The Wire - The Complete Third Season
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Movie Reviews of The Wire - The Complete Third Season
Movie Review: Shakespheare in Baltimore....The Finest Season of the Greatest Show on Television
Summary: 5 Stars
In Season 3 of David Simon's groundbreaking series, Lt. Daniels' Major Crimes Unit has turned its attention back on Westside drug dealers. Ultimately, as in Season 1, the targets are the drug kingpins Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell.
But while in Season 1 and 2 the police were the clear heroes of the show (if notoriously flawed and human), in Season 3 The Wire's subtle critique of the drug war becomes a more significant theme. The police-work conducted by McNulty, Greggs, Daniels, and Freeman remains exciting and heroic, but their efforts are now on the margins of the true movement and import of the story. When Barksdale is finally busted, it is not so much the result of their police-work as the anonynmous tip of Stringer Bell. Bell (an charismatic and compelling character in his own right, who continues to grow in Season 3) has become increasingly disenchanted with "the game", and reaches out to "Bunny" Colvin of the Western with information on Avon. In the end it is questionable whether Major Crimes has accomplished anything, or whether it was the relationships with actual people forged by Colvin's humanity that actually made a positive difference.
Major "Bunny" Colvin of the Western District has become sick of the drug war--convinced that the tactics employed do not constitute real police work. So he starts pushing all drug trafficing in his district into 3 zones where drug dealing is more or less legalized. In the meantime, he hides this strategy from his bosses, while his friend "The Deacon" begins organizing outreach and condom/needle distribution among the addicts who begin gathering in these districts and no longer have to hide. "The Game" gradually becomes gutted from the inside out, as the violence associated with drug dealing is no longer necessary. When murders or thefts among the dealers occur, the dealers themselves begin turning to the police for protection--building relationships and passing information. Utimately even the ruthless Stringer Bell begins to trust Colvin and prefers Colvin's experiment to the destructive reality of grinding on the street. In the end, Colvin's story asks vital questions as to what police work is all about, and how the police can best protect and serve.
But what lifts Season 3 of The Wire above all television that has come before it is the story of Dennis "Cutty" Wise, which features in every single episode. Cutty is a convicted felon who is released from prison after 14 years...estranged from his family and all meaningful ties to the community.....as well as to himself. Indeed the only people who are initially prepared to reach out to him are Avon and his crew, who respect Cutty's legendary reputation in "the game". Cutty's journey takes him to the street, back into the game, back out, and ultimately upon a path to redemption, upon which he must "travel from A to B all by myself". I don't want to ruin the story for you--I'll only say that his struggle to find meaning and purpose in the midst of the urban nightmare is nothing less than sublime. His conversations with such awesome characters as Bodie, Slim Charles, Avon, The Deacon, and other denizons of the urban landscape are conducted in a Baltimore street slang that Simon renders into Shakesphearean poetry, whose final object is not merely extraordinary realism but striving towards a vision of redemption. It is the sort of timeless art that just gets better with repeat viewings.
If you are new to The Wire, start with Season 1, episode 1-3. Give yourself a chance to get used to the language, the realism, the all-to-human characters. And be prepared for the story to keep getting better and better.
Movie Review: The Wire season #3
Summary: 5 Stars
Season #3 is just as good as seasons one and two. I can't wate for season four. The actors are spot on with their roles. It is easy to belive that what you are seeing is real. The wrighting and story are great. You will want to watch all three seasons in correct order to keep the story line stright. And as with seasons one and two, put mom and the kids is another room when watching as it can get a wee bit randy and rank at times. I love this show, and don't ever want it to end. It is worth your time and money. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Movie Review: Great series. Period.
Summary: 5 Stars
The characters are fully fleshed out, the story is intricate and brings the first season's characters back to the foreground for a swift climax and resolution. Worth every penny.Movie Review: The Wire is the best
Summary: 5 Stars
The Wire is the best show on TV. Season 3 doesn't disappoint. This season dives back into the Barksdale storyline. Get the first two seaons, then you'll have to have this one. I only wish they were filmed in HD/widescreen!Movie Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again the best series on television delivers. Just as in the first two seasons (and indeed the fourth season) the third season of the wire provides the best storytelling on television. How this series and its wonderful actors have been overlooked for so long is a mystery. Each year the series reinvents itself revealing yet another facit of life in Baltimore through the eyes of the police. First it was the drug dealers in season one and then dock workers in season two, now we start to focus on the polical side of this flawed but interesting city. The drama only gets better in season four when the focus moves to the education system. I highly recommend "The Wire-Complete Third Season." However, to fully enjoy the disks, start with season one and enjoy.