KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

yup!

saw this yesterday and liked it quite a bit. the structure was really clever--you come in thinking it's gonna be a whodunnit, but it seemingly solves the crime for you in the first 30 minutes, before pulling the rug out over and over again. i actually really enjoyed daniel craig's performance once i got used to the accent, and enjoyed how feral the entire family became once they realized they weren't getting anything.

The ability to win at go translates as being a good tactician doesn't it.
Need another look to see how that works for Marta.
Or is there a near fairtyale like level there where her essential goodness is the main factor which I guess holds true at the end. Like she is apparently thinking of looking after the people who are expecting her to just hand over what is now her inheritance.

The game proceeds until neither player wishes to make another move.

Man my friends and i have apparently been playing Go my whole life

The "jokes" in the trailer are cringe to the max

the little detail of the white detective being a fan of thromby's, dropping all these little fanboy comments throughout, pays off so perfectly at the end when he shushes the other detective as benoit blanc is doing his big reveal.

i saw this a second time this weekend and it seemed a lot lighter than the first time i saw it. i don't know why i took it so seriously the first time, probably just a mood.

i love that the shush turned out not to be in the script, the actors asked if he could do it on set

(he did it for real in rehearsal, then pitched it to be in the film, and Johnson finally agreed to one take at the end of the shoot day)

A nice touch.

I’m thrilled to announce the #KnivesOut in-theater commentary! Yes, now you can enjoy another round of whodunnit goodness with me squawking in your ear. Did this on Bloom & Looper, happy to try it again. Audio file and instructions here: https://t.co/0VZ453YYs7 pic.twitter.com/Cc8DvgjyCb

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) December 19, 2019

ah, I'd been checking his Soundcloud to see if this was gonna happen!

yess I went to Looper a second time with that one, I recall learning Fun Facts about very young child actor Pierce Gagnon

now I have to go to Knives Out again when I'm back from vacation

fun fun fun

lol gonna take some time tomorrow to read this thread, clearly ten different versions of this movie exist based on quick scan of (ninety percent blatantly incorrect) opinions

twist ending was obvious from the moment daniel craig said he was hired by an unknown person

twist ending obv from trailer, but the obvious twist ending wasnt used (harlan set it all up)

i mean, introducing the marta-versio. of events twenty mins in was actually imo a pretty novel approach

I did think Columbo at that point

I went to see it a second time during the week - something that only appeared the first time was an opening address from Rian Johnson asking us not to spoil the ending.

its not rly that big/good of a twistery tbh, the worth is more in getting there

tbh even after the reveal I half expected Harlan to appear from behind a corner

It's a film that seems to take a lot of pleasure from obvious twists as well - the held vomit at the end, the will leaving everything to Marta - the enjoyment there is that it's obvious to everyone except the Thrombey's (and I suppose Marta in the latter, though it reflects better on her).

100mg of Morphine seem to kill you in 10 minutes - unless someone sits you on a chair, then you're fine for a few hours.

relative age tbf, perhaps

Sure, or it might've been less than the full dose - I appreciate that it didn't need exposition, but it still niggled.

its not rly that big/good of a twistery tbh, the worth is more in getting there

― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Friday, December 20, 2019 3:23 AM bookmarkflaglink

Otm i meant to say

It's not that it kills you in ten minutes, it's more that there's no coming back from it after that.

Maybe.

i liked this

it really does make for a good companion piece to Ready Or Not. like obv this is better but it's not...an open and shut case B-)

loved this movie

twist ending obv from trailer, but the obvious twist ending wasnt used (harlan set it all up)

― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Thursday, December 19, 2019 6:50 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

didn’t see the trailer; probably wouldn’t have watched the movie if i had

I saw the trailer and the movie. I don't see how thw twist ending was obvious from the trailer. I'm sufficiently confused by that that I'm not even sure what twist darraghmac is referring to.

the most distracting lapse in the movie is the scene in which the detectives are talking to Marta on the veranda and you can see their breath misting in the cold and Marta (always shown in separate shots) is not misting

was watching for this on my with-commentary viewing: most of Blanc's is cigar smoke, you do see Marta's breath misting in the shots which aren't separate (and thus have the same lighting and background as Blanc), and then Johnson talked about how extremely cold it was and Marta's costume for that scene had to be designed to have extra layers to protect Cuban de Armas from the Massachusetts winter.

I was briefly hoping that it was someone else with a bad accent and a cigar, pretending to be Blanc to find out what Marta knows.

I saw the trailer and the movie. I don't see how thw twist ending was obvious from the trailer. I'm sufficiently confused by that that I'm not even sure what twist darraghmac is referring to.

― JRN, Sunday, 22 December 2019 08:45 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

.....i said what that twist would've been...in that same post...

this was less a whodunnit and more a howdunnit which I liked

more a case of "howduzzitendup" rly

tr00

I keep forgetting that Toni Collette is Aussie. mostly cos I haven't seen her in a movie with her natural voice yet.

Don't worry, we all make mistakes.

sic otm

Finally saw this movie and loved it. The audience actually applauded that final shot of the coffee cup. What a beautiful setup and pay-off.

I was spoilered on "Sweet Virginia" by the Exile on Main Street thread, but it still made me happy.

A bit all too cosily wrapped up at the end (which was to be expected and par for the course!), but still thoroughly enjoyed it.

fair review imo

and even at that, the too-neat wrapping up is as likely as not a bit of a send-up of the genre, maybe

Saw it again today with the Johnson commentary, good fun. Interesting sign as well -- while it was in one of the smaller screens at my local, it was still sold out, not a bad sign over a month after release.

It broke $100 million, I saw.

Great to hear!

200 ww on a 40m budget

That's the beauty of whodunnits. All you need is to break into someone's mansion and start shooting

The film, not the inhabitants

well, I mean

"Friend who saw it already says it's his second fave film of the year, behind Ford V. Ferrari."

dvdscr of the latter has leaked as well. Was just childishly guffawing at this Stephanie Zacharek quote from a review of it:"some scenes leave unnecessary skidmark trails." It's a UK thing .. ignore me!

Sometimes this bad website is good pic.twitter.com/UxvfA8edvv

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