I have received many comments asking me why I choose to show my face in videos and telling me it’s not necessary. It’s gotten to the point where I think I need to address this with a thorough explanation. The answer will be a little long, but bear with me (I have also addressed this before in my Lion King video essay, albeit most people haven’t seen that which is fair). The answer basically comes down to copyright and specifically how RUclips handles copyright. It has never been a stylistic choice to include my face, rather it was the most practical choice. I have done many essays in the past with just edited clips and voiceover. However, when my channel started getting some traction months ago, there became a time when companies started noticing my content and began manually copyright claiming my videos left and right. This would block the videos out entirely or just from certain countries. The thing is Fair Use/Fair Dealing law only let’s you use copyrighted work for criticism/education/commentary if the use of that work is limited and you include mostly original content that adds value. The original content that is supposed to add value is my essay/critique, yes, but do companies see it that way? Nope. Especially since I was using their content continuously throughout the whole video essay. So if I kept going that way, it would only be a matter of time before my channel gets a strike. And since my channel is small it would be, and still is, easy for a company to strike me, remove my videos, and take down my channel entirely - which they have every right to do. Even the bigger video essayists on RUclips still deal with this, but the way I see it, since I’m so small, if my channel got removed nobody would care. So I had to find ways to compromise. I wasn’t about to let all my hard work and energy building this thing go to waste. This is also why clips I do include are so short and cutting in weird places. With this format, I can at least say that my case for Fair Use is stronger. The reality is I’m going to have to keep making videos with visually original content in them regardless. But what format that comes in I don’t know (animation? Graphics? Slide shows?). Especially since I’m small, I’ll have to continuously experimenting with my video format to find what works anyways. And a big part of that is to find the right balance between what will avoid copyright issues and is also compelling to watch. These things are going to take me time to come up with, especially since this isn’t my full time job. I have had videos with my face do well, but I do understand there’s a vocal group who could go without my face in videos. I’m going to be trying to include more clips and less of my face in upcoming videos so we’ll see how it goes. But using more and more clips does open it up to more copyright issues. Thanks for your patience as I figure this out. I’m open to any suggestions you all have.
I don't see what people are complaining about, personally. Thanks for the explanation though I gotta say your videos are really insightful and your content (especially here) MASSIVELY outweighs any delivery issues.
Honestly, I sometimes don't understand why people are so rude. You shouldn't even have to explain yourself it is your channel you should do whatever the fuck you want! I like that you're showing your face it's way better than only hearing your voice and more pleasant to watch. This is great work btw I love your videos! xx
Alfie definitely steals every scene he’s in but last coupla seasons him & Tommy have had great chemistry on screen! He’s clever but he captures just the right amount of craziness to install fear & his portrayal of a cockney Jewish Uncle/Gangster is spot on! Alfie & Sabini were hilarious together, that time they break bread together n Alfie complains about Sabini calling them kites, Sabini says “I didn’t know you couldn’t take a joke” brilliant! Noah Taylor shouldn’t be underestimated either.
A super underrated moment for Alfie IMO is when he speaks Russian to princess Tatiana's family. Great example that delivers a huge amount of exposition and motivation development and I swear you could almost blink and miss it
Absolutely! I thought the same thing. It displayed perfectly what Alfie does to people, he makes everyone underestimate him. He does this purposely so that no one really knows what he is capable of doing till he does it.
@@memoacuna6420 his first language would be Yiddish, followed probably by Russian if he's a recentish immigrant, thirdly English. It was just a bit jarring to see him sometimes in a yarmulke, sometimes not, sometimes in tzitzit sometimes not, sometimes the fedora. Love him though.
If you are a well connected/educated ashkenazi jew in the 1920s, you probably speak at least 3-4 languages fluently: yiddish(inside language), the language of the country you live in and the language of the country your family is from(russian, polish, hungarian, etc).
I think the issue he has is that people tell him he's in charge, gives him the responsibility of being a leader, but then they ignore him when it counts.
@@schlumpy982 A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters. The term, often contrasted with that of leading actor, is somewhat abstract and open to interpretation. In a literal sense, all actors can be considered character actors since they all play "characters", but in the usual sense it is an actor who plays a distinctive and important supporting role.
Just noticed that and I’ve seen this scene a lot of times. I think that also kind of puts us into Thomas’ shoes, and how hard it is to mentally keep up with this guy, because he’s as intelligent as he is violent and unpredictable.
I loved the way he outwitted and humiliated Luca. Brilliant scene. And that great outburst of fury when he convinced cillian not to kill him due to code of honour and the hypocrisy of his reason for wanting to kill him Again brilliant and mesmerizing
Another thing that I love about Alfie’s character is how rich in culture he is. How much he knows and practices about religion and culture makes him a such a rich and even more powerful character.
I loved mainly the scenes where people talked different languages around him, yet they did not realize in time that he completely understood what they were saying.
Alfie’s character is symbolically a mentor to Tommy’s development. That crossing the line scene cements that. Every time Tommy sits with Alfie he learns more. He learns more about who he really is but pretends not to be there, he learns how to be unpredictable, he learns how to dominate his enemies in dialogue without having to be violent. Alfie quickly comes off as Tommy’s big brother that Tommy eventually sees him for what he is. I wouldn’t call it a deep affinity but certainly a deep respect.
I adore this character. He is interesting, intelligent, gorgeous, funny, heartfelt, everything he says is dead on truth. He is amazing. His body language, everything about his voice and face is so expressive. I love to watch this Man work. He is so impressive. I love his use of language. I love his power. I love his advice. He is always right and true. When he is wrong, he admits his faults.
just finished s4 and alfie was brilliant this season. i also think in alfie meets luca scene, the reason he had his eyes closed (aside from the story about a blind cousin lol), was to show his power, that he's not afraid of this arrogant and dangerous men, that he's bigger than luca and he could take him with eyes closed, that he could closed his eyes and knew no one will do anything to him, to provoke and ridicule him and challenge luca to take it because luca needed his help. i think it was such a power move.
Alfie is not afraid of violence, in fact he gets a thrill from risk. He deliberately provokes Luca here, and Arthur in the other scene with Tommy & Arthur because he does not care if they try to kill him. Not only does he not care, he thrives on it.
