Is Zach Creggar's Weapons a Worthy Follow-Up to Barbarian? | Early Morning VEX-hibitionism 031

So Weapons....

Timestamps:
00:00 Weapons is a Sequel
04:44 Good morning chat!
26:14 Headline of the Week: Women aren't going to the movies as much + ranting about how stupid anti-woke criticism is
49:44 Meme of the Week
51:41 On this day... Osmosis Jones released!
53:45 WTF is Weapons?
56:17 Production Trivia
1:02:05 Plot synopsis (SPOILERS)
1:11:15 Characters
1:28:06 Allegories, Themes, and Symbolism
1:41:54 Great use of camera to establish tone and atmosphere
1:42:53 Strong cinematography that uplifts the themes
1:43:39 Lacking character depth and slow pacing exacerbates that
1:48:41 Uneven balance of character-driven storytelling and allegory bring the film down
1:49:50 Suffers from some of the same issues as Barbarian
1:51:19 Noticeable influences
1:52:36 Strong ending
1:55:08 We don't need more stories in this universe
1:56:26 CHANNEL FIRST: I don't know how to rate Weapons
2:06:55 SUPERCHAT GOAL
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