Submitted 1 day ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.ee
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268110/
I feel like Disney is somehow involved. The whole time I was watching it I felt like it was a Descendents-style take on the Smile movies. More gore, yes, and jumpscares. But none of the creeping suspense in the first movie. None of the “race against the clock.”
It was just “Hey, this girl got stuck with the Smile thing. She’s gonna die.” And then you watched the whole movie and
then she died
.
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.
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.
Yeah I mean it reminded me of an Herschel Gordon Lewis movie but for modern times
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted
Because they are upset that people like a movie and are blaming Disney for it.
It’s silly and ignores others feelings for personal held beliefs.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 11 hours ago
I liked it a lot.
Felt very Lovecraft in that the idea of winning against it should never have been considered.
The horror feels visceral and the uncomfortable nature of the moment by moment is awful if you empathize with the protagonist.
I like the Fall of the House of Usher and there is no happy ending for any of those characters. They have things happen and then they die.
This was more about spectacle, no grand story just a visceral and loud one of watching a poor person be fucked by trauma.
I think it is weird that you are upset that other people like this movie and are blaming studio meddling.
People could like peanut butter sandwiches I won’t make a post saying I’m weirded out that people are eating them and that George Washington Carver must be behind it somehow.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
I was/am genuinely shocked. I realize my bile is a form of gatekeeping, but I can’t help myself. I watched it, having no prior knowledge of it, formed an opinion, went to IMDb and was in disbelief.
I have three kids, one teen and two pre-teens and I’m REALLY familiar with Disney-style acting. There was a LOT of it in Smile 2.