I watched this movie several weeks after watching Cremaster 1. I'm not a movie critic or analyst, but personally I wouldn't have realized the films were by the same person. While in Cremaster 1 everything felt very minimalist and quiet, Cremaster 2 features vistas, a larger pool of actors, and measurably more dialogue.
I found the beginning of this movie a lot more interesting than the latter half. The use of bees and metal music were very appealing to me. While the nudity and copulation were vaguely intriguing, I didn't find they adding anything to the experience for me. If it had been nudity alone against the bees I think it would have had the same effect on me.
While the first part of Cremaster 2 was more enjoyable to me than the last half, I did enjoy the very end. The recurrence of Baby Fay Le Foe was lovely, as I had enjoyed her presence in the first part of the movie as well. Between the car showroom and the sanctuary/organ room of the Morman Tabernacle Choir, I also enjoyed the architecture in the movie a lot.
Cremaster 1 felt very claustrophobic inside the Goodyear blimps, and even within the stadium since it seemed very insular. I really appreciated that Cremaster 2 balanced interior architecture with vistas and open sky. It made the movie more interesting and felt more thoughtful.
The cowboys, Western dancing, and semi-Country music were not appealing to me. As they don't appeal to me even outside this film, I am not surprised, but I felt they were a bothersome interruption in an otherwise interesting, if bewildering, film.
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