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Watching Marta drink from the coffee cup at the end of the movie while staring down the family was so satisfying. After the family constantly mistreated and exploited her, with none of them knowing where she was actually from and all of them "being outvoted" when it came to whether Marta should be invited to the funeral, Harlan giving everything to the one person that actually cared for him and was genuinely kind to him was great to see.
@@jacobd1984 The sole reason why Martha got everything was, yes she was nice and a genuine person. But it's also cause she needed it. Since her mom is illegal she needs a secure way of having her mom stay in the country or she'll get deported, hence a home she doesn't need to pay rent to and stable income, the fortune and business. Knowing Martha if the people were really genuine to her, I'm sure she'd give the home and business to them cause all she needs is the fortune and then prolly have a job on the side for extra cash. But because everyone was a dick and the one person she though was a friend(the daughter) she's keeping everything, I mean I would.
@@lizzyrank5405 She needed the money most of all for sure, but she didn’t need all of it. Harlan could have spared a bit for Fran too. I just figure, if he assumed Marta would help Fran anyway, why not handle it himself instead of putting her in charge of that? She’d have enough to worry about, between her mother, managing her new wealth, and the inevitability that the other Thrombeys would be pissed off.
The whole sequence with Marta "revealing" the lie by vomiting on Ransom, and the irony of him "stabbing" her with Harlan's retractable stage knife is hilariously entertaining.
Also did you notice when Marta was giving Harlem the medicine, he was taking about how ransom couldn’t tell the difference between a stage knife and a real one.
It always kills me when they’re like “this is still our house!” And the whole family slowly turns their heads to the lawyer who then reads out that the house was also left to Marta 😂
Richard's affaire subplot is so good written in few scenes - Richard threw the ball out the window, where it was picked up by Blanc, thrown again for a dog to play with, retrieved from the dog’s mouth by Linda and replaced on Harlan’s desk where Linda finds the secret letter her father had written telling her that Richard was cheating on her. Rian Johnson is goat.
i think knives out is the kind of movie that you can appreciate even more the second time you watch it, bc by knowing the story you can find hidden clues and foreshadowings more easily. like they literally reveal that ransom was the murderer buy having the dogs bark when he arrives, and harlan telling marta that ransom can't distinguish a real knife and a prop knife is such good foreshadowing imo
Totally agree! I remember liking this, but feeling somewhat underwhelmed the first go-round. So, it was crazy seeing how much more I appreciated it watching the second time, especially with all the foreshadowing you mentioned. 👌👌👌
My biggest win is noticing the dogs barking the first time I watched the movie and making the connection to Ransom. I felt like such a genius after the reveal😂😂
also when they're climbing up to the secret window u can see marta didnt step on the window frame and ransom did, meaning the mud they found was actually his
the first watch i was so confused why they would act like Harlan would be chillin after 100mg of morphine intravenously as someone who’s gotten it in the ER a few times since it hits you within less than a minute usually, at least some of it does. he would start acting high and loopy within the time frame shown most likely (if not worse signs) with THAT dosage. but rewatching it made perfect sense, as someone who’s ALSO taken toradol quite a few times, it has no effect on your cognition. makes perfect sense since they were mislabeled!
the fact that Richard is the one who caused Linda to find out about the letter shocks me cause if he didnt throw the ball, he wouldnt be caught. top tier writing
If he hadn't pried open the desk to get the letter, it would have stayed there until Marta owned the house, and he would have been clear. If he had paid attention to the games Harlan and Linda played, he may have suspected invisible ink and not assumed it was blank. The man was the stupidest of the 8.
when I first watched the movie, the reveal that Harlan was actually fine and stabbed himself for nothing almost killed me. I could feel the dread from Marta feeling guilty cause she could and wanted to save him. but, then I realized he probably was tired of his family, was ready for death, and wanted to execute his will. DAMN the layerssss
Exactly! He was sick of all their shit and was so calmly ready for death. And how he was instantly ready to help Marta instead of trying to save himself, didn’t even stop to think about it, just formed a plan and stuck to it, is the perfect contrast to show how none of his family ever learned the values he tried to instill upon them.
I think he knew he wasn’t gonna die. Marta told him everything he would start feeling before he died and he didn’t feel any of it so he probably knew but wanted to end it all anyway. So in the end, it really was suicide.
So I was watching Knives Out with my mom, and when Richard went “everyone idolizes their dad,” my mom and I stared at each other and just laughed. No honey, Richard, not everyone idolizes their dad.
You said you're not super familiar with the genre, but one of the main tropes in a murder mystery is that the maid discovers the body, and she always drops the tray. When Fran finds Harlan, she doesn't drop the tray! It's like the director's way of saying "This isn't like any murder mystery you've seen."
I didn't put the whole thing together before the big reveal, but I was suspicious that it was more complicated than Marta accidentally killing him during the death scene. The clue that gave it away to me? The missing naloxone - no medical professional as capable as Marta would misplace such an important part of the drug kit. Which meant someone took it, which meant it was more complicated than just accidental overdose. Didn't figure out the switched bottles though, that was wild. A few more notes - it's mentioned that Harlan's dogs /hate/ Ransom and bark whenever they see him... and dog barking is what woke up (can't remember who) the night of the murder - it was a clue. Also, if you rewatch Blanc's first interaction with Marta, you'll see he spends a suspiciously long time looking down, because he noticed the bloodstain immediately. The thing about the Thrombey's that was so perfect is that they have wildly different political stances, viewpoints, etc but in the end they were all the same - they didn't respect Marta, only pretended to, and once she was a threat to their inheritance they banded together without hesitation. Just goes to show, no matter how performative your 'wokeness', it doesn't matter if you don't actually respect the people you pretend to care about. (Notice they never got Marta's country of origin correct - just kept throwing out different Latin American countries.) I also read somewhere Marta was the only one who /could/ have taken Harlan's legacy in the end, because only she would have been willing to use the coffee cup. The rest of the family would've found it dumb or cheesy, without realizing that's the whole point. They took themselves too seriously. Harlan never did take himself very seriously, hence his dumb coffee cup (which I love - don't roast me, it can be dumb and fun at the same time!). And that damn baseball was the best Chekov's gun I've seen in forever. It just kept going around in circles until the last minute when it finally went off with the letter reveal. Masterful.
