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If Paul Thomas Anderson made a horror movie this would be it. Filled with flawed and fleshed out characters, Weapons is a unique addition to the genre. Its central mystery kept me constantly engaged. Is it scary? Not really. There are a couple of jump scares, but it is so much fun. You never know exactly where it's going and it doesn't skimp on the gore. It's a total blast. Both my son and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Destined to become a classic of the genre.

If CGI characters fighting other CGI characters in CGI worlds along with no the character development, no depth and no heart is your jam then this may be the Superman movie for you. For me it was an absolute snooze fest and utterly disappointing. There were no stakes. Everything was inconsequential and didn't matter. It was a big silly CGI comedy with none the groundedness and heroics that made the Richard Donner ones so great. It was just too goofy and didn't even attempt to engage my brain for two seconds. There are a few fun moments. The actors are good. I just wish this was the film so many of us hoped it'd be. I want to see Superman helping humans in peril, not another multiverse movie. Guess we'll have to wait ten years for the next reboot.

He certainly knows how to make a pretty movie with pretty sets, but this film solidifies for me that I'm not an Eggers fan. I was hooked until about 25 mins in when I realized he knows how to decorate a frame, but tell a compelling story he does not. It felt as though his actors had no freedom to feel alive in their roles. The cast is fantastic. The only one that seemed comfortable to do his thing was Defoe. I'm all for a traditional telling of a classic story, but at least make it interesting. There's nothing fresh in this rehash of an elsewhere better told story. I was border line goofy. In fact our audience laughed when it ended.

I love slowburn, artsy films, but this huge budgeted film is strictly eye candy. Stagnant eye candy. I wish he'd leave the direction to someone else and just lend his talents to the camera and set decoration departments.