Stranger Things 4 (currently streaming on Netflix) is bigger than it used to be, and that's for sure. Almost all chapters of the seven episodes of Volume 1 are over 70 minutes, and Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 7 is 100 minutes. Thanks to the three-year break of the season, the children have grown up more than ever. I think some viewers will be shocked by the fact that some actors have grown their characters significantly. Because they are visibly large, Stranger Things 4 will use degradation techniques for teenagers in the flashback scene. This is usually the tactic used by older actors like The Irishman Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson of Captain Marvel. While revisiting some old horrors, Stranger Things 4 throws us even more CGI monsters.
However, Stranger Things 4 was eventually starred by creators Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as the Duffer brothers, as lead authors and directors, trying to be bigger, coarser, and longer than ever before. It's like a standard genre. .. But the bigger problem is not that the new season of the hit Netflix series is routine. There is a lack of joy and humor. Stranger Things 4 is so absorbed in its plotting requirements that it forgets why it made the previous season so exciting. There is no Mole Heizink (Stranger Things 3) or Ghostbusters Nostalgia (Stranger Things 2) here. There are few attempts to activate the Stranger Things 4 process, and in the meantime.
The climax wonders how early in the season the new character plans to kill upside down a giant and menacing new thing inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons again. Season 3 contestant Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke) points out that, unlike her, she has experienced this several times before. "I had something to do with human flesh and she had something to do with smoke," says Robin. Stranger Things 4 is essentially a mockery of itself, showing how new quirks exist each season. Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) adds that they usually rely on this psychic girl, but that's not the case now. To outsiders, the gang looks completely insane.
Sometimes Stranger Things 4 feels more interested in disappointing viewers than providing a cohesive story cast as a whole.
In fact, the plot takes so much precedence on Stranger Things 4 that, at times, it feels like the Netflix series doesn't really have time for conversations. Characters will have honest, revealing moments, before another character who was listening to them will reset it to bring the focus back to the story.
Of course, having such a long episode doesn't help. And while the seven episodes of Volume 1 may look like about 80% of Season 4, they aren't. The last two episodes are film lengths, and director and executive producer Shawn Levy reveals that they are longer than Ryan Reynolds' two films (the action comedy Free Guy and the Adam Project in SF Adventure). That is, volume 1 can be close to two-thirds. This is a long end.
Mike, Will, and Jonathan are essentially removed from the show. Joyce and Murray (Brett Gelman) set out on an adventure, while Eleven is pretty much on her own. And Hopper was sequestered away from these folks at the end of Stranger Things 3 itself. While the bulk of the gang is still working together in Hawkins, it's never as exciting, joyous, or enjoyable as previous seasons. What we're left with — at least in Volume 1 — is a disjointed poorer show, unfortunately. One that's trying to go in various directions, but doesn't always have the room for it, despite the aforementioned crazy runtimes. I'm afraid Stranger Things 4 has gotten too big for its own good.
