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

nb that the ppl she's addressing are interested in movie-star-era Hollywood bcz of her own criticism and research and analysis and biographing and writing and speaking and broadcasting and publishing, not randos who know who her boyfriend is

i am going to see the hell out of this

when craig said "i suspect foul play" i shrieked

Something something "Clue: The Movie."

Very low bar but this looks way more interesting/entertaining than Joker

Why'd you pick that one?

Because it looks like one of the worst movies ever made and I want to take any and every opportunity to talk shit about it

“This slime mold is horrible and clogging my pores but at least it isn’t fucking Joker.”

^^^ gets it

heh, now I get it.

I’m on board, I am already prepared to defend this movie at length against the gripes of you tedious aesthetes

guy hitting the piano key only good thing in that trailer

That was a confusing trailer to watch trying to figure out when Thom Yorke appears.

So it's like the Westing Game?

Lakeith Stanfield chuckling at "CSI:KFC" also very funny.

I would honestly be pretty OK with seeing a non-comedy version of this, but once it became clear during the trailer that it was just a setup for lots of sitcom-y joke exchanges I was out.

It looks like a Saturday Night Live video piece where they take a 70s Agatha Christie movie and turn it so it's all about the Trump family.

This looks ridiculous and I am here for it, can't wait.

lol unperson otm

the ironic thing is that I can imagine a non comedy version of this actually being pretty funny if they just did it without all the JOEK moments and let it be campy pulp. But instead it looks like that weird mode of modern comedy where so much of the humor is just based on breaking the tension of dramatic moments by having characters suddenly say something snarky or confused. It's such a weirdly nervous and insecure style, like the filmmakers are constantly reminding you that they know they are making a comedy. You can just see them giving the script to a bunch of punchup sitcom writers and saying "make sure there is 1 joke on every page, no matter what"

so you do not like jokes, noted

I like jokes

Along the lines of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXn8CsQU1-U

Yeah but without peter sellers in yellowface

Yeah, that's pretty unwatchable.

Paging Morbs

So it's like the Westing Game?

once you see it... it can't be unseen

I wonder if everyone who watched Logan Lucky is going to get Daniel Craig to do ridiculous American regional accents now. It's a good bit.

yeah lol

i like jokes fine but i'm just very bored w/stuff like toni collette's "no we cant ask?" bit, that style of gag is just so overdone and all over the place these days

I do not think this is supposed to be a Comedy...?

Like, yes there are some jokes in the trailer and the overall feel is ridiculous but it seems like it is aiming for irreverent drama over comedy; like is everyone assuming Chris Evans telling his whole family to eat shit is supposed to be a punchline or something? Did people think The Last Jedi was a comedy?

I mean, the referenced Toni Collete line doesn't land like a joke at all to me. This doesn't even scan to me as trying to be funny in the vein of The Royal Tenenbaums.

i guess it depends on how finely you want to split the hair between "an irreverent drama that seems to have lots of jokes" vs "a comedy"

someone on twitter speculated that the film was pretty straight but they're hoping to market it as a parodic kind of thing

this looks like Brick or Brothers Bloom register aka "semi-wacky/irreverent/quirky genre exercises" (though the latter is considerably wackier)

Watching trailers on purpose is for the birds so I have v little idea of what this film is you’re all talking about

But murder by death, speaking of “jokes” and “doesn’t land” and “at all”, is a fascinating watch & entertaining if only for falk’s gumshoe bit and capote yelling at the Charlie Chan guy for stereotypically mangling his grammar while clearly being capable of genius-level deductive reasoning

the entire enterprise of miserable/cynical people being acerbic to each other is a cornerstone of british comedy and I at least give Johnson some credit for attempting an American version

I just googled Rian Johnson fully expecting Rhys Ifans to appear. I am disappointed.

It's such a weirdly nervous and insecure style, like the filmmakers are constantly reminding you that they know they are making a comedy. You can just see them giving the script to a bunch of punchup sitcom writers

who are the "them" you are imagining throughout this scenario

(also haven't watched the trailer, I am not a disgusting savage)

I shouldn't've clicked because "Rian Johnson" is good enough for me but oh well, I'm not a purist

it's pronounced like "ryan" which is the most disappointing part

KNIVES OUT is a diabolical, hilarious, and massively entertaining whodunnit that updates the musty genre for the modern world and all of its MAGA assholes.

see it with the biggest crowd you can find. here’s my #tiff19 review: https://t.co/SQumxnFZ6q pic.twitter.com/hSTsJBg4Me

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) September 8, 2019

I'll wait for some non shit critics to weigh in

lol otm

I’m on board, I am already prepared to defend this movie at length against the gripes of you tedious aesthetes

ready to tag team, silby

I get Uhlich and and Erlich confused

This looks fun! On the other hand, I don't really get the critical interest in Johnson. He hasn't made an movie that's more interesting to watch than to talk about - and some of them aren't very interesting to talk about. He's like the Hold Steady of film criticism - an easy dilettante for frustrated critics to aspire to.

