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15.11.23
#Mira-Marathon | Horror | Stranger Things
Serial Name: Stranger Things | Season 1 | (2016); Production studios: Netflix, 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Upside Down Pictures; Director by: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Uta Briesewitz, Nimród Antal, Rebecca Thomas, Dan Trachtenberg; Screenwriters: William Bridges, Justin Doble, Curtis Gwinn, Jessica Mecklenburg, Caitlin Schneiderhan, Alison Tatlock, Kate Trefry, Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Paul Dichter; Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp; Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction; Running Time: One series – 51 minutes | All series – 7 hours 39 minutes;
"Stranger Things" is an exciting science fiction series of 2016, which tells about the disappearance of a teenager and the investigation of a strange phenomenon. This is an atmospheric, moving series that will appeal to history, mystery and horror fans.
My rating: 9/10
24.11.23
#Mira-Marathon | Horror | Stranger Things
Serial Name: Stranger Things | Season 2 | (2017); Production studios: Netflix, 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Upside Down Pictures; Director by: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Uta Briesewitz, Nimród Antal, Rebecca Thomas, Dan Trachtenberg; Screenwriters: William Bridges, Justin Doble, Curtis Gwinn, Jessica Mecklenburg, Caitlin Schneiderhan, Alison Tatlock, Kate Trefry, Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Paul Dichter; Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp; Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction; Running Time: One series – 51 minutes | All series – 8 hours 30 minutes;
"Stranger Things 2" is an exciting sequel to the 2017 sci-fi series, which continues to tell about the adventures of teenagers and mysterious events. This is an atmospheric, exciting sequel that offers even more adventure and tension.
My rating: 9/10
05.01.24
#Mira-Marathon | Stranger Things
It's holidays and I decided to continue watching this series.
Series Name: Stranger Things | Season 3 | (2019); Production studios: Netflix, 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Upside Down Pictures; Director by: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Uta Briesewitz, Nimród Antal, Rebecca Thomas, Dan Trachtenberg; Screenwriters: William Bridges, Justin Doble, Curtis Gwinn, Jessica Mecklenburg, Caitlin Schneiderhan, Alison Tatlock, Kate Trefry, Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Paul Dichter; Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp; Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction; Running Time: One series – 51 minutes | All series – 7 hours 48 minutes;
Season 3 of Stranger Things sees the Hawkins kids once again battling the Mind Flayer, including a tense storyline and themes of friendship and family. A great season with a good cast and visuals, although some of the storylines may be confusing for some viewers.
My rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
07.01.24
#Mira-Marathon | Stranger Things
Series Name: Stranger Things | Season 4 | (2022); Production studios: Netflix, 21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Upside Down Pictures; Director by: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Uta Briesewitz, Nimród Antal, Rebecca Thomas, Dan Trachtenberg; Screenwriters: William Bridges, Justin Doble, Curtis Gwinn, Jessica Mecklenburg, Caitlin Schneiderhan, Alison Tatlock, Kate Trefry, Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Paul Dichter; Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp; Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction; Running Time: One series – 1 hour 25 minutes | All series – 12 hours 58 minutes;
In Season 4 of Stranger Things, the kids from Hawkins battle evil in the form of the monster Vecna. The plot is intense, the characters are interesting, and the visuals are stunning. Themes of trauma and growth are explored. Despite this, some of the storylines may seem rambling. I wish for more clarity in the plot, character development and impressive visuals in the future.
My rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐
WALL•E (Dir: Andrew Stanton, 2008).
Combining futurist sci-fi and robot rom-com with a timely ecological message, this 9th feature film from Pixar Animation Studios released by Walt Disney Pictures opens on post-apocalyptic Earth 700 years after humans mass consumerism and neglectful waste management has made the planet uninhabitable. Here trash compactor robot WALL•E, the last of his kind, stoically continues a clean-up operation. Enter Eve, a reconnaissance bot dispatched from starliner Axiom to recover life forms and asses suitability for a possible return of humans to the planet. On discovering a solitary plant sample Eve is summoned by the Axiom pursued by WALL•E. A burgeoning bot romance ensues on their quest to deliver the sapling to the Axiom’s Captain and initiate a return to Earth.
From its opening scenes of an eerie, trash-strewn abandoned Earth to its awe-inspiring space-scapes, the movie is a visual delight. With a titular character who is largely mute, the screenplay by director Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon is a masterclass in how to tell a moving, thought provoking story with minimal dialogue. Its comments on consumerism, big business, political corruption and the human destruction of Earth are even more pertinent now than when the movie was released a decade ago.
Despite its serious message WALL•E is an utterly joyful, uplifting viewing experience and is refreshing in the entirety uncynical, optimistic approach to its subject.
In 2016 a poll of international critics conducted by BBC Culture voted WALL•E the 29th greatest film of the 21st Century. With this I would disagree, this modern masterpiece is arguably the greatest movie of the century and one of the greatest movies of all time.
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TOY STORY 4 (Dir: Josh Cooley, 2019).
Since the first movie was released in 1995, the Toy Story franchise has proven to be one of the most robust, not to mention most lucrative, Hollywood franchises of all time. The original film, a Pixar Animation Studios production released through Walt Disney Pictures, was a massive critical and commercial success, spawning a further two equally successful sequels. After the fairly definitive conclusion of Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010), the prospect of a fourth entry seemed to many unnecessary, albeit not entirely unwelcome.
Toy Story 4 reunites Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang and introduces new character Forky. Forky, made by the toys' new owner Bonnie from a plastic spork, pipe-cleaners and other discarded items, is determined to throw himself into the trash where he believes he belongs. Determined not to let this happen, Woody places himself in charge of the spork, a decision which results in the pair becoming separated from Bonnie and their pals. As lost toys they encounter the sinister doll Gabby Gabby and her ventriloquist dummy cohorts and Woody is reunited with old flame Bo Peep.
Happily Toy Story 4 is a sequel which lives up to its mighty predecessors. Director Josh Cooley and screenwriters Stephany Folsom and Andrew Stanton have created a movie that is by turns witty, exciting and ultimately moving. Its message is certainly as poignant as others in the franchise and comes with a climax that that seems pretty darn final.
It goes without saying that the computer generated animation in Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 4 is beautiful. Once again, the vocal performances, notably Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz, Annie Potts as Bo and Tony Hale as Forky, are exemplary.
This latest episode of the Toy Story saga thankfully does nothing to tarnish what is arguably the most consistent franchise of them all, while its finale suggests that this really will be the last we see of the gang. If this is the case then more's the pity, although Toy Story 4 definitely provides them with a high on which to go out on.
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