Knives Out: The craft beyond the surprise 

I also think he was checking to see if she had noticed the blood, and done something about it. If she had, he might have grown suspicious - but because he keeps seeing the same stain in the same place for so long a time, even when she is literally running for her life and trying to clear her name...it reinforces her character/innocence to him.

The number of times he says “something is afoot” too lol

@Lauren Mcdaniel carotid artery cuts spray hella far

@Lauren Mcdaniel Arterial spray is no joke. A droplet that size could have easily cleared the distance.

The blood on her shoe being red is the part that doesn't make sense. It should have been brown. If it was real, if we can trust Marta as a narrator. If she isn't lying to us through omission. Come on, I solved this movie, you can too.

I mean I don't think the granddaughter meg would have murdered to keep the inheritance. Or the grandma. But the siblings? Absolutely.

@@travelingnome87 Yeah definitely not Meg. The interesting thing about her character is that I hear a lot of broskees talk about her like she's the sjw who's really just as bad as the rest. The truth is while she does make some morally questionable choices, she is relatively way more sympathetic than the rest of the family. She even shows remorse at the end.

@@eowynsalvador LOL. The key to a Meg character is how she hung up the phone. She can shows whatever she want, only actions are matter.

I mean, the Nazi kid wouldn't but he would tell his parents who then might do something.

@@Brand_Fish HAHA That kid is unpredictable

She is a good person who eventually gets rewarded for CHOOSING to be good (despite being smart enough to get away with villainy). The core of this story is so painfully optimistic and I LOVE every second of it.

It’s not a coincidence at all, that’s the emotional core of the film.

I understand the movie, I don't understand the audience. "She can't lie without barfing" Yes, she can not TELL a lie. But omitting the truth isn't the same as telling a lie. I love the movie. The audience that just accepts the mystery as given pisses me off to no end.

@@tskmaster3837 I mean, yeah, it is? Lying by omission is a thing.

Intelligence leads to empathy. Is bleeding heart supposed to be a bad thing?

When I saw it in theaters, most of my guesses throughout the movie were wrong and it was lovely. Sometimes I was so caught up in the story that I forgot to try to figure the mystery out myself

a fellow hbomberguy conossieur I see

@@homestuck_official that video is art. I now feel justified in my resentment of BBC Sherlock

Even the Sherlock Holmes stories were mostly not whodunits. The whole charm of that character is watching him figure it out.

@@krishshautriya5170 yup, the original ACD stories were more like howdunnits, without a big enough cast of characters for it to really be a whodunnit

This part was mishap in filming Rian johnson said. He saw it when editing and he kept it in

Best shot I've seen this year. I'm so glad this review forced me to watch it to finish.

@@davidmckesey7119 I've got a lot of time for a director who's willing to say that some things in their film were happy accidents, something an actor came up with, etc.

Alec Ferris cool...

It’s also says something about both Marta and Harlan! No one in the rest of the family would ever use such a “tacky” inexpensive mug, but they both like it!

Well, he kind of talked around it, but yeah... I LOVE the way it keeps flipping between genres.

Just Write did a video focusing on that aspect

Because you're references the video that already broke down that genre switch ad nauseam

I love that when Harlon asks Marta how she always beats him, she says, "Because I'm not playing to beat you. I'm trying to make a beautiful pattern." And when revealing what really happened, Blanc says, "If Marta had not once again outplayed you... by having a kind heart. Even though it meant her going to prison and losing her inheritance, she did not play your game!"

@@criticalfallacy And Harlon told Ransom that Marta has beaten Harlon more times than Ransom has. Ransom assumed she was that good, never realizing she was just that kind.

@@DeathnoteBB "Because I'm not playing to beat you. I'm trying to make a beautiful pattern." Marta can not tell a lie so what is she really saying here? Come on, I believe in you guys, you seem kind of sharp. Then again, a real knife looks just like a prop knife. See the tip is sharp [Uses knife to cut throat] So knife is real. Right? Come on, tip, blade, think, that's all I ask.

