Saw.
In theaters. Again.
On the big screen.
Let's play a game.
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They don't say "Dinner for Schmucks" a single time.
I love the taxidermy mice, and I love Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell and a lot of the supporting cast. However, for every joke that works, one or two miss, and some of the misses go on for a long time.
Parker Finn's 2022 feature debut <I>Smile</i> was a huge success at the box office, due mostly to its fantastic marketing efforts. I wasn't a big fan (<A HREF="https://boxd.it/3gXX3z">Review</A>) as I felt it lacked in many areas, including both its storyline and scares. Plus, the main character slowly moved along knowing she had little time left. While I did give it three stars, I felt that I was too nice... but <I>Smile 2</i> is another story.
The opening is one of the best I've seen this year. Without spoiling it, let's just say it sets the stage for what unfolds throughout the two hour film, which boasts both a bigger budget and sets.
Naomi Scott is a trooper throughout the film, showcasing a rollercoaster of emotions that lead up to one of the craziest endings I've seen in a long time (and one that sets the stage for a potential <I>Smile 3</i>).
<B>Final thoughts:</B>
This film put a BIG smile on my face.
The effects are the real star for sure.
Would love to know more about the folks at the Slaughtered Lamb. Would think there is a LOT more story there.
90s teen horror is my favorite subgenre of horror, and it's not even close.
The Faculty is Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets the Breakfast Club. Josh Hartnett is a drug dealer who also knows a lot about science. Elijah Wood drinks a juice box alone on the bleachers. Shooter McGavin is there. For some reason Usher is also there and got a spot on the movie poster instead of Mary Beth, an actual main character, which is a little messed up.
My only complaint is the final scene has some epilogue choices that are a bit much.
Maybe technically limited, but wonderfully acted and a great story. Lon Chaney does tortured soul well.
If you closed your eyes and just listened to Clooney and Pitt, or watched and put it on mute, you have an <i>Oceans</i> film.
We came here to burgle your turts!
This is an instant obsession. It's such an interesting combination of charm and whimsy with darkness. The songs are so catchy, and it is unexpectedly laugh out loud funny. I was trying to lock some of my favorite quotes to memory but they kept getting replaced with new favorites. I want to watch it again already.
The characters are SO CUTE in their Halloween costumes. Puss in Boots is a little vampire, and the three blind mice are skeletons, and I love it. The new version of Welcome to Duloc is perfect. I did not expect this to be a parodies of Bride of Frankenstein, Psycho, and the Exorcist, but I will take it.
Way better than I remembered, but my memory might be cloudy from mushing all the Saw movies I've seen together.
The contraptions are pretty interesting, and I like how it starts so abruptly and has multiple surprising reveals at the end. My only complaint is some weird editing choices, like when Amanda is shaking the jaw thing around, the car chase being sped up, and the super odd transition from Danny Glover to a car.
From the team behind <I>Terrifer2</i> comes <I>Stream</i>, a film that traps people in a hotel and murders them one by one for points (and money), which is broadcast to people all over the world. It's not an original concept, and has been, in some ways, developed before (and a little better) in such films as <I>Unfriended: Dark Web</i>, <I>The Deep Web: Murdershow</i> and <I>Dark Web: Descent Into Hell</i>. Still, it's worth a watch for the setting and colors (which look incredible on my LG OLED TV) alone, but not the acting and terrible decisions almost all of the characters make.
<b>Final thoughts:</b>
Give it a watch, but there's no need to shed any tears if you get disconnected.
The build up is OK, but they obviously didn’t REALLY have any story to tell. Just sort of meanders and then it ends.
