EP:20 - Boardwalk Empire (S1 E1)

In this episode of Luke Who’s Watching, I’m going to talk about the pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire.

There is quite a bit happening in this opening episode of Boardwalk Empire, there is a heist, murder, crime meetings, parties and sexual intercourse….

Being a ‘pilot’ episode, we are introduced into the world and all the main stakeholders in the bootleg booze ear, the established bosses, Nucky Thompson and Arnold Rothstein. As well as the ‘up and coming’ goons, James Darmody, Al Capone and Lucky Luciano. Plus a few other key characters that play major roles in the show moving forward.

Something that I think is interesting is the inclusion of ‘Big’ Jim Colosimo, who is a real throw away character as we don’t see him after this first episode.

Now, just a quick word on Steve Buscemi who plays ‘Nucky’ Thompson, before I saw Boardwalk Empire, Buscemi to me was always someone who played ‘goofy’ and ‘odd’ characters, never anything serious. But seeing him in this was a bit transformation of my opinion on him, at least of what Buscemi I’ve seen, this is easily his best work.

Scorsese does a great job at directing this episode, the production and the outfits are great. If you love The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos or any sort of ‘gangster’ films I think Boardwark Empire is worth a watch if you can.

3.5/5 Toilet Rolls.

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