Girls
Girls
TV-MA | 15 April 2012 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    merelyaninnuendo

    GirlsGirls; being critically acclaimed and buzzed at Golden Globes for its originality, is a passion project of the creator and the protagonist, Lena Dunham whose creativity and genuine soul is what keeps this character driven series flow frictionless. The series is shot beautifully and the camera work is utterly pleasing which helps seek attention of the viewers. The writing is strong, witty and brutally honest sometimes, which can be inedible for viewers especially for it resonates eerily with reality that we all reside in. The characters or even the actors aren't given priority especially not at the compromise of the story-line which is what makes it different from one's usual sitcom. Addition to that, the series can afford and does offer a wider range where each notes connects and hits to the audience; from humor to intense drama. The primary reason why it works for the most part of it, is the uncertainty on its trajectory and the unflinching bold moves that writers tend to make to proves its maturity and superiority on standing on something that is equally practical as much as gut-wrenching. It is rich on technical aspects like sound department, costume design and editing. It is no short on execution as it communicates with the viewers and offers a palpable environment, that is cozy, raw, bold and uneven, in short an apt depiction of the current generation's social life. The performance is undeniably effective that helps create the anticipated impact on screen where most of the attention is drawn by Lena Dunham, Adam Driver and Andrew Rannells. Girls is a scratch from the beginning, from the characters to the generation, from the writing to the execution, everything depicted in here is ahead of its time and preaches its genre to stand alone through not the characteristics of the characters but the three dimensional character itself.

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    normen-82729

    There is a reason they call this stuff mumblecore. Lena Dunham has done a terrific job of creating "first world problems the series".To list the characters: Lena Dunham plays the long-long-long-term student who pursues a journalism career. She has a horrifying case of OCD and as you will come too see is the case with every character in this show, can't handle even the slightest influx of stress. She also gets the only sorta hot guy in the series, who himself has major confidence issues and can't handle *emotions* and all that. With this wonderful guy she engages in several acts of what I can only describe as piglet fetish (referring to Dunhams unaesthetic corpse).Black haired, unattractive, *responsible* girl who slightly misses her lifetime goal of finishing school with all As and now just can't handle it also has trouble finding out what is actually attractive to her and engages in cuddle sex with multiple losers.Black haired, attractive, *I'm-so-into-art* girl quits with her boyfriend because he slacks off and she now wants to *intercourse* the manlit edgy artist that told her how awesome he is at *intercourse*. She may later find out that slack-off ex-boyfriend is now a millionaire app developer (because that happens) with the worst app idea ever from any legal aspect. Of course she will then want him back but it never works out. Oh boy I wonder who she will be 100% passionate about next.And then we have ganja hippy girl who ends up married to somebody with actual taste and money for no reason but chooses to live back on the street because she is so *free* and has deep rooted family problems that she just can't get over.Honestly this mess of a series is a shallow, wannabe edgy coping-piece produced in typical Dunham mumblecore style. If you are a semi-stable human being you won't need this garbage at all. Dunham is and always will be incapable of writing any actual engaging story arks and therefore has to rely on speaking to your base instincts and insecurities because that is all she knows. The entire thing can be summarized in two words: boring and shallow

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    Angel Youles

    Girls follows a group of young women (Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna) who are trying to find themselves in the world. In particular, it follows Hannah over the course of 5 years. Hannah is given the news in the first episode that her parents won't financially support her anymore and pay for her flat, this marks the beginning of a long journey of Hannah suddenly needing to take on responsibilities for her own life. We see her change so much throughout the seasons, and not at all... there's parts of Hannah and all the girls, (Even though they are strong women, creative with very unique personalities and they have a lot to offer the world.)they are still immature, impulsive, messy and lost and that's okay... that's life. It's what is amazing about this series, and that's the fact that is very true to life, it's true to how really young women are... which is not hugely represented accurately on television. Girls is about essentially "Girls" who are transitioning from being "Girls" into women and finding out how to handle adult life, which they do not do so well, and it's very humorous and cleverly written. However it's also very realistic if you ask me, nobody has it figured out in their 20s. It is a time which is suppose to be fun, which is portrayed in huge amounts as well, but nobody talks about the frustrations. As it is time where you are trying to build the life you want, and it doesn't always work out as it plan and the show does show that. It's refreshing to see. Girl's portrays friendships, relationships and sex in the same manner is it portrays life, very real, loving and heart-warming, and at other times, not so loving, hard and complicated. The girls seem to have met at some point during college and although their friendship is strong at times... And it's those times you go "I see why they are such good friends" but the majority of the time, the girls are in conflict, distant and cold to one another and sometimes don't understand why the remained friends, but regardless they support each other. We follow a very passionate and complicated relationships and very meaningless ones too.Girls is a bundle of fun and emotion, there are time it makes you smile, laugh out loud, and other times it makes you cry. It really makes you feel! which is what a great show does. The acting is excellent! Despite when it started none of these actors were very well known, all of the girls and guys really make their characters come to life, they are very complex and unique characters. Lena Dunham has really written and produced this well. And you can tell how much heart she has put into this show, it's very admirable. And with Judd Apatow being the producer, you know it's already gonna be a very funny and unique show. He did an amazing job as well. Hats of to all of them and this brilliant show.I am actually very sad it's ended. I could definitely watch more!

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    Marketa Janeckova

    "Girls" is the most non-traditional TV series I've ever seen. And it's good. At the beginning it was kind of hard for me to watch it. All these unstable neurotic characters who I did not like at all. But still there was something very attractive for me in this whole Hannah's miserable world, so I kept watching and it was worth it. This TV Series gave me a new look how to think about myself and about my surroundings because I live Hannah's life situation and it's too real. Thanks to all these imperfect characters I started to see me and my friends in different light and whole "Girls" were a sort of way a therapy for me. So if you are from Y generation I recommend it to you, because you should understand.

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