There's no way I will ever dedicate even 5 minutes to watching schlock like that, but the reddit thread is full of people who watched the whole thing and it's a pretty entertaining read
Since I saw that Nobody 2 was coming out soon, I decided to finally sit down and watch Nobody.
Full disclosure...I am a massive Bob Odenkirk fan. In my eyes, he can do no wrong.
What a fascinating parable about masculinity, identity, and having a midlife crisis. What seems like a simple revenge tale is quite deep in the themes above. What begins as an interesting story about how a man perceives his own masculinity and role in life, quickly descends into a middle-aged man's gore and action porn fantasy.
If I were an objective viewer, I would probably say it was hackey or in bad taste. However, since I am also a middle-aged dad going through his own midlife crisis, I loved every second of it.
Moar please.
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I heard this new war the worlds screen only movie with ice cube is so ####ing bad that I just have to watch it.
I made it exactly 6 minutes. I couldn’t even hate watch it. So, so bad. And my god the quick cut editing. I hate the tiktok generation! Why does every movie have to have 15 cuts every 3s?
Oh come on it wasn't that bad, I made it to about 20 minutes
I saw Weapons twice already.... Brilliant movie! So well crafted and engaging. I loved Barbarian (and Companion), which were both similar in tone. Zach Cregger is doing Yeoman's work when it comes to making these kinds of movies. Don't go in expecting straight up horror, as while the movie has spine tingling moments, it's also funny and satirical as well. I've seen some compare it to Longlegs, but I don't see the similarities. Weapons isn't nearly as abstract, it felt morelike from Steven King. I liked how the story was told from multiple perspectives, then once the last thread is unraveled it really hit home.
The audience at the screening was really engaged as well. I saw a couple critics complain that it's not always scary, but the director was obviously going in a different direction. It's the same as Barbarian where the audience is trained to find humour in seeing something ridiculous. Black Phone had that kind of out of place humour as well, but it's still a chilling story when it wants to be. My wife was on the edge of her seat and jumped a few times, the movie is scary when it wants to be. Last I checked it's still 96% on Rottentomatoes. Easily one of the best movies of 2025. Right there with Sinners and Companion in the horror genre bending category.
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I saw Weapons twice already.... Brilliant movie! So well crafted and engaging. I loved Barbarian (and Companion), which were both similar in tone. Zach Cregger is doing Yeoman's work when it comes to making these kinds of movies. Don't go in expecting straight up horror, as while the movie has spine tingling moments, it's also funny and satirical as well. I've seen some compare it to Longlegs, but I don't see the similarities. Weapons isn't nearly as abstract, it felt morelike from Steven King. I liked how the story was told from multiple perspectives, then once the last thread is unraveled it really hit home.
The audience at the screening was really engaged as well. I saw a couple critics complain that it's not always scary, but the director was obviously going in a different direction. It's the same as Barbarian where the audience is trained to find humour in seeing something ridiculous. Black Phone had that kind of out of place humour as well, but it's still a chilling story when it wants to be. My wife was on the edge of her seat and jumped a few times, the movie is scary when it wants to be. Last I checked it's still 96% on Rottentomatoes. Easily one of the best movies of 2025. Right there with Sinners and Companion in the horror genre bending category.
The sudden left turn into dark comedy that Barbarian took when it began to follow Justin Long's character was what elevated it for me from decent horror to brilliant genre-blending.
They even made a comedy-themed trailer for the movie by cherry picking scenes, which I found really amusing.
Looking forward to seeing Weapons. I had to wait a couple of days for my friends to become available but we can't wait for it.
Heard it's both frightening and gut bustingly funny.
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I finally watched Alien Romulus and thought it was just fine. It was competently made, it looked great and had some cool action set pieces but I didn't love it. It felt like a band 20 years past their prime playing their greatest hits, here is a scene you remember from Alien, here is a line from Aliens, here is a plot point from Alien Resurrection . It also felt super rushed for a 2hr film.
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I didn't initally care to see Weapons but the movie time lined up, not my favorite genre and the whole mystery element of why the kids all disappeared seemed like a garbage TV show plot. I rolled my eyes twice during the first act but loved where it went later, I remembered the unpredictability of Barbarian and ended up really enjoying it.
Oh, Uncle Buck's girlfriend is in this film, Ed Harris' wife in real life.
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Happy Gilmore 2 - Get a better protagonist and ditch some of the lame cameos (except the golfers, they were great) and it probably works better. But I went in with 1 star expectations and was surprised at how many laughs there were. It's Happy Gilmore 2 - a sequel to a 30 year old movie. Of course it wasn't going to hit like the first one did.
Watched it last night & agree on all this.
Low expectations, enjoyed my time enough.
Weapons was surprisingly...fun? Pretty decent elements of horror and creepiness, with some really unexpected humor made for a great time. Really enjoyed it.
I finally watched Alien Romulus and thought it was just fine. It was competently made, it looked great and had some cool action set pieces but I didn't love it. It felt like a band 20 years past their prime playing their greatest hits, here is a scene you remember from Alien, here is a line from Aliens, here is a plot point from Alien Resurrection . It also felt super rushed for a 2hr film.
Good until the end. That ending was cringe-central.
