1. I'm unabashedly addicted. And pissed that I have to wait till this weekend for the rest of it.

Paul Giamatti is simply extraordinary as John Adams, and Laura Linney is no small shakes herself as his headstrong wife and confidant, whose role in history is given proper credit here. This may very well be the best movie I see all year.

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Philip

2. And in a separate yet related note:

I'm still mourning the loss of The Wire.

McNulty I miss you.

Posted at 6:16PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Philip

3. This is a great mini-series. The acting of Giamatti and Laura Linney is outstanding, and the choice of David Morse as George Washington seems to be just as good. I am looking forward to the next episodes and learning more about this man!

Posted at 6:35PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Jay

4. I do not have HBO on my cable.......so I am missing the mini series, but hope to purchase the DVD when it comes out. the BOOK however was outstanding that Abigail was quite a match for John. I visited his birthplace burial(next to him is John Quincy , President #6) and last home he lived and died in .....in Quincy Mass..........extraordinary.

Posted at 7:09PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Mary Jo

5. I really need to watch this...

Posted at 8:27PM on Mar 19th 2008 by AJ Wiley

6. i thought the second episode was just extraordinary.

the 'making of' special was kinda interesting because it showed just how much they were meshing sets and greenscreen.

Posted at 8:33PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Argent

7. I am absolutely in love with the show, I am not American, I am an immigrant and early history of US just amazes me.

Posted at 10:22PM on Mar 19th 2008 by aytunc

8. I would be addicted if I had HBO. I've loved Adams ever since I saw "1776" in my high school days. :-) Can't wait for the DVDs of this one!

Posted at 9:01AM on Mar 20th 2008 by Gina

9. Not only is this a well acted and magnificently filmed HBO movie (it’s even more stunning in HD) but it’s an excellent testament on how history should be filmed. It’s accurate compared to many previous HBO historical films.
I love the fact that the filmmakers are confident enough in their material to take us behind the scenes of the birth of America. They could have easily become wrapped up in the battles of the revolutionary war, instead all of the battles take a back seat to the work of a handful of men who spent countless hours in a hall in PA forming a new nation (at least in the first two episodes). In the case of the Battle for Bunker Hill, we see it from a far distance. Yet, its impact is dramatic as told through sound and the reactions from Abigail and her children as they observe this pivotal battle from a far.
What I am most thrilled with in “John Adams” is that finally, a great American historian (David McCullough) gets his place in the sun.

Posted at 3:12PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Bhist

10. I wholeheartedly agree! Giamatti is a juggernaut. Looking forward to this one. Does anyone know how many episodes this series is running?

Posted at 4:23PM on Mar 20th 2008 by chris m

11. I am totally addicted. My wife and I, however, thought that the guy who played Jefferson was somewhat bewildering. Did anyone else think that he seemed somewhat blasé or disaffected about having written the Declaration of Independence and more excited about the desk chair he created? What was the ratio between chair making and declarating? Imagine the document we would have gotten had he been in to it.

Posted at 9:39PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Herbert

12. Hopefully more fact than fiction, the John Adams series is
stupendous. The acting is well done by just about everyone
who has a line to speak. The cross examination scene by
Paul Giamatti is classsic lawyering which resulted in a not
guilty verdict of the Captain and soldiers.

Posted at 10:45PM on Mar 23rd 2008 by john