My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Boardwalk Empire (Season 1)

The maker of the Sopranos (Terence Winter) and Martin Scorsese create a TV show for HBO that tackles the gangsters of the Prohibition period, focusing on Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the mastermind of Atlantic City's underworld.  The show is jammed packed with wonderful characters from Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt), WWI vet ready to rise up, Margaret Schroeder (Kelly McDonald) a woman trying to live a honest life while falling in love with Nucky, and Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) a religious Federal Prohibition agent trying to clean up Atlantic City of corruption.  The first episode of directed by Mr. Scorsese is a nice set up but the show doesn't really get rolling until the four episode.  Until then it's all set up, but when the overall story takes off it's great entertainment as only cable television can deliver.  Grade: A
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