Truly Dreadful Film

The Worst Film Ever

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

I love this show. The characters are funny and witty and plainly outrageous. The acting is great and the characters thoroughly believable despite doing (or saying) some strange things.I found myself entertained and relaxed. This is a show you can watch after the end of a long, stressful and tiring day. It will put a smile on your face. There may be a little bit of drama but this will not be the focus of the show.The writers keep it interesting despite it being a show about a law firm that you've probably seen a millions times before. This is probably because you can relate to the characters, they are endearing and clever.

This show ended way before it should have. I never get tired of watching this show. Between Alan's countless humorous speeches to Denny's gun-loving goofiness, this show delivers many laughs. I know some people were unhappy about the constant cast changes and how it was never explained why each character suddenly disappeared but who cares? Alan and Denny may have been the only ones who were in every single episode but they were the ones who made the show funny. The only complaint I have about it is that Rene Auberjonois wasn't a regular in every season. He was a regular in the first 3 seasons but only appeared in 1 season 4 episode and 3 season 5 episodes. Anyway, I was happy to see this spin-off of The Practice. Unfortunately, as seems to be with a lot of David E. Kelley shows, it ended way before its time. I'm surprised he kept The Practice going for 8 seasons.

I watched the 5 series box set of "Boston Legal" over the last 8 months and the quality of the series was consistently high over nearly one hundred episodes.Created and often written by TV legal drama stalwart David E. Kelley as a spin off from "The Practice" it shows us the world of the very unconventional practice of Crane, Poole and Schmidt. We also see the equally unconventional private lives of the main characters.The opening scene of Series 1 features one of the named partners – Poole – arriving to the office in his underwear. In this show judges, clients and lawyers are all capable of doing something a bit mad.Each episode features one or more cases the firm is fighting, usually a highly controversial or a simply ridiculous one. Some cases continue over more than one episode, usually ending with a cliffhanger as we wait for the jury to give its verdict.The excellent cast is instrumental in making this series so good. James Spader plays the brilliant orator and full time lech Alan Shore, though I found his acting style became more mannered and slightly annoying from Series three on. Candice Bergen is the matriarchal partner Shirley Schmidt and there are countless other brilliant recurring and once off characters.However the acting highlight for me was the performances of William Shatner as Denny Crane. He plays the right wing, "Mad Cow disease" suffering, gun toting sex addict with relish but also at times with surprising subtlety as his character contemplates the loss of his faculties. Shatner has certainly come a long way from his over acting days on Star Trek. The last five minutes of almost every episode feature Crane and Shore on the balcony of the office, sipping whiskey and debating their conflicting political and moral views, often finishing with a declaration of their undying friendship. It's unlikely that the importance to men of their close platonic friendships with other men has been portrayed on screen as it is in these scenes.The show is far from perfect. Kelley's repeated use of Alan Shore's closing legal arguments to set out his own liberal views gets a bit tiresome after a while. Statistic after statistic is quoted to support his arguments until the viewer feels as if they are being beaten over the head. The switch in the middle of episodes from broad comedy to a serious subject isn't always achieved successfully. And the theme tune is undoubtedly the most annoying of any TV show I've ever watched!After five series it was a good time to call it a day for one of the most entertaining comedy drama series to come out of the US in the last ten years.

I'm one of those people who isn't very fond of the judicial system and especially lawyers however Boston Legal is more about humanity than anything else. Every second of every episode is filled either with tactful humor or profound worldly idealism that leave you emotionally stirred. It made me think about life unlike any other show in this respect. The relationships between the characters is, in itself, enough reason to watch. Alan Shore (James Spader) is the single most fathomless character I have had the pleasure of encountering on screen. David E. Kelley's creation doesn't fail to entertain (and somehow enlighten) even for a moment.