WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH: Boardwalk Empire (Spoiler-Free Review)
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- A spoiler-free review of one of HBO’s best shows - the fantastic Boardwalk Empire. 🍾 This team needs to get together and do more stuff for the better of TV. If you love thrilling crime/gangster dramas, you won’t regret picking this one up, I promise. 🔥
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one of the biggest problem with watching this show is that it's an awesome amazing show
but then you cant talk about it with anyone after because almost nobody has watched it.
AHH MY FEELINGS EXACTLY. 😆 If only it were as widely loved as Game of Thrones or other hit shows out there - it'd be nice to have others to rant and rave about its most epic moments with. Happy to hear you found it just as awesome!
@@ana-isabel yeah i was searching for boardwalk empire reactions and found nothing and nobody
but i came across this video and i kid you not. word for word i said. Oh my god, somebody who completely agrees with my opinion????
*click*
thats not actually what i said.
but consider me subscribed
It's a reflection of the people you hang out with.
In the geek culture, there's an over-representation of people who obsess over anime, science fiction and fantasy, but a severe under-representation of people who are interested in history.
Which also explains why all the damn swords in geek culture looks like crap.
@@ana-isabel Have you watched The Wire? If not you should, it's an amazing piece of work, television at its finest
Just like The Deuce,very undervalued,
Sons of Anarchy: I am the most violent TV show besides GOT
Boardwalk Empire: That's cute
Warrior is also up there with frequent decapitations and usage of blood.
lol sopranos
What about Banshee?
I love Boardwalk Empire, just so many great characters, another show that wasn't afraid to kill off popular characters.
Pitt was popular, but he was impossible to work with. His career ended pretty much after that on-set behavior. He was recently taken to a mental ward for his violent, bizarre behavior. On the other hand, it would have been interesting to see what wold have become of that character, had Pitt not killed himself off. I would have preferred Darmody as a lead role rather than the Undertaker, Buscemi. How could any woman sleep with THAT?
@@kevinadams9468The director said this was BS. Just to let u know
Absolutely love the character development this show did. What an ensemble cast! I'm considering getting a Richard Harrow tattoo, because I love his character so much.
A Richard Harrow tattoo would be sick! And agreed - the character development in this show was top-notch; as were the casting choices. Jack Huston and Michael Shannon own my heart ahaha.
We’re all here because we loved the show and find anyone to talk to about it 😂😂😂 great video!
Even year's later, I'm still obsessed with the show. I've already seen it, obviously, but still watching this lol.
WATCH IT 5 TIMES OVER AND OVER.....
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt this show was pretty popular back when it was airing but somehow no one has seen it. Even though i made it to season 3 and didn't finish, i still held the thought of this show being something i enjoyed and should revisit for the last 4-ish years. I know, that's a long time and stranger, still, is the fact that i remembered almost nothing about the show besides the good impression it made so i finally decided to listen to that voice in my head and rewatch it and man, it has 5 seasons! I loved every single second of it and was well worth the hours of binging and the music! I adored the music so much. It was such a beautifully tragic show.
I have been searching for a video essay about boardwalk empire for ages. You are my queen
That was a great trip! All thoses memories...this will be a classic! I must rewatch it all! Very good video to give a taste to newbies....ever seen Justified?
This overview articulated what I loved about the show (much better than I could). And so many clips without any spoilers! Bravo. 7:13 lol memorable van Alden scene with the belt
A couple Months back I binged the show on hbo and gotta say Richard had some of the best character development through out
Another show to add to my neverending list of shows that I intend to watch
This review was fantastic 🙌🏻 I’ve always been a huge fan of the Mafia/organised crime events of the early 1900’s. Not sure why I never watched this, so I’ll give it ago tonight!
Ahh thank you! 😄 Hope you enjoyed it - I'm a huge fan of gangster/organized crime period dramas too, and this show hooked me in from the first ep. If I may make another recommendation - Peaky Blinders is another awesome watch if you haven't checked that out yet. :)
Years ago (prolly 2013) I accidentally stumbled upon an episode of BE (where Owen Sleater is making the bomb) while watching tv and was immediately hooked. Since then I watched the show 8 or 9 times and started rewatching just yesterday, this show is my alltime favorite and never gets old. The cast is gold and you can learn a lot about Prohibition and the criminal world it gave birth to.
Season 2 was brilliant. I felt like I watched a long character study of two foes and the inevitable and unavoidable tragic conclusion. Great video!
