The third film is the best one, but it's not perfect by any means. It's also much more mature than the first two films. This one is for adults in my opinion.
The entire series acts like only LGBT+ people are discriminated against. This one especially missed the mark. There's no reference to what black people were going through in 1666. Slavery was bad. Talk about it, since the series is about wanting freedom to be yourself.
The entire series overall kind of misses the mark on diversity. They have two black characters, Henry and Martin, but Martin really gets the short end of the stick development wise. Martin was great in movie 1, but they don't have him at all in movie 2, although for myself I picked out a camp counsellor that could have been his younger self in 1978. Martin is also mostly just kind of a goofy guy. Henry, the other black character is more developed, but he's presented as safer, since he's a nerd, and must be adopted or a half sibling, since his sister is either mixed or white.
There are some good moments for the back characters though. There's a nice bond between Martin and Henry at times throughout the first and third film. If there's a fourth film I would like to see both characters develop much more, and for their struggles with racism to be discussed. Especially since both towns appear to be majority white.
It was a fun watch, but it needed more.
The entire series acts like only LGBT+ people are discriminated against. This one especially missed the mark. There's no reference to what black people were going through in 1666. Slavery was bad. Talk about it, since the series is about wanting freedom to be yourself.
The entire series overall kind of misses the mark on diversity. They have two black characters, Henry and Martin, but Martin really gets the short end of the stick development wise. Martin was great in movie 1, but they don't have him at all in movie 2, although for myself I picked out a camp counsellor that could have been his younger self in 1978. Martin is also mostly just kind of a goofy guy. Henry, the other black character is more developed, but he's presented as safer, since he's a nerd, and must be adopted or a half sibling, since his sister is either mixed or white.
There are some good moments for the back characters though. There's a nice bond between Martin and Henry at times throughout the first and third film. If there's a fourth film I would like to see both characters develop much more, and for their struggles with racism to be discussed. Especially since both towns appear to be majority white.
It was a fun watch, but it needed more.