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These type of shows always puzzle me. It's too violent for children, so they can't be the target audience ,but it's too stupid for adults. Begs the question who is watching this and who is enjoying it?

I will say that this show started really well. The first two episodes , maybe not perfect , had way more positives than negatives. Sadly, the longer I watched , more and more things made less and less sense.

First thing. Am I seriously supposed to believe that not even two decades after the civil war, our only black character never experiences explicit racism? 3 main characters who fought in the civil war and not even once they talk about the politics of it? Its weird. It's unrealistic. It doesn't make sense.

The romance between Elsa and Ennis. It quickly becomes obvious that Ennis is just a stepping stone in Elsa's empowerment journey and as soon as they get a chance, the writers ditch him like he never mattered. It was poorly written and rushed. Elsa kills Ennis' killer in a burst of rage and then forgets her first love as soon as the next guy shows up. It doesn't make sense. People don't grieve like that.

I don't know how people behaved in 19th century, but I have this feeling that Elsa's parents are more like someone you would see in the late 20th century. The main plotline of 1883 is the journey from Texas to Oregon. Margaret and James are more than aware of lurking dangers and unpredictability of it all but they seem to not care that their daughter is risking pregnancy ahead of a 2000 mile journey. The central theme of this show is basically "Wild girls will be wild girls and there ain't a thing you can do about it". Parenting is overrated apparently.

Every main character is protected by plot armor made from the thickest steel. No matter what happens they will survive. No matter how many "cattle thieves" or bandits they are going to encounter , they will prevail. Even when Elsa gets struck by an arrow AND faceplants falling from a horse, she turns into Chuck Norris and stays alive for whatever time the plot requires. Josef had maybe 4 lines since the 5th episode and then they suddenly give him half an hour of screen time in the last episode. Bcuz why not? Gotta stretch up the show somehow...

Elsa was simply not interesting enough to be the main character and at times it seemed like the writers are trying to maker her annoying on purpose. Just for the sake of it. "I just got shot by an arrow and I'm dying but let me turn my sass to the max before I fall off the horse instead of just asking for help"

I could go on and on and on. This show is silly, it's lazy, it's insulting , it's ahistorical. The only redeeming quality was cinematography. And wow America is sure beautiful.

Save your time and skip this horrendous show. 8.8 rating. Mad world.

Pretty much everything here except maybe CGI screams mediocrity. The classist/elitist dystopian environment that we saw now in countless movies and tv shows , extremely average acting and a story that moves in a pace of a turtle. Tell me what happens in the second episode that is supposed to intrigue me enough to keep watching? Tell me something interesting about the silo, or the rebellion or how the world they live in came to be. Nah, just spend the entire episode on the alleged murder that nobody cares about. The characters are one dimensional and unlikeable. The dialogue is wooden. I yawned through the first two episodes trying my best to keep awake.

I'm not ready to give up, although I probably should. So far not something I would recommend. Onto episode 3.

Edit:

The third episode is no different. Most of it is spent on pointless dialogue and fixing the engine. I can't lie, the engine scene was a good bit of fun. I'm too dumb to even pretend to be a mechanical engineer but I assume that anyone with an actual degree would watch it as a comedy. 140 years this engine was going without any major repairs? Give me a break... Oh , and the camera constantly panning to the tattooed guy in charge of the mechanic squad was very amusing. Surely not at all what was intended but I take what I can.

Pass.

You can take Jeremy Renner out of Avengers but you can't take Avengers out of Jeremy Renner. His character is the strong silent type, he knows everything and speaks in cliches , he can track any man down and is seemingly more suited to investigate crime than the local police or FBI. Why are they even in the movie? This case is peanuts for the great hunter Cory Lambert. Let him to his thing.

Elizabeth Olsen could be replaced by pretty much any female actor and the result would be same or even better. Do we have a shortage of talented women better suited for these kinds of roles? I don't know.

The results of the investigation were disappointing. We find out that the girl was killed by some low IQ contractors who were so bad at doing crime that they just couldn't be bothered to cover anything up and couldn't keep their act together for two minutes after being approached by the police so they decided to just kill everyone so Cory could rush in at the last moment and be the hero that we need and deserve.

