Entourage - The Complete First Two Seasons
by Adam Bernstein, Daniel Attias, David Frankel, David Nutter, Julian Farino
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Actor: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, Kevin DillonDirector: Adam Bernstein, Daniel Attias, David Frankel, David Nutter, Julian Farino
Writer: Brian Burns
Writer: Chris Henchy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of Entourage - The Complete First Two Seasons
DVD Review: Great Show, Mediocre DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me start off by saying that Entourage is currently my favorite show to watch. You don't have to live in Hollywood or be in the business to appreciate the rapid-fire banter and acid-tongued humour of mostly soulless, bottom-line crazy, image obsessed actors and the agents, publicists, managers and hangers-on who indulge them.
As a huge fan of Sex and the City, I immediately got hooked on this show not just for its intelligent blend/balance of humour and pathos (none of whom do it better than Jeremy Piven and the extremely underrated Kevin Dillon) but much like Sex and the City, it is a show about a fantasy world for 4 people who go through so much, get screwed by so many but will always have each other. The family bond between Vince, E, Drama and Turtle (I love that we don't know his real name) is what drives the show and keeps it grounded no matter how crazy things get. No one anticipated the show's return for Season 3 more than I and it didn't disappoint.
The DVD, especially for Season 2, however, did. The great thing about Entourage is that it is such a "behind-the-scenes" show. Not only giving you a behind the scenes look at Hollywood and the business that is Hollywood but also because the writers are so great at creating backstories to just about every character without actually telling you what they are. I was so hoping that the DVD for Season 2 would reveal how they managed to get this actor to guest star or what funny/crazy/scary story happened when they shot on such and such location but instead we got nothing. No audio commentaries, no deleted scenes or alternate endings. No footage of Johnny Drama's previous guest spots (I mean, come on, who isn't dying to see him playing the bulimic pedophile on the Commish). There are so many episodes of Season 2 that I would have loved to have known more about but all we get are the Mark Wahlberg sessions, which a) I had already seen on HBO On Demand and b) weren't that interesting because we don't really learn more about the show and c) Mark Wahlberg comes off as a bit of a douchebag.
I would have loved audio commentary on Chinatown, if not for the last 2 minutes alone and because I love Asian cinema. How could they not have Chris Henchy, one of the writers of the show, comment on Blueballs Lagoon which guest starred his real life wife, Brooke Shields?! James Cameron, one of the biggest directors in Hollywood, does a recurring guest spot and no one has anything to say about it? Mandy Moore plays a huge role and we are left wondering why they decided to give Vince a real relationship, why Mandy Moore (I felt it was a bit of an odd choice) and why did she refuse to come back in the 3rd season and they basically act like she never existed. You would think a writing staff of men would have something to say about shooting at the Playboy Mansion (Aquamansion, great episode, with great scenes by Ralph Macchio and Pauly Shore) or at Sundance or at a real Lakers game.
I was really let down with the lack of extras in the DVD, especially with the lack of audio commentary. Hopefully, they will beef it up for Season 3.
Not to deter anyone from watching the show, this is one of the best written shows on television. If you loved Sex and the City and you are not watching this show then you are truly missing out. Networks have tried to emulate the magic that was SATC (cough, Heather Graham, cough) but none have come close. That is because SATC already has an heir to the throne and Entourage is it. People are just fooled because the show is about 4 men instead of 4 women and is in LA, not New York. And if you have not discovered the wonder that is Kevin Dillon...I mean, I never even knew that Matt Dillon had a brother until this show! Kevin Dillon's Johnny Drama is probably one of the funniest, smartest and most complex characters written on television to date. He is absurd, self-centered, pathetic, self-conscious, puerile, weathered, smart, stupid and still a very real human being. Dillon manages to take the most ridiculous character and fill him with so many nuances that Drama can go from one extreme to the next in a matter of seconds (and he often does) and you still totally buy it. I could watch Dillon act for hours, he's that good and while I love Jeremey Piven, I have to say if anyone should be nominated for and win an Emmy, it should be Dillon.
I'm giving the DVD boxset 4 out of 5 stars. The show itself gets 5 out of 5 but the DVD gets 3 out of 5 because of lack of extras.
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