Knives Out was great for what it was. A bit over the top with the preaching at points. They can do sequels well, or they can be idiots. The way to do it well is if the only recurring character is Blanc. The way to do it idiotically would be to have anyone else from the first movie appear in it at all. I love Ana de Armas, but the only way to do it is a completely new cast and entirely new mystery for each film.
What I would like is for the writers and creators behind a movie like this to put all their creative energy into a new idea vs. figuring out how to re-use any of the characters. Because even if they roll out a new mystery and only use Craig's character again, you know they will repeat much of the pattern and beats of the first movie and it will not feel all that fresh.
If they have the creativity to create an effective sequel, which is entirely possible, then I bet they could make an even better original movie.
But of course the sequel has a built in audience and guaranteed to be big $'s.
Knives Out was great for what it was. A bit over the top with the preaching at points. They can do sequels well, or they can be idiots. The way to do it well is if the only recurring character is Blanc. The way to do it idiotically would be to have anyone else from the first movie appear in it at all. I love Ana de Armas, but the only way to do it is a completely new cast and entirely new mystery for each film.
Looks like this is exactly what they're doing. The only returning cast member from the first movie is Craig.
Watched Mississippi Burning for the first time (Amazon Prime). Stacked cast with Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Rooker, R. Lee Emery, Frances McDormand, and a laundry list of character actors (i.e. the guy who plays Grima Wormtongue).
A few other thoughts:
We need more Gene Hackman. He's alive, retired, happy, but I'm greedy.
Movies shot on film simply look better.
It grinds my gears how little racial issues have changed.
This is a great, depressing movie, but doesn't really try to end with some kind of kumbaya moment. Thought it did a great job about how divisions are created.
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Studio 666 was surprisingly entertaining, the Foo Fighters guys approached it in a playful way and while they are not actors I thought it worked and actually made me like the band more after ignoring them for the past 10 years. The dialogue was great, very funny and fit the mood of the movie.
Overall you have to give the band credit for trying something really different. At this stage of their careers it's easy to get complacent, gotta respect them taking a risk. Very fun movie, really liked it.
Watched Mississippi Burning for the first time (Amazon Prime). Stacked cast with Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Rooker, R. Lee Emery, Frances McDormand, and a laundry list of character actors (i.e. the guy who plays Grima Wormtongue).
A few other thoughts:
We need more Gene Hackman. He's alive, retired, happy, but I'm greedy.
Movies shot on film simply look better.
It grinds my gears how little racial issues have changed.
This is a great, depressing movie, but doesn't really try to end with some kind of kumbaya moment. Thought it did a great job about how divisions are created.
That was a great movie. Lots of movies are still shot on film. They've mostly trended away from the super graininess of that era, which a good thing, IMO.
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2009's The Informant is one of my favourite movies, Matt Damon gives such an incredible performance. Can be a little slow and not a story that draws people in (corporate price fixing) but I love it.
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I just watched it for the first time like two days ago. His character was legit crazy. I love movies about characters who double down on their lies with even bigger ones.
The way the embezzled money figure kept increasing was hilarious.
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I just watched it for the first time like two days ago. His character was legit crazy. I love movies about characters who double down on their lies with even bigger ones.
The way the embezzled money figure kept increasing was hilarious.
It reminded me about Gob always talking about the cost of his suit and how it kept getting higher and higher.
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I just watched it for the first time like two days ago. His character was legit crazy. I love movies about characters who double down on their lies with even bigger ones.
The way the embezzled money figure kept increasing was hilarious.
He's twice as smart as 007!
The cast of the movie is incredible too, all this supporting parts by comedians who knock it out of the park and Scott Bakula of course.
The Card Counter was a dud. Nothing original or interesting about it. Waste of time.
Was that ever terrible! Unfortunately recommended to my gf that we watch it due to some random notes on it. Pure drivel.. there was no background on the female character, and was just a male oriented poker movie even though some of reviews mention how poker is just a 'metaphor'. Give me a break.. complete trash :d