Started out standing with his eyes closed and referenced his blind cousin. Very next scene with Alfie is in the backrooms at the boxing match with Thomas Shelby. Once again Alfie begins with his cousin being blind. It's pretty amazing if I tie this altogether correctly. Alfie's statement about his glasses seeing the future is a metaphor for him knowing Thomas would outsmart Luca Changretta.
You want a summary of Alfie? It's this dialogue Tommy: Hello Alfie. Alfie: Did you look through the binoculars? Tommy: No. Alfie: I watch ships, no two are the same!
Kamran Baig it's a strategy used a lot in negotiations to try to trick the other person into giving you full control of the conversation by bringing up irrelevant points
He was the only one who was on intelectual level with tommy. They understands each other,thats why tommy was keep dealing with him, even if he betrayed tommy 3 times. And so Alfie get cancer, and he thinks tommy have to,in the season 3, when they took tommys son,alfie was sad,u could see in his reaction, but he wanted tommy to kill him.And in s4, he even tell tommy where he will be,but tommy didnt wanted to kill him, cus they where kinda bonded. So alfie took out gun, to force tommy to shoot. And in s5, he comes back, and again,tommy trust him,so yeah, he is kinda the only call it a friend to Tommy.
Joel Chadwicks yeah tommy trusts him knowing he cant trust him if that makes sense, like when he accepted that he knew they would take tommys son, at the end of the convo he says ‘i did not know about your boy though’ and tommy says ‘i know alfie’ he was never going to kill him and knew alfie had no idea about his son, tommy was trying to intimidate him
And this is a good point first person I’ve seen to notice how much he really wants tommy to kill him, but tommy knows he needs alfie and can trust him so he wont
Codeine Cobain Tommy doesn’t kill Alfie cos Alfie makes a really good point. If you live by the sword you die by the sword & both of them have put ppl in the exact same position Tommy’s in at the time! He doesn’t know they have his son for sure but knows there’s a big possibility it would happen. He’s trying to point out it goes with their lifestyle. Tommy really hears what he’s saying & he’s actually right!
Yes, Hardy really is a genius. It's a pleasure to watch him on screen. No wonder the British recognized him as the best British actor of the 21st century.🔥👍
Tom Hardy is a beast of a man. His acting in a lot of films is just of the chain amazing. I loved him as Bane, I loved him as the Cray twins, I loved him as Eddie, and I loved him as Alfie. The man is extremely talented and kills it every time.
@jack daniels The "dog" they were talking about wasnt an actual dog. It was Tommys "bad blood" with Alfie. Thats why Tommy said the dog was fine. So that line you are asking about should be clear now.
Alfie is my favorite character from any show I've watched. He's hilarious, witty, unbelievably clever. Tom hardy made a masterpiece🤌 Watching a scene with Tommy being a very serious calculated man and Alfie being sarcastic is hilarious to watch.
The casting for this is just about perfect. I can't imagine anyone else playing complex Alfie . I feel the same way about Tommy. Others could play any of the roles but many of the characters, such as those two, Polly, and Arthur seem born to play those roles. It is not often that a film or series has so many roles filled by people who seem born for the role. Luca being another example. I was thrilled to see that Alfie had survived getting shot in the face. He was a character I didn't want to say good bye to. This is a great video, thanks.
I loved the way he outwitted and humiliated Luca. Brilliant scene. And that great outburst of fury when he convinced cillian not to kill him due to code of honour and the hypocrisy of his reason for wanting to kill him Again brilliant and mesmerizing
Alfie meeting Luca was by far one the best Alfie moments. The character of Alfie could only ever be pulled off by Tom Hardy. There would be absolutely no reason at all for the character to even exist if Hardy wasn't the actor portraying him.
Alfie is the 'wise old man'' of Camden Town. the 'wandering jew'' who has glasses that can predict the future. ''big fcks small'' words of wisdom. IS it funny how you tube KNEW I was binge watching yesterday.? big fcks small
for me Alfie [a name of a famous movie in 60s + a song title saying ''whats it all about Alfie, is it just for the moment we live?''] sums up every 'godfather-type' movie I have watched since childhood in 50s watching ''untouchables'' on TV. he says to Tommy. ''if you live by the sword, you die by the sword'' ''the honorable thing to do'', not like the infantry but like a 'captain major'' of rank. I notice the writing uses a device of quoting other movie oe popular culture grace says on the phone ''Tommy can you hear me'' fro the movie TOMMY. this happens so many times & why I love this epic drama of characters
The fact that Alfie talks is a great juxtaposition between him and Tommy. They are foils for each other. And also, the acting chops of Murphy and Hardy, their different approaches, highlights their characters' interactions even more.
Best thing is, his certainty is adaptable, most times he's completely confident that he'll find his place in the new reality no matter how much the threat is
I just started watching small clips of the show . I was amazed at Alfie's cariture. Always captivates me when he was on screen. But it was just now I understood who the actor was playing him. I was gobsmacked. Never would I have guessed that it was Tom Hardy. He is one of my favorite actors. All his past cariture were bigger than life and he played them as such. A great actor. But he does not look at all like what I expected, and his accent is amazingly deceptive and authentic sounding right down to the spitting and face and mouth shapes . He has done one of the best acting ever with this cariture I have ever seen in my 57 years. Amazed I am.
Alfie's introduction of his nephew/Goliath is one of the funniest things I've heard in recent TV history. Excellent writing, excellent acting, excellent show and my favourite character from it.
Tom Hardy is DEFINITELY one of my favorite performers and he NEVER disappoints. Brings the characters to life to the point of shock, awe, and pure devastation. His portrayal of Alfie Solomons has to be one of his best to date. You couldn't be more spot on about this character; he commands the room, palpable menace-he gives no quarter. He does sound cryptic and just when you think he's simply talkin' smack you realize he's either making a point or two-or he's watching you to study your reactions.....your tells. Then, just when you think he's all pitbull and he's blowing up at Tommy in the "Crossing the line" scene, you realize he wouldn't be chewing him out if he didn't care. Alfie holds Tommy Shelby in high regard but Tommy had to EARN it.
