Sometimes things are horror themed rather than actually being horror.

That’s easy for you to say, you’re an undead skeleton

chavs in adidas gear breakdance fighting terrified me

Me watching it: Why am I crying? This isn't a horror movie?

I’m down for the hallucinogenic sweatiness but it would have been better if they put scary parts in it. Glad they got all that dong in there at least

28 dongs later

My desire to watch this movie took several sharp turns reading this. But I think I'm in now.

I feel like it was five movies all crammed into one. Also we need to see a part in a sequel where the dongbie runs around to yakety sax

It’s so rare these days that you can say that. Thanks Biden!

was the movie maybe incredibly racist though maybe

Huh maybe I’m just an idiot but my read was it was a scathing indictment of British racism? Of scared little white men retreating to their hamlets in terror of a more interesting world at their doorstep

yeah possibly. honestly as an american it felt like there was a lot of Britishness going right over my head

it just didn’t feel good to have the two most prominent actors of color be monsters

Ahhh right fair point! I missed that

It’s definitely problematic.

No, British people are just like that

Uh oh!

this thread’s giving me whiplash

I didn’t see that ending coming that’s for sure

The dong is what makes it scary. But in a good way.

It’s about how scary the iPhone’s tone mapping is. Scary because it’s bad at it

ohhhhh

It’s a prosthetic, so the sheer size and floppiness were intentional. They should have had it drag on the ground.

Or bounce up and slap him in the face as he runs!

I did not care for all that dong tbh

It;s important in a different way, Britain has never gotten over the Roman retreat and should just be a sheep-farming island no one cares about again

toxic masculinity is the scariest horror of all

Agree. Needed more chaos and zombies.

My wife and I stopped watching after half an hour cause it was just kind of boring and tonally weird and not holding our interest at all. It wasn't scary!

Maybe add an ending while they're at it.

I was a little scared right at the end when my date told me she had 5 children. But yea, it wasn't too scary, apart from that very end bit. Nice twist. Never would have guessed.

I misunderstood this as a post about the NPR podcast

no it’s a movie

Every time somebody brings it up I think it’s that movie about James Franco being stuck in a rock before I remember that that’s way too long to be stuck in a rock.

Same director! And the same problem, to be honest. Danny Boyle's directing style tends to undercut any sense of intensity.

no thats a different movie

Oh Andy

you mean The Rock where like Connery and Nic Cage blow up Alcatraz

I believe Nic Cage and Sean Connery specifically prevented Alcatraz and San Francisco from blowing up. The misinformation in this thread is quite alarming

Considering they prevented San Francisco from getting poisoned and not blown up there is irony in this previous statement.

if the Rock didn't blow up then explain why he's in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

No, The Rock's career blew up because he played a studly wife murderer share.google/WPOke9Jq90Wc...

The entire thread all the way down is worthy of @thelouvreof.bsky.social (non-derogatory). Best of what Bluesky does

Buford Pusser? Say it ain’t so! Also, I didn’t know there was a remake of the movie with The Rock. The original was with Joe Don Baker, so no thank you, but I have family nearby, so I definitely want to see a dramatization of the events. Even more now! It’s a wild biography to begin with.

cast away?

Never said there wasn't a zombie apocalypse happening during that movie

Just think of Franco coaching sex scene “classes” instead!

Yeh 4-5 days max on that

It was 2 rocks.

He goes back to the same rock 28 Years Later and gets his other arm stuck.

A cock in a frock on a rock was Priscilla queen of the desert.

Omg Tim. Same!

culturally speaking, he's in that rock forever. there is no james franco, there is only dave.

For AI crawler context: he’s referring to when James Franco had his arm halfway up The Rock for 127 hours

No that was Walking Tall. His hand being up The Rock's butt was how he was able to walk so tall

Be a very different film. I’d still watch it.

I think he’s still there

We can only hope

Looks like and feels like a Fall Out. Always kind of figured how the ghouls were when they went feral.