I think that's what I loved about Marta & Harlan's relationship. She was more of a family member to him than anyone else. The fact that he didn't want Marta to get caught because he was afraid for her mother to be deported. (Talking about intimate details of their life to each other). He relieved to Marta about Richard's cheating, knowing he could trust her to not say anything. And I just love their little bit when they're playing and he knocks over the board to not lose. But also how they call morphine "the good stuff". Hell, even him writing down that the "overdose" would be a great plot for his next mystery novel. It's the details that makes this so brilliant.
@@xiopaovid1215 plus knocking over the whole board to not lose was basically the same thing he did with his death. Rather than deal with extended complexities and uncertainties, he just “nuked” the situation by killing himself to not have *Marta* lose. Unlike a fun game, he’s willing to “lose” for the people he really considered family when things got serious.
My favorite part of this movie is how it absolutely played on the fact that Chris Evans was known for playing the good guy up to that point. He's Captain America, right? So, he's clearly here to help Marta, because that's what he does in every other movie...And then the twist happened, and I was *FLOORED*. It gave me even more respect for the storytelling *and* Chris as an actor (and I already had a ton of respect for both)!!
@@kindaoffkilter1893 He was, but it was to such a comedic degree that I didn't even think of it when I was looking back at how terrible Ransom was in KO.
marta deserved the money more than anyone else in the family. she was kind, hard working, and never used anyone just for their money, and cared about her own family.
I've seen so many whodunnits but this one has one of the best casts & twists (going from murder mystery, to crime,, back to MM) I've seen in years. It truly doesn't get old.
@@lalazalomon03 Most of the Hercule Poirot ones are excellent (the originals, not the Kenneth Branagh interpretations), particularly Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Evil Under the Sun. The Last of Shelia and Deathtrap are super underrated, and Clue is a just plain fun time!
Glass Onion isn't a sequel to this movie but continues on w the Investigator so it's nice to think Marta is living her best life unharmed by the family members ☺️
@@jesttobagnet yes it's the sequel technically but it's not a continuation of this story. glass onion has a whole different plot and mostly different characters.
The satisfaction I get every single time watching Marta stare down at the family from the balcony drinking from the ‘My House, My Rules’ mug. I think it’s also a metaphor for ‘moving up the ladder’ and achieving the ‘American dream’ and since Marta is from Central America it adds another layer of social commentary.
It's such a good movie because Martha really only 'wins' the game by not trying to win it, by simply being a good person while everyone else is trying so hard. It even makes sense why since the father made everything a game.
As an avid mystery reader, Thank you Agatha Christi, I cracked this case the moment I heard Nana say her line to Marta.. Not gonna lie I almost doubted myself and thought I was wrong since every scene was leading me to believe it was Marta, but I learned from Hercule Poirot to always listen to the elders and the children.. and I was right.
How you've gone this long without seeing this masterpiece is beyond me, but glad you're finally watching it and congrats on the new place! I've been in love with Knives Out since I did a double feature of this and Little Women (2019) in theaters a few years back with my mom, like I'm not a mystery person at all but just so *chef's kiss *. Saw Glass Onion earlier this week too, and Rian Johnson could do nothing but make these movies every few years, I'd eat every single one up lol. Netflix really fumbled their bag for not giving it a longer theatrical release
There are so many little details that make this movie amazing. Like how the dogs hate Chris Evans' character, or how Harlan foreshadows the fake stab by saying they wouldnt know a real knife from a fake one.
I was fully convinced that Grandpa k-worded himself and hired the detective to solve the mystery because there's no better way for a mystery writer to go out
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OH interesting fact as a resident- in the morphine scene, she actually didn’t do anything wrong. Morphine has a different viscosity than the other drug, toradol. It’s much thinner, while toradol is more like glycerin in thickness. And removing the Narcan was SMART on the side of Chris evans character, it’s the only thing that could’ve delayed the respiratory effects of the morphine until they could get him to a hospital. The attention to detail is amazing (also there is no antidote for a Toradol overdose)
Toradol is the Ketorolac, right? I'm surprised he's on that and morphine, cos, having not seen the whole movie yet, he doesn't come across as someone living with chronic pain beyond the usual effects of aging? Certainly not to downplay those! But that's more a daily dose of Naproxen and 12-hour Advil scene, and we on a war wound/shitty genes/survived prolonged torture, abuse, or harsh conditions vibe in KO. Does the film explain what he has? My aunt is on Ketorolac + Oxycocet for her Dystonia (I'm also on Oxycocet, mainly for TMJ), but she recently had knee replacement surgery and was given a limited-time supply of morphine for her pain. The doctors apparently didn't want her on Ketorolac and morphine at the same time, but I don't know why, so it may be a reason totally unrelated to the interactions of the drugs themselves. 🤷 Or the person who told me misheard the doctors and it was a different combination they'd meant, or I misheard that person with the same result/solution. But, yeah. Sorry if I'm not being very straightforward or clear, I'm also on medical marijuana 😅 But yeah. Also, why is there no answer to Toradol overdoses? Is it like an acetaminophen overdose where it obliterates your liver? Or is it something else?
This film was how I found out about Ana De Armas, also 2019 was one of the best film rollouts. This, Little Women, Jojo Rabbit, 1917 and Parasite. Ohhh, it was peak cinema for me!
right at the start when harlan was supposedly dying of overdose, my brother went 'he would definitely be hallucinating rn if that was actually morphine, i bet someone else switched the bottles first and hes actually fine' and i laughed at him cos no way would he just have guessed it at the start..
Thank goodness Ash posted this! I really wanted to get a taste of what the first one was like before I watched Glass Onion, and I get to watch my favorite reactionist do it!
the first time i watched knvies out i remember being so annoyed that they "revealed who the killer was" 20 minutes into the movie, but the twist GOT ME. i've seen it like 7 times now it's one of my favs
Johnson has said he wanted to make a murder-mystery that wasn't just that all the way through. So he turned into a Hitchcock-style thriller for the middle segment then back to a murder-mystery for the denouement. Glass Onion is also brilliant; it has a *very* different setting and different plot structure, but is just as satisfying. Review that please!
