Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

shevaunhodge SPOILER: I loved the L word. I think it is very addictive and I thought it improved with each season. The characters are all very different and are very unique. I didn't like all the characters,but thought each character played a good part, and added to each story line. In my opinion most of the characters were like able, with obvious floors, but I didnt like Jenny when she dramatically changed for the worst. She started off being vulnerable and some what innocent, (but, she was cheating on Tim with marina of cause),but turned vile and not liked by the other characters. Think this is why they killed her off in the end. I liked Dana a lot was a shame when she died of cancer, because her I think she was a huge character in the show, but the story was very gripping and realistic. They also had many excellent characters that weren't part of the main cast that could of been in it more. I practically liked Lara Perkins who is with Dana in the first series. It was great that she came back into it after Dana died. I l also liked Carmen, and it was a shame that she wasn't in the show for the whole six seasons. The acting is great in my opinion. Although some of the characters were not likable, the actors made them seem very real. The characters personalities changed quite dramatically, and also some of there personality traits changed throughout the series. I do agree with this Jenny being one of them, as i stated before, she started off like able, but a bit weird, but changed and was vile. Alice was also Bi sexual in some seasons and could not decide between men and women, but as the seasons went on, this seemed to change, and she seemed to be a full on lesbian. Helena also changed dramatically. She started off in my opinion very controlling and manipulative, but once her mum cut her off financially, which I do think was a bit brutal, she seemed to be more likable. Some reviews suggest that the cast were too pretty and not realistic lesbians. I disagree. I think all the characters could of been lesbians and there were played by a mixture of actresses that looked different some more feminine and some more butch than others. Although I do think the L word gives the impression that lots of people are lesbian or gay and seem to all know each other. Most of the characters were gay or lesbian. Shane took over "the chart" with the amount of women she had been with, and in my view this is a bit unrealistic. The humor is more of a dry humor, which i didn't get when i first watched the L word when I was just 16, but after purchasing the box set in more recent years, I thought that there were a lot of funny moments, especially between Dana and Alice. The L word touches on a lot of real life issues during the six seasons and some say that these issues were "short lived" or "over looked" quickly. I do agree with this. One issue that sticks out was that after Alice and Dana broke up, Alice had what could of been seen as a mental break down. She was given multiple prescription drugs to help her, but became addicted to them, and had to take other drugs to try and stop the adverse effects of the drugs she was on, and then it became a viscous circle. The prescription drug addiction was only focused on for a while and then seemed to disappear. Shane also seemed to have a cocaine addiction, but that seemed to be overlooked in later seasons. When the Lword did touch on real life issues in depth, I thought it was done very well. The ones I enjoyed were Bett and Tina wanting a baby and looking for donor, which raised issues of race. Dana having cancer was one of the other big stories in the L word that was very gripping, and touched upon very well. Unfortunately, Dana died and was no longer and character and was missed very much. One of the story lines I didn't like was Moira transitioning from female to male, not that I don't agree with this, it was the way that it was done that I didn't like. Moira started off likable and then became aggressive when going through the transition, due to testosterone, which i understood. Although, the character then seemed change and become arrogant and not like able. At first Moira seemed to like women, but then when the character became Max, suddenly also liked men, which I didn't see coming. The other part of the story line I didn't like was that Max became pregnant after having sex with a gay man called Billy during the transition period. I didn't quite get this for obvious reasons because i assumed Billy liked men,but Moira/Max got pregnant so Billy and Moira/ max must of had vaginal sex which i didn't get. The story gets even worse when Moira/Max waits to have an abortion and it is too late. Moira suggested she didn't think she could get pregnant because of the testosterone, but walked into he hospital with a pregnant belly, so surely the character must of noticed signs of pregnancy before it was too late, and also was fully aware that they had had sex with a man. Moira had to go through the pregnancy and was very depressed. The character then left the series when they were heavily pregnant and didn't come back without explanation (this is as far as I can remember, but cant be certain because I haven't watched this is a while). I think sex was touched upon really well and the scenes were very good. I especially liked Carmen and Shane sex scenes because they seemed very real.I have heard these actresses had a lot of chemistry in real life, and that definitely showed. Alice and Dana sex scenes were also very good and could sometimes be very funny, and it also showed how they liked to experiment. The ending for me was sightly disappointing because it left with you with a the cliff hanger "Who killed Jenny" and the murderer was never revealed.It could of been a number of the characters due to the fact that she had pissed off so many of the characters off. However, I did like the ending in a way because it did leave you thinking, and I wasn't expecting Jenny to be killed off. Overall I love the L word and the box set should be watched by everyone gay or straight. It is my favorite and I haven't found anything to match it yet. :) .

charlottesudlow So, I have a thing for LGBT movies/shows because popular film rarely portrays leading gay/lesbian couples. I was particularly drawn to this show because of the amount of functional, non-heterosexual leading characters it contains. That being said, this show has a lot of lesbian sex scenes... and I mean A LOT. This doesn't detract from the show, but in the first season, it seems like it is all about the sex. After the first season, the story line really picks up. You start loving certain characters (Alice) and despising others (Jenny- what was up with this chick??). The lives of these women catch you off- guard at times, but each character is unique and most are love-able. Shane was my personal favorite character. The show really captures her inner struggles and how they make her who she is.The final season was by far my favorite. This show is unlike most, with it's variety of characters and how it forces the audience to form deep, emotional connections to these ladies. Watch the show and see a tangle of sex, lies, and everyday dilemmas of a group of wildly interesting lesbians, bisexuals, heterosexuals, and transvestites. Interesting, colorful, and has the coolest darn theme song/opening in the history of all things TV.

gary13136 I've gotten most of the way through the first season. I tend to like the story; some of it is funny, some is heartbreaking, some is very confusing, some is very graphic, and some is very, very gross. But the biggest problem is that there are way too many stories, and way too large a cast. If they could cut down the cast and the number of different situations, then the story would be a lot more enjoyable. I will probably watch the entire series, but I freely admit that I get so put-off by some of the story lines that I tend to fast-forward through them. It sometimes seems that the writers are trying to kill the enjoyment for the viewer.

LucretiaBorg I had trouble following the show in the beginning, because it wasn't a hit right away, but I did like it a lot, but most of all, I loved their was a show that tried to show us how they live, communicate, what's what (a male lesbian for instance)and especially later on the show, it became even better. Good actors and ensemble, nice to great story lines,although in the beginning it was too tame, but they made up for that one plenty, but that wouldn't have worked if all the lesbians looked unattractive, 'cause nobody likes to watch ugly women having sex and this cast was steaming hot (most of them anyway), but that was also their "problem". No way in hell do all lesbians look like that (pitty though) and even though they showed various characters, like a trans gender, the butchy dike, the closet lesbian and even the experimental one, they all looked tasty, 2 say the least. But that's my only observation, because without them it wouldn't have worked (I'm repeating myself). Do you like good drama,steamy sex scenes, especially between women of cause, some suspense and a lot of womens issues, you will learn to love this show, especially after the death (Spoiler) of one of the key characters,(end spoiler) during all that, the show got a lot more dept, I recommend it, especially women, but also men, just turn of the sound, lol.....