@@tskmaster3837 You good?

@@DeathnoteBB I'm just really frustrated by the people who watch this mystery movie and don't try to solve it themselves. "Isn't that detective Blanc a genius? Look at him, he's a genius." I don't know if he solves it or not, I just know he hands out a "let's leave it at that" solution that ignores some facts. Consider the knife. We're shown the tip is real but that's just a basic trick any magician would use as the knife is used for its blade as Harlan uses the blade... according to Marta. That blood gets on Marta's shoe and remains red through out the movie. Fake red would stay red, real blood turns brown.

An excellent way to point out that it doesn't matter where you "come from". Or it shouldn't matter.

Yes, right up there with how everyone in the family says they wanted Marta at the funeral but they were *overruled* but clearly it was just them excluding her

I think benoit blanc says Brazilian but that may have been mocking the family. As I though she was from a Spanish speaking nation.

@@moto2442 I think it was Ransom who said that .

@@ariannewingard1660 i think so too, idk

Dillon Shaw ...totaly credible theory that, you just can’t have a genius fictional detective without a genius author to see it all in the proverbial flash....

I’m glad somebody else noticed how little of the symptoms he was showcasing!!

That's make sence. I mean, i don't believe in anything you wrote after, but Harlan clearly was aware he's not dying. So sad i didn't make this step by myself, even after noticing this. But commiting suicide KNOWING somebody of his family do it, and possibly can try it again at any time is enough reason to kill yourself. And my believes this act is a "shame concede" (HS game term, forfeit, then you understood how big your mistake was). I mean, he was ready to die, he realised how wrong all goes with his family... but not SO wrong. So I think what was really in his mind was to hide the truth. Including from Martha. And at the same time, to secure her inheritance. What you wrote would not only be a terrible scenario (as in all these evil plans), but also relied on the kindness of the investigators. After all, Martha was forced to lie to them.

That's a good take, I like it.

Let's not forget that there is even a direct line between Harlan and Blanc, given how Benoit's father was a police detective who was known to Harlan.

we've come full circle

@@filmjoy Jesus Mikey. We've come full onion.

Shreck would be proud

@@grobles1974 he almost killed the batman you know

Cut too deep into it and you'll start crying, as well.

well of course! Rian handles all of my PR and sometimes even speaks for me in person, it's a full service experience. (thank you for remembering that and writing this comment, I got so excited when I saw it!)

And also that time you got a reply from the actual Queen of Lawstuff herself!

OMG! I was thinking about that, too!!!

@@raeje and also also that time YOU got a reply from the queen of lawstuff!! ;) thank you for the love!

@@criticalfallacy YOU GUYS! seriously. you are all the best. thank you for remembering/thinking about this, Nicholas!! love, QOL

I also deeply, deeply love that in this movie, Daniel Craig gets to be regular human shaped, rather than having to be a ridiculous level of fit. I think it's obvious from his performance that he likes this better and I just love that.

@@gideongrace1977 You can tell that he's having fun in every scene he's in.

It's eschew, not "eskew". If you're going to try to use big words "no" how to spell them.

@@WaltMoon eschew is only six letters dawg, that aint a big word, i just got dumbo brain haha

I also really loved Craig in Logan Lucky!! That one was much better than I expected it to be!

Disney will buy the rights and remake it in 2022.

...it was literally made last year? What does this comment meannnnn

@@tsawy6 Read it again, they said they didn't think a movie could be made like this again, but it was.

To think this movie was made by one of the people who ruined Star Wars, RIP.

SilverAssassin13 ruined how, and who?

The actors were having fun so clearly this movie wasn't high arts. /s

Yes

Ay I mean I don't disagree, but don't do my boi Ford v Ferrari like that. That movie was pretty good too.

Hey....chill out on Ford vs Ferrari...that was genuinely a sick film. I love this more than generic action film with hordes of cgi baddies or giant sky beams number 43...

