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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 18:37:19 GMT
Most of the cast had like 3 lines to deliver including Jamie Lee Curtis. I noďded off at least 3 times.... Critics these days... 3/10.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Dec 5, 2019 18:38:15 GMT
Audience these days too apparently...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 18:40:02 GMT
Everybody should stop licking Rian Johnsons dick. He is NOT the next Spielberg.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Dec 5, 2019 18:40:55 GMT
Everybody should stop licking Rian Johnsons dick. Tell that to Star Wars fans.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 5, 2019 18:41:05 GMT
Most of the cast had like 3 lines to deliver including Jamie Lee Curtis. I noďded off at least 3 times.... Critics these days... 3/10. No they didn't. I saw the movie too. Exaggeration much?
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Dec 5, 2019 18:57:26 GMT
I would have seen Knives Out even if the director had been, I don't know, Raja Gosnell or Brian Robbins.
8/10, went on kinda long, even though I also saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, It Chapter Two, and Doctor Sleep
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 19:16:59 GMT
This is not Nazi Germany. I am entitled to my opinion. People these days with their herd mentality.
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Post by spooner5020 on Dec 5, 2019 19:32:23 GMT
It wasn’t that bad. It was better than Last Jedi, but that’s not saying much.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 5, 2019 20:05:12 GMT
This is not Nazi Germany. I am entitled to my opinion. People these days with their herd mentality. Thanks for the clarification. Which one of us said you weren't entitled to your opinion again?
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Post by faustus5 on Dec 5, 2019 20:25:29 GMT
Most of the cast had like 3 lines to deliver including Jamie Lee Curtis. I noďded off at least 3 times.... Critics these days... 3/10. If this is your idea of a disaster, then disaster is what every filmmaker on earth is aiming for.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 0:27:33 GMT
Saw it today in theaters and am kinda baffled at all the critical praise it received. Definitely not an "awful" film imo but no where near deserving of being one of the best reviewed films of 2019. Rian Johnson is not as clever as he leads on to be (very predictable film) and a lot of the humor fell flat. The chick from Blade Runner 2049 was quite good in this though.
I'm giving this a very generous 6.5/10
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 6, 2019 2:49:18 GMT
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume you hated TLJ and have a vendetta against Rian Johnson.
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Post by rudeboy on Dec 6, 2019 3:45:49 GMT
I was largely unimpressed, although it was always watchable, but it is doing great at the box office and both critics and audiences seem to be eating it up. It is far from a 'disaster' -- and, while I can take or leave it, it's nice to see a movie aimed at grown-ups which is not a sequel or franchise film doing as well as it is.
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Post by Nora on Dec 6, 2019 3:48:45 GMT
Most of the cast had like 3 lines to deliver including Jamie Lee Curtis. I noďded off at least 3 times.... Critics these days... 3/10. I honestly don’t believe you. Try again. Better. More genuine maybe? No problem not liking the movie but what you say simply reeks of false outrage for the sake of outrage/ hysteria.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Dec 6, 2019 10:15:17 GMT
I found Knives Out to be "mediocre" at best. I actually possessed no plans to see it, but I could not make something else and thought that I would give it a chance. I concur with a couple of the other posters here that the film manages to be watchable, mainly because it maintains a consistent tone. In other words, the movie is not much, but at least it knows what it is and what it wants to be, and in that sense director Rian Johnson executed effectively. But Knives Out is a farce—a comedy—that struck me as unfunny. Granted, many audience members (and I viewed an early-evening matinee last Saturday) laughed, but I found the humor too obvious and stilted. The cast is fairly impressive, with Daniel Craig delivering the standout performance as a droll, buffoonish private investigator rather inexplicably part of an official investigation. Michael Shannon is also—more slyly and subtly—especially good, but the acting only carries the film so far. And while the mise en scène is sometimes intriguing, most notably during the introductory sequence, the digital cameras fail to provide optimal crispness and definition to the imagery.
Knives Out appears to be inspired by Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985), but that better farcical film possessed macabre sexual and historical subtexts that Knives Out lacks. Indeed, this movie is considerably less risqué. It does offer some contemporary political commentary or debate, but that aspect feels tokenistic. What I do not understand is how some critics perceive some emotional and intellectual heft to a film that is at best a slightly entertaining throwaway.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 9, 2019 14:18:44 GMT
I loved it.
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Post by Nora on Dec 9, 2019 16:06:23 GMT
I found Knives Out to be "mediocre" at best. I actually possessed no plans to see it, but I could not make something else and thought that I would give it a chance. I concur with a couple of the other posters here that the film manages to be watchable, mainly because it maintains a consistent tone. In other words, the movie is not much, but at least it knows what it is and what it wants to be, and in that sense director Rian Johnson executed effectively. But Knives Out is a farce—a comedy—that struck me as unfunny. Granted, many audience members (and I viewed an early-evening matinee last Saturday) laughed, but I found the humor too obvious and stilted. The cast is fairly impressive, with Daniel Craig delivering the standout performance as a droll, buffoonish private investigator rather inexplicably part of an official investigation. Michael Shannon is also—more slyly and subtly—especially good, but the acting only carries the film so far. And while the mise en scène is sometimes intriguing, most notably during the introductory sequence, the digital cameras fail to provide optimal crispness and definition to the imagery. Knives Out appears to be inspired by Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985), but that better farcical film possessed macabre sexual and historical subtexts that Knives Out lacks. Indeed, this movie is considerably less risqué. It does offer some contemporary political commentary or debate, but that aspect feels tokenistic. What I do not understand is how some critics perceive some emotional and intellectual heft to a film that is at best a slightly entertaining throwaway. I dont agree with some of the things you said but I enjoyed reading it. Good post.
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Post by Prime etc. on Dec 9, 2019 20:23:11 GMT
This is not Nazi Germany. I am entitled to my opinion. It was the USSR that locked people inside and had a thought police to guard against wrong think. Orwell never compared Big Brother to Hitler's Germany.
In 1943 Germany made MUNCHHAUSEN which had pretty obvious criticisms of Hitler and policies. Would Lenin or Stalin have tolerated being presented as a sinister character like Hitler was shown in that film? No way. The movie business is moving towards MOSfilm, not UFA.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Dec 9, 2019 22:32:02 GMT
Saw it last night and was quite entertained. Liked it a lot, 8/10.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 11, 2019 15:58:44 GMT
This is not Nazi Germany. I am entitled to my opinion. It was the USSR that locked people inside and had a thought police to guard against wrong think. Orwell never compared Big Brother to Hitler's Germany.
In 1943 Germany made MUNCHHAUSEN which had pretty obvious criticisms of Hitler and policies. Would Lenin or Stalin have tolerated being presented as a sinister character like Hitler was shown in that film? No way. The movie business is moving towards MOSfilm, not UFA.
Yes because Hitler admired Chaplin’s subversive portrayal in The Great Dictator so much.
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