This could be Craig's retirement plan. Reappear as Benoit Blanc every few years for a Knives Out mystery. I hope this series doesn't end as a trilogy. The content could be limitless.
@@GabesEdtiz the first one is just to good but this second one is definitely a good movie also I do feel like Craig was a much better actor in the second movie
I think my favorite bit of characterization for the cast comes at the very end when Andi is destroying the mansion. she starts out smashing all the glass artwork and the rest of the cast joins in, including Miles, because to them it's just a game. it's just them getting out a bit of aggression without long lasting consequences because it feels good. but then she keeps going, she smashes more and more expensive work, and the rest of the characters start getting genuinely uncomfortable. they don't ACTUALLY want to disrupt anything, they want the illusion of disruption, of resistance. shattered glass is messy, but it's a benign mess that can be quickly swept up. you can't un-burn the house down.
When she started smashing the glass, I thought she was trying to see which of the sculptures was made of Klear (or at least to scare the rest of the group into thinking it). Making a sculpture out of "magical disruptive genius chemicals" seems like something that someone as narcissistic as Elon (sorry, "Miles") would do...
Very good point. Miles talks about being a disruptor but certainly doesn't want HIS life to be disrupted. He started out wanting to break the system, but now he is rich he is the system, and is as conservative as any of the old-money types from the first film.
Agreed! I've been thinking a lot about that 'smashing' scene -- Andi smashes the glass (something small), then continues through the other art pieces as the others join in. But when she gets to the Mona Lisa -- "THE thing", as Miles would say -- no one wants her to destroy it and they all flee or try to stop her. She's the only true disruptor, the only one willing to get up to that line regarding Miles' 'system' -- and then cross it. That's why I love how she gives Miles the crossed 'double bird' just before she goes after the painting, just as he did when he explained his 'disruptions' to Blanc earlier on. Kudos.
I think a big part of Blanc's very visible frustration over Miles was that at the beginning Blanc said he needed a "great case." He ended up with two very very simple ones.
I took it more as a funny/ironic moment in which the “mens rights” activist goes from posturing on social media with the perspective that “men should be in charge because men are smarter” to being bossed around and easily outsmarted by a woman. He’s as much of a poser/grifter as all the others.
Wouldn't say that's dumb. She recognized patterns immediately that I would have not and all the scientists and governors in the call struggled with. The mom is just cracked at these games. Besides, of course the puzzles are easily solveable. They're meant to be casual fun before you get your hands on the invitation.
@@Serryy but weren’t the ‘scientists and governors’ kind of proven to just be grifters benefitting from the Ed nortons money/influence? Like, I don’t think they’re ever shown to actually be intelligent. The only character who is besides Blanc is Dukes girlfriend or Janelle Monaes character. (The names have all escaped me)
I just love the format of Blanc being a part of some else's story. It lends itself to so much opportunity for new characters and casts to appear on a franchise.
Yeeeeees precisely! And it's a super fun character trait to watch, too. It's SO engaging to me to watch him do everything he can to empower others, instead of focusing on getting ahead himself.
One thing that should be mentioned - the main players’ relationship to Peg; the stressed out, overworked lackey of Birdie; the plain-Jane wallflower who always knows where the fire extinguishers are. She has obviously been to many of these events held by Miles, yet when she speaks to him directly, he can’t even remember her name. Everybody gets their own monogrammed glass with their favourite beverage - except Peg, who gets tossed a paper cup without even being acknowledged (side note - later on, she’s writing her name on that cup, as if she’s desperate to be like the entitled asshats around her.) She is one of the truly competent and efficient people in this film, but she’s not one of the rich ‘disruptors,’ so she never even gets heard. She obviously has enough influence over Birdie that Birdie feels the need to hide her emergency phone like a child, and can put her point to Birdie about the statement Miles wants her to sign concerning the sweatshops. Yet, in the end, her own employment and income is entirely dependent on Birdie being a beautiful idiot. I’m sure there’s a subtext there somewhere 😏
I will never get over people like you in these comments typing out paragraphs like this because you think you've made some crazy character trait discovery. mf this is boiler plate character writing. it literally doesn't get any more basic than this. congrats tho, you can comprehend movies at a high school level
Alas Peg was underused or was a red-herring as the potential murderer. Either way I’d have liked for her to have had a more important role. The movie would have been the same without her.
@@CaptainVideo1960 then who would be holding Birdie accountable? Who would WE relate to? Her importance was the fact that she was underutilized. That's literally the theme of her character and almost EVERY assistant who works in or around Hollywood. To make her more important would completely negate that-- she isn't a mastermind, a disruptor, or main character. She's just there, struggling, and in the end her future is as ambiguous as Birdie's as it should since Peg-- herself-- is not the type to be as extreme as Andie or Helen. To see a gradient of women, to distinguish between ambition vs greed vs narcissism, to enjoy the nuance of that, I feel the movie was successful in abundance. This isn't just a whoosh, this is like, you sitting in the eye of a tornado and looking straight up with binoculars lmao
@@nailinthefashion Luckily, movies are subjective and we enjoy what we enjoy and can disagree on some points and agree on others. Well stated, even if I don’t totally agree. What bothers me in the comments section is when someone takes their opinion and belittles or insults someone else’s comments,(opinions), as though they are the arbiter of what is good or not.
