One of the best films i have seen

Best movie of this year hands down!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I enjoy the show. Sebastian Stark (James Woods) goes from defending the bad guys to prosecuting them. And he goes with style. Yes, there are better & worse episodes, but every episode so far has been watchable, enjoyable and funny. The "little helpers" from his office might appear to be too good looking for their job but once Woods is on the scene there are all forgotten. Also, Jeri Ryan, who plays Stark's boss, for some reason shows her thin waist in every episode (at least so far). This does not really go with the position she should have but I guess it was a desire of the people who created the show. In addition, she walks like on a catwalk and it looks rather comical. Also, it was probably thought that the show will be more interesting if Shark and his team do not only take on law but also do the police work. Like in Law & Order there are at first the cops who investigate crimes and then there are the lawyers; the creators of Shark decided that Stark will do everything. That's where the show is not entirely believable. With that said I have to add that I don't mind too much, I just sit and watch :)

During the time this excellent show was on it was it competition against reality TV shows like Big Brother, American Idol, and Dancing with the Stars. Funny even in 2009 reality shows are still king I believe the same ones are still the top shows and yet there trash, what I don't understand is how people can watch that garbage when there are great shows such as this. The only reason I can come up with is they make good office talk other then that there are just that garbage that require not an once of thought.Just look at Law and Order sure it was good when it first came out then it got boring so what did they do they made one criminal intent and SVU, no imagination needed. They did the exact same thing with CSI, now there's CSI Miami and NY, to keep true to form this season it's NCIS's turn start multiplying there adding Los Angeles.If the Networks would only give a show a chance to grow instead of moving it time slot after time slot people would give up as easily. Networks don't care about people who are interested in shows other than reality TV they only care about rating if a show doesn't measure up they move it time slot or throw in a special every other week. It gets to the point where people have no choice but to lose interest, that exactly what the networks do. It just not fair to the people who are looking for a good quality show to enjoy.Had this show been given a fair chance it should of lasted longer then it did just like many good shows that got axed for no valid reason. So wake up people before the networks only show reality TV so they can save a buck. Ask yourself do I want to watch Survivor for the next 5 to 10 years or The Listener. Great TV shows like Sharks don't come along often when they do give it a chance because its said to see them die for no good reason.

It's hard, it's fast, and it's fun to watch...If you're a James Woods fan. Though the characters may have different names, Woods stays the same. Whether or not you'll like this show will depend on whether or not you like the fast talking, smarmy, and sarcastic Woods. If you like him, you'll like the show. In this series, Woods plays Sebastian "The Shark" Stark (Try not to confuse the names!) a slick, high-priced criminal defense lawyer (Think Johnny Cochran or F. Lee Bailey type) who suddenly grows a conscious. After he gets one of his rich and powerful clients cleared of beating his wife, only to find out the guy's murdered his wife later, Stark gets a wake up call that he's working on the wrong side of the law and quits his practice and joins the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office as the senior prosecutor of a new "High Profile Unit" which means he'll be taking on the very same wealthy, well-to-do clients he'd gotten off. Helping Stark along on his transition from devil to angel is the arrival of his estranged teen aged daughter Julie who is now living with him. But just because he's working for the good guys and trying to teach a wayward daughter right from wrong doesn't mean he's a saint. Stark uses the very same dirty and under-handed tactics as a defense attorney to put the bad guys away. He routinely treads the line between legal and illegal in order to "do the right thing" all while educating an eager group of young prosecutors working under him. While it may not have the depth of more serious courtroom dramas, it certainly is more entertaining, like the "Miami Vice" of legal shows. And just like "Vice", it's glitz and glamor, which works as a glossy veneer to the drama, will keep you hanging on every episode.

A hackneyed subpar written show in every aspect. You have the middle-aged hotshot lawyer who is blatantly sexist, a characteristic I doubt this show would have dared use if Boston Legal hadn't already taken the chance on not being PC and proved it to be acceptable. Beyond that the difference is in Boston Legal the sexual comments are funny and unique, here it's just ignorant coattail riding. "Have him make a sexual comment about the woman, it'll be funny". It isn't. Then you have the antagonism with the tough chick lawyer nemesis, a character who is utterly humourless and naively overzealous in her moralizing without offering a unique perspective on anything. So their dynamic is the classic cliché of the free and easy man and the uptight woman. Gee, do you think they'll have a breakthrough moment where he gets her to lighten up? I wonder. Even the opening part where the star's lawyer skills are supposedly demonstrated is amazingly dumb. He gets his client acquitted of an attempted murder charge by pointing out that he called an ambulance and stopped his victim bleeding to death, which he obviously wouldn't do if he wanted them dead. Wow, awesome deducting Sherlock. The overanimated panache with which James Woods plays the scene only serves to emphasize the banality of the writing by being so at odds with it. Not to compliment his acting though. His character is apparently unable to speak without becoming a bobble-head. Then he gives a speech about why he wins all his cases which he dubs his "Cutthroat Manifesto" which consists of a bunch of nonsensical hot air that has no apparent practical application. "Rule number one, trial is war, second place is death." OK, I guess if you can view a case as your life depending on it it would motivate you harder, but... that's just moronic. Then "truth is relative, find one that works". Uh huh, isn't that the principle all defense lawyers operate under by default? This isn't even a second rate Boston Legal, it's a bunion on the foot of that far superior show both dramatically and comedically. The redemptive family values in the home aspect of the star's life has marginally more appeal but is a lighter retread of what you've seen in every popular cable drama of the past five years.