He’s awful

Nah

Murder by Death was a great movie

I mean, how interesting The Last Jedi is to talk about depends on who you're talking about it with - but all of his movies that I've seen (I never saw The Brothers Bloom) have been good to watch and to think about.

It looks like a Saturday Night Live video piece where they take a 70s Agatha Christie movie and turn it so it's all about the Trump family.

― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:35 PM (two months ago)

Sometimes I like being right, and sometimes I hate being right. Not sure which this is yet.

lol omg you guys are like a bunch of old hens!

talk abt unearned drama jesus

The 70s Sleuth and Deathtrap should both qualify, right?

(watch Sleuth before or in preference to [show hidden text], if you haven't before.)

― bad luck banging, or Lorna Doone (sic), Friday, February 4, 2022 7:53 AM (five months ago)

Not a movie, but a rep for the Agatha book, Crooked House

There was an adaptation a few years ago with a pretty decent cast. Anyone seen it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_House_(film)

So a bit more info here:

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/glass-onion-knives-out-2-release-date-photos

And Johnson specifically names Evil Under the Sun and The Last of Sheila as the two touchstones here so there ya go.

And this is the part I wanted to know:

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will premiere in select theaters on a to be announced date

Which will almost certainly mean my local Alamo so bring it on.

I may have seen this, but I am not at liberty to say that I think it's even better than the first one... oh. https://t.co/AvRJDuvtUH

— edgarwright (@edgarwright) September 8, 2022

And a full embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xR_lBtEvSc

Have some fun

https://www.knivesoutmystery.com/

And good interview

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-14/netflix-glass-onion-knives-out-rian-johnson-star-wars-last-jedi-theatrical

Is this getting a short cinema release in the US as well? As far as I can tel it's getting one showing here as part of the BFI festival (Sunday week) and then that's it until it shows up on Netflix on Christmas week.

Johnson mentions in the interview I linked something's in the cards. Netflix has done limited theater releases before -- that's how I saw The Irishman -- so I wouldn't be surprised.

And speaking of theatrical showings

Alright! This is it! The follow up to Knives Out… Glass Onion! Thanksgiving! 600 theaters! ONE WEEK ONLY! Tickets on sale… RIGHT NOW!!! Get em while they’re hot! EXCLAMATION MARKS!! #glassonion 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 https://t.co/FDfB8XYP8s pic.twitter.com/qZs0PYwOrr

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 10, 2022

Seems to be only midnight showings right now in the SF area.

Full array of shows where I am in NY, starting Wednesday 11/23. Still kinda hoping my Alamo will get it so I don't have to drive as far.

Yeah a refresh and a full slate is available. Works for me!

Oh and

People of the UK! Here’s the link for tickets: https://t.co/wDFn31qZPR

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 10, 2022

(Separately, seen a couple of posts indicating that a certain just-now-deceased old school star appears in the movie so Rian is two for two in killing off legends with these films. THE REAL MYSTERY.)

To say nothing of Carrie Fisher (who would have been great in these kind of thing)

Almost here, at least in theaters, and I did like this interview tidbit:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-11-16/daniel-craig-glass-onion-knives-out-netflix-james-bond

The soft pastels, creamy safari suits, high waists and jaunty neckerchiefs of Craig’s costumes in “Glass Onion” — which he described as a cross between Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief” and Jacques Tati in “Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday” — signal a bolder, broader movie than “Knives Out.”

Promising!

I’m hoping this will be playing in the Austin area next week, and that I can talk my son into seeing it with me.

(Or maybe we’ll just watch it on Netflix.)

Anyone know if Netflix are getting the rights to the first film soon?

Want to rewatch it before seeing this

This was tons of fun. You don't need to see (or rewatch) the first one at all, not really. There are some great gags, many accidentally extremely well timed.

Finally saw the first one last night and IDGI - a few quality moments but a terrible whodunnit and not a good comedy, stretched 40 minutes too long.

milo offtm

Didn't love the first one, willing to believe the second one is a major improvement

Milo otm

still miles better that the recent kenneth branagh’s christie flicks

Hey, hi - Here's another clue for you all - GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, etc etc