Late arrival to the Peaky Blinders party

[EvenPhilip]

Finally got round to watching this, quite enjoying so far although I struggled with the accents initially.
However Tom Hardy who I usually like is driving me mad, he seems so hammy and channelling his Bronson character mated with the Krays a bit too much.
Does he get better?

What?? He's bloody BRILLIANT in it!!!??

NO knocking TH here thank you very much!

I didn’t like him in this either

Glad it's not just me. I just finding him excruciatingly try hard in this.

And no, he doesn’t get any better. Peaky Blinders is brill though

DD and DH think it is the best programme ever . (For DD though the attraction is Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy)

I have been in the same room (MNetting not watching) and it's all Swearing+Shagging+some nice horses . Couldn't be bothered with trying to fathom the storyline

I got through the first series ok (when it was originally shown on BBC2) but when the second series started, I suddenly realised I absolutely hated it and the whole thing was pants.

I know everyone else seems to love it now, but I think it is a silly programme.

By the end of the second series I’d seen enough slow mo teeth being mashed to last me a lifetime so gave up on it!

I just started watching this a week ago and am on series 2 epi 6. I like it but don't love it. But love CM so will stick with it. but yes Tom Hardy's character is annoying the fudge out of me.

CM is the most interesting looking man.

Yesss op @EvenPhilip stick with it it's fab and series 5 starts a week today !

oh TH is brilliant in it

Just watched the wedding episode where Tommy and Grace get married.

I don't like the TH character Alfie either.

Midway through series 3 now. Bit of an emotional rollercoaster

I remember watching and thinking that I didn't know if TH was brilliant or really bad in this. Alfie is an ott character and he hams it up a bit but I ended up loving him

I'm beginning to warm to Tom Hardys character now.

Alfie Solomon's is a brilliant character new series on Sunday night and I can't wait

Just watched the episode where the magic shot John 😱😩 I loved his character.

Mafia not magic

@cushioncovers I was literally GUTTED when that happens he was my fave too

Glad I'm not the only one. I think I get too invested in characters. I feel quite deflated and fed up today. 🤦‍♀️ he was entertaining to watch. Great actor. Think he will be in a lot of stuff in the future.

Didn't realise until I saw some videos on YouTube that the actors who play Michael and John are actually brothers irl.

@cushioncovers oh really I didn't know that either.

Know what you mean he was really likeable even tho he was a baddy really!

Oh no you will have the same feeling again !!

Well I've finished all four series in two week and I loved it.

I loved John too! It's really not the same without him. Full of life and vigour he was.

Alfie was a great character. At the start you're like what the hell is this guy but as he grows you become sort of fond of him and then...well.

Hopefully they have some interesting new characters to fill that aching hole in this new series.

I thought Alfie Solomons was great. He had some v clever lines. Loved Ada and Polly. The only one I couldn't see the point of was Grace - or, rather, Grice. Her hairstyle was far too modern in the first series and she didn't seem to fit in, stuck out like a sore thumb in The Garrison. Too much so for an undercover agent.

Mainly though, apart from Cillian Murphy, it was the cinematography that hooked me. Every frame would have made a beautiful still photograph.

I came late, too, and watched the whole lot over a fortnight on I-player. Was speaking with a Brummie accent by the end.