I never hit the subscribe button so quickly as I did after watching this video. This was AWESOME.
The Wire and Boardwalk are my faves, impressive review.
Boardwalk was the very first serious show I watched and it always stood out to me with its unpredictable character arcs, standoffish moments and interesting setting, although I did feel that season 5 fell a bit short. Personal favorite characters were Richard Harrow and Gyp Rosetti. Great video review hope to see more.
Thank you! And oh man, Gyp Rosetti was probably one of the best villains I've seen on TV. Bobby Cannavale absolutely stole each scene!
Glad you enjoyed the review - definitely got more to come :)
@@ana-isabel Same with Jeffrey Wright as Narcisse in Seasons 4 and 5
They should not kill Jimmy and Maybe Nacky should not die also they could a different storylines in Season 2 for Jimmy to live then Nacky will not die also..
Sold. I'll give season 1 a watch.
Please do Inglorious Basterds next. I want to be enticed to rewatch it hahaha.
thank you for talking about this show!! 😭 no one does anymore
ty for the review ill have to check it out i remember seeing it occasionally on
Just went back to this show & oh my god the atmosphere & vintage feel is so beautiful.
I saw that show when it aired. My first contact with it was when I bought a blue ray copy. Best investment I ever did. Since then I became a religious follower of HBO. It's a shame it got ignored by so many people. It was overshadowed because The Sopranos ended a few years ago before BE aired. It was still fresh and many labeled it down as Sopranos in the 20s even though it was really different. Yeah Jimmy was my favorite character. Wish they did more with him.
i loved boardwalk empire for the first 2 seasons but as is the case for most shows, the longer it goes on the more convoluted and odd things get.
i was watching it on sky atlantic as it was premiering and part the way through season 3 after the big stuff started happening (spoilers, not gonna say) the scheduling on things conflicted and it stopped recording boardwalk empire. i think it was because of that i stopped watching it and didn't feel like i was missing anything and didn't go back to finish the show. i didn't even realise it got to 5 seasons until i looked it up later on.
that being said, some of the characters in the show are really intriguing, my favourites being richard and agent nelson. seeing their stories unfold made the show a lot more riveting.
Great review of my favorite series!
One of my all time favourite shows. Got a bit short shifted on final season but overall it really is worth a watch. Season 3 is the peak - like Breaking Bad S4 level.
This show was truly a masterpiece. Got through 5 seasons in 2 weeks
I tell everyone to watch Boardwalk Empire! It’s one of my all time favorite shows! Everyone I’ve told to watch it and they do agrees that it’s freakin’ awesome! 🤗💕 It is a beautiful masterpiece!
If you liked this and haven't watched the Sopranos, you really should. Terence Winter (the creator/writer of Boardwalk) was a major cog on the Sopranos. Oh, and it's better than Breaking Bad.
AH SALUTE
@CrashYitsu lmao sopranos is dated as hell, no where near as good as breaking bad
I don't know why people think Breaking Bad is the best. Haven't they seen The Wire or Mad Men?
I love this show. It's easily in my top 5 of all time. The cast was perfect. The story was engaging and I loved the character development. It's almost strange if you watch the final 3 seasons of this and Queen of the south there are a lot of weird parallels. Overall great series though.
I was looking for an analysis at the height of this incredible series, I just found it. Boardwalk Empire is in my top 3 favorite shows of all time, I have watched it for several years and it is one of those series that has left me completely satisfied and it still amazes me how criminally underrated it is. Great job with this review!
Can u name other 2 shows in your top3 pls, just curious
@@getoutahere The Sopranos and American Gods
@@bloodmoonrising5908 thanks
OMG Giiiiiiiiirl!!!!! i love your work!!!
Thank you so much!!! 🤗🤗
Welp looks like I'm gonna have to watch this now. Thanks.
It's kind of amazing that in a show filled with incredibly written and performed characters, Richard Harrow was able to steal every scene he was in. Probably the most captivating character in television, ever
Richard Harrow was kinda like the show's Jesse Pinkman, in that he showed up as just "that side character" next to Darmudy but ultimately stole the show. :') one of TV's best characters for sure! (Also Nelson Van Alden was great 👌)
Great presentation. Last year I binged on TV. Sopranos, GOT, breaking bad and boardwalk empire were all on my hit list. Boardwalk empire was very good. Your vid was great
Thank you so much! 😊 Glad you found it a great watch; and I defs agree with Breaking Bad and GoT (sans season 8) being absolute bangers. Sopranos is next on my list for sure!
