Comments | raincitygirl: Go and see Knives Out ASAP so we can talk spoilers!

raincitygirl

Go and see Knives Out ASAP so we can talk spoilers!

Dec 30, 2019 14:43

I saw 2 movies over the Christmas holidays. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, which I found tedious, and whodunnit “Knives Out”, which was So. Much. Fun. I saw them less than a week apart, and “Knives Out” took away all my bitterness about the mediocrity of “Rise of Skywalker”. Avoid spoilers. You want to see “Knives Out” without knowing the ( Read more... )

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darlulu December 31 2019, 01:27:03 UTC

I just saw this movie the other day and I completely agree! It was a blast to watch! This was definitely the most entertained I've been by a new movie in a good long while. And yeah, I was deeply unimpressed by Branaugh's Murder on the Orient Express, too, so this scratched that whodunit itch I've had. Personally, I don't think the previews did it justice. Or at least the previews I saw on TV for Knives Out didn't appeal to me. It was only due to word of mouth and good reviews that I even checked it out.

raincitygirl December 31 2019, 18:44:53 UTC

In total agreement with you on all that. I'm going to create a new LJ entry as soon as I get a minute, and warn people that there will be spoilers in the comments, so I can keep the comments of THIS entry spoiler-free. I want to talk spoilers!

I thought the second of the 3 trailers was pretty decent, but the first and third trailers did nothing for me. And having seen the first, disappointing trailer, I didn't go seeking out anything else about the movie. I only FINALLY went to see the movie because I kept reading reviews telling me it was brilliant. If they'd done better trailers, I probably would've seen it opening night, or at least opening weekend, instead of after it had been out for a month. Thank goodness all the reviewers played fair and didn't give away the plot in their reviews.

raincitygirl December 31 2019, 18:57:42 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKzKEal5T0&feature=youtu.be

This link above goes to the decent trailer. Why they made that the second trailer and made the worst of the 3 the FIRST trailer seems utterly illogical to me. The first trailer is usually the only one people see, unless they're hardcore fans.

The movie was made on a $40 million USD budget, and has grossed $215 million USD worldwide in a little over a month in release. But it seems to have made all that money in spite of the studio's promotional efforts, rather than because of them.

darlulu January 13 2020, 21:14:21 UTC

Ooh, that trailer was much better than the ones I saw! More representative of what the movie was.