Don't get me wrong , I'm not against this cheesy vigilante hero stuff, but it left me wanting more. It's very mediocre movie in basically all aspects.

My main gripe with this film is not so much the technical aspect(s) of it, but morally incomprehensible behaviour by some of the characters.

Torture scenes are never pleasant to watch but the ones carried out by Keller were especially disgusting considering the fact that the tortured person was mentally disabled. If it was only Keller involved in this moral abomination I would maybe be more forgiving, but Franklin and his wife were in on it as well which takes it to another level. It's over the top. It's also unrealistic. All it does is makes the viewer hate Keller , hate those involved. And what point does it make? Nothing that couldn't have been pointed out without the excessive violence. It just took away from the investigation which was the only interesting part about this story.

Maybe I will give this film a shot some years later. As of now it's not something I would recommend watching.

Text: How many of these 9/10 10/10 reviews are written after the first season ? Too many.

I think very few people would argue that the first season is anything less than quality TV. Drama, mystique, elements of horrors. Good acting. It really was a near perfect season. Will gets found, the monster is killed , Eleven sacrifices herself. Sort of happy ending.

But no..who kills their cash cow so early?

Yeah, except the second season doesnt introduce anything new or interesting. Its a rehash of the first season but without the same mystique , excitement and suspense. And without the most important character. Eleven.

Again..who's idea was that? Keeping the most important character on the sidelines? The "bad men" are dead, "papa" is dead. Surely there was another way to coherently develop Eleven as a character without holding her hostage in Hoopers house.

As the things are reaching boiling point in Hawkins town, the directors realize they have to introduce Eleven back to the story SOMEHOW. So they give her a sideline quest (an entire filler episode) of going to Chicago to find her super natural sister. A subplot so cringe and pointless it left me in awe. It couldnt have been more mistimed too. It's one of the laziest come back setups I have ever seen.

Stranger things turned out to be a one season wonder that slowly evolved in to a self parody. I can only imagine what circus the 3 season is. I'm saving myself from that disappointment.

Probably 2 hours of the film were dedicated to explosions, shootings and car chases. This might as well be John Wick meshed with Fast and Furious, not James Bond.

Hand watches that shut down electricity of entire buildings, machine guns installed in the front lights of a sports car, biological weapons that target specific people on the basis of their DNA? Y'all sure this is not a sci-fi genre?

The most exciting part of this movie was when it ended. Avoid.

Yes the plot is simple and some people say it had many scenes that added nothing to the experience and I disagree. I think the movie achieved what it wanted perfectly.

First of all. Live within your means. People in the west and increasingly all around the world live in a fairytale. They want the latest iphone, a brand new gucci bag and high maintenance car just because it's out there, just because they think it will add value/meaning to their life and give them the opportunity to post something on Instagram. If you cant afford it- dont buy it. Learn to say NO.Either make more money or be content with what you have. Invest in your skills/hobbies instead of a fancy lifestyle you cant afford.

Are you honest and real with the person that you truly are? Who are you trying to impress, yourself or others? Look at Warren Buffet. He's a billionaire and lives in a modest home, drives his rusty car ,and gets breakfast at McDonalds. If you walked past him you would probably never tell that he is one of the richest men in the world. Thats because his biggest asset is his mind and not his bank account. Find something you are passionate about and stop trying to impress others.

And finally family is number one. Your kids dont need to attend the most expensive school and live in the biggest house possible. They need love and attention. They need something to look up to. Yes a man is a provider , but as long as your kids have a roof over their heads and food on the table its gonna be fine. If they get less they get less, people who accomplish biggest feats usually come from poor background because they learn very early what it means to struggle. You get out of life what you put in. Its far more important to have a father in the house than live without financial struggle.

The acting was great and i really loved the way filmmakers used Richmond in this movie. There is a heart breaking scene when Allison comes back home after drinking. She desperately wanted to get her life back(horse). Life in New York wasnt perfect, it wasnt without struggle but at least the family was happy.

My english is not the best but this movie is very well worth watching. Dont listen to the haters.