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FinFan
6/10  4 years ago
I know most people don't respond well if you say something negative about their favorite show but I can't help it. If you like it I'm glad for you (really) but please allow me my opinion.
I am one of those who doesn't think that this is THE best show ever. It's not even the best sitcom in my opinion. It had its moments but not many. Maybe it isn't fair to judge it 25 years after the fact because that is a long time in TV land and things change. But most of the stuff I dislike has nothing to do with timeframe.

First, why this is called Friends is beyond me. Those are the most dishonest, selfish, egoistic and sometimes even mean group of people I've seen on TV. They constantly try to withhold stuff and most of the comedic situations spawn from that. I don't see where it is funny to go behind your friends backs. There are those moments where there behave like friends should, but those come usually after they screwed up.

Than there is the characters. I've written in some episode's comment that Ross is the most obnoxious character I've ever seen on TV. And I've seen my share. And there is WAY too much of him and Rachel who I also disliked deeply. They pull down every episode they're in which is pretty much every episode. That constant back and forth, the bickering and their pretensious behaviour is so annoying. Joey was funny at first but that wears out fast once you get past 50 episodes. Very one-dimensional. I don't even know what to say about Chandler because he is that bland. Monica went from "I don't care" through "I kinda like her" but ultimately annoying. Phoebe I liked until she, too, got the I-need-to-marry virus. Until that she was honest in that she didn't care what others thought about her and just made her thing. Alltogether there was little character developement in any of them. I couldn't connect with them and was more interested in what guest stars might turn up next.

And what it is anyway with all the girls need to find guys to marry and get babies and the guys needing to score? It is a good thing there wasn't any social media available because with all those gay and trans jokes there would have probably been a lot of heat.

That laughing track is way over the top. It accompanied literally every sentence. It even ruined jokes by starting to early. And what is wrong with building up an emotional moment and going through with it instead of ruining it with a bad joke ?

So, why did I watch, and even complete, it ? It's simple. And I mean that in the true sense of the word. You don't have to pay close attention to the plot, f.e. you don't have to stop it if the phone rings, you can even skip an episode completely. It's like having a radio playing in the background. Sometimes reading the synopsis was as interesting as the actual episode. Let's be honest: continuity, logic and depth of story were not the trademarks of Friends. It is full of holes and errors. But it fitted my daily schedule. I could drop in a couple of episodes here and there. And I punished myself a little bit because I went out and bought the whole series at once. Had I watched the first season first I would stopped there and then.

This is the longest review I've written in a while which shows I thought about this show a lot. I like versitality, it would be boring if every show was the same. That doesn't stop me though from speaking my mind. This is a love or hate kind of show. I don't hate it as such. But there were only just one or two episodes a season I think were more than average. It became better towards the end (either that or I caved) but it was an effort to get through and I am glad I'm done with.
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Reply by Abstractals-deleted-1574644440
4 years ago
@finfan I have never watched a full episode of this series, but I've seen enough clips and individual isolated scenes to realize that I would probably agree with your assessment of this lame, dated, and altogether too-jokey hangover fare. I think I have even (if only subconsciously) avoided watching this show's cast in other roles. Aniston was watchable in **'Wanderlust'**, and I do recall David Schwimmer playing a decent schmuck in **'Band of Brothers'** but I'm not sure even that is a compliment, exactly.
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Reply by FinFan
4 years ago
@abstractals So, that's where I knew him from. I couldn't place him and was to lazy to look it up. <br /> <br /> The Friends actors weren't the worst part of the show. They pretty much all had one character trait down to perfection and milked it dry. I doubt I would have had a better opinion 20 years ago and I think I can say with certainty that you shouldn't bother watching this now.
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Reply by Abstractals-deleted-1574644440
4 years ago
@finfan No risk of that happening. From what I've seen of it, **'Friends'** represents the pinnacle of Borscht Belt comedy, which seems more appropriate to people from a couple of generations back. For example, I remember Joey and Ross discussing a communal bar of soap in their shower, and one of them saying to the other, "You should really consider which part of my body I wash *last*, and which part of your body you wash *first!*" Ugh.<br /> <br /> Oh my gosh I just found the entire scene on YouTube, and it's deliciously awful in so many more ways than I remembered!<br /> <br /> `https://youtu.be/WGT__4uYwlE`<br /> <br /> "CAN, OPEN! WORMS, EVERYWHERE!" And the crazy overdone physicality. This show belongs in a museum. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
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Reply by hermyown
2 years ago
@FinFan Thank you!! I really needed some one to say this. people often jump down my throat when I say say something against friends. I actually started hating monica's character when she told Rachel she stole her thunder. I mean how can someone be so full of oneself. I find Ross the dumbest.. how on earth could Rachel fall for him. I never liked Chandler tbh. The only characters I liked was Pheobe and Joey
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Reply by FuckYouToo23
one year ago
@finfan woke “the voice” fan criticises one of the best comedy shows to ever exist. Now this is comedy lmao
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Reply by FinFan
one year ago
@fuckyoutoo23 <br /> <br /> You think I'm woke by reading one comment and taking a look at my history ?<br /> <br /> Buddy, You've just made my day. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
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