The Reel Rejects - KNIVES OUT (2019) IS A NEAR-PERFECT MYSTERY!! MOVIE REVIEW!!!!

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Starting point is 00:01:16 All right, guys, that was Knives Out. If you are watching this on YouTube, make sure you do old in YouTube stuff, hit that subscribe button. Don't forget to give us a like. Most importantly, don't forget to ring the bell that way you're notified whenever we watch videos such as these I believe there is a sequel we're going to be doing to this as well so make sure you check out that video when it drops also special thanks to the fine folks over at prepper for editing down these highlights it is a task if you are watching this on YouTube they did a lot of hard work so we

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Starting point is 00:02:20 Thrombie Mansion for that wild family gathering, which character do you think you'd actually accidentally end up siding with the charming manipulator the clueless air or benoit blank himself i always wonder which side of a mystery i'd fall on realizing i might have just made myself a suspect actually i think that i would side with the clueless air because she's clueless so like you can manipulate her or i'd have a one-up on whatever's going on meaning like she's She'd be slightly clueless, but also maybe dumb enough to cough up some information. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:03:01 That's how I'd roll. For sure. I think I would side with Marta, not only because she's super duper attractive, I think the humanity and the moral center of her character and just what a kind. He'd sidle up because she's hot. I mean, that definitely, I think not only she's very hot on the outside, she's extremely even more so hot on the inside. I really identify and resonate with a human being like that that just treats you as you should be treated like a human being and I just I really liked her character so much.

Starting point is 00:03:34 She was the heartbeat of the film and I really loved her performance so yes it does it does help that she is very attractive of course but like that getting me to notice someone based on appearances will make me just notice you but keeping me around is what is what's on the inside. Is her hotness? Yeah, for sure.

Starting point is 00:03:57 But I think that's why I really cared about her character so damn much. And I think that's also why Harlan was, he was willing to give her the fortune, was because she just was a good human being. She was just a good human being. And he treated her, she treated him as such. He didn't, it wasn't, oh, you've got all this money. I don't care that we're actually, it just goes to show that family is deeper than just blood. And I think that was just like really executed on such a brilliant way in this film.

Starting point is 00:04:29 And it doesn't matter if you are blood. It's how we, it's your actions prove that you are family, not not your blood ties. So that's who I would side with. Thank you for the question. Tim Porkroll. Hello, Terran Andrew. Knives out as one of my favorite movies of the last decade. The way Ryan Johnson subverted expectations with a twist about Harlem was masterful, in my opinion.

Starting point is 00:04:51 How do you feel about this structure for a mystery? crime novel, crime movie, and does it make you excited to watch Glass Onion and wake up Dead Man when it comes out? I didn't even know there was a third one. I didn't know there was a third item. Yeah, Glass Onion, now I'm super excited to watch. I did love the structure in this, the way they were doing the nonlinear storytelling. I have not watched a murder mystery film in a good while, so I have no basis of just giving like my opinion on like, how did I feel about how it was structured in comparison to other murder mystery films because it's been so long. I do want to watch Clue if Greg would allow Tara and I or whoever to react to. I think that would be fun just to see

Starting point is 00:05:31 the comparisons of a film from 1985 to now. But what I will say is I thought that the way Ryan Johnson was able to subvert expectations. I know that's a word we throw around a lot with Ryan Johnson, but it was done in a brilliant way because he didn't subvert to subvert. It actually flowed very well with the narrative here and also with the flow of what the characters were trying to achieve like we thought

Starting point is 00:05:53 he was actually going to die and he actually genuinely cared about this person Marda and didn't want her to suffer the consequences for something she had nothing to do with this game that was going on with the family

Starting point is 00:06:06 of not giving a shit about Harlan and wanting the money all to themselves and she didn't and he didn't want her to be a pawn in that game and to suffer the consequences and to see that type of and that type of friendship really goes a long way. And I like the way the story was structured

Starting point is 00:06:21 and the nonlinear storytelling was so easy to follow. And the editing in this film was, it's not easy to do. Like to figure out where do we need to piece these things together to make sense for the audience? Because it was really done in a brilliant way, in my opinion. But what about you? Yeah, I agree with you, Tim. I think in this genre, it would probably be like top 10, obviously.

