as many of you know I'm a big fan of the chilling Adventures of Sabrina stop with
it far longer than Riverdale I'm still with the show even though you're gonna
see I don't have the greatest things to say about part three but one of the
things that has made this such a good show is its ambition well unfortunately
no it feels more like a movie I don't know if that's because it's on Netflix
or not but it's felt you know less teen drama even Riverdale even though of
course that's very much a part of the show's DNA but unfortunately I feel with
part three it finally bit off more than it could chew which makes it the weakest
part yet but that said it still has its moments because again it's a really good
show and I'm so very excited for part 4 which has already been greenlight and I
really kind of you know I guess you have to pass through this to get to that and
you know that's a very good way to describe it because it was a bit of a
chore to get through these eight new episodes whereas with the first two
parts and the holiday special I found myself thoroughly engaged alright so
what's the problem as I said it was a couple of problems the biggest one is
that a bit off as I said way more than it could chew if you can't afford to
portray things like hell or even I think it was Scotland don't write that into
your script I totally can tell where the movie where the it's nice that I called
it a movie I can totally tell where the show is you know cheating and cutting
corners budget wise you know just because your character says that's
what's going on doesn't mean I'm going to believe it and often I did it like oh
my hell looks exactly like every location where this show has already
been shot come on I also felt that hell's throne room and Lilith's dress
why would Lilith not look amazing right I thought those things were particularly
disappointing also the characters for some reason I felt seemed off like I'll
be curious to see how you feel about this but like Sabrina's hair seemed like
a wig this season I don't know if it is or not but it just looked off even like
her lipstick application looked a little off it was weird
Harvey's hair a couple of shades too dark I was like
why does his hair suddenly darker I mean everyone looks like themselves but kind
of not it just worked me a little bit I was like are you rushing the show or
these actors not ready to come back like what's going on they're not really doing
anything else from as far as we can tell right and speaking of being out of
character after all the work they did to get to a good place
the new drama between Nick Nick and Sabrina seems super contrived like
obviously just there for the sake of creating drama then here's something
that really threw me and this is difficult because you know I'm not a
member of the LGBT community so I'm not sure what members of that community
would like to see so I really want your feedback on this especially after you
see the show this is a non-spoilery review door I'm not gonna give anything
really big away but this is such a an odd choice by the show I feel we should
we should discuss it here and I'm not giving the whole thing away all right so
anyway Theo has a new love interest right and after all the work that was
done with his trans storyline very bold work and you know you know worth
applauding to have him fall for I would I believe the term is assists male
character and for their relationship to seemingly have classic male/female
dynamics at least that's how it seemed to me again I don't know how the LGBT
community is gonna feel about that I don't know what they want with the Theo
character but I don't think this is it same for Ambrose who seems to have lost
all his pansexuality in his new relationship with prudence it's just
it's like suddenly Theo seems like Theo in name only
instead of in his core being which the show worked very hard I mean as much as
Theo says oh I'm so happy you accept me as I am I'm like you don't seem that
different than you did before to be perfectly honest you know so I just it's
it's it doesn't seem to have a level of representation that it one's dead again
I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts about this especially if you
remember the LGBT community there is a surprise twist at the end of part three
which I think is supposed to maybe make up for these other losses but it comes
out of nowhere so it also seems very contrived
and pandering I also feel there's a lot of the same stuff going on here as in
the first two parts Blackwood is still a problem hilda and Zelda still don't
communicate prudence still has daddy issues Lilith is still
threatened by the Dark Lord Sabrina still can't decide between being
human or a witch the show has kind of a clever answer to that in the final
episode the season finale you know part 3 finale where the show goes all
Avengers endgame and that was the best part of the show in fact I almost feel
like it could have just been like maybe one or two episodes this season like a
special instead of an entire season because that stuff was interesting so I
want to see where the story goes next and also I'm very curious about Father
Blackwood's twins which do return and that's all I'm going to say
they're also immediately sidelined after their very interestingly reintroduce so
I'm excited to get back to them and also I just loved these characters so let's
talk about the good so while her look is off in part 3 sabrina is still in the
role that Kiernan Shipka was born to play she perfectly personifies the real
magic of this show and that simultaneously laughing it's laughing at
it South High camp but also taking itself deeply seriously as a story about
witchcraft and paganism and all that I think that's really show clearly in some
ways does its research ship this ability to discuss chant and question spells
while making it all seem totally believable continues to be impressive
and everyone here is likeable the whole cast is likable so I'll just tell you my
favorites and I'll be curious to your favorites down below as well Ross Lynch
is Harvey's great Michelle Gomez Lilith loved that character chance Perdomo or
podamos Ambrose and Lucy Davis as Hilda jazz
Sinclair is Ross and tatty Gabriel's prudence have grown as characters over
the past you know part 2 and so they've become new favorites of mine but both
are tragically sidelined here yet again there's little developments with them
but it's a shame to see them not get more to do when both actresses are just
so darn good and their characters are so interesting but you know there's
line four new characters I like those new I like the new characters to be
honest with you well their relationship to me does seem problematic I thought
that Jonathan white-cell is still very charismatic as Robin he has like a
really interesting look and smile if it's very well with the show and sky
marshals Mambo Murray is a particularly wonderful addition I think bringing
different types of magic in this case voodoo into the show is a fantastic idea
and I wish that more of that was done here and I hope that's something they do
more of in part 4 again there's like little there's like potential through
part 3 and you're like I'm more of that and they don't do more of that you're
like maybe you're saving it for part 4 I'll be back and I'll find out and then
also while these characters have been annoying and not at all developed by the
way Sam Korra is still very charismatic as Caliban and he is you know he has a
fun British accent he does a nice job with what he's given which is it much
and some of the episodes do have the magic of the previous seasons I would
say my favorite is Sabrina having to collect souls for Hell and finding out
the deals that each person made in exchange for their souls that was pretty
cool I don't know why it's stuff started and then stops so suddenly but it made
for a really a really good episode it was a good procedural a bit networking
right every episode we meet a new soul so maybe you know a Netflix show
wouldn't want to do that but I would have preferred that to be more of the
focus of the season than the stupid carnival storyline too many carnivals
recently I'm done with carnivals for a while which of course the carnivals not
what it seems right and it gets kind of mid salary but not nearly as well done
as midsummer midsummer out which Sabrina which is understandable because you know
how Ari Astor is just willing to go there this show gets pretty close but
not already asked your level but it takes also that it takes Sabrina her
friends and her coven so damn long to figure out what's going on when it's so
freakin obvious also slows the show down a little bit and makes it a little bit
frustrating to watch you're like it's so obviously problems wrong with you so if
you're a big fan of this show like me of course you're gonna watch part 3 and
you'll enjoy parts of it even though as I said it's really just a giant setup
for part 4 and I would have preferred this speed maybe half the
so it's right I mean I would have read pen this thing that's basically my
review I would have wet read pen this sucker and crossed out a whole bunch of
stuff from written notes like you can't afford to do that so don't even try you
know when the show goes beyond its reach it falters but when it's when it just at
the precipice of being like a movie is its sweet spot and then it's really good
and also as I said this also could have just maybe been like a special that
would have worked as well so that's my non-spoiler review the chilling
Adventures of Sabrina part 3 which drops on Netflix this Friday so share your
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