Charlie (RTE1 Charlie Haughey Drama)

The Bould Rabbit

BabysCoffee wrote: »

The scene in the car with Terry Keane surely wouldn't have happened. Wasn't the affair kept private til she revealed all on the LLS?

Officially But the whole world knew they were at it like bould rabbits.

Pdoghue

BabysCoffee wrote: »

The scene in the car with Terry Keane surely wouldn't have happened. Wasn't the affair kept private til she revealed all on the LLS?

The dogs in the streets knew about it FFS!

Muff Richardson

calex71 wrote: »

Can't get into this , maybe it's my repulsion of the man C.H but also Aiden Gillen and his accent again, like when he was in Love Hate i didn't think of it or it wasn't a thing but in this and game of thrones it really is annoying, don't know what it is about bur just doesn't sound right

Same here...Too much going on at too fast a pace with no appreciation for who's watching and what kind of background knowledge they have...finding Vaughan lawlor painful to watch, doing that long drawn out word thing in his speech that nidge does, one trick pony, but it's not really a trick, dunno what it is other than annoying as f**k.

Lumbarda

BabysCoffee wrote: »

The scene in the car with Terry Keane surely wouldn't have happened. Wasn't the affair kept private til she revealed all on the LLS?

It was common knowledge at the time but no one spoke about it!

NIMAN

boardzz wrote: »

It has got nothing in the slightest to do with Love/Hate

Except using half the actors from it.

RTE have been pushing it hard, and I would say that most viewers are looking at it like the next big budget show not that LH is gone.

Its still sh1t.

BabysCoffee

Timotei! lol

neris

Is timotei still on the go?

grey_so_what

I'm closing my eyes here and it's just not Charlie.....

Hahaha......Hair shampoo indeed......as if he gave a monkeys....

amdublin

Timotei! lol

Maryanne40

Dying to see Thatcher!

Baggy Trousers

It is a bit amateur dramatics given the speed of events but it has improved from the first 15 mins. Some dodgy acting though.

Maryanne40

Ah bloody hell they're not showing her 😔

somesoldiers

bottlebrush wrote: »

Patrick from love hate!

Is tommy playing any character?

He's playing a sleeping partner

grey_so_what

This is terrible....

The Bould Rabbit

That Timotei scene was hilarious.

BoardsMember

grey_so_what wrote: »

Well, time shall tell I think.....

I turned off after the first ad break. Cant watch gillen at the best of times (if he has them). Overused soundtrack, crap acting, weak dialogue, it really is poor. Good game of American football on at the moment in Dallas

calex71

My god the script comes over like it was written by those who write statements for government a lot of the time and the rest of the time some amateur dramatics society. Some of the casting is terrible, the love hate dentist is delivering his lines at times in the exact same same way he did in love hate, the delivery by the cast at large is like they thing they are on stage abbey and not on tv.

unitedrover

Half expecting to see Fran or Siobhan turn up at this rate

CountyHurler

Lumbarda wrote: »

It was common knowledge at the time but no one spoke about it!

When you think about it .. the reporters of the time should be ashamed of themselves... Not one of them had the b*lls to report it ...

You can see that they were on a shoestring budget... None of the big scenes from the Dáil, or any other expensive scenes will be shown...

Iranoutofideas

I hope there is a scene where he describes Bertie as the most devious, the most cunning of them all

grey_so_what

BoardsMember wrote: »

I turned off after the first ad break. Cant watch gillen at the best of times (if he has them). Overused soundtrack, crap acting, weak dialogue, it really is poor. Good game of American football on at the moment in Dallas

I agree BM.....Poor dialogue, it's like a load of pub talk....

BabysCoffee

It's watchable.....barely

thalia_13

God i dunno if its me drawing a xmas induced blank, but I can't figure out who Patrick the pipe bomber was playing... or that young dark haired lad I mentioned earlier, and I thought I knew my irish politics. Its all a bit frantic!

The Bould Rabbit

Geraldine could have just phoned her story in.

Chances are, Charlie would record it anyway.

Venus In Furs

I knew that girl was playing Geraldine Kennedy just because of her clothes - has her look nailed in fairness.
PDs were set up in 1985 but the Des being referred to would not be O'Malley I'd say.

Pdoghue wrote: »

The only criticism I would have (not exclusive to this historical drama) is the perceived need to explain all the historical context in the dialogue. It's like they're trying to cram in all the background info for the dialogue.

I agree. It was cringey the way his mother was going on about the arms running, explaining what it was, for the viewer.
But I think Gillen is doing a great job, not so much others though.

grey_so_what

Sorry Lads, it's really awful....

I'd write a better script for little grey for not handing in her homework on time.......

The lads on Love/Hate should make a better go of it next time.....

Baron Kurtz

I can't take Gillen seriously at all, with his endless 100-yard stares and empty monologues. The dialogue is odd between characters, not natural at all.

RayM

"A real fucking country that can make its own fucking shampoo" - That would have made a fantastic election slogan.

Maryanne40

Ah guys... Stop moaning...I'm enjoying it. (Maybe you had to be around at the time!)

IP freely

Oh Jesus, that chair spin straight out of a bond movie.

Only done 100 times worse