John Adams - An Epic 7-Part Miniseries Event on HBO

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Man. Looks good...

Click-a-peek-a-loo (http://www.hbo.com/films/johnadams/?ntrack_para1=feat_main_title)...

[Taxman71]

Caught a good part of it last night. Very, very good. Especially cool if you have been to Williamsburg/Jamestown/Yorktown area of Virginia where alot of that happened and, I believe, was filmed. Women of that era had it tough.

[Scott D]

I've heard that it's going to completely fall short of it's potential, and that casting Paul Giamatti in the lead role does a great disservice to the character.

[StoopTroup]

I laughed when Jon Stewart said "Ummm....Paul...Being picked to portray John Adams is not a compliment."

It does look good though.

Giamanti has played way to many pyschopaths in the last few years IMO.

[BigRedJed]

I caught part of it last night and all of the "making of" stuff on HBO. It looks like they have put a pretty high value on authenticity, at least as far as the sets/costuming go. The casting is OK with me, too. I'm excited about it. I've always been much more interested in Revolutionary War stuff than the Civil War or other conflicts.

[Okla-homey]

ripping good stuff. harrumph.

[Blue]

Yes, Dang good. Morse played a good George Washington and Franklin was good too. It makes me realize I don't know jack past the basics of us history.

[King Crimson]

I want to see it.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Any of you yahoos using the search feature? (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109690&highlight=adams):D

[Okla-homey]

Yes, Dang good. Morse played a good George Washington and Franklin was good too. It makes me realize I don't know jack past the basics of us history.

One day before seeing the "Adams" premier, I watched that Clooney lawyer movie. The guy who plays Franaklin is the same guy who went off his meds and got nekkid in a deposition in the Clooney flick. wierd.

The thing about the Adams flick I really enjoy, besides Paul Giamatti (the manager in "Cinderella Story" BTW) is the extensive use of CGI for the backgrounds and sets. I've never seen anything like it. It's amazingly realistic. Way more so than the incredible background CGI effects in "300" and which were awesome.

[Blue]

Giamatti was getting hosed for his portrayel but I thought he did a good job. Not that I know what J. Adams was supposed to be but neither do all the dumbass critics. I thought he was good.

franklin was also Gen. Cornwallis in the Patriot. Heh.

[Okla-homey]

Giamatti was getting hosed for his portrayel but I thought he did a good job. Not that I know what J. Adams was supposed to be but neither do all the dumbass critics. I thought he was good.

franklin was also Gen. Cornwallis in the Patriot. Heh.

By all accounts, Adams was a brillaint but dumpy, irritating little pr1ck. At least that's the way I remember him from David McCullough's book. Hey, history with the warts left on. That's the kind I like.

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/49277/2005934908638912527_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005934908638912527)

[KC//CRIMSON]

Our forefathers were no saints by any stretch, but Adams was a good guy in my book.

[Blue]

The only thing I didn't like, being a southerner of course ;), was the over the top jab at slaveholders in the South. If you could have swapped the economies and agriculture of the north and south, I am of the belief, the north would have done the same damn thing.

They portrayed Abigail and the north as morally and intellectually superior than those savage southerners. Self righteous BS.

[mynameisjoe]

I think they did a pretty good job overall with the casting. I also absolutely LOVE the music, especially the intro theme, which I've had stuck in my head. It feels right for the Colonial period, yet is modern.

[soonerscuba]

They portrayed Abigail and the north as morally and intellectually superior than those savage southerners.
Still true today.

<ducks>

[mynameisjoe]

I heard HBO is also making 1776 by David McCullough into a mini-series

[Blue]

Still true today.

<ducks>

yeah but we's got moonshine and NASCAR.

[KC//CRIMSON]

yeah but we's got moonshine and NASCAR.

Yeah, but we got Dentistry.

Hey-O!

[Frozen Sooner]

Paul Giamatti (the manager in "Cinderella Story" BTW)

Also the son of former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti. Strange but true.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Also the son of former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti. Strange but true.

Also played the role of Pig-Vomit from Howard Stern's autobiographical movie Private Parts.

His finest role to date if you ask me.

[BigRedJed]

Merged by popular request.

[OU4LIFE]

I watched last night, I thought it was good.

that's all.

[r5TPsooner]

A movie about beer? Cool~!

[SoonerTerry]

A movie about beer? Cool~!\


Thats sam Adams ya redneck!:D

BEsides vet's shine is better.

[soonerbrat]

One day before seeing the "Adams" premier, I watched that Clooney lawyer movie. The guy who plays Franaklin is the same guy who went off his meds and got nekkid in a deposition in the Clooney flick. wierd.

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he got nekkid in The Full Monty too. he's been in a lot of stuff lately.

[OU4LIFE]

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Thats sam Adams ya redneck!:D

BEsides vet's shine is better.

Sam Adams white ale is teh tasty

[Taxman71]

original Boston Lager.....all others are posers.

[TUSooner]

Me no habby de HBO. :(

[Flagstaffsooner]

From 1776 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7735709894728914558&q=1776&total=1459&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)

[soonerbrat]

Me no habby de HBO. :(

:eek: