What does it mean to die, and is death the end of our existence? These are the kinds of questions Surviving Death, a six part Netflix documentary series aims to explore.
All with the help of innovative new research and firsthand accounts from those who’ve been close to death.
Isn’t this just the perfect thing to watch after Soul (2020)?
One of the stories in this trailer I’ve seen before, years ago, in another documentary. It’s the one about the young boy . Assuming it really is the very same story, back then I found it so incredible that I’m DEFINITELY watching it again. You’ll probably want to too, skeptic or not.
Acasa My Home is a new documentary that follows nine children and their parents. Families who, for 20 years lived in perfect harmony with nature in the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta. That is until they’re chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc; Mihaela Murgoci, Cristian Zãrescu, Prince Charles and Dacian Ciolos star.
I’m in to see how well the families adjust to their new way of life. Furthermore, the conversation that starts at 1:30 into the trailer has me extra curious about the parent/child relationship. Especially when the parent’s flaws start to come into focus for the child, and the way that’s handled by both sides.
Corina Enache, Duca Enache, Georgiana Enache, Gigel Enache, Luci Enache, Marcel Enache, Nicusor Enache and Zana Enache also star.
New weekly talkshow The Netflix Afterparty is hosted by David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes. The focus is on conversations, skits and more with stars of the newest and biggest Netflix titles.
Some key guests include comedian Bill Burr, Kevin Hart and other stars such as Lily Collins, Anya Taylor Joy and many more.
I haven’t watched all the shows some of the guests appear in, so I mostly just want to find out how well this concept works, and hopefully feel as though I’m in fun company while watching.
It’s already clear that most of the guests are in shows that premiered weeks, if not months ago. Therefore, something tells me this concept may work better if the featured guests appeared during the week of or soon after a show’s premier. I could be wrong, of course. Will have to watch to find out. Fingers crossed it’s good/fun.
Soul, the story of Joe Gardner, a musician who ends up transported out of his body, and has to find his way back is both what I expected it to be and not, simultaneously.
Starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey and Daveed Diggs; what stood out most about Soul is how visually well-imagined it is. The look and feel had me fully engaged. Whether it was the barber’s fantastic beard, or what the surroundings and occupants of ‘the place in between alive and dead,’ looks and feels like.
Generally, all of Soul is good. However, I enjoyed it most during the scenes when Joe was in the ‘in-between place.’ It’s the conversations and the general cleverness of the details of those moments that impressed me most. I liked these scenes so much that I found I missed the setting when the story was elsewhere.
My main issue with Soul is how unclear the messaging seemed to be at a point or two towards the end. I don’t mean the messaging at the heart of the film; the one about Joe’s evolution/emotional journey. I’m referring to some moments of dialogue that weren’t as clear or easily understood as I’d come to expect from a Disney Pixar film.
Watch Soul for the highly intriguing concept. I wouldn’t say that I found it quite as clever, satisfying or comforting as Inside Out (2015). But it is worth watching. It also helps a little if you like Jazz.
Lastly, there’s beautiful piano music that happens after Joe’s all-important gig that you probably don’t want to miss.
