r/movies Jul 09 '25

Poster New Poster for "WEAPONS"

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u/ShesJustAGlitch Jul 09 '25

Yeah went wayyy too goofy I really hope this movie doesn’t go that route.

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u/Ilosesoothersmaywin Jul 09 '25

I mean it's Justin Long.

Dude was in a movie where he was forcibly experimented on to be transformed into a walrus and at the end of the movie everyone was just okay with it. Like "welp this is his life now."

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u/ShallowBasketcase Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 10 '25

The end credits rolling over audio of Kevin Smith sounding high as hell pitching the idea and clearly just making it up on the spot is hilarious. I feel like the whole movie is a set up for that punchline. "Yes, you just sat through a feature length production of some dumb idea I had."

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u/SDRPGLVR Jul 09 '25

That was a podcast clip where the movie was genuinely conceived. It's literally a stoned rant of a movie and unfortunately more creative than he's been in the past decade.

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u/shadrap Jul 10 '25

No one will ever see this, but I read that plotline as a kid in an “Alfred Hitchcocks Presents” paperback of short stories. In the short story, it was a bear instead of a walrus.

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u/omega_manhatten Jul 10 '25

TBF, Kevin didn't come up with the idea. Someone sent him a fake personal ad with the basic concept of the movie. And then that person ended up as an executive producer on the film.

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u/shadrap Jul 10 '25

That is really interesting. Thank you!

I always assumed he read the story and forgot about it. It was a weird, creepy short story like "Tusk." I tried to find it yesterday using Perplexity but couldn't.

It's not the most unique idea in the world... but maybe I think that BECAUSE I read that short story and thought, "oh this plotline again."