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I have written something similar before, but as long as a film is entertaining and compelling (to me), it can take as long as it needs to tell its story. The Godfather is 175 minutes long, but it's every bit as entertaining and compelling every time I watch it. The pace is not fast, but...

I'm guessing here, but I think in general audiences do like and are hooked by Blanc, both in Knives Out and Glass Onion. It's also probably why Netflix signed Rian Johnson for 2 Benoit Blanc films. The mystery is the main draw, of course, but having a detective with a "Kentucky-fried Foghorn...

If Rian Johnson is to stick with the Agatha Christie style of mystery, then supernatural would not work (or be true to that style). One of her novels featured a seance and a “ghost”, but it was a ruse to trap someone into a revelation. As far as I recall, none of the novels that I’ve read veered...

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I really liked Cards on the Table! An atypical Poirot, with only 4 suspects! Should be easy to solve, right? It was more the plot gyrations and surprises later on that really cemented its place for me. Murder on the Orient Express is one of the few Poirots I haven’t read, because my dad (who...

Haven’t seen Knives Out in a while… was Blanc invited or hired in that film? Splitting hairs maybe. In Glass Onion, he was “invited” to the island. In Knives Out, I believe Blanc was “hired” after the murder of Thrombey? In which case, there might be a difference between an invitation versus a...

I’m thinking you’d be right, given the growing interest from audiences and the contracts with Johnson and Craig are already signed.

Very prescient! (Don’t click on the spoiler if you haven’t seen the film.)

There are plenty of tweets online about who people want to see in the 3rd Blanc mystery. These types of murder mysteries (Agatha Christie-style) typically involve a star-studded cast, and earlier in this thread we were talking about how many MCU actors were in Glass Onion! Some names bandied...

This is along the same lines of what I mentioned in post #232 of this thread (spoilerised). Now, I wasn’t disappointed, as I think it’s a very entertaining film (and in some ways, better than Knives Out) but in terms of “solving the murder” (emphasis on murder), it wasn’t completely fair in...

Watched it for the 2nd time tonight, after the theatrical experience about 4 weeks ago. Still a grand entertainment, with the mix of well-known actors, scenic locations, and a very dynamic structure keeping the story flowing.

My 2c on Adapted vs Original… I’ve always thought of Adapted as taking a work that already exists (whether it’s a novel, play, screenplay, news article, etc.) and adapting it for the current film. Glass Onion is not based on an existing work (as far as I know) so to me it should be under...

If you haven't seen Hidden Figures (2016), Monae is very good in that as well.

Saw this tonight. A very entertaining film, with gorgeous locations, sly wit, and slick sleight-of-hand. The opening sequence alone was artfully done and hooked me immediately. The mystery and how it was solved wasn't the most ingenious, but the film sweeps you along for the ride. I thought of...

I have to drive a couple of hours on Wednesday to get ready for a client presentation on Thursday, so I won't be back until Thursday afternoon. Will probably have to wait for the weekend.

I wonder why only the US chains...hmmm. EDIT: More countries will have a theatrical release. https://variety.com/2022/film/news/glass-onion-theatrical-release-1235395111/ "News of the one-week-only engagement follows the movie’s “dazzling” world premiere at the Toronto International Film...

The mystery deepens! Variety, about as official an industry publication as The Hollywood Reporter and others, has this following story that mentions Ethan in the cast: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/knives-out-2-release-date-first-look-glass-onion-1235345982/ Is something afoot? :)

It's interesting that Ethan Hawke is not mentioned in this Netflix tweet, either... even though he's in the IMDB cast list: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11564570/

I don’t see Ethan Hawke in that image… hmmm. What does that mean? 😱 😎

Another egregious example of adding the name of the original film to a title is The Lost World: Jurassic Park. I mean, how many standalone Spielberg-directed dinosaur films are out there that you have to make clear TLW is connected to JP? I understand it’s about the marketing to a casual viewer...

They have Chris Hemsworth penciled in for #3... :)

Another intriguing addition... the daily parade of new cast members continues! https://deadline.com/2021/05/knives-out-2-kathryn-hahn-1234755151/ This makes 3 actors from the MCU to join... who's next, Robert Downey Jr??? :cool:

I like how the casting is going. Similar to the casting of the original Knives Out, this is very much in the tradition of the sumptuous Agatha Christie adaptations like Murder on the Orient Express (1974 version had Finney, Bacall, Bergman, Gielgud, Connery; 2017's had Branagh, Dench, Dafoe...