I love this movie soooo much. I wish I could experience it for the first time all over again. Just the details and callbacks are so good. My favorite is when Harlan was talking about Ransom figuratively not knowing a prop knife from a real one and it actually happened.
There's so many details about this movie that make it better and better the more times you watch it. For example, the detective would tap the piano to get back on track of the interrogation. Or how Ransom (Chris Evans) has holes in the collar of his sweater to show he's spoiled and doesn't appreciate the things he has. Amplifying another reason why Thromby removed him from the will.
just gasped SO loud. i’m so excited to watch you react to this also the second one is so good i watched it in theaters. you’ll definitely need to react to it when it comes out on netflix! :)
I saw the second one in this cinema and thought it was better than the first honestly!! It has a completely different vibe to the first (more ridiculous and fun, but in a good way!) and you can tell the actors had a blast filming it. Plus the timing of the movie coming out with what's going on on twitter right now is truly *chefs kiss*👌
This movie does a great job of subverting expectations. You think, there must be more to Harlan's death, to the mystery, etc. But they tell you everything in the first 15 minutes. Then it becomes a new mystery involving Fran, Ransom and Marta. The way it differs from normal mystery movies is that instead of giving you hints of information, Knives Out gives you anything you would want to know about everyone. That's why it's so good and so unexpected, because you constantly doubt the information.
The twists and plots in this movie are so good, it’s honestly a movie you can watch again and again bc it never gets boring All the storylines come together so perfectly in the end, and I love the mix of humor with the darkness of the murder bc it’s not too dark for a murder mystery but it’s also not to forced in the humor side Also the cast and just the general vibes and the way it’s filmed make the movie fantastic In my family it’s become the resident Christmas Eve movie, I don’t know why but I’m not complaining
knives out was super entertaining to watch, it made me realize i liked movies with mysteries and big reveal plots and after watching this movie, "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile" were other two movies that gave me that same excitement so, Ash if you never watch those, you should, it would be super fun i think.
The rewatchability for Knives Out is insane!!!! Like a lot of whodunnits can be really dull to watch again, but this film is so lovingly and carefully constructed that you notice more things the more you watch it. Ugh, so good.
This was the last movie I saw in theatres before the pandemic, and I will never forget the experience! It's such a fun movie, definitely one of my favs, and one that you HAD to see in theatres if possible! The way the story unfolds is so good and I love the cast. I saw Glass Onion in theatres and it's awesome too! It keeps with the spirit of the 1st one while being its own fresh movie. Definitely recommend watching it if you want to, Ash.
I love this movies for all its lil details, one of my favourite is when Ransoms mum mentioned you had to have a secret way to talk to her dad that paid off when you learn it’s the invisible ink.
So glad you watched this! Knives out 2 comes out on Netflix in December but they released it in theaters for one week in thanksgiving week. That's how some people already saw it. As I did and I can vouch that Knives Out 2 is by far way BETTER than the first!! I know its shocking but it is. The sequel is an actual who done it film where as this one really wasn't. Definitely react to it when it comes out please!
One detail that I really loved is somewhere in the middle of movie when someone looks at grandfather portrait he looks angry but when all gets revealed an martha looks at the portrait he's smiling
Normally when we think of great movies, stuff like...I don't know, the Lighthouse, Marriage Story, etc, come to mind. Serious movies. Knives Out, this amazing film, manages to be as, if not ten times more fun, as any blockbuster, while as technically proficient than any of the previously mentioned ones. I love this movie.
Christopher Plummer (the actor who plays Harlan Thrombey) was also Baron von Trapp (the dad) from the Sound of Music! Sadly, he passed away on February 2021. R.I.P. King 😔
I will say that although for most of the movie I was completely in the dark, once it started building up to the toxicology report I knew what was going to happen because they were relying on this incriminating evidence as a huge plot point so I kinda knew it was going to be perfectly normal... and from there I could work out that Marta hadn't given him the morphine, that Ransom had been up the trellis before Marta from the grandmother's "so soon" remark, and that he had come back again from the dogs barking that we saw at his first entrance (and I also knew it was going to be a prop knife from Harlan's very early line about it, but that was a little more obvious). That being said, I still had no clue how Blanc was going to figure it all out and how it would be resolved, and the final reveal that Fran was dead and Ransom had confessed to her murder was honestly fantastic. 10/10 film, I thought the casting and acting were incredible and I only hope the sequel can do it justice (going to miss ana as marta though, I loved her). (The only tiny issue I had was that the baseball had no real significance, I was waiting for it to be a clue or aid in the investigation and of course turned out to only be a neat way to tie up the Richard-affair storyline, which was still satisfying! Is it even a mystery without red herrings?)
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, I love a good mystery and Clue (the movie)! I've seen Knives Out like 4 times since it came out and I recommended it to all of my friends just so I can hear/see their reactions lol I'm so glad you let us watch you experience it :)
22:45 Remember when she was crying in her childhood room, she was holding a bunch of letters that each had that rose symbol in the corner and each had a slight scorch mark on them? And earlier she said she and her dad had a secret way of communicating with each other
One of my favourite things about this movie is that you learn pretty early on what happened (or at least, what we think happened) so it's not so much a whodunnit but rather, hoping she gets away with it? It's such a clever subversion! I can rewatch it many times and still catch new things! So well made.
Another thing about the cast is that because Chris Evans is hot and is most famous for playing a hero, viewers are less likely to see him as a villain, making the mystery and reveal even better
One of the things i love about both of the knives out movies is how harlan is a murder mystery writer and gets killed and in glass onion, edward norton character sets up a murder mystery for his friends and then becomes involved in a murder mystery
Love this movie so much and glad you enjoyed it as well. Saw it several times and it's like Clue in that you can see it over again and find new stuff to enjoy. One of the sweetest scenes is Harlan and Marta hanging out in the attic. He's goofy, she giving him crap, it's so sweet. You just know he had a bestie for the first time in his life and was loving it.
