This week we finished the last episode of series 5 of 'The Wire', having watched all previous series during the 5 months that we've been married. I have to say I was sad to come to the end. It's the most I've watched of any series, and the first time I've not got bored/put off, so it musta had something about it. I won't go into detail, or give away any of the plot, but it's definitely worth watching if you haven't already.
I did attempt writing some deep, hard-hitting review, but I just sounded like I was trying to be a clever critic, and I reckon a whole lot of people have done that better than me. So for now, here's some reasons....
...Why we loved the Wire (in no particular order):
1. We learnt a whole lot about Baltimore, somewhere I'd barely even thought of before
2. Some hilarious uses of swear words (Clay Davis' "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" and McNulty and Bunk figuring out a murder scene using only 'the F-word')
3. The way it demonstrated the interwoven relationship between police, politics, children, press, poverty, crime and 'ordinary people'. Everything's connected.
4. The way it blurs - well totally destroys - the stereotypical demarkations of right and wrong, good and bad, and makes very clear the damaging effects of corruption and greed, in whatever arena they exist.
5. Nothing's glamourous. Nobody's perfect. Happy endings don't really exist, and hope is hard to come by, but there are moments of victory, of tenderness, of joy, of life being worth living and carrying on.
6. Some brilliant acting and characters that totally drew you in. Wallace, D'Angelo, Stringer, Bubbs, Omar, Lester... we'll miss you!
I did attempt writing some deep, hard-hitting review, but I just sounded like I was trying to be a clever critic, and I reckon a whole lot of people have done that better than me. So for now, here's some reasons....
...Why we loved the Wire (in no particular order):
1. We learnt a whole lot about Baltimore, somewhere I'd barely even thought of before
2. Some hilarious uses of swear words (Clay Davis' "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" and McNulty and Bunk figuring out a murder scene using only 'the F-word')
3. The way it demonstrated the interwoven relationship between police, politics, children, press, poverty, crime and 'ordinary people'. Everything's connected.
4. The way it blurs - well totally destroys - the stereotypical demarkations of right and wrong, good and bad, and makes very clear the damaging effects of corruption and greed, in whatever arena they exist.
5. Nothing's glamourous. Nobody's perfect. Happy endings don't really exist, and hope is hard to come by, but there are moments of victory, of tenderness, of joy, of life being worth living and carrying on.
6. Some brilliant acting and characters that totally drew you in. Wallace, D'Angelo, Stringer, Bubbs, Omar, Lester... we'll miss you!
1 comment:
oohh that makes me want to rewatch it all over again! Clay Davis! McNulty's twists and turns of being amazing and rubbish, Bunk and Lester, Ah Lester.
Series 4 was our favourite, so much angst and tears at what happened to them all, and seeing presbo being a teacher :)
One of those series where you know they are going to kill your favourite character...
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