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Knives Out review thread
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Just got out of an advance screening. This movie was fucking great. Probably the best Rian Johnson movie I've seen so far.
I probably preferred Brick, tbh, but that's in no way a knock about this one.
Just watched. Superb film with some incredible jokes. Not really a huge twist or anything but the way the story is set up means it didn't need one.
I was really excited going in and liked it but didn't love it.
As others have said the cast kind of disappeared and the various revelations weren't quite as slick as I expected from him. Commentary felt a bit... slight? too I guess.
Still an entertaining good time and really funny. Craig was terrific.
As others have said the cast kind of disappeared and the various revelations weren't quite as slick as I expected from him. Commentary felt a bit... slight? too I guess.
Still an entertaining good time and really funny. Craig was terrific.
I almost think it's better in setup (which is insanely clever once you understand its twist on the formula) than in it its resolution.
Brick is the only one of his films I haven't seen, so I'm not gonna argue against that. I had a great damn time, though.
The donut monologue almost killed me. I audibly said "oh my fucking god" and the entire row around me heard me and started laughing.
Rian Johnson, noted hack who only makes great movies, just wrote and directed another great movie.
Brick is well worth seeing. I watched it again last year and it still holds up.
Haha, yeah that was a great moment. It had my theater in stitches.
Rian Johnson did a Q&A afterwards, and he mentioned this dialogue as one he had almost cut from the script because he thought it was too much. But when he heard Craigs delivery he knew it had to stay in.
It REALLY got somebody in my theater, you could hear him practically choking as he stomped on the floor laughing
Best final shot of the year?
Saw it last month at the LFF, looking forward to catching it again this weekend. Brick is still Johnson's best, though.
Saw it last month at the LFF, looking forward to catching it again this weekend. Brick is still Johnson's best, though.
Will give this a watch later today, hopefully it's not to bad (I prefer going into a movie with low expectations)
The "political stuff" is deeper than just those few snarky jabs and that one overt conversation. A lot of irony about "entitlement", privilege and "rule of law" is woven tightly into the plot. With a whole other dimension to it but spoilers etc.
I have to agree with Jahns on this one, Rian isn't as clever as he believes. It's again just an "okay" film.
Reviews have been out for a while after a screening at a Sundance(?) festival, so yeah, no thread was made? Weird!
Haha.
NPR said the same thing about the final shot. I wanna see it, yo.
Haha.
NPR said the same thing about the final shot. I wanna see it, yo.
He's someone who thought blackface was a good idea. That should sum up his opinion about everything ever.
Ah, right.
I remembered reading some bad shit about him earlier this year.
edit: lol it's not even "just" black face too
And Jeremy Jahns feels like he is the arbiter of what is and isn't clever?
Did Jahns think it was clever when he did blackface? And like most youtube critics he totally reversed his opinion about TLJ (and SW) after toxic shitheads flooded his comments.
Soo 🤨
Soo 🤨
Really looking forward to this Is it more of a deconstruction, or a remix on Whodunnits?
I've always been a casual fan of Jahns, never knew about this. Yikes. Has he ever spoke about this since?
I've always been a casual fan of Jahns, never knew about this. Yikes. Has he ever spoke about this since?
I was horrified when Craig first opened his mouth and I heard his voice but it made that scene and others so ridiculously funny. Its a great movie.
Go in as blind as possible. But do know it doesn't always stick to the genre tropes
A shame to hear it's doing well. Honestly, for a movie called "Knives Out", a title like that lends itself more to negative reviews for jokes.
Joking aside, glad to hear it might not be so bad? I don't expect it to undo his hack status, at least.
Joking aside, glad to hear it might not be so bad? I don't expect it to undo his hack status, at least.
If Rian uses "The Butler Did It" as the ultimate conclusion, his hack status remains undaunted.
This is a thread of adults discussing a critically acclaimed film. No one else in here is still whining about silly space movie for children ruining their childhood or has any weird bitterness towards RJ.
Learn to read the room.
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I really don't think that's the point of the movie. A well-told mystery story is supposed to do its big reveal and make you go "AHA!" at the end, not knock you on your ass with the sheer force of its cleverness.
Yeah, this absolutely killed in my screening.
Great movie. It's well-plotted, clever, cinematically literate, surprising, and very, very funny. Everyone involved seems to be having an absolute blast.
I would like more Benoit Blanc movies, please.
When are we getting a general OT for the film? I wanna talk spoilers but best not to do that in in the Review Thread.
I think a spoiler thread would be a good idea now that the movie is formally out. I'd make it myself but I'm about to get on a bus to go to work in five minutes.
Just finished watching it; I'd probably give it 7-7.5/10. I expected it to be funnier than it was, but overall a good film.
Damn, I've been watching his videos for some time now but never saw this, thanks for posting.
I'm sorry, is the fact people don't say "fuck" more than twice too much for you? Movies don't need to be rated R to be good.
When I look at my top 50 of favorite films there's barely a pg13 one in. I just don't reasonate well with most pg13 films I'm afraid.
I'm not sure if you're joking or serious here. The title is a reference to a state of mind - the movie isn't ABOUT knives.
That seems like a kind of silly restriction to place on yourself. The R rating is pretty much just a measurement of how much swearing, nudity or extreme violence is in a film, and this is a mystery film. Why would it have a lot of any of those things?