I kind of suspected Hugh but I knew when Harlan said “only a fool can’t tell the difference between a real knife and a fake knife” would come in to play eventually, and it did hence when Hugh tried to stab Martha and it was a fake one. That was the only thing I was sure about
Oh my god, just woke up from my after work nap. Haven't even watched it yet, screamed when I opened youtube and saw this. I didn't know I wanted this. Thank you Ash 😭
girlie i screamed, im so glad you watched this🤩 a masterpiece also glad i’m not the only one who doesn’t like eyes on pictures/posters looking at me nakie
(I watch a lot of mystery so picking up clues is how my brain is trained now lol) I definitely picked up on the clues they were dropping in the beginning but it’s such a well-constructed story and a fun ride that it feels like you could solve it if you pay close attention, which is the mark of a good mystery! I watched it with my very geeky dad (who never sits through a whole movie, in 31 years, he’s only done that 8 times, including this) Halloween 2020 and he LOVED it! It’s such a great movie!! So excited for Glass Onion!
this movie was my FAVORITE when i watched it, i was so surprised by the plot and the twists and turns and i thought it was so well done. so glad that you watched it and liked it!!
I actually got to see this about a month before it’s release at a film festival, and both the director and one of the actors (Michael Shannon) showed up! It was one of the best moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had because of how funny and entertaining it was, plus the audience reactions were amazing. Also, the post-viewing Q and A made it well worth it too, hehe. Loved seeing your reactions to this and I’m glad you finally watched it!! Definitely check out Glass Onion on the 23rd! I’ve seen it twice already and it’s absolutely hilarious and just such a fun time yet again 😌
unless you've already watched it, would love to see you react to 'Dead to Me' on Netflix. Really good show with really good acting and season 3 just recently came out. Love your videos queen ✨💕
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Watching Marta drink from the coffee cup at the end of the movie while staring down the family was so satisfying. After the family constantly mistreated and exploited her, with none of them knowing where she was actually from and all of them "being outvoted" when it came to whether Marta should be invited to the funeral, Harlan giving everything to the one person that actually cared for him and was genuinely kind to him was great to see.
Never before have I wanted to jump up and cheer in a theater so badly in all my life
Well, one of the two people anyway, but Fran died so I guess it didn’t matter in the end that Marta got everything.
@@jacobd1984 The sole reason why Martha got everything was, yes she was nice and a genuine person. But it's also cause she needed it. Since her mom is illegal she needs a secure way of having her mom stay in the country or she'll get deported, hence a home she doesn't need to pay rent to and stable income, the fortune and business.
Knowing Martha if the people were really genuine to her, I'm sure she'd give the home and business to them cause all she needs is the fortune and then prolly have a job on the side for extra cash. But because everyone was a dick and the one person she though was a friend(the daughter) she's keeping everything, I mean I would.
@@lizzyrank5405 She needed the money most of all for sure, but she didn’t need all of it. Harlan could have spared a bit for Fran too. I just figure, if he assumed Marta would help Fran anyway, why not handle it himself instead of putting her in charge of that? She’d have enough to worry about, between her mother, managing her new wealth, and the inevitability that the other Thrombeys would be pissed off.
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The whole sequence with Marta "revealing" the lie by vomiting on Ransom, and the irony of him "stabbing" her with Harlan's retractable stage knife is hilariously entertaining.
Also did you notice when Marta was giving Harlem the medicine, he was taking about how ransom couldn’t tell the difference between a stage knife and a real one.
@@Sh3rlock237Yes that was foreshadowing which made the knife scene even better.
Personally can't bear vomit scenes in movies, it's disgusting 🤦🏽♀️
Harlan did say Ransom can't distinguish a real knife and a prop knife.
@@bidishah for real!!
THE WILL READING SCENE WILL REMAIN ICONIC the way the whole family looks so smug and egotistical just to receive absolutely nothing, perfection
also the fact that jaeden martell improvised that really racist line😂
the definition of 'i hope ur ready.. for NOTHING' tiktok sound
It always kills me when they’re like “this is still our house!” And the whole family slowly turns their heads to the lawyer who then reads out that the house was also left to Marta 😂
The camera work is absolutely INSANE. Some of my favorite camera work in cinema ever
They looked like they were waiting for the power ball winner to be announced
Richard's affaire subplot is so good written in few scenes - Richard threw the ball out the window, where it was picked up by Blanc, thrown again for a dog to play with, retrieved from the dog’s mouth by Linda and replaced on Harlan’s desk where Linda finds the secret letter her father had written telling her that Richard was cheating on her.
Rian Johnson is goat.
That's defintely the best plot line, a comedy of errors if you will by Richard
Rule of Threes. The establishment. The Reminder. The Payoff. It's classic screen writing 101 but when it's executed well it's perfection.
The dog is the real actor here 🙃
i think knives out is the kind of movie that you can appreciate even more the second time you watch it, bc by knowing the story you can find hidden clues and foreshadowings more easily. like they literally reveal that ransom was the murderer buy having the dogs bark when he arrives, and harlan telling marta that ransom can't distinguish a real knife and a prop knife is such good foreshadowing imo
Totally agree! I remember liking this, but feeling somewhat underwhelmed the first go-round.
So, it was crazy seeing how much more I appreciated it watching the second time, especially with all the foreshadowing you mentioned. 👌👌👌
My biggest win is noticing the dogs barking the first time I watched the movie and making the connection to Ransom. I felt like such a genius after the reveal😂😂
also when they're climbing up to the secret window u can see marta didnt step on the window frame and ransom did, meaning the mud they found was actually his
i think my personal favourites is noticing blanc looking down and seeing the speck of blood on marta's shoe... like its so good!
the first watch i was so confused why they would act like Harlan would be chillin after 100mg of morphine intravenously as someone who’s gotten it in the ER a few times since it hits you within less than a minute usually, at least some of it does. he would start acting high and loopy within the time frame shown most likely (if not worse signs) with THAT dosage. but rewatching it made perfect sense, as someone who’s ALSO taken toradol quite a few times, it has no effect on your cognition. makes perfect sense since they were mislabeled!
the fact that Richard is the one who caused Linda to find out about the letter shocks me cause if he didnt throw the ball, he wouldnt be caught. top tier writing
The whole bit with the baseball was so fun. It had a journey throughout the movie.
