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, 3 July 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
This looks ridiculous and I am here for it, can't wait.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
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"
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
so you do not like jokes, noted
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
I like jokes
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Along the lines of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXn8CsQU1-U
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Yeah but without peter sellers in yellowface
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that's pretty unwatchable.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
Paging Morbs
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
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.
― mh, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
yeah lol
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
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
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
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?
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
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.
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
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"
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
someone on twitter speculated that the film was pretty straight but they're hoping to market it as a parodic kind of thing
― devvvine, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
this looks like Brick or Brothers Bloom register aka "semi-wacky/irreverent/quirky genre exercises" (though the latter is considerably wackier)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
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
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
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
― mh, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
I just googled Rian Johnson fully expecting Rhys Ifans to appear. I am disappointed.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
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)
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
I shouldn't've clicked because "Rian Johnson" is good enough for me but oh well, I'm not a purist
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
it's pronounced like "ryan" which is the most disappointing part
― mh, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
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
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 8 September 2019 03:55 (four years ago) link
I'll wait for some non shit critics to weigh in
― Simon H., Sunday, 8 September 2019 03:58 (four years ago) link
lol otm
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 September 2019 04:40 (four years ago) link
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
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Sunday, 8 September 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
I get Uhlich and and Erlich confused
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 8 September 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
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.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 8 September 2019 13:22 (four years ago) link
He’s awful
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 September 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
Nah
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Sunday, 8 September 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
Murder by Death was a great movie
― akm, Sunday, 8 September 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
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.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 8 September 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
― 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.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Sunday, 8 September 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
lol omg you guys are like a bunch of old hens!talk abt unearned drama jesus
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 September 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
Brothers Bloom is his least-to-talk-about movie, obviously he should be set on fire for making a fun Saturday afternoon international adventure romp
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Sunday, 8 September 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
I like Brothers Bloom. It’s twee in a no-aping-Wes Anderson way, although you could draw the comparison.
― untuned mass damper (mh), Sunday, 8 September 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
I'm glad Ricky Jay got paid.
― Simon H., Sunday, 8 September 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
reviews of this are overwhelmingly positive. i'm ready for it.
― omar little, Monday, 9 September 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
I was finally going to see Ready of Not tomorrow, and while I know it is a different kind of movie, horror vs. who-done-it, isn't it also a rich Trumpy-jerk family stuck in a house at each others' throats movie?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 September 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
Enjoy a character poster thread. Fashions! Color coordination! Vague spoilers as to what each of the character roles are if you care about that sort of thing.
What’s that you say? In the wake of our smashing Toronto debut the world is clamoring for some #KnivesOut character poster goodness? Alright FINE lemme see what I can do! In the style of those enticing character breakdowns that began Dame Agatha’s books, here we go...— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) September 16, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 September 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
if this movie is good then whoever edited the trailer should be getting a kick in the arse for making it look so horrendous
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 16 September 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
horrendous? srsly?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
never saw a potential smiley in craig before but
― provisional ilx (darraghmac), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
:o
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 16 September 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
Also, new trailer:
Nothing brings a family together like murder. Watch the new trailer for #KnivesOut now – In theaters this Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/2XuzPvyixH— Knives Out (@KnivesOut) September 18, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
Two weeks to go (for me at least). In the meantime I enjoyed this -- I watched Evil Under the Sun as a kid more times than I can count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJXuzjBc_Q
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 November 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
Death on the Nile is def on I remember watching as a kid
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
Okay, just got out of an early screening. My not-actually-saying-anything-in-any-detail report: I loved it of course, I was predisposed to. A busy film though, it's trying to do three separate things at once, and how it does all that is where people will differ greatly I suspect. Maintains a pretty solid 'just go with it' flow to the whole thing where you try not to question anything too much, at least if you're me. Deeply meta out of the gate but that may be the only way to make it work. The marketing of the film has pulled off a major successful headfake; the lead character as such is not who you think it is. Was still guessing at a couple of things up to the final couple of minutes. Some beats/twists you could juuuuust see coming, but in the best way. Classic 70s/80s Christie adaptation eight-million-stars-at-once folderol and just enough hamminess. Daniel Craig sure loves going Southern (Logan Lucky et al). Couple of fun cameos and a solid running joke or two. Real fun/unexpected music choices at points. Seeing it again on Tuesday and I'll see if I can catch some details I missed first time around.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 November 2019 06:42 (four years ago) link
Second viewing as mentioned tonight, meantime new Rian Johnson interview here, nothing too spoilery per se but it does delve into some of the clear themes of the movie -- and the less you know going in the better.
https://www.gq.com/story/rian-johnson-knives-out-interview-2019
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Yeah a refresh and a full slate is available. Works for me!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 October 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link
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.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
To say nothing of Carrie Fisher (who would have been great in these kind of thing)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 13 October 2022 09:57 (one year ago) link
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.”
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 November 2022 05:25 (one year ago) link
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.)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 17 November 2022 11:05 (one year ago) link
Anyone know if Netflix are getting the rights to the first film soon?Want to rewatch it before seeing this
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
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.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 25 November 2022 01:26 (one year ago) link
milo offtm
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 25 November 2022 01:43 (one year ago) link
Didn't love the first one, willing to believe the second one is a major improvement
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 25 November 2022 04:13 (one year ago) link
Milo otm
― oscar bravo, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:41 (one year ago) link
still miles better that the recent kenneth branagh’s christie flicks
― scanner darkly, Friday, 25 November 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
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
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 25 November 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link