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List Price: $49.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 8606
Released: June 29, 2004 |
| Our Price: $30.28 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 29-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of Dawson's Creek - The Complete Third Season:
"Jen is a cheerleader and Jack's on the football team. I got sane and everyone else went crazy?" That's how Andie (Meredith Monroe) sums up the topsy-turvy beginning to the third season of Dawson's Creek, in which nothing seems to be as it should and the series takes a major turn. It's junior year at Capeside High, and Jack (Kerr Smith), the town's resident gay teen, is indeed on the football team, and Jen (Michelle Williams) finds herself the object of unexpected and unwelcome popularity among her fellow students, especially the freshman quarterback (Michael Pitt). Pacey (Joshua Jackson) finds that his relationship with Andie can't be restored, and Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Joey (Katie Holmes), after the events of last year, both think it's for the best that they're no longer together--they just never think it at the same time. Significant events include the friends starting to date outside their circle, Dawson's giving up some of his aspirations, a crisis for the school's new principal, a college tour, and the openings of the Potter Bed & Breakfast and Leery's Fresh Fish. But the Dawson-Joey relationship is still the heart of the Creek, and it comes to a head in one of the series' most memorable episodes, "The Longest Day," and then the season finale. Even in its first season without series creator Kevin Williamson, Dawson's Creek still had plenty of punch.
On the DVDs, executive producer Paul Stupin does his usual commentary track for two episodes, and he's joined by Kerr Smith. They discuss the series itself, Smith's character, and Smith's subsequent career more than the events of the episodes. The second-season DVD set disappointed many fans by replacing a large portion of the music, and that trend continues in the third season, most surprisingly in the loss of Paula Cole's theme song. Instead, the opening credits feature Jann Arden's "Run Like Mad," which was used briefly in the international broadcast. Stupin explains the switch as an attempt to do something different and creative, but then admits there was also "a bit of an economic reality." Fortunately, the DVDs do have John Lennon's "Imagine" and Mary Beth Maziarz's "Daydream Believers"--songs that in dramatic context simply could not have been replaced--and it could be argued that a veteran viewer might skip the opening credits anyway. Still, for many fans, the music made Dawson's Creek what it was, and without all of it--especially the theme song--the DVDs seem like a compromise rather than a permanent keepsake. --David Horiuchi
Dawson's Creek - The Complete Third Season Reviews:
great quality 
2009-10-05 - This item has great quality and is well worth the money spent! Thanks amazon !!
First episode on first disc scratched 
2009-07-16 - I coudlnt' even get through one episode without it being rendered unplayable from a scratch on the disc.
Slightly Disappointed in Dawson's Creek's Appearance 
2009-02-02 - I love the content of this product. I really wanted it and that is why I ordered it. However, I was disappointed that when I received it the outer cover of the DVD set had its corners all bent and damaged. It is even hard to get the DVDs in and out of the cover due to this and it just looks bad. I thought I was getting a brand new product that I would have bought in the the store, but I might as well have bought it used because it probably would have come to me in better condition.
Stand-out season
2009-01-19 - Unlike many reviewers, I wasn't a fan of this show from the very beginning. In fact, there was very little about this show that impressed me, originally. I've always felt that, as far as witty banter and pop-culture references go, Dawson's Creek failed where Gilmore Girls succeeded. However, one weekday afternoon I found myself watching the episode Cinderella Story out of sheer boredom, and was blind-sided by the ending. From then on, I was hooked by Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes' infectious chemistry. I decided to buy the Season 3 set because I wanted to watch this relationship develop from the beginning.
My only complaint about this set is that the first two dvds skip maddeningly, and many episodes are completely unwatchable. Because of this, I gave this set three stars instead of four, for disappointing product quality. Hopefully, the set I received was just a lemon.
Dawson's Creek - Season 3 
2008-11-20 - I loved Season 3 of Dawson's Creek. That has always been one of my very favorite TV programs. I have all of the seasons on DVD and I have watched them several times.
