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So we're gonna do a couple rounds of... of all
our games, uh, just to see how they work in practice
because in theory they're great. So we'll see
if they're actually great or if they need some
work. Um, so yeah, we'll be, we'll be experimenting
with that a little bit. And then after that,
we'll be getting straight into our breakdown
of this crazy freaking movie. uh weapons yes
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So, kicking things off, we're going to try one
of our new games. So we have two... Two new games.
We have three total, but we got two new ones
that we're going to try. The first one we're
going to be calling Reel to Reel, spelled R -E
-E -L, because we're funny like that. So this
one... Or at least we like to think we are. Yeah.
All right, so the way that this one works is
we will get a randomly generated actor and a
movie that they have starred in. Once we get
that, the other person has the task of finding
someone else in that movie and connecting them
to a movie that they have started. And then we
just keep going back and forth. And so it's kind
of the same principles as like connect the stars,
whereas you're trying to like link two together.
But this one, you're just trying to link as many
as you can in a row. So instead of trying to
find too specific, it's just until we can't go
anymore. But yeah, the only rule with that is
obviously they have to be in said movie when
you connect them. And this is also going to be
done straight from memory. No looking shit up.
So if we know an actor, but we can't remember
their name, we're kind of shit out of luck, which
should be real fun. I don't think I'm going to
make it this far on this one. Yeah, that's why
we're testing this one out. So, yeah, this is
the first round of what we are going to call
real to real. So who boy? All right. You want
to go first or do you want to go second? You
know what? I'll go first. OK. All right. You
got Tom Hanks and catch me if you can. Fuck,
man. I've never seen that movie. You've never
seen it? No, I've never seen Catch Me If You
Can. Do you know who's in it? No. Tom Hanks isn't
in that, is he? Yeah. Tom Hanks is in the movie?
Yeah. Oh, hell yeah. Okay. Dude, that was just
a freaking guess. I said you have to connect
Tom Hanks and Catch Me If You Can. Oh, for some
reason. Okay, hold up. Maybe I'm not explaining
the rule. No, I think I just had a brain fart,
dude. No, you explained them well. It says I
had a freaking brain fart. I'm sorry. Yeah, so
let me read how it says. So this is how it goes.
You name a movie starring someone and then the
movie that they were in. The next player names
another movie with... with an actor from that
movie so you have to find name another actor
and catch me if you can and then connect them
to it like a separate like random movie like
that that actor has started yeah i'm just trying
to think considering i've never seen it what
other actors are in this movie uh it's matt damon
in it no we get you want to uh you want to roll
again yes please okay all right natalie portman
black swan Dude, that's a tough one. I don't
even know if I can do that one. You're telling
me. All right, let's roll again. Yeah, I was
going to say, how many rolls do we get? All right,
this one should be Leonardo DiCaprio Inception.
Bro, are you shitting me? I've never seen Inception
either. What the hell? I'm sorry. Who the hell
else is in Inception? It's crazy that you don't
know. Christian Bale is in it, isn't he? No.
Ironically enough. I'll tell you why that's ironic
in a second. Man, I don't know. Oh my gosh, dude.
Here, if this helps, it's a Christopher Nolan
movie. Oh yeah, I know that. You don't know anyone
else that might be in it? Tom Hardy? Yeah, exactly.
Tom Hardy is in it? Tom Hardy is in that. son
of a bitch okay um freaking hell dude okay well
i was gonna make wait no it came out after he
passed away never mind i was gonna say heath
ledger but no inception came out after the dark
knight yep um all right so tom hardy dark knight
rises okay and i will go christian bale in american
hustle jeremy renner the avengers I had a freaking
give me a softball. Hey, oh, oh, I forgot. One
of the rules is no repeats. So no repeat actors.
OK, got it. Yeah, I forgot. Yeah, almost forgot
that one. OK, so Jeremy Renner. Let's see. Let's
try to think of one that might throw you off.
Man, I gave you a nice one and then you got to
be a dick like that. Well, hell, if you want
to throw me a softball, I'm not going to just
freaking give you a light tap back. Wow, man.
Let's go Mark Ruffalo, 13 going on 30. Okay,
I want to say Jennifer Garner was in that. Yeah.
Okay. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day. Oh, come on. I haven't seen
that. Oh, you haven't? No. Okay, if I remember
correctly, Steve Carell is in that movie. Yes,
he is. Okay, so let's go Steve Carell in Get
Smart. Okay. Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears Prada.
Oh, boy. Okay, Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins. What
the hell is Lin -Manuel Miranda been in? What
else has he been in? He's been in a lot of shit,
dude. Why can't I think of it off the top of
my head, though? All right, who else is in this
movie? Oh, fuck. What is his name? It was the
bad guy. Fuck. A bad guy in Mary Poppins? Yeah,
in Mary Poppins Returns. I just can't remember
the name. Well, the guy that you think he's good,
but then he's the one that's trying to... for
clothes on the banks, his house. Oh, you got
me there. Oh, uh, um, Colin Firth. I swear he
plays the bad guy in that Colin Firth. Yeah.
Isn't he? sorry. Is that the, that's not the
one that played penguin, right? No, that's Colin
Farrell. I, or. Wait. I always get them so messed
up. I do, too. Firth and Farrell. God damn it.
Which one is in The Kingsman? That one, I thought
that was Firth. Okay. So, yeah, if it's the one
in Kingsman, then, yeah, it's Colin Firth. Okay.
Okay, Colin Firth. And which one? So, connect
them to a different movie. Oh, okay. Because
I said Mary Poppins, or I said Emily Blunt. You're
doing Colin Firth in what? Hell, let's just do
Kingsman Secret Service. The first one? Yes.
Okay. Okay. Taron Egerton in Eddie the Eagle.
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman. Ooh, okay.
Ooh, how much of a dick do I want to be? Let's
go Zac Efron. And Baywatch. Okay. Dwayne Johnson.
Jumanji. Welcome to the jungle. Okay, let's go.
Karen Gillan. And I want to say it's Oculus.
Oh, dude, I fucking hate you. I don't know the
other guy's name in that movie. That's a good
one. Because, yeah, dude, I can't name the other
guy in that movie, and I can't think of any other
characters in that movie. Yeah, so the goal here
is to throw the other person off. Well, you did
that flawlessly, because, yeah, I am stumped.
All right, want to do another round? Sure. All
right, so I'll go first with this one. So the
first is Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption.
Oh, freaking hell. Oh, shit. What's his name?
Clancy Brown. Screw it. The SpongeBob movie.
Yes. Yes. All right. David Hasselhoff. Click.
Okay. Click, click, click, click. Adam Sandler's
The Easy. Oh, shit. I can't think of any other
movie that the Fonz. All right. I'll do Adam
Sandler. Longest Yard. Okay. excuse me um chris
rock yeah give me a minute i am blanking on chris
rock movies i'll give you an easy one grown -ups
uh okay uh kevin james paul blart mall cop what
else has she been in oh fuck um oh shit like
i know the actor actress rainy rodriguez like
that's the only actress i can think i actually
know her name in this is that his daughter yeah
but i can't think of what other movies she's
been in i don't know if she's been in any other
movies i know she's been in a bunch of shows
yeah so okay so we can't do the same actor right
yeah not the same actor can you do the sequel
to the movie that you just said if they were
in it uh i'll allow it all right rainy rodriguez
mall cop 2 yeah okay oh you might have stumped
me I don't know the cast of that one well enough
to do anything with. Dude, I feel you. Damn,
yeah, I'll call that one. Okay. 1 -1. All right.
I like this one. Yeah. All right, and then next
is, so the next game, so that was reel -to -reel.
The next one is based off of the head -to -head
from Blockbuster, or from the Blockbuster game.
So for those of you that don't know, so it's
kind of the same rules apply. We go back and
forth, whatever the prompt is, but the prompt
is going to be listing movies that match a specific
genre or a specific prompt. So, for example,
like one of the first prompts I did when I was
setting this up on chat, it was movies where
someone runs dramatically in the rain. So we
just bounce back and forth with movies where
people do that. So we won't be doing that prompt.
