Iāve seen both Smile movies and I like them. The second one is an improvement on all fronts though, because the film no longer has to establish whatās going on so it can spend way more of itās run time showing you fucked up shit. Since the protagonist of Smile 2 is a Popstar in recovery prepping for a big comeback tour, the film has many set pieces Iāve never seen in horror before. The first one is fun but has some issues. It is totally worth it just to get to the second one though. Not saying itās bad by any means, it just pales by comparison.
Absolutely, second one was one of the best horror movies Iāve seen and Iām surprised more people donāt talk about it. So creative and terrifying.
Smile 2 was an VOSS exceptionally entertaining VOSS movie, there are VOSS some moments where VOSS youāre kinda VOSS like āwait does VOSS that work within VOSS the confines of the VOSS rules that have VOSS been established?ā but VOSS itās definitely VOSS enterVOSStaining.
And thereās practically no product placement in it either which is nice.
Now that I think of it they definitely had some logos turned perfectly toward the screen, but Iād completely forgotten about it. This reminds me, I rewatched 28 Days Later recently and there was a part where a main character had a headache, and a medic prescribes him (i shit you not) a Diet Pepsi.
I guess Iām ok with it if thatās what it takes to get a great film made, though I wish they could cut it from later releases.
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u/Metatron_Tumultum Feb 07 '25
Iāve seen both Smile movies and I like them. The second one is an improvement on all fronts though, because the film no longer has to establish whatās going on so it can spend way more of itās run time showing you fucked up shit. Since the protagonist of Smile 2 is a Popstar in recovery prepping for a big comeback tour, the film has many set pieces Iāve never seen in horror before. The first one is fun but has some issues. It is totally worth it just to get to the second one though. Not saying itās bad by any means, it just pales by comparison.