TrainedRage
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I see its up to own on digital. Is it worth a buy? What did GAF think?
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So what was the verdict on Knives Out? (movie)
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LegendOfKage
Member
The verdict is in: It's a great Radiohead song.
Screamer-RSA
Member
You know if Rian Johnson just made a bad Star Wars movie and moved on instead of crying on twitter and deflecting criticism by calling everyone misogynists.. Fuck him snd all his movies.
iconmaster
Banned
My wife and two daughters enjoyed it a lot. I refused to see it.
Raphael
Member
I was quite hyped due to the reactions but left disappointed in the end. The murder mystery did not work for me cause there were no proper hints to trace back. It kind of worked as a comedy.
AlteredForms
Banned
Entertaining movie overall, but the trailer made it out to be some clever thriller masterpiece and instead we know who the bad guy is from a mile away because he's a douchebag.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Really entertaining. Outside of TLJ, Rian makes good films
TrainedRage
Banned
Ok I think I will wait to rent it vs buying digital. Thanks everyone. Looks like a decent time.
Insane Metal
Member
Really damn good! Also Ana de Armas is freaking cute.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
i skipped this cos the director is just unsufferable and full of himself. even seeing GIFs from this movie gave off that strong tone of Twitter style condescension. that said who knows maybe some day it will come on tv and i'll check it out. i'm just not going to go out of my way to give that guy any of my money. he's a terrible writer.
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eot
Banned
Damn, didn't know she was in it...
badblue
Gold Member
I enjoyed it so did my wife (who has watched it twice so far).
For all the shit Rian Johnson deserved for The Last Jedi and his reaction to the response the received for it, I think that should be kept somewhat separate from his non-Star Wars endeavors. If his Star Wars trilogy that he tried to set up in The Last Jedi ever see's the light of day, fuck him. But another Benoit Blanc movie? I'll watch that.
For all the shit Rian Johnson deserved for The Last Jedi and his reaction to the response the received for it, I think that should be kept somewhat separate from his non-Star Wars endeavors. If his Star Wars trilogy that he tried to set up in The Last Jedi ever see's the light of day, fuck him. But another Benoit Blanc movie? I'll watch that.
Dr. Claus
Banned
It was really damn good. Defied expectations for the genre in a great way.
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And yeah, this thread is further proof that some GAFers are a bunch of children crying over a children's film.
You shouldn't project your own insecurities on others, mate.
sol_bad
Member
I don't have any insecurities brah.
I don't care what actors or directors believe in. I'll see a movie if it interests me no matter what. I couldn't give 2 shits what they say on Twitter.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
That's my take on it.
Hate the bloke for what he has done to mainline Star Wars, but usually enjoy his movies.
I think they should have let him doing a Star Wars movie away from the mainline story, then it would have worked quite well.
Damn, you so edgy, bro.
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Ballthyrm
Member
Same problem i had. These movie work better when the audience figures it out just before the character do.
All the elements are there but they are presented too far apart for the people to make the connection.
Otherwise, great casting, great acting.
I like "simple" movie like that where the emphasis is on the plot and the character and not some CGI vomit.
Doom85
Member
I look at it completely differently, I hate figuring out the twist, I'd much rather be surprised. Don't get me wrong, I don't want there to be literally zero foreshadowing, but I hate making it even somewhat obvious. For example, it's ironic when people claim the villain twist in Frozen 1 came out of nowhere, but actually there was VERY subtle foreshadowing in two moments, one during the "Love is an Open Door" song and another when Hans and the guards confront Elsa in her ice palace. That's the kind of twist I like, you can go back and see it was planned out, they just didn't need to have a big sign in a scene saying, "here's the big clue, folks!" Hot Fuzz is another great one, you can figure out at least who one villain is, maybe more, but the actual motivation I highly doubt many would piece together even though it makes total sense on a re-watch. Again, I'll always find it memorable because I DIDN'T see it coming, and could enjoy re-watching it and seeing the set-up.
It's why my one friend was so pissed off at this newspaper when it described the movie Saw in one sentence: "two guys wake up to find themselves prisoner in a room with a dead body". Well, since that sentence puts emphasis on the dead body, whereas the movie focuses on it briefly at the start and then wisely keeps focus off it for most of the movie, my friend put two and two together and saw the final reveal coming long before it happened. He wasn't happy he couldn't be one of the many people in the audience going, "holy shit!" when the big moment happened.
Hinedorf
Banned
The people still hating on Rian Johnson need to appropriately get over your sad fucked up life already.
Movie was decent, I expected a better hook but was really just a pretty standard run of the mill detective/mystery.
