Although Smile 2The ending of seems to doom the future of the franchise, both Smile and its sequel secretly offer an explanation that justifies the film's big twist. Smile 2The twist ending is extremely audacious, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for the Smile franchise as a whole. As Smileend of, Smile 2The final scene reveals that a significant part of the story took place in the shattered mind of its disturbed heroine. However, where just ten minutes of Smile happens in the heroine's head, Smile 2The ending of is much more ambitious and ambiguous.
When Smile 2Singing heroine Skye Riley realizes that she is on stage and has hallucinated all the events that preceded her show, viewers are left somewhat lost. It is clear, judging by the presence of Skye's cheerful mother, that Skye did not kill her mother while under the demon's influence. It's also clear that she never escaped to a dirty, abandoned pizzeria where Morris promised to perform a risky procedure to temporarily stop her heart, but it's less clear whether Smile 2Morris's Morris was even real in the first place.
The victims of Smile and Smile 2 suffer from survivor's guilt
Rose and Skye Riley share this psychological affliction
None of these specific details matter to Skye who, dominated by the demon's powers, ends up violently taking her own life after succumbing to the entity. THE Smile the franchise's demonic entity absorbs her just as it absorbed Rose in SmileThe ending of and sequel ends with the horrifying revelation that Skye stuck the microphone in her eye socket, killing her instantly. This would apparently mean that Smile 2Pass the Curse's surprising ending for thousands of the show's attendees, meaning the series' next sequel will need to follow dozens of new victims.
Exposing numerous victims to the curse at the same time means Smile 3 will have a hard time finding a main character to focus on.
That was what derailed the Ring franchise, whose 2017 reboot Rings ended with his damn videotape going viral. While it's a fun twist, exposing numerous victims to the curse at the same time means Smile 3 will have a hard time finding a main character to focus on. Fortunately, the Smile the movies have already secretly provided an answer to this plot hole. THE Smile All of the franchise's victims have one thing in common: survivor's guiltand that means not everyone on Skye's show is susceptible. Specifically, Skye and Rose felt like they could have saved their mother and ex-boyfriend.
The demon from the Smile franchise only attacks vulnerable victims
Skye and Rose have pre-existing trauma before their curses began
About that, Smile 2The opening victim, Joel, was traumatized by seeing Rose die and thinking he could have saved her at the end of Smile. Thus, the Smile The franchise's demon can only attack people who are already psychologically vulnerable because they live with the trauma of losing a loved one and feel solely responsible for that death. Much of SmileThe runtime of is devoted to Rose's guilt over her mother's overdose, while Smile 2The big twist is the revelation that Skye was at least partially responsible for the accident that killed her boyfriend.
These revelations proved that the Smile the franchise's demon can't necessarily choose its victims randomlyand it may just be able to feed on people whose existing survivor guilt leaves them vulnerable to manipulation. This explains why both Skye and Rose are haunted when the demon takes the form of people from their past, be it Rose's mother in SmileThe Stephen King-inspired ending or Skye's boyfriend and her younger self in Smile 2the end. This, in turn, provides an answer to Smile 2The possible plot hole.
This Smile Series Twist Would Fix Smile 2 Sequel Setup Plot Hole
Skye's show wouldn't necessarily have to curse every contestant
Smile 2The ending of seemed doomed to ruin the franchise just as it was getting into full swing. After all, a version Smile 3 that attempts to depict the collapse of thousands of concertgoers in the week following Skye's death would feel less like the intensely insular psychological horror of the first two films and more like a full-blown disaster horror epic. However, Smile 2The ending wouldn't necessarily pass the curse on to everyone on the show. Instead, only those who were already vulnerable due to previous experiences of survivor's guilt may be vulnerable.
Both the sequel and the original film needed to follow an individual character's perspective to feel uniquely scary.
This would mean that Smile 3 it could prevent thousands of people from experiencing the curse at the same time, which would inevitably ruin the series' isolated atmosphere. Smile 2The critical success is due in part to the sequel's decision to up its action and pacing, but both the sequel and the original film needed to follow an individual character's perspective to feel uniquely frightening. Happily, Smile and Smile 2 has already secretly justified the upcoming film's singular point of view.