TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 2 days ago
Smile 1 sucked, it ripped off so much from It Follows and The Ring. It felt like an “elevated horror” movie for dumbasses. Also she had a verifiable trail of evidence detailing what was happening to her I always hate when horror movies have nobody believes the protagonist. And she was a mental health worker too to make my main two points more valid. Also idk its a bit stupid too an evil smile makes people kill themselves. Cool monster at the end tho.
Smile 2 is awesome because it ditched the lame-ass lore and made protagonist a popstar with substance abuse issues and the car crash thing so the audience can pretty easily infer that theres some trauma going on being the theme. And we just get thrust into the mystery and terror with the protagonist. Also she was way more interesting than Smile 1 protag. It ditched the baby elevated horror nonsense for pure schlock and thrills. Hell yeah its getting better reviews.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I guess I was looking for a horror movie. You know, something scary. There was nothing scary about this movie (jumpscares excluded). Those dancers in her room, moving toward her with smiles on their faces? What the hell was that? That was the most high-school production value (with professional dancers I’m sure) scene over ever seen in a horror movie. The “twists” in this movie were always pointless. There was HUGE blocks of time dedicated to scenes that didn’t add anything to the narrative or backstory or tension or anything.
Such indulgent schlock.
TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 2 days ago
Yeah I mean it reminded me of an Herschel Gordon Lewis movie but for modern times