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Lucas27 replied to the thread Movie Weapons (Zach Cregger, August 8, 2025).
100% agreed and I love the Jordan Peele comparison. On second watch, the movie Weapons made me think about the most was actually Get Out. The stories are obviously nothing alike, but Get Out is the gold standard of screenplays that waste absolutely nothing. That's how Weapons hit me. It just keeps moving and nothing is wasted.
Aug 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM -
Lucas27 liked sleepwellbeast's post in the thread Movie Weapons (Zach Cregger, August 8, 2025).
Cregger has tapped into the rare ability to choose the most entertaining move at any moment, whether it’s a scary move or a funny move or a cringe-inducing move or a cinematically impressive move or a satisfying story move, as often as he can while maintaining the overall story. Jordan Peele does the same when he’s at his best. Most movies sacrifice entertainment to hit obligatory plot points or include beats/elements that a movie “must have” or “must resolve” and the fun to work ratio is off.
Aug 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM -
Lucas27 liked balloon.pilot's post in the thread Twenty One Pilots - Breach (September 12th 2025).
this is also what intrigues me so much about the album...that absolutely massive shift on the last two tracks (both of which probably make my top 10 pilots songs) it's still not my favourite full album of theirs, but that also speaks to the quality of all their other albums
Aug 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM -
Lucas27 replied to the thread Twenty One Pilots - Breach (September 12th 2025).
Scaled & Icy is a very modest TOP record on a song-by-song basis (it's basically Diet Twenty One Pilots), but it's fascinating to me as an album experience. The sudden dark shift in the last two songs is really compelling. They're probably the darkest songs they've written and they come at the end of the brightest record they've written. Redecorate is one of the best songs in their discography too. Listening front to back knowing where the album lands gives the whole album this strange sense of forebode. It gives me a pit in the stomach feeling even though it sounds so happy. Far from their best album, but it's something.
Aug 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM -
Lucas27 liked tdlyon's post in the thread Twenty One Pilots - Breach (September 12th 2025).
Trench is honestly their best album imo
Aug 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM -
Lucas27 replied to the thread Medium Build - Country (April 5, 2024).
Got it. I mention the record particularly cause it tackles the same subjects your describing in a less smarmy and more subtle way. More autobiographical, less preachy. I'm a big fan of Medium Build but not huge on the on-the-nose stuff you're describing.
Aug 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM -
Lucas27 replied to the thread Medium Build - Country (April 5, 2024).
If you haven't listened to it, Sinai Vessel's last record "I SING" is explicitly about late stage capitalism. Haven't heard a more honest record about what it's like trying to make music in this current climate.
Aug 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM -
Lucas27 replied to the thread La Dispute - No One Was Driving The Car (September 5th, 2025).
Glad to see some love for Panorama. The muted reception to that one is crazy to me. Maybe not their best but I think it's their most listenable.
Aug 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM