CambronMcK

For transparency, I had no intention of writing a review. I read the books and loved the first movie so I had a feeling I'd like the 2nd film. And I loved it. But what really had me wanting to contribute is the 1 star reviews. I love them so much. So much anger and vitriol over a movie. Everything I loved about this move seems to be what they hate. It was long but thick with character development. The fight scenes were there for the plot only and didn't make me fall asleep to 30 mins of cgi superhero action. Instead it furthers the plot. It wasn't action packed but layers of lore and story building.

But the rage from the reviews of slow action, boring characters, "lame" sci-fi makes me laugh and worry. This is epic storytelling, not force fed action. You will have to have an attention span that can focus more than a few minutes at a time. If you can break the cycle of needing non stop stimulation and instead melt into a rich deep story with world building and character arch, you don't be disappointed. Obviously not for everyone but what is. But one of the best film (franchises) I've seen in years. Truly hoping to see the full arch of Paul's story with a 3rd.

I'll be honest that I've never watched Matt Rife do an entire stand up special. I've watched tons of clips on IG and TikTok so maybe my expectations were skewed by that. But this was not good...at least the 18 or so mins I watched before turning it off. Just boring. Didn't feel like there was really any comedic skill but more your friends brother who rips on people he saw out or dated. But I've seen really funny stuff online so I think he probably just taped not his best set and hopefully the next one is a step up. But this wasn't it. Maybe he's better when it's more casual and more spontaneous? Won't guess what the issue was but definitely can't skip this one and check out the next.