Posted on 10/27/2010 5:01:37 PM PDT by yetidog
Boardwalk Empire. Great sets, not sure about Steve Busemi. Plot historically valid about as much as “Gangs of New York.” Degenerate, anti-hero, Republicans bad, graphic, pornography as “cinemic art”. Don’t think so…don't need it..I am out of here.
I’ve never watched it. But, then, I walked out of Gangs of New York. After a certain point, I just didn’t care what happened to any of the characters in the movie badly enough to stick around and find out.
Later, at the coffee shop, someone told me that about 20 people walked out right after me.
“On the boarwalk, out with the pigs... on the boarwalk... boarwalk...”
At least those boars are walking and not flying.
Republican city bosses (Buscemi)are bad but the Democrat city boss isn’t portrayed as being any better.
Al Capone is a childish psychopath.
Brothels are hellish for the women that have to work in them.
Good cinematography and costumes.
Bet it’s a real “boar”!
Gangs of New York. The more I watched it, it was one of the worst movies of all time and that Scorcese has lost it.
The one redeeming factor that made me watch it til the end was Daniel Day Lewis. He totally out-acted diCrapio.
It’s obviously high budget, costuming, period props, locations, cinematography first rate. Subject matter isn’t pretty and may be objectionable to some, interesting to others. I enjoyed it but can see it degenerating fairly easily. Buscemi has always been Barney Fife’s evil twin as far as I’m concerned, it’s a challenge to suspend disbelief.
Good, sensible and on-target response that did not take advantage of my aged fingers which originally typed “Boarwalk.”
I concluded that Scorcese shared the directing with Tim Burton.
Try not to be too offended at being the object of sport, it’s really not personal. People have had fun with wordplay based on typos here, since I joined up over five years ago at least.
Not knowing the history of Atlantic City I read the book Boardwalk Empire which the series is based.
Prohibition made Nucki Thompson he reigned for 40 years.
True, and some like "hugh" and "series" never die.
I've made a few myself; I wish, I wish, I could edit some of my posts after I hit send. But no.
So long as you’re not stuned by a beeber-like devise in Tiajunna, it’ll be ok.
I’m still watching it....Becoming a Sunday night habit, which means I probably have nothing better to do, but
miss the Sopronos and Six Feet Under.
I’m enjoying it. Detroit 187 on ABC is pretty good too.
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