Big fan of the series and was delighted to see a movie was made after it had been cancelled with more story to tell. However I felt like they did all those years and development a disservice.
Let's start with the positives:
Now the negatives:
Overall it felt very rushed and too compact, they could have made this a 3 part series, created a new enemy, kept old relationships that I enjoyed the development of (Chris & Melissa, Scott & Malia, Stiles & Lydia). The writers and creators had the chance to nail this, instead it felt like an empty attempt.
If there's another movie or any follow up I will of course watch it, but I really hope they take the feedback from their fans.
Let's start with the positives:
- Scott was great, made it feel nostalgic
- I loved Derek (as usual), he nailed this one.
- It was nice to have the gang back together, it felt like they picked up where they left off in terms of connection.
- Some of the actors did really well to maintain their character development after 6 years off.
- Loved having coach back in there (he hadn't changed a single bit).
- I liked they kept lacrosse in the film, though could have done this bit better, like a lot of things it felt squeezed in.
Now the negatives:
- Why oh why did they revisit a previous enemy, they had a chance to come up with something new and interesting, the writers here were really lazy.
- Allison coming back felt really quite pointless. They also ruined her re-connection with Scott - wow they had so many opportunities with this reunion and it felt dragged out and diluted with no real 'moment', also her resurrection was a complete joke - bit of dirt and a sword at the old tree stump? Boom, job done.
- Malia and Parish? I didn't like this, it felt very forced and pointless and put in there so that Scott could get back with Allison, honestly I would have left Allison out of it and kept Scott and Malia.
- Hikari and Derek's son Eli - both great characters, absolute no storyline, just throw em in there for whatever reason.
- Jackson's character - what on earth happened here? He was just in the background with Lydia acting like a complete arse, all his character development thrown out the window.
- Lydia forgot how to act and just seemed depressed the whole movie.
- I don't see how you can make this movie without Stiles.. his own reason for not being in it is the exact reason why it failed - it was too fast.
- Peter Hale seemed out of place, missed their chance with a great character here.
- The ending with Derek felt completely pointless, like the writers threw it in whilst they were filming the scene.
Overall it felt very rushed and too compact, they could have made this a 3 part series, created a new enemy, kept old relationships that I enjoyed the development of (Chris & Melissa, Scott & Malia, Stiles & Lydia). The writers and creators had the chance to nail this, instead it felt like an empty attempt.
If there's another movie or any follow up I will of course watch it, but I really hope they take the feedback from their fans.