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Entourage - The Complete First Two Seasons

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Starring Adrien Grenier, Kevin Connally, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Jeremy Piven, Entourage Seasons 1 and 2 follow the lives of hot young actor Vince Chase and his posse of friends from the old neighborhood as they maneuver and strut through the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.

Season 1 was eight episodes of junk food goodness. We were introduced to Vince, Eric, and the crew, and Vince's agent extraordinaire Ari, as well as a never ending sucession of beautiful women. The boys are styling and living large, the women are drop dead beautiful and available, and the LA night life and movie premieres fill their days and nights. This show packs a visual orgy of celebrity glitz and glamour. The writing is clever and the wit varies between sarcastic and sophomoric, but overall the show entertains everyone, because deep down we all want a little taste of the Hollywood life. Eight episodes of this new and entertaining show wasn't enough to satisfy, but HBO wisely picked up Season 2 for a twelve episode run.

Season 2 kicked off a year of drama and instability for Vince and his crew. After coming back from the making of indie movie Queens Boulevard, Vince discovers that offers are drying up as fast as his bank account. Aquaman, a big budget James Cameron movie, could be the big money payday that both Ari and Vince need, if Ari can get the offer and Vince decides to take it. Eric is torn between his friendship with Vince and his desire to be a real manager, not to mention between his girlfriend Kristen and a Perfect 10 model. Turtle learns that Eric's old job isn't as glam as it seemed, while Drama discovers that calf implants may be the ticket back to stardom. Even Laker games, beach parties at Jamie Pressly's house, and hitting the slopes at Sundance, can't hide the fact that things are getting tense: Ari is making a play to start his own agency that may land him on the street, Eric may lose his job by being a good manager, and Vince gets bowled over by the love of his life and new Aquaman co-star Mandy Moore.

Twenty half-hour episodes in 2 seasons isn't nearly enough, but Entourage is one of those shows that you have to have in your collection. Season 2 showed the possibilities of where the plots can go for a full season, and thankfully HBO decided to expand Entourage to a full 22-episodes for year 3. The box set extras are standard, and the price is a bit high for both sets, but HBO always gives you a bang for the buck. Recommended.

This is by far one of the best shows out there. Once you start watching, you can't stop until you have seen every episode, and even after that, you still want more.

The Entourage series is definietly one of the best TV shows i have seen. It is extremely funny to anyone that has any type of sense of humor. The series is about a young adult movie star that shares a house with three friends and his older brother. This show is awesome because i can relate to them being a young adult, because they go out and party, drink alcohol, smoke pot, and at the end of the night they are just trying to get laid. Also, since he is a movie star, he has a ton of money, so you can see what it would be like to be a rich young adult having fun. Entourage also has a lot of popular guest appearances, such as Jessica Alba, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Green, and many more, which makes the series seem more real.

I didnt give it 5 stars just because their is only about eight 30 minute episodes in season one. If their were more episodes in this two season package i would have given it 5 stars. The second season has about eighteen 30 minute episodes. Overall a great show that everyone should see.

Though they're both enjoyable, I found myself enjoying the second season of ENTOURAGE much more than the first. I don't know if this is because it's a full season (as opposed to the shortened first one), or because I've gotten past the characters' (especially Turtle's and Drama's) loutishness, and now I can see the humor for the trees.

Or maybe the writing improved just a smidgen, and that's all it took for this show to deliver on its potential? Anyway, the storylines now click, the banter and comedy flow naturally (none of the "trying too hard" syndrome I noticed first time out), and the actors are delivering the goods. Much has been made of Jeremy Piven nailing his role of Ari, but the supporting cast (especially the guy who plays Lloyd, Ari's secretary) are really hitting their marks too.

NOTE: This review only pertains to the price of this box set, not the show. Entourage gets 5 stars.

However, this box set (combined seasons 1 and 2) is actually MORE expensive than purchasing each season separately. Box sets are supposed to save money, but that's not the case here. Save yourself $10 and buy each season separately.

This is one of the best shows I've seen in a while. If you buy both seasons seperately, you would save some money because Amazon has priced the package higher than if bought seperately.

This show is like Sex and the City - the male version. You will relate to the things these guys go through, not to mention laugh every time Jeremy Piven is onscreen. The story begins after Vincent Chase has had his big break and follows him and his friends through Hollywood. Piven is his conniving agent and has a great time arguing with one of Vinny's friends, Eric (who is also Vinny's manager). You'll love their back and forth. There are also several cameos by celebrities playing themselves (James Cameron, Jamie Pressly, Mandy Moore, Hugh Hefner, Pauly Shore ... just to name a few). One important thing, there is not a lot of time spent showing what Vinny actually does on the set of his movies. Most of the coverage is about his after-work life and between-movie life. The only thing that stops me from giving it 5 stars is that the shows sometimes tend to end in strange places, either covering too much or not enough. The show is produced by Mark Wahlberg and is aimed for 20-30something guys (and the girls who have never understood why they do what they do).

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.

This is a high energy, highly entertaining comedy about an up and coming movie star living with his childhood friends. It is also an excellent buy on DVD since the show has so much re watch value.

Jeremy Piven steals the show with his amazing job as Vince Chase's agent - Ari Gold. Piven has won 4 Emmys for his portrayal of the character.

This product was a gift! My boyfriend has always been a fan of this show. Even though the new season is on, he still opened this up and watched them all again. Highly recommended! I even love the show now!!!