Current Events > Knives Out is fricking amazing. *Spoilers*

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One of the best murder mysteries ever. First you think it's a whodunnit in the style of Columbo, where it's not whodunnit but how the detective finds out howdunnit and we see everything. Then it just keeps adding twists in the best way.

I watched Bond No Time to Die and I didn't know Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas already had chemistry with this movie first beforehand, awesome.

Just fantastic all around.

My only complaint is the bit early on about how dogs are the best judge of character was really heavy handed. Completely gave away the culprit.

Other than that yeah it's great.

they should make a murder mystery movie about Harambe and call it "Dicks Out"

FigureOfSpeech posted...

they should make a murder mystery movie about Harambe and call it "Dicks Out"

agreed

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There's a sequel coming to Netflix later this year I think. Maybe next year.

I imagine it's just Daniel Craig at a new crime scene but I know nothing about it

Yeah, I love it.

"What were the words overheard by the Nazi child masturbating in the bathroom?" is one of the best lines in cinematic history

TheHoldSteady posted...

My only complaint is the bit early on about how dogs are the best judge of character was really heavy handed. Completely gave away the culprit.

Other than that yeah it's great.

Oh yeah. It would have been funnier if dogs were mean to the nice person and nice to the mean person in a twist. But I didn't really care to pay attention to it since I don't like dogs at all anyhow

mobilebloechel posted...

I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it does have its flaws. I do hope more are made along the same line.

I love the Agatha Christie vibe and it's the first and best movie that's not actually from an Agatha Christie novel but so obviously inspired by her works in the best way and the best translation of her work. By comparison, all the other recent adaptations of her work have been quite mediocre to awful.

I just wish we got to find out why he left all his fortune and everything to Marta. At first I wondered if there was more to it like maybe he was having a laugh, either at the family's expense or even at Marta's for having to deal with the hassle of a vast fortune and people trying to con her or suck up to her to get a piece of the pie.

Otherwise the obvious conclusion one would draw is that he is attracted to her and wanted her since old rich men aren't just nice to young attractive women without wanting something in return.

saspa posted...

I just wish we got to find out why he left all his fortune and everything to Marta. At first I wondered if there was more to it like maybe he was having a laugh, either at the family's expense or even at Marta's for having to deal with the hassle of a vast fortune and people trying to con her or suck up to her to get a piece of the pie.

Otherwise the obvious conclusion one would draw is that he is attracted to her and wanted her since old rich men aren't just nice to young attractive women without wanting something in return.

I thought it was because his kids were spoiled and awful and she was a good person.

saspa posted...

I just wish we got to find out why he left all his fortune and everything to Marta. At first I wondered if there was more to it like maybe he was having a laugh, either at the family's expense or even at Marta's for having to deal with the hassle of a vast fortune and people trying to con her or suck up to her to get a piece of the pie.

Otherwise the obvious conclusion one would draw is that he is attracted to her and wanted her since old rich men aren't just nice to young attractive women without wanting something in return.

Dude it was because she was the only person that cared for him lol

TheHoldSteady posted...

My only complaint is the bit early on about how dogs are the best judge of character was really heavy handed. Completely gave away the culprit.

Other than that yeah it's great.

Honestly, I thought it was a Red Herring moment. In a world where we're always looking for the least obvious person, its really cool twist. I did not realize who the killer was because I just thought "Eh, too obvious"

TheHoldSteady posted...

I thought it was because his kids were spoiled and awful and she was a good person.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Dude it was because she was the only person that cared for him lol

Yes to both. Seemed pretty obvious.

Excited for the second one later this year

I thought it was amazing the first time I saw it.

On a second viewing, after I knew all the twists and whatnot, some of the plot didn't hold together as well. The mystery has a few wobbly bits. But I still think it's an excellent movie.

Yeah, I absolutely loved that movie

Yeah I don't get the hype with this movie. Found it pretty boring.

DarthAragorn posted...

There's a sequel coming to Netflix later this year I think. Maybe next year.

I imagine it's just Daniel Craig at a new crime scene but I know nothing about it

A... sequel. Huh. Never thought this would be the kind of movie to have a sequel... I do love the movie and the setting so I guess I'd be down for it.

A sequel that's a completely different case and has a new cast besides the detective is actually the best way to do it, a way that's evergreen so long as you have a good new idea for a case each film. Guess it wouldn't hurt for the detective to have some recurring characters too.

I love how in the beginning you think the detective is a complete putz who can't even see how obviously guilty and nervous Ana de Armas is acting, and then by the end you realize you were the putz for not seeing that the detective was playing 3.5d chess the entire time.

Daniel Craig was great in it. The script was pretty lousy though. A good cast of supporting characters that basically did nothing. Stupid car chase. The final bit that made no sense.

Mibahlzitch posted...

A sequel that's a completely different case and has a new cast besides the detective is actually the best way to do it, a way that's evergreen so long as you have a good new idea for a case each film. Guess it wouldn't hurt for the detective to have some recurring characters too.