It is a weird phenomenon that actually good movies get nominated to oscars. So, i wouldn't mine.

Did you grow up watching _Mystery!_ on PBS? This was right in my nostalgiafeels wheelhouse.

This is the only movie I've watched that I can remember where immediately after watching it I wanted to watch it again. I watched it twice more within the next three days. I can't get enough of it.

comments like this blow my mind and make my day. maybe it's bc it's my first movie but I had no idea how much people would love it. i'm so happy you love it so much!

@@kerryfrances That is you. You are from the movie. Good job, Kerry!

@@RicardoMoralesMassin it is me, yes! thank you!!

@@kerryfrances I just want to say that I appreciate so much the craft you put into your scenes. You and this entire cast obviously did the work of acting gods on this film, but you stole the show from Frank Oz and Jamie Lee Curtis and you deserve every kudo that can fit through the tubes of the world wide web.

Fellow Granada Sherlock Holmes fan here!!!!! (god it feels like we are so few, i jump when i see it mentioned) I absolutely agree with you. Yes, sometimes Holmes shows his entire ass, in both the source material and in most of the adaptations that came from it, but Jeremy Brett had a way of making him realize it in hindsight, acknowledge it with a self-deprecating smirk, and work on making things right for the parties involved. Seeing Benoit Blanc emulate that same determination not to see himself *right,* but to see the *right thing done,* was so rewarding and so refreshing. I wish there were more of it on the screen.

@@MultiversePatroller1 You are so spot on! *Patrick Wilems Chef Kiss*

@@MultiversePatroller1 ~ YES, on SO many levels!!

Three cheers for Jeremy Brett, still my favorite Holmes.

Always happy to find another Granada Sherlock fan! IMO Craig and Brett have similar characteristics in their performances of their detectives.

that is seriously a big deal! i'm so happy to be a tiny part of giving you that happy experience! congrats on your kiddo and shout out may babies (although careful, they may become actors!)

I NEVER REALIZED - HOLY SHIT

why did you do this to me

@@b1g_m00n @Sinister Sister an extra layer of detail that Rian Johnson laid on to an already highly-detailed film.

Lol you saw that scene breakdown video with the director talking about this movie and the iPhone thing too

@@grayonthewater You wouldn't even think twice about the phone unless someone pointed it out. how brilliant is that

The donut hole in the donut hole’s hole was the sweaters all along!

Gotta draw upon the Legacy of Scandinavian Who dunnits

@@liamgibbons5266 The doughnut hole in the doughnut hole's hole was the sweaters we made along the way...

Well, Ransom's sweater was full of holes...

Yeah, but other than Ransom, no one was remotely interested in _writing_ stories. His idea book isn't useful to them.

@@Duiker36 you'd still think the detectives at least might have taken a glance... but maybe he wrote in a personal shorthand or code?

Chasmodius He also had a very obvious death cause: the big hole in his throat

can confirm: it was freeeezing

I guess that's the drawback of using a digital camera, which doesn't require an assload of lighting, and consequentially, no waste heat from that. In the old times, they even used arc lights, which are very nasty.

@@kerryfrances Were you a part of the production? If so I'd really like to hear your story because I just love hearing everything about this film

YES! Everyone else hops on the whole genre-swap angle (don't get me wrong, it is something worth getting excited about), but I love that Mikey spends time explaining the cinematography worked and the insane attention to detail that uses the fact that movies are a visual medium and those details help to tell that story. You could almost watch this movie on mute and still understand just because of the details.

I've been struggling with stuff myself recently as well. *virtual hug* you'll get through it.

Wishing you a better day

We all need more Mikey in our lives. The struggle is real, you are not alone.... If you wanna let out why the day sucks, go ahead, pretty sure people are here for you...

You're great and people underestimate you. We hope you recover from this bad day and have an awesome weekend!

