Y’all were right. Not only is it gnarly as hell and Naomi Scott is fucking incredible, but the film has a great sense of energy and personality in the camerawork and editing.
The decision to have the lead be an overwhelmed celebrity this time is brilliant. I’m stressed the fuck out and the Smile Demon isn’t even on screen. It’s an improvement over the first film in every way.
Maybe it's because of where I'm currently at emotionally, and because I'm seeing it with my family, but I found this to be a lot cuter and sweeter than I remembered, so I'm bumping it up half a star.
Good revisit, because I haven't seen the second and third ones yet.
I'm actually in disbelief how much Marvel Studios let Sam Raimi do his weird horror shit in this. The Evil Dead camera movements, the strange editing choices, the jump scares that are also kinda funny etc. The script is all over the place, yes, but good god does this take swings.
It's messy, clunky, scary, gnarly, batshit insane. It just GOES for it. First half is not great, one cameo made me scream, but then the second half (visuals+score) just…
Like a lot of real parents, Ming doesn’t understand that half of her good deeds and intentions no longer align with Mei’s desires and interests. It’s not a matter of Mei becoming a teenage rebel who openly opposes parental authority. Mei’s just growing up and is not a child anymore, and Ming’s not seeing it. Or better, she’s finding it hard to accept, because one of the hardest things for a parent to do is to let go of your…
