irenerose

The 2 main actors are superb. The story is interesting. Keeps moving, no dead spots. Sometimes judges have more common sense than everyone in the FBI.

Good story lines without a lot of sugar-coating or fantasy. We meet characters with depth, from the token firehouse playboy to a lesbian portrayed primarily as a human (that's a TV first). Some good action/effects scenes. Eye candy for everyone. What more can you ask? I truly enjoyed this one. Watched the whole series over a 2 week period while I was sick. I'm waiting with anticipation for it to return.

Love David Eigenberg as Herrmann--so glad to see him back on TV in a series. Doesn't everyone know a guy like Herrmann? Joe Minoso does a great job as Cruz. All in all they're a very interesting and varied group of characters. I like them all.

I haven't watched a sitcom regularly since Seinfeld, because they're all so lame. This one is good! I find it hilarious. One of the things I like most about it is that it's not always PC, and that's refreshing. The female ensemble cast is excellent. I love the blond character from NJ, but I'm not crazy about the 'supervisor' character--she's a whiner! The actor who plays Sherri's son lacks any kind of energy at all...you would have thought they could have found a better actor. The actor who plays the husband does a pretty good job. But of course the star of this show is Sherri herself. I never watched her on the View, but maybe now I will, if she's as funny on that.

This was the film that first indicated to me what a great actor Martin Sheen really is. He modestly claims that Charlie is a better actor, Charlie can't hold a candle to him.

I found it suspenseful and thoroughly enjoyed the intertwining of the love story with the main plot (and I usually HATE love stories). There's a great plot twist at the end that struck me as being fully credible, particularly in the early 80's time period, and probably now also.

The final scene had me on the edge of my seat. This film roundly illustrates that treachery is often doled out by those we trust, while declared enemies have more in common than they suspect, and finally, that human compassion can be found where we least expect it.

irenerose

I saw this film 40 years ago--it was the first I saw that did more than merely entertain. It's a movie for those who ponder larger issues. I recall the contagion to the viewer of the spirit of those fighting for liberty, and the hope for the future, unfortunately only to finish in futility.

As I recall, the opening scene was of a peasant walking a burro along a road--the ending scene was exactly the same, denoting that despite the fervor of many, sometimes nothing much changes in this world. I thought it was genius to depict the futility in this way.

Jason Robards role is that of a lost soul in a sea of NYC humanity. He and his nephew share a symbiotic relationship, although it's clear that this relationship is 'reversed', the nephew fulfilling the role of adult, while Jason Robards remains the child.

The film illustrates how wrong-headed the misguided meddling of social work can sometimes be.

This film also contains one of my all-time favorite scenes: Various shots of Manhattan streets in early morning, deserted and quiet--Suddenly switching to shots of hundreds of working people streaming from the mouths of subways and buses into the streets, while "The Hallelujah Chorus" plays. I just loved that satiric statement.

irenerose

I saw this film 40 years ago--it was the first I saw that did more than merely entertain. It's a movie for those who ponder larger issues. I recall the contagion to the viewer of the spirit of those fighting for liberty, and the hope for the future, unfortunately only to finish in futility.

As I recall, the opening scene was of a peasant walking a burro along a road--the ending scene was exactly the same, denoting that despite the fervor of many, sometimes nothing much changes in this world. I thought it was genius to depict the futility in this way.