Knives Out is a classic whodunnit. No, that's not right. Knives Out is a brilliant comedy whodunnit.
With a cast of thoroughly unlikeable characters, and a scattering of ones who are not, this riotous tale of who murdered the murder-mystery writer is a joy to watch. The actors are chewing the scenery with more gusto than a nest of termites, there are red herrings and Chekhov's guns popping up at every turn, and in the centre of it all is the victim's nurse. A young lady, still living with her kid sister and her mother and possessing a most unusual physiological response, she is the glue of the film.
Throw in a private consulting detective a la Sherlock Holmes, and a police trooper who is a fan of both the writer and the detective, and you have a bubbling cauldron of personalities that delight at every turn.
It would be not unfair to compare it with Clue and Murder By Death, my two gold standards of comedy whodunnit, and it compares very well indeed.
10/10 and Miss Marple as i…
LOL,, love it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a metallurgist, so I have to ask...
ReplyDeleteIsn't that 20% difference in temperature significant to the claim he's debunking? I mean 20% is a lot. If we're talking about water, 20% is the difference between not boiling at all , and completely vaporised.
I'm not a truth-er, but I am a through-and-through sceptic. If you're trying to debunk a claim with very specific parameters, knowingly going 20% outside of those parameters doesn't help your credibility.
Nah the difference is not that huge. You can forge steel down through red hot at 800 C.
ReplyDeleteIf you took it down 300 degrees, he would have had to use two fingers instead of one.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why people bother trying to debunk the conspiracy theorists. They are not interested in the facts, they are not interested in the truth, they are only interested in making noise. And it is like a religion to them. No proof will ever be enough proof for them. None. So don't bother.