#lightgriffinsect express

oh my god. ohhhhhhhh my god. they cooked so hard. was it perfect? no. did it blow my mind? yes. there's SO MUCH in this movie it was hard to keep track of it all it's insane what they managed to fit within less than 2 hours.

first of all charlie's backstory was so haunting and sad. i was so relieved when she first stepped out from the curtain but then when i saw the wounds... oh my god. they did an amazing job with her, the poor girl. the shot of the marionette rising out of the floor holding her body was amazing. once again they did such a wonderful job with all the animatronics and the set design, the detail was amazing and the world felt so full of life and energy. and the marionette was freaking HUGE. i was not prepared for how big she was going to be lmao.

charlie possessing multiple humans was not on my bingo card for this movie!! the way lisa started crawling like a spider when that happened to her scared the hell out of me 😭 but it looks like she survived in the end? hopefully she's ok.

vanessa's trauma was explored a lot too, i liked that they showed her seeing william everywhere, seeing the form he took right before he stabbed her in the first movie. that bloodstained suit. her trying to get out more and join classes so she could feel better only to struggle with her trauma there too was really really sad. i liked that she gave mike's idea of going back to her dream One try. her nightmare scene was super trippy and intense, it was really well done. i feel terrible for her and i love her even more after seeing how hard she's fighting to save abby, save mike, try and keep more people from getting hurt.

mike was kinda stupid (affectionate) in this one but tbh i can see why. he just learned the lesson of moving on from his past trauma in the first movie and now he's leaning a little too hard in the other direction. he's not allowed to escape freddy's once they leave their mark on him, unfortunately 😔 i hate that he felt like he had to cut vanessa off at the end but i understand why he did it. it's not fair. none of this is fair to any of them. i love watching this trainwreck of a sequence of events unfold on the big screen it's so surreal. him saying "i love you" to abby was really sweet and their scene together in the trashed franchise pizzeria was really sad and lovely at the same time.

i can't NOT talk about michael (the OTHER michael) in the first part of the movie. when he introduced himself i was like "no...? it can't be." and he definitely had massive evil vibes the whole time he was there ToT his acting was amazing. im kind of on the fence about his role in the movies' story since i'm not sure how they're going to pull off having two mikes, but since they've already shown they're still able to make a good story with differences in the characters i'm willing to accept it.

when he showed up at the end and confirmed he WAS michael afton i lost my mind. im. insane. it might have been a little bit wild to do that tbh but i can understand how it would work in universe. why vanessa simply never brought him up. it's possible she just pushed him out of her mind entirely because she couldn't handle that much trauma. and i understand why she hid so MUCH from mike schmidt but i can't believe she hid so much, and i understand mike's disbelief at learning just how bad the situation he's been roped into is even as im frustrated with him for wanting vanessa to leave. all in all the acting and characters felt very human to me and even though it could be a little stretched in some places i think they did a good job staying true to the characters and showing how they act when they're afraid and in disbelief.

michael afton is EXTREMELY brainwashed and it's honestly fascinating to see him positioned against vanessa who was always trying so much harder to break free. i really hope he gets a satisfying ending, maybe even a positive one where he can break free of william's influence too and try to stop the cycle of freddy's. but whether or not he does, i hope they're able to pull off a narratively fulfilling ending with him.

speaking of endings can we TALK about that cliffhanger. that's not what i expected going into this movie at all ToT it was insane when they cut from vanessa's posession right to the credits i literally yelled "WHAT" in the theater when that happened. there was so much applause it was awesome to be in a room with so many other people who love fnaf, especially since i watched the first movie in a place where not many people are inclined to talk about it. <3

IT'S BEEEEEEN SO LOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SINCE LAST I SEEN MY SON LOST TO THIS MONSTER!!!!!!! TO THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

im lowkey disappointed they only played the first half of the song but honestly the post-credits scene was more than worth it they did an AMAZING job capturing the vibe and foreshadowing the next movie. like we ALREADY knew what that scene would be going in but it still rocked so hard to see it in the theater. so much applause.

AND HENRY'S MESSAGE!!!!!!!! HIS MESSAGE TO MIKE!!!!!! im afraid the marionette might have got him but i really REALLY hope that's not the case and we get to see him again in future movies. i honestly wish he had more screentime but there was so much packed into this movie it would've been hard to Not cut something out. im still glad we got to hear his voice at the end. i NEED to hear his final monologue and watch the ending of pizzeria sim play out on the big screen.

abby was amazing once again, piper did awesome playing her and she brought so much energy and attitude to the character. it's so lovely to see how much abby's opened up after the first movie and so sad to see how much she misses her friends. her attachment to chica specifically really touched me. these movies love chica. toy chica honestly felt so special and loved to me, even despite how people in the fandom sometimes treat her. i literally cheered when she went after abby's teacher lmao he was the one guy i was HOPING they would get. speaking of which, it was funny to see doug again, and i guess it's ok that aunt jane survived *rolls eyes*. i think it's funny that her talking about it caused the fazfest. i thought the concept of the fazfest was funny in general but it was really fun and cute seeing everyone dress up as the animatronics <333

the amount of cameos in this movie was insane. cory appearing again for the same bit, doug, freaking SHADOW BONNIE APPEARING IN THE DARK FOR A SPLIT SECOND. it was good to see cassidy again at the end too. the original kids all banding together to destroy the toys was awesome lmao im so happy they got closure.

speaking of the toys, they were AMAZING. megan fox actually did a great job as chica, when i heard her all i heard was toy chica. same with matpat, he did a wonderful job voice acting. i love that he was able to pull off a fantastic toy bonnie voice instead of playing Matpat Playing Toy Bonnie. he's a great actor. toy freddy's voice actor (i don't rmb his name im sorry) was really good too, he only had a couple lines but i love how ominous he sounded. the actress for charlotte was amazing, her rage and conviction was so convincing and i really hope she can find a better end in the next movie.

at some points the plot did feel rushed, but honestly they did a decent job tying up most loose ends and leaving just a few for the next movie. obviously the biggest things im waiting to see are what happens to vanessa and mike, what michael afton does next, how springtrap is handled, and whether or not charlotte finds closure. i really want everyone in these movies to be okay. i want vanessa and mike to heal together. im not a big mike/vanessa shipper but i honestly don't mind the idea of a romance between them, i think their dynamic is great either way.

mike was SUPER calm the whole time he was putting charlie to sleep when she was possessing abby ToT i honestly expected more visceral emotions from him but he was probably trying to keep it together for abby. and then they had to handle the animatronics lol. there was a LOT in this movie.

i loved the acting, i loved the voices of the animatronics, i loved seeing the toys and the withereds both wreak havoc on the town (WITHERED BONNIE!!), i thought it was interesting that they made the withereds and the originals two separate sets of robots but it makes sense considering the continuity of the movies is different.

i LOVED the animatronic and set design, i love how much detail went into this movie in every scene, you can just tell how much they love the world of fnaf. apparently my brother even noticed two of the arcade games referenced five nights at candy's and the pop goes fangames, which honestly sounds surreal. imagine being the guy who made a fnaf fangame and seeing it referenced IN THE OFFICIAL MOVIE. i can't get over how much the fnaf movie creators love the fans.