@@ana-isabel you gonna enjoy The Sopranos. The same team of BE except for Scorsese worked on that show. You will love Pine Barrens. The best hour of TV of all time
This show is so painfully underwatched, i see a show like Peaky Blinders get all the public attention and i shake my head. That should be boardwalk getting the views!
Both are amazing - but Boardwalk, I'd have to admit, is leagues ahead.
Seasons 1, 2, and 3 were GREAT. 4 was… confounding, and 5 gave us a solid, if somewhat inevitable ending. Not bad, but just not as sharply focused and undeniably perfect as the first 3.
I am growing to appreciate that ending the older I get. It's now up there with the best endings on TV in my book. The moral complexity of the final season has really stuck with me. it was always there in the show but it was coupled with the theme of time/age catching up with the main characters. How basically your sins follow you. I loved it.
Love. This. Show.
I begrudgingly started watching it and was quickly hooked.
It is amazing!
I honestly have never heard of this show. So many people are in this too! How?! Great video btw. The editing is freaking swell!!
Ahhh it's a must watch if you love these types of crime/gangster shows! Buscemi and the rest of the gang are absolutely phenomenal 👌
You have NO IDEA what you're missing then. It's one of the greatest TV series' of all time. The Sopranos is my absolute favorite TV series of all time and I rank Boardwalk Empire right up there with The Sopranos. If you like The Sopranos, The Wire and other similar great shows, you'll absolutely LOVE Boardwalk Empire.
One of the most underrated shows ever
You had me at Firefly...
A lot's changed in the years since I've seen it. I need to go back and watch it again
great video thanks !
Maybe it's the hormones, but I almost teared up watching this, reminding me how much I loved this show and why I was hooked in the first place. Also, hence it was critically acclaimed, there wasn't a big of a fanbase that I could find and vibe with.
It might be an exaggeration (I think it's not), but for me, what I really loved in this series was how all the ladies were strong characters in their own way. All of them, even the wives how maybe appeared in one episode. I felt that females were represented right in media (for me) for the first time. I loved a bunch of them, I hated a lot of them. They were humans.
And of course, the male cast was as wonderful and well-written as well. Especially, since there was a really looong period, where I was whole-heartedly rooting for Nucky to get away with his shits and get his morality back and be a good guy. :D Yet, I liked his arc. And many others' as well. Ah, such a great show.
I couldn't agree more! 😭 Each character was written with so much care and with extremely compelling, satisfying arcs. Like you, I was 100% rooting for Nucky in the first few seasons and while that may have changed as the series went on, I was still captured by his story and relationships (most of them, at least 😂) and I think they ended it perfectly.
And yes - loved the way they wrote the women in this show; likeable and strong, but also flawed and deeply human. Even those who started out like flat tropes (***spoilers*** ex. Lucy Danziger) eventually developed intriguing stories of their own.
Definitely one of HBO's finest, can't wait to rewatch it all one day!
I've been recommending this to Peaky Blinders fans ~ it's a pretty sure thing
also - if you're a fan of 20s fashion, and redheads, LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!
Been on a journey for the last six years attempting to convince any of my friends to watch this show to no avail. Most have never heard of it.
I really enjoyed seeing familiar faces in Boardwalk Empire that I saw in the Sopranos
Love this show! Thought the last season was a little rushed tho
The best video on this show. Really good video and show 👌
Thank you so much! 😄 And yes, this show was fantastic. 😊 Looking forward to Scorsese and co. making another (if any).
Ivo Nandi also really stands out as Joe "the Boss" Masseria in this show.
Great review. My wife and I just watched Downton Abbey and I’m up for a different period series with more of an edge.
Thank you! I've heard a ton about Downton Abbey; should probably give the series a try myself. Hope Boardwalk has just what you're after!
Downtown is aristocratic crap
i tried the show years back & didn't get into it. tried it again a few months ago....just finished & i might start it right back from the beginnin. they did a great job capturin the feel of an era that actually existed but u'll never know what it was actually like
As a big fan of the Sopranos and Steve buscemi I'll definitely check this show out.
My favorite series of all time. True detective is great too despite most hating the second season.
I really need to get onboard True Detective - the recommendations for that series have been countless! I *have* heard the second season isn't quite up to par with the first, though - but I'll still give it a shot.
