I seem to be one of the few who read these books. I read nearly every fear street novel ever nearly every goosebump book. I have several problems with this first movie, first of, yes it beats you over the head with the characters sexual orientation. I'm gonna tell you, this was NOT thing in the books, so right of the bat I was irritated. This is not only a central point in this movie, but the 3rd as well, when it focuses less on that and more on the actual story is pretty good, but again, it is laden down by politics and moral grandstanding.
I found the story in all 3 of these movies to be bogged down and boring in large chucks, but the best by far was part 2, that one actually b felt true to the books! This first entry doesn't actually attempt a 1990's setting. It just blasted 1990's alt rock. In 1994 flannel was big, baggy jeans, but also vests, shoulder pads, and hair was still huge. Just not as permed. Guys typically had haircuts like Ryder Strong. I often find period films of the 19980's & 1990's are like this, play some music from the time and that's it. The clothes are lazy, the language doesn't fit the era, and the way kids behaved is not realistic to that time. Lol at "My So-called Life", that's literally from 1994, they could have watched that and got a pretty good idea of how kids acted and dressed. But no they didn't.
It is fairly gory, but it lacks real character development for how long it is. Basically, you have the typically tortured lesbian plotline, and I guess that's character depth? I didn't really like any of the characters and I couldn't keep their names straight, I still don't remember the main 2 girls names and I watched all 3 movies. Probably if you're gonna just watch one, part 2 is the one to watch. It's pretty period accurate in a lot of regards, theirs real effort given to the costumes, hair, and language. The female leads in part 2 are good and both are very little because their not reduced to stereotypes and they actually behave more like real people.
I just don't have much positive to say, it's annoying and it's supposed to be good because it ignores the time it's set in and pushes an agenda instead. Sloppy execution, lazy writing. Watch if you must, but part 2 is so much better.
I found the story in all 3 of these movies to be bogged down and boring in large chucks, but the best by far was part 2, that one actually b felt true to the books! This first entry doesn't actually attempt a 1990's setting. It just blasted 1990's alt rock. In 1994 flannel was big, baggy jeans, but also vests, shoulder pads, and hair was still huge. Just not as permed. Guys typically had haircuts like Ryder Strong. I often find period films of the 19980's & 1990's are like this, play some music from the time and that's it. The clothes are lazy, the language doesn't fit the era, and the way kids behaved is not realistic to that time. Lol at "My So-called Life", that's literally from 1994, they could have watched that and got a pretty good idea of how kids acted and dressed. But no they didn't.
It is fairly gory, but it lacks real character development for how long it is. Basically, you have the typically tortured lesbian plotline, and I guess that's character depth? I didn't really like any of the characters and I couldn't keep their names straight, I still don't remember the main 2 girls names and I watched all 3 movies. Probably if you're gonna just watch one, part 2 is the one to watch. It's pretty period accurate in a lot of regards, theirs real effort given to the costumes, hair, and language. The female leads in part 2 are good and both are very little because their not reduced to stereotypes and they actually behave more like real people.
I just don't have much positive to say, it's annoying and it's supposed to be good because it ignores the time it's set in and pushes an agenda instead. Sloppy execution, lazy writing. Watch if you must, but part 2 is so much better.