Barátok közt

Now that it's over after 23 years, i can give it a 2...

I saw only two episodes of this show and laughed my ass off, it was so weak. It copies the American and Western European soaps in everything, the only thing missing is the annoying laugh machine after every line that the creators wanted to be funny. The only positive thing I can say about the show is that it's still better than the so-called reality shows. I'm not sure whether it's better than the South American soaps we had to endure in the past years. The show also proves that some airheads in Budapest don't know anything about their own country, in one of the two episodes I've seen one of the scenes was set in a village and an old lady was wearing a folk dress that was probably last worn in the 18th century. It was damn funny.

I'm one of these stupid hungarian persons, who watch it every weekdays. It's not a series to get Oscar, but when TV doesn't show a good movie, it can be seen. First I didn't want to watch it, because I thought it was terrible. But sometimes when I was boring I sat and started to watch it, and to nowadays I got used to watch it every day. And I don't want to miss any parts of it.

Although there are no Academy Award level performances in this local Hungarian program (not that there are in any soap opera anywhere), still this show manages to catch the attention of over 6 million viewers across the country every evening. The plot lines are situations that can and do arise in daily life, and I find myself looking forward to each succeeding episode. In september of 2003, I was fortunate enough to meet two of the show's stars, Otto Kinizsi and Anita Deutsch. I watch it every evening and enjoy it a great deal. I hope that this show remains on air for many seasons to come! A great watch and if anyone is curious you should check it out!

However, it's not as bright as a US million-dollar production, but way better than any Mexican, Brazilian or other usual latin title.

Not to mention it is produced in a country that once fell under the red hammer, and this picturesque really shows the changes occured since. But really. And the chix are just hot.

So, it worth watching a couple times, (but not at all times;)