The question I kept asking as I watched was: who is this for? Who is the target audience? I'm 37. I read the book, I saw the original, and the sequel, and the third installment which we won't talk about. IKWYDLS is my favorite horror movie of all time, mostly because of my love for SMG. This series should've been called something else. My review won't compare this to the movies or book as it is as different as apples and onions.
I'll start by saying I agree with a lot of the other reviews. The main chicks face looks like it's in its late 30s. Like she's had a seriously rough life. The others look older also. Imo I would've just said these are college kids as the vibe is not of high school seniors. But I'll get to that in a moment. The characters themselves are forgettable. I didn't care for them, but I didn't have any malice towards them either, except the social media girl and our main character. As it goes with most horror related things, there are no blacks, so I can't even relate to anyone, and for this being Hawaii, there sure is a lack of Hawaiians. And why does the dad have a southern draw?
Anyways, let's talk about the parents as my title states. What parents are throwing these wild parties full of drugs drinking, and sex? Especially for their underage kids? A number of reviews were stating kids do drugs these days, it's not a big deal. Clearly those reviewers aren't parents. Yes when we were that age we may have smoked, or snuck alcohol to drink with our friends. But coke? L party" drugs? Are these high school students or late college students? The entire atmosphere was jumbled and wrong. And the parents were in the next room! That's just disrespectful and shameful. Oh and the cops showed up and didn't stop all this underage drinking? This is still set in America, where we have laws. I also didn't understand the point of showing us the guy peeing. Yea it's "edgy" to show a penis in movies now since across the pond they've been doing it forever, but it didn't add anything. I see a penis everyday. I'm a boy lol.
Back to the story. Kids are they shallow yes, and today's kids are rubber obsessed with popularity and social media. But the whole trying to pressure her sister into sex thing was annoying. I get kids are sexually active these days, but that was a bit much. I'm here to watch a horror thing, not the sexcapades of teens. And that's another thing. I'm a twin. An identical twin. I would never say those things to my brother. And I definitely would have more of a reaction to his death than that.
This whole show is just dumb. It's too grown for kids, but too young for adults. I won't be watching anymore of it.
I'll start by saying I agree with a lot of the other reviews. The main chicks face looks like it's in its late 30s. Like she's had a seriously rough life. The others look older also. Imo I would've just said these are college kids as the vibe is not of high school seniors. But I'll get to that in a moment. The characters themselves are forgettable. I didn't care for them, but I didn't have any malice towards them either, except the social media girl and our main character. As it goes with most horror related things, there are no blacks, so I can't even relate to anyone, and for this being Hawaii, there sure is a lack of Hawaiians. And why does the dad have a southern draw?
Anyways, let's talk about the parents as my title states. What parents are throwing these wild parties full of drugs drinking, and sex? Especially for their underage kids? A number of reviews were stating kids do drugs these days, it's not a big deal. Clearly those reviewers aren't parents. Yes when we were that age we may have smoked, or snuck alcohol to drink with our friends. But coke? L party" drugs? Are these high school students or late college students? The entire atmosphere was jumbled and wrong. And the parents were in the next room! That's just disrespectful and shameful. Oh and the cops showed up and didn't stop all this underage drinking? This is still set in America, where we have laws. I also didn't understand the point of showing us the guy peeing. Yea it's "edgy" to show a penis in movies now since across the pond they've been doing it forever, but it didn't add anything. I see a penis everyday. I'm a boy lol.
Back to the story. Kids are they shallow yes, and today's kids are rubber obsessed with popularity and social media. But the whole trying to pressure her sister into sex thing was annoying. I get kids are sexually active these days, but that was a bit much. I'm here to watch a horror thing, not the sexcapades of teens. And that's another thing. I'm a twin. An identical twin. I would never say those things to my brother. And I definitely would have more of a reaction to his death than that.
This whole show is just dumb. It's too grown for kids, but too young for adults. I won't be watching anymore of it.