I cant unhear Bane in his voice.....love the UK accents....everything i watch is UK connected....Peaky Blinders, Top Boy, Legend....and UK biggest secret.....DOWN TERRACE....anyways Hardy is my favorite actor...his range, body language, eye contact....everything he does commands the screen
Alfie really is a captivating character. The "You crossed the line" exchange between Tommy and Alfie is one of the best in the series. "Listen sweetie, you can't take a man... I mean Tommy, there were things in that treasury, right? God himself spoke to me and he said, 'Alfie, you are meant to have these things.' " "You crossed the line Alfie."
Watched season 1 of Peaky Blinders and some of season 2 but when I saw Tom Hardy was there, I decided to watch the rest of the series. A truly intriguing character and stealing each scene hes in is a truly underrated feat
The brilliance of Alfie, is the reason he talks is because you have to sit and understand what he’s trying to say, but while you’re trying to figure it out it keeps you a step behind him in present time. It allows him to put you in the defensive and lose track of what your purpose of the conversation may have been
I love tommys character. He's amazing. Alfie Solomons is never not entertaining s-tier entertainment. Top moment is when he is analyzing the Russian jewels and mentions how Russians killed his mother and the way it happened.
Tom Hardy nailed the role of Alfie Solomons. Everything said about Hardys portrayal of Alfie is exactly how I explain him to people who never seen it. If Tom Hardy doesn't get an Emmy for this role it would be absolute criminal. Excellent video new sub and looking forward at watching your other videos. Oh yeah your Thomas Shelby video was very well done too.
When Alfie meets Arthur "that,s wonderful Arthur ..etc. I find it a moment of brilliance. Arthur,s hand grips the ashtray as Alfie speaks, Arthur barely controlling himself. The ultimate windup..
Tom Hardy is easily one of the most talented actors working right now....I didn’t recognize him in the “Revenant” until about 5 minutes in to his 1st scene....& what he’s able to do with voices ? The only other actor I’ve seen who can effortlessly change his voice & make it believable is Johnny Depp,Hardy will win a Best Actor Oscar one day no doubt about it
All the cast of the “ Peaky Blinders” are formidable, oze talent, great script writing, is an automatic recipe for success. Perfect Casting, is a matter of luck and timing, to get such a great amount of talent, that produces programmes, like “ The Peaky Blinders “ and Taboo, with the lovely Jessie Buckley.
I love this series and I love the Alfie character. "Keeps you on the edge of your seat" is spot on. Pretty much all the acting in this series is fabulous, but Hardy and Murphy are the cream.
Five seasons in I still think my favorite scene of Alfie is his introduction. When he's waddling around his warehouse and walks by a small burst of fire he waves his hand and says "Bloody hell, calm down lads." It makes me laugh every time. the creative director has been using explosive fires since season 1 to add to the feeling of danger and industry that none of the characters jumps or even blink at. Then all of the sudden you have this man doing the same thing, walking by this burst of fire and he's like "alright alright I get it, calm down." I've heard from interviews there's little to no improve in the scenes but Tom Hardy must be the exception and I feel like that must've been improved as well. The man is a genius at his craft.
Absolutely loved what you said about the scene at 11:00, my other favorite moment of Alfie's is the scene in the russian vault (S3 EP5), when you find out he speaks russian it gave me the unsettled feeling of "Oh shit, was there another layer to why he is here?", the fact he came from being bound and 'powerless' to commanding the room was what sold it for me, absolutely love this character; easily my favorite with late season Aberama coming in second. Terrific video aswell, thoroughly enjoyed seeing the breakdowns of his moments, can only hope you do my favorite and more!
Alfie is Jewish, and his backstory includes Russian troubles. He also speaks Italian, definitely German and Yiddish. Aneshkanzi Jews settled throughout Central and Eastern Europe during to diaspora.
„How many fathers, how many sons, yeah have you cut killed murdered fucking butchered innocent and guilty to send 'em straight to fucking hell ain‘t ya. JUST LIKE ME.“ What a delivery, gave me mad chills
I don't think Alfie was trying to "snap Tommy back to reality" with his 'Cross the line' monologue. I think he was incensed by Tommy's self-delusion that he was somehow above the betrayal and Hughes kidnapping his boy. As we learn next season he has skin cancer and wants to die. Perhaps that deathwish was subconscious back in season 3 and he wanted to provoke Tommy into killing him. The trouble is that everything he said about him was true and Alfie is too useful for Tommy to murder him.
in a full circle moment i find it really interesting that it’s michael of all people to witness the “crossing the line” scene because not only is it is first kill, now thrusting him into that life but the line “he who lives by the sword, dies by it” as michael is the only one in this scene to do so, crossing that line when he tried to kill his own family and failing.
I have loved T.H since I can remember.. C.M Caught my eye awhile ago but when he was in Batman I noticed his inner psycho . I've been waiting for it to be tapped into.. and with the chemistry of the 2 together in this way... Epic
He’s my favorite PB character, and I’ve been waiting for this video since you posted the Thomas Shelby one, why did I find it just now randomly? On another note, excellent video, I just noticed things I never had before, like Thomas telling Alfie he knew about the gun to his right, and then Alfie pulling a gun from the left while talking about how intelligence many times comes too late. It was right there and I never picked up on it. One scene that illustrated everything you mentioned (him using dialogue as a weapon, making people uncomfortable and freaking them out with his unpredictability) was the one where he was talking with the Russians and caught them trying to screw him and Thomas over.
Alfie is a genius and is always 2 steps ahead. His talking alot has meaning behind it all. It is a destraction decoy to keep his opponents frustranted and confused on his ramblings. He uses it to extract info from his opponents and test their motivea.
This is a really nice video. I was on a Tom Hardy Alfie shorts marathon. And wanted more of a showcase of his character with out any spoilers cause I haven't actually watched the show yet ... And that's exactly what you gave me serious so thank you!
SCENE 3- "LIVE BY THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD". Alfie's character is suppose to show that alfie and tommy is the same person. They both use reason for ANY action. Alfie demands that tommy admits his anger is ' hypocritical', "unjustified.
I feel like I can realate to Alfie because he makes crazy remarks to obtain a response out of people. I'm a firm believer that he's a psychological chest player he throws people off with his disturbing behavior. By doing so his social accomplices, opposite or victim gets caught up in his own emotional response based on his own behavior in results his opposite is thrown off in how to respond giving Alfie leverage to take control of the business proposition all in the name of social experimentation. Love it Alfie it takes balls and risk to take such gambles.
