I remember when this was released. The 3 endings were never meant to be shown together. Instead, 3 different prints of the movie were made, each with a different ending. How it ended changed based on where the movie showed, or as their ads said, "Whodunnit depends on where you see it." The paper would have showings for Ending A, Ending B, and Ending C. Clever idea, but it really works with all 3 endings smashed together, as it really amplifies the comedic tone of the movie.
I saw it in the theater when it came out, I was in high school. I saw the Miss Scarlett ending and didn’t see the other endings for probably 20 years. I was familiar with Madeline Kahn from Young Frankenstein and Michael McKeon from “Laverne and Shirley.” Probably Martin Mull, too. They all play off each other so well. I actually bought it recently, Love the wacky humor and dialogue. The “Sha-Boom” scene is my favorite, although all of them running through the house as Wadsworth explains what happened is pretty awesome, too.
It would be a disaster to remake it under the original script. It could not have been better executed. But what I really want to see is a more serious adaptation of the premise of the Board Game. Don’t focus on comedy as much this time around. Do for the Clue characters what Christopher Nolan did for Batman. Have it take place in a different time and setting (instead of New England during the Cold War era, make it somewhere in the U.K. Or in another part of the States as an alternative, and my preferred time period would be somewhere between the two World Wars. Don’t modernize it too much, for the sake of budget, because that would be a mistake. It loses some of it’s charm when you do that. All the characters should have different stories and motivations from the 1985 film, but still recognizable for who they are, or have been, over the years in the board game. Some extra characters could be along for the ride, but by the end only the six classic characters can be suspected of the murder. I’d commit to such a project as this film myself, but I have neither the money, the qualifications as a screenwriter or a director, nor the patience. I just know they will have a gold mine of success if they follow this general outline. Edit: One last but important thing I forgot to add. The only thing I would preserve from the 1985 film is the idea of having multiple endings. Because that is what you have with the board game. In fact, this is a crucial part of the whole premise of the game, that there is no definitive answer to who the murderer is, what weapon was used, and which room it took place in. Maybe they could make an ending that’s supposed to be canon, but I would avoid that unless they really think they can do something new and convincing with it, an ending that you can’t get while playing the board game.
Yet when people think about Scarface with Al Pacino people fail to acknowledge its a remake. A good movie is a good movie. In my opinion its not the IP that defines a good film. In my opinion, it's about how well the writing is, direction done, and how well acted or portrayed the characters are. Clue is a difficult task. A lightening in the bottle with some of the best comedians of its time with some of the best writing. Speaking of the remake and the production process of rebooting/remaking it I only hope its good. Clue itself is a parody of the mystery theater genre and it has a hill to climb to bring something fresh and iconic but I hope its at least fun and a good watch.
Looks like Ryan Reynolds is the one going to bat for the remake. If written & casted correctly, more as a reimagining or reboot than a remake, it could work. That said.....Clue is literally one of my 5 favorite movies & it's a cult classic for a reason. That can never be taken away.
The reason you don’t remember Mr. Boddy, Wadsworth or Yvette is because Mr. Boddy’s the victim in the game and the two staff were just created for the movie
"Clue" has a frenetic comedy to it that I've rarely seen rivaled in any other movie. The cast is amazing. The multiple endings are just the icing on the cake. I've seen it dozens of times over the years and it still makes me smile every time. EDIT: Recommendation for another murder mystery: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" ('88). Christopher Lloyd is in that one as well.
Similar comedy styling in Noises Off! starring half of Hollywood from the early 90’s, including John Ritter, Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, and Carol Burnette.
I definitely second the "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" recommendation, although I don't think it qualifies as a murder mystery in the same way. Technically I guess it is, but while some movies - like Knives Out and Clue - are written for the viewer to try to keep it up and try to solve the case before the protagonist, I don't think "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is like that. I recommended both "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" and "Lucky Number Slevin" in her Knives Out reaction comments; I'll reiterate that while also saying that I think it, like "Roger Rabbit", also doesn't quite work that way. I guess you can *try* to figure the mystery out, but I don't think any of those movies are designed like that, while Knives Out and Clue are, I think. They're adjacent genres but not the same, I think.
@@jimclayson Yeah, I disagree but can't really explain why without getting into spoilers, so... if she ever watches it I'll try to remember to come back and explain why I think that.
My favorite bit of trivia about this movie is that it takes place in real time. When Wadsworth announces the police will be there in 45 minutes... That's how long before the doorbell rings with the evangelist who is later revealed to be the police chief. There are obviously cuts and perhaps some inconsistencies, but in broad strokes there are no time lapses or shortcuts, just an hour and change of panicking over this mystery.
Watch this again just to enjoy the comedy; the script, the timing, the brilliant acting... I can watch this over and over again, it always gets me laughing.
You had to go to different theaters in different regions to get all of the ending in my day. Tim Curry, the butler, is a treasure. Singing, dancing, acting and just being awesome. I had the game as kid in the 70's.
Back in the 80's; seeing this in the theater we didn't know which ending we were going to see. Theaters had different ones, it wasn't all put together like this. So when we went back to school and talk about the movie we were confused because everyone saw a different ending. It wasn't until later that we realized there were 3.
Of course the butler deserves an award, he's Tim Curry :D (Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pennywise in the original IT, and so much more.)
Part of the reason the murder is so difficult to figure out is because the script wasn't finished when they started filming. Landis & Lynn thought it would be easier to write than it was, so they just threw out a bunch of murders and figured the ending would come naturally.
Going for movies based on Agatha Christie novels would be right up your alley. There are several versions of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, as well as 10 Little Indians. Evil Under the Sun from 1981 is a good one. They did a Poirot series starring David Souchet that, by the end, had filmed every Poirot story / novel that Agatha Christie had written. The short stories are about 45 to 50 min as filmed, the novels are from 1 hour 30 to 1 hour 45. The production values are quite high for all of them and Souchet is considered the definitive Hercule Poirot.
When it comes to Poirot films, I would recommend the Peter Ustinov ones: Death on The Nile: Murder inThree acts (I believe it is called): The one at The Folly and Death under The Sun. However, for lighter enjoyable old Miss Marple, I would recommend the Margereth Rutherford films such as 4:15 from Paddington and Murder at The Gallop. 10 Little Indians are good too. Of course you always have Old Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone. Great reaction and this is one I always enjoy watching again and again. Such memorable lines and Tim Curry as always, is amazing. Bless him.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 The good thing about 10 Little Indians, also called And Then There Were None, is the story has been the premise in several different movies through the years. But the truly neat thing is that each of the movies takes place in a different location such as a ski lodge, a dessert location, a tropical island but all with the same premise. This makes them neat because you get to see how they adapt the method of murder for each killing to be different but still work with the same line of the poem.
