Buscando a Alaska

Started this series with no expectations, had never heard of the books or series, but I thought it sounded interesting. Man was I blown away. The first few episodes are at but slow, but then it gets you hooked, and in the end I sat in my couch with tears rolling down my face.

The actors fits their roles well, and the acting is top notch. The character development is great and not too forced. The cinematography and musical score fits well.

Literally the best for any TV show yet and adds a lot to the emotions...Good novel portrayals are rare. This is one of those shows that get it right (Tones down the unnecessary intimate scenes from the book)

Perhaps a group of misfits truly understand the true value of friendship and loyalty. And perhaps everything will turn out fine in the end. Everyone will find their way out of this labyrinth of suffering, and all will be restored. But is that truly realistic.

As one ponders the very idea of being a part of a group of pariahs with real intelligence, and bad habits will they begin to realize the discomfort that comes with denial and betrayal.

It isn't until a single daisy drifts off into self indulgence that a sip of ambrosia can no longer numb the pain, or the lighting of a course cigarette fails to relieve the stresses of life's unrelenting hardships. Therefore, the only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

This is probably the best "mini series" I have seen, originally broadcast on Hulu, I found it on a set of three DVDs at my public library. Not only is it presented very well, there are a couple of interesting extras on bringing the book to the screen.

It is set mostly in 2005, in a rural boarding school that more resembles a summer camp. The author based a lot of it on his own experiences as a teenage student. Most of it is filmed in the Hammond, Louisiana area.

Miles is the new student from Florida, one of the students he meets is a girl named Alaska Young, tall, attractive, smart, vivacious, but often troubled, partly because of how she lost her mother only a few years earlier. Miles has an instant attraction to Alaska, she is definitely one who changes his life.

Not really wanting to categorize it, in essence it is a "coming of age" of a variety of students with a variety of backgrounds. It explores relationships and death, is there an afterlife? Or do we just die and fade away from everyone's memory?

The eight episodes play almost eight hours but my wife and I never were bored with any of it. The characters are all interesting and richly drawn. We watched one or two episodes at a time, over approximately one week. It truly one of the best mini-series we have ever watched.

I just gave this show a chance like what the heck and I have to say I am impressed. For a teen high school Dramedy this takes a very refreshing approach and the story, characters, and actors portraying the characters are great. I never read the book this story came from but going off this show I would guess the book is Amazing. I loved the movie paper towns, which I believe came from a book that was written by the same author who wrote this story. With that said, this is definitely worth a binge. Its better than the majority of shows they are trying to put out these days.

So I had to come back after finishing the series... And omg this is a MASTERPIECE. The only thing bad about it is that it ofcourse wont be a season 2. I appreciate the entire staff of this production... Well done... Bravo. To think I was going on hulu to find some anime to blaze to... And I found this GEM. A must watch... My first rating was a nine but Ill give this one of my first perfect scores. I gave it nine because I was only half way through and after what Game of thrones did to me Im always a lil skeptical... But this was a pure work of art.