Horror Zach Creggers’ Weapons

[Boom]

This movie was nanners.

 

[blueharvest]

‘Weapons’ Loads $25M Second Weekend, ‘Nobody 2’ Stuck At $9M+ Opening – Sunday AM Box Office Update

Summer is ratcheting down and the only major studio-wide entry this box office frame is Universal's Bob Odenkirk action sequel 'Nobody 2'.

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[The Shape]

Great marketing, perfect release date, great movie -- huge win for WB.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Just finished watching it.

What a film. It had a decent sized audience and plenty of responses (mainly laughter).

Really enjoyed it, the way they broke it up and told each story leading into one another. Cast was great, esp for being replacements.

The fact that basically (imo) NOTHING was answered in regards to the big mystery of the movie except
A. what happened to the kids parents
B. What she needed the kids for

and I still liked it, is astonishing. Of course it left me wanting more.

But I wonder why Aunt Gladys spell didnt completely break over everyone once she died. It broke for Thanos but the parents never recovered. The kids didnt seem to recover, at least not for a hot minute since the mysterious narrator stated that some began to speak again. Is it because the tree is just sitting in a dumpster? No water got on it? It's permanent unless a new spell is cast to unbreak it? I need a sequel and a prequel STAT.

 

[Boom]

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Alex's parents and the kids were under her control longer. Brolin was under her spell for minutes.

 

[Pennywise]

 

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[blueharvest]

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I'm mixed on this one. I figured out the "why" of it all the second I saw the title card which was underwhelming but I'm a bit more well versed

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the occult

than a lot of people.

 

[Elayis]

For me, because the marketing took great pains to proclaim that all of Julia Garner's class went missing, I instantly knew the remaining little boy was somehow involved when he was revealed. Also, I saw a photo of Gladys on bluesky (though I knew nothing about her role in the film), so when the police were questioning her nephew and we see a shot of her orange wig from behind, it was double confirmation for me. I didn't know the how or why, but I knew she was behind it.

 

[Da-Scribe]

Just finished watching it.

What a film. It had a decent sized audience and plenty of responses (mainly laughter).

Really enjoyed it, the way they broke it up and told each story leading into one another. Cast was great, esp for being replacements.

The fact that basically (imo) NOTHING was answered in regards to the big mystery of the movie except
A. what happened to the kids parents
B. What she needed the kids for

and I still liked it, is astonishing. Of course it left me wanting more.

But I wonder why Aunt Gladys spell didnt completely break over everyone once she died. It broke for Thanos but the parents never recovered. The kids didnt seem to recover, at least not for a hot minute since the mysterious narrator stated that some began to speak again. Is it because the tree is just sitting in a dumpster? No water got on it? It's permanent unless a new spell is cast to unbreak it? I need a sequel and a prequel STAT.

I could be wrong, but my assumption is that

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it had to with the length of time people were under the spell. Brolin’s character spent a really short smount of time under her control so he bounced back quickly. The parents suffered way longer so any chance of recovery is slim.

 

[Drizzle]

I could be wrong, but my assumption is that

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it had to with the length of time people were under the spell. Brolin’s character spent a really short smount of time under her control so he bounced back quickly. The parents suffered way longer so any chance of recovery is slim.

This seems to be the most logical explanation to me. The cop and the junkie might have snapped out of it fairly quickly too had they not been killed since they only seemed to be under her influence for about a day at most.

 

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[Shinobi Shaw]

Loving your rebrand, Wednesday.

 

[Lobo]

Just saw this. I enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind a prequel or sequel.

But I will say that

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every time someone under Aunt Gladys control ran, all I could think was Naruto

 

[Dave McFly]

gonna see it later today its a cool windy rainy kinda day, perfect time to go to a movie

 

[Dave McFly]

just got out that movie was a whole bunch of WTF but in a good way I liked how it was told from different angles which is something you just do not see in movies I liked how they did it. the finale was bat crap insane again, in a good way. I liked Julia and Josh as the leads I am quickly becoming a fan of Julia and I only seen her in 2 movies this and F4: First Steps and that was just basically mo/cap and VO.

I also like that not only did you have 3 MCU actors in the movie they were all in the same scene at least once, Julia, Josh, and Benedict .

 

[Lily Adler]

If WB had any marketing skills, they would have had random kids running across sporting events like Smile did with the creepy smiling people in the audience.

 

[Primal Slayer]

If WB had any marketing skills, they would have had random kids running across sporting events like Smile did with the creepy smiling people in the audience.

They thought this would flop or be a modest hit

 

[donuts]

just got out that movie was a whole bunch of WTF but in a good way I liked how it was told from different angles which is something you just do not see in movies I liked how they did it. the finale was bat crap insane again, in a good way. I liked Julia and Josh as the leads I am quickly becoming a fan of Julia and I only seen her in 2 movies this and F4: First Steps and that was just basically mo/cap and VO.

I also like that not only did you have 3 MCU actors in the movie they were all in the same scene at least once, Julia, Josh, and Benedict .

I loved the narrative structure. But it's really the fact that the characters and their episodes are interesting, exciting and well written. Otherwise that could have been the movie's downfall. Which is further confirmation that Zach Gregger is an immense talent.

 

[The Panhandler]

If WB had any marketing skills, they would have had random kids running across sporting events like Smile did with the creepy smiling people in the audience.

WB's marketing skills are driving this to a potential $300m finish. That's quite a bit more than any of the Smile films made. Considering Warner is leading all studios in market share and has had 6 films open over $40m, their marketing department must be doing something right.

 

[FrankenCastle]

I'm glad this movie was a surprise hit. I'm not a fan of today's horror movies, I’m a sucker for 70s and 80s classics, but this one really stuck the landing with me, especially thanks to one of the most evil and despicable villains I have ever seen on screen.

 

[scarlet-witch]

I wish more movies this year paid attention to the Weapons marketing team, because they did a great job and it's paying off at the box office.

I loved this film up until the ending. I did guess the "why" fairly early but that didn't ruin the experience for me because finding out how we got there was enough, but I think we deserved a bit more from that ending.

Also THAT stampede shot (you know the one) hilarious. Entire theater lost it.

 

[Dave McFly]

love the shots of various home owners reacting to it, it was insane but again in a good way

 

[Lobo]

It's been a few days now since I've watched it. The more I think about it, the more I like it.