The earlier Suchet Poirots are pretty faithful adaptations of the books / stories (except for them wedging in certain characters to have continuity for a series, which is forgivable). The later ones are a bit messed about with in much the same vein as the ITV Miss Marple. The Margaret Rutherford films are very good, and Agatha Christie was actually involved with them. And Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple is good. The best Miss Marple, though, is hands down Joan Hickson (Christie, in the 60s, predicted she'd to one day play Miss Marple). Another decent one that's not *too* messed about with is Murder is Easy with Bill Bixby. (Christie, but not Marple or Poirot.) The Ustinov Poirots were Death on the Nile, Murder in Three Acts, Dead Man's Folly, Evil under the Sun, Thirteen at Dinner, and Appointment with Death. Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express is excellent (apart from his moustaches).
@@jaquesshugossen9398 No, no, no. Peter Ustinov was the worst Poirot I've ever seen. There is also a horrible Hastings in one of those. The only good thing about those movies is Inspector Japp - played by none another than David Suchet. He was awesome.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 Agree 100% on the Ustinov Poirot, Rutherford Marple and Rathbone Holmes. They are all my favourite incarnations of those characters, even though objectively Suchet and Brett were closer to the novel depictions of Poirot and Holmes respectively.
Thank you so much for doing this comedy classic. The writing, cast, and their delivery is so quick witted and sharp. Simply genius. Btw Mr. Body in the game is always the dead body in the scenario then you find out who killed him.
If you're looking for a good murder mystery to try and figure out I recommend "Deathtrap". Stars Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. Great acting, great writing, you'll never figure it out.
Nice reaction to Clue, it is one of my favourites as well as the 1976 film Murder By Death. Murder By Death has a fabulous cast and is a film that I have enjoyed time and time again over the years.
MMMs = "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) _(or its remake from 2017)._ "Murder, She Said" (1961) "Murder at the Gallop (1963) "Murder Most Foul" (1964) "Murder Ahoy!" (1965) Basically all the movies based on novels by Agatha Christie
Greatly LOVE M Rutherford's acting in these even though Agatha Christie apparently didn't. They are still very good. Murder on the Orient Express and also "Death on The Nile" both have remakes from the 2010's, and though similar, I still feel Peter Ustinov does the role better.
The THING in front of her face is a VEIL. A number of years ago, a lot of women wore hats with veils attached. My grandmother gave me hers and taught me how to pin them to my hair so I could wear them properly. It is no problem getting used to wearing them RIGHT in front of your face. I like to keep the theme going every time I wear one by also wearing fishnet stockings with a garter belt or fishnet pantyhose! 👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
This was a delight, especially because you must be the only person I've ever met in my life (and I'm 62) who ever expected this to be a genuine mystery and only incidentally a comedy. Watching this, it helps to think "spoof,' not "proof." I have a wild card suggestion for a murder mystery -- 1986's The Morning After, starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, and Raul Julia. It's a fluffy trifle with some easy-listening theme music, but at least it's a whodunit. Good luck!
This is the kind of movie I wish I had seen when it first came out, because you could actually see different endings, depending on which theater you were on. The three alternate endings were only cobbled together for the home video release. Apparently there was also a fourth alternate ending that was filmed, but was deemed "too dark", and therefore scrapped.
@André Knevitz da Silva It opened the week before Christmas and came in 6th place with $2mil on it's $15mil budget. Rocky IV came in 1st again in it's 3rd week with $7.2.
They listed in the newspaper movie ads which ending was playing at which theater. I saw the movie three times at three different theaters just so I could see all the endings.
Back when video cassette recorders were popular, Parker Brothers, the company that made the board game, came out with a VCR version. The introduction was done by the butler, Diddit. His name came about because of old murder mysteries, where, in the common ending, the butler did it.
So the brilliance of Clue is it Exploits the greatest flaw in murder mysteries, that anyone can be the killer. Most writers choose to hide certain information till the end or present red herrings to throw readers off and then choose who the killer is. Clue not only shows how to make a good murder mystery but explores the flaws of the genre and shows anyone could have done it. Scarlet, Mustard and Mrs White with Evette route, Professor Plum and Mrs Peacock killing everyone Route and finally Everyone kills except Mr Green Route. It's all tied together amazingly well.
I thought you looked familiar so I clicked on the video. Hearing your voice and seeing your notebook confirmed it, so I subscribed. Glad to see you back.
The first time I saw Clue, I was still a little kid. My family had a (somewhat poorly) recorded tape of it, and I watched it a lot. I always thought the "real" ending was kind of rushed, but I always liked that Green turned out to be a badass. I mean, he was always the smartest person in the room (except Wadsworth), but in the end you find out that his bumbling was just an act to throw people off. These days, I tend to think of the second ending, with Mrs. Peacock, as making the most sense, because multiple murders is one thing, but multiple **murderers** is just too hard to believe.
@@Glittersword I watched the Albert Finney version. And MotOE was a case of a group of people collectively deciding to murder one person, not multiple people each independently deciding to murder someone on the spur of the moment. "Hey, someone was murdered tonight. Hey, someone *else* was murdered tonight. I guess now **I'll** murder someone, too." I mean, it's fine, because Clue is just that kind of movie. I'm just saying, if it were a "real case", it's more likely that one person would murder six people than that six people would each decide to murder one person apiece.
@@PaperbackWizard Totally agree about Miss Peacock being the more logical murderer. The last ending works because it’s not meant to be realistic & it’s funny with lots of Easter eggs. Plus, any character can & will be the killer in the game. Also, the Finney version of MotOE is the best. The episode of is so melodramatic at the end, which is so not Poirot from the books. They weirdly made him ultra-Catholic in the adaptation, which is odd because in the books he only ever mentions his religious belief occasionally & never even mentions going to mass or confession. It’s also just strange because most of the Suchet episodes don’t focus on his faith either. As someone whose read all of her crime fiction, it’s just the weirdest adaptation because it’s not something her mystery fiction ever focused on.
I'm just going to second another commenter's recommendation for Silver Streak if you enjoy a good crime thriller comedy. Clue is one of my favorite games and movies. Every one of the three endings could have happened exactly as described. It's extremely clever. "Yep, two corpses. Everything's fine."
