Mad Men: Season Two
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Movie Reviews of Mad Men: Season Two
Movie Review: As Great as Season 1
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a truly well done series. If you ever wondered about or wanted to "relive" the early 1960's, this is your series - it may be slightly exaggerated here and there, but I think it captures things pretty well. This was a very interesting time for America.
Lots of things happen in this season. Draper and his wife are going through a split, and Draper heads to California for a while. The California interlude is pretty wild - he meets some jet setters for one thing. We also learn something about his past that was not really shown before. I thought the scene with Draper going into the water with the old country/gospel song about Jesus playing in the background was pretty awesome - even if you don't believe in baptism, it is still powerfully symbolic of change and renewal to come in Draper's life, I think.
Mrs. Draper has some adventures too. Really wild there.
Peggy is moving up. She even tells about her baby at one point.
The ad agency is sold near the end of the season, and this will make for some interesting drama next season I am sure. Duck thought he had Draper where he wanted him, but it appears that this is not the case.
The sets and mores of the 1960's continue to be well captured. If you liked season 1, you will like this one as well.
You have to watch it!!
Movie Review: just loved it!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just finished Season 2 DVD of Mad Men and loved it. I saw no sophomore slump here. The acting, writing, sets, 60's props and attitudes, all feel so contemporary to that time period. The show is layered, like a 3-dimensional puzzle and it's interesting to see how the pieces will fit together.
I did not watch the show on TV at all, but discovered the show through clips on Hulu. I find most television boring and stupid, but this show is head and shoulders above the rest.
Update 09-08-09. Just watched most of Season 2 with commentary. There are two commentary tracks, one with Matt, people behind the scenes and the actors and another without Matt Weiner with actors such as Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, etc. I found the the commentary by series creator Matt Weiner, along with the director, and the lovely voice of Jon Hamm, fascinating. Matt gives the viewers so much information about the scene set ups, the filming process, casting, character motivation, stuff that's going on behind the scenes and its as if he's talking directly to you. The commentary with Robert Morse and Christina Hendricks was so funny, it was like overhearing a conversation between them. He kept making little jokes to her. For Mad Men fans, the purchase is worth it just for this feature.
Movie Review: IT JUST GETS BETTER MUCH LIKE A FINE WINE
Summary: 5 Stars
Winner of the Golden Globes for Best Drama. This series gets better and better much like a fine wine. While I enjoyed season one this follow up season was even better. MM is the type of show that rewards the especially astute viewer. There is so much subtext that you could teach a course about it. The relationships are so deep and multi layered that MM should serve as a model for future TV shows that want to get it right. Women will love the fashion most especially and men seem to love the playboy lifestyle minus the guilt. The characters are flawed but always a distinctive pleasure to watch. Even the "worst" episode gets a B to B plus grade. The last episode is set with the Cuban Missile Crisis in its background and just about everyone fears they're going to get nuked yet they still have to deal with immediate personal problems. The director gives commentary on almost every episode from a storytelling point of view which I appreciate very much. CHARACTER/DIALOGUE: A to A plus; STORY/PLOTTING: A; GETS THE PERIOD RIGHT: A minus; THEMES: A minus to A; WHEN WATCHED: November to December 2010. MY GRADE: A.Movie Review: I've become mad for Madmen
Summary: 5 Stars
Thanks to the writers, I've regained vitality in a few brain cells that were almost lost from too much bad television. And for that I thank them for saving tv from it's downward spiral into reality and trash television bliss. While I found Season 1's pace very slow, Season 2 was more enjoyable to watch perhaps since we get to see more of Don and Betty's flaws rather than the picture perfect couple they depicted in Season 1. Season 1 did a very good job in laying the foundation for Season 2. We start to see that all these characters are complex and three-dimensional, not the cookie cutter people we see from Season 1. Although this show is slow paced it is definitely thought provoking and still fascinating to watch. Many symbols and parallels are cleverly incorporated into the script. Again, the subtle details and the acting are done just right like in Season 1. This really is art on film done correctly and one of a kind. I will not be surprised if this show ends up being an assignment in a classroom one day. It should have its own cliff notes.Movie Review: Absolutely magnificent (and that may be an understatement)
Summary: 5 Stars
Mad Men is by far the best dramatic series I've ever seen. It has blown away all of my expectations and hopes, and indeed what I thought is artistically possible in this day and age. I use the word genius sparingly, but it certainly applies to the creators of this series.
The historical setting (Madison Avenue circa 1960) is great for showing us how times have changed during the past two generations, every character is developed and portrayed in a way that I can believe and empathize with, and countless facets of the human condition are explored with remarkable depth and nuance, so I'll assert that this series deserves to be classed with the world's great stage productions and literature (dare we mention the name of Shakespeare?). Simply put, I've learned a lot about life and therefore myself from this series, so my appreciation goes beyond what words can express.
If you're a reflective person who takes a real interest in what makes people and social groups tick, don't miss this series.