Your video is so well done. It peals Alfie Solomons character apart layer by layer. And with that we see more of what makes him who he is. The power of his intellect and cunningness. His ability to turn calmness into rage when needed.
Thank you for making this video! I loved Tom Hardy’s portrayal of Alfie, but I didn’t catch the subtleties that you mentioned throughout your video. I am rewatching the series now with particular interest in watching Tom Hardy’s performance. I will have a much deeper appreciation thanks to all of your insights. I agree with many of the comments your video has received - Tom Hardy is a brilliant actor, likely the best of his generation. We are so lucky to get to watch him do his magic on screen. And I appreciate you doing this wonderful video to help us all see the magic fully.
If people like Tom Hardy’s work. There’s a novel written by Martina Cole on her books “The Take” it got made into a drama series. His role & performance in that is what impressed me first with his acting
Tom Hardy is in the same vein of actor as people like Gary Oldman. He's a chameleon. Sometimes, I don't even notice that it's him playing a character until I closely examine the end credits.
i’m sure you wanted to avoid a major spoiler but another key alfie moment was the last episode of s4 when he and tommy are on the beach and he knows what tommy’s intention is and he fools tommy into thinking that he’s unarmed by playing on tommy’s emotions as he talks about the cancer he has. such a powerful scene
These are very good observations. Many of these, I noticed too. And I didn't even see the series... I came across the Alfie videos, because I was looking for videos with Tom Hardy. I immediately saw how very good his acting is. What strikes me most, is his ability to be charming and intimidating at the same time. Downright fascinating. I really wander if I would like the series, if I would see it. I think, I only want to see Alfie. And I only understand about half of his mumbling...
I have received many comments asking me why I choose to show my face in videos and telling me it’s not necessary. It’s gotten to the point where I think I need to address this with a thorough explanation.
The answer will be a little long, but bear with me (I have also addressed this before in my Lion King video essay, albeit most people haven’t seen that which is fair).
The answer basically comes down to copyright and specifically how RUclips handles copyright. It has never been a stylistic choice to include my face, rather it was the most practical choice. I have done many essays in the past with just edited clips and voiceover. However, when my channel started getting some traction months ago, there became a time when companies started noticing my content and began manually copyright claiming my videos left and right. This would block the videos out entirely or just from certain countries.
The thing is Fair Use/Fair Dealing law only let’s you use copyrighted work for criticism/education/commentary if the use of that work is limited and you include mostly original content that adds value. The original content that is supposed to add value is my essay/critique, yes, but do companies see it that way? Nope. Especially since I was using their content continuously throughout the whole video essay.
So if I kept going that way, it would only be a matter of time before my channel gets a strike. And since my channel is small it would be, and still is, easy for a company to strike me, remove my videos, and take down my channel entirely - which they have every right to do. Even the bigger video essayists on RUclips still deal with this, but the way I see it, since I’m so small, if my channel got removed nobody would care. So I had to find ways to compromise. I wasn’t about to let all my hard work and energy building this thing go to waste. This is also why clips I do include are so short and cutting in weird places. With this format, I can at least say that my case for Fair Use is stronger.
The reality is I’m going to have to keep making videos with visually original content in them regardless. But what format that comes in I don’t know (animation? Graphics? Slide shows?). Especially since I’m small, I’ll have to continuously experimenting with my video format to find what works anyways. And a big part of that is to find the right balance between what will avoid copyright issues and is also compelling to watch.
These things are going to take me time to come up with, especially since this isn’t my full time job. I have had videos with my face do well, but I do understand there’s a vocal group who could go without my face in videos. I’m going to be trying to include more clips and less of my face in upcoming videos so we’ll see how it goes. But using more and more clips does open it up to more copyright issues.
Thanks for your patience as I figure this out. I’m open to any suggestions you all have.
I don't see what people are complaining about, personally. Thanks for the explanation though I gotta say your videos are really insightful and your content (especially here) MASSIVELY outweighs any delivery issues.
People who say that are dumb ! You need to show your face more oftenn :)))
Honestly, I sometimes don't understand why people are so rude. You shouldn't even have to explain yourself it is your channel you should do whatever the fuck you want! I like that you're showing your face it's way better than only hearing your voice and more pleasant to watch. This is great work btw I love your videos! xx
You have an attractive face. So that’s a plus! Great critique BTW. This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I’m subscribing!
Your chin is as sharp as your v-neck
Tom Hardy is a national treasure. Watching him and Cillian on screen together is a joy.
Oliver Twist drama! What was his name? Killed Nancy!
When did you understand l wasn't dead Thomas?" Thoms Shelby:" When you send me a letter Alfie" l can't😂😂😂😂
Alfie definitely steals every scene he’s in but last coupla seasons him & Tommy have had great chemistry on screen! He’s clever but he captures just the right amount of craziness to install fear & his portrayal of a cockney Jewish Uncle/Gangster is spot on! Alfie & Sabini were hilarious together, that time they break bread together n Alfie complains about Sabini calling them kites, Sabini says “I didn’t know you couldn’t take a joke” brilliant! Noah Taylor shouldn’t be underestimated either.
@@rachcliffe3182 Bill Sykes mate
@@bardhyli77 😩😂
My absolute favorite exchange between Alfie and Tommy is,
Alfie: How'd you know I was alive?
Tommy: You wrote me a letter Alfie.
Lmao
😂😂
Alfie: Did i ?
When Tommy offers him 5 grand for a Jewish mob to turn up at Mosley’s rally n he says “as a God, I can rise right above insults like that” 😂
That was so funny
A super underrated moment for Alfie IMO is when he speaks Russian to princess Tatiana's family. Great example that delivers a huge amount of exposition and motivation development and I swear you could almost blink and miss it
Absolutely! I thought the same thing. It displayed perfectly what Alfie does to people, he makes everyone underestimate him. He does this purposely so that no one really knows what he is capable of doing till he does it.
Brilliant!
@@memoacuna6420 his first language would be Yiddish, followed probably by Russian if he's a recentish immigrant, thirdly English. It was just a bit jarring to see him sometimes in a yarmulke, sometimes not, sometimes in tzitzit sometimes not, sometimes the fedora. Love him though.