@@ana-isabel I liked the second season but it isn’t as good as the first only because the first is abnormally amazing lol. But the third season is also pretty good. Hope to see your review of it up soon 😬 I subbed
So here i am..10yrs late to the series, and 3+yrs late to rhis video and comment section. BUT...I have to say, good goddamn did this show grab me by the cojones. I was born/raised in Brooklyn, bit grew up in NJ. I can say The Sopranos entertained me, but B.E., straight moved me. Beyond everything we get in FRONT of the camera, its what's beHIND the camera that gives me sleepless nights. 2 of my good bids actually work for the NY/NJ tv/film dresser's union. He's been wanting me to get the same gig, only I've got 2 patches covering a hernia I got at 5 and reopened doing manual labor. I now have to choose wisely what my future becomes. 😢😞
Every actor should have gotten an Emmy for this show. I am on my fifth rewatching. I am a big fan. Rest in peace micheal k williams and any other ones that have passed.
I wanna watch Boardwalk Empire, it has some of my favourite actors in the show particularly Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald (such an underrated actress, love her so much) and Michael Shannon. I want to watch it, unfortunately finding a free time to binge all is so hard but as soon as I can find it, I will watch it
you won't regret it 👌
@@ana-isabel Good news, i'm halfway through the show and i'm enjoying it so far. Hopefully the ending is good
Can someone explain to me when @4:20 happens? When does Nucky walk by all the major characters in slow motion? Is this a promo commercial? Cause I have zero recollection of this scene.
It was for a promo :)
Just discovered this exist as I got HBO Max, I watched it and enjoyed it very much, the last season feels stretched but still, the villains, characters and casting are top notch. The only thing I did not like is the opening song for all episodes, 80s rock feels out of place, just nitpicking. Great series, glad I watched it.
I like this show from HBO,but the Deuce is number one for me,also like this show very undervalued.
Nucky Thompson was Machiavellianto the core
Boardwalk empire it's just a masterpiece and everyone should watch it, just great actors and a really good story, most of it is based on real events
Super underrated, and I learned recently that it was apparently cut short from running beyond five seasons. At least they were all stellar, but damn; it deserved a much larger audience.
Yes
I've watched the whole series 7 times now. Favorite and greatest series ever.
One of HBO's absolute best. Bobby Cannavale was a standout.
I have to watch this series where I can find it plzz help
Top 5 greatest shows of all time
Thanks will watch next after mayans
No worries - hope you end up loving this show as much as I did! 😍
That was Omar... SOLD
Fantastic review as well!
I don't know where to watch it.
Is it me, or are you talking way too fast? I may have to throttle this video to follow what you are saying. I came here after watching the show to get some deeper background. Please slow down in your future videos. Thanks!
amazing show
Anyone ! Is this really worth watching or should I just stick with sopranos, breaking bad, peaky blinders ? Really curiously about the show
This show is worth watching in my opinion, especially if you like the time period. If you like the shows you named in your comment then this could be a great show for you.
2 words... Richard Harrow!!
Best. Character.
(...brb gonna rewatch THAT scene from Season 3)
Not for people with an addictive personality. I literally became a boot leger after seeing this and peaky blinders.
Break So Bad 😂
Such a fantastic show. One of H.B.O's finest.
If you watch Boardwalk Empire, you should watch Peaky Blinders on Netflix
Yeah, Harrow sure wasn't a cold-blooded murderer, after all. Somebody was clearly forcing him to do everything he did against his will...
HBO makes the best mafia and crime shows
ONE OF THE B.E.S.T.
Absolutely. (and R.I.P Michael K. Williams/Chalky White, who was a fantastic actor and brought so much to the show. 😔)
One thing to add: Nucky Thomson is also based on a real-life historic person. Enoch "Nucky" Johnson,who was a powerful and corrupt politician/bootlegger from Atlantic City during the Prohibition era.
Unlike the show version though,the real "Nucky" ,never killed somebody (alledgedly) and was more of a "middleman".
Basically,he made a fortune by bringing gangsters in touch with smugglers,who would bring the illegal booze over to the US from Canada,Cuba or Ireland. He would also make sure that local law enforcment & coast guard (which he had in his pocket,the county Sheriff was his brother,like in the show) would look the other way and even arrange transport via trucks,that he owned.
He ws also involved in election fraud and all sorts of illegal activities,would act as a "mediator" between enemy gangsters and even organised the infamous "Atlantic City Conference" in 1927,a meeting between the most powerful East Coast gangsters.