Starting point is 00:06:45 Also one of my favorites. because of just how well it was written and directed. I think one of my favorite things was when they popped into a handheld camera when the family was like on top of Marta. It was just a really, really great move. And I mean, along with the rest of it, there's like I understand why it's an Oscar nominee. I didn't even know that. Cool. awesome thank you tim and tim by the way terran i love those shirts that you got us for stranger things

Starting point is 00:07:22 those are awesome appreciate you so much all right from kev b what hints did the movie drop along the way that made benoit blanks final reveal of the murderer feel both unexpected and totally believable i'll just one i'll quickly go that i should have paid attention to and didn't is the one that they dropped for us right in front of our face terra is where they said you're back You're back again. I'm like, oh, because it was so brilliant because it's like, it's the grandma. She's old. It's, I guess it's hard.

Starting point is 00:07:53 That's Harlan's mother, right? Mm-hmm. God dang. Thank goodness she was able to live such a long life at that age. That's awesome. But the fact that you got to imagine she's probably got dementia or Alzheimer's, whatever, and she's so oblivious. So the fact that she's saying, uh, ransom, you're back again. And like, she's, she's mistaking Marta for.

Starting point is 00:08:15 for ransom and you're like you're thinking nothing of it but the again is where you need to pay attention to and but you're not thinking about that because you're just hearing ransom it's the trickling of words right and i thought that was so brilliant the other thing is you know when tara and i were reacting as well i i thought it was a trick you know where i'm like there's no way that what happened with the thing and then you thought that no she just accidentally did and i guess it was a combination of we were both being right but i'm sure you this is one of those films, Tara, that we could probably rewatch a two, three, four times and there's so many different things to pick up on. And I love those kinds of movies where you can

Starting point is 00:08:55 pick up on different things, the more you, on repeat viewings. Yeah, I think the way he's subverted expectations with the meds is because they fell on the ground. She grabbed them quickly. We're doing a very close, close up B-roll shot on her just going boom, bump after it falls on the ground. So it kind of puts your head as an audience member of like, oh, it would be very very easy for her to mix them up because they had fallen on the ground. But in regards to, you know, him, it obviously flew right by my head when grandma said, you know, oh, it's you again. Because she said she might have had one other line before that.

Starting point is 00:09:32 And it's like your head as an audience member also goes to she's old. She's crazy. She doesn't know what she's seeing. Did he leave? Was he back again? Like, we're not really very. registering all that at least i wasn't so it was great for sure thank you kev b we appreciate you so much lizzie jay uh this movie is one of my favorite thriller mystery movies because of the subversion

Starting point is 00:09:58 of expectations from the kit go and the memorable twist in the end keeps me on the edge of my seat every time what do you think of the different take on a mystery movie where it is usually the exploration of a who done it and in this case it is how small will she get away with it. It is how will she get away with him? Right, right. I think what I appreciated about this movie in regards to a murder mystery is

Starting point is 00:10:26 I think there were some themes that we were going like entitlement and about just being a good person and I like that the film explored these themes and also too I think there was a fascinating one with Harlan as well like he was not being treated properly by his family but at the same point like he It seemed, we didn't spend a ton of time with him with his character, but it seemed because he was so buried in his work, I'm not imagining he had a great amount, and he had a lot of money to provide for his family, which is great. You know, security is a great thing to be able to provide for your family, no doubt, of course. It's better than not having security for your family, for sure. But at the same point, you've got to provide that level of love and care, and also when they needed a good kick in the pants, which he did provide when they needed it, but also. So it seemed like he enabled them so much and gave them so much that when they needed the kick in the pants, it's like they didn't know what to do and they were so reliant on him that because he wasn't there for them emotionally.

