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
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
otm
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
Love Finds Knives OutOut West with Knives OutKnives Out Rides HighKnives Out Gets Spring FeverJudge Knives Out and SonKnives Out Meets DebutanteKnives Out's Private SecretaryLife Begins for Knives OutThe Courtship of Knives OutKnives Out's Blonde Trouble https://t.co/GnIHqL8Pt3— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) February 11, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
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?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Sure, it's well filmed!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
(Plus, I love watching any movie with a twist or surprises or shocks with a crowd just to hear the reactions.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
The audience I saw it with was really into it. Lots of laughs throughout. Definitely enhanced the experience.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
It absolutely benefits from a packed theatre and a big screen for laughs, gasps, and pretty / unshowy photography.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
idk how he missed Knives Out II: The Sharpening
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:44 (four years ago) link
SPORKS THROUGH— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 25, 2019
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Thursday, 13 February 2020 07:48 (four years ago) link
this was extremely entertaining
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 13 February 2020 09:34 (four years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 February 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
I honestly don’t know from cinematography digital or otherwise but Steve Yedlin is evidently thinking about these things on his very own level
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Sunday, 23 February 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
I wonder if he'll graduate to more of an A-list, since most of his stuff has been Rian Johnson or ... gunk?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 February 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
Still on 949 US screens in its 13th weekend!
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 24 February 2020 04:48 (four years ago) link
This was good. Need to watch it again for sure
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 1 March 2020 22:31 (four years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 March 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
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.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 2 March 2020 01:29 (four years ago) link
she says where she's from but I can't remember now
― k3vin k., Monday, 2 March 2020 01:55 (four years ago) link
doesn’t appear to be on prime in the US
― mh, Monday, 2 March 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
It is, just not for free
― El Tomboto, Monday, 2 March 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
I was about to clarify what Prime means but wgaf, it’s definitely available for rental on all your local digital rental platforms
― mh, Monday, 2 March 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
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
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 2 March 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
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
― mh, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
I think it's just anything you can stream is prime video
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
amazon, like everyone else, has fucked up their branding again
― mh, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
My pet theory is they are eventually going to drop the name “Amazon” and the whole consumer business will just be “prime”
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:25 (four years ago) link
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
― mh, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
clusterfuckers inc. is very accurate
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
that is the only one I feel rings true
― mh, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
just saw this, about as much fun as I've had with a movie in a long time
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:39 (four years ago) link
Nope, she doesn't -- it's very intentionally left up in the air.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
cute
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
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.
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Sunday, 2 August 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
I also watched this last night :)Ransom looked realllly plastickyI kind of want a trick window now
― kinder, Sunday, 2 August 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
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.
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Sunday, 2 August 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
Parasite > Knives Out > Ready or Not
Alternately,
Clue > Knives Out > Murder by Death
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 10 August 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
Everything > Murder By Death, in fairness
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 10 August 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
murder by death > the cheap detective, from what little I remember about it
― wasdnous (abanana), Monday, 10 August 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
Where does without a clue fit into this lineup
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 10 August 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFZgYxHjgo
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
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.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:23 (three years ago) link
do movies have consequences?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
yes. some can make you think about their themes and characters for weeks afterward.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
sounds fancy!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
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.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
you got it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
This thread is proof that no living human has not thought, nor will ever think about the themes and characters of Knives Out for weeks after viewing it.
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 04:25 (three years ago) link