KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

This tender biopic of Thom Yorke circa Amnesiac will thrill and delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGqiHJTsRkQ

I'm up for a modern take on the Agatha Christie formula, but this looks a bit smug.

Complaints complaints. (Also I already like it better than Gosford Park.)

it's been a long time since I've seen a trailer for something this strongly predestined to be a flop

that is one helluva cast

has daniel craig had some work done? he looks kinda... odd

Friend who saw it already says it's his second fave film of the year, behind Ford V. Ferrari.

Rian Johnson's Bad Times at the El Royale

Rian Johnson should be banned from making films, hate him so much.

too bad, cuz this cast looks very entertaining

Friend who saw it already says it's his second fave film of the year, behind Ford V. Ferrari.

this fits

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

it's been a long time since I've seen a trailer for something this strongly predestined to be a flop

You never saw the trailer for Valerian?

I *saw* Valerian lol

going by the trailer I can 1000% live without Chris Evans' version of being a movie star

it's been a long time since I've seen a trailer for something this strongly predestined to be a flop

― Simon H., Tuesday, July 2, 2019 8:54 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

so it's a non-star wars rian johnson film

Looper did fine, no?

Budget $30 million[4]
Box office $176.5 million[4]

pretty good!

lol yeah i always forget about looper, the other rian johnson film namechecked in the trailer

trailer really got me when chris evans started telling a roomful of people to eat shit

but yeah I also hated The Brothers Bloom which is reason enough to avoid this one

(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

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)

FWIW, Longworth is Johnson's partner.

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

i am going to see the hell out of this

when craig said "i suspect foul play" i shrieked

Something something "Clue: The Movie."

Very low bar but this looks way more interesting/entertaining than Joker

Why'd you pick that one?

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

“This slime mold is horrible and clogging my pores but at least it isn’t fucking Joker.”

^^^ gets it

heh, now I get it.

I’m on board, I am already prepared to defend this movie at length against the gripes of you tedious aesthetes

guy hitting the piano key only good thing in that trailer

That was a confusing trailer to watch trying to figure out when Thom Yorke appears.

So it's like the Westing Game?

Lakeith Stanfield chuckling at "CSI:KFC" also very funny.

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.

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.

This looks ridiculous and I am here for it, can't wait.

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"

so you do not like jokes, noted

I like jokes

Along the lines of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXn8CsQU1-U

Yeah but without peter sellers in yellowface

Yeah, that's pretty unwatchable.

Paging Morbs

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.

yeah lol

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

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?

Shoulda started with Evil Under the Sun, that's a slam dunk.

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!)

yeah Murder By Death somehow seems the closest in spirit to me, the cast is so gleefully in their roles

"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.

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?"

Oh god I forgot that part. Strike!

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

Also the amazing costumes!

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

Stellar stuff for sure, beautiful location shooting, just a treat and a fillip all around. Easily a top five comfort watch for me.

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.

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

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

That's...not what I expected

Radiohead, Beatles, just a classic rocker at heart.

I really hope this one culminates in someone attempting to bludgeon an innocent character with a glass onion

lol

"to see how the other half live" in the lyrics is a good sign

if it involves a locked room with dovetail joints though

Only one man can fix the hole in the ocean

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

and thanks for the advice already, this is where I came across Evil Under the Sun and The Last of Sheila

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

The 70s Sleuth and Deathtrap should both qualify, right?

(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)

Not a movie, but a rep for the Agatha book, Crooked House

There was an adaptation a few years ago with a pretty decent cast. Anyone seen it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_House_(film)

So a bit more info here:

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/glass-onion-knives-out-2-release-date-photos

And Johnson specifically names Evil Under the Sun and The Last of Sheila as the two touchstones here so there ya go.

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.

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

And a full embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xR_lBtEvSc

Have some fun

https://www.knivesoutmystery.com/

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yeah a refresh and a full slate is available. Works for me!

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.)

To say nothing of Carrie Fisher (who would have been great in these kind of thing)

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.”

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.)

Anyone know if Netflix are getting the rights to the first film soon?

Want to rewatch it before seeing this

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.

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.

milo offtm

Didn't love the first one, willing to believe the second one is a major improvement

Milo otm

still miles better that the recent kenneth branagh’s christie flicks

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