I watched Knives Out as homework for this. What a great movie KO is, and what a great character Benoit was in it - mysterious, inscrutable and, please note, SEXLESS. Not once did I wonder whether he had a girlfriend. But of course, in GO we discover he is gay. Why of course he is. So unnecessary and distracting.
He portrays a bumbling caricature of himself for the first half of the movie - remember his sinister plinking on the piano key in KO as the characters are interviewed and introduced to us? Here he would probably jump on the keyboard like Jerry Lee Lewis.
However, we find out half way through why he is pratfalling around and yes, it makes sense. A nice, mid-movie twist. If only it had kicked on from there but instead we get a weak-kneed apology for a climax. Must do better in Episode 3.
He portrays a bumbling caricature of himself for the first half of the movie - remember his sinister plinking on the piano key in KO as the characters are interviewed and introduced to us? Here he would probably jump on the keyboard like Jerry Lee Lewis.
However, we find out half way through why he is pratfalling around and yes, it makes sense. A nice, mid-movie twist. If only it had kicked on from there but instead we get a weak-kneed apology for a climax. Must do better in Episode 3.