i tried watching it multiple times but keep turning it off. its not that its bad its just that this series sets up for a foregone conclusion
but i do think the smile curse being passed onto a famous singer was a great idea
so as its only 7pm and im trying to sleep at a normal time im gonna try to log it, at least a little bit
it opens with the ex-bf from the original film, six days later, looking hella depressed cos its kyle gallner (omg what a surprise) and he just has a face for that sort of emotion hes hyping himself up for passing on the smile curse. The curse that makes u see everyone smiling and also as a monster and then u kill urself. IDK if we've seen anyone pass it on succesfully at this point but cant blame him for trying
Lou: HE LOOKS LIKE A WET CAT
HE DOES GOOD GOD
Lou: i have never seen a sadder looking man
hes very good at looking like he's been through it
even if we dont know what he's been through
he just has that kinda face
in case u forgot how the previous movie ended. thats his ex gf might explain the wet cat energy a little
he holds up the brother of a drug lord he knows in an attempt to pass on the curse i kinda feel for the brother cos gettin ur bro some coffee is a v nice thing to do drug lord or no
its a puffer jacket so rly joel's doin u a favour (joel is wet cat man's name. i forgot. its been like three years since ive seen smile)
the subs are like OOP suddenly forgot his name is joel nyways bald man is the curse's target
joel explains why he targeted this specific person cos he is a Good Cop and would only pass on the smile curse to Bad People
sooo basically he has to pass on the curse by makin this guy watch a murder in front of him
excepttttt i dont think we have any confirmation this works, cos im pretty sure the first film (and the short story) establish the death has to be someone who is afflicted by the curse (in the final stage of the curse ppl off themselves while smiling) so joel was kinda doomed from the get go but HEY u gotta try, right [note: actually a gruesome act performed in front of someone will pass the curse onto the spectator. so this should work. I forgot cos it's been so long since I saw Smile]
anyway hella bullets fly and the target dies in joel's arms oh no
yknow in case u didn't watch the first movie and u didnt know what was going on (honestly it kinda benefits from u not having watched the first one cos as i said, joel kinda did it wrong. but he doesnt wanna die and he doesnt know anyone else who is infected so u cant rly blame him)
OH NO someone else has entered the scene. thisd be a good thing except joel doesnt wanna pass it onto an innocent omg jesus magnet on the fridge what does it meannnn
most clipped bit from the movie when it comes to joel [missing gif here cos i couldn't get it off discord. but some girl named piper made a sparkly gif of joel with her name and his name and its very glittery and there's hearts and bears and a rainbow. and its when he's got a sad bloody face.]
..ok well not on giphy i guess but good for you piper!! !
(also still! its this scene!)
(so im not entirely wrong)
its cos he does this n people are like omg look at that emotion. the desperation. he thought nobody was there
he thought no one else was there.
he says sorry cos hes a good man anyways the kid runs, goons come in, joel tries to escape
run run im sure he'll be fine
gee i wonder what theyre presenting
me whenever i have to join an impromptu meeting
rip desu
gotta say im a big fan of today's digital design
the mcs a singer n we get to watch her. sing
she was in a rly bad car accident and omg now shes back. rejoice
drew barrimore is like omg i love ur hair and skye (the star) is like do u like it??? and then we get a quick clip of her pulling her own hair out like trichotillomania is solved by cutting ur hair short
but fair enough, its a movie, lets give it some leeway
what we learned: skye is mentally unwell
and also like. had a friend die in an accident
which the curse is drawn to. or like. at least it seems to find people who tick these boxes
based on the first movie
she meets fans outside. ppls still love her despite the whole. u know. shit outside of her control happening last year
her manager is like GJ! i understand they want us to like her. she didnt do anything wrong she just. got caught up in bad things
regardless the first person i think of when i see skye is gabbie hannah
they play some generic pop and show skye practicing her next coreography credit to the movie it sounds like real pop music, like the kinda shit people listen to
its catchy
also thats a rly cool dancemove
prolly not lets be honest wonder of this choreo will come back
oh skye has a bad back
shes not infected yet so i wonder whats gonna happen up to that point shes got some srs scars from the accident
jfc her manager is her mom ew
skye contacts her dealer cos ow her back ouch ouch
her mums like go straight to bed but omg skye goes somewhere!!1
sooo her drug dealer is that kid who showed up at the den and hes like, super paranoid now. and skye is like jfc i just want some painkillers
have this without context :)
he gives her vicodin and then does the Curse(tm) appointed suicide in front of her
its gross and hard to watch so gj movie u did the horror thing i am uncomfortable (he hits himself in the face with a weight while smiling) its all cg i think but it looks pretty gnarly so gj
wait actually. i think at least part of that mightve been proper grime
it looks good! like in a horrible way
she wants to call 911 but then doesnt cos theres like, drugs and stuff
sorry bud. you died alone. and no one will know why
