Final Destination 2
Wasn't exactly one of my smarter decisions. Again, I only watched it because nothing else was on. And while it wasn't horrible, it wasn't that good.
It really doesn't help that I'm not too much of a fan of the "Gore Porn" genre, and that's essentially what this film series is. A bunch of writers walking up to a board and saying "Ok, how can mutilate this number?", number because it would be far too generous of me to actually acknowledge them as characters. They're basically just meat husks waiting to die and most of them you don't bother becoming invested in enough to care whether or not they survive.
But I guess it isn't all bad. If there is one thing I like is that the villain isn't you're typical axe murder or deranged psychopath. It's the idea that Death has a plan in store for everyone and that no matter what, you can't escape it. I really wish that they expanded more upon that. Like explaining why a certain one person has the premonition in the beginning of the movie. If Death has a plan, why are these people aware of it ahead of time. Unless it is just Death saying "You will survive now, but don't get complacent. I'm coming for you next", then I really don't understand why.
One character that I didn't totally hate, or didn't just flat out not care about was William Bludworth. He sort of suffers from something I saw in a Nostalgia Critic review in that, "You care more about this side character, than the actual characters you are supposed to care about". The idea of a mortician who knows way too much about Death's plans is simply an amazing pitch for a movie. I wish they talked about him more than these husks of meat that are going to die anyways.
Now to talk about what the series is known for, the kills. And honestly, the only impressive one was the opening sequence of the car wreck. The movie really gets you sort of pulled in with all the carnage and watching **** blow up. But other than that, the kills just aren't impressive and just flat out lazy. I understand making stuff looking like an accident while it is really Death at work, but Eugene's death is basically Death flat out cheating. He didn't have a plausible means of killing him, so he just says "Screw this, you're dead" with the most implausible death I have ever seen.
So after that, you can tell I wasn't a big fan of it. But it oddly enough made me want to watch the others in the series just to say that I have seen them all, with 3 being my favorite. Although that is mostly due to it featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead in it.