If you are a well connected/educated ashkenazi jew in the 1920s, you probably speak at least 3-4 languages fluently: yiddish(inside language), the language of the country you live in and the language of the country your family is from(russian, polish, hungarian, etc).
@@HUNdAntae exactly and he'd be fluent in the lashon kodesh too.
"Everybody listens to Tommy"
Tommy: WHY DOES NO ONE LISTEN TO ME?!
I think the issue he has is that people tell him he's in charge, gives him the responsibility of being a leader, but then they ignore him when it counts.
It's because he's surrounded with fck ups who can't follow orders to the letter. Very common in family run businesses.
@@gingerboi8773 Exactly!
@Firstname Second first name Well, that seems like the only choice if they do not do as they are told to, as simple as that.
They listen to Tommy talk, they don't listen to what he wants them to do.
Alfie was a Captain during the war, this is part of the reason he has some understanding of violence and how it adds to his 'force of personality'
Tom Hardy is a genius at character acting. They need to study him in acting and film schools.
Character acting ? Isn't that acting? What's the alternative?
@Nick Fletcher. this is the best of example of someone tryna sound clever and you just end up coming off as a pretentious arshole
Are you dumb or stupid
@@schlumpy982 Character acting is truly becoming a new person. Acting is pretending to be one.
@@schlumpy982 A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters. The term, often contrasted with that of leading actor, is somewhat abstract and open to interpretation. In a literal sense, all actors can be considered character actors since they all play "characters", but in the usual sense it is an actor who plays a distinctive and important supporting role.
holy shit i never noticed that he pulled the gun from the other side. this show is genius.
Just noticed that and I’ve seen this scene a lot of times. I think that also kind of puts us into Thomas’ shoes, and how hard it is to mentally keep up with this guy, because he’s as intelligent as he is violent and unpredictable.
How didn't you? It happened just a minute later Tom says he keeps his gun in the right drawer
I always suspected that Alfie had a gun in both drawers!
I loved the way he outwitted and humiliated Luca. Brilliant scene. And that great outburst of fury when he convinced cillian not to kill him due to code of honour and the hypocrisy of his reason for wanting to kill him
Again brilliant and mesmerizing
AFA!! AFAA!! SHALOOM, gets me every time
AWFA*
😂😂
Arfa, Arfer, Shaloom... 😀
Hebrew is my native laungage and i thought that the reason that the scene made my laugh so much.
Turns out other people find it funny
@@יהונתןאטין It’s probably because he puts on an air of being an harmless old grandpa which he is most definitely not.
Another thing that I love about Alfie’s character is how rich in culture he is. How much he knows and practices about religion and culture makes him a such a rich and even more powerful character.
I loved mainly the scenes where people talked different languages around him, yet they did not realize in time that he completely understood what they were saying.
jack Senaviev yessss
How live by sword die by it
And what fuckin line im cros
I just like his mannerisms. They’re hilarious. But if it were a real person I don’t respect their personality & actions.
‘He pulled out the gun from the left not from next to the whiskey’
Knowing alfie he probably had one on the left right up down middle behind in front
YeetMan sorry dad
Yep!😁
Alfie’s character is symbolically a mentor to Tommy’s development. That crossing the line scene cements that. Every time Tommy sits with Alfie he learns more. He learns more about who he really is but pretends not to be there, he learns how to be unpredictable, he learns how to dominate his enemies in dialogue without having to be violent. Alfie quickly comes off as Tommy’s big brother that Tommy eventually sees him for what he is. I wouldn’t call it a deep affinity but certainly a deep respect.
Never noticed that he pulled the gun out from the other side. Brilliant stuff and great analysis
I think Alfie's the kinda guy to have gun both sides
You were suggesting he was an army officer?
I adore this character. He is interesting, intelligent, gorgeous, funny, heartfelt, everything he says is dead on truth. He is amazing. His body language, everything about his voice and face is so expressive. I love to watch this Man work. He is so impressive. I love his use of language. I love his power. I love his advice. He is always right and true. When he is wrong, he admits his faults.
Agree with you on every point, mate. Tom Hardy as Alfie is modern Shakespeare.
just finished s4 and alfie was brilliant this season. i also think in alfie meets luca scene, the reason he had his eyes closed (aside from the story about a blind cousin lol), was to show his power, that he's not afraid of this arrogant and dangerous men, that he's bigger than luca and he could take him with eyes closed, that he could closed his eyes and knew no one will do anything to him, to provoke and ridicule him and challenge luca to take it because luca needed his help. i think it was such a power move.
Also just to make Luca understand that he was not nearly one of the most important things in his life.
Absolutely love that scene. Among many others.
Alfie is not afraid of violence, in fact he gets a thrill from risk. He deliberately provokes Luca here, and Arthur in the other scene with Tommy & Arthur because he does not care if they try to kill him. Not only does he not care, he thrives on it.
"Morning..."
No one but Alfie...
"Yeah it is!"
innit
Class mate
Whisky?
In their bed
I love when he meets Luca that he is sitting down but Luca is standing. Still, he dominates the room.
Started out standing with his eyes closed and referenced his blind cousin.
Very next scene with Alfie is in the backrooms at the boxing match with Thomas Shelby. Once again Alfie begins with his cousin being blind.
It's pretty amazing if I tie this altogether correctly. Alfie's statement about his glasses seeing the future is a metaphor for him knowing Thomas would outsmart Luca Changretta.
You want a summary of Alfie? It's this dialogue
Tommy: Hello Alfie.
Alfie: Did you look through the binoculars?
Tommy: No.
Alfie: I watch ships, no two are the same!
I love the way Tommy says no to him: are you gonna look after this dog?
No.
Can you elaborate on this?
Is it that how precise he is? How he notices things no other can?
@@kamranbaig6305 He speaks of irrelevant things to make a point
Kamran Baig it's a strategy used a lot in negotiations to try to trick the other person into giving you full control of the conversation by bringing up irrelevant points
I would love a spin-off series of Alfie. TH was incredible in that role.
He was the only one who was on intelectual level with tommy. They understands each other,thats why tommy was keep dealing with him, even if he betrayed tommy 3 times.
