So if anyone read my first review on Creep, you would know that I wasn't entirely interested in the movie at all. I wasn't really interested in seeing the second one either - but after all the responses disagreeing with my opinion on it, I felt like I had to give it a chance. The popular response was also that Creep 2 was better than the first Creep. And you know what? That's the truth. Coming from a stance where you don't know or understand the premise of film or the character at all, Creep is really confusing and not really all that engaging. But I will give it to you all. A little bit. Creep 2 is better. Now that we have a full understanding of this character has his intentions it's a little easier to understand what his motives and ideas are as far as luring naive people into his traps. This film is far better produced and set up as well. Against popular opinion, I'm still not exactly convinced by "Aaron"s character. A lot of readers were saying "But it's so well-acted" or "It's supposed to make you extremely uncomfortable." Like I understand. I just think his way of acting as his character is a bit over-exaggerated. I can only assume that he, himself is not a crazy person. So his interpretation of a psychotic, manipulative weirdo is still quite overdone. But, I did enjoy this movie far more. Aaron once again posts an ad on Craigslist looking for someone to film a documentary on him, and he receives a response from a gal (Sara) who is looking to find out why people post these personal ads anyway. The combination is really great. In fact, Sara's idea for a series, "Encounters", is genius itself. When Sara agrees to the job, Aaron completely reveals himself to her as a serial killer and as someone who has committed multiple murders (39 to be exact). I feel as though Sara initially feels like he is joking or that he has some sort of weird scenario he has made up in his head, and she wants to get to the bottom as to why he would create this story. She doesn't feel threatened. She isn't afraid of him. It sounds like a joke, she kind of just thinks he is sick and lonely and wants to help him. However, he has completely revealed the truth, and it's somewhat confusing throughout the movie as to whether she believes him or not. At some points, it seems like she really does think Aaron is a serial killer but wants to get the story out of him. After all, he promised not to harm her (for at least 24 hours). My main critique with the movie, and maybe even the first Creep, is who is cutting and editing all this footage? This would have been Sara's camera the whole film. There are plenty of stops and starts, so that means whoever presented this footage to whatever audience (whether it be us or the internet), has gone through and edited it all. The other is that it seems impossible that even for just the murder from the last Creep, how was this person not traced and caught. I mean it's not that easy to get away with murder. Or maybe it is? I don't know, haven't tried it. Sara has many opportunities to leave but she is determined to get the story. But the whole time I really don't believe she has any intention of turning him in, even though he has confessed to multiple murders. Art? I do think they're a perfect match and they should end up together. I won't spoil the end, even though there isn't much to spoil. I enjoyed this volume more than the original, but I still don't get the suspense and scare that others do when they watch these movies. It doesn't seem scary at all to me. It's hardly even uncomfortable to me. Maybe I have met too many strange people in my life. Better than the first, but does that make it any good?
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