Candyman (4)

*Andrew NDB* · 09-17-2021, 01:39 AM

Saw it. It's pretty good if you kind of squint at certain moments. It's brutal when it wants to be, in a good way. Tons of nods to the first movie and Tony Todd is in there. In new stuff, in surprising ways. Also... I felt the same sort of abrupt ending that Quiet Place 2 had. WHAM! The end! Wait... can we get like an epilogue or something?

But yes... it is agenda-driven, way more than the first one. Literally EVERY white character in the movie is evil or racist, and all the cops. Every single one. The only white character in the whole movie that isn't a bad guy is a barely there gay dude.

Also if you wait to the end of the credits, you won't find a Marvel-style after the credits scene setting up Candyman 5. What you will find is a literal PSA with a URL where you can go to get more information about white on black violence. Pretty telling.

09-17-2021, 01:39 AM	#12
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Saw it. It's pretty good if you kind of squint at certain moments. It's brutal when it wants to be, in a good way. Tons of nods to the first movie and Tony Todd is in there. In new stuff, in surprising ways. Also... I felt the same sort of abrupt ending that Quiet Place 2 had. WHAM! The end! Wait... can we get like an epilogue or something? But yes... it is agenda-driven, way more than the first one. Literally EVERY white character in the movie is evil or racist, and all the cops. Every single one. The only white character in the whole movie that isn't a bad guy is a barely there gay dude. Also if you wait to the end of the credits, you won't find a Marvel-style after the credits scene setting up Candyman 5. What you will find is a literal PSA with a URL where you can go to get more information about white on black violence. Pretty telling. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 09-17-2021 at 02:21 AM.