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Summary: Meet The Gilmores
Review: Gilmore Girls is one the best-written, well acted shows on television. The program bounces along at a breakneck pace, filled witty dialogue and banter between characters that are reminiscent of Hollywood films of the 30's and 40's. The show focuses on the mother-daughter relationship between Lorelei (Lauren Graham) & Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) who are really best friends. Lorelei comes from a wealthy Hartford family and got pregnant at sixteen and moved to a small Connecticut hamlet called Stars Hollow to raise Rory. Lorelei runs the local Independence Inn and Rory is an incredibly gifted high school student. The show's plots are built around the girl's relationship which each other and the conflicting lives Lorelei leads. One is her life in Stars Hollow, which is filled with quirky residents and odd town events. The other is with her estranged parents (Kelly Bishop & Edward Hermann), whose blue-blooded ways rankle with her free spirit. Lorelei is forced to take her parents help in order to pay for Rory's tuition at the prestigious Chilton School which will help Rory try to fulfill her dream of going to Harvard. As a condition of giving her the money, Lorelei and Rory must attend weekly Friday dinners at their house. These dinners lead to numerous confrontations between Lorelei and her parents throughout the season. The residents of Stars Hollow provide comfort and friendship to the Gilmores. Among them are the gruff and grumpy Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) who owns the local diner, Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy) who is Lorelei's best friend and chef at the inn and Michel Gerard (Yanic Truesdale) who is desk manager at the inn and is incredibly sarcastic. Ms. Graham is a revelation in her role. She commands every scene she is in and she can deftly deliver the rapid-fire dialogue that is in every show. She is one of the most over-looked and underrated actresses on television. The extras on the disk are as good as any on tv show box set. One interesting extra is a pop-up video version of the "Rory's Dance" episode. A big trademark of the show are the incredible amount of pop culture references included in each episode. This extra provides you with a pop-up each time one is made and in the pop-up, it tells you where the reference is from. If you've overlooked this quality show in the past, the you should check out this excellent package that gives the show its due.
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Summary: Satisfy your Gilmore Girls craving, anytime!
Review: Gilmore Girls is hands down one of the best shows that has even been on television and now you can throw away those nasty VHS tapes that you've been watching and rewatching for the DVD version, with NO COMMERCIALS! (Not that I thought the commercials would be there, but you get the point.) With these DVDs you can relive all the wonderful Gilmore moments: why Luke and Lorelai are meant to be together, Rory and Dean's rocky relationship beginnings, and even Sookie and Jackson's love. Please, don't miss out on this, so much of what has happened in the past seasons make rewatching the beginning so much more worthwhile!
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Summary: A Must Have For Any Fan.
Review: Gilmore Girls is a great show from the writers to the cast. Re-live the first season with this DVD set. It is a must have for any fan, and it comes complete with special features. Best of all you get to enjoy the show with no commericals. Well worth the money.
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Summary: Fantastic Show!
Review: As a new convert to the Gilmore Girls, discovering the show midway it's latest (5th?) season, familiarising myself with it's inception via this DVD was a no-brainer. It's faultless, and a gem to own. However, I too am one of the unlucky Canadians who is missing a booklet! Furthermore, the audio seems to be damn quiet! I have to turn up the volume way higher than I normally would!
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Summary: Great buy/gift for a fan
Review: If you're reading this review, chances are you're already a fan of the show, or shopping for a fan. If you're either, this DVD is well worth your hard earned cash. I bought the DVD for my fiancée, who is a big fan, and she hasn't stopped thanking me yet. She was amazed at how much she forget from the old episodes, and how well they stand up four years later. We got the DVD less than a week ago, and she's watched most of the episodes twice already. We searched the net in vain for any release date for a second season DVD, because that will certainly be a pre-order as well. If you're like me, shopping for a fan and/or live with one, you'll find that the show is incredibly well written, never insults your intelligence, and you'll enjoy the episodes you do watch. The quality on the DVD is fantastic, too. You'll notice the difference from the broadcast quality. Most of all, buy this DVD so that they DO release the second season -- you'll make my fiancée (and therefore me) very happy. :)
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Summary: Delicious!
Review: We Gilmore devotees should make it one of our missions in life to enlighten the masses to this gem of a TV show. Great writing, superb acting, sharp dialog, great cinematography...what more can one ask for. This is one show that does not ever talk down to its audience. It's remained true to its intent from its inception...the story line builds on itself faithfully. With regard to characterization, there's never a misstep. The DVD set (at long last, and by the way, when does seasons 2, 3 and 4 follow?) is a great value. I know many mother-daughters share in faithful Tuesday night viewing of Lorelai and Rory, I purchased this to 1) get caught up since I missed the first season, and 2) in ten or so years, share it with my niece. And by the way, will the Screen Actors Guild AND the people who run the Emmys take another look and right a wrong -- and please recognize this show for its incredible lead actresses and writing?!? It does not get any better than this.
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Summary: A Microcosm of Greatness
Review: If you've only seen the recent episodes of Gilmore Girls and didn't see the first two seasons, then you are missing out on 43 of the finest episodes in television history. This boxed set contains the first season which was truly wonderful, but the second season was even that much better, striking just the right balance between whimsy and sentiment. Nevertheless the first season is a gem, capable of being viewed as a self-contained story in its own right. More than any other season, the episodes from the first season display a level of craftsmanship and directing that are rarely seen on television, particularly network television. Many of the episodes are like five act plays, intricately constructed and choreographed. Witness the cooking scene in the first episode, or note how both the first and last episode conclude with Yo La Tengo's "My Little Corner." Perhaps because the renewal of the series may have been in doubt, the season builds to a dramatic climax in the season finale that brilliantly works both as a finale and as a springboard into later episodes. Gilmore Girls combines witty dialogue, comedy, drama, sentiment, quirky characters, social satire, and even a little bit of the surreal with an ambitious directing style more often seen in cinema than on television. At its best (i.e. its first two seasons), it is a kindred spirit of "Northern Exposure" that carries the torch of inspired writing about unique characters living a kind of idyllic, literate, Bohemian existence. Stars Hollow, like Cicely, is the kind of place and lifestyle you dreamed about living in when you were young and idealistic, and allows you to return to those ideals and live them vicariously through Lorelai, Rory, and the rest of the colorful characters of Stars Hollow.
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Summary: When can I expect 2nd season?
Review: hi, I am an international student in NY. Gilmore girl was really great. It is full of warmth. I watched all episodes over two days. I'd like to know when WB releases the 2nd season.
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Summary: Gilmore Girls-- Television Dialogue At It's Best
Review: The writing on this show is more than fantastic! Watching the first season on DVD was great because I could use the subtitles to read what they were saying-- sometimes the comebacks were so fast(especially by Lorelai) that it almost made my head spin! The acting is also teriffic-- Lorelai and Rory are a mother/daughter team made in rock-n-roll heaven and the supporting cast are each flavorful and delicious in their own way. After taking a complete weekend to view the entire 20 episodes plus pilot plus special features I found myself in a little funk and wishing that I actually lived in Stars Hallow and knew these people. Ah, if only life could be this witty, sassy and full of Gilmore ups and downs...
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Summary: Superb
Review: This is the closest American television has come to the British "As Time Goes By" series. Spot-on casting, great story arch, superb acting at every level and wonderful charcters--all
presented with humor and charm. Did I mention the excellent directing? Television at its very finest.
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