Thank goodness. Yeah. And I think we can agree,
like maybe DeVito, if there's one that's just
like completely outrageous. Okay. But yeah, so
you're up. So the prompt is movies that would
be awkward to watch with your parents. Ooh, okay.
um so this is kind of like just up to interpretation
right this this one like we just both yeah i
think we can i think we can argue with them if
that if it does seem like all right um all right
i got a sausage party oh uh 50 shades of gray
okay okay here here here's a here's something
do we want to count each a movie within like
a uh a series because we could go 50 shades freed
darker all that do we want to count those or
do we just want to go any of the movies in this
franchise like i'm cool with this we can say
them all um but if you feel that we should just
stick to just one and then move on i'll agree
with it too i'll stay with that like maybe because
this i mean that that i don't know maybe that
like takes the easy ones out like off the road
so anything that includes a franchise like no
repeats of a franchise okay got it okay so we
got sausage party 50 shades of gray um just because
like i mean it kind of just depends on how parents
you know how they react to like brutal movies
um i'd say any of the saw movies i will give
you that because there is nudity in those okay
fair enough okay um bros dude i was thinking
the same shit it's like hmm are you all right
um all right man you think that we'd have like
many but just i can't think of any yeah uh ted
oh uh oh wolf of wall street oh um shit man you
might got me already yeah yeah yeah man i think
you got me i can't think of any uh All right.
All right. Let's do one more. So I'm starting
this one. Movies with a completely unnecessary
sequel. Oh, there's so many. Holy shit. Dude,
we might start. Dude, seriously, we could keep
this one going for quite a while. I know. Now
it's not a matter of what to choose. It's just
like, oh, where do I want to freaking... Unnecessary
sequels. Shit. Now I have too many options and
I can't narrow it down. Seriously. The Spongebob
movie. I brought that one up earlier. Any movie
after the Spongebob movie is an unnecessary sequel.
Yeah. Okay. You agree with that? Alvin and the
Chipmunks. The Squeakquel. Yes. Well, okay. I
do have a question. okay what if it's a sequel
that's a prequel does that not count anymore
i think it's anything that came after the original
okay so so prequel or wait okay so like anything
so that's a sequel to the original it's not a
prequel yes got it okay i want to make the argument
for toy story 3 you're saying that that was no
no no no no no no that toy story 3 is a movie
with an unnecessary sequel yes okay yeah i i
could you know what dude as much as i back if
we can make if if we're allowed to make that
argument where it's not necessarily the the og
movie yeah it's any sequels that were made off
of that movie so you're saying two and three
were warranted yeah two and three warranted four
is the unnecessary yeah okay i will i will absolutely
give you that freaking a dude freaking like the
the high that i was on after toy story 4 like
i remember i gave you so much shit for giving
it a low score like the more i watched that movie
i'm just like this was so unnecessary and like
the fact that we're getting five like what the
fuck yeah no joke dude all right uh dumb and
dumber too dude i have like a list of like unnecessary
unnecessary comedy sequels No joke, dude. The
Flintstones 2. Ooh, okay. So this is more just
naming the unnecessary sequel. Yeah. So not naming
the movie with one. It's the movie that is the
unnecessary sequel. Yeah. Grown Ups 2. Hoodwink
2. Oh, dude, don't even start it on that one.
I could make a whole freaking episode on how
god -awful. hood versus evil was um are you giving
me uh cars too oh okay that one's an interesting
one because i think cars 2 is unnecessary but
cars 3 is good yeah god cars 3 should have been
cars 2 and cars 2 should have never existed because
cars 3 is a perfect send -off to that franchise
no kidding Oh, basically anything, all the everything
after the expendables. Yeah, two, three, four,
five, however many they freaking made. I think
they made four. I'm pretty sure. Does it does
like if it's like a streaming sequel, does it
count or does it have to? If it's a movie, then
yes. OK, Megamind 2. Oh my God, dude. For real.
Oh, geez. I'll freaking say it. Thor Love and
Thunder. Fair. Yeah. That's completely fair.
I think Ragnarok was the last line of it being
necessary. Love and Thunder didn't need to happen.
Yeah, dude. How the hell does the Thor franchise
go? Up, down, up, down. no i think i think thor
i actually i will make the argument dark world
might be better than the first thor really i
think so i so i re -watched it wow i will say
that the villain that the villain it that the
thor thor's villain with loki is definitely better
than dark world Dark World's villain is very
lacking, but I think story -wise overall, I think
Thor 2 has a better story. All right. Yeah. Hot
take. Hot freaking take. It is a very hot take,
but I can understand where you're coming from.
I mean, I'm going to always be biased towards
the first Thor because that was our first introduction
to Hawkeye. Understandable. But shit, man. Fair
enough. All right. You know what? As much as
I... Wait. No, I'm not going to say I won yet.
As much as I love this sequel, and I think it's
actually better than the first one, it is still
unnecessary. Child's Play 2. Ooh. Okay. That
might be the hottest take I've ever said. At
least to me. This is kind of a hard one for me
because I haven't fully seen the movie. Okay.
But it's just, I will say Gladiator 2 did not
need to happen. I can give you that. Yeah. Even
though I have heard it's a very good movie. It
is. I did. So in preparation to watch the second
one, my wife and I went back and watched the
first. And I did not leave that movie thinking
that I needed to see the second. It just ended
in a way where I was satisfied with the ending.
Gladiator 2 falls in the realm of, oh, hey, it's
been 20 years or how long ever since the first
Gladiator. The director wants to make a sequel.
He has an idea. Let's do it. Yeah. Ow, fuck.
I don't know. I want to say this would count.
And, you know, this is my favorite one in the
franchise. you know, considering that the stories
in the first one were concluded kind of, if we're,
if we're comparing it to that, don't really need
a sequel. I would say the purge anarchy. Yeah.
I will go with happy Gilmore too. Yeah. Fair.
It was funny. Don't get me wrong. But that was
it was completely unnecessary. Yeah, that's what
I've heard. Again, I think I enjoyed it more
than the first one, but it was still very unnecessary.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Yeah. Oh, my gosh,
dude. For real. Oh, goodness. I'm just running
through like every freaking movie that I've ever
seen. Just like, does that have a sequel? Does
that have a sequel? Does this have a sequel?
Freaking low hanging fruit here, but I guess
Halloween three. Yeah. Okay. In terms of like,
I understand it like what they were going for
in terms of like what I think Halloween was originally
supposed to be. Yes, because. Yeah, but in the
in this the stance of the franchise itself, it
very like just what the hell? Yeah, because everyone
was just like, where the hell is Michael Myers?
Yeah. So, yeah, no, that's a good one. You know,
I haven't even seen the sequel and I already
know that it's just so pointless because the
first one was just all right. Peter Rabbit, too.
Oh, for real. Freaking ass. Should we count movies
that haven't been made yet? Sure. No, I won't
do that. That's cheap. Oh, gosh. This one's tough.
Basically, any sequel that they made of a Disney
original, not including Peter Pan Return to Neverland.
I think that is the one movie where it is better
than the original, but Pocahontas 2, Little Mermaid
2, Lilo and Stitch 2. Lilo and Stitch 2. Unnecessary.
Okay. Yeah. Again, it pains me to say this because
the sequel is so freaking good, but it was unnecessary.
Inside Out 2. I... Oh, man. Hot take. Uh -oh.
I don't know if I want to... God damn it. You
might be right. Unnecessary, but welcome. yes
well because okay at the end of the movie joy
says riley's 11 now right what could happen isn't
what she says yeah when we start inside out too
how old is she is she 13 yeah she's like in her
teens okay so like if if if we started out when
she was 11 i could warrant it i'm like okay that
makes sense we're just continuing what joy said
but the fact that we jump a couple years But
you got to think, too, that they that they came
in like they kind of left like a gun on the table,
if you will, with the new console and then being
like, oh, what is this puberty button? Like,
oh, well, we just won't touch that. So they did
like they did leave some fruit hanging. I damn
you got a point. Yeah, but it's also like it's.
I think they left the door unlocked. I don't
think they left it open for a sequel, but I think
they left it unlocked more like if they were
to go for a sequel, like what they would touch
upon. Okay. All right. Yeah. Good points. Yeah,
man. I might be stumped. I can't think of another
one. I'll call it. Cause I mean, if I, if I,
I think we could go off. Yeah, we really could.
Yeah, absolutely. But. I will say, freaking love
this game. Yeah, that was a lot of fun. Yeah,
these games are very fun. I can't decide which
I like more. I think I like the second one more.
You like head -to -head better? Yeah. Versus
reel -to -reel is fun. It's fun, but it's hard
at points. It's very challenging. We're going
to play some Connect the Stars, but we're like
40 minutes in. Okay. Yeah, maybe we should just
move to the review for this episode. I agree.
All right. Well, let's get on into it. Let's
do it. Hell yeah. we have shifted the tone into
our spooky theme so we are officially ready to
talk about weapons so for those of you that are
new to our breakdown system we have split movies
into eight different categories that we individually
score to come to a final all bros letter grade
the eight categories that we score are story
writing acting character development but for
this being a horror film uh we are going to uh
discuss the logic of the film and whether it
followed its own rules that it set into place
uh and then we'll be talking about the effects
the music the costumes And then we'll give it
our own personal score at the very end. All of
these numbers will get magically added up and
spit through our algorithm and give us a letter
grade compared this movie to others of a similar
grade. So if you have not seen Weapons, Rose
is about to spoil the entire freaking movie for
you in our favorite segment that we like to call
Reading with Rose. All right. So one thing I
want to point out, I like that Wikipedia did
this. They're pointing out that the film is presented
in a non -linear narrative with chapters for
various characters whose stories intersect. They
just like to point out that this is a linear
summary of the plot. So I like that they pointed
that out. In Maybrook, Pennsylvania, 17 children
from a single third grade class suddenly run
from their homes at 2 .17 a .m. and disappear.