it upside down zooms into her hotel room and i am here for it
even the door opens upside down. cos it feels so unreal i know its a pretty simple horror movie but i do like it i think it gets across skye's feelings rly well
ill chug some water thatll get my psyche in order. i def didnt see that thing with the weight just now Moe: iirc they did use practical effects here! I think I remember seeing behind the scenes footage of the different prosthetics they swapped between each hit. There's definitely lots of CG on top tho
Moe: also hope u enjoy the movie! I liked it better than the first one
ah thats amazing! im so glad. I think the CG on top does work ,but you can definitely tell at least part of it was practical
i think CG is worthy of respect and it allows for a lot of creativity just studios tend to use CG cos they can pay them less ;_; but if they used both practical and cg here i hope its cos they respected both
that scene worked really well. i do know theres a later one that i think looks kinda jank imo but uedihdsuih maybe seeing it in HD it'll look better
yeah i think the premise of this one works better already. the first one kinda feels like old ghost movies (eg. grudge, the ring) but i feel this concept of a smiling curse is perfect for a singer
omg my neighbours have one of those fake fluffy plant things in their guest bedrooms. nothing says "i dont use this room" more than one of those things
she imagines her dealer in the room. i dont think that flower wall is even real
next scene shes in makeup and her mom is like whoa are u ok and the carpet is like "do i look twin peaks enough???"
her mums like reconnect with ur best friend gemma and im too focused on the lil triangular makeup sponge cos i thought they didnt use those anymore. i use them for gradient nail polish.
i guess as a disposable theyre still pretty good
skye's This Guy (idk what he is. Assistant probably?) is like ill hook u up girl oh no hes just trying to give her sanity water.
which is normal water
but she doesnt want it
oohmygod its darius! we dont know who he is but everyone is happy to see him.
her mom looks super annoyed while darius forces a new "opportunity" on her cos "u dont gotta do anything just SMILE" and skye says "well darnit how can i say no to that"
then theres a montage of skye doing photoshoots but i didnt get what they were tryna convey so here is here right after
girl u cant google that they'll know u where there. when ur dealer made friends with the weight, that thing
she is havin a tough time
girl why its cute oh no wait i remember..
u can see the scar. if anything u can see it better before the assistant puts a light on it
omg a chrysalis how metaphoricalllll
then we get a scene of skye signing pictures and fans telling her she saved their lives and shit
hell yeah sing her her own song while holding a santa maria candle why not
hi they put me in cos someone on staff watched Perfect Blue
hes even dressed kinda right cant find a good gif. just watch perfect blue its rly good
they drag him off so perfect blue avoided
hi i would never let a guy like that get close to u lets make sure ur silver and gold jewelry are still in place yeah
ooh the ost played the first note of MSIs "married alive" im sure this girl is gonna be just peachy
she looks ai generated while being real, honestly thats a talent
dun dun dunnn BUILDINNGGGG
shes stressed cos she got an anon text about being at lewis (her drug dealers) apartment to she is pullin out her hair again
yooo i bought a hoodie like that once and it was terrible. i probably shoulve just gotten a black hoodie and bleached it myself
she calls her friend gemma. all we know about gemma is that she's good for skye
gemma's like yeah ok i'll listen to u dumping ur traumas just gimme a sec half of skye's jewelry is gold while the other half is silver btw which tells me her wearing both at the shoot was on purpose and thats cool im here for it
i dont think it looks good but i see theyre doing something with it
they keep showing her down water. like whats in the water. god damn i mean shes got the smile disease so it doesnt matter.. its probably just water
they show skye has a diary thats named "fuck you" that has lyrics in it i feel like 99% oif people dont have the balls to use an empty notebook like that so gj skye
we all should be so bold
composes until gemma shows up
man i love her sweater but itd be so much work. fake holes. calculated bleach id be too worried id ruin it. maybe some later year
she hallucinates creepy fan's clothes in her apartment and his skivvies are gROSS we are all horrified
lemme a-pose menacingly at the end of the hall somehow hed be more gross in his undies. like dude wipe. ew
skye runs to her front door, gemma is there and All Is Well creepy fan has disappeared
hi i did my makeup for like an hour and then rushed over here is everything ok
gemmas like ok tell me and my expensive outfit about whats going on she tells gemma about lewis smashin his face with a weight and stuff
gemmas like u want me to stay and skye says this and im like idk if id like bein called bitch i know she means well but god. learn language. dont call me a bitch im too important to u
then they cut to the car accident that cut skyes carreer earlier that year also props to the actress who played her for letting them show her actual pores
i kjnow actors get uncomfy about that but FUCK EM
nightmare yadda yadda
she tries to confide in gemma but the curse takes over
uhhhh ur supposed to validate me, wtf u mean im a horrible person
nyehhhhhhhhhhhh idk i feel like someone who really struggled wouldnt question their friend calling them "a horrible person".
