The parallels to Netflix's Stranger Things are amazing. Netflix really chose a good enough movie as the show's influence. It's somehow unrealistic in a lot of ways but it's still a fine movie for a rainy evening.

It was like watch E.T and The Goonies at the same time, but with the knowledge we have nowadays. I really enjoyed it and Michael Giachinno was wonderful as always. J.J Abrams abusing of lens flare, as expected, but it wasn't a bad thing most of the time.

Super entertaining film, at least until the final act, which can't live up to what's come earlier. The interaction between the kids is so good, the nostalgia of the bygone 1980's so thick, that the finale's CGI monster thrills fall short. Not that anything is wrong with how the movie wraps up, it just can't compare to the relationships we examined up to that point. The kid actors are seriously good. In fact, Abrams isn't just channeling Speilberg, he's copying him. This is E.T. with a nastier alien. And the thrills generated by the train crash shown in the trailer are nothing next to the full-length crash, which is the highlight of the movie as far as I'm concerned.

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Stranger Things: The Movie (2011)