Sons Of Anarchy Box Set.

[mawnansmiff]

After my neighbour highly recommended I watch the Band Of Brothers 10 disc box set I read many Amazon reviews which were largely positive so I bought it. I also stumbled upon The Pacific 6 disc box set and that too was hugely popular in the reviws so bought that too. Both arrive next week.

He has also been banging on about watching Sons Of Anarchy on Netflix which I don't subscribe to so I looked it up on Amazon. Blimey, it's a 30 disc set! However the reviews are very mixed, some saying poor story lines and bad acting whereas others are the entire opposite leaving me puzzled. Also, some reviews claim it has been highly edited to cut out scenes of violence, sex etc.

So I turn to the film experts of Pipesmagazine to guide me. Is this massive DVD set worth buying or no?

BTW I did find the Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood and Breaking Bad box sets to be hugely entertaining after recommendations from this forum ?

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I enjoyed Sons of Anarchy. It wasn't as good as Breaking Bad or Prison Break but better than many others. There's a reason it had as many seasons as it did.

 

[scloyd]

I watched the first few seasons of SoA and then got bored with it. I really enjoyed Breaking Bad. The Madmen boxed set is 20+ discs...another enjoyable binge watch.

 

[ron123]

Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood and Breaking Bad

Although I watched all of SoA, these three are definitely a lot better. Better Call Saul, the prequel to Breaking Bad, is worth watching if you haven't seen that yet.

 

[BROBS]

Dumb show

 

[autumnfog]

I enjoyed Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Fargo, True Detective.
Great shows. Quality.

But Sons of Anarchy.
I got bored after a few seasons and stopped watching.
The show got sort of empty and running on air.

 

[autumnfog]

Although I watched all of SoA, these three are definitely a lot better. Better Call Saul, the prequel to Breaking Bad, is worth watching if you haven't seen that yet.

Loved Better Call Saul.
A fantastic show.

 

[JMcQ]

I watched it while deployed. It's definitely a show that you can get into. I fully recommend. ?

 

[Gecko]

As I remember it the first few seasons of SoA are god but not great. Interesting characters and overall entertaining and well worth a watch if you are interested in the outlaw biker theme of the show.
The last few seasons are incredibly boring as it turns into a soap opera with endless musical montages.

I'd recommend El Camino: a Breaking Bad movie if you haven't seen it already.

 

[BROBS]

Have you watched “Shameless”?

 

[Sonorisis]

The absolute best series that's ever been produced is "The Killing." Everyone I know who's seen it says two things: 1) it's the best TV they've ever seen, and 2) it ruined everything else because nothing measures up to it. Marielle Enos and Joel Kinnaman put out some of the best acting you'll ever see.

It is a three-season series that is on Netflix. Stay with it until the end because the payoff is riveting.

You can thank me later.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

The Shield and Hill Street Blues are both available to binge watch for free on More 4. Which is Channel 4's catch up service. Both series are awesome.

 

[Old School 3319]

You have to binge watch but it is a good show

 

[Gecko]

Considering what you listed as having liked I think you may enjoy I Claudius. I would describe it as if the Royal Shakespeare Company did Deadwood set in Roman times.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"The Shield and Hill Street Blues are both available to binge watch for free on More 4."

Chris, I just bought The Shield box set and a double disc set called Flag Of Our Fathers & Letter From Iwo Jima today!

Am thinking on a huge 55 disc set called '24'. Also considering the Sopranos, both have great reviews.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[workman]

I watched the first few episodes of SoA. I found them poorly written and badly acted.
The dialogue doesn't work, it isn't written like something someone would actually say.
That woman from Married With Children is not a good actor, and neither is anyone else, really.
It is possible that later seasons are better, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to find out.
I've always wanted to check out The Sopranos. Haven't gotten around to ot yet.

 

[dcon]

SOA is based on Hamlet. If you make the connections it makes it more enjoyable. It can be graphically violent.

 

[prndl]

If you can find them, the "Justified" dvd sets are also great ones to binge. I liked it better than "Deadwood" and I thought "Deadwood" was pretty damn good.

It's based on Elmore Leonard's work so, there is that.

 

[autumnfog]

Sopranos is a great show indeed. Maybe the best of them all.

 

[krizzose]

SoA had its ups and downs, and IMO it wasn’t all that noteworthy.

The last episode actually made me laugh out loud it was so ridiculous. It was like the writers smacked the viewers in the head with a baseball bat that said “METAPHOR” on it and then repeatedly asked “did you get it? Did you get the metaphor?????!!!!????”

That being said, I did watch the entire run, and a couple of the seasons were very good.