Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
by Rob Corn
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Actor: Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra OhDirector: Rob Corn
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1080 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ABC Studios
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- Condition: Used, Very Good
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; DVD; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
Movie Review: The fifth season started out a bit hokey but by the second half, this series soared to new heights!
Summary: 5 Stars
In 2005, "Grey's Anatomy" became a critically acclaimed television series that would become ABC's top rated dramas and winner of two Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.
Created by Shonda Rhimes ("Private Practice"), the drama series revolves around a group of interns and their experience at Seattle Grace Hospital. As well, as a few of the other doctors of the hospital. Throughout the first four seasons, we see these interns become residents and experience relationship problems and also the stress and challenges they had to become a resident doctor.
For season five, "Grey's Anatomy" received its share of hype on entertainment magazines with rumors swirling of talent who were no longer going to be on the show and that tension was developing on the set. For this fifth season, the season did start off with stories that seemed a bit farfetched and a tad bit hokey, but for the most part, redeemed itself for the second half with solid storytelling.
"Grey's Anatomy - Complete Fifth Season - More Moments" features 24 episodes (Episodes 79-102) on six discs:
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"Grey's Anatomy - Complete Fifth Season - More Moments" is presented in Widescreen (1:78:1) - Enhanced for 16x9 televisions. When it comes to television drama series, "Grey's Anatomy" is one of ABC's highly rated dramas that although filmed in a hospital setting for the most part of the series, season five definitely indulges in beauty during a major wedding scene which featured solid cinematography. And speaking of the wedding, that was one of the most enchanting wedding scenes that I have seen in a drama series. Absolutely beautiful!
For the most part, the series looks good on DVD, nice good closeups and skintones are natural and during low light scenes, I didn't see any major noise or compression artifacts. For the most part, the fifth season does look very good on DVD.
As for audio, the series is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and the series is primarily dialogue and music driven. Dialogue is clean and understandable, while the music has always played a major part for the series and definitely enhances certain scenes. Personally, I found it much more appealing to have my receiver set at stereo on all channels.
The show is presented in English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Grey's Anatomy - Complete Fifth Season - More Moments" includes the following special features:
DISC 7:
* Dissecting Grey's Anatomy - Unaired Scenes - A total of eleven unaired scenes with optional commentary with Creator/Executive Producer Shondra Rhimes and Executive Producer Betsy Beers.
* In Stitches: Season Five Outtakes - (4:03) Season five bloopers.
* 100th Episode: Tales from the O.R. - (18:30) The crew and talents talk about working on the show and how grateful they are to the fans. Staff talk about the making of the series and keeping the medical segments factual and also the big wedding scene.
* Heaven Sent - (9:30) For fans of Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), this featurette focuses on how Creator/Executive Producer Shondra Rhimes and Executive Producer Betsy Beers hired Jeffrey Dean Morgan for the role. Jeffrey talks about how he auditioned for the role and the audience reaction and more.
JUDGMENT CALL:
I have to admit that when "Grey's Anatomy" season five started, I thought the series has lost its vibe and was becoming another "ER" like-clone where stories would simply become to farfetched and hokey. But during the second half of the season, things simply changed. We started to get solid storylines that built-up to the best season finale for "Grey's Anatomy" ever.
I think part of the mystique about the series this season was the hype and gossip about what was going on behind-the-scenes. Who is leaving the show? Who isn't leaving the show? Would we even care for Izzie due to Katherine Heigl's behavior off-set? The lesbian storyline. The brain tumor storyline. Who is disgruntled? Who isn't being utilized all that much in the show. So, many things that could have gone wrong... but in the end, it was the writing for the series that managed to win viewers all over again.
From the cross-over with "Private Practice", the return of Denny, a wedding, many new characters and so much more... But personally, it was those final four episodes that made viewers remember why we stuck with over 100 episodes of this drama series. Although, I can do without the icicle impaling or the interns surgically experimenting on each other (which to me was just too campy).
As or the DVD, I was expecting episode commentaries (it would have been wonderful to hear commentary for the 1ooth episode and the season finale) and something a bit more for the special features section but for the most part, what is featured is quite satisfactory.
Overall, "Grey's Anatomy - Complete Fifth Season - More Moments" may have started out a bit hokey and farfetched but the season redeemed itself right at the end and had its most significant season finale ever. If you are a "Grey's Anatomy" fan, one again, another DVD box set worth adding to your collection.
Summary of Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
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