This tender biopic of Thom Yorke circa Amnesiac will thrill and delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGqiHJTsRkQ
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:45 (six years ago)
I'm up for a modern take on the Agatha Christie formula, but this looks a bit smug.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:50 (six years ago)
Complaints complaints. (Also I already like it better than Gosford Park.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:53 (six years ago)
it's been a long time since I've seen a trailer for something this strongly predestined to be a flop
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:54 (six years ago)
that is one helluva cast
has daniel craig had some work done? he looks kinda... odd
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:54 (six years ago)
Friend who saw it already says it's his second fave film of the year, behind Ford V. Ferrari.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:56 (six years ago)
Rian Johnson's Bad Times at the El Royale
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:56 (six years ago)
Rian Johnson should be banned from making films, hate him so much.
too bad, cuz this cast looks very entertaining
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:58 (six years ago)
this fits
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:00 (six years ago)
Perhaps also relevant:
Also if you like watching movie stars being movie stars, you will love KNIVES OUT. https://t.co/96i1mGcDGJ— Karina Longworth (@KarinaLongworth) July 2, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:06 (six years ago)
You never saw the trailer for Valerian?
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:09 (six years ago)
I *saw* Valerian lol
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:13 (six years ago)
going by the trailer I can 1000% live without Chris Evans' version of being a movie star
― Simon H., Tuesday, July 2, 2019 8:54 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
so it's a non-star wars rian johnson film
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:16 (six years ago)
Looper did fine, no?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:17 (six years ago)
Budget $30 million[4]Box office $176.5 million[4]
pretty good!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:18 (six years ago)
lol yeah i always forget about looper, the other rian johnson film namechecked in the trailer
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:20 (six years ago)
trailer really got me when chris evans started telling a roomful of people to eat shit
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:21 (six years ago)
but yeah I also hated The Brothers Bloom which is reason enough to avoid this one
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:21 (six years ago)
(since this seems to be in a similar register)
that said, I would still see the cubicle-farm-set Brick sequel that lives in my head
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:24 (six years ago)
when it comes to upcoming movies featuring rich people trapped in mansions, I would rather go see Ready or Not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYTwUxhAoI
(which pretty much looks like Get Out without any social commentary but either looks preferable to the movie above)
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:25 (six years ago)
FWIW, Longworth is Johnson's partner.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:26 (six years ago)
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
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 21:17 (six years ago)
i am going to see the hell out of this
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:07 (six years ago)
when craig said "i suspect foul play" i shrieked
Something something "Clue: The Movie."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 11:42 (six years ago)
Very low bar but this looks way more interesting/entertaining than Joker
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:46 (six years ago)
Why'd you pick that one?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:48 (six years ago)
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
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:49 (six years ago)
“This slime mold is horrible and clogging my pores but at least it isn’t fucking Joker.”
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:01 (six years ago)
^^^ gets it
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:06 (six years ago)
heh, now I get it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:14 (six years ago)
I’m on board, I am already prepared to defend this movie at length against the gripes of you tedious aesthetes
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:27 (six years ago)
guy hitting the piano key only good thing in that trailer
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:35 (six years ago)
That was a confusing trailer to watch trying to figure out when Thom Yorke appears.
So it's like the Westing Game?
― Yerac, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:01 (six years ago)
Lakeith Stanfield chuckling at "CSI:KFC" also very funny.
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:20 (six years ago)
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.
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:27 (six years ago)
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 (six years ago)
This looks ridiculous and I am here for it, can't wait.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:38 (six years ago)
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 (six years ago)
so you do not like jokes, noted
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:04 (six years ago)
I like jokes
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:06 (six years ago)
Along the lines of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXn8CsQU1-U
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:06 (six years ago)
Yeah but without peter sellers in yellowface
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:11 (six years ago)
Yeah, that's pretty unwatchable.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:35 (six years ago)
Paging Morbs
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:35 (six years ago)
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 (six years ago)
yeah lol
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:07 (six years ago)
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 (six years ago)
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 (six years ago)
Shoulda started with Evil Under the Sun, that's a slam dunk.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 23:52 (three years ago)
Man, if they can't handle Orient Express, don't show them Last of Sheila! It's great but it's hard work. If you ever get their trust back, what about Sleuth or Gosford Park? (Or Murder by Death or Clue!)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01 (three years ago)
yeah Murder By Death somehow seems the closest in spirit to me, the cast is so gleefully in their roles
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Thursday, 10 March 2022 01:38 (three years ago)
"Clue" they've definitely seen and like. We also saw "Gosford Park" around the same time as "Express," but I don't think it made much of an impact on them. "Evil Under the Sun" ... I dunno. "Murder By Death" and "Sleuth" were another couple I had at the ready, but even the one more likely to watch movies with me says she has trouble telling all these "old white men" (which is to say, probably middle aged) apart.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 March 2022 02:50 (three years ago)
Murder by Death a more specific set of parodies, I would have said? Also teeth-shakingly racist. Like if you've shown your kids any of the Charlie Chan films, then why have you shown your kids any of the Charlie Cham films. And if you haven't then their reaction is probably going to be "wtf is this?"
