The Gentlemen: The Series

[XJR500bhp]

okgo said:

The over blown verbosity of every sentence does my head in. Particularly of Lady Glass.

Couldn’t agree more. It became tedious.

Good series but the above got to me

[NowWatchThisDrive]

XJR500bhp said:

okgo said:

The over blown verbosity of every sentence does my head in. Particularly of Lady Glass.

Couldn’t agree more. It became tedious.

Good series but the above got to me

Yeah, it's another one of those textbook Guy Ritchie tropes that works reasonably well in a snappy 2hr film, but gets a bit tiresome over 8 episodes. That's my general conclusion having persevered and got through the last few episodes of this...entertaining and laughably absurd in places, but don't think his style particularly works in this format.

[okgo]

Agreed with that. 3 star review in Guardian about right for me. It’s not in the same stratosphere as Snatch IMO.

[romft123]

Just watched ep 1. Why do they talk like they grew up in the east end or somewhere like that

[Pistom]

okgo said:

Agreed with that. 3 star review in Guardian about right for me. It’s not in the same stratosphere as Snatch IMO.

Have you watched Snatch recently?

My memory of it agreed but having just watched Snatch last night, I was left feeling different.

[StevieBee]

Only just dawned own me that Theo James was that rep in The Inbetweeners movie!

Bluevanman said:

He's a bit of a one trick pony is Ritchie, don't you agree?

Swept Away, Sherlock Holmes, Man from Uncle, Aladdin...

Many Directors tend to gravitate towards a certain genre though.... and why not? If it works, it works. George Lucas has Directed just six films, four of them are Star Wars films.

[Scabutz]

Started this last night. It's a bit try hard. The woman is trying too hard to be like the woman in the film.

Still enjoyable though and some good hummor

[okgo]

romft123 said:

Just watched ep 1. Why do they talk like they grew up in the east end or somewhere like that

Well, you’ll see why in the case of Lady Glass. Theo James has hammed up his posh accent, but it sounds believable.

Prison -I actually haven’t, but I’ll give it another go. I just always remember Ritchie tying together a multitude of stories better than he did here. But I’ll go and revisit.

[CHLEMCBH]

okgo said:

Theo James has hammed up his posh accent, but it sounds believable.

Doesn't sound like any army officer with his background I've ever heard speak (plenty, before you ask). Doesn't even sound like he went to a minor public school. Ray Winstone should be seething with menace, instead he's like a caricature East End grandad. I'm about 4 episodes in and the only believable character is the stoner kid so far.

[popeyewhite]

XJR500bhp said:

okgo said:

The over blown verbosity of every sentence does my head in. Particularly of Lady Glass.

Couldn’t agree more. It became tedious.

Good series but the above got to me

Worst was the terrible Scouse accents. There's only one thing more annoying than a scouse twang, and that's someone faking a Scouse twang.

[Graykiraa]

popeyewhite said:

Worst was the terrible Scouse accents. There's only one thing more annoying than a scouse twang, and that's someone faking a Scouse twang.

Peter Serafinowicz who played Gospel Johns brother was born in Liverpool, no idea how long he was there for though.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Scabutz said:

Started this last night. It's a bit try hard. The woman is trying too hard to be like the woman in the film.

Still enjoyable though and some good hummor

Agree. They should have gone on a different tangent with Glass.

I liked it purely as there is nothing else to watch at the moment. That's not a compliment.


What I found utterly bizarre was they were trusting a £150m empire to a stoner who smoked weed high off his tits whilst driving a huge delivery of the stuff.

If it was supposed to be even part professional they wouldn't have let him outside of the weed farm........

[ashleyman]

Thought it was fantastic. Downloaded it and binged it whilst on a flight.

The only thing I didn't like was:

Some of the character introductions being a bit comic book style vs the series being quite series.
Susie Glass hand gestures and the on screen visuals when talking deals - felt quite out place.

Other than that, thoroughly enjoyed it and totally missed the meth connection!

[popeyewhite]

Graykiraa said:

popeyewhite said:

Worst was the terrible Scouse accents. There's only one thing more annoying than a scouse twang, and that's someone faking a Scouse twang.

Peter Serafinowicz who played Gospel Johns brother was born in Liverpool, no idea how long he was there for though.

In normal speak he carries no trace of a scouse accent whatsoever. Perhaps the merest twang to an observant listener. He overdid it so badly in Gentlemen, I imagine he was told to though.

[FiF]

cobra kid said:

Finished it last night. Great series but not a classic. Nicely tied up and a lovely Vinnie Jones scene that made me tear up a fair bit.

As above, maybe it didn't get dusty with the Vinnie scene but one thing espoused at one point was right.

Aristocrats, original gangsters and the whole setup is designed to keep them there, tax, education, law making, connections, breeding.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

It saddens me to say this but it had more holes than Rebel Moon..

Why go to a dangerous warehouse to steal a car in your own distinctive antique Mercedes. Even someone with half an intelligence knows that.

Letting the weakest link in your drug empire delivery and no one present to question who the stranger woman is who turned up in the facility.

The Scouse gangland kingpin who didn't question at all where his brother was still after the last place he was seen picking up 4m...

Etc etc..

[Pistom]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

It saddens me to say this but it had more holes than Rebel Moon..

There's times when these kind of "holes" annoy me too but with any work of fiction, especially one as far fetched as this, you have to put a block on what is credible and what isn't so I try not to be too hard on stuff like this. Otherwise it spoils it.

[Antony Moxey]

I thought it great entertainment and was so busy enjoying each episode that I forgot that I should be counting rivets.

[FiF]

Pistom said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

It saddens me to say this but it had more holes than Rebel Moon..

There's times when these kind of "holes" annoy me too but with any work of fiction, especially one as far fetched as this, you have to put a block on what is credible and what isn't so I try not to be too hard on stuff like this. Otherwise it spoils it.

Well exactly, no signs of police investigations into very public killings, still suppose there are some of us with extensive remote woodland for disposal of unfortunates.

Just ride with the story for what it is and where it goes. Time to get annoyed at details is where, for example, someone tries to do an accurate detailed police procedural and ends up with basic errors that a two weeks in probationer constable wouldn't make.

[WY86]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

It saddens me to say this but it had more holes than Rebel Moon..

Why go to a dangerous warehouse to steal a car in your own distinctive antique Mercedes. Even someone with half an intelligence knows that.

Letting the weakest link in your drug empire delivery and no one present to question who the stranger woman is who turned up in the facility.

The Scouse gangland kingpin who didn't question at all where his brother was still after the last place he was seen picking up 4m...

Etc etc..

I have to agree, after just learning your cokehead brother is in a huge amount of debt and then evidences he is abit unhinged. why would you then go and show him a huge weed grow on their property?