Starting point is 00:11:30 And as a father in that sense, so I think like grounding the film in that sense and not just the murder mystery really made me so invested in the rest of the film as well. yeah i agree all right thank you so much lizzie we appreciate you all right from jaden roads this is a fantastic modern day murder mystery also chris evans is absolutely amazing agreed i'm curious if y'all agree do y'all have any other favorite murder mystery movies it's been oh i i haven't seen clue i we mentioned that earlier we would love to react to that I'm trying to think, just really quickly, guys, I'm sorry. Let's just quickly type in murder mystery movies because I, I know Tara always says, guys, like, let us know of the. There was a movie Tara called Once Upon a Crime, I think it was called.

Starting point is 00:12:27 It came out years ago, like in 1992. Oh, Shutter Island. That was a good one. It's a good one. Usual suspects. Silence of the Lambs. Okay. Oh, Memento.

Starting point is 00:12:37 I saw that so long ago. I don't even remember how it. Seven I never saw. I know the line what's in the box, but I never saw seven. I would love. Those are, yeah, those are a good one. Seven's great. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:12:50 Oh, now you see me? Yeah, I guess I could. Oh, yeah, it is a murder mystery. I guess so, yeah, for sure. That's a great mood. We did those together, right? Now you see me? I think so.

Starting point is 00:13:00 Yeah, we did the one and two. I can't wait for us to do three when that comes out. All right, well, I would go with those. But once upon a crime, I think that's like a comedy version of a murder mystery. That had a lot of celebrities at the time in that one. I have to rewatch that one, but I would love to hear. if any of you've seen that one, but do you have any specific ones or just the ones we just named? Just the ones we just named.

Starting point is 00:13:20 For sure. Anyways, let us know in the comments section, what are some ones that you love? And yeah, thank you so much for the question. We appreciate it. Fellow reject, Greg from an alternate timeline, is here to let you know that we have launched three new Stranger Things shirts in honor of the final season. First one up, universal inspired monster of Vecna. This is from our friend Janine. I came up with this idea a long time ago.

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Starting point is 00:13:59 And the third one, I'm wearing it right now. Reject things. Thanks, Alex, for coming up with it. And thanks, Andrew, for snagging my size. And course, we have our classic ones up there as well. We have a ton to peruse through. Anyone you buy is an amazing way to support everyone here who works in front and behind the camera. You can scan this barcode right here on screen.

Starting point is 00:14:17 If you're interested, go to the link in the description box and pin comment. If you end up not buying one, that's a okay. I'm just glad they exist so now I can be wearing them. Let's get back to the video, people. The anomaly, C.J. Warren. Knives Out was a great strong cast, much like the Rejects. Oh, I appreciate you. How do you think a Knives Out mystery with the Rejects would play out?

Starting point is 00:14:38 And who do what role's best? Thanks, you guys rock. I'll let Tara answer this one because I suck at these games. She's good at improvising on the spot. How do you think of Knives Out Mystery? Okay. So who do we kill? We're going to kill Greg because we want the business, right?

Starting point is 00:14:57 That's funny. We want to raise. Okay? So we get rid of him. We pin it on John because he's the closest one with Greg because we're like, oh, we're like all these years together and like fighting. okay and like he's here and he does tech so it's like a good way for him to like cover it up right and then how do we get how do we put him in there oh oh okay so we wait till john leaves a computer

Starting point is 00:15:24 we log into the real rejects email we write a nasty like nasty emails like continually like i we would have to all get on the same page and say hey when you see john on the computer make sure he like has a Google page open then have the other host call him in and be like problem with tack and then we go and we write a bad email but it has to be can't just be one got to be multiple

Starting point is 00:15:47 like got to be for months at a time somehow we write these seething emails and then John and Greg they're getting in fights right now it's like high tense because Greg's like why are you being a dick and then

Starting point is 00:16:02 then somehow we got it We poison, we poison, Greg. I don't know how. We just, we just poison. We do rat poison, something like that. So he dies, but he's put on John. And then we have to do a thing where the will doesn't go to his wife. And I don't, I'm not quite, sorry, Olivia.