Only one student, Alex Lilly, remains. Their
teacher, Justine Gandy, is placed on leave amid
suspicion that she is responsible for the disappearances.
A paranoid, ostracized Justine relapses into
alcoholism. Concerned for Alex's well -being,
Justine follows him home, where she notices his
windows covered with newspaper and spots his
parents sitting motionless in the dark. She implores
Principal Marcus Miller to perform a wellness
check. While watching Alex's house, Justine drunkenly
falls asleep in her car. An unseen individual
enters the car and cuts off a lock of Justine's
hair. Archer Graff, the father of missing child
Matthew, begins his own investigation, frustrated
with the police's lack of progress. After reviewing
smart doorbell footage of Matthew and another
child, he notices that their running paths converge,
but cannot pinpoint their exact destination.
While on patrol, Justine's ex -boyfriend, police
officer Paul Morgan, arrests James, a vagrant
drug addict, for attempted burglary. Paul pricks
himself on a syringe while searching James and
angrily knocks James out. yeah i was not expecting
all of a sudden just wham oh my gosh dude that
was brutal yeah shit like i was like oh my god
did he actually hit him oh like that looked too
real for it to be fake yeah no like seriously
like most shit i could like oh cool movie magic
like no there was no magic here no this was a
full straight assault Good on the stunt team
for that, because that looked real. So freaking
real. That will be reflected in effects. Hell
yeah. Upon realizing his dash cam recorded the
assault, Paul releases James, making James promise
they will not see each other again. James later
burglars, burglars, sorry, Alex's house and finds
the missing children in the basement in a catatonic
state. He attempts to report his findings to
the police in hopes of receiving the $50 ,000
cash reward, but Paul sees him and chases him
before he can enter the station. James flees
into the woods, seeing a mysterious woman and
hides in his tent. When Paul catches Jim, James
reveals the children's location. Paul drives
to Alex's house, leaving James handcuffed in
the car while he investigates. Hours later, Paul
emerges and drags James into the house. At the
school, Marcus meets with a mysterious woman
who introduces herself as Alex's aunt, Gladys,
and claims that she has become the family's caretaker
after Alex's parents fell ill. Marcus insists
he must meet with Alex's legal guardians. The
next day, Gladys visits Marcus and his husband
Terry at their home and performs a ritual with
a ribbon stolen from Marcus and locks of Terry's
and Justine's hair. She enchants Marcus, who
bashes his head into Terry's, killing him. God,
that was so brutal. Dude, for real. Before pursuing
Justine. Yeah, especially how Marcus's face looked.
That will definitely, I feel, go into effects.
And honestly, just into acting with Benedict
Wong and how he was in this movie, because amazing.
I want to know how the hell they got that effect.
Seriously. It looked too real for it to be CGI.
And it looked too practical. It looked like a
fake head. yeah like did they just get someone
to like put on like a fake benedict wong mask
and i i don't know man but that freaking shit
was the thing of nightmares the way that real
for real bro there's a lot of shit in this movie
that's freaking nightmare fuel dude yeah dude
straight up uh archer confronts justine at a
gas station but marcus suddenly appears and attacks
justine Justine flees, and Marcus is fatally
struck by a car while chasing her. After being
treated for his injuries, Archer shares his findings
with Justine, who realizes that the children
were running towards Alex's house. In a flashback
to shortly before the disappearance of children,
Gladys comes to live with Alex's family. It is
revealed that she is a witch who has enchanted
Alex's parents to siphon their life force and
has been forcing Alex to continue life as normal,
threatening to use witchcraft to make his parents
kill each other if he refuses. When her health
continues to deteriorate, Gladys convinces Alex
to collect personal belongings from each of his
classmates. Alex takes his classmates' name tags,
which she uses to abduct them to extract their
life force. Despite her attempts to cover her
tracks, Gladys eventually realizes she has been
discovered and declares to Alex that they will
flee. In the present, Archer and Justine enter
Alex's house and are attacked by Enchanted Paul
and James. Justine fatally shoots them both in
the head with Paul's pistol. When Archer searches
for Matthew in the basement, Gladys enchants
him to attack Justine. Upstairs, Alex evades
his enchanted parents and replicates Gladys'
spell using a strand of hair from her wig. The
children rush out of the basement and chase Gladys
through the neighborhood before tearing her apart.
Her death frees her victims, though Alex's parents
remain catatonic. Archer finds and embraces Matthew.
A child narrator explains that Alex moved in
with a different aunt, his parents were institutionalized,
and the children all returned home, with some
eventually beginning to speak again. It makes
you wonder, what about that left them in that
catatonic state? Like, was it... The fact that
like just being in it left them catatonic. Like
I understand the parents staying that way because
they were forced to do some like awful things.
Yeah. Like I understand like the parents, the
children, were they in that state because they
had to witness themselves rip an old lady limb
by limb? It could be that. I'm like, yeah, I
probably wouldn't talk for a while either. Yeah.
Fair. Oh my gosh, dude. This was a crazy freaking
movie. Dude. Freaking. I don't know about you,
but like the first five minutes I was like, okay,
I'm in. I don't know what this movie is going
to, what the whole story is going to be, but
I am so in because from the, how the. First of
all, this will get with acting, but the child
narrator that they have in this, just amazing
to begin with. And the way that she explains
how, oh, what I'm about to tell you is the true
story. Some of the things that actually happened
were left out of police investigation, but this
is what really happened. And the whole scene
of how she tells how these kids just ran out
at 2 .17 in the morning. all running towards
the same same direction and seeing that scene
just all of them just with their arms raised
out just gliding through the night i don't i
don't know what music was playing like but that
definitely added to the atmosphere of it was
just so freaking spooky um just like this opening
was so freaking good and it sets the tone so
well for the rest of this movie um that yeah
first five minutes like i said i'm like i don't
i don't know how how this movie is going to tell
this story of what happened to these kids but
i am all in i cannot wait to see what how this
unfolds i am so with you it would it immediately
freaking sets the tone in a masterful way my
like my problems when it comes to like the story
which we're obviously discussing first is the
was the motivation behind what was her name gladys
yes yeah it was uh was her motivation because
it never seemed like she was getting better from
like these kids like the way that i expected
her to be like collecting these kids because
i i figured i was like okay so is she like i
assumed with the parents i'm like okay so she's
like stealing their life force but then she still
looked awful and it wasn't like it seemed like
it wasn't enough to sustain her and so i was
like okay so she's getting more kids to do the
same but it was like the same deal like it didn't
seem to like make her any better no because like
when it comes to the day where um you know like
all uh alex is able to break the curse and all
the kids run and start attacking her yeah she
she literally looks basically the same as the
night that she tells alex that she needs d she
needs um something from each one of his classmates
yeah like that's i think that's the thing that
was confusing me the most I don't think they
explained the whole draining the life force properly.
Or at least I don't think they visualized it
as well as they meant to. Yeah, that's fair.
The story itself, I love the broken up structure
and showing how these stories interconnect. I
will say my favorite storyline though was following
james the junkie dude sit here i i was there's
just something so funny about like how he was
going about his day when he's talking on the
phone talking about getting like a new job and
he's like pulling people like checking to see
if anyone's doors are unlocked their car dude
freaking i i love what um he's at the pawn shop
he's literally turning in everything that he
stole from alex's house and he sees the reward
money and when he calls he's just like yeah so
like is there anybody that can like come meet
me because you know like i'm just really afraid
of police stations No specific reason, but that
was freaking great. He was a gem. He really was
freaking like, even when he's like climbing into
Alex's house and like, just like freaking breaking
shit. When he sees them, sees his parents for
the first time, just like sitting there and me,
he's just like, what the? but then just like
goes back to freaking looting the place it's
just like oh man like this drugs have this dude
messed up but I thought that was so funny and
I freaking loved when he was fighting Josh Brolin's
character and he was like kept getting knocked
out and then Josh Brolin would stand up and like
and then he'd get freaking attacked again freaking
punch like knock his ass out again and just kept
doing that and like would grip then it's like
okay you'd have a moment of rest and then like
he'd come out from somewhere else and then he
just grabs him like throws him across the room
i'm like holy shit dude just stay down seriously
oh man that shit was so freaking funny uh yeah
his his interaction and then the interaction
he had with the police officer uh paul that was
really funny i love their first interaction when
um he is arresting him and paul's just like are
you okay we both went down pretty hard down uh
hard down there are you okay are you okay son
are these cuffs too tight i'm like okay all right
buddy like i i get it but i i don't know if you're
supposed to um i don't know if you shouldn't
be asking this many questions yeah i i guess
small town mentality or something like that like
honestly i i respect it yeah But it was so freaking
funny, dude. I was like, oh, man, this guy's
really nice. It seems like he cares, and then
he gets poked, and he's like, son of a bitch.