Hey, Cass! Kudos for reacting to this movie! It's definitely one of my favorites! I saw it in a theater and my multiplex in New York played all three options. You bought an A, B or C ticket which designated the auditorium the specific ending was featured in. I bought the VHS and then the DVD. I must have seen this film over thirty times! It never gets old. Tim Curry gives a tour-de-force performance as Wadsworth. The cast are all comedy greats in perfect sync with each other. It's a wonderful little gem. There's been talk of a remake but this is a lightning-in-a-bottle situation like "Ghostbusters" or "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" A different cast would change the dynamic completely. You tried to solve the murders but the crimes are incidental to the comedy! While all three solutions hold up under close scrutiny, you're not expected to identify the right culprit although there's no harm in trying. It's really just meant to be a madcap backstage farce all in good fun!
The board game is a perennial staple like Monopoly that's been around since 1949! The movie utilizes all the characters, weapons, rooms and secret passages that are components in the game. The board is a representation of Boddy Mansion and Mr. Boddy, the host, is the victim. Another good comedic whodunnit is "Murder By Death" which features parody versions of the great cinematic sleuths like Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora Charles, Sam Spade, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple gathered together by real-life true-crime author Truman Capote. A terrific whodunnit with a psychological twist is "Identity"! Trivia unrelated to the production: Lesley Ann-Warren and Susan Sarandon have been mistaken for each other so often in real life that the actresses agreed to sign autographs using their doppelganger's name if erroneously requested by fans!
OMG!!! I just saw you in this thumbnail while scrolling and immediately recognized you Cass! I’ve missed you and your channel sooo much I literally look up your old channel names on occasion to see if you’ve restarted! I’m so glad you are feeling better and have come back to us. ❤ I have much more to say but I will pace myself. So happy right now 🥲🥰😊
I have an unconventional suggestion for a thriller/mystery. "Silver Streak" from 1976. Unfortunately, it's not really the type of story that's set up for the audience to guess the culprit. It is, however, the best pairing ever of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. It's a mostly serious thriller, but with comedy provided by the chemistry between Wilder and Pryor. Also, it has a really impressive special effects set-piece (for the time) at the end.
Really fun to watch your reaction to watching this for the first time. If you've watched Clue as often as I have, you realise that each character's car colour matches their character colour. Even Yvette has a little black and white car parked out front.
So glad you're doing reactions again and I hope you're in a better place now! And Rope is an excellent recommendation, I look forward to you watching it!
Cass! How wonderful. YT floated "Clue" up to me, and I was delighted to see you. I remember well your particular style of reaction/analysis. I'm happy you're here. Now I have to catch-up. "House of the Dragon," huh? I found it very well-done, and rewarding. Excited to watch your take. Thanks for sharing. Here we go!
This is a Great reaction! Happy I stumbled upon it! My fondest memory about this movie when it came out is how you didn’t know what ending you were getting.
Holy crap. CZcams finally suggested a video from this channel, which I didn't know existed. I am so stoked you are still/again out here! I have a few months' worth of videos to catch up on.
I am once again asking you to watch The Last of Sheila(1973) It was written by musical theater director Steven Sondheim with actor Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates from Psycho). More people need to know about this movie . Also Deathtrap(1982) a really different dark comedy thats also a very twisty murder mystery thriller. Takes places mainly on one set because it was a play first
Great to see you back Cassie...was searching through some channels a few months back and noticed your disappearance....missed your jump scare counts...! 😁 This is the only version of Clue that I will gladly repeat watch...and Tim Curry's amazing performance...! 🙂
Cass! I'm so glad that you are back and that I found you. You are my favorite reactor. I just got caught up on the new channel. Love the House of the Dragon stuff and Clue was a favorite of mine as a kid. Glad you enjoyed it.
Loved watching you guess your way through this, and your reactions - especially once you realized the ending wasn't really the ending! I'd recommend watching Psych Season 7 Episode 5 "100 Clues" - which does a bit of a homage to this movie ;) They wound up having Tim Curry (the butler) on an earlier episode, so they didn't reuse him for this one sadly. But several other actors from the movie are in it. What was even wilder with this movie, was that when I saw it in the theatre, I saw one of the endings, while a friend from school saw a different ending - which was very confusing for a couple of kids.
My first movie with your new channel! Glad to see you're back! This was fun! Thanks! Recommendations: The Nice Guys, L.A. Confidential, and the classics: The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Dial M for Murder, and you've already seen Knives Out... That should keep you for a bit! The Maltese Falcon really solidified Bogart as the quintessential Investigator. Looking forward to more!
Cass it's great to have you back, you were missed. My recommendation is an ancient mystery film who's title was adopted for a classic magic trick called 7 keys to Baldpate. Also, there is another popular ending for Clue if you search the web. Fun reaction as always.
I loved your logic behind some of your guesses. In fact, a couple of times, you were on the same wavelength as the characters! I personally felt that the first ending was the correct one, since (in my opinion) it was the most logical.
You are the only person I've ever seen who actually tried to solve it. Everyone else just enjoys the comedy. Watching you overthink everything was almost as funny as the movie itself. I agree with the others who say to do Murder by Death as well.
In Colorado and have a snow day today (around a foot or so) Just wanted to say thanks for this, it’s been a minute since I’ve seen it and love your react 🤙🤙🤙
I enjoyed your reaction to this marvellous film based on the game. In the U.K. the game is called Cluedo & the murdered person is called Dr. Black, as all names revolve around colours. Also, Mr. Green is called Reverend Green, in other words a member of the clergy. As quite often in British murder mysteries, a local Vicar from a local village, is involved in some way.
This is my favorite movie ever! Bought the video when I was in college after watching it for the first time on laserdisk! I have been watching Clue for about 30 years.
There is a t.v. show from 1975 called Ellery Queen. Murder mystery, but the twist is it is actually made for the viewer to solve. it gives the viewers time at the end to go over everything, and then the "hero" tells how it was done and by who. this show is tailor made for you.
Absolutely LOOOOOVE the fact that every theater was shipped a different ending of the film - so as to mess with the audience who would talk about it with friends. And only including all three endings for the home edition. This movie is so severely underrated!!
Very cool reaction video, thanks for the upload! Big Clue fan here, and if I had to recommend a murder mystery it would be “Murder by Death” from the 70s. I definitely enjoyed it
I don't think I've seen anyone else do a reaction to this movie yet. I love this one; it's such an underrated gem! You gave it a valiant effort... I'm not sure anyone ever got all the details of the last ending figured out for this one on their first viewing! Both of the more recent Agatha Christie remakes with Kenneth Branagh are superb ("Murder on the Orient Express" - 2017; "Death on the Nile" - 2022). I love that they are really focused on being good films aside from just being good murder-mysteries. The visuals are gorgeous, the cinematography is beautiful, and Kenneth Branagh delivers solid performances, as always. The second one didn't get quite as good reviews (some argued it was a little too telegraphed), but even outside of the mystery part, they have that sense of opulence, and style which movie used to have more. They really teleport you to another time/place.