Starting point is 00:16:22 I'm not sure. We also have to cause a divide with Olivia. We'll find a way to do that, not via emails too obvious. Oh, here's what we'll do. I got, I already got an idea. we're going to send flowers to their house and it's going to say to uh mary i've had a really lovely time getting to know you on the side oh my goodness really glad olivia hasn't found out yet i'm getting ready to leave her signed gregg wow i've got this is already a great script i've already got it

Starting point is 00:17:03 handled. They're going to get divorced. Then somehow we were like, well, the money has to go somewhere. Tara, can I ask you a question? Did you just improvise that on the spot or have you been thinking about this? Of course. I've just making sure. That's hilarious. That was impressive. I'm not going to like that. That was Ryan Johnson levels of impressive. Yeah, I'm good at stuff like that. That's why I said, I'm going to leave this one to Tara. She's the master for this kind of a question. You're welcome. Yeah. All right. Thank you so much for the question.

Starting point is 00:17:36 Good answer, Tara. All right. We are on to TJ, I believe. Thank you, TJ, for being a real rechecked and for asking us a question. We appreciate you. If you were in Marta's situation, would you have gone along with Harlan or told people what happened at the get-go? What would you have done in her situation? I would have gone with Harlan.

Starting point is 00:17:54 I would have done exactly what she did. Yeah, she was, listen, she was a very respectful person. She really appreciated Harlan. Harlan was a dear friend of hers and she was just trying to be honorable and respectful towards him. So I think like Terry just said, I probably would have done that as well. And it was also, I like that the film gave obstacles in this situation because she throws up whenever she lies. Yeah. And that line that he gave, you don't have to lie.

Starting point is 00:18:22 Just tell fragments of the truth. Such a brilliant line to overstep that obstacle. Totally. So, yeah, I'm with terror on this one. I would have done that because we don't want to incriminate. ourselves for something we did not do and then go Slayer mode. So I'm with terror on that one.

Starting point is 00:18:39 Definitely do what Harlan said. And it's in honor of respect of him as well because he wouldn't have wanted that. Yeah, he was very serious. Yeah. Like do what I say and get out. You got to go now. That was impressive, by the way, of Harlan to be,

Starting point is 00:18:52 and I know it's like you got two things you can do there. You can either be calm, cool, and collected like Harlan was, or freak the F out with less than 10 minutes to possibly live. So I thought that was really impressive on his end. Yeah. totally thank you so much for the question uh hope you guys this is from resident z hope you enjoyed

Starting point is 00:19:11 the movie and also hope you guys didn't stumble onto the twist silly question if the thrombies happened to be your family would you even consider attending a get-together they weren't that terrible like at the top it was like they were bad because money was like immediately an issue for us like immediately we were thrown in knowing that like it was going to be a problem but like in the beginning it was sort of like yeah they're all a little bit bougie and they've they've you know been they're yeah raised with a silver platter kind of a deal but like they didn't it seems like if you got to know them you would know how to deal with them and you deal with them like you deal with anybody in Beverly Hills just like in a certain way right so I

Starting point is 00:20:02 feel like you could go to a get together and have fun and drink and you just don't you just don't get into questions with the Nazi in the corner or like about money I think fair enough I would also say too I'm a very direct person and I'm not a pushover so I try to stay away from people I don't like because if I get near people I don't like I'm going to be honest and be myself so having that comes with even with family does that even happen with you you don't seem like You'd be, what do you mean, be honest? Like, you're not going to. Well, I'm saying if, like, you were.

