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The girls in the restroom

posted 3 years ago by TylerAArse (2938)
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This is a horror movie, so I wanted to see all of them get sliced, diced, and gutted. As a matter of fact, you don't get to see too much of the horror aspect in this movie at all. It's mostly off-camera. I can only assume it's a budget thing. Too bad.

I thought Candyman only killed those who said his name 5 times. Why did he kill the art curator after the girl said his name. Does he kill everyone on the scene once he shows up? If so, why not kill the girl in the bathroom stall. And sure made it a point to jack all of those cops at the end.

Rule: Don't be around anyone saying Candyman in the mirror. Seems you're guilty by association.

The ending credits using those shadow puppets was chilling. I do believe the first one was a depiction of the electrocution of a 14yr-old boy named George Stinney. A extremely tragic and sad story.

This movie was okay. I hope they add to it, but they need to get down and dirty with it.

[–] Naptown317Native (524) 3 years ago

This movie was a joke, and an embarrassment to the original. It's a shame really, because conceptually there was alot of promise here.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18430) 3 years ago

I thought the same thing. It's not a bad looking movie;there's some style to it. Except it's not scary and it's not even that gory. It's rated R. Go for it ffs.

[–] FilmBoy (1187) 3 years ago

Ya - we don't see ANYTHING gory of the girls getting killed in the bathroom. Just some blood dripping. Cheap

[–] FilmBoy (1187) 3 years ago

Ya - we don't see ANYTHING gory of the girls getting killed in the bathroom. Just some blood dripping. Cheap

[–] BeenSavage (656) 3 years ago

I thought Candyman only killed those who said his name 5 times. Why did he kill the art curator after the girl said his name. Does he kill everyone on the scene once he shows up? If so, why not kill the girl in the bathroom stall. And sure made it a point to jack all of those cops at the end.

In the bathroom scene, he went out of his way NOT to kill the only girl of color. As you state, he made it a point to kill all the cops at the end. Notice a pattern here....? BLM/anti-police propaganda much?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78509) 3 years ago

Agreed, there were some gaps in the ‘rules’ here…In the original movie Candyman killed innocent blacks but now he’s an activist and an avenger..? The writers should have dumped the racial politics and gone full-on gory mayhem on everyone, it was rated R!

The puppets were a very cool effect👍

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

Yeah, they really fucked up what role Candyman played in that community.

The original film certainly added in racial politics that weren't in the original story, but it was still a refreshing, nuanced concept all the same. The idea that Candyman is just a mythological scapegoat made real, symbolically perpetuating the horrors that haunts these people...is a fascinating concept.

Not only did they retcon it, but they completely butchered it. It fails as a follow up, a reinvention, or even something new.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78509) 3 years ago

Oddly enough it somehow grossed $77M worldwide on a $22M budget so it did more than well for a mediocre picture…surprising!

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

Cause racially topical. And they shoved Peele's name in the marketing.

I have a suspicion that he may have written the original draft, but it probably went through random rewrites, so we just get this hodgepodge of incoherent ideas, with the illusion of being politically relevant.

I think the same thing probably happened with The Last Jedi. There's a lot of inconsistency within the end product, and I think's just poor oversight.