we'd feel bad cos she'd readily accept that she's a bad person, even though its not true
but skye instantly goes "UHHHHhhhh gemma youd never call me a horrible person??? cos im not:??????"
but maybe no one important enough on this film struggled with this so htey just strong armed through this version of the script
where skye is put off by Gemma saying shes "a horrible person"
coulda felt more familiar but you chose not to
anyways skye is late to darius' bullshit event
skye vocalises by going coo coo COO coo coo COO COO and its super noticeable its overdubbed cos the actresses lips are sealed lol
oh nvm then they show us her doing the coo coos. maybe im too angry about the "ur a horrible person" scene
desaturated twin peaks lesgoooooooooooooo i need some water for my daughter
oooooh u can spotify this shit
its so catchy ngl like if naomi jon was having a really really awful time
look at this!!! shes ready for eurovision
then she breaks her leg mid song and the vibes are off
except her leg is fine??? pour quoi???
she throws her mic backstage as she is told nobody did anything wrong
she sees her assistand and i know this is like, her illness making him look like that, but i still kinda want her to hit him lol
her room looks all messed up so the trich sets back in
she blames her assistant
her moms like ok but like maybe he didnt
nobody is on ur side skye they all think ur on drugs again
look at me mom i look like the shiniest ass fish you ever seen in the aquarium U THINK ID BE ON DRUGS???
ok well ur daughter gave u everthing u need as a mum this shouldnt be hard to dispute
oh yeah just say the worst thing thatll fix it U ARE CRAZY??? people loveu , actualy??? have u checked X (aka twitter) recently???
her mom is like ok we'll find a moment for u to chill out but u gotta do this right now.
her mom is her manager so obviously shes a shit parent i think the only time IRL we saw this work out was with Mara Wilson when the moment she lost interest in acting her parent went like "ok cool let's go back to normal life and see what you wanna do next"
so yeah her mom forces her to do darius' event
you are not a real person, remember
its a charity event! think of the children!!!
oh no a fly. also to show u they do extreme closeups her actress is rly pretty its sad they do these to make u feel "uncomfortable" cos its "too real"
tiny ass fly btw
oop now her lipstick is messed up
as darius said theres a teleprompter and good god her lipstick sure is all over her face.
oh it just stopped working.
she starts improvising and the audience does not appreciate it go on skye! pretend everything is fine!
pretty sure the telemprompter doesnt say thatttt
omg it was all in her head the teleprompter worked just fine.
she announced the guy who died in the car crash with her and the curse runs with it shes like OMG NO what??? i didnt say thatr??? but hes already there
nyeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh you stop hunger games (tm) marvel(tm)ing your way towards me!!!
oh its not jack quaid. still
coulda fooled me.
who is this
hes in nothing ive ever seen but he was in a movie called Novocaine so thats fitting at least.
oops she pushed an old lady in her delusion. however will she recover
good GOD this man's head is shiny
afterwards gemma is not responding she should be ok tho. the disease doesnt pass on until u see someone infected die [or do something horrifying in front of you yadda yadda]
but her stalker responds
she meets him at a bar
this guy explains the curse to her thru lewis
so yeah thats where joel fucked up
guess lewis saw him dying [again i just missremembered how it works]
why do u know this? skye says
so he's not infected. he just figured it out
subtle.
he tells her he thinks it'll stop the curse if she dies before it can kill her i thought joel died that way, since he doesnt smile when he dies, he clearly didnt intend to die when the car hit him,
but i guess it didnt count somehow
or this guy is just wrong.
hes like oi i saw fd2 if we give u cardiac arrest n bring u back itll work
she's like I cant (shes being stressed out by incoming calls) and hes like cmon we gotta do this now!!! but she wont
hes like u wont know how its manipulating you at this point so were gonna get to see that
whee!!
run run un cinematography for this film is a+ honestly
sideways. you are at the centre of it but really, its not about you
hotelllll dun dun dunnnnnnnnn
shes homne and she explained that swigging a bottle of water is like a placebo for taking drugs
shaky cam follows her as she collects her things
her back hurts she pulls out her hair its breakdown tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime
then she eats some glass. as u do.