In the original theatrical release, there were 3 versions, each with a single ending. They were released randomly, with each theater getting a single version. No one was told there were three versions. They just wanted to sow chaos when people talked about the film.
It surprises me how many people don’t know about Clue. It’s such a great movie. Stellar cast and writing and directing. You can tell in that movie everyone who made it loved doing it.
Clue was a very memorable movie with such a great cast! In the game, Mr Body is the person that was killed! When the movie was released, it had 3 different endings and each version had one of the endings, so if you watched it in New York there was 1 killer, but in LA there was a different killer and in Chicago there was a different killer than New York and LA!
As far as comedy/mystery, may I suggest: _Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)_ _Fletch (1985)_ _Hear No Evil, See No Evil (1989)_ _The Nice Guys (2016)_ _Happy Death Day (2017)_
I saw this when it came out on VHS. It was back in the day that the whole family would sit down to watch a movie at home. It was great then and it is great now. The whole family was floored by the three endings. I was about seven at the time and didn't get all the jokes but still found it funny.
I love how every first time watcher of this movie takes it soo seriously. They actually think they’re picking up on “clues” and solving a mystery. Not till the end do they realize that absolutely nothing was solved and you, the viewer, were the one who was playing a made up game. After seeing it for the first time it becomes a straight up comedy with every subsequent view.
-DEATHTRAP - 1982 - Starring Christopher Reeves and Michael Caine -SLEUTH - 1975 - Starring Micheal Cane and Laurence Olivier (it's on youtube) Both Awesome Mystery Flicks!
You did pretty well at guessing the plot; I'm impressed. I saw this as a child and remember almost every line though as an adult I laugh at different jokes now. I don't even try to guess who did it the first time I watched dit. Love hte movie from start to finish.
What I love about Clue (the movie) is that it demonstrates just how much of a folly most murder mysteries are. Both in cinema and literature the real solution only looks bulletproof if you don't look at any other possible solutions, because they too in isolation can look bulletproof. Sometimes the solution involves information not available to the viewer/reader making any attempts to solve it pointless. Now when you were young/er was the game you played Clue or Cluedo? It is the same game, but the name was changed for the American market.
Fun Fact the three different endings where shown in different theaters with a different ending where you saw the movie in theaters in 1985 was one of the alternative endings
Just saw your channel for the first time. I watched because of CLUE. It's one of my favorite movies. I also love to solve the mystery. I am not British, I'm American but I do love some British shows. May I suggest a TV show called MIDSOMER MURDERS. It is so good. I was hooked after the 1st episode. I've only watched until JOHN NETTLES leaves the show. He plays the lead roll. I think he stayed until season 14. (Long running show) I never watched after because, to me, it's not the same without him. I really think you'd love it. Watch in order starting with the PILOT. **just subscribed**
Of course it's not a fair mystery, with all 3 options being possible from the clues given (and from what I heard there was a 4th version that was never filmed). But it's good fun, with amazing dialog and lots of great one-liners. As originally presented in theaters, each theater only showed one of the three. Love Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) talking about how angry she was with Yvette. "I hated her so much that Flames...Flames... on the side of my face..."
That little hat that Mrs. White wears is called a pillbox hat, and they can have cute little veils. I have several, but another alternative I like to wear, is called a fascinator. Pillboxes are great for ladies with short hair and fascinators clip better into long hair that’s been pinned up.
I remember when this was released. The 3 endings were never meant to be shown together. Instead, 3 different prints of the movie were made, each with a different ending. How it ended changed based on where the movie showed, or as their ads said, "Whodunnit depends on where you see it." The paper would have showings for Ending A, Ending B, and Ending C. Clever idea, but it really works with all 3 endings smashed together, as it really amplifies the comedic tone of the movie.
I love that the movie has 3 different endings that would be shown in different areas. It’s ingenious.
The endings were combined for the VHS release
Agreed. It's a clever idea, but seeing them back to back feels so much more satisfying!
@@RichardX1 for the DVD edition you could choose whether to have all the endings or just a random one
I saw it in the theater when it came out, I was in high school. I saw the Miss Scarlett ending and didn’t see the other endings for probably 20 years.
I was familiar with Madeline Kahn from Young Frankenstein and Michael McKeon from “Laverne and Shirley.” Probably Martin Mull, too. They all play off each other so well.
I actually bought it recently, Love the wacky humor and dialogue. The “Sha-Boom” scene is my favorite, although all of them running through the house as Wadsworth explains what happened is pretty awesome, too.
Fun fact: The layout of the set is accurate to the game, including which rooms are linked by the secret passages 🕵️♀️
I remember recognizing this as a child, having played the game a lot.
Finding a mansion with a layout close to or identical to a board game... A second unit director's worst nightmare.
@@chrismaverick9828 Eh, supplement it with certain sets and just switch furniture around. Not terribly difficult.
The cast in this movie is just so so good. Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn in particular are just legends.
The flames on the side of my face is iconic to anyone who has seen this movie. Mrs White is my favorite 😻
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@icyboi13 the flames..heaving...heaving on my face..so..flaming
"f-FLAMES"
Clue can never be remade. The cast, the script, the comedic timing, were perfection. You cannot EVER replicate this :)
And yet they are going to remake it. Hollywood cannot do anything original anymore.
It would be a disaster to remake it under the original script. It could not have been better executed. But what I really want to see is a more serious adaptation of the premise of the Board Game. Don’t focus on comedy as much this time around. Do for the Clue characters what Christopher Nolan did for Batman. Have it take place in a different time and setting (instead of New England during the Cold War era, make it somewhere in the U.K. Or in another part of the States as an alternative, and my preferred time period would be somewhere between the two World Wars. Don’t modernize it too much, for the sake of budget, because that would be a mistake. It loses some of it’s charm when you do that. All the characters should have different stories and motivations from the 1985 film, but still recognizable for who they are, or have been, over the years in the board game. Some extra characters could be along for the ride, but by the end only the six classic characters can be suspected of the murder. I’d commit to such a project as this film myself, but I have neither the money, the qualifications as a screenwriter or a director, nor the patience. I just know they will have a gold mine of success if they follow this general outline.
Edit: One last but important thing I forgot to add. The only thing I would preserve from the 1985 film is the idea of having multiple endings. Because that is what you have with the board game. In fact, this is a crucial part of the whole premise of the game, that there is no definitive answer to who the murderer is, what weapon was used, and which room it took place in. Maybe they could make an ending that’s supposed to be canon, but I would avoid that unless they really think they can do something new and convincing with it, an ending that you can’t get while playing the board game.
