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Rome: The Complete Second Season from: HBO Home Video List Price: CDN$ 74.98 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 42.99 You Save: CDN$31.99 (43%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0026359395628 Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: HBO Home Video Manufacturer: HBO Home Video Publisher: HBO Home Video Release Date: August 07, 2007 Studio: HBO Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 163 MPN: HBOD93956D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.ca: Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rome's end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle and invested in the human dramas of the historical figures and fictional characters. Season 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus "Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Season 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping subplot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them. Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, "Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now." In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Aborted Brilliance"Rome" represents one of the saddest misjudgments in video history. HBO assembled an incredible cast, built an amazing set, and started telling a story that could have held an audience for many years. Unfortunately, when the series was initially slow to draw fans, HBO decided to cut their losses, and started wrapping up in a hurry. The great loves, hates, and political and moral issues that had begun to be developed were resolved in a couple of episodes. Then, about the time they offed Caesar, they realized that they had taken a potential huge hit and killed it as well. The second season is a salvage job, still brilliant in terms of characterization, but with a feeling of getting the remaining plot lines concluded as quickly ... Read More: Rating:  - Kind of a Soap OperaAfter being blown away by Season 1 (and watching the entire series in just under 2 weeks--yes it was that good!), I just had to buy Season 2. While Season 2 is just as visually stunning, and contains most of the same characters as Season 1, I find it's kind of, well, boring. I've owned Season 2 for about 6 weeks and am only about 2/3 of the way through (and I don't feel that excited about getting back to it anytime soon). It's just not as compelling. Instead of eagerly anticipating what's going to happen next as I did in the first season, I am put off by Season 2's contrived storyline and flat characterization. Where Season 1 was a thrilling, groundbreaking drama, Season 2 is definitely more a soap opera. Rating: - Rome Season 2It is funny. I did not start with Season 1. I straightly jumped into Season 2. Therefore, I cannot compare with those 2 seasons like other reviewers did. However, what impressed me most in Season 2 is that it tried to bring up those complex interpersonal relationship between the characters. Also, this Season shows how smart Octivian is. He carefully calculated his every single move to put whole Roman against Mark Antony. Last but not least, this Season gives a taste of ancient Roman life, which is involved plenty of betray, politic and sex! This definitely is a crown production from HBO. Too bad, this series only have 2 Seasons with it. No doubt, it could be most expensive production from HBO. Rating:  - Glorious Filth!Revenge, treacherous intrigues, incest, betrayals, bloody violence, corrupting power, and explicit sex all contribute to the glory of Rome. Rome delights viewers by giving them a delicious taste of the villainous history of the Roman Empire, between 52 B.C. and 31 B.C.. We see the rise and bloody fall of Julius Caesar and also the political machinations that followed, between Mark Antony and Gaius Octavian Caesar (Augustus Caesar). The stories of these characters are well-known to most of us, with writers such as William Shakespeare and Robert Graves offering us detailed character portraits. However, this is where Rome strives and succeeds to be different. Rome throws out all of these noble, heroic, and clichéd images and starts ... Read More: Rating: - Very Good Its a great series ... I would recommend anyone to buy this entire HBO series. |
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