If Stephen King and Steven Spielberg had a baby, this is EXACTLY what it would look it.
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I was gonna say it was like if Stephen King wrote the Goonies. You analogy works better though!
Review by dogg724
VIP3You can't knock the acting. The premise seems relevant (The majority of this is me confusing Andrew Ross Sorkin with Aaron Sorkin). I don't know if I just need to give it more time or if I'm too well-read about these types of people and financial crash that it's hard to for me to feel hooked. The fantasy of a newsroom that didn't suck in The Newsroom I bought. An idyllic President and complicated staff I went in for with The West Wing. Watching rich people spend money and debate numbers and a sort of dreamlike example of a prosecutor to pursue them...I guess it just makes me sad. That's not the shows fault of course, but glorified versions of billionaires that almost celebrates their bad boy getting away with it all maybe hits a little too close to home. I love Damien Lewis after Homeland, but his character I want to burn, and not because he has to work that hard to be hated. I think about Entourage where at least they're childish mockeries of the lavish lifestyle and attitudes and the show could kind of make fun of itself. Or Ballers tends to lean well on the humor to distract from the slackish story. We'll see where it goes.
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FYI, the Aaron (Ross) Sorkin working on Billions isn't the screenwriter. He's a financial analyst the show picked up.
I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than Homeland, but that's because I love Homeland and it's character development and intertwined plot lines.
That said, I was shocked at how much I enjoyed this show. I was expecting more nbc drivel.. you know.. good for background noise while you're, say, working on a website (Flashback springs to mind..). I ended up completely focused on the show, so well done.
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Agree to disagree. Plus.. I said new show (ie Season 1).
I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than Homeland, but that's because I love Homeland and it's character development and intertwined plot lines.
That said, I was shocked at how much I enjoyed this show. I was expecting more nbc drivel.. you know.. good for background noise while you're, say, working on a website (Flashback springs to mind..). I ended up completely focused on the show, so well done.
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Definitely, definitely. So far this is the best show of the new season!
@allthingsanthony you are correct.. this comment was from 2010 when I was pumped about the walking dead. It has, unfortunately, outlived it's own success and is now.. I dunno, very meh.
This show sucks I've tried to watch this tripe.
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@uklashed Yet you rated it a 10?
I really don't get why people are fond of this show. Is it only enjoyable when you have read the book or what? It's just weird. The plot is all over the place and the cast is it's biggest problem.
Ricky Whittle has the same emotional range as Jason Statham aka just 1 face all the time. Ian McShane is playing a mix of the Godfather, Mr. Miyagi and... I don't know who, it's just weird. Czernobog played by Peter Stormare has a russian accent. Really? The one guy who has done 100 Italian roles is casted for a russian role? Technical Boy can't be liked by anyone born earlier than 2000 and so on.loading replies
@oiwwksdt-sharklasers-com hey peter stormare has been playing a russian since 1999! Armageddon!
