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DVD Laguna Beach - The Complete First Season
Branded as "The real Orange County," this tepid yet easily addictive MTV series follows a group of wealthy high schoolers from Laguna Beach, California. Their lives are almost too perfect to be real: good looks, houses by the beach, even close relationships with their parents. They shop, plan parties, and get brand-new cars wrapped in a bow for graduation (and you thought that only happened in commercials!). But it's a reality show packaged as a teen soap.
At the center of season 1 is the love triangle between good-girl narrator LC, her childhood friend Stephen, and his beautiful but cold girlfriend Kristin, who likes to mention at any chance possible how much she "hates" LC. Other highlights for the seniors include spring break in Cabo, birthday bashes, one character's embarrassing audition for a Broadway show, and the repetitive mantra of "Can you believe this is the last time we'll be together like this?"
One's envy of young rich kids who are just like you--but not--is certainly what Laguna Beach likes to tap into (you find out they even have weekly O.C. viewing parties!). Unfortunately, it's also what makes it so vanilla. Since there aren't producers auditioning the most colorful personalities to home-grow drama, you're left with pals so alike you get them confused. Not only that, their "conflicts"--limited to gossip and drunk confrontations--don't really make for great television, at least by the reality-TV standards we're used to. But kids who thrive on the gossip of their own friends will likely continue chatting about this show like it's their own high school.
DVD features include an MTV cribs-type tour of LC's massive mansion (still being built in season 1) and many deleted scenes, which include the technical glitch that got Morgan into BYU (see? It's not just money) and Trey's argument with a midget. --Ellen Kim
Review(s): DVD Laguna Beach - The Complete First Season
ok
this show is ok.I think it is mostly rich people flaunting off their richnest to everyone who doesn't really care.For all you other jerks bad mouthing this show,try watching it first and not just judging it on what the box says.
Better watching it on tv, one episode at a time...
I rented this season through netflix and I fell asleep after trying to watch it for about an hour. In all seriousness, it is a pretty boring show if you watch too much of it at once. I think the second season is way better as well. The cast in this season is pretty boring, shallow, and self-centered.
Laguna Beach - a chrismukkah miracle
If you are looking for a TV-Serie talking about rich kids, California sun, surf, good music, drama and comedy... I recommend The O.C.
If you haven't seen The O.C., that must be your first choice. If you have seen The O.C., wait for next season instead of wasting your money and time on this new "thing" called Laguna Beach. Even Josh Schwartz (creator of The O.C.) laughs about this serie on the DVD collection of Orange County first season when he's been asked!
Do they really call Laguna Beach "The real Orange County"? Just can't believe they made it to the second season!
I think Seth Cohen was right, Chrismukkah miracles exist!
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