His bad acting…
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Allen Leech
chet19 — 12 years ago(February 26, 2014 01:09 PM)
One of the few men in the history of television to have ruined not only one but TWO great series: Downton Abbey and Rome.
It's not really his faultit's more of a blemish on the writers and casting people who foisted him upon us. In Rome, he was a nobody one week, and then a general in Augustus's army all of sudden. And in Downton, he was a servant one week and then a ranking member of nobility the next. -
davemerino — 12 years ago(March 01, 2014 12:24 PM)
What a crock. He didn't go from servant to a member of the nobility. He married Lady Sybil and is now the Agent of Downton Abbey. As the father of Lady Sybill's daughter he is entitled to be a part of the family.
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akrisluvskev — 12 years ago(March 30, 2014 06:18 PM)
His acting is fine, the story line is not. Going from a revolutionary to an elitist in one season. Little big of the wealthy life and boy did he forget about all the rebel bull, all of a sudden little Ireland doesn't mean much.
Funny how people who complain of other races try so hard to be accepted by those races. Blacks love to talk about how horrible white people are yet blacks want to live near us, marry us and be associated in white society. Same with the Irish they yelled and screamed about hating the English, but every chance they got they left Ireland and went to live in England. Married English citizens and had English babies. -
mikeyg24 — 11 years ago(April 22, 2014 08:01 PM)
Same with the Irish they yelled and screamed about hating the English, but every chance they got they left Ireland and went to live in England. Married English citizens and had English babies.
I'm sorry but that's nonsense of the highest order almost to the point of plain ignorance, to this day hatred between Ireland and England is limited to the ignorant minority. Even in Northern Ireland Catholics and Protestants spend their time just hating each other. The Irish protested and fought against British Sovereign rule in Ireland and 'hating the English', while the feelings of some, was not the common theme of the revolution. Ireland simply wanted to rule itself. I'm Irish Republican yet I have no problem whatsoever with the thousands of English that live here in the Republic, some of my best friends are English, so you should educate yourself before you make outlandish uninformed statements.
I do agree that it was bad writing though. The writers did make him look like a bit of a sell out but you have to consider the reality which the writers touched on but failed to execute properly. Many Irish socialists began to question their 'ideals' when they saw the lengths they seemed to have to go to achieve them. After the firing of the house after which he had to flee to Ireland Branson seemed genuinely remorseful not to mention his surprise at the execution of the Russian Royal family. Such evictions as well as the regular executions of so called 'traitors' was common place and it didn't sit well with a lot of people. A good example can be found in the movie 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'. Right before Cillian Murphy's character executes a youngster whom they believe betrayed them he says 'I hope this Ireland we're fighting for is worth it'. Many revolutionaries found themselves questioning their actions but simply didn't know any other way. I think a little more attention at perhaps exposing his disillusionment at socialism in practise versus by ideal would have gone some way to better defining his character change from die hard revolutionary to de facto nobleman which I don't even believe he became. Add to that the impact becoming a parent has on your life, it changes your way of thinking. He wasn't an evil man. Even if he despised what they stood for the Crawley's were very kind to him and what kind of heartless person isn't drawn to kindness? He was their son in law and father of their grandchild and had a duty to them as a family member.
That being said with the introduction of his new female interest questioning his politics we may yet get more insight into his frame of mind regarding the tempering of his beliefs. He still feels out of place and may yet leaving Downton.
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will2cook — 11 years ago(February 09, 2015 01:22 PM)
Do you mean the majority of blacks want to marry and live next to you? I don't know all blacks, but I am certain the majority don't want to marry or live next to people like you, don't flatter yourself. And what of white Europeans who went on 'explorations' to non-white countries. They obviously could not get enough of the darker races.
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davemerino — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 03:35 AM)
Let's get real - he's extremely attractie, has a soothing accent (compared to others, especially singers that are Irish - they sound like leprechauns), he's charming, has a great smile, has a great aura about him people like him were always the once to rise above their so called stations.