Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

It's stuck in an in-between place of not-enough-ness. It's too serious, and not serious enough. It has a big budget but not big enough. I do like the way the idea was updated for the 21st century, and the spookiness of the production. Unfortunately, this cauldron of Addams Family, Harry Potter, and Riverdale simmers at just above room temperature when it should be boiling. I realised it wasn't worth my time when I started watching the second season, and barely remembered anything from the first.

I can't figure out the point of this. I tried googling "what is the point of a new dark Sabrina?" but it didn't help

I made it 15 minutes until the principal defends the football players when sexually assaulting a girl because?? and they decide they're going to start a political group to"topple the male patriarchy" make me vomit with this propaganda crap netflix is getting into with their 5 second eye contact sexual harassment rules its a nightmare over there.

It takes itself too seriously, there's not enough emotional stakes, and it suffers from the typical Netflix original problem of episodes running on way too long. That said, it does manage to keep my interest, and I love the overall aesthetic here. Just needs some more fun and spice.

Promissing start but then I gave up, lost interest.

Not for me. Too juvenile and american.

It had its moments, but never totally clicked with me. It felt like it tried too hard to be Serious and Important at times, but was too derivative and silly to escape the genre pieces and go anywhere really interesting. Keen to see if Riverdale is a more interesting take on the source material.

First two episodes are ok, although it was already unfocused then. Afterwards it's just boring filler until the last episode...which was ok. Many boring characters, parroting propaganda crap, which leads to unrealistic scenarios (the principal NOT acting against the sexual harassment part)...as if the main plot isn't disappointing enough. The actors are mostly fine though (her boyfriend being the one really bad actor).

Uneven in places but thoroughly enjoyable to watch. The relationship between Sabrina and her companions strikes me as a relatable distillation of high school life. The narratives are largely satisfying and gesture at larger, universal themes but a few, particularly those involving lesser important characters, could have been more fleshed out. The greatest problem with the CAOS is that I wish it had more time to explore its characters. Which, in the end, isn't a bad thing at all.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina