Starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Nell Hudson, Moe Dunford, Jacob Latimore, Jessica Allain, Alice Krige, William Hope, Owen Fouere and Mark Burnham as Leatherface
Plot: after several decades, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of influencers invading his town
Here comes the sun
Going in to this I figured it had the potential to be very divisive and it didn’t disappoint, well actually that depends on which one of us you ask. Let’s get all the thing we agreed on out of the way. We liked that this one wasn’t the whole town trying to murder them and we agreed that the cast was good. Phew, now that that’s done, shall we begin the dissent…
We averaged out our scores for each movie in the series and found that my average is a dozen points higher than Taras’. In addition, her score was over ten points below her average while mine was over 10 points above my average. We really didn’t view this movie the same.
I liked the kills and the obvious statement on gentrification while Tara thought it was too “shocking” for its own good. We completely disagreed on the realism. Tara thought it seemed as if a conservative and a liberal got together, took all of their dumbest and stereotypical beliefs, applied a set to each character and made a terrible movie. She thinks it wound up saying nothing.
I on the other hand liked the story and enjoyed the social commentary. I saw the movie take shots at both sides. I have always thought a recurring theme in TCM has been a zealous and/or selfish group of people do whatever they want, whenever they want to whomever they want and that view is not limited to the family but extends to groups of friends and the lynch mobs. I heard this movie say that living in a bubble with like minded people and shitting on other people or just plain not caring about them is wrong and will get you, eventually, one way or another. Us vs them will cost us all a lot. That messaging did lead to mostly unlikable characters which we agreed on.
Our scores tell the tale of two different experiences. Tara gave it a 29 and I like it more every time I really think about it, scored it a 69.
10 Things That Make Me DJVoorhees.
1. My favorite food is pepperoni pizza. From the East Coast of course.
2. My most prized possession is a replica of the Hellraiser puzzle box. My sister haggled the price for me, but she still doesn't like touching the thing.
3. Controversial Food Opinion Time! For one, fish is meat. It was once alive. Now it's food. Fish is meat. For another thing, a lot of fish can be paired with different kinds of cheese and be quite delicious. Gordon Ramsey and many other chefs are wrong. Yeah, I said it.
4. A lot of movies make me tear up. I'm not too proud to admit that. Even horror gets me when done well. Train to Busan, for instance, hit me so hard, I think I cried during the whole end credits.
5. My dream house would be all one story, have a huge back yard for our 2 dogs, a huge catio for our 2 cats (complete with tunnels, trees, and a cat door so they can run in and out whenever), several industrial-sized airconditioning systems, a solar array, a panic system, a library, a game room, a movie theater, 3 different kitchens, an indoor swimming pool, 2 koi ponds and a giant wall surrounding the whole damn thing.
6. If I could have superhero type powers, I'd want to make anyting I can imagine, a reality. Organic or inorganic. A living thing or a sandwich. If I see a Burger King commercial, I want to be able to think a Whopper into being right in front of me.
7. I'm enjoying a lot of interesting music lately. From classic rock to modern singer-songwriters. Some of my favorites are Jasmine Thompson, Norah Jones, Chris Stapleton and the great James Taylor.
8. I watched wrestling for over a decade from the 90's into the 2000's. Recently, with the introduction of the Bloodline faction and the return of The Rock, I started watching it again. I'm really liking it, too. Some of my favorites are Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Rhea Ripley and Sami Zayn.
9. Creepy, sickly, old women scare me. Think "Zelda" from Pet Sematary, "Mrs. Kersh" from IT, and "The Countess" from Black Sabbath.
10. My first pet ever was a bunny named Buffy. Yes, after the vampire slayer. The movie slayer though, not the show one. Do not like the show.
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