Yet when people think about Scarface with Al Pacino people fail to acknowledge its a remake. A good movie is a good movie. In my opinion its not the IP that defines a good film. In my opinion, it's about how well the writing is, direction done, and how well acted or portrayed the characters are. Clue is a difficult task. A lightening in the bottle with some of the best comedians of its time with some of the best writing.
Speaking of the remake and the production process of rebooting/remaking it I only hope its good. Clue itself is a parody of the mystery theater genre and it has a hill to climb to bring something fresh and iconic but I hope its at least fun and a good watch.
Looks like Ryan Reynolds is the one going to bat for the remake. If written & casted correctly, more as a reimagining or reboot than a remake, it could work. That said.....Clue is literally one of my 5 favorite movies & it's a cult classic for a reason. That can never be taken away.
now Sony MIGHT make a TV show of Clue (maybe)...
The reason you don’t remember Mr. Boddy, Wadsworth or Yvette is because Mr. Boddy’s the victim in the game and the two staff were just created for the movie
@@HarveyTwoFaceDent Hey, wanna hear a story: *i know*
@@lukacunningham342 congratulations
i thought Mr Black was the victim?
@@christopherbowers7236 Later versions of the game (like the FX version, the puzzles, books) have Mr. Body/Boddy changed to Dr. Black
@@ashleyh836 It also was different whether it was Clue or Cluedo for foreign markets.
"Clue" has a frenetic comedy to it that I've rarely seen rivaled in any other movie. The cast is amazing. The multiple endings are just the icing on the cake. I've seen it dozens of times over the years and it still makes me smile every time.
EDIT: Recommendation for another murder mystery: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" ('88). Christopher Lloyd is in that one as well.
Oscar (1991) gets pretty close to the energy in Clue by the finale, and also has Tim Curry 😁
Similar comedy styling in Noises Off! starring half of Hollywood from the early 90’s, including John Ritter, Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, and Carol Burnette.
I definitely second the "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" recommendation, although I don't think it qualifies as a murder mystery in the same way. Technically I guess it is, but while some movies - like Knives Out and Clue - are written for the viewer to try to keep it up and try to solve the case before the protagonist, I don't think "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is like that.
I recommended both "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" and "Lucky Number Slevin" in her Knives Out reaction comments; I'll reiterate that while also saying that I think it, like "Roger Rabbit", also doesn't quite work that way. I guess you can *try* to figure the mystery out, but I don't think any of those movies are designed like that, while Knives Out and Clue are, I think. They're adjacent genres but not the same, I think.
@@SchulzEricT I'd say "Roger Rabbit" is every bit as legitimate a murder mystery as "Clue," but YMMV. 🥸
@@jimclayson Yeah, I disagree but can't really explain why without getting into spoilers, so... if she ever watches it I'll try to remember to come back and explain why I think that.
My favorite bit of trivia about this movie is that it takes place in real time. When Wadsworth announces the police will be there in 45 minutes... That's how long before the doorbell rings with the evangelist who is later revealed to be the police chief. There are obviously cuts and perhaps some inconsistencies, but in broad strokes there are no time lapses or shortcuts, just an hour and change of panicking over this mystery.
you absolutely must see “Murder by Death”, a 1976 comedy mystery. It’s the “Clue” of its time. great cast, great script, great director. a classic.
Watch this again just to enjoy the comedy; the script, the timing, the brilliant acting... I can watch this over and over again, it always gets me laughing.
You had to go to different theaters in different regions to get all of the ending in my day. Tim Curry, the butler, is a treasure. Singing, dancing, acting and just being awesome. I had the game as kid in the 70's.
Back in the 80's; seeing this in the theater we didn't know which ending we were going to see. Theaters had different ones, it wasn't all put together like this. So when we went back to school and talk about the movie we were confused because everyone saw a different ending. It wasn't until later that we realized there were 3.
Of course the butler deserves an award, he's Tim Curry :D
(Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pennywise in the original IT, and so much more.)
Part of the reason the murder is so difficult to figure out is because the script wasn't finished when they started filming. Landis & Lynn thought it would be easier to write than it was, so they just threw out a bunch of murders and figured the ending would come naturally.
Going for movies based on Agatha Christie novels would be right up your alley. There are several versions of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, as well as 10 Little Indians. Evil Under the Sun from 1981 is a good one. They did a Poirot series starring David Souchet that, by the end, had filmed every Poirot story / novel that Agatha Christie had written. The short stories are about 45 to 50 min as filmed, the novels are from 1 hour 30 to 1 hour 45. The production values are quite high for all of them and Souchet is considered the definitive Hercule Poirot.
When it comes to Poirot films, I would recommend the Peter Ustinov ones: Death on The Nile: Murder inThree acts (I believe it is called): The one at The Folly and Death under The Sun. However, for lighter enjoyable old Miss Marple, I would recommend the Margereth Rutherford films such as 4:15 from Paddington and Murder at The Gallop.
10 Little Indians are good too. Of course you always have Old Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone.
Great reaction and this is one I always enjoy watching again and again. Such memorable lines and Tim Curry as always, is amazing. Bless him.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 The good thing about 10 Little Indians, also called And Then There Were None, is the story has been the premise in several different movies through the years. But the truly neat thing is that each of the movies takes place in a different location such as a ski lodge, a dessert location, a tropical island but all with the same premise. This makes them neat because you get to see how they adapt the method of murder for each killing to be different but still work with the same line of the poem.
The earlier Suchet Poirots are pretty faithful adaptations of the books / stories (except for them wedging in certain characters to have continuity for a series, which is forgivable). The later ones are a bit messed about with in much the same vein as the ITV Miss Marple.
The Margaret Rutherford films are very good, and Agatha Christie was actually involved with them. And Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple is good. The best Miss Marple, though, is hands down Joan Hickson (Christie, in the 60s, predicted she'd to one day play Miss Marple).
Another decent one that's not *too* messed about with is Murder is Easy with Bill Bixby. (Christie, but not Marple or Poirot.)
The Ustinov Poirots were Death on the Nile, Murder in Three Acts, Dead Man's Folly, Evil under the Sun, Thirteen at Dinner, and Appointment with Death.
Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express is excellent (apart from his moustaches).
@@jaquesshugossen9398 No, no, no. Peter Ustinov was the worst Poirot I've ever seen. There is also a horrible Hastings in one of those. The only good thing about those movies is Inspector Japp - played by none another than David Suchet. He was awesome.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 Agree 100% on the Ustinov Poirot, Rutherford Marple and Rathbone Holmes. They are all my favourite incarnations of those characters, even though objectively Suchet and Brett were closer to the novel depictions of Poirot and Holmes respectively.
