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I don't have this on DVD like I do with its predecessor. Though, I remember seeing it in the cinema and feeling disappointed with it. When I explained what I thought to my dad, I remember saying (more or less) "The first film shows a character oriented story, this one tells a plot focused one." I don't want to say that plot driven stories aren't or can't be good, but if your plot driven story comes at the cost of bad or flat characters then just throw the paper in the bin.

hypothetically, it could've been better if it was told from Slappy's perspective. I'm going to assume you haven't read my last review on the first film. In the review, I mention the following question: What's it like being sucked into the book? amongst other questions. And a good way to answer those questions - especially this one - is to tell the story from Slappy's point of view, or more generally, any creature that comes out of the books. But I chose Slappy because he's in this film a lot and in the first film he was a thematic foil to R. L. Stine. Who is not in this film a lot, 'cause Jack Black was busy with A House with a Clock in its Walls and so he didn't have enough time for this film. Which is a shame, because - to me - Stine was kinda the main character of the series, despite not being a main character.

Slappy's the next best thing to replace R. L. Stine with.

I wish they confronted R. L. Stine with what he did, in the first film he says that when he was younger he used the power of the typewriter to harm the people who bullied him. The question I'm asking is: Does he feel any remorse for his actions? The answer to that question would tell us alot about R. L. Stine as a person/charecter.