It’s good, but it’s not as good as the previous seasons. I felt like there wasn’t really anything original going on. Everything just felt like a rehash of stuff from the previous seasons.
Some of the believability was getting really ridiculous too. I know the show was never exactly true to life, but this season takes it to new heights with the kids managing to outrun and even beat up some military operatives in their secret base. Even Hopper holding his own with them was a huge stretch. All that stuff was just a big ‘meh’ to me because of how absurd it was. I also felt like there was no real sense of danger until the last episode. Constant fight scenes with people just being thrown to the other side of the room over and over again as the monster lingers over their body for a minute so that someone gets a chance to save them ruined a lot of the action scenes for me. So when we finally did get a few deaths in the final episode, they didn’t really hit me as much as I feel they should have.
It was nice seeing some fresh faces focused on this season, and as usual, the acting, cinematography, and all around production of the show is excellent. I think it’s clear that Netflix will continue to milk this show and make another season or two, I just hope that they take it in a new direction and don’t just rehash the same old stuff, although that doesn’t look promising considering how the final scene played out.
Review by ragreynoldsVIP 7BlockedParentSpoilers2019-07-20T23:45:13Z
It’s good, but it’s not as good as the previous seasons. I felt like there wasn’t really anything original going on. Everything just felt like a rehash of stuff from the previous seasons.
Some of the believability was getting really ridiculous too. I know the show was never exactly true to life, but this season takes it to new heights with the kids managing to outrun and even beat up some military operatives in their secret base. Even Hopper holding his own with them was a huge stretch. All that stuff was just a big ‘meh’ to me because of how absurd it was. I also felt like there was no real sense of danger until the last episode. Constant fight scenes with people just being thrown to the other side of the room over and over again as the monster lingers over their body for a minute so that someone gets a chance to save them ruined a lot of the action scenes for me. So when we finally did get a few deaths in the final episode, they didn’t really hit me as much as I feel they should have.
It was nice seeing some fresh faces focused on this season, and as usual, the acting, cinematography, and all around production of the show is excellent. I think it’s clear that Netflix will continue to milk this show and make another season or two, I just hope that they take it in a new direction and don’t just rehash the same old stuff, although that doesn’t look promising considering how the final scene played out.