Just clobbers the guy. I'm like, holy balls.
Before that instance, you're just like, all right,
that's the ideal cop that you want to deal with.
And then, bam. Straight assault. Just pure police
brutality. Yeah. I laughed so hard. i i oh my
gosh it was so good this movie did really well
at switching between uh like tones like because
there were times where it seemed like it had
more like comedic or just like calmer tones and
then it would switch to horror and then you're
like oh freaking hell yeah no i absolutely agree
like my personal favorite is when what's her
name jenny is that or what the the the teacher's
name is i think so or justine just yeah yeah
when justine when freaking benedict wong's character
is chasing her and she's running through the
freaking convenient like the gas station store
and she's just like the the dude's like get the
hell out of my store and she's like help me no
dude straight up i dude i freaking love uh julia
garner so much she is such a good actress she
is so fun like her over the top like screaming
is hilarious and everything that i've seen i
know she was in that show ozarks oh yeah and
then she's just like where she like i forget
she's yelling at jason bateman she's like if
you want to stop me you'll have to effing kill
me i've seen that i love that like her delivery
on that is just golden and then her her delivery
on this too was freaking fantastic i i just love
how well you know actually no i'll talk that
with her acting yeah um but yeah i love the story
structure um the story itself was pretty original
and terrifying yeah dude straight up so i mean
i'm i i don't think i'm quite cracking the 90s
yet i'm like i'm right there though i think i
might be at like an 88 because i thought this
was something yeah i think this was definitely
a story that went above and beyond and hold something
original like this is going to be a movie that
like this is going to be a story i remember and
if i see anyone mimic like this is going to be
one that i feel is mimicked in the future like
even if you don't i feel with this movie like
even if you like maybe like sometimes get confused
along the way up until the ending or just like
well why did they break it apart like that with
telling the backstories of the characters like
you can honestly bitch all you want But at least
give this movie credit that you got an original
horror movie, original horror concept in the
year 2025. Because most of the time, all we're
getting is just sequels, sequels, and sequels.
Yeah. Even if you think about this in a linear
way, it's still a really good story. Yeah, absolutely.
But I think that they... I think if they were
to throw this in a linear, like a typical linear,
like storyline, I think I'd probably be a little
bit lower. Not much. I think I'd still be in
the, like the high eighties. I think I'd be sitting
more about like 85, 86. That's fair. But I think
the nonlinear storytelling really enhanced what
they were going for. Agreed. Moving on over to
writing. This is what I, I, I might be a little
bit lower. I will admit I am too. And it's not,
not to say that the act, sorry, the acting, the
writing is bad, but it definitely isn't as strong
as the story. I will say I do like going back
to the whole story structure. I do appreciate
how they wrote that out. That. you know like
oh we start with the teacher then we move into
one of the parents then we move into the principal
and we move into each of these characters and
like how how they intersect um and how that just
um um what's the word how that combines into
one story one whole story um and and i and i
love that um but I guess you could say that along
the way there are certain story elements. Sorry,
not story elements. I'm sorry. There are certain
areas in the writing in these stories that kind
of not take you out of it, but you're just like,
okay, this isn't exactly as strong as the story.
Yeah. Specifically, when Josh Brolin's character
was at work. And he was talking about like ordering
the wrong stuff. I was like, OK, why do I care
about this? Yeah. And then we find out like,
oh, that's how they needed to explain him having
the red paint, because that's what he uses to
write witch on Justine's car door. I mean, I
feel like he could like you could have just had
it like shown him with paint cans in the back
of his truck. I agree. We didn't need this whole
backstory. uh with uh him and his uh construction
team or his his employees yeah and dude what's
confusing to me is general like just being nitpicky
generally people on a job site know what colors
things are meant to be painted and so if some
i would think that any person with a tiny bit
of common sense And any knowledge of the job
site would ask questions before painting something.
So the fact that they painted the door red when
they knew it was supposed to be like a dark green
is freaking ridiculous to me. That is fair. Like,
I think that line, like that bit of dialogue
bothered me more than anything. No, fair enough.
Like, I would understand him being like, hey,
we ordered the wrong paint. Oh, like my bad.
I'll go pick up some more. like that's all that
scene needed to be yeah like it just that's it
like you show him at work you show him working
a little bit and then you say hey boss like we
picked up the wrong paint for the door oh that
sucks like i'm sorry my mind's not quite where
it needs to be like i'll go pick up some more
and then why he while he's driving then he freaking
passes by uh justine and then he's like ding
ding gets an idea and then you see freaking like
the witch thing like honestly i wouldn't i would
have even sufficed for just a phone call that
he gets um from his from his employee um as he's
going to the job site and then he has to turn
around and then that's when he uh sees justine's
car and or wait no no that sorry i'm skipping
into i'm skipping ahead um But I would have even
just been fine with just a phone call just saying
like, oh, hey, this is why he has red paint in
his truck. I didn't really need that huge backstory
in a way. They overwrote quite a bit in this.
Yes. In a way that didn't feel very natural.
The one that I feel like I'm glad that we got
a good amount of backstory would be Alex's. story
because i do like that um because i mean we needed
to see what happened to his parents um and so
like i i do appreciate that they wrote it to
where we get to set up that bond that he has
with them definitely more so with his dad than
his mom i'm considering his dad picked him up
every day after school um but because you get
that you feel the emotion that he feels fricking
when his parents start picking up those forks
and stabbing themselves. Yeah. Holy shit. Yeah.
But I mean, you'd feel bad for anybody that was
doing that, but especially a little kid seeing
his parents do that. I can't imagine like that's
just messed up. Oh yeah, absolutely. His was
definitely the best like written of the, of the
stories. Yeah. the dialogue overall though wasn't
super impressive this is some i'm sitting at
like 79 it didn't even crack like the 80s for
me i think it did crack the 80s for me but just
like barely like straight up 80 um so you know
actually no i'll go i'll go one higher 81 um
i i will say like like there is some like parts
that you're like you know like like you pointed
out like this movie does a good job of balancing
like the themes and that goes with like the the
the serious writing and then the comedy writing
um one i feel like one instance with like justine's
um story that just like you kind of are like
so shocked that you're just like you kind of
like chuckle a little bit to yourself but it's
when she's confronted by um uh shit what's the
cop's name oh paul paul she's confronted by his
girlfriend in the liquor store and just freaking
just like wax her to the floor and is holding
a bottle in her head she's like did you fuck
him it is one of those like crazy absurd scenes
i love how they did those shots like how they
just kind of like followed her like the way that
they were able to just kind of like follow in
front of her at all times yeah it was so trippy
like it felt like they had a camera like on her
chest like just kind of like following her but
it was like it was distance a bit away so it
was like you always like felt like you were like
right in front of her but it was distance enough
and obviously like you saw her full torso that
it it felt super cool yeah Absolutely. And they
did it a couple of times, especially while she's
like kind of weaving in between the aisles and
stuff. Like it was trippy because they did one
shot like that from behind where they were just
kind of following her. And I was like, wow, I
really like that shot. And then they did it again
from the front when they were doing that shit
with the girlfriend. I was like, damn, like this
is crazy. Like I freaking love shit like that,
dude. Like any shots that like will blow me away.
Like I freaking love that. Yeah, same here. All
right, moving on over to acting. First up, we
got Julia Garner, who plays Justine. Then we
got Josh Brolin, who plays Archer. We got Carrie
Christopher, who plays Alex. Then we got Amy
Madigan, who plays Gladys. What do I know her
from? I don't know, because I didn't recognize
her from anything. I'm going to look that up.
amy madigan because she looks so freaking familiar
uncle buck that's what i know her from oh okay
uncle buck field of dreams she's been some bangers
yeah what else i think that's all i remember
her from yeah that's the big one uncle buck because
she played yeah uncle i think she played buck's
girlfriend i think from what i'm remembering
i think you're right yeah that's I knew she looked
familiar. I couldn't place it. She looked crazy.
Yeah, dude, going, I mean, this will go into
costumes, but freaking her makeup and her transformation
into the character of Anne Gladys was insane.
So freaking good. Next level. Yeah. All right.
Next, we got Alden Ehrenreich. I think it's Ehrenreich.
Ehrenreich. uh who plays paul i freaking love
this dude same here man freaking i'm glad that
um uh more people are appreciating um solo a
star wars story i know it ain't the best star
wars movie but it got way too much hate when
it came out oh dude no kidding it's a solid star
wars spinoff it is in terms of like what i thought
he was But I like this guy's acting a lot. I
think he gets a lot of hate. And the dude who
played Speed Racer, I think he gets a lot of
hate, too. And he's a great actor. Yeah, I absolutely
agree. There was one movie I watched. I forget
what it's called. Mr. Beast did a whole freaking
video based off of the movie. And I thought it
was fantastic. Anyway, Benedict Wong plays Marcus.
Then we got Austin Abrams, who plays James. Then
Scarlett Cher was the narrator. So, I mean, I
don't know about you. Top spot, Julia Garner.
Oh, yeah, absolutely. She was amazing. Yeah,
loved her. Number two is Tricky. but i'm i'm
personally giving it to amy madigan same here
man yeah yeah that i think three is also tricky
because i might give this to carrie christopher
over josh brolin that's what i would do yeah
yeah that's yeah i would give it to him like
i'll be real going through this list i don't
even think josh brolin would crack my top five
dude same like don't get me wrong like he wasn't
bad in this movie he was good but like all these
other characters are just i'm sorry like a little
more interesting than him yeah he got outperformed
hard yes very much like sorry josh like that
you were phoning it in a bit but like some people
were on their a game yeah But no, he did a great
job. I still really liked his performance. It
just did get a little outshined by freaking Alden
and Benedict. Yes, absolutely. I wouldn't necessarily
say in that order. I'd probably go Julia Garner
as one, Amy Madigan as two, Carrie Christopher
as three, Benedict Wong four, Alden five, and
then I think maybe Josh Brolin would be six.
Yeah, I think I would agree. But anyway, what
did you think of their performances overall?
I'd say overall, everyone was pretty solid. Like
you pointed out, some brought their A game more
than others. Nothing against Josh Brolin. It's
just with some of these other characters, they
definitely had a lot more to work with. And so
they were able to showcase their acting chops
more. Especially... uh shit who played justine
is it julia garland is that her name garner garner
thank you um her her acting range is truly amazing
because you know you pointed out that scene in
the gas station where she's just like fucking
help me and then you get and then like in another
scene you get her having this really nice conversation
with alex um after or not after um As he's like
taking all these name tags off and she catches
him, but she doesn't say anything. You know,
her telling her, telling him like, Hey, you know,
like I've noticed that you've been a lot more
quieter than usual. I'm here. If you need to
talk about anything, like, please let, please
know that I'm here if you need anything. And.
Even with what Marcus points out of how she is
as a teacher to where, like, she hugged a student
that was going through a hard time. She gave
a student a ride home. Like, yeah, I get that's
not part of – you're not supposed to do that
as a teacher. But, hell, freaking I would love
a teacher, especially an elementary school teacher,
that cares that much about her kids. Like, come
on. That's what every parent wants, I feel. I
can't speak. Cause I don't have any kids, but
I mean, Caleb, like, would you feel like that's
the kind of teacher you would want Iris to have
or Levi? I would, I would actually appreciate
very much if, if they had teachers like that,
like ones that genuinely cared about them. Hell
yeah. Cause I think that's like the biggest struggle.
Like it's, it's finding teacher or maybe feeling
like you're the teacher's care. Like, I think
that's the biggest struggle with sending a kid
to school is just. You care so much about your
child and you kind of want someone else to care
just as much. And so when you get a teacher that's
like that, I would appreciate that. And I really
liked how like how they portrayed the relationship.
Like, obviously, everyone is in this very like
volatile state, like their children are missing,
like it's it's a hard time. And then, yeah, they
have to look to someone to blame. And obviously,
like. The two like I loved how it was immediately
like the two suspects were freaking Alex and
and Justine. Yeah. It's like, yeah, kind of makes
sense. Like when every kid except you. And then
it's also also all these kids from just your
class. Like it feel it feels suspicious. And
so I understand like why why they like why they
were freaking out. yeah like from a parent's
perspective but i also really liked from the
principal's perspective being able to like defend
like oh well she has a record of like like she
messes around with another member of faculty
like it's like yes she was fooling around but
it's not like she was fooling around with a kid
she was fooling around with a member of faculty
and i love how they made that clarification basically
like okay like don't freaking try dragging our
name through the mud for like it was a fine relationship
just in an inappropriate setting yeah exactly
so i i really liked like that stuff that they
more or less addressed same here but yeah jill
her like you said her range is crazy dude like
because we just freaking talked about her in
fantastic four and it's it's it's crazy like
how good her range is because she can go from
manic to someone who cares to someone who just
is like a character like the silver surfer where
she's just in it in deep hurt like it's it's
crazy yeah her range is ridiculous and i freaking
love her i can't wait to see more of her stuff
same here man like she's gonna be a selling point
for me in future movies like agreed oh julie
garner's in it freaking a let's go i wouldn't
be surprised in the slightest if she ends up
being like a big like a lister b lister at the
minimum yeah i i really hope she is yeah uh acting
wise i will say this i don't think anyone's winning
any oscars that's fair where are you sitting
um i'd say like i'm in the mid 80s with acting
so like i think i'd be at like an 80 i'd say
it like an 86 i'm a little on the lower end like
i'm i'm sitting more like 82 fair like i i it's
not that i didn't dislike anyone's performance
and i think julie gar julia garner was the standout
for me um everyone else i think was just a little
It's hard to say that they weren't like putting
forth as much effort. It felt more like. Kind
of stage play acting versus movie. Yeah, I mean,
I think like if I'm if I'm I think what pushes
me to an 86 because I mean. I might have even
been an 84. It's not only Garter's performance,
but it's also Aunt Gladys's performance, because
even though she has. not as much screen time
as some of the others. Every single time that
she is on screen, you can't look away. Just incredible.
I could. Fair. That's fair. I was more of the
tucked in behind a blanket, like, go away, witch!
Freaking, okay, can we talk about, because you
don't really get to know any of the other kids
except for Archer's kid, Matthew. That kid is
a... Yeah, that kid is a little shit. Dude, no
joke. I'm like, you deserve this. Yeah, no, dude,
seriously. When she goes, pencils down, and then
he just freaking throws it out his head. He has
the freaking nerve to be like, it was a joke.
Yeah. He's like, you said put pencils down. Really,
kid? You're such a little shit. I could not be
a teacher, dude. there's no part of me that feels
patient enough to deal with that shit you know
what dude i'm still trying to um like that's
what i i really would love to become a teacher
um but yeah like instances like this and in in
movies i'm just like please never let me have
a child like this dude the way I would get in
so much trouble for cussing at kids because I,
I, I have to catch myself with my two. See, I
don't think I would have like, if I had 16 or
18 kids to deal with, with that much fricking
attitude. No, I wouldn't be able to hold myself
back. I don't know if I'd do so much of like
holding myself back from cursing. It's literally
doing the exact same thing the kid just did.
So if the kid just threw the pencil, I'm throwing
a pencil right at the kid. Yeah. Throws a pencil.
Hey, just chucking it at them. What was that
for? I'm just giving you a taste of your own
medicine. For real. Like, I am slowly realizing,
like, as an adult, how quick, like, how, like,
I understand. I'm at that point. as a parent
why i why i understand why i got hit as a kid
okay i didn't like for okay that sounded bad
um like i didn't get i wasn't beat as a child
but i was i was whacked if that there's a difference
for those of you that do know the difference
it's it's more like i get that quick little hey
what what you do like a quick little like reminder
tap like hey what you doing like that kind of
yeah not like a i wouldn't get freaking like
beat it's just more like a laying on of hands
just hey hey get like get back in place i don't
think i ever got anything like that from my mom
and dad but did i get fully spanked by my grandma
for disobeying her you're goddamn right i did
yeah same like my i mean okay my mom would um
oh what's the word my mom wasn't the like she
would basically like hire my dad like my dad
was basically a hired gun in our house like he
he would he would come home and then my mom would
tell him what what we did and then he'd like
immediately like come after us and then we just
have to run and pray that he couldn't catch us
in time because because this is like the shit
that he would do like because like i know in
normal like abusive households it's like dad
like daddy comes home and freaking like beats
you right yeah it was this is more what happened
daddy comes home gets told that what you did
to that day good or bad and then he would he'd
be like oh really He'd walk over to the freaking
oven, grab the towel and start twisting it and
whip our asses with it. So our goal was to find
a way to safely jump down the stairs without
getting our asses whooped. But yeah, it got it
got dangerous because we were like straight sending
our bodies down these stairs. Try to avoid getting
whipped. And I, I, I can't speak for my brothers,
but I know that I failed a lot because I was
always mid jump and it would get like right under
my fricking butt cheek. And I'm like, then like
I would, I would land down on the, on the landing
and I'd collapse because my fricking. butt hurts
and then my dad would be running towards me and
I'd have to freaking scramble to basically I'd
have to throw myself down the stairs to get in
my room and attempt to find a safe space which
would be like trying to hide in the laundry room
or something like that. That's what it was. It
was more fun than scary. That's what I'm getting
at. In the moment, terrifying. After the lens
of being a grown -up, fun. There's no good way
to explain that your parents weren't afraid to
spank you without it sounding abusive. No, honestly,
even with your grandparents. Don't be wrong.
I love my grandma to death. I miss her dearly.
But that is just like the one instance I remember
of like actually being taught a lesson with like
with actual. Yeah. I mean, it's effective. Yes,
absolutely. Like, I'm not going to sit here and
disagree with it. It's effective. It gets the
job done. And honestly. It's so messed up because
it's like, I know how to fix this immediately,
but I'm not going to because I don't want my
kids to be afraid of me. No, that's fair. But
it's just like, there's always that devil on
your shoulder that's just like, do it. Like,
release the Kraken. I tell Brielle on the regular,
I'm like, these kids do not know. what is is
that's being held back when they act up like
this these kids are so lucky i have really good
self -control oh man like i could feel my dad
trying to come out and just like get him dude
especially when i get like if if freaking my
kids throw a toy and it hits me in the face oh
nothing freaking lights my fire quicker Like
I need to calm down. I do. I have to take a moment.
Like I'll step aside and just like, I can't do
it. Can't do it. Oh shit. But I think what gets
me too is like, at least with Iris is the, the
attitude. Cause she'll like, she'll do something
that hits my face. And then I'm just, and then
I look back at her and she's like, what? Calm
down. Calm down. yeah oh my gosh um so i think
we discussed it last time i i i recently got
a dog and one of the things that i like i do
with the dog is when i need the dog to go away
i yell get right okay so it was either today
early today or yesterday i was freaking i was
standing by and i was talking to brielle and
for Whatever reason, my kids hate when I have
discussions with my wife. So, Levi wanted attention.
Brielle wasn't giving it to him. And he comes
over behind me and kicks the back of my legs.
And it's like, get, get. And I'm like, you little,
like, I will toss you across the room. Oh, man.
Yeah, he does that a lot now where he's just,
get. It's so freaking funny. I freaking love
that kid. Both of my kids are freaking hilarious
and it's irritating. Oh, man. Yeah. Anyway, moving
on to our next category, which for this being
a horror movie is we're going to be discussing
the logic. I think this did a really good job.
Yes, I agree. And I feel it helps kind of going
back to the story of how it tells each character's
story leading up to what the. finale is what
how this is what um this is how we got this is
where we are now let's show you how we got there
with each character that the story revolves around
yeah um i did really like the little twist where
alex got um got his hands on that spell um it
made me question where the hell gladys was during
that whole interaction Yeah, you would think
that she wouldn't just be downstairs. I don't
know what the hell she was doing downstairs.
Well, that's what threw me off. Alex was told,
hey, don't cross the salt line, and then she
went into the room and shut the door. Where was
she? Yeah, I don't know. Maybe she – yeah, because
you would – I don't know. You could say, oh,
maybe she wanted to go check out the commotion
downstairs, but like – at the same time like
i don't think you'd want to leave your your freaking
witch's brew whatever um unattended yeah i i
she also didn't really explain what the hell
that salt was for because there was salt throughout
the house if you did you notice that i yeah i
did um there was a lot of salt lines yeah like
is that like I couldn't tell whether that was
because like that was the activation for the,
for, for Justine and Arthur coming into, or was
that his name? Arthur Archer Archer. I couldn't
tell if that was the justification for why Paul
and, and what's his face attacked Justine and
Archer. Yeah, man. I, I, I don't know. that that's
definitely something with the the logic they
could have explained but i think like everything
leading up to the finale the logic is like solid
like it really is it's just once we get to the
finale like it's still pretty solid but like
there's some stuff that kind of just falls apart
that you're a lot more questions yeah you're
just like okay you know like aunt gladys like
she's terrifying she's a terrifying villain here
but you're not exactly explaining why she why
um why she's i mean we know why she's doing this
but like kind of how you pointed out earlier
like we get why um you know she takes alex's
parents and she's kind of just i guess sucking
the life out of them but it's not working so
she needs alex to get um his uh his classmates
involved in this and bring the classmates to
her but like you said towards the end it doesn't
look like anything's affected her she hasn't
changed a bit if anything she freaking looks
worse yeah i think that was my big problem it's
like it was the same with the parents i'm like
the parents didn't end up looking worse either
Like if they would have started like basically
like slowly decaying or like started like becoming
skinnier and skinnier, then, yeah, that would
have made sense. Like, OK, yeah, freaking Gladys
is draining their life force. But they I mean,
they were pretty stationary because I think that
would also help to explain why Alex has to actually
feed them. like feed them soup because like it's
never explained like oh you need to feed your
parents uh their soup uh downstairs i'm like
okay so you're saying that even though they're
in this this trans this spell they still need
to eat okay Again, how's he paying for that?
And also, freaking, he's going for name brand
here. He's going for Campbell's. I know. How
is he especially paying for that? No shit, especially
in this day and age. Yeah, in this economy. Yeah,
how the hell are you paying for Campbell's soup?
I'd be freaking going for Kroger, Great Value.
Yeah, no, I ain't going for name brand shit.
No freaking Campbell's or Progresso. Yeah, hell
no, dude. In this market, you can't afford Campbell's.
No. You're getting the cans that doesn't have
any ingredients list. It's in brown wrapping
paper, and all it says is chicken noodle soup.
Done. That should be all you're getting. Yeah.
And I only say that because I'm pretty sure they
pay people to take those. Yeah, no, seriously.
because hell like you know that's why the kids
wouldn't talk after because they were just traumatized
by the food yeah dude yeah speaking of the kids
like not only does he have to feed his his parents
but he has to feed all 17 of his classmates and
this just begs the question um he so he has to
feed them to sustain them are they shitting yeah
are they shitting are they pissing like this
like these are the questions Like, they're in
a trans. They can't blink. Like, nothing like
that. But they're still able to associate, oh,
hey, something just got put into my mouth. I
need to chew it and swallow it. I just don't
fully understand this. Yeah. I think there's
a lot of questions that were left unanswered
by the end of this movie. Yeah, a little bit.
For one, how are they eating if they're in this
trans state? Are they shitting? and like urinating
yeah that'd be another one um what else what
were there more salt lines through the rest of
the house yeah um where did she go once she entered
her little cavern because i was fully expecting
him to try and do the magic and then her to like
be on the ceiling or some shit like that's what
i was expecting yeah i see i that would have
made more sense Like, I would understand her
not being in the main room, but, like, I was
like, oh, shit, she's, like, hiding out in the
bathroom or something. Like, that's what I was
thinking. So, but what we get is, and you just
don't expect her to, like, be downstairs, and
all of a sudden when he breaks it, she's like,
oh, no. And you see all the kids run after her,
and eventually they freaking tear her ass apart,
which is absolutely insane. yeah for real literally
like like once the kids disperse you to see her
limbs like in freaking like it felt like feet
away from her actual body yeah it was crazy how
she just freaking like oh no and then just freaking
books it out of the door like freaking tom and
jerry like that was that would trip me up i was
like this is the chase scene hilarious oh dude
like seriously like when she like opens the door
like first starts running through and people
are just like what the hell and all of a sudden
you hear the kids just freaking breaking through
windows oh my gosh dude the kids freaking jumping
through the windows hilarious i was like holy
shit this movie has just gone off the rails i
especially love it when the guy is mowing his
lawn and he sees her run past He doesn't really
pay that much attention. And then he sees the
kids running past after her. She's pretty sprightly
for an old lady. Yeah, dude. How the hell is
she outrunning these kids that are freaking what?
Eight? Nine? Wait, they're in third grade, right?
