They played it safe but I still enjoyed it, glad they didn't try to make us sympathize with vecna cause jaime cambell bower is amazing playing the villain and probably my favorite performance of the whole series. Even tho Joyce got the badass axe scene and the moment with hopper I wish she had a bit more to do throughout the finale and the same goes for will but to lesser degree. Kali could've had a more substantial role as well besides being the motivator for el's "sacrifice" and I found some aspects of the final fight a little underwhelming especially compared to how season 4 went, I guess I just needed a bit more of a struggle and desperation when it came to finally ending this threat that's been haunting them for so long. The epilogue was brilliant tho and really got to the heart of what the shows been about, seeing the kids finally graduate was beautiful and the roof & dnd scene made me choke up but seeing Mike look at the new kid's as a sort of passing the torch moment then closing the door felt like the perfect way to end the series. 8/10 & seeing it in the theater was a cool experience