Series: Entourage

I finished watching series 2 a couple of days ago. Series 3 is halfway through in the US from what I know, but I will wait to get it on DVD.

This is one of those series that you start watching and you can't stop... you could probably watch it all in one day... around 25 minutes an episode, 14 episodes... perfectly feasible. How addictive is this series? A LOT.

The acting isn't fabulous, with the exception of Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly and Jerry Ferrara - aka Turtle or the new "Kramer" of American TV". Well, actually the acting is reasonably good; I guess I just don't like Adrian Grenier - the pretty boy. He is just too convincing which probably means he's just playing himself. Not really the stuff that would make him a great actor, but the girls probably like it. Oh, by the way, the girls on this series ROCK!!! Simply ROCK. From the stars to the not so stars, it is extremely enjoyable.

The screenplays are... how can I put it? Simple. Very, very, very simple, but they work so well. The series conquers us through form rather than substance. We are taken by the rhythm of the action and the acting and manipulated by the cameo appearances into believing "this is really a great series". It probably isn't, but we are convinced it really is when watching and isn't that makes a great TV series after all: momentum week after week, very close to inducing addictive behaviours on the spectators.

Finally, it does for LA what Las Vegas does for LV... you just want to visit it after watching. LA I know quite well and this series definitely "gets it" when it comes to the atmosphere, the pretentiousness, the absolute idolizing of people's personas/images. You gotta hate it and love it at the same time. You just have to.