So I guess he did tell her then lmao
If he hadn't pried open the desk to get the letter, it would have stayed there until Marta owned the house, and he would have been clear. If he had paid attention to the games Harlan and Linda played, he may have suspected invisible ink and not assumed it was blank. The man was the stupidest of the 8.
Why ball
whoever thought of "you did this, hugh did this" is a goddamned genius
Got chills during that reveal!
Imagine having to translate the film into other languages and figure out which name sounds like "you" in each language
when I first watched the movie, the reveal that Harlan was actually fine and stabbed himself for nothing almost killed me. I could feel the dread from Marta feeling guilty cause she could and wanted to save him. but, then I realized he probably was tired of his family, was ready for death, and wanted to execute his will. DAMN the layerssss
Exactly! He was sick of all their shit and was so calmly ready for death. And how he was instantly ready to help Marta instead of trying to save himself, didn’t even stop to think about it, just formed a plan and stuck to it, is the perfect contrast to show how none of his family ever learned the values he tried to instill upon them.
plus i’m sure as a murder mystery genre author, he would be glad to go out that way. kinda a perfect death for him i guess.
Still hurts a little. Grandpa Warbucks was an absolute joy every second he was on screen (and wasn't killing himself).
I think he knew he wasn’t gonna die. Marta told him everything he would start feeling before he died and he didn’t feel any of it so he probably knew but wanted to end it all anyway. So in the end, it really was suicide.
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I just feel bad for the confused doctor who just told her "she died" and then Marta says "that's great news" 😭
I assumed she'd hung up rather than answering but then how would she knows trans dead unless blanc was lying
She said, “grave news” but her accent allowed it to be interpreted in two ways
I just laughed out loud haha xD
@@ninjaked1265 Whoa!! I never realized that before
@@ninjaked1265that makes no sense
So I was watching Knives Out with my mom, and when Richard went “everyone idolizes their dad,” my mom and I stared at each other and just laughed. No honey, Richard, not everyone idolizes their dad.
I liked that the movie immediately addresses how bs that is, after the detective asks Richard "I don't know, do they?" Richard says "Very much not."
You said you're not super familiar with the genre, but one of the main tropes in a murder mystery is that the maid discovers the body, and she always drops the tray. When Fran finds Harlan, she doesn't drop the tray! It's like the director's way of saying "This isn't like any murder mystery you've seen."
I didn't put the whole thing together before the big reveal, but I was suspicious that it was more complicated than Marta accidentally killing him during the death scene. The clue that gave it away to me? The missing naloxone - no medical professional as capable as Marta would misplace such an important part of the drug kit. Which meant someone took it, which meant it was more complicated than just accidental overdose. Didn't figure out the switched bottles though, that was wild.
A few more notes - it's mentioned that Harlan's dogs /hate/ Ransom and bark whenever they see him... and dog barking is what woke up (can't remember who) the night of the murder - it was a clue. Also, if you rewatch Blanc's first interaction with Marta, you'll see he spends a suspiciously long time looking down, because he noticed the bloodstain immediately.
The thing about the Thrombey's that was so perfect is that they have wildly different political stances, viewpoints, etc but in the end they were all the same - they didn't respect Marta, only pretended to, and once she was a threat to their inheritance they banded together without hesitation. Just goes to show, no matter how performative your 'wokeness', it doesn't matter if you don't actually respect the people you pretend to care about. (Notice they never got Marta's country of origin correct - just kept throwing out different Latin American countries.) I also read somewhere Marta was the only one who /could/ have taken Harlan's legacy in the end, because only she would have been willing to use the coffee cup. The rest of the family would've found it dumb or cheesy, without realizing that's the whole point. They took themselves too seriously. Harlan never did take himself very seriously, hence his dumb coffee cup (which I love - don't roast me, it can be dumb and fun at the same time!).
And that damn baseball was the best Chekov's gun I've seen in forever. It just kept going around in circles until the last minute when it finally went off with the letter reveal. Masterful.
I think that's what I loved about Marta & Harlan's relationship. She was more of a family member to him than anyone else. The fact that he didn't want Marta to get caught because he was afraid for her mother to be deported. (Talking about intimate details of their life to each other). He relieved to Marta about Richard's cheating, knowing he could trust her to not say anything. And I just love their little bit when they're playing and he knocks over the board to not lose. But also how they call morphine "the good stuff". Hell, even him writing down that the "overdose" would be a great plot for his next mystery novel. It's the details that makes this so brilliant.
@@xiopaovid1215 plus knocking over the whole board to not lose was basically the same thing he did with his death. Rather than deal with extended complexities and uncertainties, he just “nuked” the situation by killing himself to not have *Marta* lose. Unlike a fun game, he’s willing to “lose” for the people he really considered family when things got serious.
My favorite part of this movie is how it absolutely played on the fact that Chris Evans was known for playing the good guy up to that point. He's Captain America, right? So, he's clearly here to help Marta, because that's what he does in every other movie...And then the twist happened, and I was *FLOORED*. It gave me even more respect for the storytelling *and* Chris as an actor (and I already had a ton of respect for both)!!
Same
He was the Human Torch
@@derrickdaniels3955 Johnny Storm also would have seemed like a good guy in comparison to the Thromby family.
He was an ass in Scott Pilgrim!
@@kindaoffkilter1893 He was, but it was to such a comedic degree that I didn't even think of it when I was looking back at how terrible Ransom was in KO.
marta deserved the money more than anyone else in the family. she was kind, hard working, and never used anyone just for their money, and cared about her own family.
I've seen so many whodunnits but this one has one of the best casts & twists (going from murder mystery, to crime,, back to MM) I've seen in years. It truly doesn't get old.
Can you recommend more? Ty
This and Clue are my favorite movies, the mystery, the ICONIC comedy
It's timeless
I don't know about twists, they were way too easy to call, but cast and dialogue and pacing is fun.
