Product Description
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The star of the glamorous MTV hit "reality" series LAA BEACH
(season one) heads for the more adult tinsel of Los Angeles in
THE Hills. In this third season, Lauren Conrad (LC) finds herself
overwhelmed by her increasingly stressful position at Teen Vogue
and a problematic personal life, including the reappearance of a
man from her past. Meanwhile, Lauren's friends-Whitney, Audrina,
and Heidi-face dramas of their own as they try to balance
romance, friendship, and career in fast-paced Hollywood. Will
they be able to weather the storm? This collection presents the
entire third season of the series. Star: Lauren Conrad, Heidi
Montag, Audrina Patridge, Brody Jenner, Whitney Port, Spencer
Pratt Special Features: Full Frame 1.33 format. Audio: Dolby
Digital Stereo English Additional Release Material: Audio
Commentary Additional Scenes Deleted Scenes Featurette Running
Time: 590 minutes.
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The third season of The Hills is alive with the sound of
arguing, crying, and making up (sort of) by the telegenic quartet
known as Lauren, Heidi, Whitney and Audrina. Glitzy, fabulous and
completely unrealistic, this top-rated MTV reality series thrives
on the conceit that pretty girls are jealous of each other when
one of them has a boyfriend. But if that boyfriend is Spencer
(Heidi's big-toothed Svengali-in-training), it's not necessarily
jealousy the girls are feeling so much as revulsion. With her
enhanced bosom on display, Heidi makes a weak attempt at
independence this season, calling Spencer out for trying to
control her. But watching the two--derisively known as
Speidi--talk wanly, the vignettes come off as rehearsed as
they've alluded to in interviews. Never mind that she flies off
to Las Ve to get some perspective. Are we really to believe
that without receiving a call from her, Spencer figures out all
by himself where she's staying in time to arrive for a heartfelt
confrontation where both appear to have on their share of stage
makeup? Reality isn't the drawing card of The Hills. It's
watching a group of young, gorgeous twentysomethings living high
on the hog in glamorous careers that appear to be incredibly
lucrative. In reality, the core group work in fields where the
paycheck could barely afford them to rent a small apartment
together. Audrina is an intern at a record label, Lauren is an
intern at a magazine, and Heidi is employed by a PR firm that
apparently doesn't mind that she really doesn't seem to do all
that much. And yet we're led to believe that these gals can live
a Paris Hilton lifestyle, without Hilton's trust fund. But part
of the guilty pleasure in watching The Hills is that mixed in
with all the make-believe lifestyle is a lot of true confessions
and drama. As pretty as she is, Lauren seems to have issues when
her friends get boyfriends. Granted, she is usually right on the
money about their lack of character. But she doesn't know when to
stop interfering in her friends' lives and lectures and whines to
the point where no one wants to hear about it anymore--not even
her loyal viewers. The liberal use of "I love you" that is thrown
around to friends they've just made also is telling. When the
girls figure out that the phrase should be used sparingly and to
people who've actually earned their love and trust, they may
stand a at finding men who will truly return their
affection. And those guys probably won't want their relationship
filmed on subsequent seasons of the show. --Jae-Ha Kim