im trying to log this movie on letterboxd but like. ratings weren't designed for this sort of film experience. is it good? probably not. but is it exactly what it should be? yeah. could it be anything different? i don't think so. which makes it perfect, in its own way. you know? like what more can i ask of a movie than to be the purest expression of itself? even if it's bad? fellow bad genre fiction diehards you understand me i know you do. cats 2019 is one of the ur-examples of this to me btw. of course it's bad. it's also perfect. like you might not want a snake to bite you, but you can't deny it is achieving a certain impressive level of snakehood, conceptually, when it it does. bring it on cheer or die is much like this. how did it get into this franchise? why did they do this? WHY did they do this. i'm so glad they did. capitalist rot of movies as an artform is certainly like, you know, not ideal, but the particular expression of that rot that is "utterly zombiefying a franchise & forcing it to keep shambling regardless of whether it's completely fallen apart or not" is so fascinating to me. movies like this rarely get made outside of that sort of context. this is why i love watching every movie in a franchise, especially one that is way way way way way too long. i've watched all of the bring it on movies now & this is the only sequel that i can genuinely recommend. why did they do this. the cast is so much more charming than they had any right to be. i loved what they were bringing to the table. i'm almost, like, proud of them. they brought their best. but what can you even do with it. five stars. i might actually give it five stars. bc like it's not a 4.5. you know? like it has to be five or it has to be none. & it's not none. i'm going to go let myself get bit by a snake to see if it helps me understand snakes any better. & then apply that knowledge also to cinema. & in this way, slowly, i will continue to catalogue & achieve expertise on the entire world. alright. thank you. i love you. i love you goodbye
the rest of my body so who's to say that's a problem. i think this movie wanted to be saw. it references saw several times. but it also wanted to be a cheerleading movie. so it does both. i don't know if it wanted to be scream or if scream is just so baked into what these movies are now that it's mandatory. like how a laptop basically always looks like a laptop? you know? they're not necessarily iterating on purpose. it's just the form. Ok sorry i'm going to go find that snake now. i may have to walk a long time to find one bc i live downtown. that'll be good for me though. it's good to see the sun. breathe the air. touch some grass. find a snake. let it bite you. don't die, but do let it bite you. what a gift, to see a snake be a snake, at such a level of snake. to be a part of that process. cheer or die. cheer or die
kinda how I felt after watching 2-headed shark attack and its sequels 3-headed shark attack and 5-headed shark attack
it was a very dark time