Starting point is 00:20:35 Would you say passive-aggressive things or what? No, I'm going to be even more direct. If you're a nasty, disgusting person, I'm just, I'm going to stay away from you. Otherwise, I'm going to be real with you. I'm not going to put on a facade and be fake with you. No, I don't think. Yeah, yeah. I'm just, I don't know the thrombie is enough to know, like, their entire backstory and all that,

Starting point is 00:20:56 but I knew enough about them throughout this film to know I didn't care about them to spend time with them. Right. Yeah. Having said that if they're still my blood relatives, yeah, I would get together with them, but I would be very cautious of how much time I'm being with them and like just hearing some of these conversation. I'm like, yeah. But yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:21:17 Anyways. But overall, I love the movie. I thought that it was really, really great. Obviously, I think it's a great like murder mystery thriller written really, really well. There's really fun metaphors in the writing, especially from Benoit. Like, it's insanely creative. Yeah. And love the way I already talked about.

Starting point is 00:21:41 I love the way that it was shot. And I think more specifically, whoever Ryan Johnson works with in casting, he does a really, really good job. Absolutely. And whoever casted this did a great job. Like, literally no one seemed. weaker in part of the cast than any of the others. They were all up here, like top tier. For sure.

Starting point is 00:22:06 Even the investigators, because I've seen that happen in feature films where you can get a really great cast. They all know what to do, what the tone, the pacing, they probably only need two takes. And then they try to add in like, oh, it's a smaller character, so it's not that big of a deal. That guy's not a name, the one that was nerd alert. Yeah, fanboy. I don't think he's a name. I'm sure he works a ton. But I think when he did come in,

Starting point is 00:22:32 it was believable. And so I liked the way that this was cast. Absolutely. Yeah, no stone left unturned when it came to casting, when it came to production design, when it came to storytelling, progression of characters and arcs. I thought everything,

Starting point is 00:22:45 and the murder mystery, of course, I thought everything was just executed so meticulously, so beautifully. And I like the themes in this film. There was just so many different layers that I really appreciated. And to your point as well, I really thought Daniel Craig,

Starting point is 00:22:59 because I have not really mentioned him at all in this entire review. He was fantastic. I love the eccentric, how eccentric he was, his character. I love the accent. It didn't. I know for a fact that he's British.

Starting point is 00:23:12 So, you know, having that knowledge and then hearing this, sometimes when you hear actors do that, it works, and there's other times, they're like, not working on that one. Him and the dialect,

Starting point is 00:23:22 or him or her on the dialect coach is not working out. And it didn't distract me one. But in fact, it actually really worked. And watching, he was also, he was very charming at times too, and just watching him, like, working out the details and all that. And then with the reveal of, like, oh, I knew it was at the beginning that you were the one

Starting point is 00:23:41 who snuck in here and, like, I love all those kinds of little reveals coming out. And then when you rewatch the movie probably, you're like, yeah, that's why he probably hired her as the investigator to help him, like, because she knew the truth on a lot of things. And also, he knew that with the throw-up thing, he was just brilliant. And I love intuitive characters who are so resourceful like that. And he was just a blast to watch. Even though you always felt like the stakes were higher because he's going to clue in and find someone who did it,

Starting point is 00:24:06 it's so much fun to watch with him. And like that donut analogy on the smaller, like so many great lines from his character. So great movie, great murder mystery, who done it film. I love the themes that we were getting into again with entitlement and all that. And just about, you know, the family that we raise on just like how we can view them sometimes on just about money and that's all we view them and then also what money can do to us and making and greed and all that i thought it was a very fascinating film it is it is so

Starting point is 00:24:37 let us know in the comments is this one of your favorite murder mystery films are you looking forward to us doing glass onion i would imagine i didn't even know that third one is coming out are you looking forward to that one as well and yeah take care be safe and uh watch your money Thank you.

The Reel Rejects - KNIVES OUT (2019) IS A NEAR-PERFECT MYSTERY!! MOVIE REVIEW!!!!

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