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 12 March 2022 09:44 (three years ago)
Oh god I forgot that part. Strike!
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 12 March 2022 13:55 (three years ago)
Just watched Evil Under The Sun, it's ripe and delicious without ever achieving actual excellence, which is exactly the sweet spot for filmed Agatha Christie for me.
I came into this a complete Suchet-stan, but Ustinov is just funnier, more present, more precise, more charming: a counterpoint to the madness but also a part of it.
The rest of the cast is a fantastic assortment of hams and drips, esp Diana Rigg. Especially <3 this James Mason meta monologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdKYTmeHKB8
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 19 March 2022 19:11 (three years ago)
Also the amazing costumes!
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Saturday, 19 March 2022 20:07 (three years ago)
amazing
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PP5J3N/original-film-title-evil-under-the-sun-english-title-evil-under-the-sun-year-1982-director-guy-hamilton-stars-diana-rigg-credit-emi-album-PP5J3N.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 19 March 2022 20:19 (three years ago)
Stellar stuff for sure, beautiful location shooting, just a treat and a fillip all around. Easily a top five comfort watch for me.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 March 2022 22:26 (three years ago)
A delightful thing about Evil is how gently tuned-up from Death On The Nile it is - if you liked that, well here’s everything about it done slightly better, with more of a hang-out vibe.
― beepy fridges (sic), Saturday, 19 March 2022 23:33 (three years ago)
Just watched The Weekend Murders, a 1970 Giallo/whodunnt that's definitely the most proto-Knives Out thing I've seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StWdTspZWLU
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:27 (three years ago)
we have title
Benoit Blanc’s next case, the follow up to Knives Out, is called GLASS ONION. pic.twitter.com/6Zo0g1VX11— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 13, 2022
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 June 2022 16:44 (three years ago)
That's...not what I expected
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Monday, 13 June 2022 16:46 (three years ago)
Radiohead, Beatles, just a classic rocker at heart.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 June 2022 16:52 (three years ago)
I really hope this one culminates in someone attempting to bludgeon an innocent character with a glass onion
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:09 (three years ago)
lol
― mh, Monday, 13 June 2022 17:10 (three years ago)
"to see how the other half live" in the lyrics is a good sign
if it involves a locked room with dovetail joints though
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 13 June 2022 20:07 (three years ago)
Only one man can fix the hole in the ocean
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 13 June 2022 20:31 (three years ago)
have been trying to get my fix and can recommend, Evil Under the Sun, The Last of Sheila, Laura (1944), Death on the Nile (2022), The Thin Man (1934)
very open to recommendations, especially classic stuff, really any crime/mystery will do
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 25 July 2022 11:32 (three years ago)
and thanks for the advice already, this is where I came across Evil Under the Sun and The Last of Sheila
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 25 July 2022 11:40 (three years ago)
i've tried to watch Knives Out three times and just couldn't make it through - i think maybe i'm not cut out for the sardonic thing
― Swen, Monday, 25 July 2022 13:23 (three years ago)
The 70s Sleuth and Deathtrap should both qualify, right?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 25 July 2022 16:07 (three years ago)
(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)
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Monday, 25 July 2022 17:08 (three years ago)
Not a movie, but a rep for the Agatha book, Crooked House
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 25 July 2022 18:38 (three years ago)
There was an adaptation a few years ago with a pretty decent cast. Anyone seen it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_House_(film)
― Number None, Thursday, 28 July 2022 06:11 (three years ago)
So a bit more info here:
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/glass-onion-knives-out-2-release-date-photos
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 August 2022 14:51 (two years ago)
And Johnson specifically names Evil Under the Sun and The Last of Sheila as the two touchstones here so there ya go.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 August 2022 14:52 (two years ago)
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 August 2022 14:54 (two years ago)
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
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 September 2022 13:31 (two years ago)
And a full embedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xR_lBtEvSc
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 September 2022 13:47 (two years ago)
Have some fun
https://www.knivesoutmystery.com/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2022 14:50 (two years ago)
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
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 17:56 (two years ago)
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.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 October 2022 14:52 (two years ago)
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 October 2022 14:54 (two years ago)
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 October 2022 16:13 (two years ago)
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.
― Nhex, Monday, 10 October 2022 17:01 (two years ago)
Yeah a refresh and a full slate is available. Works for me!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 October 2022 17:25 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
To say nothing of Carrie Fisher (who would have been great in these kind of thing)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 13 October 2022 09:57 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
milo offtm
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 25 November 2022 01:43 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)
Milo otm
― oscar bravo, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:41 (two years ago)
still miles better that the recent kenneth branagh’s christie flicks
― scanner darkly, Friday, 25 November 2022 21:00 (two years ago)
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 (two years ago)