So it would basically be exactly like an agatha christie series with hercule poirot or miss marple

Every single character was perfectly cast and utilized. From Jamie Lee Curtis' smug dominance in every scene to the lady who was helping out Frank Oz the lawyer.

lilORANG posted...

Daniel Craig was great in it. The script was pretty lousy though. A good cast of supporting characters that basically did nothing. Stupid car chase. The final bit that made no sense.

Whoa whoa whoa just hold on now, I say I say that's a bit extreme.

While yes I did like seeing jamie lee curtis who was great and I expected her to do more or have more revealed about her, I believe the characters are just that, classic murder mystery clue-esque characters who have their own motives for trying to off the head patriarch.

The car chase was exactly what it was supposed to be, hilarious.

And the fact that the mystery all came together perfectly is one of the best parts of the movie, it all tied into each other.

It was good but theyre gonna fuck up all the sequels I just know it

lilORANG posted...

The final bit that made no sense.

What final bit was that?

lilORANG posted...

Daniel Craig was great in it.

It's objectively a well-perfomed accent, but my brain reacts to it the same way cultist brains react to Cthulhu.

Terrified, broken, caught a glimpse of a fathomless reality that should not be

DrizztLink posted...

It's objectively a well-perfomed accent, but my brain reacts to it the same way cultist brains react to Cthulhu.

Terrified, broken, caught a glimpse of a fathomless reality that should not be

Me, expecting Daniel Craig to speak in his normal british accent after sitting mysteriously in the corner during the interviews.

Craig: I'm going to begin this man's whole career

I feel like movies like this - smaller-grade movies with a star-studded cast who are clearly there to make a movie that's fun for them - usually suck (at least the ones that aren't made by Wes Anderson). So I was quite pleasantly surprised that Knives Out did the opposite of sucking.

Didnt like how over the top it was. Also dislike that 13 Reasons Why, Great Value Natalie Portman actress.

I loved how it built upon clues/dialogue earlier in the movie that made sense organically...

saspa posted...

I love the Agatha Christie vibe and it's the first and best movie that's not actually from an Agatha Christie novel but so obviously inspired by her works in the best way and the best translation of her work. By comparison, all the other recent adaptations of her work have been quite mediocre to awful.

Definitely an Agatha Christie vibe, kind of a hybrid of Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None.

DarthAragorn posted...

There's a sequel coming to Netflix later this year I think. Maybe next year.

I imagine it's just Daniel Craig at a new crime scene but I know nothing about it

They've already filmed it and interviewed the cast. A whole new group of A-listers.

It's going straight to Netflix? That surprises me.

Don't know if anyone will know this one but what is Scope? After we see Marta puke the first time she lies to the Detective, she hurriedly says that she wants to go get some "Scope" and even the subtitles spelled it like that and I assumed it was some anti-nausea pill but I can't find any brand online called scope.

a brand of mouthwash.

Rian Johnson is a great director. Most of the hate coming his way is from TLJ... and good reason too. He tried to "subvert expectations" with any of the mysteries built from TFW, and basically made them giant dead ends. Of course this is going to piss off a lot of people and ultimately TRS suffered because of this basically interjecting that somehow Palpatine came back alive when this was never alluded in the previous films.

But with this movie, subverting expectations helped but also having a movie that everyone involved had a blast making. Daniel Craig absolutely killed it in his role.

DarthAragorn posted...

a brand of mouthwash.

Fricking thank you saved me a ton of confused searching

Also I thought there was a "money corrupts" theme or message in there, Like it's money that makes them bad people? And money might make ana, a once kind person be not that anymore? I dunno.

Anyone absolutely loved to hate the hypocritical daughter character of the toni collette who was doing a lot of grandstanding and then when push came to shove and money was on the line she acted just like the other dude they previously reprimanded. Hilarious

What do you think the scene at the end represented when the family were all looking up at her standing on the balcony whilst she was gloating down on them below while sipping coffee?

It was obvious symbolism of her being on the top with all the money, a position the whole family wanted to be.

I like how at the end Jamie lee curtis was looking up at her defiantly while smoking her cigarette, sort of like she's saying "I'm not gonna beg you for what is my birthright" like the rest of the family of sycophants would be doing.

We already have a Murder On The blank franchise literally written by Agatha Christie and done better

AmishDoinks420 posted...

We already have a Murder On The blank franchise literally written by Agatha Christie and done better

Nah Knives Out was way better

TigerTarTheo posted...

Nah Knives Out was way better

Agreed

saspa posted...

while sipping coffee?

From a "My house, my rules" mug. Don't forget that part.

TigerTarTheo posted...

Nah Knives Out was way better

I have to disagree. Knives Out was way too hammy for my tastes. Youd think such an A-list cast would have more integrity.

AmishDoinks420 posted...

I have to disagree. Knives Out was way too hammy for my tastes. Youd think such an A-list cast would have more integrity.

Good lord

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Good lord

Just didnt get it, my guy. It was advertised as a who dunnit and lost that message mid-way. The cast did their jobs, but the attitude of the film was complete ass, in my own opinion.