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My ratings for his previous stand ups :

Caligula : 9,1/10

Thoughts and Prayers : 8,6/10.

Fire in the Maternity Ward : 7,8/10.

Jeselnik is one of my favorite stand up comedians, as it shows from my ratings. I think he's brilliant and hilarious, although i admit his shows are not for everyone. Too macabre and dark and twisted. So, if you are not aware of his particular style of humor, and you like your stand up a bit sanitized and conventional, attention : He doesn't fool around. He's dark and nihilistic as it can get.

This is my least favorite stand up of his. Truth be told, his shows are getting gradually less good. But they're still good, actually, very good. More than 50% of his jokes here are hilarious, i laughed hard and had a good time, overall. Still, BONES AND ALL is better than the average stand up tv show. It should have been longer, the jokes are not too many and the last 10-15 minutes are not as funny as the previous ones. But, he still got it.

My rating for the first SMILE movie was 7,4/10.

Unfortunately, this is worse. It's still a good horror movie. Naomi Scott is indeed very good, she overacted a bit but i guess this is exactly what she's been asked. Because SMILE 2 is like misery porn. Scott's character is constantly abused throughout this movie. An 127 minutes torture, physically and emotionally. Mostly, this hit hard and i empathized with her character, but at some point, it became a bit tiring, even ridiculous. There is a scene in the last 30 minutes, in which, after all the torture she endured, she even stepped barefoot on broken glass and she had to remove the glass from her feet, screaming and crying. I am sorry, but this was ridiculous. This was too much. Needless.

That's SMILE 2. "Too much". Overloaded with agony, misery and bitterness. Director thought that he should double the jump scares and the dread and the torture. If i was under 22 years old, i would probably have liked it that way, but right now, i think it got tiring. It is so uninspiring that at some point, the "smile demon" spoke in deep, demon voice, lol, it was not scary at all during the last 40-ish minutes but lazy writing and shock for the sake of shock.

Still, i would have rated it higher because acting here is above average for a horror movie, and overall, it's well directed. Most of the time, it was good, even very good. Exciting, well produced and there were many intense scenes.

I would have rated it a bit higher (a 7/10) but the ending was so bad that i couldn't. Do you remember the ending of the first movie? Yeah, this is even worse. I won't say anything else in order to avoid spoilers but i felt even cheated.

A good horror movie should be more "subtle". Jump scare after jump scare, funny looking monsters and constant torture, those are not the recipe for a good horror movie. Let it "breathe". Less is more, sometimes. Don't show everything, leave some things to the imagination. And the leading character doesn't need to scream and cry and get tortured for the whole movie. Is it so hard to understand that the audience will get desensitized after all of this?

Yes, the story is indeed weaker than previous DEADPOOL movies. Plot is just a vessel in order for those two to do what they do. However, a movie is successful when it delivers what it promises. You don't watch movies like this for their elaborate and refined script/plot or for contemplating about existential issues. You watch it in order to entertain yourself. And there is a high entertainment value here. Non stop action/jokes/easter eggs & surprises for the viewer. Furthermore, i loved the soundtrack and the final minutes made me even emotional.

There are some clever lines, many funny moments, in conclusion, this is not a great movie but i got what i came for, hence this very high rating.