Sex and the City - The Complete Fifth Season | Sarah Jessica Parker

Sex and the City - The Complete Fifth Season | Sarah Jessica Parker | Short, But Sweet

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	Sex and the City - The Complete Fifth Season Sarah Jessica Parker Home Box Office (HBO), 2003 average customer review:based on 237 reviews view larger image
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Despite the high price...the show itself is EXCELLENT!

Yes, I agree with everyone who is upset at HBO / AOL / Time Warner for charging so much for this season. It's a rip-off...no question. (Let's not even start on the dividing of Season 6 into 2 parts!)

But it's interesting to me to see how much anger about the price/value has spilled into vitriolic evaluations of this season. To me, it was the first time in awhile that the characters moved in believable directions. Samantha opened herself up to commitment and heartbreak...and in a way only Samantha could do! Miranda dealt with motherhood and her VERY ambiguous feelings towards it. I liked very much the way she went from barely paying attention to her baby to finding satisfaction in loving her child and caring for him (too bad she named him "Brady"). I also like the constant evolution of her feelings toward Steve. Charlotte works on coming to terms with failure, not only of her marriage, but of her whole "game plan" for life...marrying a nice, well-off professional, have kids, etc.

Carrie is always the problematic character. Her treatment of the important men in her life, particularly Aidan, has made her a tough person to care about. She's witty...no doubt, and it's always fascinating to see what horrific or wonderful outfit she'll be wearing next. I was relieved to see so little of Big in this season. I guess I'm the only one who always found their relationship lacking...they brought out the worst in each other more than they brought out the best.

The season was made a little uncomfortable by Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy. It forced her to wear some awful things, and the directors of the show still insisted on lots of full body shots of her. I remember a shot in the season finale, during the wedding reception. She's standing there, looking pensive, and for some reason, instead of a close up (or even medium close-up), we got a full shot, and the poor thing looked awful. And she looks tired and overly made up throughout the season. It's not her fault...I'm thrilled she had a baby...but the shows producers (which include Parker, ironically) didn't do Parker or Carrie any favors.

But the season is packed with highlights. The vibrating chair stuff is very funny. The trip to Atlantic City was fun. The entire season finale was a treat, with everyone perplexed at Nathan Lane's character.

And the acting and writing was superb as always. All four leads did very well, and excellent support was offered all around (although I was disappointed that Molly Shannon and Amy Sedaris weren't given more to do as Carrie's publishers). Candice Bergen was amusing, and Frances Sternhagen makes a brief but memorable appearance as Bunny. I was glad to see Office Space's Ron Livingston, and look forward to his character's arch in Season 6.

So, if you don't want to spend full price on this set (I don't blame you) spring for used copies on Amazon or at online auction sites. It's essential SEX... viewing!!

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Short, But Sweet

The 5th Season of Sex and the City has a lot of really great story lines and works around the pregnancies of two of the actresses quite well, but the season is sadly only 8 episodes long, which kind of leaves you wondering why you had to pay so much for a season that was so very short! However, the character development was fabulous, especially with Cynthia Nixon's portrayal of Miranda as a new mother. I laughed, I felt sympathy, my jaw dropped in shock and occasional horror, and I feel that despite its brevity, Season 5 is just as good as the rest of them.

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good season but carrie's annoying

i love this series, especially the coffee shop scenes. they are hilarious everytime. the first time i watched season 5, i was very disappointed. i thought it was terrible. but then i watched it again and now i LOVE it! miranda's story with the baby offers HILARIOUS instances to be funny, like when her cat eats the baby's belly button and such. her and steve are so cute together. and i love kristin davis in the season as well. her character is so good even after going through a divorce and still hoping for true love. kim cattrall, as always, is excellent, and the samanatha/richard storyline gave her a chance to be a normal woman for once, not someone who has wild and crazy casual sex all the time without falling for the guy. because, believe me, NO WOMAN can do that for very long without feeling SOMETHING.
i do like carrie but this season she really pissed me off. it seems that the more i watch this show, the more her character bugs me. carrie is so self-involved, especially in this season, that i can't understand why any of the girls would want to be friends with her. i know the show is centered around carrie and her 3 friends, but for ONCE, couldn't they have NOT made it "all about carrie?" especially the episode where miranda has the baptism and asks carrie to be the godmother... where has carrie EVER shown that she would make a good guardian for a child? even she says it herself that she never thought she was very maternal. and i can't stand how, after everything miranda has going on in her life (her NEWBORN CHILD, her career, sleep deprivation), how she can still empathize and listen to carrie babble on about aidan and their mistakes, when she's already overplayed them so many times before? carrie, take a hint... @ least miranda's got real problems.
maybe i'm wrong, and i know there are episodes where carrie's character is sensitive to her friends' needs, but they are few and far between.

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Has its moments ...but

I think we can all agree from the reviews here, that Season 5 is not a crowd pleaser. Shooting was done around Sarah and Cynthia's real life pregnancies and this kind of spoilt it ... because Carrie looks pregnant throughout this season, and we all know her character is opposed to having a child. As a result, she wears the most ridiculous costumes in this Season to try to hide it, which does not match her usual fashionable style. You have to wonder why filming wasn't just put on hold.
Despite this, the season has its rewarding episodes out of the eight on offer. IN particular, when Charolotte meets Harry, and Sam's vibrator.

The biggest problem with this season is that it is quite depressing, and none of the characters seem to want to be there. Fortunately, the fun atmosphere picks up again in time for Season 6. AS another reviwer pointed out, you can almost skip Season 5 and go straight to Season 6.

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Mixed Feelings for a Different Type of Season

I am a huge fan of this show and I was excited to get season 5. Only when I opened it and only found 2 dvds with only 8 shows I was quite disappointed!! Especially since the season costs just as much as the other "complete" seasons.

Aside from being ripped off - it is still a pretty good season. Be warned though - It is very different from all the other seasons. The girls change. The focus is not on the girls and dating - but rather focusing on singlehood and the characters analzing themselves a bit more. Its different. Something happens to Carrie - She becomes very cynical after her breakup with Adian and Big leaving. Things change - the focus is on Miranda's baby, Samantha getting over Richard, and Charotte finding love again after Trey.

Maybe we are missing Big and Adian - as well as the other half of the season. I recommend getting the season if you are someone striving to own the complete series, as I am. If not you would probably be better off renting this season. With only 8 epidsodes it won't take you that long at all!

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