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 too much fun! March 15, 2008
B. E. Zell (mid-Michigan)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read the previously-posted reviews and agree with all of 'em but just want to add that the filming technique (cinematography?) is also so much fun and adds tons of appeal to this show. Lots of stop-action stuff that emphasizes facial reactions to a situation and the chase scenes including the jerky scenery from helicopter height in time to the music--not too much that it's irritating, but enough to make it quite different and fun. The peppy Miami-style music is great and adds to the strong feeling of place which I love in any film or TV show. Great guest stars are so well chosen and perfect for the plots. And casting Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless was a stroke of genius. And in episode (?) when Sam & Fi introduce themselves as Detectives Cagney and Lacey was just too funny. I haven't been so excited about a new series since "West Wing." Can't wait for the new season!! I recorded 'em all and see stuff I missed every time I re-watch! A lot of action is almost slap-stick but there's a lot of subtle stuff or lines that went so fast I missed 'em the first time around. Did I mention, I CAN'T WAIT for the new season!
AMAZING!!!!!!!! December 25, 2007
Cable (Ca)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great show! it was perfect for the 07 summer break. The only down side is that they aren't starting the 2nd season until next summer, 2008! That is a LOOOONG time to wait for a good show to come back. The characters are well written and well acted. I don't see the actors and actresses when I watch. I see the character they are playing - always a plus! and the situations He gets into are great. He's not your perfect hero with the gadget to get out any situation. This guy could use a Bond gadget or two! And over all it is just a well done show that makes for some good, fun escapism. I really believe it's a show worth checking out. It's fun, the stories aren't rehash and I really think it's one of the few shows that has good heart and true entertainment at its core.
best new show of the summer, widescreen in unbox December 31, 2007
Y. Kim
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Starring Jeffrey Donovan, on wry, "Burn Notice" is exactly what a summer series should be: fun, sharp, fast and good-looking. The cast is excellent (what the Bruce Campbell?!), and always in on the joke. (Mercifully, Fiona's (Gabrielle Anwar) painful Irish brogue from the pilot is plot-deviced away by episode 2.)
Plus, you learn spy tricks in every episode: Need an impromptu bug? Smelt together a cell phone and a mic! Very entertaining.
Standout guest stars include Richard Schiff, China Chow and Lucy Lawless.
Unbox shows the episodes in widescreen (it was originally broadcast in 4:3), which is nice for people with 16:9 TV screens.
Love it, love it, love it !!!!!! February 22, 2008
E. Hall from White Hall (Maryland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Absolutely the best show on tv. Funny, twisting, sly, amazing. Hope it won't become a casualty of the writer's strike.
One of the best shows available March 9, 2008
S. Klaft
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As something of an amature TV critic, I am a little hard to please. There is so much absolute trash on the broadcast waves today that even before the writer's strike, the good shows were few and far between. With Burn Notice, the USA Network has just embarrassed a great number of the producers making shows on the bigger networks.
For ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX: Take note - you do not need a huge budget to put out a great show. What you need is creativity in the writer's room and a cast that is more than just eyecandy.
After seeing Jefferey Donovan playing the arrogant, weasely, misogynist in comedy/chick-flicks (the most recent, "Hitch" comes to mind), I thought it would be difficult to buy him as a good-guy-spy. He pulls it off nicely without becoming a cartoon.
His friends, however, played by the beautiful Gabrielle Anwar, and the incomparablly funny Bruce Campbell, do tend a little more toward caricatures, but this fits just perfectly to the Michael Westin-straight-man-in-a-looney-world scenario that makes the show tick.
There are very few uncancelled TV shows that come close to this level, much less surpass it. That you may judge the quality of my opinion, I also highly recommend the following, in no particular order:
House M.D. (FOX),
Lost (ABC),
The Unit (NBC),
Battlestar Galactica (SciFi),
Heroes (NBC)
Beyond those, and sporting events of your favorite flavor (I recommend college football, and UFC events), I just do not think anything else is worth a discerning watcher's time. I haven't seen everything, but it doesn't take long to know if you want to invest time in a show, or whether you should give it a "Burn Notice."
-S. Klaft
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