Skip to main content

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale Review


Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale Review

A pretty good addition to the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but could be better

As promised I am here to review The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale. If you have not seen my review for Season 1 of the show, I recommend reading it first. I'm going to keep things a bit brief in this post. 
So,  the episode starts off with a flashback to the previous year as Sabrina and her friend are going to see Santa. Then it jumps ahead to the present day once again. So, the witches don't celebrate Christmas, but the celebrate the Winter Solstice, and Sabrina decides to hold a seance to attempt to contact her dead mother, and then things slightly go wrong. Ghost children end up plaguing their house, and Susie is captured by a demon. Can Sabrina and family save her, and their house? Find out in this episode of, The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina!
Alright, this episode feels a bit rushed, and the plot does hold as much weight as it did during Season 1. I think they could have taken their time with this a bit more, and maybe pushed the release date back another week to give themselves more time to work on the script and make sure the episode is solid. 
It's not bad, but it's not their best. Granted this episode is supposed to be a placeholder until Season 2 comes out. Apparently Season 2 is coming out early next year, which kinda makes me nervous that the show will drop in quality, and they're not giving themselves enough time, but hey, I could be wrong.
Anyways, back to the episode, I think they added some interesting lore to the series, but it doesn't make sense that Sabrina is always questioning what stuff is in the witch world, because she was raised in it. I think they could have done a better explanation if they had one of her friends asking about their traditions, but this is more of a minor nitpick.
I think the Susie plot line should have been the main focus for the episode. It was interesting and they could have made it a holiday mystery. The main plot should have been the subplot, though I would have still kept the fact that Sabrina did try to contact her mom. 
That brings me to the seance, and it was an interesting idea, but there are better seance scenes out there. I know this seance was supposed to be happy, but it turned more dark, and I really think another show, Penny Dreadful, had a better seance scene. I still liked where they wanted to go with the scene, I just didn't feel the emotional impact that it wanted me to feel.
It's not a bad episode, but it's not great. There were a ton of improvements they could have made, but in the end, it's still watchable. I just hope that The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina picks it up again in Season 2.


final score: 2.9/5
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Uncharted Movie Review

Uncharted Movie Review Not As Good As The Games I went and saw the movie Uncharted a while ago, and it was as I expected it to be. If you are a fan of the games, well... prepare for disappointment. Uncharted follows Nathan Drake (Tom Holland), a low level thief as he is recruited by Victor Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to go on a treasure hunt. As someone who has played some of the games, but not all, I have to say that the Uncharted film is what I thought it would be. A mishmash of all four games but not committing to any of them. The acting is a bit stale, and the plot is predictable. The camera work was fine, but the music was underused. Tom Holland should not have been Nathan Drake. He lacks the charisma, the attitude, and the charm. He may have passed for a teenage Nathan Drake, but he should have only been in a few scenes. I'm not the biggest fan of Tom Holland either long time readers may know. Now, onto Mark Wahlberg as Victor Sullivan. Mark Wahlberg is way too young to be playi
Post a Comment
Read more

Coda Movie Review

Coda Movie Review This Deserved Best Picture So, I just got back from seeing Coda, and it was amazing! This was the second attempt to see this film as the first time, someone booked the entire theater for a private screening. I'm going to take from a summary from IMDB to summarize the plot: " As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents." The acting was  phenomenal, the  cinematography was beautiful, and the story was human. The way this film is crafted is nothing short but excellent. I will not that not everything is 100% accurate, but for narrative reasons, I understand the choices they made. The actors have amazing chemistry together. Everything feels natural between them and they all bring their characters to life. No performance fell flat. I perhaps would
Post a Comment
Read more

The Batman Movie Review

The Batman Movie Review A Solid Noir Film I went and saw The Batman the other day with one of my buddies and I must say, we really enjoyed it. Granted I don't think this movie is for everyone. The Batman follows Batman (Robert Pattinson) during his second year of crime fighting. When the mayor of Gotham is killed by The Riddler (Paul Dano), it is up to Batman with the help of James Gordon (Jeffery Wright), and Selina Kyle (Zoë Kravitz) to stop him. From a visual point of view, The Batman is gorgeous. Every frame is a painting. The acting is solid, the plot is solid. The musical score is outstanding. I personally loved the film, but there are some things in it that could off-set some Batman fans. I typically get into the acting first, but like you've probably already heard many reviewers say before, the city is a character in this film. Gotham feels real, grounded, and certainly not a place you'd want to visit. Corruption and crime run rampant at every level of society. The
Post a Comment
Read more