@@filmjoy and now I'm crying again, heh. I know it's not just Mikey that makes the magic happen here, and my gratitude extends to everyone involved. Being transgender, being autistic and adhd, being physically disabled -- I know that I don't share universal struggles with Mikey, but compassion and nuance and kindness radiates from these essays in a way that is like a long, earnest hug for my soul and well-being.

I wish more people talked about how amazing Bad Times at the El Royale was. Such a surprising movie that is a master class in acting as well.

@@jessrl8025 Polar opposite too, this movie has such a happy ending, that movie had such a bittersweet ending.

and both feature a Marvel Chris.

YES. More people need to talk about that film! Bad Times at the El Royale was such a shockingly fun film that was a period piece, a whodunnit, a spy thriller, and a heist film all at the same time. Also, the cast was phenomenal. Cynthia Erivo killed it as the lead and Jeff Bridges played such a complex character that I found myself scared of him and scared FOR him at so many different times. Spoiler: (Also watching Jon Hamm get blown away so early into the film was such a delightful and surprising twist of expectations)

Is 2020 the price we pay for movie excellence? It seems we need to banish all the good movie directors then. It's a shame but some things come at too high a cost. :p

(Avengers Endgame, if you’d consider that for your list too, although it’s a big blockbuster its effect is immense)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Same experience! This video announced made me realise there was no more way of delaying this! Loved it so much

Delight is the exact word I would use

My wife is a nurse and caught that, too. I chalk it up to "an extra clue to what really happened" for watchers that know that about morphine.

@@joelbfant Yeah I like to think that It's there on purpose as opposed to them just not knowing how opiates work.

I know, right? I don't know much about morphine, but I did have the thought "why didn't they include a line from Harlan about 'don't worry, it's not going to hurt, I feel numb already'?" Turns out my brain already picked up on a clue! Although I am a little annoyed that neither Harlan nor Marta realized that the symptoms that were supposed to show up at the 5-minute mark didn't manifest either :/ I guess they were both stressed

@@amyhannon3034 I read somewhere that Marta was experiencing the symptoms and emotions that Harlan was supposed to be. I don't know if that's true or not, but if so, that's pretty cool

@@NatoriousGamePlay ok I super dig that, and if it's not true then I immediately adopt that as headcanon. Also Ana de Armas did an AMAZING job crying in that scene... It's beautiful.

Yes! Also, Harlan asks why he can't beat her, and she says something along the lines that she's not playing to beat him, but to make something beautiful. Marta isn't playing to beat out everyone else for the money like Ransom (or even Harlan)--she's playing to protect her family, aka, out of kindness, and her kindness makes things beautiful.

Noticed that on my second viewing and loved the hand off so much. The music hits that cue as well

Graeme Shaw I like TLJ, even though I don’t think it’s his best movie. It is his more ambitious movie. It’s basically him coming to the playground and announcing “I’m here to play!” If that makes any sense.

@@katherinealvarez9216 I think it's among the best Star Wars films. I was so hoping it meant Star Wars was finally going in a more interesting direction... then Rise of Skywalker happened.

Crizznik I know. Finn is force sensitive and no one thought to make sure it’s always a thing!? And there’s was things to look forward to: Kylo & Hux engaging in office politics and constant backstabbing; Finn leading a stormtrooper rebellion! Rose & Rey bonding over ships! Rey being her own force user! Luke as a force ghost! Poe as a leader! Instead, they made him Han Solo-lite, and Finn being the moderator between him & Rey, and Palpatine was boring. Just, they made him boring. And the fandom...dear god the fandom. They actually had a reason to be upset and call out Disney on their bs, but somehow it’s all Johnson’s fault and they decided that it’s okay to go after teenage girls.

@@katherinealvarez9216 I genuinely hope the lesson Disney and\or Hollywood at large take away from the whole debacle is "Don't pay too much attention to the online haters." If they'd just stuck to their guns, the Trevorrow Ep 9 would have at least been pretty good. Instead they panicked, attempted to course-correct, and ended up with a mess of a movie that did nothing to appease the haters, while disappointing everyone who'd enjoyed 7 and 8. . I don't truly hate Ep 9, but it's mind-blowing to me how they managed to go straight from one of the best films in the franchise, to one of the worst, just due to terrible decisions at the executive level.