And so Alfie get cancer, and he thinks tommy have to,in the season 3, when they took tommys son,alfie was sad,u could see in his reaction, but he wanted tommy to kill him.And in s4, he even tell tommy where he will be,but tommy didnt wanted to kill him, cus they where kinda bonded. So alfie took out gun, to force tommy to shoot.
And in s5, he comes back, and again,tommy trust him,so yeah, he is kinda the only call it a friend to Tommy.
I think he is the only person Tommy listens to besides Polly
@@joeltakudzwa true
Joel Chadwicks yeah tommy trusts him knowing he cant trust him if that makes sense, like when he accepted that he knew they would take tommys son, at the end of the convo he says ‘i did not know about your boy though’ and tommy says ‘i know alfie’ he was never going to kill him and knew alfie had no idea about his son, tommy was trying to intimidate him
And this is a good point first person I’ve seen to notice how much he really wants tommy to kill him, but tommy knows he needs alfie and can trust him so he wont
Codeine Cobain Tommy doesn’t kill Alfie cos Alfie makes a really good point. If you live by the sword you die by the sword & both of them have put ppl in the exact same position Tommy’s in at the time! He doesn’t know they have his son for sure but knows there’s a big possibility it would happen. He’s trying to point out it goes with their lifestyle. Tommy really hears what he’s saying & he’s actually right!
Tom is the reason i started watching Peaky Blinders. Cillian is great too, but Hardy is a genius. He had me convinced since Lawless.
Yes, Hardy really is a genius. It's a pleasure to watch him on screen. No wonder the British recognized him as the best British actor of the 21st century.🔥👍
Daddy of Daddies, Alfie Solomons, could only ever be played by Daddy of Daddies, Tom Hardy
666LaVey666 no such thing as daddy issues with tom hardy
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Edward Conoran ikr
@666LaVey666 we've come to the point where remarks to the dirty comments are considered dirty rather than the comment itself. Haha
@666LaVey666 it's a crazy world buddy
Even Luca (Adrien) got destroyed by Alfie's acting aura.. Tom Hardy is one of the supremely talented young actors of present time
Alfie talks a lot
But you dont wanna miss any word
He talks enough bullshit so that when he speaks the truth, people don't know he is telling it.
Tom Hardy is a beast of a man. His acting in a lot of films is just of the chain amazing. I loved him as Bane, I loved him as the Cray twins, I loved him as Eddie, and I loved him as Alfie. The man is extremely talented and kills it every time.
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Best line between Tommy and Alfie by far.
Tommy : ok 10 grand then and you can have your dog back.
Alfie : no its better that he thinks I'm dead
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@jack daniels The "dog" they were talking about wasnt an actual dog. It was Tommys "bad blood" with Alfie. Thats why Tommy said the dog was fine. So that line you are asking about should be clear now.
mmm6325 but there is actually a dog too that tommy now looks after
Alfie is my favorite character from any show I've watched. He's hilarious, witty, unbelievably clever. Tom hardy made a masterpiece🤌
Watching a scene with Tommy being a very serious calculated man and Alfie being sarcastic is hilarious to watch.
The casting for this is just about perfect. I can't imagine anyone else playing complex Alfie . I feel the same way about Tommy. Others could play any of the roles but many of the characters, such as those two, Polly, and Arthur seem born to play those roles. It is not often that a film or series has so many roles filled by people who seem born for the role. Luca being another example.
I was thrilled to see that Alfie had survived getting shot in the face. He was a character I didn't want to say good bye to.
This is a great video, thanks.
That “crossed the line” scene was the absolute best. Tom hardy was genius in that scene. The way he called out Tom’s blatant hypocrisy.. so good.
Alfie Solomons is one of the greatest character creations in Television History
I loved the way he outwitted and humiliated Luca. Brilliant scene. And that great outburst of fury when he convinced cillian not to kill him due to code of honour and the hypocrisy of his reason for wanting to kill him
Again brilliant and mesmerizing
Says Luca but also days Cillian. Riiiiight..
@@Petra999 ikr
The way he says yeah” after every sentence made me like his character alot
Haha... it' s such a commonly used speech pattern in the UK, i would guess most English and Scots barely recall hearing the word from Alfie
I have to be honest and admit that I didn't realise that Alfie was actually Tom Hardy.... what brilliant acting...Tom is a master of the craft
Alfie meeting Luca was by far one the best Alfie moments. The character of Alfie could only ever be pulled off by Tom Hardy. There would be absolutely no reason at all for the character to even exist if Hardy wasn't the actor portraying him.
This is how you write an intelligent and brash character and how you portray him. It’s absolutely brilliant the 2 mixtures
That crossing the Line performance by Tom Hardy is one of the best bits of acting I have ever seen, masterful.
Alfie is the 'wise old man'' of Camden Town. the 'wandering jew'' who has glasses that can predict the future. ''big fcks small'' words of wisdom.
IS it funny how you tube KNEW I was binge watching yesterday.?
big fcks small
for me Alfie [a name of a famous movie in 60s + a song title saying
''whats it all about Alfie, is it just for the moment we live?'']
sums up every 'godfather-type' movie I have watched since childhood in 50s watching ''untouchables'' on TV.
he says to Tommy. ''if you live by the sword, you die by the sword'' ''the honorable thing to do'', not like the infantry but like a 'captain major'' of rank.
I notice the writing uses a device of quoting other movie oe popular culture
grace says on the phone ''Tommy can you hear me'' fro the movie TOMMY. this happens so many times & why I love this epic drama of characters
"and another 100 pounds because you are a focking wop mate"
David Ngure but blows his own business up in fear of luca 🥴
@@kingmars8817 if changretta was able to bring down johny shelby obviously he woulfyhave done so because of they can catch the shelbys why not him
"... and you"
His witty sarcasm and humor is endearing. Kind of the perfect friendemy.
The fact that Alfie talks is a great juxtaposition between him and Tommy. They are foils for each other. And also, the acting chops of Murphy and Hardy, their different approaches, highlights their characters' interactions even more.
He has an air absolute certainty!! my favourite character
Best thing is, his certainty is adaptable, most times he's completely confident that he'll find his place in the new reality no matter how much the threat is
*air of absolute Jewish certainty
I just started watching small clips of the show . I was amazed at Alfie's cariture. Always captivates me when he was on screen. But it was just now I understood who the actor was playing him.
