Quick note: The section after the Clue spoiler warning also includes a visual spoiler for episode 8 of season 1 of the show Father Brown, a 2013 BBC program about a fictional Catholic priest who investigates murders. I selected it for that part of the video because I was confident no one would care about it, but my wife assures me the aversion of some people to spoilers-even for works they would never consume-is boundless.
The Gemsbok Hey, I know that this is out of nowhere, but I really like your voice and your video. Thank you for putting out such quality content. Out of curiousity, have you seen The Kid with Bruce Willis? I'm curious what you thought of it if you have.
Thanks so much for that very nice comment! I'll be putting up a game video this week, but next month's topic is likely to be a movie again. Unfortunately, I haven't seen The Kid, so I can't offer any opinion on it. To be honest, outside of the 80s and 90s, I haven't really dug into Disney's live-action stuff much. Do you recommend the film?
As it happens I love Father Brown....but not as Mark Williams played him. The prior version was better but neither actor even came close to the actual character as Chesterton wrote him. Williams was and remains the farthest, almost as laughable a version as Cadfael was (I actually enjoyed the latter, but seriously, that kind of detective work in the 12th century?)
The perfect cast, the script nailed down and awesome direction! The setting was great. This is definitely one of my all time favourite Tim Curry movies.
@@TheGemsbok He was a brilliant character actor when he was still able to work. I would put that down to his years of work in the theatre before moving to the big screen. His performance of Pennywise has probably caused more cases of coulrophobia (fear of clowns) than the modern version of Pennywise has. And the fact that most of his movies go on to be cult classics speaks well of his broadspread appeal to the masses.
Realistically you could have just said Tim Curry and left it at that. The best thing to me about the movie is the pacing. It starts with a nice slow burn. The characters are introduced quickly and effectively. You get a deal for who each character is. It doesn't overstay its introduction. As the tension builds, the movie starts getting faster and more suspenseful but certain moments give the audience time to breathe from both the humor and suspense. Then comes the back half. Tim Curry deserves an Oscar for that back half alone. Gone is the suspense and the jokes start flying, and boy do they all hit. Overall, this film is amazing.
Great analysis! And agreed: Curry carries a significant portion of the film on his back. But that's not to discount some incredibly funny delivery by Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, and Christopher Lloyd---and the quality of the writing/pacing by Jonathan Lynn and John Landis.
@@TheGemsbok looking back, it is amazing how they even got this cast assembled. Everyone plays their parts so well and they all work off each other amazingly well. And as you pointed out, the direction is fantastic with a great script with so many little jokes and jabs in there that it is really hard to find them all. Especially the political jokes about the UN, J Edgar Hoover and the like
"...But here's what really happened..." Two things about the real ending, which contribute to the greatness that is "Clue" the motion picture: 1.) The butler did it. 2.) An ever possibility of the game play is to find out that the pawn piece (character) you are playing as turns out to be the killer. This is why Mr. Green saying, "If you want to know who killed Mr. Body; *I* did; in the hall; with the revolver." - a brilliant tie-in to the actual possible conclusion of a game-round. (fyi, if you don't know, "Mr. Body" is the name of the murder victim In the game, but I'm sure many, if not all, movie watched game players know.)
In theory, I love the idea of it picking a random ending. But in practice, at least on the DVD I had where that was an option, it always presented the same ending.
I just watched this for the first time and bloody hell it's possibly one of the best films I've watched! Great writing, great cast chemistry and definitely the best murder mystery ever...and that's coming from someone who religiously watches murder mysteries!
Ha, well, ultimately it's a bit more comedy than mystery, so as long as you thought some of the clips shown in the video were funny, I think you will enjoy it.
I hope you have by now. As someone who grew up with this movie it's kinda incomprehensible to not always have known it. It feels like an old friend to me. One that I sit down with and have a laugh every so often
I was a big Tim Curry fan as I watched him in Annie (1982) since childhood. I loved watching his more mature films like It and my favorite The Three Musketeers. When my dad introduced this movie to me, I couldn’t help but watch it on loop as this movie had all the same fun I experienced in Tim Curry’s acting. I later introduced this movie to my sibling, who later one loved this movie and started quoting the movie
Something i love about this film is the Director and writers could have made endings for ALL of the characters when you think about it. The Maid Accessory makes it all possible for any of the characters at certain times to commit the murders. However I imagine there wasn't enough time to film them all so they chose Peacock and Scarlet to have the alternate endings. Personally i love the Scarlet ending the most but I can just as well like the other ideas too X3.
It happened to be on television late one night in the early 1990s when I felt like watching something. I'd never heard of it before that. I discovered Heathers and Noises Off the same way.
I was always a fan of the board game and I randomly found Clue the movie in a blockbuster bargain bin. I thought "well since I really liked the board game and I've never heard of the movie it probably wasn't very good but I can get some enjoyment out of it". So I rented it and my brother and I thought it was hilarious. It's now one of my favorite comedies.
I loved it AT THE TIME. I was nine years old when it came out and I loved it in the theater and when it came out on rental, I made my mom let me rent it several times. It was a camp favorite with me when it came out. Y'all found it later. I am an OG fan.
