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In 2017, a light-hearted and funny horror film " Happy Death Day " successfully attracted the attention of many people.
This movie cost only US$4.8 million. It earned US$26 million at the box office in the first week of its release, and it also earned US$125 million at the global box office. It can be said to be very profitable.
In China, "Happy Death Day" received a rating of 7.1 on Douban, and was better than 67% of thrillers and better than 60% of suspense films. This kind of rating can be said to be pretty good among horror movies.
After that, "Happy Death Day" was introduced to China and was nominated for the highest-rated horror film in the 4th Douban Film Annual List.
Many viewers also rated this film very well.
"A very happy small-scale thriller", "The story is not new and the filming is not bad", "The heroine is beautiful, the acting is great, it is really a small-budget surprise".
This kind of small-scale success often leads to a second film. Therefore, " Happy Death Day 2" was released in the United States in February this year amid the expectations of many movie fans.
However, the score of the second part is not particularly ideal, with mixed reviews, IMBD score of 6.5, MTC score of 57, and Rotten Tomatoes only has a 67% freshness rating.
on Douban, the score is a little worse than the first one, currently down to 6.8 points.
Some netizens believe that the thriller plot has basically disappeared.
Some netizens also thought: It was obviously shot for the second part, and the fresh and stunning feeling of the first part was gone.
However, some people still recognize the changes in the second part.
"It has changed from a thriller to a warm science fiction film, but it is still a good sequel and perfectly fills in the pitfalls of the first film."
"It is slightly inferior to the previous one, but it is not disappointing."
(The following content involves Spoilers, please read with caution)
The first part of "Happy Death Day" tells the story of the indulgent and flamboyant college girl Terri Gelbman ( Jessica Lord ) who was repeatedly killed by masked men on her birthday. story, and every time she dies, she will return to her birthday.
The scary part of the film is brought about by the masked killer, but the appearance of the mask is that of a very cute fat man, forming a "cute contrast". The heroine of
constantly discovers her relationship with the people around her in the process of dying again and again. This creates the parts of love, friendship, and family affection, which also produce hilarious plots.
Although "Happy Death Day" is not strictly a horror film, it has the same "time reincarnation" point as " Groundhog Day " and " Horror Cruise ".
also discusses campus interpersonal relationships. It is short, concise and interesting. These elements make many young people like it very much. In the first part of
, there were many unexplained plots, such as "why the heroine fell into a death loop", "why the heroine was chosen" and other questions. In the first part of
, the director pushed the story to its limit, and the second part began to fill the holes left by the first part. In the second part of
, the director finally used a story to tell why the heroine entered the "time loop". This originated from the male protagonist's Asian roommate . He was building a machine with his classmates, and they were interested in quantum technology. The study of mechanics will have an impact on time, but an accident accidentally occurred.
This accident also caused him to accidentally enter the embarrassing scene of a time loop, and he was also hunted down by a masked killer.
After the accident, the Asian roommate wanted to end the time loop, but unexpectedly triggered a "parallel world", and this accident caused the heroine to enter the time loop.
The heroine once again returns to her birthday as shown in the first movie, but this world is no longer hers, but another parallel world. In this parallel world, the heroine's story also has different changes from the previous one.
For example, the male protagonist becomes the boyfriend of a good friend, and the best friend who killed the female protagonist in the previous movie turns out to be a good person in this one. But the deceased mother is still alive in this world. While facing the problem of life and death, the heroine of
is also struggling with a century-old problem, that is: when you can only choose one between your boyfriend and your mother, which one do you choose?
At this point in the story, many viewers were confused. How did the horror film promised turn into a science fiction film? The sci-fi elements such as quantum mechanics, butterfly effect, parallel space, etc. embedded in
make it difficult for viewers who have liked this movie before to adapt.
However, the same routine is that as the story develops, it becomes funnier.
What makes people laugh is still that the heroine keeps changing her ways of death in the process of time reincarnation, and even parachuting in a bikini.
In addition to these funny settings in the film, the heroine Jessica Lord has also become the biggest highlight of the film.
Jessica Lord is an American actress. Some people say that she is somewhat similar to "Britney" Britney Spears , and also a bit like "Gossip Girl" Blake Lively.
In the past few years, she had almost always played a minor role.
For example, she once had a relationship with Blake Lively in "Gossip Girl", although she only played an unnamed woman.
For another example, in "La La Land", Jessica Lord played the role of Sister Shitou's roommate and showed off her dancing skills.
It was "Happy Death Day" that finally made her famous overnight.
Her beauty was finally discovered by more people.
In the first part of "Happy Death Day", Jessica Lord was more of a beauty and cool person, and her performance was not very technical. But in the second film, tenderness takes up a large part of the film. In the first part of
, the heroine lost confidence in life due to the death of her mother. In the second part, she finally embraced her mother again, but had to separate, which required her acting skills to support her.
Although "Happy Death Day 2" did not arouse heated discussions among movie fans like the first film, it has become no longer scary because of the change in genre. However, those who have watched the first part and then watch the second part will understand the director's intention.
At the end of the film, it was revealed that there is a possibility of a third film. I wonder how the director and screenwriter will continue to think about it?
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