atthepyramids

4mo

cinema is back.

Jonboi

5mo

This was A LOT better than the first one.
I blame Sosie Bacon.

Definitely the scariest movie I’ve seen so far this year, in large part because it finds the perfect tension to jump-scare ratio.
 A long time ago, someone had this idea that things are more horrifying when left up to one’s imagination. And, while that can sometimes be the case, treating it like some sort of truism is stupid. Cinema has the power to make the uncanny real. Things are scary when they look creepy and pop out at you. Who’d have thought? Perhaps it’s a testament to how difficult it is to actually make something look creepy, and how successfully Smile 2 succeeds at serving up the sort of knowingly playful thrills a movie like this calls for.

But it’s also scary in ways that surprised me, too, like that sequence where they’re driving up the mountain. The unreliable narrator element might feel cheap if it weren’t consistently effective. Sure, we lose the plot in collateral damage, but it also means the tension never leaves the room, and the ball gets to keep rolling. It’s the perfect middle ground between crowd-friendly and stylish, and Naomi Scott gives us champagne for the price of Voss water.

I also like how the film just sort of ends, without giving us any sort of ramp up to the finale. That’s how it can be with mental illness. You just run out of time.

Nayuta

4mo

do i have to have seen the 1st one to watch this or is it standalone

Nayuta

4mo

do i have to have seen the 1st one to watch this or is it standalone

August

6mo

I like how the director has put the protagonist t through helllll in these lol He doesn't hold back at all. I can't wait to see what he does outside of this

Jonboi

5mo

This was A LOT better than the first one.
I blame Sosie Bacon.

Definitely the scariest movie I’ve seen so far this year, in large part because it finds the perfect tension to jump-scare ratio.
 A long time ago, someone had this idea that things are more horrifying when left up to one’s imagination. And, while that can sometimes be the case, treating it like some sort of truism is stupid. Cinema has the power to make the uncanny real. Things are scary when they look creepy and pop out at you. Who’d have thought? Perhaps it’s a testament to how difficult it is to actually make something look creepy, and how successfully Smile 2 succeeds at serving up the sort of knowingly playful thrills a movie like this calls for.

But it’s also scary in ways that surprised me, too, like that sequence where they’re driving up the mountain. The unreliable narrator element might feel cheap if it weren’t consistently effective. Sure, we lose the plot in collateral damage, but it also means the tension never leaves the room, and the ball gets to keep rolling. It’s the perfect middle ground between crowd-friendly and stylish, and Naomi Scott gives us champagne for the price of Voss water.

I also like how the film just sort of ends, without giving us any sort of ramp up to the finale. That’s how it can be with mental illness. You just run out of time.

Slut_me_out_boo

10mo

Looks predictable af

The movie will end with shawty offing herself in front of the crowd after smiling at them

austin_butler_fan4

6mo

yall call this horror ? lol this is comedy to someone with a life like me.

sponge bob

3mo

Disagree / First one was a lot better imo maybe just because of the novelty of what was happening

This was good. but it sort of just redid a lot of the focal points from the first one in different settings. Most everything was predictable, every scene eventually is going to morph into the demon taking over... etc

Not a bad film but didn't really bring anything fresh imo. New clothes on something they already did in the first one. That being said Naomi did a great job and none of my criticism falls on her she was really good