The Nun II

PROS: To be honest, the actors do a good enough job and are, for most of the runtime, straightforward in their roles, which they take very seriously. The costumes, makeup and set designs are all on point, as well as some visuals throughout the movie. Some sequences are visually stunning with the framing and contrast between light and dark, as are the short sequences with religious symbolism. The soundtrack is surprising as it does stand out in certain parts of the movie due to its quality.

CONS: I need to get this off my chest: THE MOVIE IS SO DAMN DARK. I saw this movie in the theater and was still struggling to see what was going on in certain scenes. I mean from the introduction till the end the movie is hard to see, even in environments where light should be present (be it through windows or electrical lamps) the rooms remain unbelievably dark. i understand that a darker environment can be utilized for mood and to create stress, but it doesn't really work if you can barely see anything. The characters are poorly written, having them make stupid decisions in moments where they should be acting otherwise based on how they were portrayed earlier. An example of this is after the headmaster of the school gets killed by Valak, everyone just...stays at the school? Even worse, the following scene sees Sophie's mother talking to Maurice and has her completely dismissive of the fact that SHE DOESNT KNOW WHERE HER DAUGHTER IS. FFS A PERSON JUST DIED IN MYSTERIOUS AND SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, HOW CAN YOU BE SO CAREFREE?? Many of the stupid actions taken by the characters in this movie can be attributed to "furthering the plot", as the movie also relies heavily (and i mean HEAVILY) on exposition to let the audience know what is happening and where we're going next. Plot armor is given to any character having more than 3 scenes, with the only casualties being the priest in the introduction, the headmistress, and other priests killed offscreen. This absence of stakes took me out of the film as i wasn't really given reasons to care for anyone once shit starts to go down, but also because there are simply too many characters being handled at once. Valak sucks in this movie, as their entire purpose in this film is to find a new holy relic which "would be of unknown consequences were it to fall to the hands of a demon", yet when Valak does end up in possession of the relic (through a hilarious fake out), they don't actually pose more of a threat than when they did not have it. As a matter of fact, they somehow become even weaker (which is something i think the movie is unaware it did). The ending is absolute dogshit. Such an anticlimactic ending was the one element of the movie which i did not see coming. The movie then ends abruptly, with jarring continuity errors which lead me to believe that the ending was changed from its original one.

PROS: To be honest, the actors do a good enough job and are, for most of the runtime, straightforward in their roles, which they take very seriously. The costumes, makeup and set designs are all on point, as well as some visuals throughout the movie. Some sequences are visually stunning with the framing and contrast between light and dark, as are the short sequences with religious symbolism. The soundtrack is surprising as it does stand out in certain parts of the movie due to its quality.

CONS: I need to get this off my chest: THE MOVIE IS SO DAMN DARK. I saw this movie in the theater and was still struggling to see what was going on in certain scenes. I mean from the introduction till the end the movie is hard to see, even in environments where light should be present (be it through windows or electrical lamps) the rooms remain unbelievably dark. i understand that a darker environment can be utilized for mood and to create stress, but it doesn't really work if you can barely see anything. The characters are poorly written, having them make stupid decisions in moments where they should be acting otherwise based on how they were portrayed earlier. An example of this is after the headmaster of the school gets killed by Valak, everyone just...stays at the school? Even worse, the following scene sees Sophie's mother talking to Maurice and has her completely dismissive of the fact that SHE DOESNT KNOW WHERE HER DAUGHTER IS. FFS A PERSON JUST DIED IN MYSTERIOUS AND SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, HOW CAN YOU BE SO CAREFREE?? Many of the stupid actions taken by the characters in this movie can be attributed to "furthering the plot", as the movie also relies heavily (and i mean HEAVILY) on exposition to let the audience know what is happening and where we're going next. Plot armor is given to any character having more than 3 scenes, with the only casualties being the priest in the introduction, the headmistress, and other priests killed offscreen. This absence of stakes took me out of the film as i wasn't really given reasons to care for anyone once shit starts to go down, but also because there are simply too many characters being handled at once. Valak sucks in this movie, as their entire purpose in this film is to find a new holy relic which "would be of unknown consequences were it to fall to the hands of a demon", yet when Valak does end up in possession of the relic (through a hilarious fake out), they don't actually pose more of a threat than when they did not have it. As a matter of fact, they somehow become even weaker (which is something i think the movie is unaware it did). The ending is absolute dogshit. Such an anticlimactic ending was the one element of the movie which i did not see coming. The movie then ends abruptly, with jarring continuity errors which lead me to believe that the ending was changed from its original one.