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Apparently Weapons is one of the great horror movies

Receives an A- Cinemascore (horror almost always scores poorly)

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by Anonymousreply 21August 10, 2025 12:57 AM

So what's the spoiler? Too much sugar?

by Anonymousreply 1August 9, 2025 4:10 PM

It’s because of Amy Madigan!

She unites the fags and the hags who love them!

by Anonymousreply 2August 9, 2025 4:12 PM

"Get Out" is not one of "the great horror movies," for fuck's sake.

by Anonymousreply 3August 9, 2025 4:14 PM

Yes it is, Donald

by Anonymousreply 4August 9, 2025 4:16 PM

No, it's not, Slackjaw.

by Anonymousreply 5August 9, 2025 4:19 PM

The plot just looks like another pissy concoction like "Hereditary."

by Anonymousreply 6August 9, 2025 4:21 PM

Saw it yesterday. Loved it.

by Anonymousreply 7August 9, 2025 4:32 PM

excellent. zach is a really fresh filmmaker. barbarian was more thematically cohesive. this was more of a surreal fairytale and a comedy. weapons has to do with the death of trevor moore and zach's difficulty coping with such a senseless and tragic event. i think weapons reflects that brilliantly. the logic is slippery. something horrible happened that just doesn't make any sense, and the violent damage done is so abrupt and so permanent. the auxilllary characters represent various ways of coping with grief. the teacher bargains, and tries inappropriately to get close to other affected people that she doesn't have a relationship with. i wonder if that suggests that when trevor died, zach was compelled to get close to his spouse or other people in trevor's life that he didn't know well. josh represent anger, looking for someone to blame. the cop represents just crashing out and losing all focus and competence, he's completely uninvested in anything he's really doing. the principal rationalized and accepts everything, but continues to cope with stress through gluttony. looking forward to my second watch.

the children disappear at 0217 - this is a reasonable estimate of the time that trevor moore felll of his balcony and died. that's what this whole movie is about. i think you can't understand the film totally without lookiing into the wkuk and understanding what happened there. RIP trevor moore. sadly, he died as barbarian was in the works, and zach absolutely intended to take his comedy brothers along with him. in fact, trevor moore was probably on track to be an even bigger success.

by Anonymousreply 8August 9, 2025 4:38 PM

here's zach and trevor moore laughing shortly before trevor's death - making fun of their friends because zach didn't put them in barbarian,.

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by Anonymousreply 9August 9, 2025 4:40 PM

i think it's a black comedy thriller, not a horror. it's a mix of camp and david lynch style surreal stress

by Anonymousreply 10August 9, 2025 4:42 PM

r6 can you even explain what the fuck you mean by that

by Anonymousreply 11August 9, 2025 4:43 PM

give me an example of a story that wasn't constructed

by Anonymousreply 12August 9, 2025 4:43 PM

Cinema buffs, is it better than Sinners?

by Anonymousreply 13August 9, 2025 5:04 PM

I think it has the look of a graphic novel.

by Anonymousreply 14August 9, 2025 5:05 PM

Looks dumb.

by Anonymousreply 15August 9, 2025 5:24 PM

Thank you for sharing, r15.

by Anonymousreply 16August 9, 2025 5:26 PM

I’m trying to watch “Barbarian”, but I have a stubborn soup.

by Anonymousreply 17August 9, 2025 5:30 PM

R13, much better than Sinners - which I thought was overrated.

by Anonymousreply 18August 9, 2025 7:25 PM

Both Weapons and Sinners are highly overrated. Hollywood and film Twitter are so desperate for original films that they will hype up anything now.

Sinners was a slog during the first half, and dissolved into a silly vampire movie during its second act. Get Out was better directed and had a better story.

by Anonymousreply 19August 9, 2025 8:34 PM

I saw it today and really enjoyed it. The twist was unexpected. I went in thinking psychological thriller—perhaps, but it's a fun ride. See it in IMAX.

by Anonymousreply 20August 10, 2025 12:36 AM

Yeah, it's the only movie this year that isn't a fucking superhero CGI slop-fest. Of course they love it.

by Anonymousreply 21August 10, 2025 12:57 AM
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