"Rope" is a classic. I support that recommendation.
Thank you so much for doing this comedy classic. The writing, cast, and their delivery is so quick witted and sharp. Simply genius.
Btw Mr. Body in the game is always the dead body in the scenario then you find out who killed him.
If you're looking for a good murder mystery to try and figure out I recommend "Deathtrap". Stars Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. Great acting, great writing, you'll never figure it out.
Great and very overlooked movie. I highly suggest as well.
Ooh, totally second this, highly underrated and oft forgotten about movie that has brilliant dialogue and performances. Cheers!!!
Yes! So underrated.
Nice reaction to Clue, it is one of my favourites as well as the 1976 film Murder By Death. Murder By Death has a fabulous cast and is a film that I have enjoyed time and time again over the years.
Mrs peacock is also in murder by death. I would love to see you trying to guess who done it in murder by desth.
Yup. Came here to plug Murder By Death.
MMMs =
"Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) _(or its remake from 2017)._
"Murder, She Said" (1961)
"Murder at the Gallop (1963)
"Murder Most Foul" (1964)
"Murder Ahoy!" (1965)
Basically all the movies based on novels by Agatha Christie
Greatly LOVE M Rutherford's acting in these even though Agatha Christie apparently didn't. They are still very good. Murder on the Orient Express and also "Death on The Nile" both have remakes from the 2010's, and though similar, I still feel Peter Ustinov does the role better.
The THING in front of her face is a VEIL. A number of years ago, a lot of women wore hats with veils attached. My grandmother gave me hers and taught me how to pin them to my hair so I could wear them properly. It is no problem getting used to wearing them RIGHT in front of your face. I like to keep the theme going every time I wear one by also wearing fishnet stockings with a garter belt or fishnet pantyhose! 👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
This was a delight, especially because you must be the only person I've ever met in my life (and I'm 62) who ever expected this to be a genuine mystery and only incidentally a comedy. Watching this, it helps to think "spoof,' not "proof." I have a wild card suggestion for a murder mystery -- 1986's The Morning After, starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, and Raul Julia. It's a fluffy trifle with some easy-listening theme music, but at least it's a whodunit. Good luck!
This is the kind of movie I wish I had seen when it first came out, because you could actually see different endings, depending on which theater you were on. The three alternate endings were only cobbled together for the home video release. Apparently there was also a fourth alternate ending that was filmed, but was deemed "too dark", and therefore scrapped.
Unfortunately the different endings confused people and it wasn't received well in theaters. The ending with all 3 has always played well.
@@cjpolett2055 Really? Wow, that's unfortunate. I feel like it would really play well if it came out today.
@André Knevitz da Silva It opened the week before Christmas and came in 6th place with $2mil on it's $15mil budget. Rocky IV came in 1st again in it's 3rd week with $7.2.
They listed in the newspaper movie ads which ending was playing at which theater. I saw the movie three times at three different theaters just so I could see all the endings.
The first two endings are really boring if they're by themselves, not to mention a really short movie. I'd have been pissed too.
Back when video cassette recorders were popular, Parker Brothers, the company that made the board game, came out with a VCR version.
The introduction was done by the butler, Diddit. His name came about because of old murder mysteries, where, in the common ending, the butler did it.
I've seen the VCR game, as well as some other VCR games, but never played it.
Used to play the hell out of that game!
Theres' a short documentary about it: czcams.com/video/5RT6PgGGlMY/video.html
So the brilliance of Clue is it Exploits the greatest flaw in murder mysteries, that anyone can be the killer. Most writers choose to hide certain information till the end or present red herrings to throw readers off and then choose who the killer is. Clue not only shows how to make a good murder mystery but explores the flaws of the genre and shows anyone could have done it. Scarlet, Mustard and Mrs White with Evette route, Professor Plum and Mrs Peacock killing everyone Route and finally Everyone kills except Mr Green Route. It's all tied together amazingly well.
I thought you looked familiar so I clicked on the video. Hearing your voice and seeing your notebook confirmed it, so I subscribed. Glad to see you back.
The first time I saw Clue, I was still a little kid. My family had a (somewhat poorly) recorded tape of it, and I watched it a lot. I always thought the "real" ending was kind of rushed, but I always liked that Green turned out to be a badass. I mean, he was always the smartest person in the room (except Wadsworth), but in the end you find out that his bumbling was just an act to throw people off. These days, I tend to think of the second ending, with Mrs. Peacock, as making the most sense, because multiple murders is one thing, but multiple **murderers** is just too hard to believe.
Then you need to watch "Murder on the Orient Express" preferably the BBC episode of it from the series.
@@Glittersword I watched the Albert Finney version. And MotOE was a case of a group of people collectively deciding to murder one person, not multiple people each independently deciding to murder someone on the spur of the moment. "Hey, someone was murdered tonight. Hey, someone *else* was murdered tonight. I guess now **I'll** murder someone, too." I mean, it's fine, because Clue is just that kind of movie. I'm just saying, if it were a "real case", it's more likely that one person would murder six people than that six people would each decide to murder one person apiece.
@@PaperbackWizard Totally agree about Miss Peacock being the more logical murderer. The last ending works because it’s not meant to be realistic & it’s funny with lots of Easter eggs. Plus, any character can & will be the killer in the game.
Also, the Finney version of MotOE is the best. The episode of is so melodramatic at the end, which is so not Poirot from the books. They weirdly made him ultra-Catholic in the adaptation, which is odd because in the books he only ever mentions his religious belief occasionally & never even mentions going to mass or confession. It’s also just strange because most of the Suchet episodes don’t focus on his faith either. As someone whose read all of her crime fiction, it’s just the weirdest adaptation because it’s not something her mystery fiction ever focused on.
I'm just going to second another commenter's recommendation for Silver Streak if you enjoy a good crime thriller comedy.
Clue is one of my favorite games and movies. Every one of the three endings could have happened exactly as described. It's extremely clever. "Yep, two corpses. Everything's fine."
Hey, Cass! Kudos for reacting to this movie! It's definitely one of my favorites!
I saw it in a theater and my multiplex in New York played all three options. You bought an A, B or C ticket which designated the auditorium the specific ending was featured in.
I bought the VHS and then the DVD. I must have seen this film over thirty times! It never gets old.
Tim Curry gives a tour-de-force performance as Wadsworth. The cast are all comedy greats in perfect sync with each other. It's a wonderful little gem.
There's been talk of a remake but this is a lightning-in-a-bottle situation like "Ghostbusters" or "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" A different cast would change the dynamic completely.
