{"id":54655,"date":"2022-07-01T18:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/stranger-things-4-volume-2-2022-review-the-ending-is-epic-and-leaves-you-wanting-more-but-the-netflix-series-is-reluctant-to-take-the-last-step-towards-greatness\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T10:35:07","slug":"stranger-things-4-volume-2-2022-review-the-ending-is-epic-and-leaves-you-wanting-more-but-the-netflix-series-is-reluctant-to-take-the-last-step-towards-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/stranger-things-4-volume-2-2022-review-the-ending-is-epic-and-leaves-you-wanting-more-but-the-netflix-series-is-reluctant-to-take-the-last-step-towards-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things 4 &#8211; Volume 2 (2022) review: The ending is epic and leaves you wanting more, but the Netflix series is reluctant to take the last step towards greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The not so long wait has come to an end. <strong>Netflix<\/strong> today premiered the last two episodes of &#8216;Stranger Things 4&#8217;, thus closing a season that had raised its commitment to terror without sacrificing anything that made it one of the most addictive series in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>Everything suggested a carnage caused by Vecna \u200b\u200band the truth is that the confrontation with this sinister character has been strongly felt in Hawkins.  The series bets a <em>in crescendo<\/em> continued until reaching heights more typical of a gigantic blockbuster than of a television series, but it is also true that it lacks <strong>the last dose of courage to take &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; to another level.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --> <\/p>\n<h2>rising tension<\/h2>\n<p>As in previous installments, &#8216;Stranger Things 4&#8217; separates its protagonists into different groups to face the threat they are dealing with.  This means that some characters end up having more importance and weight than others, but the truth is that the Duffers<strong> they know how to integrate more intimate moments very well<\/strong> without this implying a break in the rhythm and also providing that necessary dose of humanity to remind us why what happens to them matters so much to us.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n<p>     <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>At this point, tension also plays a fundamental role.<\/strong>, often to remind us how happy its protagonists could be if all goes well.  Obviously, it doesn&#8217;t take long to remind us that this is unlikely to happen, since something that these two episodes do very well is to intensify the feeling of danger, and not only through the intimidating presence of Vecna.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-large\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy \" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stranger Things Finale Season 4\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stranger Things Finale Season 4\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/7faed5\/stranger-things-final-temporada-4\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>There we have the main hook,<\/strong> Well, both the seventh episode and a good part of the eighth are headed towards an inevitable confrontation.  Plans rarely go as we have planned and that leads to all the main characters having to face extreme situations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The creators of 'Stranger Things' want &quot;do a george lucas&quot; and tweak an episode to correct a continuity flaw (and it wouldn't be the first time they've done it)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/1042ac\/stranger-things\/375_142.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Again, &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; once again proves to be capable of a <strong>great use of parallel mounting<\/strong> in those moments when there seems to be no going back.  Personally, I think it ends up getting the idea that many characters are simply useless, because in the end only Eleven can make the balance perhaps lean on the side of the heroes.  After all, she is the one with similar abilities to Vecna.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<h2>Many virtues but also some downside<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-large\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:49.609375%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy \" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stranger Things 4 Max Final\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stranger Things 4 Max Final\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/dafe5c\/stranger-things-4-max-final\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s when season 4 of the Netflix series touches tech<\/strong>I don&#8217;t think anything would have happened if the series ended there either.  However, that is not the plan of the Duffers, which causes some other questionable decision -I will not say in what sense because of avoiding spoilers completely- that flattens the interest of the film a bit. <em>season finale <\/em>before leaving us with honey on our lips with that very powerful <em>cliffhanger<\/em>.  It has been said that there will probably be a time jump before the fifth season but what happens there screams to know what will happen in a matter of minutes, not months or years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><\/p>\n<p>Also, <strong>this final stretch of the season also looks on another level visually<\/strong>.  Volume 1 was already a decided step forward, undoubtedly the result of its enormous budget -there is talk of 270 million dollars-, but here it was time to go a step further, and do so without falling into digital schizophrenia or unnecessary saturation.  There is nothing wrong with the episodes on that side, since it is also the additional support necessary for that epic aspect to take over the story, but as the main great complement and not as an excuse for anything goes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 8 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"'Stranger Things' and its cinephile references: 11 easter eggs from season 4 to enjoy the Netflix series even more\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/14dacc\/stranger-things-easter-eggs-1-\/375_142.jpg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>yes, here <strong>that terrifying touch associated with Vecna \u200b\u200blowers the level a bit<\/strong>.  In part it is because we already know better who he is and what he wants, but also because his methods of action are the same and they no longer impress as much as the first time.  That this is not understood as making the character less, but here there is also that feeling that he said before that the series has lacked taking that last step forward.  I don&#8217;t doubt that he will do it in the fifth either.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 9 --><\/p>\n<h2>In short<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-large\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:49.84375%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy \" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stranger Things 4 Final Russia\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stranger Things 4 Final Russia\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/362bdd\/stranger-things-4-final-rusia\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The end of &#8216;Stranger Things 4&#8217; has been as epic as we expected and perhaps more, it has also handled its characters very well, it has given the chest visually and laid the foundation for a final season that promises to be dizzying .  Let&#8217;s hope that the Duffers dare to take that definitive leap into the void that the series needs to go from being very good -without a doubt, one of the best Netflix of the year- and addictive to that other level that few series reach. <strong>It is in your hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 10 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The not so long wait has come to an end. Netflix today premiered the last two episodes of &#8216;Stranger Things 4&#8217;, thus closing a season that had raised its commitment to terror without sacrificing anything that made it one of the most addictive series in recent years. 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