Boston Legal - Season One
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Movie Reviews of Boston Legal - Season One
Movie Review: One of the best
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a pretty big T.V. fan and i can say with a certainty that this is one of the best series i have ever seen.
The show starts off with a plethera of different characters with different views and very different personalities. Over time many of the characters roles become less important. I see in other reviews that this is something many people dislike. I can understand that point of view but disagree that it is a bad thing. The main focus of this show, aside from the poltical aspect, is the very close and very real friend ship between Denny Crane and Alan Shore. This sets Boston Legal apart from any other show out there. No show has ever captured such a true and deep friendship so well. From their friendly bickering, to their bursts of anger to the moments when they truely open up to eachother, no other T.V. relationship will make you appreciate your best friend more than this. Most T.V. Romances can't compete with the type of relationship these 2 characters have.
Aside from that, the combination of political debate and witty humor takes this show to the next level. The passion that these lawyers argue with is astounding. Alan shores closings are some of the most moving and hilarious monolouges in existance. Even when you disagree with what is being argued (which I did many times) you can't help but appreciate what is being said.
That being said, this is an excellent show for any intelligent person looking for something to help them doubt, strengthen, question and/or appreciate life and their views on life. I have never talked to a person who has watched this show and did not fall in love with it. Absolutley worth buying, you will not be disappointed.
Movie Review: Denny Crane!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was initially "turned on to" "Boston Legal" around season three or four, and immediately fell in love with it. I couldn't get enough of Alan Shore's (James Spader) biting sarcasm, borderline sexual harassment, and hilarious banter. Furthermore, the character of Denny Crane (William Shatner) always left me curious as to his fall from grace, as Alzheimer's slowly and gradually robs him of his legal genius, replacing it with hilarious eccentricities that never cease to amuse me. I had many questions about the show, "How did Alan come to work in Boston? How did Denny contract "Mad Cow" (as he claims)? How did the show start?" Season One didn't disappoint any of my expectations.
Episode one immediately throws you into the story of "Crane, Poole, and Schmidt" and gives you very little exposition, focusing mainly on the stories of the cases and letting you figure out the character details on your own as the relationships play out through the caseloads of the lawyers. While this was initially frustrating, it nonetheless became highly entertaining.
Even if you've never seen the show before, I would highly recommend it. "Boston Legal" is like many David E. Kelly shows in that it shows off lush parties with music, political agendas (mostly "leftist"), and witty, back-and-forth, dialogue that is reminiscent of a funnier Aaron Sorkin.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend Season One as it is the genesis of one of the best shows on TV, has loads of great cameos (Freddie Prinze Jr., Elizabeth Mitchell (of "Lost" fame), and Larry Miller amongst others), and plenty of hilarious and poignant cases.
Movie Review: James T Who...?
Summary: 5 Stars
You've got to give David E Kelly credit; this series has achieved the highly improbable...
For 35 years if the name William Shatner crossed my mind, I'd instinctively picture James T Kirk and all thoughts are colored by Star Trek memories. But, as an actor if you become successful in genre stuff or soap opera's, it's a fair bet that you're almost dead in the water as far as fresh characterisation is concerned. The movie Galaxy Quest gently parodies this, although when you juxtapose Jason Nesmith and Bill Shatner this perhaps borders on brutal.
There's a price for this sort of worldwide osmosis, so even if you didn't like Star Trek, you knew who James T Kirk was. Stepping out of Kirk's shadow is a pretty tall order, look at T J Hooker, for example, "hey, there's Kirk playing an LA cop". Similarly, both Leonard Nimoy and the studio [Desilu, I think] traded on Mr Spock's enormous popularity, by playing a character in Mission Impossible in the late 60s; I think my young mind got confused every time he smiled...
To my knowledge it's extraordinarily rare for someone to step out of a show that permeated the national and in Star Trek's case, global consciousness to play a totally fresh and original character, but then again, William Shatner is a very fine actor.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: "Denny Crane".
And hey, the rest of the show ain't bad either...
Movie Review: Top of the crop
Summary: 5 Stars
Some TV shows over the last few years have reached great heights in drama, comparable to what's been achieved in the world's best literature. Boston Legal is the top of the current crop.
There's a competition going on between the big media companies to attract that group of people who used to enjoy the West Wing and the Sopranos. Boston Legal catches us with bringing political debate down to the individual level at which it plays. It brings a new type of drama especially in the relationship between Crane and Shore. The talent of its actor pool is of such quality that the script can rely on their non verbal skills to make the critical points. Despite their extravagance and eccentricity these are solid and very convincing human characters, they shine through their flaws so much more than through traditional polish perfection.
Boston Legal has set a whole new standard in television excellence. Whatever comes next has to exceed Boston Legal, has to take all this forward. We live in this absurd, dangerous and crazy world in which our fate in progress has been undermined, but not when it comes to literature, drama and art. If there's anyone left alive a thousand years from now they will sit down for a showing of Boston Legal and enjoy it as the Cicero and Vergil of our times.
Think I'm too "laud"? You might not have watched this show.
Movie Review: Well Written Well Acted TV Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, for those of us who were raised in the TV age and cut our teeth on such comedies as MASH, All In The Family, and more, this show is a pleasant surprise in a time when most shows are reduced to the same old tired lines redone over and over again. To come up with the recipe for this show, take the zaniness from MASH, the political incorrectness of All In The Family, and current zingers from The Simpsons, and you have Boston Legal.
Nothing about this show can be considered normal or regular. And that's what makes it so funny. It is SO over the top, so outrageous, that you just suspend belief and bust a gut laughing. I'm not a big James Spader or William Shatner fan, but I just can't imagine any other two actors pulling off the friendship that exists between Denny Crane and Alan Shore. They are so full of themselves that you find yourself laughing inspite of yourself. To leaven out the mixture, you add the cool sex appeal of Candace Bergen (who somehow manages to be in every plot even when she's not around thanks to Denny & Alan's obsessions--but I'll let you laugh through that).
If you haven't had the pleasure of Boston Legal, then sit back with a large bowl of popcorn and get ready to laugh. OR as Denny & Alan would have, a glass of scotch and a good cigar on the veranda.