Half in the Bag: Longlegs and Arcadian

Heeeyyyyyy we saw Longlegs, which is either the scariest movie ever made or the most boringest thing anyone has ever seen. We also saw Arcadian, which is either a real movie or something that Mike and Jay collectively imagined. Both star Nicolas Cage!!!

[shadesoc]

I just got out the cinema from Longlegs. There was a guy in a wheelchair moaning the whole time and could hear him piss in his bottle… Really added to the atmosphere.

[loganstahley]

I wrote the music in the Long Legs trailer, and also a huge RLM and Steve Brule fan. Was very fun/happy to see all the worlds collide. Wild!

[drygnfyre]

I think it was Brad Jones who summed up Nicolas Cage perfectly: "He makes great movies even greater, he makes bad movies watchable."

[Fredlyy]

In my theater during Longlegs, the first time we see Longlegs' car some guy proudly said in full volume "'66 Chevrolet..."

[tabear]

I watched Longlegs on my birthday (July 14th) and the fact that it is about little girls getting murdered on their birthday when it is the 14th was a crazy ass coincidence. I felt like Nicholas Cage was personally singing Happy Birthday to me.

[bagggers]

"In The Hands of Another Filmmaker" is an unironically good idea for a show.

[alpharoo]

interestingly Jay is actually staring in a new horror movie called Shortlegs

[abachniv]

Simplest reason Longlegs is set in the 90s (other than the homages to Silence of the Lambs and Se7en) is because of household technology. You'd have to take into account the cloud, security cameras, and alarm systems at far more homes with active monitoring and such. Putting it in the 90s forces interesting restraints.

[OvenHut]

i left Longlegs severely disappointed over the lack of long legs

[ghfudrsuuu]

People ain't beyond the memefication of Nicolas Cage. He's just greater than it.

[akirakurusu]

I love how they refer to every kid in Stranger Things as "stranger things kid" and they refer to every kid not in Stranger Things as "not in stranger things kid"

[chamber]

Crazy how Rich Evans uploaded this video immediately after leaving the rooftop

[TheStanishStudios]

Finally, a fair and measured review of Longlegs that isn’t either “It sucks!” or “I had several heart attacks and I’m in a psych ward now”

[thefreelancequeen]

No matter if the movie is good or bad, Nic Cage gives it his all and that definitely makes him a good actor in my eyes
If the movie is dumb action shlock like Con Air, he will play up the action hero character to such a goofy degree he becomes genuinely endearing

[ChookChutney]

For what it's worth, I saw Longlegs in a sold out theater at night. When Nic Cage did some whackier stuff, I didn't hear even a single person chuckle despite it being very funny out of context. I think everyone was on board.

[alisterfolson]

RIP Shelly Duvall. I just watched RLM's Popeye Re-View the other day.

[mikeminer]

If Jay does that thing on an Oz Perkins movie where he waves his hands and smiles and says "It was great!" I'm all in. If he does the other thing where he waves his hands and says "It was fine" but still smiles politely, I'm not bothering.

This is the power of RLM!

[micahclawrence]

I think Nick Cage is one of the greatest to ever do it. Absolutely fearless actor. Made some shit for money. I don’t care. I’ve seen him at his best so many times in great works of art and he’s on the Mt. Rushmore of greatest actors of all time.

[kamirubidan]

I enjoyed a good 90% of Longlegs but I still don't know how I felt about the end. It left me wanting. I loved the feeling of dread throughout the whole movie though. Atmosphere was great.

[hagbardceline]

Jay ducking into the frame briefly while Mike's talking about the importance of framing a shot was stylistically designed to be that way