Review: ‘The Boys’ season 3, best of all so far?

At a time when the deconstruction of the superhero, or rather the figure of Superman, in programs like ‘Invincible’ or the HBO series ‘Watchmen’, the third season of ‘The Boys’ remains as a more than fortunate comment to the subject, but why? Well, after three deliveries, his proposal is no longer so innovative.

Born as a parody of the Marvel and DC Comics superheroes, the comic series created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, ‘The Boys’ was one of those works of the ninth art that became popular for being alternative and transgressive in a market saturated with creations of big companies.

Later, and after several attempts at adaptation, Amazon Prime Video finally brings it to the small screen, ‘The boys’, the comic adaptation of the same name, with Eric Kripke, creator of “Supernatural”, leading the show. Interestingly, the series also opens in the middle of superhero cinema saturation and is again successful.

However, the years have passed, the superhero deconstruction is nothing new, it isThe boys’ and its third season are even more relevant than ever. And it’s all due to the impressive evolution that the genre has had in the last three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.

‘The Boys’ evolves its message and adapts

The first season of “The Boys” was a commentary on capitalism and big mega-corporations, the second seemed to go off the rails a bit, focusing more on the superhero parody, but not for the one with less quality. For the third installment, he goes back to his old ways, but adapting the goal of him amidst the chaos.

First, it looks like Eric Kripke wanted to remove all the straw left over from Season 2, to focus on a drama driven entirely by his characters and their problems, spinning each of their motivations very well and reacting to each of the events accordingly. what’s going on in the plot.

Therefore, each of the members of Los Siete y Los Chicos has an important mission to carry out within the grand plan, and which never deviates from what ‘The Boys’ wants to tell for this episode, which concerns family relationships, bonds of parents and children, and the sexism that continues to exist.

The creator and his writer take their characters to different places, to explore the recesses of their minds, such as Butcher and his past, Homelander and his relationship with Soldier Boy, as well as Hughie’s feelings of not being able to save Starlight. However, I have a serious problem with this third season, which I haven’t seen in the past.

Having so many scenes, so many key moments and so much character development, the third season of ‘The boys’ has a severe rhythm problembecause he organizes his sequences in such a way that the respectable cannot lose attention at any moment of what is happening.

And it’s not a problem at Zack Snyder’s level, but rather a mistake that seems commissioned, as there are scenes, like the one in Black Noir towards the end of the season, that ask for their own space to enjoy it in its entirety. . However, it seems the director is nervous that audiences may complain that the scene has already lasted too long, that he has to cut it and then go back to where he is.

However, and seeing the third season set of ‘The boys’, at no time does it feel exhausting or stuffyeverything seems to fit into the big general plot, and at times it has adrenaline bursts, well executed and justified by the script.

And even if at times it seems that the budget is a burden, especially in the big action sequences, where a great exhibition of special effects is required, it knows how to contain itself in order not to exceed. So yes, in short, the third season of “The Boys” could be the best ever.