@@lalazalomon03 Most of the Hercule Poirot ones are excellent (the originals, not the Kenneth Branagh interpretations), particularly Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Evil Under the Sun. The Last of Shelia and Deathtrap are super underrated, and Clue is a just plain fun time!
It's funny how the Thrombey's claimed that Marta was part of the family yet when they found out about the inheritance, they were quick to jump on her
Also I love how they claimed she was a part of the family but then each family member said she was from a different part of Central America
@@sarahwilkes8849 where was she actually from?
@@allie1256 if we're going by ana de armas country, then cuba
@@sarahwilkes8849 linda said ecuador, i think richard said puerto rico, and ransom said brazil.😂 ransom wasn’t even close
Honestly they're rude and disrespectful enough to each other that it's -almost- believable they do think of her as family.
Glass Onion isn't a sequel to this movie but continues on w the Investigator so it's nice to think Marta is living her best life unharmed by the family members ☺️
well technically it is, since it happens after Knives Out
@@jesttobagnet yes it's the sequel technically but it's not a continuation of this story. glass onion has a whole different plot and mostly different characters.
The murderer hiring the private detective is such a good twist
The satisfaction I get every single time watching Marta stare down at the family from the balcony drinking from the ‘My House, My Rules’ mug. I think it’s also a metaphor for ‘moving up the ladder’ and achieving the ‘American dream’ and since Marta is from Central America it adds another layer of social commentary.
It's such a good movie because Martha really only 'wins' the game by not trying to win it, by simply being a good person while everyone else is trying so hard. It even makes sense why since the father made everything a game.
As an avid mystery reader, Thank you Agatha Christi, I cracked this case the moment I heard Nana say her line to Marta..
Not gonna lie I almost doubted myself and thought I was wrong since every scene was leading me to believe it was Marta, but I learned from Hercule Poirot to always listen to the elders and the children.. and I was right.
damn if that’s how you AND zzavid found out, i better start reading some agatha cause she clearly got it going on
@@hotdogwater9060 I hope you love it.. I'm ecstatic that you know ZZAVID as well
@@hotdogwater9060 Give Poirot a chance too (specifically, I mean)!
That “again”!! Ugh just incredible writing
@@Kiss_My_Aspergers David Suchet's "Poirot". Don't bother with any other version.
How you've gone this long without seeing this masterpiece is beyond me, but glad you're finally watching it and congrats on the new place! I've been in love with Knives Out since I did a double feature of this and Little Women (2019) in theaters a few years back with my mom, like I'm not a mystery person at all but just so *chef's kiss *. Saw Glass Onion earlier this week too, and Rian Johnson could do nothing but make these movies every few years, I'd eat every single one up lol. Netflix really fumbled their bag for not giving it a longer theatrical release
YOU SAW GLASS ONION?!?! im so jealous of u right now. i gotta wait till its out on 22nd to watch it 🥲
they didnt even have a widespread theatrical release-very select, very minimal
There are so many little details that make this movie amazing. Like how the dogs hate Chris Evans' character, or how Harlan foreshadows the fake stab by saying they wouldnt know a real knife from a fake one.
I was fully convinced that Grandpa k-worded himself and hired the detective to solve the mystery because there's no better way for a mystery writer to go out
I still need to process the fact that you moved omg... I remember when in one or your videos you said "Electricity Bill? I dont wanna meet her" and now you live on your own. I am so proud of you, because I've been here since the beginning and watching you grow as a person and as a youtuber was one of best things❤❤❤
LOVE U SO MUCH
@@urinternetmomash LOVE YOU MORE
@@urinternetmomash ash please watch wednesdayy
Omg, "oh god bless she's senile" at 13:18 had me cracking up way to much🤣🤣🤣 Ashley never ceases to entertain us!
This was such an amazing choice for a reaction. Can't wait to see Ash having a full out crisis for the entirety of the runtime 😌
OH interesting fact as a resident- in the morphine scene, she actually didn’t do anything wrong. Morphine has a different viscosity than the other drug, toradol. It’s much thinner, while toradol is more like glycerin in thickness. And removing the Narcan was SMART on the side of Chris evans character, it’s the only thing that could’ve delayed the respiratory effects of the morphine until they could get him to a hospital. The attention to detail is amazing (also there is no antidote for a Toradol overdose)
Toradol is the Ketorolac, right? I'm surprised he's on that and morphine, cos, having not seen the whole movie yet, he doesn't come across as someone living with chronic pain beyond the usual effects of aging? Certainly not to downplay those! But that's more a daily dose of Naproxen and 12-hour Advil scene, and we on a war wound/shitty genes/survived prolonged torture, abuse, or harsh conditions vibe in KO. Does the film explain what he has?
My aunt is on Ketorolac + Oxycocet for her Dystonia (I'm also on Oxycocet, mainly for TMJ), but she recently had knee replacement surgery and was given a limited-time supply of morphine for her pain. The doctors apparently didn't want her on Ketorolac and morphine at the same time, but I don't know why, so it may be a reason totally unrelated to the interactions of the drugs themselves. 🤷 Or the person who told me misheard the doctors and it was a different combination they'd meant, or I misheard that person with the same result/solution.
But, yeah. Sorry if I'm not being very straightforward or clear, I'm also on medical marijuana 😅 But yeah. Also, why is there no answer to Toradol overdoses? Is it like an acetaminophen overdose where it obliterates your liver? Or is it something else?
@@Kiss_My_Aspergers The film explained he had a serious shoulder injury.
@@donkeydarko77 Ah, that helps. Did they ever mention what from, or nah?
@@Kiss_My_Aspergers No, they didn't say.
@@donkeydarko77 Okay, thanks!
This film was how I found out about Ana De Armas, also 2019 was one of the best film rollouts. This, Little Women, Jojo Rabbit, 1917 and Parasite. Ohhh, it was peak cinema for me!
right at the start when harlan was supposedly dying of overdose, my brother went 'he would definitely be hallucinating rn if that was actually morphine, i bet someone else switched the bottles first and hes actually fine' and i laughed at him cos no way would he just have guessed it at the start..