You tried to solve the murders but the crimes are incidental to the comedy! While all three solutions hold up under close scrutiny, you're not expected to identify the right culprit although there's no harm in trying. It's really just meant to be a madcap backstage farce all in good fun!
The board game is a perennial staple like Monopoly that's been around since 1949! The movie utilizes all the characters, weapons, rooms and secret passages that are components in the game. The board is a representation of Boddy Mansion and Mr. Boddy, the host, is the victim.
Another good comedic whodunnit is "Murder By Death" which features parody versions of the great cinematic sleuths like Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora Charles, Sam Spade, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple gathered together by real-life true-crime author Truman Capote.
A terrific whodunnit with a psychological twist is "Identity"!
Trivia unrelated to the production: Lesley Ann-Warren and Susan Sarandon have been mistaken for each other so often in real life that the actresses agreed to sign autographs using their doppelganger's name if erroneously requested by fans!
OMG!!! I just saw you in this thumbnail while scrolling and immediately recognized you Cass! I’ve missed you and your channel sooo much I literally look up your old channel names on occasion to see if you’ve restarted! I’m so glad you are feeling better and have come back to us. ❤
I have much more to say but I will pace myself. So happy right now 🥲🥰😊
My favorite thing is that, when you rewatch it, all three endings do check out in all the details 😃
The funniest part of the movie was you trying to understand what was going on and then going mad seeing so many versions of the events
So many jokes, so many tewists and turns. And of course one _red_ herring.
Good to have you back Cassie.
I have an unconventional suggestion for a thriller/mystery. "Silver Streak" from 1976. Unfortunately, it's not really the type of story that's set up for the audience to guess the culprit. It is, however, the best pairing ever of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. It's a mostly serious thriller, but with comedy provided by the chemistry between Wilder and Pryor. Also, it has a really impressive special effects set-piece (for the time) at the end.
I have loved that movie since seeing it at a drive back in the 70s.
@@SwampCritter-df4od - Six is definitely way below the target audience for Silver Streak.
I recommend the murder mystery "Sleuth" with Michael Caine and Sir Lawrence Olivier. It's an acting master class.
Really fun to watch your reaction to watching this for the first time. If you've watched Clue as often as I have, you realise that each character's car colour matches their character colour. Even Yvette has a little black and white car parked out front.
So glad you're doing reactions again and I hope you're in a better place now! And Rope is an excellent recommendation, I look forward to you watching it!
Cass! How wonderful. YT floated "Clue" up to me, and I was delighted to see you. I remember well your particular style of reaction/analysis. I'm happy you're here. Now I have to catch-up. "House of the Dragon," huh? I found it very well-done, and rewarding. Excited to watch your take. Thanks for sharing. Here we go!
This is a Great reaction! Happy I stumbled upon it!
My fondest memory about this movie when it came out is how you didn’t know what ending you were getting.
Holy crap. CZcams finally suggested a video from this channel, which I didn't know existed. I am so stoked you are still/again out here! I have a few months' worth of videos to catch up on.
I'm happy you reacted to this, This is Actually My Bff's Favourite movie and one of mine too so I'm very happy when I see people takes on this film
I am once again asking you to watch The Last of Sheila(1973)
It was written by musical theater director Steven Sondheim with actor Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates from Psycho). More people need to know about this movie .
Also Deathtrap(1982) a really different dark comedy thats also a very twisty murder mystery thriller. Takes places mainly on one set because it was a play first
Great to see you back Cassie...was searching through some channels a few months back and noticed your disappearance....missed your jump scare counts...! 😁
This is the only version of Clue that I will gladly repeat watch...and Tim Curry's amazing performance...!
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Oh so this is her, I wasn't sure haha.
I did wonder what happened, her content seems to have disappeared entirely.
Cass! I'm so glad that you are back and that I found you. You are my favorite reactor. I just got caught up on the new channel. Love the House of the Dragon stuff and Clue was a favorite of mine as a kid. Glad you enjoyed it.
One of my favorite movies. I've told many reactors to react to it and most don't. Thank you.
Loved watching you guess your way through this, and your reactions - especially once you realized the ending wasn't really the ending! I'd recommend watching Psych Season 7 Episode 5 "100 Clues" - which does a bit of a homage to this movie ;) They wound up having Tim Curry (the butler) on an earlier episode, so they didn't reuse him for this one sadly. But several other actors from the movie are in it.
What was even wilder with this movie, was that when I saw it in the theatre, I saw one of the endings, while a friend from school saw a different ending - which was very confusing for a couple of kids.
I had no CLUE you were back. I am happy. This is the 3rd reaction of yours today.
Clue is so great, cause all the alternate endings, absolutely could be it. They all tie in. Just great.
When you are given the news that the police will arrive in 39 minutes, it really is 39 minutes of screen time.
Im so glad you are back! Missed you, and your breaking bad series
I'm surprised no one mentioned it... When this played in theatres, only one of the 3 endings was shown (randomly.)
This is one of my favorite movies and your reactions were delightful.
For people who didn’t know what the last line meant, Green earlier said he was a homosexual, but he is infact straight
Ahhh I had no idea you had a new channel! So glad to see you're still around on CZcams and uploading!
So happy to see you’re back!!! Can’t wait to see what’s next! 😊
My first movie with your new channel! Glad to see you're back! This was fun! Thanks!
Recommendations: The Nice Guys, L.A. Confidential, and the classics: The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Dial M for Murder, and you've already seen Knives Out... That should keep you for a bit! The Maltese Falcon really solidified Bogart as the quintessential Investigator. Looking forward to more!
Cass it's great to have you back, you were missed. My recommendation is an ancient mystery film who's title was adopted for a classic magic trick called 7 keys to Baldpate. Also, there is another popular ending for Clue if you search the web. Fun reaction as always.
The struggle to remember the word "veil" was real.
I loved your logic behind some of your guesses. In fact, a couple of times, you were on the same wavelength as the characters!
I personally felt that the first ending was the correct one, since (in my opinion) it was the most logical.
So happy to see you're back.
i saw you with the pencil and thought "aww aint that cute..." lol.
I'm so glad you're back!!
You are the only person I've ever seen who actually tried to solve it. Everyone else just enjoys the comedy. Watching you overthink everything was almost as funny as the movie itself.
I agree with the others who say to do Murder by Death as well.
In Colorado and have a snow day today (around a foot or so) Just wanted to say thanks for this, it’s been a minute since I’ve seen it and love your react 🤙🤙🤙
I enjoyed your reaction to this marvellous film based on the game. In the U.K. the game is called Cluedo & the murdered person is called Dr. Black, as all names revolve around colours. Also, Mr. Green is called Reverend Green, in other words a member of the clergy. As quite often in British murder mysteries, a local Vicar from a local village, is involved in some way.
