Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
marcelavaleriob
I came across The Borgias going through Netflix suggestions and I was blown away. It centers on the Borgia family and its perils to maintain fortune and power in 15th century Rome. What I liked the most about this series is that there are no unidimensional characters. There isn't classic stereotypes, the bad can be endearing, the good can be greedy and so on. Rodrigo, the father and Pope of Rome, as an example is a corrupt womanizer who goes through extreme lengths to get what he wants, but has a love so deep for his family that's moving. He also believes in God and is somewhat a pacifist. What is both cringe worthy and beautiful is the relationship between Cesare and Lucrezia. They are brothers in love and they are doomed to spend their lives with unsatisfying people, since what they really want is to be with each other. The actors playing those characters are so good that you find yourself rooting for this couple and every time I caught myself not finding them together utterly gross, I reminded myself that they are not siblings in real life, because the chemistry between them is impressive. All the actors in this show are superb, however one of the highlights is probably Sean Harris and his portray of Micheletto, an illiterate assassin whose eye expressions convey more emotions than a lot of the dialogs. So, for an entertaining time in front of the TV giving some poetic license to history, you should definitely watch The Borgias.
HoldenSpark
This huge melodramatic interpretation of the famous Borgia family of the 15th and 16th centuries is so smooth and fabulous to watch.I just discovered it two days ago, 9/26/2014, on Netflix and after the first episode it was like binge eating potato chips, you can't have just one, you can't stop till you've eaten the whole bag. I just came off a 19 hour Borgia binge and had to make myself stop to sleep.There is just so much worry in every episode cause it appears that the Borgia clan was just about to topple and be destroyed every single day, and so much loud dramatic music that just makes every single murder that much more worrysome, and every murder just seems even more necessary and that much more dramatic.There is also wayyyy too much constant hetero sex. Way too much. We've seen every characters butt and ass many many times. So much so I've had to fast forward through the endless scenes of one character on top of another going up and down, up and down, up and down till finally, finally they got back to the daily murders and shakedowns of the Christian faithful.But, what grabbed my attention was the loyal hit-man that the family relied on so much to do the everyday housekeeping murders and attending to the daily torturing schedules that made every double-cross just that much easier for the Borgias to quickly loot that person's lands and fortunes and add them to the hungry hungry coffers of the Catholic Church.At first its not apparent what Micheletto's primary sexual orientation is, since he keeps it his most deeply buried secret (which says a lot considering the extensive body count he was responsible for adding to almost daily in perfect secrecy) but once we discover Micheletto's sexual preference we also get to discover a new part of him. Frankly, even before we were shown Micheletto completely naked, front and back, (played by actor Sean Harris) I had already become more and more focused on him because every time Micheletto was on-screen everything about the story become so much more magnetically intoxicatingly interesting. But, once they added his sexuality to the story, I couldn't take my eyes off him.So, thats it. You've got to fall in love with this on-screen mass-murderer, this Torturer with a capital "T", this angel of death, this Micheletto! Cause, for some reason he's just captivating. And the rest of "The Borgias" is just luscious, luscious wicked fun.
Adrienne Cox
This is by far the best historical drama I have ever seen! The acting was completely amazing and it kept me completely entranced up to the very last second! In fact, I was so entranced that I finished the series in less than a week on Netflix. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes historical dramas! My one and only complaint is not for the show itself but for the people who made the show. I do not like that it was canceled in the slightest! It deserves a fourth season! Save The Borgias Fan Campaign is still working to bring it back though and I highly urge anyone who is a fan of the show to come join it.
napchier
Incomplete, though I thoroughly enjoyed the series. A little artistic license should be expected, concerning certain deaths, the time line, and so on, but as a depiction of the events at hand it really does do a splendid job! Season 3 ended satisfactorily, however I feel robbed upon discovering that Season 3 is where it ALL ends. Sadly the production company felt it would be too expensive to finalise the story arc, with it's originally intended 4th and final season. It was meant to dramatise Pope Alexander VI's entire papacy, from 1492 until 1503. The series reached 1500AD, cutting us off from 3 short years, including war between France and Spain (probably where production concerns for the series were mounted), and the death of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope A VI) in 1503. They wouldn't even do a short movie to wrap up. So, what ever happens, if you start this, you'll never, ever finish it. You may just have to pick the rest up in a book.
