megaruda

The episode 7 feels like the season finale, the rest of the episodes are beyond garbage, like garbage is too much of a good name, some people may eat garbage, anyone could eat garbage to survive, my dogs love garbage, this is beyond garbage, my dogs would puke it and need a lot of vet appointments, the acting of everyone besides joe locke is fine, Joe locke gets trashed in the last 2 episodes when compared to everybody else, they didnt take care of him, or idk, but his line delivery is off, his tone is off, everything regarding acting is off and trash and beyond garbage, I wish the story was about witched without forcing a gay character that is badly acted, the writting wasnt that bad, it wasnt a terribly written queer character but a terribly acted one, CRINGE.

This film feels like part of a new trend in cinema where we're meant to empathize with wealthy characters. Unfortunately, the pacing in the first half is really slow, with a bit too much setup. I found myself struggling to stay engaged during that part. At two hours long, it could have benefited from tighter editing.

That said, I enjoyed it more than the first Smile. While the ending was predictable, it was executed in a really fun way, especially with the creature's makeup, which reminded me of Society. It had the vibe of what The Substance aimed for but didn't quite achieve, either due to budget or vision. This is a movie where having a millionaire superstar actually made sense for the story, unlike others like Trap, where the inclusion of a pop star felt unnecessary.

Overall, while I loved the ending, the sluggish first half dragged the experience down for me.

The first 2 acts of the film are great, its interesting, the protagonist is smart, does things right but so does the mysterious antagonist. Then its just trash, having to dumb down a character to that extent is tragic, she was allegedly gen z then she turned into a boomer in 10 secs just because they couldnt figure out how to write the third act, my suspense of disbelief was gone in a second.

It was ok, loved the social critique, but the difference between this one and films like Saw/Aliens, is that the two forces in the film are incredibly strong throughout the film, theres nothing they can do better because the antagonist is so powerful, in this case on the other hand the end was dumb vs dumber vs dumbest.