This is my favorite movie ever! Bought the video when I was in college after watching it for the first time on laserdisk! I have been watching Clue for about 30 years.
There is a t.v. show from 1975 called Ellery Queen. Murder mystery, but the twist is it is actually made for the viewer to solve. it gives the viewers time at the end to go over everything, and then the "hero" tells how it was done and by who. this show is tailor made for you.
She likes the idea of being stranded on the side of the road with a broken car, in the rain.
Sounds like she needs to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show.
🔥 “Flames, on the sides of my face…” -Mrs White
Probably my favorite movie. We watch it as a family once a year.
Absolutely LOOOOOVE the fact that every theater was shipped a different ending of the film - so as to mess with the audience who would talk about it with friends. And only including all three endings for the home edition. This movie is so severely underrated!!
I like how the different endings are just like the game Clue.
It's just like players making guesses on who did it and with what.
Very very entertaining reaction! I definitely look forward to seeing more!
Very cool reaction video, thanks for the upload! Big Clue fan here, and if I had to recommend a murder mystery it would be “Murder by Death” from the 70s. I definitely enjoyed it
Fun Fact: There was originally a fourth ending where Wadsworth was the killer
You should check out the 1986 "April Fool's day" it was my favorite murder mystery movie in the 80's other then "Clue".
Clue is my all time favorite movies. When I was younger and when people would come over I would make them watch.
I don't think I've seen anyone else do a reaction to this movie yet. I love this one; it's such an underrated gem! You gave it a valiant effort... I'm not sure anyone ever got all the details of the last ending figured out for this one on their first viewing!
Both of the more recent Agatha Christie remakes with Kenneth Branagh are superb ("Murder on the Orient Express" - 2017; "Death on the Nile" - 2022). I love that they are really focused on being good films aside from just being good murder-mysteries. The visuals are gorgeous, the cinematography is beautiful, and Kenneth Branagh delivers solid performances, as always. The second one didn't get quite as good reviews (some argued it was a little too telegraphed), but even outside of the mystery part, they have that sense of opulence, and style which movie used to have more. They really teleport you to another time/place.
Clue is my favorite movie so I’m glad the algorithm brought this fun video to me. Look up the dark 4th ending that was written, but never filmed.
In the original theatrical release, there were 3 versions, each with a single ending. They were released randomly, with each theater getting a single version. No one was told there were three versions. They just wanted to sow chaos when people talked about the film.
One of the more famous mystery tv show is Murder She Wrote. It stars Angela Lansbury. Every episode has a murder. It is also pretty funny.
This film is one of my favorite classics. There being so many possible endings is pretty unique in terms of the films I've seen.
It surprises me how many people don’t know about Clue. It’s such a great movie. Stellar cast and writing and directing. You can tell in that movie everyone who made it loved doing it.
Clue was a very memorable movie with such a great cast!
In the game, Mr Body is the person that was killed!
When the movie was released, it had 3 different endings and each version had one of the endings, so if you watched it in New York there was 1 killer, but in LA there was a different killer and in Chicago there was a different killer than New York and LA!
I love this!
I have never seen anyone analyze this as a murder mystery.
I loved how you tried to solve it!
As far as comedy/mystery, may I suggest:
_Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)_
_Fletch (1985)_
_Hear No Evil, See No Evil (1989)_
_The Nice Guys (2016)_
_Happy Death Day (2017)_
I saw this when it came out on VHS. It was back in the day that the whole family would sit down to watch a movie at home. It was great then and it is great now. The whole family was floored by the three endings. I was about seven at the time and didn't get all the jokes but still found it funny.
Aww, she's taking notes as if she's going to solve the mystery. Like playing Clue solo.
I love how every first time watcher of this movie takes it soo seriously. They actually think they’re picking up on “clues” and solving a mystery. Not till the end do they realize that absolutely nothing was solved and you, the viewer, were the one who was playing a made up game. After seeing it for the first time it becomes a straight up comedy with every subsequent view.
I missed you, didn't know you changed your channel name. I saw this pop up on my feed and was delighted you didn't quit!
I am glad you are back. I'm afraid I only just noticed. I thought you were gone for good.
-DEATHTRAP - 1982 - Starring Christopher Reeves and Michael Caine
-SLEUTH - 1975 - Starring Micheal Cane and Laurence Olivier (it's on youtube)
Both Awesome Mystery Flicks!
Rope is a great suspense movie. Clue is one of my top favorites, I have seen it so many times but I never tire of it.
Knives out and Clue both have very talented casts.
You did pretty well at guessing the plot; I'm impressed. I saw this as a child and remember almost every line though as an adult I laugh at different jokes now. I don't even try to guess who did it the first time I watched dit. Love hte movie from start to finish.
What I love about Clue (the movie) is that it demonstrates just how much of a folly most murder mysteries are. Both in cinema and literature the real solution only looks bulletproof if you don't look at any other possible solutions, because they too in isolation can look bulletproof. Sometimes the solution involves information not available to the viewer/reader making any attempts to solve it pointless.
Now when you were young/er was the game you played Clue or Cluedo? It is the same game, but the name was changed for the American market.
Cass, The Reaction to the Movie Clue was amazing. Also, The 3 ending to the Movie Clue are fantastic.
Fun Fact the three different endings where shown in different theaters with a different ending where you saw the movie in theaters in 1985 was one of the alternative endings
Just saw your channel for the first time. I watched because of CLUE. It's one of my favorite movies.
I also love to solve the mystery. I am not British, I'm American but I do love some British shows. May I suggest a TV show called MIDSOMER MURDERS. It is so good. I was hooked after the 1st episode. I've only watched until JOHN NETTLES leaves the show. He plays the lead roll. I think he stayed until season 14. (Long running show) I never watched after because, to me, it's not the same without him.
I really think you'd love it. Watch in order starting with the PILOT.
**just subscribed**
Of course it's not a fair mystery, with all 3 options being possible from the clues given (and from what I heard there was a 4th version that was never filmed). But it's good fun, with amazing dialog and lots of great one-liners. As originally presented in theaters, each theater only showed one of the three.
Love Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) talking about how angry she was with Yvette. "I hated her so much that Flames...Flames... on the side of my face..."
That little hat that Mrs. White wears is called a pillbox hat, and they can have cute little veils. I have several, but another alternative I like to wear, is called a fascinator. Pillboxes are great for ladies with short hair and fascinators clip better into long hair that’s been pinned up.