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Did anyone else watch this last night? I thought it was good - Murphy and Neill were excellent, and while at first I thought the modern music was anachronistic it actually worked. Not sure about the gratuitous appearance of Birmingham FC in the pub but apart from that it was terrific. A BBC take on Deadwood, or maybe Boardwalk EMpire.
Has the makings of a good series, but I'll give it a couple of more episodes to totally make up my mind. This drama could go either way. Also I hate modern music played to old period dramas. It's a lazy bit of programme making when a bit of research on period music would have sufficed to give it a more authentic feel. At least Boardwalk Empire used genuine 20's soundtracks, but then I'm an old fashioned git anyway.
Without sounding picky the appearance of Benjamin Zephaniah as the ranting bible basher complete with dreadlocks was a bit of a mistake even if he is a brummie. The appearance of dreadlocks was first recorded in the 50s.And some of the accents were a bit dubious but as a piece of drama it was very well written and acted. To think Birmingham hasn't changed one bit in over 90 years !!!
They did the modern soundtrack thing over here in UnderBelly Razor.A series about the razor gangs in 1920's Sydney. It was quite good and the music thing worked well.
Started watching The Great Gatsby on a plane last month and then the soundtrack was suddenly Rick Ross or some such (c)rap star. Switched Off after that. It worked to a degree in Django but playing recent music in period films seems to en vogue at the moment and I hope it won't last!!
Wasn't that fussed with the music one way or the other. On the whole it had a lot I liked - I'm ambivalent about mafia/gangster films because they tend to glamourise a bunch of bastards who steal from people weaker than themselves, but on the other hand the subject seems to bring out some great writing and acting. In this case I really liked the way the aftereffects of WW1 were treated as central to the way people behaved in the next few years - which surely they must have been - and that you could sort of see how all the different sides felt they were doing what they needed to do, however ruthlessly.
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