Customer Reviews

True Blood - Season 4 (HBO) [DVD]

5 star:		(64)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The first 10 minutes are beyond bad... So awful. I feared the worst when I watched it. Season 3 ended badly IMO so I was thinking season 4 was going the same way. Oh how wrong I was. Season 4 is amazing. Lafayette and Jesus are the best by far. Amnesiac Eric is positively dreamy. The season finale left me a state of shock... I was virtually catatonic for the whole day!! So much happened, so many things to look forward too. Cant wait for season 5.... Waiting SUCKS.....V''''V

I ummed and erred about whether to give this 3 or 4 stars, and plumped for 4 given how much I enjoyed the finale.

This season definitely has its ups and downs. As previous reviewers noted, the fairy / faerie / whatever stuff is pretty cringeworthy, although luckily there's not that much of it. More off-putting for me was the whole werepanther bit. Seriously over Hotshot, but at least that doesn't last all season either. Since the second season (and especially in the third season) True Blood has struggled to find compelling storylines for all its many characters simultaneously, and this becomes most apparent in S4. Much as I liked Arlene and Terry, and their demon baby story is kinda fun in a campy sort of way, there's a bit too much of them by the end, and the amount of time dedicated to less interesting characters (Andy Bellfleur, anyone?) just serves to detract from the overall pace of the show. And once again Tara spends the second half of the season aimlessly wandering about in other people's plotlines, which is a damn shame.

ANYWAY, on to the positives. There are some good storylines this year, principally Eric's amnesia and relationship with Sookie. Plus Bill has a new position of authority, and an accompanying personality change and businessman-like hairdo. Jess and Hoyt's relationship also gets plenty of screentime, and Pam gets some fabulous lines. Jesus and Lafayette also feature heavily, which is always a good thing. Fiona Shaw is a delight, although her Marnie isn't half the baddie Russell Edgington was, and I will admit I was hoping he might make an appearance this season (though sadly not).

The first half of the season is a bit hit and miss, and I'd probably only give it 3 stars. I actually stopped watching about half-way through and only resumed several months later. The last half of the season, however, is 4 approaching 5 stars, with the finale in particular setting up a LOT of exciting potential plot threads for the next season. Plus Christopher Meloni is set to star next season, which can only be a good thing. Bring on S5!!

Enter the witches! Their aim is to rid Earth of all its vampires, starting with those at Louisiana's Bon Temps. Other obstacles to a quiet life include shapeshifters, werewolves, werepanthers, fairies, zombies, a ghost or two, and a sheriff on drugs. As ever, Sookie Stackhouse has her plate full, even when not serving at Sam's bar....

Dripping in atmosphere, full of sex and gore, with special effects in abundance, this season turns up the pressure, forever wrongfooting viewers and straining at the limits of acceptability.

Fans would not have it otherwise. They need not worry either if they find much so amusing - this no indication of a seriously warped mind. Far from it. A bonus reveals that those responsible for the show are out to have fun: no matter how great the horror, humour is not far away. (Examples? "You just killed my fairy godmother!" "Sorry." Then there is Jason's "I'm never going to forgive myself if I bite your head off.")

The usual strong cast is joined by Fiona Shaw thoroughly enjoying herself as the head witch, she initially so meek but soon very scary. Sookie herself remains a major reason to watch - she remarkably serene, considering. Bill is now King. Eric is to become as never before - bewitched, bothered and bewildered. Theirs is a love triangle that evolves most sizzlingly, especially in a scene hailed as the one viewers have most eagerly awaited. Again there is good cause for delight that Lafayette is still around. (He was killed off very early in the books.) Here he has challenging storylines.

All is set for a blood-gushing climax, followed by cliff hangers to ensure an instant rush for next season's box set. Box sets are certainly the best way to enjoy the series. Bonuses include six commentaries, 12 "Inside Episode" features (helpful for those confused, which I often was), an interesting feature about post-production - how everything is made so impressive on the screen.

"Guilty Pleasure" has become such a cliche, but for so many "True Blood" is exactly that. Long may those fangs click in and out!

Love this series. So many weird characters and always changing, with surprises around every corner. Smutty and gory - just right for a Saturday evening!

I am a big True Blood fan and I loved every episode can't wait for series 5!!!!
Vampires, wearwolfs, wear panthers, faires, shape shifters, witches what more could there be!!!!!

I like most True Blood fans couldn't wait to get hold of season 4. The series is very good, however there is some very weak story line writing and this is reflected in some of the bad acting which can be seen (mainly the possessed baby story) which puts me off watching although the rest makes up for this

Really enjoyed s/4 - Andy loosing th plot, Jason getting not turned by the not too clever panthers (the girl who told him "you better give me a cum" had me chuckeling for days)
But im still puzzeled. the baby writing on the wall, was it the ghost of Rene (who arlene suspected may just be the babys father) or was it the ghost Mavis?

I loved every minute of season 4 sometimes the acting is a bit tongue in cheek but worth it to see Eric's naked body :)

Mega fed serie lever helt op til forventningernem, kan kun anbefale den hvis man er til varmpyr serie. (dansk-Danish)

Wow I love this products!!

this series makes me laugh out loud, the dialogue is witty and contempoary and although this is my guilty pleasure it feels as if the plot lines are a bit crazy and stretch the imagination but there seems to be an underlying humour and recognition of the genre that makes this box set engaging and entertaining.... just what I wanted.