John Cleese was the one who came up with the idea of turning Cluedo/Clue into a movie, & wrote a script, & he was going to play the butler, but it was all re-written by Landis & Jonathan Lynn after Lynn came aboard
I LOVE clue! My family had it on DVD so I watched and rewatched it throughout my childhood, slowly understanding jokes more and more. Whenever we had movie night and couldnt decide what film to pick, the instant fix was clue. It never got old no matter how many times we watched it and we loved quoting the iconic lines. I cant believe it was considered a "flop" initially.
I love this video! I love *CLUE!!* And I love this stellar cast!!!!! Two of the greatest words ever created are *Tim Curry.* How he didn't get an Oscar nomination just for his summation at the end of the movie is a travesty. And my beloved Madeline Kahn 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. She remains one of my favorite actresses of all time. I will have to look through your other videos to see if you've done an analysis of Mell Brooks' *Blazing Saddles.* 🤗
I did watch this movie as a kid (I was 11 or 12) and pretty much 99% of the adult jokes went over my head haha. Like Ms. Scarlet's 'real job', I honestly didn't see anything wrong with it due to how it was phrased lol. Now that I know what it meant, I was like, "wow that's good writing" lol. I'll be honest, the Clue version my family owns has 4 extra chars so I was surprised they didn't show up. Learned the version we had was like a special made edition. The extra chars were Ms. Peach, Monsieur Brunette, Madam Rose, and Sgt. Gray.
This is actually really cool, now I need to watch clue lol. It might be nice to get a pop filter to avoid stuff like the air at the beginning but this was still a super fun watch.
Thanks for the nice comment! In terms of 'the air,' do you just mean the plosives on the 'p' sounds? Because I already use a pop filter; those are just there because I have poor mic discipline and speak directly into it.
This is actually funny. All other famous murder series or films, with their outstanding characters, you showed here as well (Columbo, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, , Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone,..) are also my favorites. “Clue” is the first film in my A. Prime movies collection, I bought for years. And I pick this one multiple times a year and watch it. This well written and performed murder comedy is and will never boring me.
Haha, yes . . . that's actually some kind of cheapo straight-to-DVD movie. Turns out there were fewer total boardgame-based films than I thought when I wrote the article, so I had to pad out that graphic with that one.
But there's just one thing I don't understand. (One thing?) How did Evette, Mrs Peacock and Prof Plum all get the candlestick up on top of the door frame?
For a movie based on a board game, it has literally zero right to be as good as it is. It literally has Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd and some genuinely hilarious jokes and lines. I think it might be one of the most quotable films I’ve ever seen.
I love Clue! I also like Murder by Death a lot - the names themselves crack me up! Jessica Marbles! Dick & Dora Charles! And many lines, etc. Peter Falk!
Columbo having the first name of Frank is a myth....technically his name is never mentioned in the series!! Clue was a great flick for what it was worth. It has gained cult status. I just found out that Carrie Fisher was to have played Miss Scarlett but was shelved due to her battle with drug addiction. Leslie Ann Warren was her replacement. The Cook had a semi regular role in M*A*S*H and she just passed this year.
Strictly speaking, it's not a myth. His first name being Frank *is* in the series, and I would consider it canonical. It's never said out loud, and they make some jokes about that periodically---but you can clearly see it on his police ID in a few episodes. Anyway, thank you for your comment.
You know as much as I love the movie, part of me is glad it failed at the box office, so that other movies wouldn't imitate its "different theaters have different endings so you got to buy multiple tickets to see all of them" feature. It's fitting for Clue because the source material has randomized endings, but imagine if mainstream movies kept doing this to get more ticket sales.
I see what you mean, and I agree. It was a great idea for this movie in particular (and benefits the movie immensely in all later distribution methods that put the three endings together---for reasons outlined in the video), but it's also a gimmick that would get old immediately if it spread.
In high school, I auditioned to be Miss Scarlet, & everyone said I was Yvette because of my massive cleavage (LOL) but I did get to be the understudy for Miss Scarlet, & got to wear a $500 custom-made maid outfit just like in the movie.
This is just the only film I can seriously watch and not get sick of. Still laugh. I love it. Tim Curry can do no wrong. Tim Curry running around recounting the moments up to the death is to much. Amazing cast. Yet I ask my friends and they ha ent seen it. Watch it
I love Clue, but to imply that Murder by Death is somehow inferior doesn’t seem right to me. Both movies are hilarious and deserving of classic comedy status.
I take umbridge with your headline....the greatest detective parody is "Murder by Death"...okay, we'll take turns, you look over the first dead naked body we find and I'll look over the second 🕵️♂️
Why is your version flipped sidewise? I'm loving the content because I heartily agree. Murder by Death and the Cheap Detective are amateurish and flat by comparison (the latter far better than the former, which is a total waste).
Unfortunately, flipping the image horizontally is a necessary concession to prevent the video from facing numerous incorrect/automatic copyright strikes. I do try to avoid it where it would be particularly distracting or noticeable for most viewers, though.
All three separate versions of the film, or a version of the film that stacks all three endings like it does on VHS and DVD? Because the former being available to critics is obvious, but the sentiment in the video concerns the latter.
Interesting. I didn't know that. I assumed that all contemporary critics had the same experience as theater-goers, but I guess that was only true for most.
