Instant Favorite.

Better Late Then Never

A Brilliant Conflict

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Dante's Cove is a blast. It's not for culture snobs who pooh-pooh shows like Queer as Folk for being "too out there" or who like to denigrate anything you wouldn't see at Cannes, but for those of us who can appreciate a sexy, fun show with engaging characters, some dark magic, and a few divas, it's top notch. Tracy Scoggins is just fantastic as Grace, one of the lead characters. The ensemble cast has great chemistry, and after you watch the first season, you may find yourself, like I did, wanting more and more.While there is a great mystery going on across the three episodes, the strands that run through the show of unrequited love, coming out, questions over the role monogamy has in some relationships, possession versus love, etc. all are played out through the many twists and turns that this fun, mysterious, and magical romp has in store for its viewers. If you loved Queer as Folk, or maybe even Dynasty for all you folks out there my age, you'll really enjoy Dante's Cove and will be looking forward to the next episode to see what your friends on the cove are up to this week. Sure, stay away if your inclinations tend exclusively to art films and high culture and academy award winning performances. But if you're more flexible in your support of gay programming and like the idea of a steamy gay soap opera with a magical mystery twist and, in my opinion, pretty good acting (how DOES one prepare to play a 200 year old witch in modern times?) then it's a good bet that you'll have lots of fun with this series.

I know it's not supposed to be funny, but it totally is! At times I couldn't even look at the screen, but then when I made myself look, all I could do was scoff and snicker. For that alone I will watch it, even if it's over-acted and pointless. It makes no sense at times and you may get lost, but the bad acting will make you laugh out loud. At times I would just shake my head and say "What the freak is wrong with these people!". But still I watched if only to see hot well-endowed guys naked and having simulated sex....which was why I first decided to watch it in the first place. Long live the crappy soap genre!If you're not comfortable seeing other guys naked and you require a followable plot then this is not the show for you.

I rented season one of Dante's Cove on some friends' recommendation, they enjoyed the steaminess of the series but warned me to watch out for cheesiness in the storyline. The steaminess of the sex scenes wore off quickly and the cheesiness of the storyline and dialogue had me groaning after about 15 minutes. I forced myself to watch disc one, quickly repackaged it and sent it on its way. If you've ever seen one of those really bad softcore Cinemax late-nite flicks...Dante's Cove would fit in there quite nicely. Mediocre to bad acting, not enough suspense to hold up a pair of pants, story lines that would best be kept in porn movies (ya know, the talking parts of porn when its boring), and clonish actors who look like they belong in really bad soap operas (oh wait, that's what this is). And what's with the thin volume of Dante's Inferno? Obviously no one from this production ever read the real thing.

I won't spend many words on this incredibly bad DVD. I just want to warn you. Don't waste your money on this DVD. And if you do, at least don't invite your friends over.The story is bad, the actors are good looking and we get to see a fair bit of nudity, but in spite of that, they are not able to engage. Not a single scene managed to entertain me. And did the director think that he could compensate for all the bad by throwing in thunder and lightning throughout the whole movie? It is not exciting, not scary, not erotic, you will not feel good afterward. So nothing more than one star. The only ones on the team that could be eligible for some honor would be the marketing team.