A suspenseful comedy

Mossie 2022-03-24 09:02:51

Undoubtedly, Strange Banquet is a movie with a very high production cost. Many British, American, and French film and television stars have appeared on the camera (Harry Potter's McGonagall Professor Maggie Smith, the prosecution witness's lawyer nanny.... ...), and the sets and special effects in the film were expensive in those days.
But in my opinion the value of the movie itself is not as high as imagined.
The theme of the movie is not obvious. Many people enjoy this movie with the theme of suspense and horror, but in the end, they find that it is a movie with a chaotic theme mixed with horror, wretchedness, and blood.
The terrifying scene and gloomy atmosphere created at the beginning were all broken up by the nonsensical lines of several couples (Zhensu was defeated by your innocence), and the gloomy atmosphere of the barren mountain castle was completely gone ( In vain I spent the middle of the night hiding under the covers to watch). The miserable doorbell, the falling boulder, and the weird room finally brought out the emotions, but the idiot detective laughed outright when he came on the scene (Can the Chinese King's Inspector be more bloody about the Japanese adopted son, the French-Belgian detective obviously It's a 2B version of Her Majesty's Detective Polo, Agatha Christina, and the driver-secretary and part of the plot, the unabashedly gay or misogynistic San Francisco Attorney Dimont, and the honest Detective Marble and her feisty senior nurse …).
Of course, if this movie is regarded as a nonsense and funny movie similar to Stephen Chow, it is remarkable. It is not difficult to taste the lines of each character and find the distinctive characters with their own characteristics.

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Extended Reading
  • Shannon 2022-04-22 07:01:42

    It's a satire on the typical detective movie, but I feel like it's kind of fooling the audience at the same time, too bad.

  • Nikita 2022-04-23 07:03:27

    The whole film satirizes all kinds of detective novels by mocking the five detectives, so as to give readers a breath; the house design is full of various tricks, which is very interesting

Murder by Death quotes

  • Willie Wang: [DELETED SCENE, RESTORED FOR TELEVISION - Willie rejoins the others after covering up Twain's body] ... I can't believe you missed it, Pop. The world's five greatest living detectives, and not one of you noticed that *Twain was clutching a note in his hand!*

    Sidney Wang: Give it to me.

    Willie Wang: Oh, no; it's mine.

    Milo Perrier: Oh, give it to your father, you idiot!

    Willie Wang: [gloating] "Idiot?" We'll see who's the idiot, Mr. Perrier! The $1 million goes to whoever solves the crime, and that could be me just as easily as you! I've got more brains than my father gives me credit for! "#3 Adopted Son?" I'm sick and tired of being just your #3 Adopted Son. I'm *Willie Wang, Young Detective!* This clue belongs to me, and nobody's getting it from me, you understand? Nobody...!

    Sam Diamond: [with his gun leveled at Willie's head] Better stand back, Tess. I don't want you to get hurt when the bullet comes out his other ear.

    [takes the note and reads]

    Sam Diamond: "Please call dairy and cancel future deliveries of milk; Lionel Twain deceased."

    [hands back the note]

    Sam Diamond: So much for your clue, kid.

    Willie Wang: [very sheepish] Uhm... Sorry about that, Dad.

  • Willie Wang: Some fog, eh, Pop?

    Sidney Wang: I've already heard the weather report. Drive, please.

    Willie Wang: It's as thick as pea soup. Not a soul around for miles. Know what l think? Perfect place for a murder.

    Sidney Wang: Conversation like television set on honeymoon: unnecessary.

    Willie Wang: Where are we going, anyway, Pop? Who is this Mr. Twain? What'd he mean, "dinner and a murder"?

    Sidney Wang: Questions like athlete's foot: After a while, very irritating. To stop car, please.

    Willie Wang: What's wrong?

    Sidney Wang: Stop car, please. Shut engine off, please. Listen.

    Willie Wang: I don't hear nothing. What do you hear?

    Sidney Wang: Double negative and dog.