merry ides of march

I think the key to appreciating the Knives Out movies is accepting that they take place in a setting where “world’s greatest detective” is something a person can be rock-star-level famous for. Everything proceeds from that. “Oh, but it’s not plausible that the Louvre would let Elon Musk rent the Mona Lisa” like, maybe not in our world, but that doesn’t matter. These folks don’t live in our world. We’re playing by Agatha Christie Cinematic Universe rules here – of course shit like that happens.

VICTORY

Look I like Knives Out too but it’s so funny how obvious the only other detective mystery many of you have seen is Sherlock. “Knives Out makes the brooding detective into a silly little guy” like my beloved fellow tumblr users there are so many silly little pal detective shows. Psych, Monk, Pushing Daisies, Jeeves & Wooster, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, COLUMBO!! It’s a silly guy genre!!!!

You all just like the murder mystery and/or detective genre!!!!!!!!!!! Lean in!!!!!!

...while the overall point is solid, Jeeves & Wooster is definitely not a detective show (Jeeves solves intractable social problems, not mysteries).

CHRIS EVANS as Ransom Drysdale in KNIVES OUT (2019)