Thank goodness Ash posted this! I really wanted to get a taste of what the first one was like before I watched Glass Onion, and I get to watch my favorite reactionist do it!
PROFILE PIC TWINS
@@abbirichardson7716 LETS GO!!!!
I will always find Marta's response to the Doctor hilarious.
The Doctor: yeah, Fran's dead sis.
Marta:that's great news
The Doctor: NANI?!
The fact you've never seen Chris Evans in his cable knit sweater until now is mind blowing
“Everyone idolizes their dad, right?” Speak for yourself, Walt 😂
the first time i watched knvies out i remember being so annoyed that they "revealed who the killer was" 20 minutes into the movie, but the twist GOT ME. i've seen it like 7 times now it's one of my favs
Johnson has said he wanted to make a murder-mystery that wasn't just that all the way through. So he turned into a Hitchcock-style thriller for the middle segment then back to a murder-mystery for the denouement. Glass Onion is also brilliant; it has a *very* different setting and different plot structure, but is just as satisfying. Review that please!
SHE'S PUSHING CONTENT OUT SO MUCH AHHH! i'm so happy that you're doing better, we love you bb!!!!! 🤍🤍🤍
Ash may be the first person I've ever seen appreciate LaKeith Stanfield as much as he should be
That man is *chefs kiss*
@@taraharrison9354 right? 😍
I love this movie soooo much. I wish I could experience it for the first time all over again. Just the details and callbacks are so good. My favorite is when Harlan was talking about Ransom figuratively not knowing a prop knife from a real one and it actually happened.
There's so many details about this movie that make it better and better the more times you watch it. For example, the detective would tap the piano to get back on track of the interrogation. Or how Ransom (Chris Evans) has holes in the collar of his sweater to show he's spoiled and doesn't appreciate the things he has. Amplifying another reason why Thromby removed him from the will.
“I don’t know why? Piss boy just felt right.” That made me audibly chuckle like an damn fool!
ash and i both watching knives out for the first time during 2022? love that for us
really sharing the same braincell here
LOVE SEEING MOTHER SLEIGHING IN HER SABRINA MERCH 😩💌
the writing and cinematography and twists and details and everything
this movie is one of them that's as close to perfection as i've seen
just gasped SO loud. i’m so excited to watch you react to this also the second one is so good i watched it in theaters. you’ll definitely need to react to it when it comes out on netflix! :)
I saw the second one in this cinema and thought it was better than the first honestly!! It has a completely different vibe to the first (more ridiculous and fun, but in a good way!) and you can tell the actors had a blast filming it. Plus the timing of the movie coming out with what's going on on twitter right now is truly *chefs kiss*👌
Whats going on twitter?
i didn't even realize there was a second one, guess i know what i'm watching later lol
@@alterego1121elon musk bought the app, i don’t wanna spoil anything but one of the main characters is a lot like him
This movie does a great job of subverting expectations. You think, there must be more to Harlan's death, to the mystery, etc. But they tell you everything in the first 15 minutes.
Then it becomes a new mystery involving Fran, Ransom and Marta.
The way it differs from normal mystery movies is that instead of giving you hints of information, Knives Out gives you anything you would want to know about everyone. That's why it's so good and so unexpected, because you constantly doubt the information.
you really know it's christmas season when mom spoils us with videos so close together! i love the new place ash, it looks super cozy!
A reaction to Pearl would be great. That movie is certainly quite the wild ride.
The twists and plots in this movie are so good, it’s honestly a movie you can watch again and again bc it never gets boring
All the storylines come together so perfectly in the end, and I love the mix of humor with the darkness of the murder bc it’s not too dark for a murder mystery but it’s also not to forced in the humor side
Also the cast and just the general vibes and the way it’s filmed make the movie fantastic
In my family it’s become the resident Christmas Eve movie, I don’t know why but I’m not complaining
knives out was super entertaining to watch, it made me realize i liked movies with mysteries and big reveal plots and after watching this movie, "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile" were other two movies that gave me that same excitement so, Ash if you never watch those, you should, it would be super fun i think.
The FIRST TIME babe???? How did you miss this one 😩
The second one is SO GOOD, so excited to see you react to that one as well (hopefully)!!!
The way that in almost every movie I watch they kill off the best, and my favorite characters, like WHY!?!
The rewatchability for Knives Out is insane!!!! Like a lot of whodunnits can be really dull to watch again, but this film is so lovingly and carefully constructed that you notice more things the more you watch it. Ugh, so good.
This was the last movie I saw in theatres before the pandemic, and I will never forget the experience! It's such a fun movie, definitely one of my favs, and one that you HAD to see in theatres if possible! The way the story unfolds is so good and I love the cast. I saw Glass Onion in theatres and it's awesome too! It keeps with the spirit of the 1st one while being its own fresh movie. Definitely recommend watching it if you want to, Ash.
ash getting the emails i cant send merch is the happy ending we needed
i straight up gasped when i got this notification… i love this movie and i love ash! so excited to watch!!!!!! love you internet mom
I always start bawling at the scene where Blanc just calls Marta a good nurse 😭 ideky
I love this movies for all its lil details, one of my favourite is when Ransoms mum mentioned you had to have a secret way to talk to her dad that paid off when you learn it’s the invisible ink.
seeing this in theaters was just a constant whiplash experience and i loved it. i’ve seen it like five times now
So glad you watched this! Knives out 2 comes out on Netflix in December but they released it in theaters for one week in thanksgiving week. That's how some people already saw it. As I did and I can vouch that Knives Out 2 is by far way BETTER than the first!! I know its shocking but it is. The sequel is an actual who done it film where as this one really wasn't. Definitely react to it when it comes out please!
nah bffr the fist one was miles better
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! It’s truly so interesting and the mystery aspect of it is done soooo well!
One detail that I really loved is somewhere in the middle of movie when someone looks at grandfather portrait he looks angry but when all gets revealed an martha looks at the portrait he's smiling
Normally when we think of great movies, stuff like...I don't know, the Lighthouse, Marriage Story, etc, come to mind. Serious movies.
