Stranger
Things 3/10
Spoilers
ahead. I finally forced myself to finish watching the new Netflix
series Stranger Things. Yeah. You see where this is headed. I heard
about how good this show was and the trailer was pretty cool looking.
Everyone was talking about this show and I figured I'd check it out.
I started a week ago and after five episodes had to take a break
because I was just not enjoying it. I finished it today and had the
same feeling I did throughout the season.
This
takes place in late 1983 in Hawkins, Indiana. A boy vanishes and his
three friends try to find him. A bald girl with powers shows up to
help out. The missing boys mother acts frantic 24/7 even before the
boy vanishes. A cop with a dead daughter is helping to find the
missing boy. The three boys are annoying as hell and came across as
kids playing adults pretending to be kids. There was not a moment
where I didn't feel like I was watching a TV show. I couldn't get
lost in this. I never felt like there was real danger. Even when the
evil government people show up to get the girl back so she can play
with the monster from another dimension I didn't care. If you are
gonna bite from so many 80's films why would they use a CGI monster
that is obviously early 2000's and has been run into the ground? How
about using practical effects for the monster?
People
are praising this for the look, music, and how scary it is. The look
seemed like shit I'd seen before. The music was...there. It didn't
blow my skirt up or anything. And this was not scary for a moment.
Not one scene made me nervous. One good thing I was say about this
show is the actress Millie Bobby Brown. She was good but it seemed
like she was working with a weak ass script. If you want to see an
actual scary, entertaining, pretty damned perfect series find
Fortitude. This series was not strong in any area for me and I could
not begin to suggest someone watch it. This could have been an 80 minute okay movie.
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