Michael "Omar" Kenneth "Little" Williams, Steve Buscemi, and ehhhhh Michael Pitt in Martin Scorsese's BOARDWALK EMPIRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-B8RjzOwG8&feature=player_embedded

never thought I'd say this but I'm kinda psyched for season 2

I'm v v excited.

thought first season patchy and not great but looking fwd to second

The first few eps of this season will be make or break for me, I think. They'll need to have upped their game a few notches.

holla @ kelly macdonald

― max, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:04 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

liked s1 overall, it started slow then the middle few eps were very good culminating in a slightly silly ending. will defo be watching s2.

this show was a massive let down full of dreadful writing. i'm out.

― caek, Monday, December 6, 2010 7:49 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark

otm. i somehow watched all but the last ep, but the show is so inertia-inducing i haven't got round to it.

great set design, costumes, and tits, though.

i had to fight through the first 3/4 but i thought it got quite exciting after that.

i liked mike hale's line: "stiff, dull and a pale and weirdly politically correct pastiche of older and better gangster dramas". not sure about the pastiche, but the rest is otm.

what with the likes of steve buscemi and paz being so well cast, it's difficult not to like this show though

tbf though, this guy was brilliant

http://www.philly2philly.com/sites/default/files/harrow.jpg

I came round on the show but i still think Buscemi was horribly miscast

i can understand some criticisms of 'justified' but they nailed the main casting so well that that carries the show through any among of so-called generic stuff (oh like we're too good for gunfights now?). this is just another way of saying i like watching timothy olyphant i guess.

i was making a horribly formed joke about buscemi xp

Ah. I actually think Paz is fine for her role though. Don't know why didn't they just let Kelly McDonald use her actual accent either. Pretty much ruins her performance for me.

yeah her accent is a fucking joke. she was at the same lark in intermission too. it's like "simpering" comes as part of her "irish" package.

Definitely. I mean how hard would it have been to make the character Scottish?

i wasnt that impressed w/the first season, but im pretty curious about s2.

i guess there's a lot of irish/catholic storyline stuff xpost

I suppose so. You're totally tight in what you said before though. It's not just that it's a bad accent, it's that it actively changes her performance.

totally right

yeah exactly...she is totally playing the accent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPTrcho84s

she's the exact same character here...when she talks after bout 1.30

Haven't seen Intermission since it came out. I wonder if it holds up

http://vimeo.com/18275127

Back tonight, but does anyone care?

oh wow really? apparently nobody cares, or else I was just depending on ilx to remind me.

I will watch it at some point, hopefully it is 60 minutes of Harlow and, uh, I dunno, tits

I care, but I've recorded it to watch later.

I think I mean Harrow. You know, the one with the face.

This is make or break season for me.

I thought last night's was really good, aside from the obligatory HBO season-opening montage to remind you of all the characters. The editing of the scene when Nucky was speaking to the two different churches was great.

I'd like to say that I don't like the "ehhhhh Michael Pitt" of this thread's title. I think he's proven himself here, he's very good in the role.

^^ otm

Has ilx given up on this? I think this season is off to a great start. Loved all of the jail scenes with Chalky. Also glad to see they are taking full advantage of Dabney Coleman this time.

This show lacks a larger thematic sensibility that might raise it up to a higher level, and by spreading itself amongst so many characters I'm not sure it's going to emotionally engage me on a serious level anytime soon, but it's pretty damn good for what it is.

I think Buscemi is really good in his vulnerability and MacDonald is amazing throughout. Pitt's shown good stuff, and while I was less interested in his side this week it was never dull. The Chalky stuff was quality though.

The Irish guy who was at dinner with Mrs Shroeder and big collar no-lamb guy had the most amazing face.

^^ otm

I don't mind the sprawling cast, tbh, because they pepper the sidelines with such interesting charaters, whether mannerisms, looks, or whatever.

i'm still into this. first couple of eps have been good.

the double church scene was great

<3'd dunn purnsley, kinda wish he was re-occurring somehow

http://fikklefame.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Chianese-Muttonchops-192x120.jpg

this past episode was my favorite of the series so far, definitely off to an excellent start. agreed about dunn purnsely

it's been good so far. feel like they're just keeping shannon around for comedy now though, should have saved him and paz having a baby for the spin-off.

this show's gettin good. william forsythe as a chummy yiddish butcher!

I'll take some quality time with Harrow over major developments. Throw a head smashing and a scalping in and I'm sold.

This season has been pretty incredible imo, much improved over last year.

yea lots to like in this ep, v compelling

I'll take some quality time with Harrow

Loved those scenes

I just keep reading how this show is pointless, not just from M Seitz:

http://www.salon.com/topic/boardwalk_empire/

Interesting that Tim van Patten directed the episode. Whenever his name turned up on the credits of a Sopranos episode, it was a sign that there would be some substantial violence.