Such a frustrating disappointment

It is a performances centric movie

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

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A rich American family, the Carringtons, fight for power and oil.I don't usually review soap operas, but I always review campy TV dramas and Dynasty is about as campy as they get.Each season ended with an over-the-top cliff-hanger ending which twice involved a building burning to the ground (with people inside) and once or twice involved people being shot. I loved it.As a male, I never cared about, or hardly even noticed, the constant change of clothing given to the female leads...others found this so interesting...but not me...to me, Dynasty was all about the wonderfully acted out Carrington dramatics and amusing snotty comments given out by Joan Collins (Alexis).The series probably should have ended two seasons sooner than it did as the last two years (seasons eight and nine) were missing some of the punch of previous years and Joan Collins sometimes even went missing in season nine to save budget costs.Dynasty without Joan Collins is less pleasing (she is missing all together in season one) so seasons two to seven (six seasons all together) are when the show shined most brightly.A much less talked about element to the series is the grand music scores that played over some of the early seasons, for example in the plot line when Blake Carrington (played well by John Forsythe) was blinded. To me at least, music is vital to all kinds of TV drama and this is one of the very few 1980s TV shows that still cared about quality music composers (by about 1977 the quality of TV music went down hill).So that is Dynasty, to be enjoyed by females AND males, for six seasons it set the world on fire, and it still holds up when watched today on DVD. Enjoy!

"Dynasty" is a series which starts out fair, builds up to being over-the-top camp, then gets really ridiculous. The show starts out as a straightforward semi-clone of "Dallas" with some attractive people in conflict. In this first season, by far the most irritating character is Lindsey, the daughter of Claudia and Matthew Blaisdell. Her most memorable line comes after she finds out her parents had to get married and she asks her Father: "Am I a bastard?" She whines and grimaces her way through her part and we are relieved that she is not in any subsequent season. The second season is where the series really comes to life when Joan Collins joins the show as Alexis. Her "feud" with Krystle (Linda Evans) is where the show hits it's peak. The series continues to be interesting through seasons three and four, but starting in season five, when Amanda comes in is where the story lines get really ridiculous. After the infamous "wedding massacre" episode, things really go down hill. In my opinion, the early seasons were the best, and the later seasons were really pushing the envelope for credibility.

The ultimate guilty pleasure show cashing in on the 80's mentality of "I want to be rich, and I want to be rich now!" Dynasty had it all, the big expensive mansions, the over-blown characters, the mall hair, those big shoulder pads! While the plot lines were often much ado about nothing (or who was in bed with whom), everyone tuned in to watch Alexis and Crystal battle it out in a fashion reminiscent of the WWF, thrashing around in a lily pond or throwing furniture at each other, all the while pulling each other's hair out by their dyed roots. More famous than the fashions were their cliffhangers at the end of each season. Can anyone ever forget the Maldavia Massacre? Blood spattered on everyone and a great way to eliminate everyone who's contract was not renewed. A true product of the fun, funky 1980's.

Dynasty was the show of the decade. What a cast that included the wonderful John Forsythe playing the attractive, mature, wealthy and lovable billionaire Blake Carrington. His first wife was played deliciously by Joan Collins (Make her Dame please). His second wife was played by Linda Evans who played Krystle. Who could forget those cat fights between Krystle and Alexis? or the other cast members like Emma Samms replacing Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Carrington. The show explored serious topics like homosexuality and included Steven Carrington as the homosexual in the show. I thought they really did a very good job in explaining homosexuality without overdoing it and insulting the audience. The season finales were always worth mentioning like the shooting at a wedding in Moldova (fictional country).