AMEN!

Not enough running back and forth while the rest of the cast follows bewildered. :D

Chasmodius lol

I heard that Johnson specifically emphasized to the cast that he *wasn't* making "Clue": not a parody of a Christie-style whodunit, but a new instance of the thing. But the humor and lightness are there, even though it's dealing with heavy subjects.

It needs a singing telegram... ... bang.

Aha, that was Patrick!

The Last Jedi is the only one of the sequels with any kind of thematic cohesiveness, honestly the only Disney Star Wars worth watching. I think its most common criticisms kinda boil down to "this movie called out my obsession with legacy characters and shit on my headcannnon and I don't like it

The fact that his filmmaking ability can shine through that dumpster fire of meddling producers is proof he is a gangster director.

@@Liam-rn1qb Seriously. I was genuinely baffled that so many people were surprised - much less angry - that Luke died. Did they not watch the other films? Being an older mentor is a death sentence in a Star Wars movie. But they were somehow so wrapped up in themselves that they managed to believe that Ep 8 would be about Luke, while ignoring the whole part where this is a new generation with new heroes. . (And to be clear, I'm a "gen 1" Star Wars fan. I'm not throwing shade on *all* the older fans, 'coz I are one. But I am very very disappointed in many members of my theoretical peer group for being self-centered dicks who can't let younger fans have their own heroes.)

@@Liam-rn1qb TLJ was at the same time the best and worst film in the sequels. Best because it was, hands down, the best made film of the 3. It looks absolutely stunning, it has thematic consistency throughout, it has a pretty clear message, the acting was out of this world. On the other hand, having all three films to look at you can definitely see throughlines from TFA to RoSW that feel like they were interrupted by TLJ before being picked up again. They definitely needed to sit down before they made any of these films and figure out what the overarching arc was going to be...but they didn't. So when TLJ upended the apple cart, it threw everyone into a tizzy (as you said, it shat on the headcanons of so many people). But I love TLJ, and no-one will convince me otherwise. Could it maybe have done some things better? Sure. But it was still great.

@@TheKazragore oh it definitely interrupted the flow of the trilogy, I also recognize its not even close to a perfect movie. But I personally wasn't a fan of tfa and the direction I saw the new trilogy taking, so tlj shaking things up was fantastic for me, and it made me long for what could have been had someone like Johnson tackled the entire trilogy

All hail the Queen (Of lawstuff)!!!

@@ps1mrlee hahaha the queen thanks you!!

Yass Queen!

Literally the worst feeling

That line was ad-libbed too lol

i think its used to show that she’s an incredibly pure and good person, compared to the rest of the family

Darman's Bar fucken agreed mate. TLJ was the best ST movie imo

I admittedly came to TLJ as a Rian Johnson fan first and a nervous newish Star Wars fan second, but yeah, I agree. I think a truly underrated quality of TLJ is that it, unlike... any other new Star Wars film? ...it pulled up a chair for the new fans and said "this setting can be for you too."

I have to believe that disney must have at least somewhat butchered the last jedi in editing cause its so hard to believe that the same director made both that and this masterpiece

John Beckman The Last Jedi is his best one though

@@johnbeckman2698 I mean, just watch Mikey's analysis of TLJ. Or the one by CinemaWins. They show just how clever and thoughtful the movie is.

Damian and Films you are more than free to think that

I'd say he's a tie in my book ,along with Bong Joon Ho, Denis Villeneuve, and Patty Jenkins

Thanks we appreciate that! We hope you have a great weekend!

did somebody call for the queen of lawstuff?? ;) you made my day, Lauren!!

@@kerryfrances You just made my day by responding to my comment! Thank you so much! You're awesome! ❤

i like brody and ruffalo now i'm going to watch

I liked it too

It’s one of my favorite movies! Thank you for mentioning it!

