Nama : ANDHIKA ARIC RACHMAN

Kelas: XII IPS 3

Film Riview

Title : “Stranger Things” season: 3

Ganre : Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery,

Director : The Duffer Brother

Year : 15 July 2016 (still waking

episode : 8 episodes

Rating. : 9.5/10

Stranger Things reminds us of those stories

where teenagers in the 80s were involved in the
adventure of a case full of mystery. It's just that,
wrapped in horror ideas from R.L. Stine is famous
for the series Goosebumps.

There are also those who say that this original

Netflix series has an element of mystery in the
style of the horror story mogul, Stephen King.
Imagine, these elements are united in a live action
series that airs on the screen. The appearance of
Stranger Things in 2016 was indeed horrendous
because it was called a must-watch series and was
lined up to become one of the favorite series,
especially for fans of supernatural-themed films.

In Season 2, the portal to The Upside Down is

successfully closed, causing all of the monsters in
Hawkins to die.
Season 3 starts from telling about the lives of our
characters at that time: Eleven - Mike and Max -
Lucas, who is now dating, Dustin just came home
from camp and has a girlfriend, Will who feels
isolated because he wants to play but his friends
are busy dating, Steve works at an ice cream shop
in a newly built mall with a girl named Robin, Billy
who works as a pool keeper, Nancy and Jonathan
who are interns at a sexist newspaper company,
and Joyce and Hopper who are still working as
usual.
Everything looks normal.Until one by one
anomalies happened. Starting from Joyce who
realizes that there are no magnets in the house
and work place on the refrigerator, Billy who acts
strange, Dustin who gets a mysterious message
from his radio, and Nancy and Jonathan who tips
about strange mice. Each of them tried to
investigate these strange cases which ended
up… ..just watching alone rather than
curious.

(SPOILER)

Stranger Things is literally at the top of my list. So

when I came out of Season 2, I was really excited
and really curious about whether it would still be
good or not. Let's discuss them one by one.
Starting from the settings. I really like films that
are set in ancient times. Stranger Things is one of
them. The set-up is still in the 1980s, and it's still
really good to be realized. Starting from fashion,
haircuts, cars too. The technology is still in the 80s,
walkie talkies, telephone, photo printing must be in
a special room. Very good to realize the 80s. From
the story, since this is science fiction, there is a
really wide scope of how the story can develop. But
we have already passed the monster phase
(Season 1) and the monsters come back again
(Season 2). And at the end of Season 2 the portal
closes. So in Season 3, I'm curious about what the
story will be like, or what the story will be like or
not.

For me, the story is a bit cliché because in Season

3 the portal is opened again. Same Russia too. I
made a lot of questions: what, how, why? And this
doesn't really explain why Russia can be involved
and wants to reopen its portals. And also the story
is divided into many groups. Hopper and Joyce
investigate why magnets don't stick. Steve, Robin
and Dustin and Erica investigate secret Russian
radio messages. Nancy and Jonathan investigate a
rat suspected of being Mind Flayer. Eleven and
Max as well as Lucas and Mike and Will investigate
other things. And they didn't actually meet and link
everything up to… the last episode. Which might
make it irritating, but I prefer that a few episodes
before the end have connected the story of the
characters so that they hunt the monsters more
together.
Speaking of the monsters, the monsters are still
disgusting, but bigger and creepy. For those who
are confused about the monsters in Stranger
Things, someone has recap and can read it here.
Even though the monsters are still from Mind
Flayer too, the monsters in this season are more
evil, bigger, and can control the mind. The last
episode where they chase and fight with the
monsters is still exciting and makes you excited,
which is a plus point for this Season 3. Moreover,
the chase really got the monster in front of the
character's eyes.

Other factors that make Stranger Things good

and still want to watch are the characters, the
dynamics of the characters, and the chemistry
between the characters. At least for me they are
one of the strongest reason. And the characters
are really good to watch. The first impression in
episode one was: the children are already big,
haha. The feeling of watching Season 2 was rich
when I was young. Now in Season 3, he is already a
teenager and is already in the dating phase. What
makes Eleven a bit confused is that she can adapt
that fast. This is the child who came out of
confinement recently. But I can and know many
things.
The trophy for the best character for me goes to
their new character, Robin, and an old character
who just got the spotlight: Erica. This Robin was
played by Maya Hawke, who is the son of actress
Uma Thurman and actor Ethan Hawke. But the
great thing is that Maya Hawke is really good at
playing Robin so we don't think that she can get
this role because her parents are already famous.
Dan Erica, I love her sharp and sassy style. In my
opinion, the writer of Stranger Things is good at
making characters. And the group dynamics of
Steve, Robin,
Dustin, and Erica are the most exciting to be
followed compared to the others.
So overall, in terms of the story, even though it
raises a lot of unanswered questions, it's still fun to
watch and the last episode is okay to make you
excited. The actors and characters are really good,
the chemistry is still really good.