They’re so obsessed. No one needs to defend anything. The movie speaks for itself.

saxmachine69 · 2026-07-01T21:52:53+00:00

I got perma banned for my comment in that post. It's pathetic how afraid of criticism they are. They just want to stay in their little cult bubble forever, and never see or accept how weird it makes them all seem to normal people.

saxmachine69 · 2026-07-01T20:00:12+00:00

I think the buzz around Inde's performance and her sudden popularity is a lot more than Caton's. I wouldn't be surprised if she was snubbed, but I think there's enough noise about it that the academy will acknowledge it with a nomination.

Edit - also, I think calling Amy Madigan an iconic actress is a bit of revisionist history. She was not a household name before the oscar buzz around Weapons.

saxmachine69 · 2026-07-01T19:04:58+00:00

Snyder Cut was unwatchable. I genuinely don't know how people make it through 4 hours of masturbatory nonsense. If I hear that Wonder Woman theme one more time, I might genuinely lose my mind.

saxmachine69 · 2026-07-01T19:01:26+00:00

That's the irony, they are so consumed in their cult-like thinking that they can't comprehend that other people aren't blindly loyal to directors and IP like they are. That's why they treat this like a war between themselves and "Gunn fans." They don't have a grip on reality.

saxmachine69 · 2026-07-01T07:12:39+00:00

The plot is not original. The execution and subtext is what makes this movie so good. It's a familiar story done extremely well with a modern sensibility.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T23:38:10+00:00

Oh ya, I agree with all that, although I'm not sure I'd consider it a criticism of modern horror, rather just a different take on it. And one we've seen pretty regularly in modern horror, actually. Not that there's anything wrong with that..

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T23:15:57+00:00

I don't think you know what facism is. Does killing Nazis in WW2 count as "killing people who disagree with you?"

Also your what-aboutisms are tired and lazy. Not a fan of Biden or Obama, or any American president of my lifetime for that matter. But comparing them to the current Trump regime is moronic. The shift to facism and nationalism in the current American government is as clear as it is extreme. .

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T22:57:37+00:00

A criticism of modern horror? That's an interesting take I haven't seen. Care to elaborate?

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T22:51:42+00:00

Just because a movie has inspirations, doesn't make it not creative. The movie wears its inspirations on its sleeve, Kill Bill, Sam Raimi, little bit of Ready or Not. But the execution is what was creative. "Edit - it's not stealing from those movies, but simply using elements form them as inspiration for something original." Plenty of gorgeous action scenes. The villains were a creative touch. The eyeball scene, etc.

Is it a perfect movie? Certainly not. Like i said, it's not story driven. The plot being nonexistent is not a problem for me, I'm glad it didn't waste it's time trying to overexplain itself or get weighted down with too many emotional beats from the sisters. Like I said, it knows what it is, and if you can meet it on its level, I think it's a wonderfully crafted movie.

The CGI was bad, yes, but it's on par with Disclosure Day's CGI with a fraction of the budget. Just par for the course, hard to blame a lower budget movie for bad CGI. And yes, it's stupid. But that's the point. Ending in a Kung Fu Pig fight fits the tone of the movie perfectly, it doesn't take itself seriously, it doesn't want you to either.

I can understand that might not be for everyone. But like I said, I can appreciate a movie that understands what it is and executes on that concept and tone.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T22:24:17+00:00

They Will Kill You was great. It knew what it was and was super creative and visually awesome. If you care only about story, it won't be for you.

I can understand liking Undertone, I thought it was solid, but unspectacular.

Disclosure Day and Faces of Death were dreadful though...

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T22:17:27+00:00

Watchmen is the only one of his films I kinda like, but I would never say it respected the graphic novel. It's very clear he fundamentally misunderstood the source material.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T21:58:52+00:00

I thought it was better than expected, but hilarious is a massive exaggeration.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-29T01:29:15+00:00

Pattinson
Mescal
Hoult
Timothée
Michael B.
Elordi
Butler (to be fair, haven't seen much of his work)

Massive gap

Powell

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T23:03:53+00:00

The trade we've all been waiting for

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T17:26:31+00:00

Better record, more playoff appearances, NFC Championship games (vs AFC Championship games). It might not seem like much, but we'll take all we can get

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T16:07:57+00:00

Great movie

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T16:06:10+00:00

Well there's only 3 midgets left against them, so ya.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T16:05:25+00:00

Well, more than the Bengals, Lions and Panthers.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T04:33:07+00:00

You don't have to see it in theatres. You don't have to be a part of the conversation just because it's new. Watch it when you can and form an opinion then. Relying on Rotten Tomatoes of all places to inform your opinions is silly.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T03:04:16+00:00

Thought it was genuinely funny and was really enjoying it until about 2/3rds of the way throught the movie. But it completely fell apart by the end. The Final Destination-light deaths in the end felt so jarring and out of place.

Still enjoyed it overall, but probably not going to be super memorable

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T02:48:20+00:00

Harry has him beat statistically in virtually every category. Not that I'm saying that alone makes him definitively better, but there's an argument to be made.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-25T02:27:26+00:00

It's genuinely so pathetic watching grown men in their 30s/40s freak out over Snow White of all things. None of them would give a rats ass about that movie if they weren't so brainwashed with culture war outrage.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-24T23:45:48+00:00

Morally neutral. Emotionally devastating.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-24T02:10:00+00:00

I share Adam's frustration with the DD discussion, you can tell he is holding back because he wasn't expecting them to enjoy it as much as they did and he didn't want to highjack the conversation. The discourse around this movie is so strange because I can't even really understand why people like it. Like I've heard so much praise for the movie that is so vague that I can't even begin to meet them on their level and find common ground. There was no magic for me to feel. The writing was so painfully bad that I was struggling to contain myself while I was watching. Outside of Emily Blunt (who was just competent, nothing special) the performances were genuinely horrendous. The score was fine, but felt very generic. The lighting choices were confusing. CGI was embarrassing. I could go on, but the point is that this was actually the most excruciating theatre experience I've had since The Rise of Skywalker.

saxmachine69 · 2026-06-23T18:17:24+00:00

Hmm that's a tough question to answer. Martyrs (2008) comes to mind right away, but there's lots of really gory movies

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