Movies Thread

[Centerpiece]

Has the new Knives Out movie been discussed?

Very smart very tightly packaged mystery. Maybe too smart and too tightly packaged for me as far as having a chance at solving the mystery. Felt like it was really aimed as a homage for everyone who has read every single Agatha Christie novel ever. But with that being said, every single clue made perfect sense, and was perfectly obvious, but to me only in retrospect. That to me is kind of the hallmark of a good mystery, I only prefer them where I have a bit more of a sporting chance of figuring the whole thing out. I never really had a chance in this one.

I think what I liked about it was it completely avoided "red-herring" clues which I find really distasteful in mysteries (it takes zero effort or talent to sprinkle in 6 clues of which 5 are red herrings and only one is real, with no way to tell which is which until the denouement).

Instead this mystery is complex because of the sheer number of clues continuously dropped, all of them perfectly valid. So many that you lose track of them all and forget about important ones when it comes time to figure out the mystery. I really admire that, even if my short attention span meant I had zero chance of solving the mystery.

The wife and I enjoyed it. Entertaining. And definitely had more than enough twists and turns in it to keep one guessing. The scene where Benoit Blanc and Father Jud were “discussing” The Church was spot on. Both hitting home runs against the other. “Touché Padre”

 

[fourheels]

Rewatched this classic a couple of nights ago

 

[fourheels]

Watched this masterpiece last night. Leo and Benicio were outstanding but I'll be shocked if Sean Penn doesn't win an Oscar.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

The wife and I enjoyed it. Entertaining. And definitely had more than enough twists and turns in it to keep one guessing. The scene where Benoit Blanc and Father Jud were “discussing” The Church was spot on. Both hitting home runs against the other. “Touché Padre”

I was surprised how earnest the religiosity was. It left the realm of satire several times to seriously engage with the question of how to be a Christian, including the aforementioned scene with Benoit and the young father. Pretty intense.

Now I have to see The Mastermind. Josh O’Connor is something.

 

[Ddseddse]

I felt it was too long.

Also, it seems to me to be an unsolvable mystery. That's why they basically have to explain it at the end.

Totally agree that the mystery unsolvable (at least by me). However in retrospect, every clue was obvious and all fit together into a perfect whole. I admired the craftsmanship.

 

[8992Tiger]

I was surprised how earnest the religiosity was. It left the realm of satire several times to seriously engage with the question of how to be a Christian, including the aforementioned scene with Benoit and the young father. Pretty intense.

Now I have to see The Mastermind. Josh O’Connor is something.

I completely agree with your comment about "Knives Out." That was one of the things I liked the most about it.

 

[donbosco]

BAM! Trailers for The Odyssey hit seemingly overnight.

Too bad The Right is working so hard to remove The Humanities from our collective reference as a species.

 

[donbosco]

Watched this masterpiece last night. Leo and Benicio were outstanding but I'll be shocked if Sean Penn doesn't win an Oscar.

Mesmerizingly familiar in old school ways. I entered into viewing with only the words from my wife, "I think you'll like it."

I can't get El Mariachi (the original) out of my mind now as this was reminiscent of the 'feel' of that thriller for me but the bringing down to earth of the daily concerns, over time, of a mythical revolutionary was captivating and done with a deft hand.

There are definitely "edge of the seat" moments as well.

 

[fourheels]

Mesmerizingly familiar in old school ways. I entered into viewing with only the words from my wife, "I think you'll like it."

I can't get El Mariachi (the original) out of my mind now as this was reminiscent of the 'feel' of that thriller for me but the bringing down to earth of the daily concerns, over time, of a mythical revolutionary was captivating and done with a deft hand.

There are definitely "edge of the seat" moments as well.

To your point of "bringing down to earth" the mythical revolutionary, the whole sequence of him desperately trying to charge his phone, arguing and pleading over the rendezvous password, and then him falling through the tree and being tazed was brilliantly hilarious.

 

[fourheels]

Tragic, historically based story. Phenomenal cinematography and Morricone's score is perfection.

 

[korgguy1971]

Tragic, historically based story. Phenomenal cinematography and Morricone's score is perfection.

Holy crap, my cousin and I were talking about this movie just last night . Agree with your assessment as well

 

[donbosco]

Tragic, historically based story. Phenomenal cinematography and Morricone's score is perfection.

Accurate enough to be shown and discussed in a Colonial Latin American History class. The material culture/artifacts are outstanding.

 

[duluoz]

To your point of "bringing down to earth" the mythical revolutionary, the whole sequence of him desperately trying to charge his phone, arguing and pleading over the rendezvous password, and then him falling through the tree and being tazed was brilliantly hilarious.

Spoiler: Kinda spoiler but not really

Sensei, your guy fell off the roof and got
arrested.

What the fuck happened?

He fell forty feet and fucking fell in the
tree, man. Chota got him with a taser.



I haven’t laughed that hard in a movie theater in ages. The anxious panicked tension of the scene building over several minutes, the score hammering those few little notes over and over… the absolute absurdity of it all, capped by that 40 foot faceplant and then getting tazered and falling over stiff as a board.

Total brilliance. I had to suppress my laughter for several scenes afterward.

 

[Ddseddse]

Holy crap, my cousin and I were talking about this movie just last night . Agree with your assessment as well

Yup, count me in. That score.

 

[fourheels]

Accurate enough to be shown and discussed in a Colonial Latin American History class. The material culture/artifacts are outstanding.

Very interesting. I first watched it in a high school Spanish class a couple of years after it first came out. Think I had only seen it one other time since before rewatching it yesterday. It was even better than I remembered.

 

[donbosco]

Very interesting. I first watched it in a high school Spanish class a couple of years after it first came out. Think I had only seen it one other time since before rewatching it yesterday. It was even better than I remembered.

The booting of the Jesuits was a huge moment in the history of the region. It is fitting that Daniel Berrigan had a cameo.

 

[donbosco]

Tragic, historically based story. Phenomenal cinematography and Morricone's score is perfection.

Soundtrack to this film is also so good.

 

[fourheels]

Soundtrack to this film is also so good.

Yep. Morricone is one of the GOATs

 

[duluoz]

Earlier this year I was fortunate to see a string quartet play a concert of Morricone’s compositions all across the gamut. Was incredible, in a hundred year old church.

There’s a doc that’s been on my list:

 

[duluoz]

Watched Die My Love. Fell kinda flat after having watched If I Had Legs just a couple days ago.

J-Law was excellent… but the story, character, direction didn’t carry her nearly as far as Rose Byrne went with a similar theme. I give it a B-.

There’s something in the air in Hollywood, with these two and Nightbitch last year, and even One Battle explored it with the Perfidia character — tortured or ambivalent moms being far from storybook versions were used to seeing. Pretty interesting trend.