ATTENTION TO ALL OF YOU WHO LIVED YOUR YOUTH
IN YEARS 80’s: If
you liked movies like Goonies, Poltergeist,
The Evil Dead, The Thing, Alien(s), Star Wars, ET, Clouse Encounters of the Third
Degree, Indiana Jones, It (by Stephen King), and all of you who grow up playing
Dungeons & Dragons, you should definitely watch Stranger Things!
But watch it accordingly: At night, turn off your mobile,
what’s-app, Facebook, Instagram, blah blah blah, watch as you should watch
every movie; with immersion, transport yourself into the adventure, and I
assure you, you will remember how it used to be, when going to the movies
itself was already an adventure. You will be transported to the 80's and
re-live the atmosphere of that decade, even for a while.
Stranger
Things is a new mini
TV Series by Netflix, consisting of 8 episodes. Each episode is almost an hour
long, so have in mind that you’ll need almost 8 hours in order to finish it.
Personally, I watched all 8 episodes in just 3 days!
The story is set in Hawkins Indiana, in 1983,
and it revolves around the disappearance of the young Will Byers. But as his
family, his three close friends and the town Sheriff are looking to find him,
they stumble across an unexplainable and a horrific chain of events. And when a
mysterious girl named Helen enters the story, everything becomes more
complicated and mysterious than before.
Everything in
this series has a wonderfully dark - 80's - feel, starting from the music and the neon letters of the opening titles… As
for the songs they picked to play in the background, well… they are just
fantastic!
The kids in
Stranger Things, who are actually the main characters, are just fantastic in
every single role. Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin aka "Toothless" will
most likely become everyone's instant favourite with his harmless look, his geeky
personality and his constant swearing. But all the kids are very capable in
their roles and bring their own dynamic to their fellowship.
When I was watching it, it brought to my mind
the TV series Wayward Pines, which I have seen a few years before, because
there are some similarities to the story. But this one is far better in my
opinion.
If I had to
rate Stranger things, I would give a number between 8.0 and 8.5 out of 10.0
IMDB’s
rating is 9.1 out of 10.0
By clicking
on the following YT link you will be able to watch a trailer in order to have a
small idea.
