LUIS GONCALVES
G from Gangsters, great acting, great casting , great scenarios , great story ...and so on and so on.This is at my top 5 TV shows (that finished already) along with : Sopranos , Breaking Bad ,Six Feet Under ,Rescue me .I took a while to star watching this, cant say why but i'm more that glad that i did it !Everything that you wish to get from a TV show is here, the feeling you get after watching every single episode is the same, you just want to watch the next one ...until there's none! ;)I advise you to watch this show and if you agree with me ,give it 10 points .
wyldeone2
I really enjoyed this series. Blending fiction with true life history makes it feel realistic. The in-your-face and cold blooded violence is part of the reason but mainly because of the well written characters with meaningful names and use of wisdomic phrases throughout. Multiple story lines that takes us beyond bootlegging and pointing out insider trading and market fixing on Wall Street as well as corruption at every level, including congressmen. My favorites were Stephen Graham's portrayal of Al Capone and Jack Huston as Richard Harrow. Both made me feel like they would be a loyal friend but never to be crossed. Nucky sorta felt that way as well but he could be reasoned with. Too many others to mention but I liked the singer Daughter Maitland and Chalky White.Characters that seemed like the worst of humans ever allowed on the planet to me were Valentin Narcisse and Gyp Rosetti. Narcisse was the ultimate false prophet while Gyp was a perverted psychopath. Since a majority of the characters were some kind of criminal or a victim of the seemingly horrible time period and circumstance, no way to cover all of them. They evoke emotions that make you laugh, cry and shudder in disbelief. I do agree with others on the chat boards who stated that season 5 and some of the ending story lines seemed rushed. The multiple flashbacks repeated a lot we already knew and muddied the time lines in places. I would have like to have seen a different and better ending for Chalky and Nucky, leaving Tommy Darmody as a surviving innocent. The writers thought that a combination of "like father, like son" and "vengeance is mine" was better.For some reason, I felt like Eli's son Will deserved to be killed and not allowed a career where he could assist corruption if he saw fit. Gillian should have been executed after her conviction instead of the crazy house allowance of surgically extracted reproductive organs for "Brave New World" research. The novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932 made those sanitarium scenes jump out at me. So I have to credit the writers for that ending choice. The writers also did a good job with their continuing eye for an eye and other biblical themes. All of the folks who got shot an inch below the eye, including Richard Harrow. His "harrowing" story of how he killed the sniper and the scar you could see at the left edge of his mask looked like the exit path of a bullet. I rated it 9.5 of 10 and rounded up.
ma-cortes
Atlantic City, 1920, when alcohol was outlawed , outlaws became kings. There a politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era . Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) controls the monies coming into the city from its many legal enterprises, as well as an assortment of illegal ones , including the majority of the illicit alcohol that comes into Atlantic City's port and is distributed up the east coast and into Chicago . Nucky is one of the richest men in Atlantic City, where he lives with his lover , a former burlesque dancer , in the penthouse suite of the Ritz Carlton on the Boardwalk . His wife died young, leaving him childless and a strange attraction that has sprung up between himself and a married Irish immigrant (Kelly MacDonald) threatens more than just his domestic tranquility . As his bootlegging business takes off , Nucky finds himself hard pressed to keep control over the empire he has built and the ties he has forged along the way .This is a very good series about mobsters and with plenty of intrigue , drama , magnificent production design and over-the-top performances . The series was lavishly produced by great producers/directors such as Martin Scorsese , Mark Wahlberg and Timothy Van Patten ; being originally created by Terence Winter . The main cast gives a nice acting such as Steve Buscemi as corrupt treasurer of Atlantic County and its most powerful political figure and Kelly Macdonald as Margaret as an Irish immigrant who holds an abusive relationship with her husband , she is the mother of two children but soon becomes a widow and someone in whom Nucky Thompson, takes an interest . Other important roles are the followings : Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden , he is a senior agent in the Bureau of Prohibition Department , he is deeply religious has a dark side of his own, including lashing himself as punishment for misdeeds . Shea Whigham as "Eli" Thompson, he is the younger brother of Nucky Thompson, is the sheriff but is meant to do as his brother says, both because he has no choice and because Nucky helps provide care of Eli's wife and eight children , Eli quietly resents his brother's power and influence, sometimes daring to challenge his brother's authority . Gretchen Moll as Gillian Darmody , she is the mother of Jimmy Darmody, Michael Pitt , who she had at a very young age after being raped by The Commodore Louis Kaestner when she was 13 , then-Sheriff Nucky Thompson brought her to him , she raised Jimmy on her own , Gillian went on to become a burlesque dancer at the Cafe Beaux Arts and eventually would run a brothel , her relationship with and protectiveness of Jimmy borders on odd and disturbing and reaches one particularly uncomfortable moment before he goes off to fight in World War I . Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White , he is the leader and primary caretaker of the black population of Atlantic City , he is the Nucky Thompson of the black community . Jack Huston as Richard Harrow , he is a former Army sniper whose face was severely disfigured in World War I , he wears a mask attached to a pair of glasses that is designed to match his skin tone and cover up the fact that much of the left side of his face is torn.There is also a deep description about gangster fights though the narration is about his early years . As Lucky Luciano , Vincent Piazza , Lucky is one of the bosses of the Mafia and leader of Cosa Nostra , and soon became a chief in the Reina Family during the height of the Castellammarese War . Then takes place a Mafian War between Salvatore Maranzano, who eventually defeated the faction headed by rival Joseph Masseria . After Masseria's murder , this position was short-lived, as Maranzano himself was murdered in 1931 . Then , the family is headed by Charles "Lucky" Luciano , eventually known as the Genovese Family. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsible , a famous massacre nicknamed Sicilian Vespers , therefore becoming the only boss . Meyer Lansky , nicely played by Anatol Yusef , was lifelong friends with Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Bugsy Siegel . Together, their involvement in and influence on the Italian American Mafia is historically notable . Beginning with the violent Bug and Meyer Prohibition mob, Lansky was completely authentic organized crime . Together with Luciano and Siegel began organized crime establishment of and involvement in Las Vegas gambling beginning with the Flamingo . And of course , Al Capone , magnetically played by Stephen Graham . Capone's rise in Chicago Gangdom is strongly carried out by means of violence and murder , subsequently took place his fall . Torrio accompanied to Capone are going to Chicago but he is called by his uncle Jim Colosimo . He's murdered and Torrio rules over as Chicago's crime boss , but during his violent confrontation to Dion O'Bannion he decided Capone managed the business . He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," and followed through killing corruption , extortion, and political fraud. Capone running his crime empire until FBI agents and police worked to send the crime boss to prison. Al Capone's been convicted of tax evasion, but the law states that he can only be confined to a regular jail cell