Yeah, that'd be seven, eight. Yeah, so seven,
eight. how in the hell is an old lady able to
outrun seven to eight year olds? Like those kids
can, especially ones that are just straight up
bodying windows. Yeah. Seriously. That like you're
their target and like, there ain't nothing going
to stand in their way. Like how the hell did
you make it that far? I love that. That third
person view, like over the shoulder view of that
one kid. That was just strange. boom boom and
then she like slams the door shut and he not
even missing a b just running towards the window
boom like freaking bodies the the window and
just charges her i just find it dude freaking
i found it funny that freaking when she um she
uh closes that um the back that the back door
fence or whatever behind her and that's what
stops them they don't break through that they
freaking climb over it like yeah freaking bullshit
yeah they can break through windows but they
can't break through wood like come on there's
no way that no come on back back doors are not
that sturdy of wood i'm just gonna say that right
now so i i have a hard time believing that the
kids couldn't have freaking rammed right through
that with these yeah they were running through
glass like it was freaking like sugar paper yeah
like holy shit so but but that's what stops them
that's what causes them to have to climb over
that yeah no bullshit yeah there there i think
there was quite a bit of logic problems here
yes i think i might be like at an 80 with this
and i even that feels generous dude i'm sorry
i'm not even gonna be generous i'm gonna be at
like 78 fine totally fine all right next up we
got effects all right these were pretty damn
solid very solid freaking going back to benedict
wong and his his freaking face i wanted behind
the scenes of that so bad i do too i gotta check
out the um the behind the scenes on the 4k because
yeah i there i really hope that there is something
because His face was nightmare fuel with his
eyes so wide, the frickin blood on his face like,
oh, my God, that shit was terrifying. Yeah. The
thing of frickin nightmares, dude. And they put
that on like like they I mean, they put it on
Benedict, but they also put it on Aldrich. Oh,
yeah. Yeah. They did put it. Yeah. It wasn't
as as noticeable, though, which is a shame because
that shit was just. the thing in nightmares yeah
dude straight up um yeah that um the stunt work
was really well done like yeah just the chase
like dude freaking the watching benedict run
through the town at like full freaking sprint
was insane yeah Like they did so good at like
building up this tension. Like when, anytime
it was on Alex's house and you just see the front
door open and it's like nothing for a few seconds.
I'm like, I, Oh, I was preparing myself. I'm
like, yeah. Rough. Dude, I especially felt that
when Justine falls asleep in her car. Oh, my
God, dude. I can feel my heart. Dude, no, same.
And you see Alex's mom. I'm pretty sure it was
Alex's mom, wasn't it? I don't know. I thought
it was Gladys. It might have been. I can't remember.
But just you see them walk up to her window and
then just stand there for a minute. And then
all of a sudden you hear the freaking car door
open. And you see them come in and clip her hair.
And then, yeah, freaking, dude, I was on the
edge of my seat that whole freaking scene. Dude,
like I said, I could feel my heartbeat in my
freaking throat. I was just like, oh, my God.
Oh, my God. This is my nightmare. Dude, seriously.
Amazing job of building tension in that scene
alone. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Freaking incredible.
Not good for my heart. Same. but incredible scene
oh man like their tension building was so freaking
good um trying to think of what else like they
did that was oh the freaking the the parents
stabbing their faces with the fork i was like
yeah no dude that was so freaking insane it's
really sad too i know um Honestly, I think my
favorite effect, and I guess this is just like
really the camera work and just how the huge
kudos to these kids is just that opening with
those kids running outside their house and just
them running in slow motion with their hands
held out and just going through all. I don't
know if it went through each individual kid,
but just like seeing. All of these kids just
running down the street, some in slow motion.
That scene alone is something that is just going
to stick with me for a long time. And I would
even put that in my top five favorite scenes
from any movie of this year. Because, like I
said, what an opening of a movie that it just
grips you that you're just like, okay. why the
hell were these kids doing that? Why did they
leave? Where did they go? All right. I cannot
wait to see how this unfolds, what happened.
And so whoever chose how to play that scene out
with them running in a, in the same direction,
especially whoever decided to have them have
their hands out, just fricking so creepy and
just like, yeah, it's so fricking good. God,
I love that scene. Yeah, absolutely. It was excellent.
It was the perfect level of haunting and just
general creepiness. It was so good. So good.
Where are you sitting with your effects score?
I think I'm in the 90s. I am too. I think I'm
going to be at a 92. I'm actually one point above
you. I'm at a 93. Hell yeah. this it was too
good it was yeah like i'm even thinking like
when people would die i i would say it was a
little like a little over the top so i think
that's definitely why i'm i'm docking but it
was so gruesome and brutal that it and it looked
real like it looked practical oh yeah dude absolutely
so that's what got me practical can make up for
so much yeah this this is why horror movies are
so cheap to make because nine times out of ten
you have to go with practical effects when showcasing
deaths um and that is why most directors like
they'll usually uh they'll start with horror
movies that's like their first directorial debut
and then they'll work their way up to other genres
from that um same thing with studios it's one
of the easiest um not uh huge you don't have
a lot to bet on with this like hell if it's successful
that's great but if it's only moderate successful
or it isn't even successful at all you only lost
out on a couple million dollars like horror is
the genre that is not really i i wouldn't even
say it's hit or miss it's like even if you miss
did you really miss because you're not really
losing out on that much yeah horrors i think
horror is hard to get wrong no it really is like
i think it's it's about timing like i think this
is why comedians like jordan peele are really
good at horror yes absolutely because they have
to know like timing yeah of everything like they
need to know like comedic timing is just as important
as horror timing yep like a good joke has buildup
exactly like a good scare. It has a good buildup
or it needs that good buildup. It's crazy to,
Oh, sorry. No, I was, um, no, like it's crazy
to think like the original Halloween was made
for thousands of dollars. Not that barely any
budget. It is, it is, it has been officially
named the greatest horror movie of all time.
Because, yeah, it reinvented the slasher genre.
Freaking the music is immediately recognizable.
I've never seen a cut without it, but it's insane
how much that music adds to the movie. It makes
that movie scary. Like, yeah, without the music,
I'm sure there's some scary parts. But John Carpenter's
score just makes that movie as terrifying as
it is. And it wouldn't be the same without it.
But just it's like, especially like with this
movie, it was made for a budget. I think of like
20. What was it? I got it right here. Let's see.
The budget was 38 million box office, 268 million.
Damn. That's amazing. That is awesome. um and
rarely do you see horror movies go for over 40
million uh when it comes to uh what their budget
is uh usually i see the only reason they got
close is because of who they cast yeah no like
seriously that's the only reason yeah that's
the only reason the budget is so high but like
with other horror movies that don't have like
um a -list actors most nowadays you're seeing
being made from 20 to 30 million usually it's
on the lower end it's 20 million yeah and if
a horror movie has any level of popularity it's
going to be successful yeah absolutely and it's
great because it's like you could have one like
the only reason that i feel like horror movies
will do bad is if you try to do make a movie
that's too serious and then your execution is
just completely off yeah You can have a movie
with poor execution, but as long as you don't
take it too seriously, it could be one of those
freaking cult classics. Absolutely. With this
movie, the special effects and practical save
it. They are so good. This is one thing I respect
about freaking James Gunn. He will go practical
as often as he can love that and yeah so it's
it's james gunn didn't work on this i honestly
don't know why i brought him up i just wanted
to talk about james gunn no shame in that yeah
but um yeah hard to beat practical like i will
very rarely will i ever freaking hit a movie
for being for doing practical effects same here
all right moving on over to music oh a weaker
portion of the movie yeah like i for like i forget
the the song that is playing with as the kids
are running um but like that was pretty solid
like that that worked well but like that's like
the only real like music that like stuck with
me and hell even with that one i can't even remember
the name of the song yeah i'm personally at like
a five i mean it it had a soundtrack that's probably
as much as i can think to give it i i mean i
know like we always um go down but like i think
with just that song even though like i don't
remember the name i would be out of six fair
totally fair all right next up we got costumes
which this movie i think gladys is what saves
it yes absolutely um because freaking you'll
you know you see how like shriveled up she is
how you know like how she's not doing great with
like her like couple strands of hair and then
freaking when she goes into see marcus you see
her in like a freaking like bright ass um uh
track suit her uh red wig her hair all done or
her makeup all done her like big ass glasses
like freaking night and day uh appearance freaking
insane dude i when you freaking uh told me that
you put it on on fandango and i saw the freaking
cover and it's just her and her freaking crazy
ass i was like oh jesus dude i want to bring
that up because someone pointed this out because
they compared it to um like this poster of this
movie and the 4k cover which i i love the poster
is of the kids running to a couple i think it's
three of them running down the street the poster
says at 217 such and such happened Um, the 4k
doesn't say that it just has the kids running
down the street. So you would think that for
this, it would just be that poster. It would
just be the kids running down the street. Hell
that's fricking what, uh, uh, HBO max has as
the, um, the actual poster for this movie, but
no Fandango. And I'm assuming other, um, streaming
services. where you can buy this movie, decided,
no, no, let's freaking put Gladys, let's put
Aunt Gladys as the freaking icon for weapons.
Yeah, Fandango always chooses a weird one. I'm
curious to see if Movies Anywhere, what they
chose. Oh, so Movies Anywhere did the three kids
running. Hell yeah, that's what you should do.
