Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Roman Sampson
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
azannell
So I'm over visiting my Aunt in Italy in 2004. She is a stay at home mom and watched a lot of TV. While I was there I got to watch the last few episodes of the first season on Murder One. I fell in love with it and when I got home I looked it up and found out it was aired on TV in 95,96, and 97. In the summer I was at WalMart one day and I saw the first season on DVD. I figured me and my mom could watch it b/c she likes those kind of shows. Well we never ended up watching it so I took it to college with me and I watched it there. It became like my drug! I couldn't go a day w/o watching it! I was so drawn in it wasn't even funny. The lawyers are so hot and the women are beautiful. The last 3 episodes I watched like in a row. I couldn't wait to find out who the killer was because I left Italy before finding out. When I first started watching the second seasons I wasn't as impressed,but as the stories went on and thing heated up between Jimmy and Justine I began to love it just as much as the first season! I love all the office romances thrown in. It makes the show so realistic. The court room scenes are also awesome as those get heated up. All the supporting actors were outstanding as they each brought something different to the show. I was sad when I was done watched the DVDs. I just wish there was a way it could continue on with more seasons.
s_duncan02
I recently purchased the DVD of the first series. The very first episode quickly reminded of how much I enjoyed all 23. It is truly compelling television. All the characters, even the most minor are well cast and played magnificently by all. I particularly enjoyed the Machiavellian scheming of "Richard Cross", played by Stanley Tucci, the smart comments of judge Beth Bornstein(I forget her real name) and Miriam Grasso played by Barbara Bosson (with such aplomb!).They don't make them like this any more, 24 does not cut it in comparison.Sarah
SanFernandoCurt
This is one of those Hollywood projects you're "supposed" to like more than you actually like. I remember in the mid-'90s, when it premiered, battalions of TV critics blathered on about how guh-reat it was, how the acting was fan-tan-babulous, how the writing made Moliere look like a dried-up afternoon soap opera bitch/hack, how the sets looked like Mario Buatta threw up on them and on and on.In reality, "Murder One" wasn't so hot. It was very... '80s in its approach. Everyone preened darkly in moody lighting and intoned lines dripping with something real dang close to import. It all seemed so five minutes ago in 1995. You can't set up a drama to shock the folks in Peoria when nobody in Peoria is shockable anymore. After all, it's not the 1950s ANYWHERE, oh ye purveyors of processed entertainment.That weakness was coupled with the lead, Daniel Benzali, who had all the zip and charisma of a cheese ball slooowly going stale and scaly in a back cupboard. Oh... and in the show he has a beautiful goy wife about half his age. Yummy! There were some (damn necessary) cast changes, some tinkering here and there - all half-hearted attempts to drag this soggy bucket out of the old flop tank... but... nobody really cared when it disappeared.Darn it: Sometimes, the viewers are right.
Jon Gregory
This is probably the finest TV series I have ever watched. The outstanding cast, and their superb acting was a joy to see. The plot and twists were great, and left me guessing right up until the end. I'm delighted that at long last the series is being released on DVD in September here, and I shall enjoy watching it all again through the autumn (fall!) This is TV as only the Americans can do it. We Brits are great at the period drama stuff (Sense and Sensibility etc), but you guys are the kings when it comes to this particular genre. The second series was good, but never quite recaptured the essence of series one. Does anyone know if they released the soundtrack as a separate entity??Thanks Mr Bochco et al, great stuff!!
