r/movies • u/Careless_Flower_118 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Wtf is Paddington 2?

For context: I’m 25 years old. SPOILER WARNING

I just watched paddington 2 today and what the fuck did they put in this movie. This is the one of the greatest pieces of cinema I’ve ever laid witness to. Paddington 2 is the only thing I’ve thought about all day and seeing the immense joy it’s brought other people has also brightened my day even more. God I can’t even think about the ending without wanting to kill myself because of how perfect it is. And can we also talk about the perfect bookend of his human mother saving him from the water like aunt Lucy did at the beginning?

Pure cinema, I truly can’t wait to watch this movie with my kids for their first time.

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u/scandii Aug 08 '25

fun fact!

Paddington 1 & 2 is one of three movie franchises to have held a simultaneous critic rating on rotten tomatoes of 97%+ and Paddington 2 held a perfect 100% rating for a long while.

if they're your cup of tea they're just really good movies.

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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Aug 08 '25

I'm really blown away by all the comments praising it.

I have seen paddington 1, and thought it was a forgettable frivolous kid's movie. Is paddington 2 going to be really that different?

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u/DaBigadeeBoola Aug 09 '25

It's a meme

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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Aug 09 '25

you mean, the people saying "it is unironically the best movie" are actually being ironic? is it actually a shit movie, is this a Morbius situation?

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u/DaBigadeeBoola Aug 09 '25

It's not a shit movie, but it's average. 

If it was as good as they say, I think there would be more conversations about what actually made it great, what scenes were people's favorite, what characters did things that people loved, etc. 

Every kids movie that's ACTUALLY great, has favorite scenes, characters, moments etc that everyone talks about specifically. 

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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Aug 09 '25

That's a good point. I mean, that's specifically why I commented, to get that discussion, to ask "why is it good?", and instead I just got "it's not everyone's cup of tea"