It's such a great poster. Like, why would you
not choose that? Yeah, for... Perfect. That's
what you want. Yeah, you would think. Stupid
Fandango. When they freaking, they usually throw
in a random ass clip for the cover picture. Oh.
Horrible. Freaking crazy. 93 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
That is wild. Is that a critic or audience score?
Critic. Shit. Okay. All right. Damn. Let me just
double check that. Yeah, 93%, 85 % on the popcorn
meter. Okay. So, I mean, people liked it. Glad
to hear that. I want to say that's like right
around the score that Final Destination Bloodlines
got. I could see it. Yeah. All right, next up,
we're still talking costumes. I struggled with
this because I think without Gladys. I would
probably be at like a five or a six more, more
than likely a five. That's fair. My, my real
question, how much does Gladys bump me up? For
me, she bumps me up to a seven. And I can't really
justify going any higher because like, other
than her, like it's just bare bones, classic,
I guess like t -shirts and pants. Like there's
nothing else really special. about these costumes
i i can give you a seven like i i'm not gonna
be an asshole because i think i'm more like a
six and a half but like i will i will bump mine
up to a seven to give it that like to make sure
that it gets that seven because i i do think
that there is something with that i i like i
i don't think it i could justify bringing it
down what i did just dock music very heavily.
Fair enough. All right. Last up, we got personal
score. Who do you want to go first? Uh, I'll
go first. Okay. Cause mine is a little bit more
direct. This scared the shit out of me. I am
not watching this again ever. Like I, I have
had my fill. Um, do I think it is worth watching
as a fan of horror? Yeah. If that's your thing,
um, it's not mine. I will not be watching this
again because I am a little bitch. Oh, shit.
So with that, I'll be giving... Oh, God. Just
because I do respect that it did scare the shit
out of me, I'll give this an 82. Fair enough.
If I docked it because of how it scared me, this
would be in, like, a 50s. Oh, man. Shit. Okay.
yeah this movie like yeah i'll fully admit there
were some parts um that like got me i jumped
and every single time that a jump scare gets
me especially when i'm in the theater i'm like
fuck i get mad no dude yeah same here especially
if it's like a freaking door slam i get so mad
at myself i'm like why did you jump at that um
yeah dude well i think the one the big one that
got me was after or was that nightmare one that
we were talking about earlier with uh with josh
brolin's character and he's like looking at the
ceiling and she's like on the ceiling no that
was uh that was uh justine's oh what's that just
okay yeah yeah yeah yeah his is when she's in
the bed oh the way i i don't even know what i
would do dude i would i would piss my pants dude
same here like i've heard people talk about like
a paralysis demon if i i would let loose everything
that was in my i would shit out everything that
was just physically in my body at the time if
i had a paralysis demon are you kidding me you
would turn into um uh shit what was that uh that
one walker in the long walk that just had the
runs yeah Yeah, I'd be like him. 100%. Like,
my body would go into full flight mode. My heart
might stop, honestly. Like, the way that my heart
would just jump so hard, it would kill me. Fair.
That is completely fair. Oh, man. Absolutely
the hell not. I hate shit like that. I hate stuff
that's like, aha, I'm on the ceiling. I don't
even like bugs on the ceiling. Oh, dude. Frickin
this movie, the bed scene, especially because
it's not like that. She like he like Matthew,
like turn back over. And then when are like Archer
would like grab him, pull him back. It was Gladys.
No, it's the fact that like frickin like one
scene is just Matthew just like looking at his
dad. And then we the camera cuts back to art.
archer and all of a sudden the camera immediately
back to matthew and it's like gladys's face like
smiling looking all freaking creepy like for
this this is bullshit yeah i was like oh you
dirty bitch oh shit um that was my full reaction
i screamed that behind my freaking blanket i
was like i don't like i know what jumpscare is
coming i know what's coming and then it still
got me and i was like ow Dirty slut. Oh, man.
But yeah, no, this was a really solid horror
movie. Story was really good. Characters were
good. Yeah, I had a really good time from start
to finish. Like we said, that opening with the
kids running down the street, you immediately
are captivated by this movie, and you can't wait
to see how it all unfolds. Freaking 2025 is cooking
with horror movies. I didn't see The Conjuring,
Last Rites, but freaking this. Final Destination,
Bloodlines. This is a great year for horror.
I'm here for it. For real. And next year, this
is the year for horror. Next year, I hope, is
the year for Marvel. Oh, dude, yeah, I hope so.
I mean, I felt that this year was mostly the
year for Marvel, despite Captain America, Brave
New World. I love Superman. I do, but... Thunderbolts
and fantastic for like, I loved those just as
much. Like literally the only bad superhero movie
we got this year was captain America for, and
like, and if that wasn't even, it wasn't even
like bad, but like, it's just, it wasn't on the
level as those three. No, it was, it got outshined
for sure. Yeah. But so. Personal score for me,
I'm going to be an 86 for this. I was very pleasantly
surprised from how much I enjoyed this movie.
And I'm very happy I did. Like you said, this
is such a great year for horror. Love it. Yeah.
All right. Well, with that, that wraps up this
week's breakdown. Going through these categories
real quick. Starting off with story. We are sitting
at an 88. Writing is. pretty decent or drop sitting
at an 80 uh acting a little bit higher sitting
at an 84 character or the logic uh didn't even
crack the 80s it's sitting at a 79 damn uh the
effects pretty high sitting at a 92 .5 music
is sitting at a 5 out of 10 which is mostly our
like it's music yeah Then costumes are sitting
at a 7 out of 10, mainly due to Gladys. And then
our personal score ended up averaging out to
an 84. So with that, the final All Bros letter
grade for weapons has come out to a B minus.
Okay, I'll take that. I was worried that music
would push it into the C plus. Yeah, I'm glad
it didn't because it's definitely a B movie.
Oh, yeah, for sure. So let's see where it sits.
It's in the middle. Okay. So our B minus, the
cutoff is 83 % on the high end and 80 % on the
low end. Weapons is sitting at an 82 .18%. Not
bad. Yeah. Which actually puts it. in line with
a couple other horror movies so that's gonna
be fun hell yeah let's go yeah so 82 .18 that
puts it below knock at the cabin okay which i'd
agree with uh it's below ron's gone wrong okay
it's below smile i would disagree with that one
would you i do think weapons is better than smile
I'll say in concept, but I do think Smile executed
their stuff better. Fair enough. It's below Halloween
Ends. Really? Yeah. Wow. I did not see that coming.
Yeah. And then let's see. Is there another one?
Oh, it's below Scream 6. OK, that one. Yeah,
I can buy that. Yeah. Going the opposite direction.
It is sitting above the Magnificent Seven. fair
uh it is above thor love and thunder of course
yeah yeah that is definitely fair it is above
it chapter two you know what i'm okay with that
it's close it is really close like it's not even
a full percentage really damn yeah let's see
what's the difference 82 .1 point zero two percent
difference damn so it's they might as well be
the same movie so it's literally a coin flip
yeah no joke uh let's see it's above rogue one
okay and it is above spiral all right yeah that's
fair i'm with it yeah me too i think this has
a pretty decent home speaking of it um are you
gonna check out it welcome to barry man i don't
know dude i've like i've heard it's got yeah
it's gotten really good reviews so far but like
no i've i freaking got good about it but i'm
such a bitch no dude with pennywise i'm a i can
i will fully admit i'm a bitch too um i got traumatized
by those first two movies i don't know if i can
take a whole goddamn show oh man i i i i will
try that is one i will have to watch in the daylight
on my phone i will not watch that on a big screen
i did i actually started weapons on my tv and
then i was like and then i was like okay no i
can't watch a horror movie in the house with
the kids so i came outside turned on my projector
and then i turned the lights off and i was like
i saw the kids running i'm like nope like saw
that and so i turned the lights on dimmed them
a little bit and i watched it on my phone and
for those of you asking did you still hide behind
your blankets of course i did i i held my phone
like for those of you watching the the the video
this is like this is how i so i'd sit here and
watch it like let me see like this and then when
something scary would happen i would pull my
blanket up like this and then turn my phone like
that i would turn it upwards and like oh shit
Oh, shit. And then something scary would happen.
I'm like, oh, God damn it. Oh, man, that is amazing.
Yeah, you'll have to watch the video if you guys
want to see what I did there. Yeah. Anyway, that
wraps up this week's breakdown. Like we said,
I think this has a pretty decent home. I agree.
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Oh, yeah. And that is going to be special because
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more to work on. I freaking yes. Like I finished
Iron Man three today, but like I just need to
be better about entering my goddamn scores. I'm
going to sit down tomorrow and do it. Yeah, so
I still have Winter Soldier, the first Guardians,
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I will be done and then we'll be ready to knock
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