S Ryder (Fairydust)

Extremely disappointed. If you adored the first movie this poorly written, over acted part 2 will be a let down. First there were too many cameos i.e. Gladys Knight, Salt N Pepper, En Vogue, Rick Ross, Morgan Freeman. It was like a giant bowl of Skittles thrown together. The best thing about the movie were the costumes which were beautiful. This is not surprising since Ruth Carter (costume designer for Black Pantha) is the costume designer. Leslie Jones is untalented, not funny and was not right for this movie. Ditto that for Tracy Morgan. In fact Lavelle and family seemed like a family straight out of a Tyler Perry movie. Just one greasy bag of country bumpkin chicken. The dialogue and writing was poorly written. Even Stevie Wonder could see the plot line coming. I knew the prince would fall in love with the grooms lady. So obvious. What a waste of Luenelle's talent (extremely funny lady) to just have her sit around with a cheap blonde wig uttering only a line or two. She was little more than an extra. Cheap CGI with the lion and elephant. The second good thing about this movie was the fight scene with the princess. She would fit right in with the female warriors in Wakanda. I was so glad when this train wreck of a movie finally came to a crashing end.

The movie's pace was slow and the action didn't pick up until nearly an hour into the movie. The movie was disjointed and the acting not that great. Some scenes like the weird way the Veronica/Edna walked seemed weird until you later learned she was practicing her escape. It didn't make sense that none of the other "slaves" didn't try and escape. The Siborrney G character was quite unlikeable. The ending came together quickly and was predictable.

This is a bit of a twist on the story in that the witch teaches Gretel how to awaken her power. It's not scary, more of a sense of mood. I absolutely hated that dumb pig snort that Gretchen, her brother and mom did. Gretchen's mom was more evil than the witch. In the beginning of the movie she told Gretchen to take her brother and get out. There's no food for you here. Then she tells her to get started digging a hole for you and your brother (grave). A few minutes later she plunges an axe into the table and tells Gretchen she'll chop her into little pieces. Just weird. The story is told from Gretchen's point of view and she narrates throughout the film. I wished I had waited for this to hit Netflix. There were only 6 of us in the theatre. I'm sure this is a box office bomb.