I'm a film professor, and I've got a poster of this film on my office wall.

Really? I thought it was well known and respected.

Knives Out was sold to me as "see what Rian Johnson can do when he's not shackled to a ball-and-chain like Star Wars" and holy shit it delivered.

Marta is definetely a bad nurse because she didn't check the vials, if she was a good nurse that always checks the vials especially if one is a pretty strong downer - then the Ransom's plan would partially successed and Marta would be probably prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter. But ofc Ransom would have to change the vials again, AND if he doesn't change them, because they would be held as evidence, the whole mystery must be solved by the separate interrogation of the suspects, but given that Ransom is from the start portrayed as the "bad guy" they would eventually end up with him as the one who loses the most with Harlan cutting him off completely. Plus I don't remember this correctly but if he touched the vials with his bare hands - then they could find his finger prints on the vials. If this whole story of swapping the vials happens (just like in the film) - Marta would be probably again prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter because she basically "pushed" Harlan to suicide with her mistake of not knowing which vial she used. But again the vials would be found and a competent police would ensure to held them as evidence therefore the ransom's plan again doesn't completely work because there would be no time to change the vials - again the whole "who changed the vials interrogation" would happen and Ransom would be eventually found as the primal suspect. A competent police would ensure to find the security tape with Marta not leaving the property therefore she would have to tell the real story, which would ensure to make the toxicology report (even the "tox" report should have been made because why would an old man with a certain wealth make such a drastic act when he has basically no clear motivation for it). The report would show nothing therefore she unvoluntary "pushed" him to suicide. Again the competent police would ensure the vials will be held as evidence - which would eventually lead to Ransom, if he didn't wear gloves. If he did, then it would be worse for Marta. Sorry for the long comment, but I find this whole movie pretty overhyped and what I've written is basically the more logical story that would happen, than this RJ's made-up "briliant" story.

@@Ali007572 you’re asking a movie to be logical? How naive

@@Leader7353 Well, if this movie is praised especially because of "how well thought-out" it is, then I think it deserves all the critique it gets.

@@Ali007572 it is as thought out more than any film of the genre. You think as a viewer who knows the whole plot and expect every character to know as much as you. There's a reason a lot murder/serial killer documentaries have 'and the police were sure **murder** had an alibi, so they arrested **innocent person**

@@Ali007572 for a movie it's great, for police investigation it's surprisingly above average

I'd say overlooked. Never heard anybody say anything less than "good" about this movie. And it also did pretty well in the box office.

@@davidv4018 um, I meant the channel

@@davidv4018 sorry, this is kind of awkward now

@@lucafarrelly648 I'd say the channel is overlooked. Never read anybody say anything less than "good" about this channel. And it has a fair amount of followers.

@@davidv4018 Haha nice

He is a bad George-Lucas-director, i.e., he should not have been hired to do a repeat of a George Lucas movie in the tone and enthusiasm of George Lucas. It would be similar to announcing Rian Johnson is remaking American Graffiti and giving the audience Brick.

Pablo Apostar he was never making a george lucas movie

@@Jake-pr7js What a bloody waste it would've been if he was - but this would've gone for Gareth Edwards to. You'd lose so much dynamism - the TLJ dialogue scenes have genuine spark and energy - and emotive power.

@@Jake-pr7js The 6-9 trilogy was a typical Disney nostalgia movie cashgrab. Nostalgia requires a director to ape the previous feel (tone and enthusiasm) of the first trilogy. As the audience was given a nostalgic first movie (FA), that sets the expectations for the second. He "was never making a george lucas movie" means HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIRED to do nostalgia. So the audience expecting nostalgia was given something it didn't want and THAT audience 'say that Rian Johnson is a bad director."

Pablo Apostar last jedi was made to make fun of people who only cared about nostalgia lol, what it intended to do worked so i dont see the problem with it