I was gobsmacked. Never would I have guessed that it was Tom Hardy. He is one of my favorite actors. All his past cariture were bigger than life and he played them as such. A great actor. But he does not look at all like what I expected, and his accent is amazingly deceptive and authentic sounding right down to the spitting and face and mouth shapes . He has done one of the best acting ever with this cariture I have ever seen in my 57 years. Amazed I am.
Alfie's introduction of his nephew/Goliath is one of the funniest things I've heard in recent TV history.
Excellent writing, excellent acting, excellent show and my favourite character from it.
Faxx i have laughed at that scene so many times🤣
And that delivery was perfect
Tom Hardy is DEFINITELY one of my favorite performers and he NEVER disappoints. Brings the characters to life to the point of shock, awe, and pure devastation. His portrayal of Alfie Solomons has to be one of his best to date. You couldn't be more spot on about this character; he commands the room, palpable menace-he gives no quarter. He does sound cryptic and just when you think he's simply talkin' smack you realize he's either making a point or two-or he's watching you to study your reactions.....your tells. Then, just when you think he's all pitbull and he's blowing up at Tommy in the "Crossing the line" scene, you realize he wouldn't be chewing him out if he didn't care. Alfie holds Tommy Shelby in high regard but Tommy had to EARN it.
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I cant unhear Bane in his voice.....love the UK accents....everything i watch is UK connected....Peaky Blinders, Top Boy, Legend....and UK biggest secret.....DOWN TERRACE....anyways Hardy is my favorite actor...his range, body language, eye contact....everything he does commands the screen
Alfie really is a captivating character. The "You crossed the line" exchange between Tommy and Alfie is one of the best in the series. "Listen sweetie, you can't take a man... I mean Tommy, there were things in that treasury, right? God himself spoke to me and he said, 'Alfie, you are meant to have these things.' " "You crossed the line Alfie."
Watched season 1 of Peaky Blinders and some of season 2 but when I saw Tom Hardy was there, I decided to watch the rest of the series. A truly intriguing character and stealing each scene hes in is a truly underrated feat
The brilliance of Alfie, is the reason he talks is because you have to sit and understand what he’s trying to say, but while you’re trying to figure it out it keeps you a step behind him in present time. It allows him to put you in the defensive and lose track of what your purpose of the conversation may have been
Tom is just so good, Forrest Bondurant and the Kray brothers are also incredible performances.
Alfie's accent is great.... guttural, almost groaning.
The crossing the line scene is so powerful.
Alfie is lowkey funny af
dahc bats nah man not even low-key, just high-key
Ummmm. High key….
This series is just beyond any Television series I have seen in my short life.
When Alfie meets Aberama Gold and Bonny . Toma improv in this scene is outstanding
Alfie Solomons' best Moments: every scene he's in!
I love tommys character. He's amazing. Alfie Solomons is never not entertaining s-tier entertainment. Top moment is when he is analyzing the Russian jewels and mentions how Russians killed his mother and the way it happened.
Emotional Maturity: thats where Alfie is the best than any character.
Alfie is just a crazy bastard, love the character so much, Tom Hardy is brilliant in the role
That’s the jest of it…….also he is acutely intelligent…….
Tom Hardy nailed the role of Alfie Solomons. Everything said about Hardys portrayal of Alfie is exactly how I explain him to people who never seen it. If Tom Hardy doesn't get an Emmy for this role it would be absolute criminal. Excellent video new sub and looking forward at watching your other videos. Oh yeah your Thomas Shelby video was very well done too.
When Alfie meets Arthur "that,s wonderful Arthur ..etc. I find it a moment of brilliance. Arthur,s hand grips the ashtray as Alfie speaks, Arthur barely controlling himself. The ultimate windup..
2:50
Haha that moment when the deodorant has not dried yet
😂😂😂😂!txn mate.
That's funny now hahaha
Tom Hardy is easily one of the most talented actors working right now....I didn’t recognize him in the “Revenant” until about 5 minutes in to his 1st scene....& what he’s able to do with voices ? The only other actor I’ve seen who can effortlessly change his voice & make it believable is Johnny Depp,Hardy will win a Best Actor Oscar one day no doubt about it
Helen McCrory aka Polly Gray from Peaky Blinders
Yes! Definitely need to do a video on her
@@WEWatch Helen McCrory is why I'm watching it.
and Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter
All the cast of the “ Peaky Blinders” are formidable, oze talent, great script writing, is an automatic recipe for success. Perfect Casting, is a matter of luck and timing, to get such a great amount of talent, that produces programmes, like “ The Peaky Blinders “ and Taboo, with the lovely Jessie Buckley.
If you haven't seen "Legend" yet... Please do. Tom Hardy playing gangster twin brothers. Absolute masterclass in acting.
I love this series and I love the Alfie character. "Keeps you on the edge of your seat" is spot on. Pretty much all the acting in this series is fabulous, but Hardy and Murphy are the cream.
You should go watch lawless, Hardy incorporates a lot of that intimidating presence from his role as Forest in Lawless with Shia la beouf.
The thing is people cant truly understand how amazing this acting is unless they have met such a person in their life
Five seasons in I still think my favorite scene of Alfie is his introduction. When he's waddling around his warehouse and walks by a small burst of fire he waves his hand and says "Bloody hell, calm down lads." It makes me laugh every time. the creative director has been using explosive fires since season 1 to add to the feeling of danger and industry that none of the characters jumps or even blink at. Then all of the sudden you have this man doing the same thing, walking by this burst of fire and he's like "alright alright I get it, calm down." I've heard from interviews there's little to no improve in the scenes but Tom Hardy must be the exception and I feel like that must've been improved as well. The man is a genius at his craft.
Taboo is the best thing Tom has made, well worth watching!
Absolutely loved what you said about the scene at 11:00, my other favorite moment of Alfie's is the scene in the russian vault (S3 EP5), when you find out he speaks russian it gave me the unsettled feeling of "Oh shit, was there another layer to why he is here?", the fact he came from being bound and 'powerless' to commanding the room was what sold it for me, absolutely love this character; easily my favorite with late season Aberama coming in second. Terrific video aswell, thoroughly enjoyed seeing the breakdowns of his moments, can only hope you do my favorite and more!
