The first 20 minutes had me worried that this was going to be a stridently anti-man angry feminist film, and not in a good way. (There's a place for those, but not in my teen vampire movies.) However, the tone evens out and the message of the overall movie is much better. Like Lost Boys, this isn't a deep movie, but it's fun, and the soundtrack is good, and we had a lot of fun watching it. There are a few times where the humor didn't quite reach its obvious intent, but overall, it's a good movie.
Serious kudos to the film for hiring a trans actress to play a trans character, but also for making that a minor part of the story, rather than a Very Special Episode. It's just part of the character's background that makes her who she is, and it's handled very well.
(Side note to the Boomers and older Gen-X folks: Like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Daybreak, Bit is made with Millennial/Gen-Z values. In our era, one non-white character and one girl were considered appropriately diverse for any group of otherwise white, male heroes. Movies like Bit, however, speak to the younger generations who live in a much more diverse world and have much different baseline expectations for that. If you find yourself irked by it, try acknowledging that it's not *your* teen years that are being represented. It's okay if movies like this aren't about or "for" us. Letting go of the need to have them be "for" us is the best way I've found to enjoy them for what they are.)
Serious kudos to the film for hiring a trans actress to play a trans character, but also for making that a minor part of the story, rather than a Very Special Episode. It's just part of the character's background that makes her who she is, and it's handled very well.
(Side note to the Boomers and older Gen-X folks: Like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Daybreak, Bit is made with Millennial/Gen-Z values. In our era, one non-white character and one girl were considered appropriately diverse for any group of otherwise white, male heroes. Movies like Bit, however, speak to the younger generations who live in a much more diverse world and have much different baseline expectations for that. If you find yourself irked by it, try acknowledging that it's not *your* teen years that are being represented. It's okay if movies like this aren't about or "for" us. Letting go of the need to have them be "for" us is the best way I've found to enjoy them for what they are.)