interesting to see what Carter was as a school compared to how it was portrayed in movie mentioned above. That must be incredibly tough for those kids (now adults) to see. And there are a couple of other threads in that movie that i now feel a little uncomfortable about.
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Haven't read through the whole thread, so apologies if this has already been mentioned.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball. The story of Bing Russell's (Kurt's dad) minor league baseball team in Portland during the 70s.
Kurt played for the team for a while as well.
It's on Netflix.
Three Identical Strangers (2018) ⭐ 7.6 | Documentary, Biography, Drama
