Over the last few months, I've been watching the Gilmore Girls from the beginning on E4. I completely missed it when it was on originally and didn't know anything about it before I started watching it except 'oh my god, it's so good, you have to watch it!' And so I did. It was the last show of season 2 on this morning. (Milo Ventimiglia!)
And I shouldn't like it, really. The dialogue is just too snappy, I don't feel as if it's natural. It feels more like they all learned their lines really well and are a bit over-eager to say them. The acting is a little over the top (Paris all the time and Dean and Luke when they're angry) It's a bit predictable and Rory and Lorelai are just too sappy about each other. I don't like gooey relationships between mother and daughter because I don't feel, personally, that it's realistic.
But the characters are all likeable enough, I find all of the cultural references amusing and even though I have so many complaints about the show, I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT. I'm not sure if it's the actual show that I like or that I'm clinging to it because it's on everyday and I need something to watch.
Did you watch Gilmore Girls when it was on? What did you think?
I didn't find the show until it was well into it's sixth season, but I am a hug fan! I have every season on dvd and rewatch it all every 6 months or so..
ReplyDeletei am not a big tv fan, but seem to always have shows i love. When this was on, i probably had a couple of shows i love- so i never allowed myself to watch it... I've been tempted to rent the DVDs though...
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adored this show. It's still one of my faves. There's loads about it that I should have hated (quirkiness, fast & snappy dialogue,- all those you mentioned) but I just loved it. Towards the end though, I fell out of love with it but that's because of the Palladinos pulling out, I think.
ReplyDeletei am so with you on all of that. and despite it all, I LOVED IT! and i got my husband to love it too. i so miss it now that it's off. and i still heart jesse aka milo.
ReplyDeleteI watched it with my daughter! She now owns all the seasons possible. We are from the northeast though we've been in the Midwest for ages, so it was also a "link" to where we're from.
ReplyDeleteAnd while Lorelei and Rory are so freaking glib, in fact, everyone in the show is, they cover a lot of ground thanks to their "delivery." So LTL and I got hooked cuz it was our "mutual" show and therefore so much and so many good things attached to it. There are a surprising amount of fans - they don't talk about it a lot - it just comes up and then people chime in and say they watch it.
It's a success, then, right?
I was a HUGE Gilmore Girls fan when it was on. My younger sister used to come to my apartment every Tuesday and we'd make spaghetti and watch the show together. I suppose it is kind of cheesy and my boyfriend absolutely hates it because he says Luke has no personality. But I just loved the snappy dialogue and all the BIG WORDS. I loved that they didn't dumb down the show for their audience. They used vocabulary that made you think, "Do I know what that word means?" I love shows that teach me something without me knowing it. Gilmore Girls was like educational programming for teens and adults in that sense.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it didn't help that I was studying to be a journalist and that was Rory's dream.
Seriously, I could gush for days about how much I like this show. I don't know why, I just do.