zitothebrave
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Well I mean Lawrence of Arabia. 15M dollar budget back in 1962 is about the equivalent of 121M now. War Horse wasn't a small budget movie if you want to go more recent.
That being said I hope it's great.
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Well I mean Lawrence of Arabia. 15M dollar budget back in 1962 is about the equivalent of 121M now. War Horse wasn't a small budget movie if you want to go more recent.
That being said I hope it's great.
zitothebrave
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cajunrevenge
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sweet lord of the rings this is horrible news
You almost had me.
You almost had me.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Finally saw Knives Out (never hit theaters near me, and I was lazy in terms of renting it but it just hit Prime.
Man it is a rock solid film. I think the issue with murder mysteries falls in a few forms, first is you don't provide the correct clues. You cannot guess who dunnit because you're missing clues. Second is making it too obvious. Knives out treads this line.Having the killer be someone you suspect heavily but the plot subverts it, but all the clues are there. And the reveal makes you go oh ****, that's the clue I missed.
The best example I can think of this is Memento, though not a murder mystery, all the clues are there, you just don't see them because they're on your periphery.
I'm looking forward to the sequel, hopefully it will come up near me.
Man it is a rock solid film. I think the issue with murder mysteries falls in a few forms, first is you don't provide the correct clues. You cannot guess who dunnit because you're missing clues. Second is making it too obvious. Knives out treads this line.Having the killer be someone you suspect heavily but the plot subverts it, but all the clues are there. And the reveal makes you go oh ****, that's the clue I missed.
The best example I can think of this is Memento, though not a murder mystery, all the clues are there, you just don't see them because they're on your periphery.
I'm looking forward to the sequel, hopefully it will come up near me.
acesfull86
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I just watched it too when it hit Prime and I loved it. Feels like the kind of movie that just isn’t made anymore.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
It's not common. Honestly, I can't think of a blockbuster level whodunit since Zodiac.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
It didn't feel like Clue to me personally. CLue was sillier and the payoff was much worse. I love Clue. But Knives out was giving you clues the whole time because it had a set finale. Clue wanted to have different endings depending on where you saw it. Which is why most of the clues to the murders are a bit vague in their clues. It's not to say it's bad. It's not it's a great film. But Knives Out is much closer to a Hercule Poirot film than Clue.
DC has a history of making great trailer with meh movies. I'm hopeful as I love Batman but their overall latest run of movies hasn't been that good.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I got solid money The Suicide squad will be good. James Gunn is a great writer and they kept basically all the good parts of the first film.