Having seen it once, probably wouldn't watch again if it were on TV, not much to these movies once the ending is revealed
Movie was decent, I expected a better hook but was really just a pretty standard run of the mill detective/mystery.
Having seen it once, probably wouldn't watch again if it were on TV, not much to these movies once the ending is revealed
DonJorginho
Banned
Heavily overrated. But a fun watch.
ExpandKong
Banned
Heard it was pretty okay so I subverted expectations by not watching it.
Southern Gentleman
Member
The verdict is I didn't watch it after witnessing The Last Jedi and seeing the director suck himself off incessantly on social media.
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PaddyOCanager
Member
I enjoyed it - it's fun, has good acting and is a decent murder mystery. Plus Ana de Armas and Daniel Craig.
goldenpp72
Member
I felt it was overrated but still pretty good. Hated Daniel Craig's accent.
Super Mario
Banned
I had no interest in seeing this. Then I was bored and watched it. Had a lot of fun. Good movie
Master Of Illusion
Member
You guys really have an RJ hate boner, do you?
Should've been nominated for best picture imo.
Should've been nominated for best picture imo.
It's super cringey and predictable. The dialogue was downright terrible. The part where Don Johnson was talking about immigration was the dumbest/stereotypical "evil white man" stupidity that I've ever heard. And, of course, all the white people in the flick, minus Craig, were either overtly or covertly racist.
Not only that, but the story has been done better in the past.
Not only that, but the story has been done better in the past.
I liked his time travel movie (in spite of the idiotic way the time travel is used). This movie is just bad.
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Airola
Member
The beginning of the film was awful.
When the main character's weird trait is told for the first time, it gets quite interesting.
When the first big twist happens the movie becomes really fun.
I kinda guessed the final twists really early, so there wasn't really anything too surprising after the first twist but the direction the story took after that twist was really fun to watch.
Don't expect a normal murder mystery the trailer has you expect. The actual idea of the movie is something different.
The murdery mystery wasn't the point though and not even what most of the movie goes through.
When the main character's weird trait is told for the first time, it gets quite interesting.
When the first big twist happens the movie becomes really fun.
I kinda guessed the final twists really early, so there wasn't really anything too surprising after the first twist but the direction the story took after that twist was really fun to watch.
Don't expect a normal murder mystery the trailer has you expect. The actual idea of the movie is something different.
The murdery mystery wasn't the point though and not even what most of the movie goes through.
Raphael
Member
I dont remember now exactly but believe it was advertised as a comedy murder mystery here in poland.
Also it kind of wanted to be one by throwing Shadow on all the family members etc
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Airola
Member
Yeah, that's kinda how it was advertized but it wasn't really anything like that after the first twist happened.
That was what I hoped for too but what we got instead was a surprise and quite entertaining.
OMG get this shit out of movies. We get it SJWs, you hate white ppl, even if you are one yourself. I was watching the oscars yesterday and is so embarrassing the wokeness in hollywood. (Making a down syndrome kid present the award, super fat lady singing, mostly blacks presenters, woman empowerment moment with the crazy "captain marvel", frozen song sang by like 10 diferent countries because diversity, lots of climate change segments, the obligatory anti trump comments) Why they cant focus on the important part of the show (movies) is beyond me.
Alx
Member
It has nothing to do with "wokeness", one of the major points of the character profiles is that the rich family has a hard time accepting that the elder father has a fondness for his latina, working class nurse. The diet/full racism they express just shows how little they care about her. Like when they keep mentioning different countries from which she would be coming from.
ExpandKong
Banned
Right but why would I pay money to be part of that
Werewolf Jones
Member
I'd fuck Daniel Craig for real but that Southern accent was BAAAAAAAAAAD.
Also whole movie hinges upon some free get out of jail writing regarding a certain POC. It's VERY current year with talks on anti-immigration and the culture war is mentioned and the term SJW is used.
Movie gives away the twist like half way in then slowly trickles it's way down to the end result that's not all that interesting.
I'd give it like... a 6/10. Michael Shannon, Criggy Evans and JLC were the highlights.
Also whole movie hinges upon some free get out of jail writing regarding a certain POC. It's VERY current year with talks on anti-immigration and the culture war is mentioned and the term SJW is used.
Movie gives away the twist like half way in then slowly trickles it's way down to the end result that's not all that interesting.
I'd give it like... a 6/10. Michael Shannon, Criggy Evans and JLC were the highlights.
Doom85
Member
If that's your mindset, then I don't know what to tell you. I wouldn't want to be around the characters of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but I've still enjoyed all the episodes I've seen.