Pasion de Gavilanes

I've never written reviews and I've never watched telenovellas (it's just not my thing). This particular one, however, is an exeption. It was aired in my country last year and became a great hit: indeed, it remains the only telenovella I'd ever watched in my whole life!The story line is very simple, yet very engaging. You actually feel for the heroes. And when my favourite couple, Sarita and Fraco, came togehter, I actually cried a little (the only time I had cried because of a movie prior to that was when watching the Love Story). The actors are splending! You actually believe they are 3 sisters and 3 brothers, and that they are couples. And I'm not even talking about the magnificent play of 'Gabriela Elisondo' - MARVELOUS is the only word.Overall, I can't find a single character, even secondary, that played on ever average level - everyone were only too convincing (I was, for instance, convinced that Jimena and Oscar, as well as Sarita and France would end up together).Now, the telenovella is aired for the second time here (first one to be re-aired, I believe) and I was very sad because it's close to an end. But then I saw this DVD and bought. Well... I guess it's still worth the money paid, because I can see my favourite characters whenever I want, but it was just too heavily edited. There were parts I really wanted to see, crucial parts, and they are missing, along with laods of other stuff.I give this a 5 star simply becasue I can't give anything less to this splendid telenovella.However, I would give only 2 or 3 starts to the actual DVD because of the heavy editing.

The story line was great and hold your attention. The casting was great and the actors were all good. From start to finish great. Watched it many times!

Now I can watch it every day! So happy

I am an anglo fan of Paola Rey and "Pasion de Gavilanes" but haven't been able to see the whole telenovela due mostly to timing and work. Yeah, I need a tivo. I made sure that this DVD was English subtitled and it was advertised as "All the Pasion" and having scenes not shown on TV. Well, it isn't "all" of "Pasion de Gavilanes"! It is so chopped up it is hard to follow the story line. Nowhere in the advertising does it refer to a "condensed" version but that's what it is. I know it's just a telenovela but please! It made me think of watching a series of highlight reels. I don't know how long the full series would be in minutes or hours but this is certainly NOT close to the complete series. I've seen enough of the show on TV to know how badly this DVD skips scenes and omits parts of the plot. It is truly a joke and when I sent a complaint to Telemundo, of course I didn't get a reply. I would cheerfully pay for the complete series but this isn't it. Sometimes it is even frustrating. I've never taken the time to write a review before but this DVD has left me steamed at Telemundo, Universal Studios and any of their associates. Now I have second thoughts on buying "La Mujer en el Espejo", "Amores de Mercado" or any other Telemundo/Universal productions. What a bitter disappointment! Makes me wonder what the stars of the show think. I hope they think about more than "How much do we get on the residuals."Sincerely,Steamed

This is a great and fun novela to watch. They have done a good job with the editing. I wish that we good get the telenovela as it was originally done. It has English subtitles which is great for those who do not speak or understand Spanish. The acting is superb. One of Telemundo's best telenovela/ Love It. The only problem is the last dvd had no english subtitles. Strange.

Having viewed Pasion de Gavilanes in real time, I found the DVD to be a wonderful recap of the story. Naturally, in the allowed time it would be impossible to see all of my favorite scenes, but in a "cliff note" fashion I was able to see the couples coming together and to follow the storyline. As a non-hispanic, the fact that the caps were available in English only made the experience more enjoyable. Given the number of times I have rewatched PDG, and translating from the caps, I should know the dialog by heart. The behind the scenes clips and interviews were a treat and I was very pleased with that. Finally, the quality of the DVD picture was superb. I found myself wishing Telemundo would release the novela to the public in its "total" package (30+ DVDs) and let us worry about how to pay for it. LOL

I first watched this series on NetFllex, and it's fantastic. However, the DVDs are sadly lacking. There is way, way too much cut out and for me, it felt like the story was jumping around and so much left out. Yes, I'd recommend this series be watched even though it's in Spanish and you'll have to read the subtitles. It's worth watching, but not on the DVDs. Watch it on NetFlex.

Perfecto!