Eventually,he got sentenced to 10 years of prison for tax evasion,but only served 4 years.
Oh man, I did read somewhere that Nucky was based on a Nucky *Johnson* but I had no idea he performed plenty of similar activities to his TV counterpart. The real-life one's a softer version (based on this info), but he captures much of the same corruption/criminality. Interesting trivia - thanks for sharing! 😃
Number 1. THE WIRE
No. 2 The sopranos
No 3 Boardwalk Empire
No 4. Breaking bad
No 5. Peaky Blinders
LOVE those last three - really gotta jump on the first two already!
@@ana-isabel please watch the wire I'd love to see you do a video on it, honestly it's a masterpiece
Yo we got same taste
I havent watched wire and boardwalk empire which one should i watch first
@@rajpaste7248 The Wire definitely, for me no show comes close but it has aged a little so Boardwalk Empire might be better as it came out later. I'd recommend you watch a few clips fro the wire on you tube to see if it's your thing anything with Omar would be good or Marlow but definitely check out omar
@@chipsthedog1 i have watched 2 ep of broadwalk empire it is interesting. I will watch wire after it . But one thing sopranos is the🐐
Maybe I'm alone here but I infinitely prefer boardwalk empire to breaking bad or sopranos. It's far more visually interesting as a period piece and nucky is a far more interesting and compelling main character. It's also the gold standard for historical fiction.
Peaky Blinders or Boardwalk Empire?
Boardwalk for me, I like Peaky Blinders, but it feels like it's become more about style than substance.
I love both, but I gotta pick Boardwalk. PB has yet to wrap up though so let's see!
Great great series...GOT n even Peaky Bilnders are no way near this...sad no one knows it too good... been through first season only
It only gets better! I envy you - wish I could relive it all over again! 😭
Board Walk Empire > Breaking Bad
Is it worth watching
It is. The cast is legendary, competent directors, great showrunner and the themes are great played throughout the series.
this is the best fkkn show...
My review intro starts with BE's intro: it sucked. This is almost the universal opinion and represents the most fast-forwarded intro in history. Horrible, unsuitable music with wonky filming. The close-ups of Buscemi's airbrushed face can cause projectile vomiting.
Pros: Great period piece, often overlooked chapter of US history.
Interesting use and development of minor characters into major characters.
Excellent creative use of the characters Harrow and Van Alden, among others.
Clothes, cars, and sets very authentic.
Great music, especially in the Onyx scenes.
Masseria was the only guy who looked like a real gangster, Luciano gets an honorable mention. Nucky and Rothstein both looked like undertakers.
Cons: Trying to create a fictional story based loosely (or otherwise) on real characters and taking far too many liberties weaving the fiction with fact. If you are not completely unaware of history, you cannot get past this in episode after episode. Nucky, first and foremost, was nothing like his real-life version.
Hiring a major douche like Michael Pitt and allowing his character to become one that quickly overshadows Nucky Thompson... before realizing you have to fire this narcissistic, combative drunk, thus making viewers angry. (All of the negative things about Pitt were angrily decried during and immediately after the show by Pitt-Fan boys, but they turned out to be VERY true years later, didn't they?
Casting Buscemi in the lead role. (He was a exact opposite, physically, of the real Thompson.)
Being lazy with casting AGAIN, and casting old Sopranos actors in re-tread gangster roles.
Implying that , because it is Prohibition everyone is drinking whisky all day, all the time, in every major scene.
Reducing almost all gangster interactions to sliding an envelope across a table, double-crossing the competitors on a daily basis or naming a percentage to given or taken in a business deal (while drinking whisky). It was a little more complicated than that.
Turning Eddie's character into a new comical farce of his previous character - after he is 'promoted' by Nucky for being so loyal - and then killing him off.
Having this colorful entourage of historical figures drinking, arguing and generally just hanging out together like it was an everyday occurrence and rather serendipitous, and actual history didn't exist. Like Hitler, Stalin and Churchill meeting in Rome for ice cream to argue about the Sudetenland. And then driving home. I just binge-watched 'Sopranos' a second time and what do I see in BE? The SAME wacka-doodles suddenly reincarnated (in New Jersey... again), as Tony Soprano would say. (And they considered Gandolfini for Nucky's role, too! Give it a break.
kinda sad Ana didn't dress up like a flapper for this video
Boardwalk Empire is far better than Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad isn't terrible but its overhyped and overrated.