NOISEEEEE
its unsettling but also smiling people look so fucking silly. monkey brain goes DANGER DANGER!!! but human brain or whatever goes hee hee hoo hoo they look so stupid :)
it looks stupid. just have her run. build a creepy teethy smiling monster or use CG, this look silly and not threatening.
im gonna take ur lightbulb
we flashback to the accident that killed paul and left skye traumatised
it looks like shes hitting him theyre both high
so. probably not entirely fair
lemme just imprint on u at this moment
oh no did she cause this
guess she made it real easy for the smile demon
HARVEST MOOON oh my gooood i love you time to till some crops and stuff
her mums all like dont worry about everything u did to urself we can cover that up for ur concert. the concert were gonna do cos u cant fail ur fans.
cos failing ur fans would mean failing me. and that would mean i failed. and that is impossible
her moms like no phone. just chill
UNBELIEVABLE OH MY GOD CANCELED HASHTAG NO MORE SKYE SKYE IS OVER PARTY TRENDING RN
sky tries to explain but her mom says "U DONT GET IT ur wasting everyones millions of dollars skye, just get over yourself"
well then maybe this is it, you monster good god
then again if skye were to leave here idk how they would free her from the curse..
this movie has two bad guys i guess
maybe if they showed more clearly she'd be safe if she didn't continue her carreer
but i dont think they do
shes sick so she has to die, they already showed that with the guy she met
so yeh her mum is shit why did u have kids. u waste of oxygen
i guess it could be the curse but also i fully buy her mom being a stage mom
oops! accidental smile curse
mom pls stop doing the gore thing
meant to grab the doorknob but somehow holds glass
itai des
god. like what do u even do at this point to survive
if they didnt use this shot in advertisements they failed cos god damn this is a good shot this shot conveys HORROR
u are afraid of what shes looking at
they shoulda used it. if they were smart they did
she sends away her assistant then freaks out cos her mom is dead inside and whatre they gonna think
everything is blue 🎶 except this thing. maybe thisll fool them
she tries to escape but her assistant sees her and instantly clocks the blood on her if its low enough. like. just lie that ur on ur period. why not
yeah that works! what does he know
NO WE DONT YOU ASS its just. monthly wiles
like
fuck off
omg josh u suck
i have a gun!!! for insanity reasons
run run in the road i wanna be left alone
gdi i stepped in the one lil pool of glass someone left out here
omg its gemma and shes dressed immaculately while also looking kinda mid still, somehow
i have four coffees for no reason
i remembered the gun in my inventory so give me ur car
but what about the coffees
shes ride or die. gemma. wow
oh her psychosis is like u dont know how to drive but gemma does so let her join
:/ ew no why
yeah that my moms croc's shrank on the way there why do u wanna go to staten island
skye tells gemma to pull over
gemma is like nah oh that is going to get u killed [it shouldnt actually cos smile doesnt work that way. maybe i was too tired at this point]
but also that is true friendhip
hell yeah gemma im right there with u
skye gets a call and nononononononon
oh nooo like, gemma, is like, the curse
skyes takin it rly well
skye realises shes driving and takes control
..she somehow runs into the guy who knows about the curse??
haha lololol anyway if it works she comes back.
if not. smiles abound
'she fights her other self
old sky looks british af anyway she wins, i guess
with her ugly as shitty millenium garbage style
nobody is dead. u just gotta do this [its implied that whole confrontation and the chase was a dream. maybe everything after lewis even was. not sure how i feel about that]
"i object" skye, 2024
ah they built a thing. its till a little outta nowhere but its better than the first one i guess.
the effect is gross and horror like but it doesnt work for me. sorry smile 2 its not really your fault.
her mum is like oh ew her mental health is acting up
shes weird now
i guess something is bad
some are emoting a lil harder than others
rip. i like that they showed the fan response instead of her doing this
theyre just people and thats how they reacted
as opposed to "ooOOOHHhhh arent idol fans just parasites" or some bs
either way rip to them too, i guess
woooo u did ok mr finn this was pretty alright oh he did both smiles! yeah he def improved with 2
gj gj
i think this'll be a cult classic this song goes hard
i feel so bad for skye now cos i think that once gemma got to her she was too far gone :(
Moe: Yayyyy I’m glad you liked it! It’s very tragic doomed by the narrative etc etc and pulled off well I think!
Lou: ok now that ur done im gonna admit smth lmao when u said smile 2 i was like "they made a sequel for the lame truth or dare snapchat filter smile movie????"
Lou:wrong movie, lou
Lou: this one was likely better
ohgod
honestly i wouldnt be surprised if that one had a sequel
[a few days later]
lol he's jack nicholson's son. (the actor who played her dead boyfriend) he can kinda do his dads crazy face so i guess thats why they cast him
cant be very good if hes in barely anything gooooo nepotism
ive had blood on white satin stuck in my head all day god damn