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A grossly misunderstood movie

The reviews and comments I see on here are so premature, almost petulant - I would go as far to say this is a top gangster movie.

This isn't a Scarface. If you were expecting something like it; exciting and daunting don't go on a diatribe. This movie pays homage to departure of the gangster. We all too often see them in their glory without reverence for their pedestrian downfall. This movie delivers on this.

Those saying it's a snooze fest, it's not. The gestured symbolism drives the plot and delivered a fantastic rendition of the last year of Capone.

I can all but assume the audience is was not anticipating nor is cultured to digest this deep allegory. If you can't hear what he's saying, turn on the subtitles or better yet, release your conventional expectations.

The directing of ep. 1 was bizarre. The constant trailing shot, everywhere Bacon goes we go lost me. The key photographic elements in the show contradict themselves -- lost in script that lacks character depth. Characters felt as if they were inserted for the sake of a quota, and no TRUE internal mechanism of the characters were shown; entirely surface.

My reasoning for the 7/10 is simple -- the story is good, but in a pilot that failed to deliver in-depth characters and only a peek of story, the show will have to give me a good reason to stick around.

I agree with one reviewer, the advertising is almost deceptive. But in time, through immersion, you see exactly what the show is trying to communicate.

Hollywood in its current capacity expresses the unknown, space, in its context -- while never exploring the conscious human element. Episode one does not solidify anything but offer a basis for the viewer to work from. Throughout the series it becomes apparent what kind of animal this is. The layman of story viewing will find themselves unintentionally digesting the show through the scope of its conventional peers and predecessors of Syfy. This is where the show will grab you, if given the chance.

The delivery of something so thought provoking, it offers a chance for deep conscious analyzation without the fluff Hollywood inundates. A thought provoking series on a scale unmeasurable.

The show reminds us of the message within us all. We spend our lives looking outward instead of looking inward.

Bravo, Beau Willimon.