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...That pretty much describes the writing of what could have been a truly magnificent premise for a film.
Not in a long time have my wife and I finished watching a superhero movie feeling "Wow! that film actually made us feel rather happy".
After working in movie special effects for over 3 decades, well, I'm a tad over Dark, Brooding, Mass-Collateral-damage, etc. over and over.
Please perhaps switch your ultra-critical-thinking chip off - just for a couple of hours. Sad reading so many reviewers here picking so many negative holes in this. I feel this is more akin to saying "this puppy isn't cute enough because..." to be less than admirable.
We found this to be an unexpected delight.
After working in movie special effects for over 3 decades, well, I'm a tad over Dark, Brooding, Mass-Collateral-damage, etc. over and over.
Please perhaps switch your ultra-critical-thinking chip off - just for a couple of hours. Sad reading so many reviewers here picking so many negative holes in this. I feel this is more akin to saying "this puppy isn't cute enough because..." to be less than admirable.
We found this to be an unexpected delight.
Our collective/condensed memories of the 80's. The Goonies, ET, Stand By me, and The Thing "COULD" have been "Stranger Things"...
...IF Doc Brown had swapped a VHS copy of JJ Abraham's SUPER 8 into Marty's coat pocket instead of that Almanac!! ..and, as a result? ALL of our cherished 80's movies memories actually WERE like Stranger Things!
Never - in the history of cinema/TV/subscription-bit-rate-bandwidth - have I seen "child actors" so perfectly found, rounded-up together, cast, and directed so fluidly, with that "innocent essence" we all still love and remember about the films of the 1980's!
..Bravo!
...IF Doc Brown had swapped a VHS copy of JJ Abraham's SUPER 8 into Marty's coat pocket instead of that Almanac!! ..and, as a result? ALL of our cherished 80's movies memories actually WERE like Stranger Things!
Never - in the history of cinema/TV/subscription-bit-rate-bandwidth - have I seen "child actors" so perfectly found, rounded-up together, cast, and directed so fluidly, with that "innocent essence" we all still love and remember about the films of the 1980's!
..Bravo!