Stranger Things (season 4, episode 2)
Creators and directors: Duffer Brothers
Distribution: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, David Harbor
Country: United States of America
Duration: 235 minutes (two episodes)
Year: 2022
Gender: Adventure / Fantasy / Horror
premiere: July 1, 2022 (Netflix)
The original proposal for ‘Stranger Things’, as its creators remember, Duffer Brothersdescribed the series as “as if Steven Spielberg were directing a lost Stephen King novel,” so it’s a kind of made-up Holy Grail for those of us who grew up under the protection of Amblin productions and paperback editions of Maine god. For this fourth season, that old definition has been nuanced with current trends: especially in these last two episodes, the Duffers decided to make it a thoroughly modern ‘blockbuster’ with all the dangers this could entail. Where did they say before? Spielbergnow they can say Snyder.
Look at the obviously excessive duration of the last episode: 150 minutes, just half an hour less than ‘Avengers: Endgame’; Longest episode in American television history. We should also mention the extreme use of digital effects, not in the villain (Vecna ​​is a genius who lasts seven hours a day, created almost entirely with traditional makeup effects), but in the overall action of World of Reverse or some disaster. inspired pictures Roland Emmerich. It’s also in a parallel climax buildup that Duffers doesn’t tackle with a musicality. Christopher Nolan.
Such decisions can end Distorting the original idea: rescuing the essence of an entertainment cinema, where surprise is sought in more original ways than noise and (real) explosions.. Or overshadowing certain characters, which is ultimately the real secret to the show’s success. The simple meeting of two men of very different ages at the end of the season fills the screen with more emotional electricity than any infographic screen.
Long Mutant Climax
And this is just the beginning, as Vecna ​​remembers in the series: the beginning of the end. What has value as an end game in UCM is as simple as putting cards on the table here. To summarize these chapters without ‘spoilers’, as ‘Massacre at Hawkins Lab’ progresses, Vecna/Uno/Henry (Jamie Campbell Bower’s photo.), a seminal and integral part of Hawkins and the Upside Down mythology, turned out to be the character where almost everything started with him and where everything should end. 235 minutes of the last episode of the season It’s a dangerous extermination mission for several gangs (and dimensions) where at least two beloved characters serve as bait, and although Max (Sadie Sink) initially chooses to reject her, Kate Bush reappears..
As expected in ‘Stranger Things’, even in the midst of a long climax like this, the series can change in genre: (now) from pure terror to petrified comedy to a candid drama about the value of difference. , this one led by Will (Noah Schnapp) that a highly predictable revelation plans the imminence. Respect for the cinema of the eighties was not a fad, it was like that: there was no fear of scaring the children; There was no hesitation in seeking stimuli from all angles. It’s a time to be honored with a nod, sometimes spiritually, sometimes openly. ‘halloween night’, ‘sixteen candles’ or other hits. This retro-current remix is ​​still enjoyable, but it’s starting to run the risk of being too topical: even its main theme this time sounds unnecessarily pompous edits.
Source: Informacion
