So I just want to first of all make it clear that this review may get a bit soppy at times!
So I have been a MASSIVE fan of Stranger Things ever since the release day of Season 1, when I binge-watched that in a day. I fell in love with it immediately and I am proud to call it my number one TV Show. Obviously I had been long-anticipating the release of Season 2 (Stranger Things 2 as it's now called) and I can remember the very moment I watched the "l'eggo my eggo" trailer for the first time and just about passing out!
So of course, finally after just over a year, Stranger Things 2 is released. My original plan was to do an all-nighter ready for it's release at 8am UK, but that didn't quite go to plan and in the end it was 8pm when I watched it for the first time. Now I have to compress this review into (under) 1000 words, so I'm only going to mention the important parts:
I thought the beginning was very interesting and did leave me curious as to what it was all about. That was of course answered later on in the season, however I thought the Duffer's had a good idea of getting it out of the way first thing. The next mention is how exhilarated I felt when the opening titles came on and I just knew this wasn't my eighth or whatever time watching Season 1, but in fact something completely new.
Seeing Dustin straight after the titles, scurrying around the house looking for quarters was good enough to get me excited, but when Kyle Dixon's and Michael Stein's 'Kids' theme music from Season 1 was reintroduced I must say it was very welcome. I loved the flow of reintroducing the original cast, too!
A quick note on the characters of Billy and Max: Max has quickly grown to become one of my favorite TV characters. Sadie Sink did an amazing job, as did Dacre Montgomery with, well don't even get me started on Billy. But Dacre also gave an incredible performance.
Now, I loved how the 'now memories' were set out and I adored how all the episodes Will was experiencing were portrayed. But onto a (for me) more important note, I'm going to focus on the ending.
I just knew when Hopper was talking to 'someone' in the cabin, I was finally going to see one of my, if not the, most fantastic characters in any feature. When Eleven entered the scene at the end, the whole act combined with the incredible new soundtrack had me so overwhelmed. And as the camera panned out for a final shot of Hopper and El at the table tears genuinely did come to my eyes.
I decided after watching just this episode that Stranger Things had become not only my number 1 TV Show, but my number 1 TV Show and movie COMBINED. The music is so so amazing. It is exceptionally well directed, the characters do justice for Season 1 and storyline and dialogue is so fantastic. Oh, and Steve Harrington's character development (I'll explain in a review for Episode 6) has gained Joe Keery and his character a credible amount of respect and love from me.
In the end, I had an all-nighter that night because I finished the whole Season in one sitting, just like with the first one.
Incredible <3
So I have been a MASSIVE fan of Stranger Things ever since the release day of Season 1, when I binge-watched that in a day. I fell in love with it immediately and I am proud to call it my number one TV Show. Obviously I had been long-anticipating the release of Season 2 (Stranger Things 2 as it's now called) and I can remember the very moment I watched the "l'eggo my eggo" trailer for the first time and just about passing out!
So of course, finally after just over a year, Stranger Things 2 is released. My original plan was to do an all-nighter ready for it's release at 8am UK, but that didn't quite go to plan and in the end it was 8pm when I watched it for the first time. Now I have to compress this review into (under) 1000 words, so I'm only going to mention the important parts:
I thought the beginning was very interesting and did leave me curious as to what it was all about. That was of course answered later on in the season, however I thought the Duffer's had a good idea of getting it out of the way first thing. The next mention is how exhilarated I felt when the opening titles came on and I just knew this wasn't my eighth or whatever time watching Season 1, but in fact something completely new.
Seeing Dustin straight after the titles, scurrying around the house looking for quarters was good enough to get me excited, but when Kyle Dixon's and Michael Stein's 'Kids' theme music from Season 1 was reintroduced I must say it was very welcome. I loved the flow of reintroducing the original cast, too!
A quick note on the characters of Billy and Max: Max has quickly grown to become one of my favorite TV characters. Sadie Sink did an amazing job, as did Dacre Montgomery with, well don't even get me started on Billy. But Dacre also gave an incredible performance.
Now, I loved how the 'now memories' were set out and I adored how all the episodes Will was experiencing were portrayed. But onto a (for me) more important note, I'm going to focus on the ending.
I just knew when Hopper was talking to 'someone' in the cabin, I was finally going to see one of my, if not the, most fantastic characters in any feature. When Eleven entered the scene at the end, the whole act combined with the incredible new soundtrack had me so overwhelmed. And as the camera panned out for a final shot of Hopper and El at the table tears genuinely did come to my eyes.
I decided after watching just this episode that Stranger Things had become not only my number 1 TV Show, but my number 1 TV Show and movie COMBINED. The music is so so amazing. It is exceptionally well directed, the characters do justice for Season 1 and storyline and dialogue is so fantastic. Oh, and Steve Harrington's character development (I'll explain in a review for Episode 6) has gained Joe Keery and his character a credible amount of respect and love from me.
In the end, I had an all-nighter that night because I finished the whole Season in one sitting, just like with the first one.
Incredible <3