Complex sentence: In the entire first movie, the protagonist, Jay, calls the neuralyzer the "flashy thing", finds it somewhat repulsive, and only uses it once at the film's end.In the second movie, he used it more and has gotten close to it.
Split into simpler sentences: In the entire first movie, the protagonist, Jay, calls the neuralyzer the "flashy thing," and only uses once at the film's end. Ironically, in the second movie, he used it more and has gotten close to it.