#170: Supernatural , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir

Genre: Horror/Horreur TV series

Annee/Year: Season 1-5

Format: DVD

Supernatural. This is one very well done TV series which is appreciated by the whole family (if your children ar no below 10). Supernatural is the story of two brothers and their adventures ridding the world of demons and other associated evil creatures. Very similar to Buffy the succes of the series is really tied to the play between the two brothers Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki who laos played in the Friday the 13th remake and Jensen Ackles who played in My bloody Valentine). Sam being a bit more sensitive and rebelious as opposed to Dean who is a good boy listening to his father's rules and being very much the macho type. The dynamic between the actors makes the film interesting and very funny at times. Note here that the actors are quite polarizing and some people cant stand these actors (so love it or hate it). Other members of the cast: ever missing Dad played Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a '58 Chevy Impala, Castiel an angel played by Misha Collins, Bobby Singer the red neck demon killer played by Jim Beaver and many more.

The series over the 5 season moves from your run of the mill "let's find the demon and kill it" to a more focused "let's find out what dad has been doing lately". By the end of the first season Dad ends up in hell after selling his soul to the demon to save his son Dean. In season TWO the brothers restore themselves back to health and lick their wounds. Kick ass starts getting louder and the series becomes a bit darker still. Until one of the brother ends up dead. The other brother makes the ultimate sacrifice by selling his soul ot the devil to save him. This type of scenario occurs a couple of times during the 5 seasons and the two brothers often sacrifice their own skin for the other. In the process they open the door to hell, letting hundreds of demons out (amonsgt which are the seven deadly sins).

As the seasons progress, season 4 becomes the darkest for brothers as hope seems to diminish. Lucifer is set free from his prison and angels become dark side in the 5th season which does not make their lives easier. If you think that wasn't enough the brothers are stuck trying to find a way out of the ultimate apocalypse: a showdown between Lucifer and the archangel Gabriel which will bring global destruction on the planet. The kicker is that both of them count on Sam and Dean to relinquish willingly their bodies for to wear for the showdown. hmmmph...hmmmhph...running out of breath. To top it all the four cavaliers of the apocalypse are set free by lucifer and the brothers need to bring them down one by one to steale their power rings and reopen the prison in which Lucifer can be put back. Now the only need a way to throw him back in without setting off the final apocalypse....

As you can see, a lot of imagination is wrapped into this series which is always exciting to watch although a bit dark at times. But the core recipe is the brotherly love and sacrifice made by the brothers despite all odds. Add a bit of humour and occasional self derision and you have a series as solid as the old Buffy the vampire. With great casting and excellent production, much of it's success is again due to good character development and kick ass action.

Great quotes:
Dean Winchester: Ugh, the thought of him driving my car.
Sam Winchester: Oh, come on.
Dean Winchester: It's killing me!
Sam Winchester: Let it go.
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Sam Winchester: Dean, there's ten times as much lore about angels as there is about anything else we've ever hunted.
Dean Winchester: You know what, there's a ton of lore on unicorns too. In fact, I hear that they ride on silver moonbeams, and that they shoot rainbows out of their ass!
Sam Winchester: Wait, there's no such thing as unicorns?
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Dean Winchester: Come on man. I know Sam, ok? Better than anyone. He's got more of a conscience than I do. I mean the guy feels guilty searching the internet for porn.
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Dean Winchester: Damn cops.
Sam Winchester: They were just doing their job.
Dean Winchester: No, they were doing our job, only they don't know it so they suck at it.
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Sam Winchester: Dude, I'm not enabling your sick habit. You're like one of those lab rats that pushes the pleasure button instead of the food button until it dies.
Dean Winchester: What are you talking about, I eat.
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Sam Winchester: Well, before we go stabbing things into Cooper, we're gonna wanna make damn sure it's him.
Dean Winchester: You're such a stickler for details, Sammy.

Link: http://supernatural.warnerbros.com/

Rating perso: 8.0/10