What you’ve put re Oliver isn’t what happens at all in it
today I’m going to see Come and See and then every episode of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace at the same cinema. either Darkplace will be a lovely silly palate cleanser before bedtime or I’ll never recover from the emotional whiplash
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I thought Jurassic World Rebirth was alright. Very much by the numbers and predictable as owt but I quite liked the set up and the unknown of the island.
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It’s fun! Proper laugh out loud comedy at times. Good cast. Don’t really like the CGI gore though
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To Live and Die In LA - Bluray
Was good, but rooted for Willem Dafoe’s character cos’ the main guy was a nob.
Kes - DVD
Great. C’mon ya bastard, come to Craig David etc
TwentyFourSeven - DVD
Good. Poor Bob Hoskins.
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Glad you enjoyed it, and understood it more than me!
Summary
the part when the guy was dreaming…what was the huge assault rifle with 2:17 all about (obs know the relevance of 2:17)? Has there been 217 people killed in school shootings in America the decade/millennium??
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Literally just came here to ask that same question haha. Thought I must have missed something.
Weapons was alright but turning the big ending intp a Benny Hill sketch was daft. Sick of horror films completing losing any impact because the makers want to turn it funny. Together has the same problem
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Also the weakest 18 i’ve seen in a while
Having a creepy witch and then making her silly is rubbish. Just keep her creepy
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This better not be a Weapons spoiler 
Knowing how to blur spoiler stuff and not blurring spoiler stuff is rubbish.
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Oh I don’t know. Maybe/Sorry/Not sure
Weapons is good. The more I think about it the more I like it. I’m not sure it’s the genre defining masterpiece a lot of reviews would have you believe, but it’s a big step up from the (IMO) disappointing Barbarian. The character stuff is really good, performances strong, cinematography really good, and it has a few solid scares. The second half will leave many cold though I feel, but thought it worked well as an allegory - basically, the aunt is a representation of America (all garish red white and blue), sucking the youth dry, either by their complete antipathy to gun violence or to boomers hoarding everything. That was my takeaway.
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i thought weapons might be an allegory of zionism, with the place being taken over. with 2:17 being a nod to the balfour declaration, issued on november 2nd 1917
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Watched Profondo Rosso (Argento) last night. Fun rewatching when you know
Summary
to look out for that woman in the mirror
Goblin soundtrack an all-timer too
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Weapons absolutely fucks. Fantastic film IMO
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Yesssssssss
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Ultimately I think after so many horror films that bend over backwards to accommodate a single metaphor, Weapons is very welcome in being incredibly allusive and thought provoking in a way that doesn’t just converge on one single interpretation, all the while being just a solidly made thoughtful horror film
Thank you
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This is bang on, mate. I think it’s a big reason it worked for me when so many acclaimed modern horrors don’t. This isn’t about “trauma” in any textual way which makes room for any number of other interpretations (or none at all!)
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