Teen Wolf: The Movie

I'm a huge Teen Wolf Nerd so it's hard for me to say this but the film didn't work!

The reason The series worked so well was character development throughout the season/season's so in a film in which you have 2 hrs something to skip 16 years into the future you need to bring us up to date a little!

Eli - no character info! Just that he's Derek's son and hates transforming since seeing his dad do so as a toddler (don't add new characters if you can't give the time to the backstory!) Who's his mum?

Styles not being in it - reason kinda weak! Would have gone with don't involve this time due to the history with the villan!

Gaps in story! Malia (not with Scott where they ended the series?) Why... What happened? Just jumped to her having sex with Parish (again no backstory or context) Her performance as a side note was unnatural and awkward!

Scott - what's happened to him...why doesn't he have a pack anymore at the start of the film, why is he depressed and down... No context again...see a theme here?

Sheriff Stalinski has some how learned hand to hand combat!

We have a villan who was sacrificed and somehow came back to life without ...(what am I going to say?) Thats right! Back story or context!

Listen I hope they make more I really do! I loved this series and wish it continued for a bit longer but the film sucks it's rushed the writing isn't up to JD standard the story telling wasn't there! The cast seemed a tad weird... Lydia (Hollen Rodan) looked like she's not acted for years and had ring rust, I mentioned Shelley as looking awkward and uncomfortable the whole film! And Alison (please don't have and more work done! For goodness sake!) Face was too tight to even smile! And she was already incredibly stunning before the work!

Peter Hale didn't fit or really nail his old characteristics was a bit over the top! Must have been in theatre between series and film... Derek nailed the film though Tyler Hochelin hats off! One saving grace!

As a fan who came to watch Teen Wolf many years after it first aired I fell in love with the relationships and characters of the "Pack"

This belated re-visit misses the spot on so many levels. Lack of characterisation lack of creativity lack of drive. It all just feels thrush together and slapdash.

Dylan O'Brien and Arden Cho' absence is felt immensely and the return of Crystal Reed doesn't really work for me. Such a shame they just couldn't have just left us with the tv series original ending. This serves as a disservice and adds nothing to the shows history simple a poor epilogue of good memories long lost.

This movie feels rushed because it was. It feels like it was pieced together hastily from ill-fitting pieces because it was.

It's clear Jeff Davis was trying to write the movie even as he wasn't sure who from the cast of characters was returning, and who wasn't.

The best part of this movie is Tyler Hoechlin, and he's the only reason I watched it and the only reason I suggest anyone watch it. Somehow, despite juggling Superman and Lois filming at the same time (and having to switch between two different characters), he actually showed up. Regardless of what I think of Derek Hale's overall plot line in the movie, Tyler brought the best he could to the role, he brought heart and soul to an otherwise empty movie.

It baffles me that so many of the other cast feel like they phoned it in -- of course the writing utterly failed them, so it's not all their fault.

I understand why fans are upset, I understand why they feel let down. Because looking at Teen Wolf Season 3, you see the potential of these characters. You can see that with some actual care, the show could be great and if production had been allowed more time, maybe this movie could have been better since it's clear Season 3 was the inspiration. I have to think that, at least in part, this movie failed due to being rushed through to serve as a promotional tool for Wolf Pack, and nothing more. And sadly, it shows in nearly every frame.

Okay... let's start off right at the beginning of the movie, where we see a man in a hoodie with his face covered and we spent half the movie trying to figure out who that might be and when we finally do, it's just disappointing and it makes no sense that that man is brought back 'cause his reason is just stupid and quite fabricated. Then we have Eli, who doesn't have an explanation to how he's got here and who the other parent is, one of many lack of context plots in this.

Malia, who just like in season 6 didn't have ANY purpose in this movie but to be someone else's love interest. Then there's Scott... that you know, didn't change at all. There was no character development whatsoever and it's just getting old. And well, the last death of the movie was just... no.

There was so much repetition and the script didn't help it. Many things could've been explored, like Hikari's power, Liam and Mason's friendship, which was put aside and some other things that deserved more screen time.

I'm tired of being stuck in what could've beens so, I hope this is the last of it but I guess the movie is about not worrying about the past and to be honest, I'll do the same when it comes to what I just watched.

I think all valid points made by other posters about the story plot holes, but honestly I didn't remember how the story ended exactly since a few years have past from the last time I watched it.

The biggest boomer for me was that they managed to bring back almost all the cast except the one, that generally is considered the star of the show. Without him, humour was less funny and I also think he elevates the acting level of the whole group. It's like Batman without Batman or Black Panther without Black Panther (which Hollywood actually did)

If you don't care much about the old story and accept everything as told, it's actually an entertaining watch. Not bad for a low budget production which I guess was made purely out of nostalgia and love for the product.

Liked the ending given.