A cinema entertainment, not much more

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2016)

The Conjuring relied mostly on jump scares and thrilling long sequences that would make you wait for something showing up right in your face – The Conjuring 2 relies on the same concept, but with a demon hunting the hunters themselves and a different case of paranormal activities, in England.
I am a sucker for British people living in the suburbs or small outer areas with thick accents, needless to say This is England is one of my favourite movies (and series). But, I still got quite sceptic when this movie started with a rip off of TIEs' intros/starts (they go through what's happening in England "right now" to music with TV-clips) and The Conjuring 2 took that and made it to the very classic London Calling (The Clash). Taking a concept is never a nice move, and especially not at the start of the movie.
The rest was a very typical horror/paranormal movie. Not much special, but it definitely works while watching it at a cinema, but if I had watched it home on my computer I'd probably start doing something else while watching.
The animation (and some of the effects) was poorly executed. It was so, so, badly made. I cannot understand how they didn't notice it? The demon, Valak, is a nun. The original Valak is not a nun, so they basically just took a cool name and went with it. Apparently they made the design for the demon at the final cuts, and that is definitely noticeable. Ed (one of the main characters) got his first cross from a nun, so maybe it's some symbolism but that doesn't cover it for me. The Crooked Man (also a creature) was poorly animated, but creepy when it was shown in shadows (reminded me of Babadook) but in light it looked like a cartoon character. When the child that became possessed eyes turned yellow at her most "controlled" part and I could just think about how POORLY IT WAS MADE. Why rely on animation when you can create intense feelings with just shadows and sounds? I don't understand.
The events that this movie was based on had nothing to do with these creatures and demons, so the based on a true story concept is kind of ?? NOT EVEN TRUE ?? (But what do you expect)
I had no trouble with the child actors though. One of the children was supposed to be stuttering all the time, but that magically disappeared in the middle of the movie. One thing I liked was that Judy, that got possessed, was a very kind person. It felt so unfair that she was getting into this mess.
SPOILER
To the ending. I absolutely hated it, and I think that was the poorest done thing with this movie. It ended happy, not even a cliffhanger.
It would've been so good if Ed or Judy died. It would be like Satan, or the demon won over them and faith can't predict everything (or stop some things). It's not common to have important characters die, but since the movie isn't much based on the real events they could go with something new, and make the movie unique.
I don't know, it just felt so weird since everyone was screaming and crying 15 minutes before these scenes?
SPOILER ENDED
I think that overall it was an okay film, perfect to watch in the cinemas and exciting with jump scares but not a long lasting bone- chilling. (unless you're afraid of nuns). Good actors, Vera Farmiga is amazing as usual and I think that the cinematography and aesthetics (except the demons) were "okay".