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Summary: Best show ever
Review: If you have heard about this show or just looking at it now Get it this show is so funny that I have seen the dvd 7 times and it never gets old
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Summary: Nice, but...
Review: Maybe it's the fact that the dvd copy was kinda cheap, but it was hard to hear, hard to see and at times, hard to hear. I didn't enjoy it that well because of these things. From what I could follow it was a decent storyline. Wish I could have enjoyed it more. Maybe I'll just head on over the London...
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Summary: Nice, but...
Review: Maybe it's the fact that the dvd copy was kinda cheap, but it was hard to hear, hard to see and at times, hard to hear. I didn't enjoy it that well because of these things. From what I could follow it was a decent storyline. Wish I could have enjoyed it more. Maybe I'll just head on over the London...
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Summary: Monty Python meets Queer As Folk meets AbFab
Review: Mix it up! This crazy whacked-out British mini-series features the story of one teenage straight mulatto boy who's fathers are two gay guys, now separated and who's mother is closer in style to the AbFab girls. Both his male best friends are sexy young white queer boys. His girlfriend is hot too. Her best friend is an Asian lesbian with a Hispanic girlfriend. The parents get as tangled up as the kids. The scenes are short and at times you have to try to stop laughing just to keep up with the pace. It's wonderful, celebratory and very Millenium!
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Summary: Like nothing on American TV
Review: Once you get past the heavy accent and fast talking speed, and adjust to the very, very quick editing, this is a pretty terrific series. Lots of unexpected little plot twists mixed in with the predictable ones. The acting was all-around very good, the writing was intelligent, and the cast was very interesting to look at. Thank the heavens that some cultures appreciate diversity. American TV & cinema is so ridiculously homogenized in comparison. We watched the entire series in one sitting, and loved it. It certainly evolved in the better direction from its pilot, Heterosexuality. Give this one a try. It's not like AbFab or Queer As Folk (British or American) but it
should appeal to the same audience base.
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Summary: Too manic for me!
Review: The Brits REALLY need to subtitle their DVDs for American consumption. _Metrosexuality_ is a visual and aural assault--color saturated, sets evocative of the photos of Gilles and Pierre, and a constant bombardment of slang and crosstalk. The plotline is blessedly thin--communion wafer thin! Suffice it to say, everyone is in love/lust with one or two others, struggling to be a good (though non-conventional) parent, or conversely, good child. Most of the characters have their charms, whatever their shortcomings. The one disturbing thing about the show for me was the fact that the filmmakers seem to look upon serious drug addiction with the same dismissive attitude as they do casual sex (some of the drug-taking scenes, in fact, are truly disturbing). There are a couple of scenes where the characters break into song. These scenes were fun in a Bollywood sort of way. The actors are either authentically good singers or good lip-synchers, and I felt the show would have benefited from more musical numbers. But there's really no point in trying to figure out what the filmmakers were trying to accomplish in _Metrosexuality_. It's best to just take it for what it is--cotton candy, fireworks, and a roller coaster ride.
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Summary: A gaudy, frenetic tribute to love and family
Review: This colorful comedy/drama originally aired on Britain's boundary-pushing Channel 4 (home of the original "Queer as Folk"). It was a late-night miniseries, seen in six half-hour installments in early 2001. The frenetic visual style and over-the-top characters are not for all tastes, but it's a fun show whose characters turn out to be more complicated and human than they initially seem.This American DVD offers some great extras not available on last year's British video release. Three cheers to TLA Releasing for including the wonderful pilot episode, "Heterosexuality," which in some ways I prefer to the actual series. The making-of documentary was interesting, though I could have lived without some of the creative camera work. TV purists be warned: this DVD does not present the series in its original episodic form. It's featurized -- essentially a two-and-a-half-hour TV movie that hits a cliffhanger every 24 minutes. I usually can't stand seeing miniseries featurized, but in this one case it works. The video quality on the extras (including the pilot) is beautiful. However, the DVD rendering of the series is slightly hard on the eyes -- at least it was on the copy I rented. The movement is a bit uneven -- probably a byproduct of the way they converted the video from European to American video standards. I'm pretty sure it didn't look like this when I saw the series originally. But after a couple of minutes, my eyes adjusted and I enjoyed rewatching the show. The first ten minutes or so of the series are the weakest part: stick with it through the first half hour and you'll probably be hooked!
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Summary: For Those That Like It All
Review: This is definately a production for those that like things larger than life. Everything about it is big. A one-of-a-kind film that supercedes all genres of films. Whether you want gay or straight, black or white, comedy or drama, you'll find it here. This is an extremely entertaining 140 minutes (not including the pilot or any of the extras) that will leave an impression (and leave you wanting more). Metrosexuality manages to touch on many issues surrounding love of every type, and it does it well. So if you are ready to be entertained like never before, this is the movie for you.
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Summary: For Those That Like It All
Review: This is definately a production for those that like things larger than life. Everything about it is big. A one-of-a-kind film that supercedes all genres of films. Whether you want gay or straight, black or white, comedy or drama, you'll find it here. This is an extremely entertaining 140 minutes (not including the pilot or any of the extras) that will leave an impression (and leave you wanting more). Metrosexuality manages to touch on many issues surrounding love of every type, and it does it well. So if you are ready to be entertained like never before, this is the movie for you.
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Summary: Made For TV High Speed Soap
Review: This is NOT a movie. This is a six part TV series compressed into a 2 1/2 hour non-stop show. It does have a very "made for TV" feel about it complete with action breaks where you'd expect commercials to be filled in. It's a soap which flits back and forth at high speed between about a dozen characters.
There is not so much a plot as a cabaret of witty dialogue, wild fashion and cute bods (warning - some of the dialogue will be hard to catch if you're not british). Imagine all the crazy outfits of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City... turn that up to full volume then add fluorescent technicolor... that's what everyone is wearing. Combined with perfect gay boy sculpted flesh and it's crazy eye candy.
The show ultimately goes nowhere... some of the relationship problems introduced at the beginning of the series get resolved in predictable fashion. But it's got as much depth as a drunken drama queen on an all night clubbing spree. Pretty and mindless fun. Pretty mindless fun.
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