Yeah didn’t the Russians do something to his parents?
Alfie is Jewish, and his backstory includes Russian troubles. He also speaks Italian, definitely German and Yiddish. Aneshkanzi Jews settled throughout Central and Eastern Europe during to diaspora.
His performance in Lawless is equally stellar.
„How many fathers, how many sons, yeah have you cut killed murdered fucking butchered innocent and guilty to send 'em straight to fucking hell ain‘t ya. JUST LIKE ME.“
What a delivery, gave me mad chills
I don't think Alfie was trying to "snap Tommy back to reality" with his 'Cross the line' monologue. I think he was incensed by Tommy's self-delusion that he was somehow above the betrayal and Hughes kidnapping his boy. As we learn next season he has skin cancer and wants to die. Perhaps that deathwish was subconscious back in season 3 and he wanted to provoke Tommy into killing him. The trouble is that everything he said about him was true and Alfie is too useful for Tommy to murder him.
Also if I am not mistaken at that time is the point where Tommy started going in his existantional crisis. So Tommy was gratefull for Alfies words.
@@romanpapec6735
To me that only started in Season 4
Wat y’all not talking bout is alfie is smart af he has access to information to were he can see the future
Tom hardy is an awesome actor could listen to his voice all day
in a full circle moment i find it really interesting that it’s michael of all people to witness the “crossing the line” scene because not only is it is first kill, now thrusting him into that life but the line “he who lives by the sword, dies by it” as michael is the only one in this scene to do so, crossing that line when he tried to kill his own family and failing.
Couldn't agree with you more. I was glad to see him back and working with Tommy. For a price of course. Alfie stole every scene he was in.
I have loved T.H since I can remember.. C.M Caught my eye awhile ago but when he was in Batman I noticed his inner psycho . I've been waiting for it to be tapped into.. and with the chemistry of the 2 together in this way... Epic
He’s my favorite PB character, and I’ve been waiting for this video since you posted the Thomas Shelby one, why did I find it just now randomly?
On another note, excellent video, I just noticed things I never had before, like Thomas telling Alfie he knew about the gun to his right, and then Alfie pulling a gun from the left while talking about how intelligence many times comes too late. It was right there and I never picked up on it. One scene that illustrated everything you mentioned (him using dialogue as a weapon, making people uncomfortable and freaking them out with his unpredictability) was the one where he was talking with the Russians and caught them trying to screw him and Thomas over.
Alfie is a genius and is always 2 steps ahead. His talking alot has meaning behind it all. It is a destraction decoy to keep his opponents frustranted and confused on his ramblings. He uses it to extract info from his opponents and test their motivea.
This is a really nice video. I was on a Tom Hardy Alfie shorts marathon. And wanted more of a showcase of his character with out any spoilers cause I haven't actually watched the show yet ... And that's exactly what you gave me serious so thank you!
The last episode he was in was classic "You've just made a deal without any negotiation ..."
The casting for this show was just phenomenal
Alfie’s first scene with Tommy has to be my absolute favourite scene ever
Watch Tom Hardy in Taboo. One of the greatest living actors hands down
Agree 100%
SCENE 3- "LIVE BY THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD". Alfie's character is suppose to show that alfie and tommy is the same person. They both use reason for ANY action. Alfie demands that tommy admits his anger is ' hypocritical', "unjustified.
Tommy and Alfie brilliant acting, brilliant together!
On my second watch through of Peaky Blinders I started noticing how much influence Alfie really has over EVERYONE and its honestly terrifying 😅
I love his character so much wish there was a series about him
I feel like I can realate to Alfie because he makes crazy remarks to obtain a response out of people. I'm a firm believer that he's a psychological chest player he throws people off with his disturbing behavior. By doing so his social accomplices, opposite or victim gets caught up in his own emotional response based on his own behavior in results his opposite is thrown off in how to respond giving Alfie leverage to take control of the business proposition all in the name of social experimentation. Love it Alfie it takes balls and risk to take such gambles.
Your video is so well done.
It peals Alfie Solomons character apart layer by layer.
And with that we see more of what makes him who he is.
The power of his intellect and cunningness.
His ability to turn calmness into rage when needed.
Why There is no mention of his brilliant role in taboo ..no one seems to know about it 🤔
I am promised to all manner of foolishness
They're taking too long to release a season 2 so now the show is irrelevant. It's sad.
Watched it, loved it
catdog hope they bring it back though. I can get right back into it.
He is a silent monster in acting💜
Thank you for making this video! I loved Tom Hardy’s portrayal of Alfie, but I didn’t catch the subtleties that you mentioned throughout your video. I am rewatching the series now with particular interest in watching Tom Hardy’s performance. I will have a much deeper appreciation thanks to all of your insights. I agree with many of the comments your video has received - Tom Hardy is a brilliant actor, likely the best of his generation. We are so lucky to get to watch him do his magic on screen. And I appreciate you doing this wonderful video to help us all see the magic fully.
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You're analysis on this character I find very intriguing. In particular the things you selected were choice options. Great job.
If people like Tom Hardy’s work. There’s a novel written by Martina Cole on her books “The Take” it got made into a drama series. His role & performance in that is what impressed me first with his acting
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Tom Hardy is in the same vein of actor as people like Gary Oldman. He's a chameleon. Sometimes, I don't even notice that it's him playing a character until I closely examine the end credits.
i’m sure you wanted to avoid a major spoiler but another key alfie moment was the last episode of s4 when he and tommy are on the beach and he knows what tommy’s intention is and he fools tommy into thinking that he’s unarmed by playing on tommy’s emotions as he talks about the cancer he has. such a powerful scene
Thank you for doing this video, I love Alfie.
Tom Hardy is a beast of an actor! Protect him at all costs!
These are very good observations. Many of these, I noticed too. And I didn't even see the series... I came across the Alfie videos, because I was looking for videos with Tom Hardy. I immediately saw how very good his acting is. What strikes me most, is his ability to be charming and intimidating at the same time. Downright fascinating. I really wander if I would like the series, if I would see it. I think, I only want to see Alfie. And I only understand about half of his mumbling...
Tom Hardy....PB, Lawless, The Drop, Warrior....in my opinion he is the best!
Legend.....