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

A donut hole in a donut's hole.

I heard the rest of his monologue but I was giggling through it after he dropped this

I appreciated that Ana de Armas, probably 29ish when this was shot, was able to play a nuanced character that didn’t seem artificially old or young. Just a responsible person, not a kid, who lives with her mom and works a private nursing job, but still has social potential to live out

btw this is super OTM

When they were like "Harlan was friends with his nurse" I was ready to roll my eyes and grimace through a bunch of painful pandering that played up the lecherous old man angle but then they showed the two of them interacting and I sat there going "wait, I'm buying that they ARE friends, this rules, what is happening" and that reaction made me so much more invested in the subsequent events and the family's behavior; all of that rests on how pitch-perfect de Armas was in that role and her obvious chemistry with the rest of the cast.

i probably said this already but her joy and saltiness and confidence with harlan was utterly at odds with how she behaved with anyone else (apart from her family) - it was a great, bold choice to show that contrast and reveal this other side of her that’s basically hidden throughout the rest of the movie

otm

Love Finds Knives Out
Out West with Knives Out
Knives Out Rides High
Knives Out Gets Spring Fever
Judge Knives Out and Son
Knives Out Meets Debutante
Knives Out's Private Secretary
Life Begins for Knives Out
The Courtship of Knives Out
Knives Out's Blonde Trouble https://t.co/GnIHqL8Pt3

— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) February 11, 2020

btw i guess i will see this. MoMA is having a Craig retro in March; do you think the theater audience experience will add much?

Sure, it's well filmed!

(Plus, I love watching any movie with a twist or surprises or shocks with a crowd just to hear the reactions.)

The audience I saw it with was really into it. Lots of laughs throughout. Definitely enhanced the experience.

It absolutely benefits from a packed theatre and a big screen for laughs, gasps, and pretty / unshowy photography.

idk how he missed Knives Out II: The Sharpening

SPORKS THROUGH

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 25, 2019

this was extremely entertaining

I just saw this a third time. The writing, direction and acting remain air-tight, and like my last viewing there were all sorts of subtleties I caught that I hadn't quite noticed before. But one of my biggest fresh take aways this time is that the lighting and make-up are impeccable.

I honestly don’t know from cinematography digital or otherwise but Steve Yedlin is evidently thinking about these things on his very own level

I wonder if he'll graduate to more of an A-list, since most of his stuff has been Rian Johnson or ... gunk?

Still on 949 US screens in its 13th weekend!

This was good. Need to watch it again for sure

I honestly don’t know from cinematography digital or otherwise but Steve Yedlin is evidently thinking about these things on his very own level

The behind the scenes stuff (which is quite good, as is the commentary, which includes Yedlin) very much had Yedlin making the case about what one can do with digital cameras in particular, and Johnson, self-admittedly one for preferring film, freely admits Yedlin pretty much showed him the way on this front for the shoot.

Best bonus feature on the disc probably has to be the cast/Johnson chat after the SAG preview screening in LA in mid-November. Tons of amazing cut-up moments; Craig and Evans in particular seem like they should do some sort of separate comedy, they'd probably kill at it.

Saw this yesterday (it's on Amazon Prime now). Enjoyed it quite a bit. Not a single bad performance, but de Armas was amazing - the best performance I've ever seen her give. (I counted four different places people thought she was from, with the correct answer never revealed.)

she says where she's from but I can't remember now

doesn’t appear to be on prime in the US

It is, just not for free

I was about to clarify what Prime means but wgaf, it’s definitely available for rental on all your local digital rental platforms

I had to look this up and it is still designated as prime video even if it isn't free for prime members, which is very confusing

did they invent some idiotic new designation where things are available for early rental, but just for prime?

thank god for watchable movies that keep my mind off of shit like that

I think it's just anything you can stream is prime video

To clarify, I paid $6 for the rental - I said it was on Amazon Prime because that's where I rent movies, as opposed to YouTube or wherever else.

amazon, like everyone else, has fucked up their branding again

My pet theory is they are eventually going to drop the name “Amazon” and the whole consumer business will just be “prime”

tbh they should make a parent company called “donkey sauce” and amazon is the retail thing. then then AWS will be “clusterfuckers inc.” and the video thing will be “AmazingWood”

going to workshop these names

clusterfuckers inc. is very accurate

that is the only one I feel rings true

just saw this, about as much fun as I've had with a movie in a long time

she says where she's from but I can't remember now

Nope, she doesn't -- it's very intentionally left up in the air.

This is pretty cool - one of our producers just thought to check the email address we show for Marta in Knives Out pic.twitter.com/EudBIPbGly

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) March 4, 2020

cute

I'm also not sure it's something we're supposed to consider about her character? It sort of runs counter to Meg's function in the story; to demonstrate how someone will call out Nazis until it's their neck on the line, and then they'll leverage the same power they previously admonished.

I also watched this last night :)
Ransom looked realllly plasticky
I kind of want a trick window now

Yes I forgot to say! Was the makeup and the plastic looking skin a deliberate choice or has Chris Evans overdone the treatments? Either way, it worked.

Parasite > Knives Out > Ready or Not

Alternately,

Clue > Knives Out > Murder by Death

Everything > Murder By Death, in fairness

murder by death > the cheap detective, from what little I remember about it

Where does without a clue fit into this lineup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFZgYxHjgo

I watched Knives Out last night on DVD. The key to the success of the script, imo was that Marta was believably likeable as a character, so that the viewer was lured into a relatively uncritical attitude toward the dozens of highly artificial plot twists, if for no other reason than to find out how her fate would develop. Her presumed inability to tell a lie without vomiting was so preposterous that once you accepted that premise, nothing else was too lurid or crazy to balk at. However much Daniel Craig may have been the star for the purpose of box office, this was entirely Ana de Armas's film to make or break. She carried it from start to end.

As for whether the film was 'good', yeah, sure it was silly, but it carried it off and I was never dissatisfied with my following along on its journey to its chosen end. As for meaning or weight, it was so lightweight as to practically levitate by virtue of its fluffy inconsequentiality.

do movies have consequences?

yes. some can make you think about their themes and characters for weeks afterward.

sounds fancy!

apparently you've never noticed that you learned anything or had any new thoughts inspired by sitting and watching any films. seems hard to believe.