Stranger Things is a fantastic show, more like a love letter from the director to the films that nourished his boyhood.
In the first season, the main theme is juvenile adventure. The second season is about fantasy. In the third season, the elements of zombies were integrated. The first season captured a large audience with the retro style of the 1980s, and the second season kept the storytelling, but in my opinion, it was a little too weak. But the amazing thing is that the third season tells about the possession of mind-snatchers, and after integrating zombies and Russian themes, it actually shines. And contributed the highlight moments that both seasons 1 and 2 lacked.
I even feel that the third season should be treated as a "new" episode separate from the first two.
The friendship of teenagers is of course the eternal theme of "Stranger Things", but the third season did not spend too much space on the adventures that happened together with the friends, but chose a multi-line narrative method.
This multi-line narrative, while challenging, is the best way to tell it for the protagonists. In the first episode, Dustin returned to the town of Hawkins, but his friends were busy with their own business. The beautiful sunset is really touching.
Multi-line narratives offer the possibility to delve deeper into growth. We saw Little 11 have to deal with his little boyfriend and adoptive father Jim, and the father-daughter relationship is deeper than last season. Dustin and Steve form a very cute team, which is more like a reenactment of "friendship", the previous friends can't be around all the time, there will always be new partners to adventure with you.
What makes me feel more good, this season is more about the cruelty of the real world. The newspaper where Nancy practiced was constantly ridiculed by superiors and male colleagues; politicians in the town ignored the comfort of the town for money and political achievements. The more I look back, the more sigh, the children are of course cute, but the cutest adult turned out to be Alexei from Russia who doesn't speak the language but likes cartoons and games.
The screenwriter is great. The plot is tense, but it must be humorous. It is very difficult to achieve unpretentious humor in a suspense film. Many dramas have tried it, but the effect is not good. When watching the third season of "Stranger Things", you will find that almost every protagonist has a funny and relaxing place.
Everyone is not boring, and all the protagonists' auras are natural.
This season's photography is also a highlight. Highland views as the sun goes down, mirages along the coast, the yellow backdrop with Jim raising his gun at the Russian killer (a tribute to Schwarzenegger's Terminator), and the last episode of fireworks at the Heartbreaker (like A tribute to the first firework headshot of "Ace Agent"), in short, on the basis that the plot is already good enough, the carefulness of photography makes the texture of this show surpass the previous two seasons.
More than that, for me, the third season was better than the first two because the creators wrote the town as a character.
Like other cities in the United States, the commercial culture of the small town is changing. After the big shopping mall Star Court settled, many small shops in the town began to go down. Brightly coloured malls contrast with desolate streets.
Chinese people are really familiar with such large shopping malls, ice cream shops, cinemas, clothing stores, exhibition vehicles... But we can't imagine that even in such a shopping mall, we can use all kinds of details to present the best scene. Climax play.
I think this season is more of a metaphor. In a world of consumerism, where children remain childlike and powerful old-school characters maintain basic decents (the Sheriff and Will's Mother), many adults become mind flayers' walking dead. There is a small detail, a blond boss in the newspaper where Nancy works, like a combination of Brexit politician Boris Johnson and Trump. I don't know if the director did it on purpose, but seeing it always makes me think that even if the business logic is as powerful as Netflix, the directors can still regain a little bit of autonomy.
The music is good, the characters are good, the plot is good, and the idea is good. And the third season can be more exciting than the first season, and Netflix's "Stranger Things" is more valuable in more and more movies and dramas.
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