Knives Out, this amazing film, manages to be as, if not ten times more fun, as any blockbuster, while as technically proficient than any of the previously mentioned ones.
I love this movie.
Ash’s face at 22:01 had me dying!
i did not expect this. i love this movie. i'm so happy you reacted to it
i saw it in theaters and honestly was gasping through the entire thing and now it's one of my absolute faves
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. Truly a perfect movie and the sequel is also pretty fun too
You said "God Bless she's senile!" I was through 😂😂😂😂😂 I had to go to emergency for oxygen! Tears rolling down my cheeks.
Christopher Plummer (the actor who plays Harlan Thrombey) was also Baron von Trapp (the dad) from the Sound of Music! Sadly, he passed away on February 2021. R.I.P. King 😔
I will say that although for most of the movie I was completely in the dark, once it started building up to the toxicology report I knew what was going to happen because they were relying on this incriminating evidence as a huge plot point so I kinda knew it was going to be perfectly normal... and from there I could work out that Marta hadn't given him the morphine, that Ransom had been up the trellis before Marta from the grandmother's "so soon" remark, and that he had come back again from the dogs barking that we saw at his first entrance (and I also knew it was going to be a prop knife from Harlan's very early line about it, but that was a little more obvious).
That being said, I still had no clue how Blanc was going to figure it all out and how it would be resolved, and the final reveal that Fran was dead and Ransom had confessed to her murder was honestly fantastic. 10/10 film, I thought the casting and acting were incredible and I only hope the sequel can do it justice (going to miss ana as marta though, I loved her).
(The only tiny issue I had was that the baseball had no real significance, I was waiting for it to be a clue or aid in the investigation and of course turned out to only be a neat way to tie up the Richard-affair storyline, which was still satisfying! Is it even a mystery without red herrings?)
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, I love a good mystery and Clue (the movie)! I've seen Knives Out like 4 times since it came out and I recommended it to all of my friends just so I can hear/see their reactions lol I'm so glad you let us watch you experience it :)
22:45 Remember when she was crying in her childhood room, she was holding a bunch of letters that each had that rose symbol in the corner and each had a slight scorch mark on them? And earlier she said she and her dad had a secret way of communicating with each other
this movie is so incredibly smart and ties up all the ends so well. very satisfying.
congrats on the new place queen! you really deserve it
One of my favourite things about this movie is that you learn pretty early on what happened (or at least, what we think happened) so it's not so much a whodunnit but rather, hoping she gets away with it? It's such a clever subversion! I can rewatch it many times and still catch new things! So well made.
you’re growing up so fast 😭
Another thing about the cast is that because Chris Evans is hot and is most famous for playing a hero, viewers are less likely to see him as a villain, making the mystery and reveal even better
Apparently, Glass Onion was in theaters for about a week, but it's gonna premiere on Netflix I think mid or late December.
girl you’re not alone. i watched this movie, like, last month
i knew people were showering it with praise but never sat down to watch it
One of the things i love about both of the knives out movies is how harlan is a murder mystery writer and gets killed and in glass onion, edward norton character sets up a murder mystery for his friends and then becomes involved in a murder mystery
GIRLLLLLLLLL YES FINALLY!!!! love that you’re doing this i LOVE this film
Eu literalmente acabei de vê Knives out na Netflix e já vim imediatamente para assistir a reação da Ashley
Love this movie so much and glad you enjoyed it as well. Saw it several times and it's like Clue in that you can see it over again and find new stuff to enjoy. One of the sweetest scenes is Harlan and Marta hanging out in the attic. He's goofy, she giving him crap, it's so sweet. You just know he had a bestie for the first time in his life and was loving it.
I kind of suspected Hugh but I knew when Harlan said “only a fool can’t tell the difference between a real knife and a fake knife” would come in to play eventually, and it did hence when Hugh tried to stab Martha and it was a fake one. That was the only thing I was sure about
Oh my god, just woke up from my after work nap. Haven't even watched it yet, screamed when I opened youtube and saw this. I didn't know I wanted this. Thank you Ash 😭
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES THANK YOU MOTHER 😭💖
girlie i screamed, im so glad you watched this🤩 a masterpiece
also glad i’m not the only one who doesn’t like eyes on pictures/posters looking at me nakie
“oh god bless she’s senile” 😭😭
OH IM SO SO SO HAPPY, this came at such a perfect time. Been waiting for you to react to this aahhhhhh
LOL your videos are so freaking entertaining!
THANK U SM
This was such a brilliant film. Thanks for reacting to it! Your videos always cheer me up when life is stressful
(I watch a lot of mystery so picking up clues is how my brain is trained now lol) I definitely picked up on the clues they were dropping in the beginning but it’s such a well-constructed story and a fun ride that it feels like you could solve it if you pay close attention, which is the mark of a good mystery! I watched it with my very geeky dad (who never sits through a whole movie, in 31 years, he’s only done that 8 times, including this) Halloween 2020 and he LOVED it! It’s such a great movie!! So excited for Glass Onion!
this movie was my FAVORITE when i watched it, i was so surprised by the plot and the twists and turns and i thought it was so well done. so glad that you watched it and liked it!!
I actually got to see this about a month before it’s release at a film festival, and both the director and one of the actors (Michael Shannon) showed up! It was one of the best moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had because of how funny and entertaining it was, plus the audience reactions were amazing. Also, the post-viewing Q and A made it well worth it too, hehe. Loved seeing your reactions to this and I’m glad you finally watched it!! Definitely check out Glass Onion on the 23rd! I’ve seen it twice already and it’s absolutely hilarious and just such a fun time yet again 😌
This movie is such a masterpiece, that scene where they're breaking down the whole mystery is insane, plot twist upon plot twist.
unless you've already watched it, would love to see you react to 'Dead to Me' on Netflix. Really good show with really good acting and season 3 just recently came out. Love your videos queen ✨💕
This is an amazing movie and I can't wait till part 2 comes out to stream so loving you did a reaction to this
Can’t believe you haven’t seen this movie yet. It’s quite literally a masterpiece in my mind.