In addition to these films just being incredible, can we all appreciate how cool it is that we're getting these original films with so much substance actually do well and penetrate pop culture in an era where it feels like you need to be a superhero movie to make a lot of money. The first one made over 300 million and if Netflix hadn't been stubborn I think this one would have too. It's heartening.
true we need more of those good originals Movies The amount of superhero Movies in Years are making me sick. I wish The Superhero Genre Release 4 Movies Maximum But Guess Thats What nowdays Movies make most Money
I loved the first film for that very reason, and I was so scared the second would be a silly knock off, or a cash grab on such good characters, or a stupid pull for a reskin of an Agatha Christie. I had a number of moments where I was so scared of the movie turning into Death On The Nile (where the villain gets victimized early on to feign innocence...for a long sec I was really worried they'd go for the classic redeemed bimbo bit and made Whiskey the villain). I couldn't be happier to be wrong. It was spectacular! And so perfect at showcasing how they're idiots! Which was the whole point!!! And when Blanc told her to "remember why your sister left" I gasped out loud and shouted "HYDROGEN!!!" STUNNING!!!
Can we compliment a movie without insulting a superhero movie out of no where? No one feels like you need to be a superhero movie to make a lot of money and youre acting like thats a bad thing.
Idk if anyones touched on this but one of my favourite things about this movie was the character derol. I spent the whole movie assuming that he had to be involved because he was so out of place compared to everyone else, but in reality he was just another glass onion, he was literally just someone who was staying in the house and had nothing to do with any murders or schemes. I think it’s a great example of how we assume that things should be more important and intricate than they actually are, and are supposed to have meaning, like the other rich characters that are talked about in the video.
It's funny because after Knives Out, when they/Miles told us upfront that Derol wasn't going to be part of it I believed it. I was like "ah yes a red herring, thanks"
I love that the smartest things miles does comes from other people. Blanc points out that Miles steals his Andie murder attempt from Blanc himself, but also Miles didn’t think to burn the envelope! Until Lionel points out how dumb that is and asks why he’d keep it instead of burning it, and then Miles burns it in Helen’s hand. He couldn’t even figure out “I should get rid of the only physical evidence of my fraud and murder” on his own he needs someone else to say it. He’s so dumb 😂
He was dumb enough to constantly steal other people's ideas 🥴 (Andi's napkin with Alpha on it, Blanc's throwaway statement for the party, Lionel's side comment of how he didn't even burn the napkin)
lionel straight up says in his introduction that miles faxes over the dumbest shit and is like "but one of them actually got turned into something so...." and even if we (like, me) see the obvious ridiculousness we still miss the point that no, he's actually just really stupid. like with billionaires and rich folk in general there are so many hoops we all jump over to be like, "yeah they're stupid but they do this one thing really well," and it's like no- they're actually just dumb and it's all about appearance and status and the appearance also isn't them being smart about appearance it's just other people thinking that they're being smart about the appearance
I think the fun part is that it's fairly obvious and clear early on that Miles was the murderer, but Johnson and the whole cast are able to keep you engaged through the whole thing and makes you question yourself for the same reason that Blanc gets so flabbergasted when he has his big reveal. Personally, I sat there and went "It's miles. But it can't be that easy, can it? It's totally him. But it's so dumb. Yup, everything points to miles. Whens the twist?"
@@banana403 I honestly didn't know it was miles mostly cuz I barely paid attention when he spoke. I was hoping he'd get real life murdered most of the time because of the dumb shit I was unintentionally tuning out. Never thought he was smart. But didn't think he was that dumb.
A few observations: -Another way Miles shows us who he is is in his choice of words. When he's introducing Klear, he doesn't say something like "I want to make sure this planet is livable for future generations" or "I want to free the world from petro-states' shenanigans and reduce the possibility of conflict" or anything. No, it's all about the legacy HE wants, how HE wants to be spoken of in the same breath as the Mona Lisa. It's all self-centered language, not other-centered. -It's interesting to contrast the "disruptors" with Blanc. He's well-off and has celebrity friends, but his friends are in the creative arts, and seem kind, compassionate, and generous. (As, I understand, at least Sondheim and Dame Angela were IRL.) His interactions with these people and with those he helps are based in empathy and kindness, and he appears to have a stable, loving relationship.
@@ghostphrog Well, he lives with his husband/partner (don't know if they're formally married or not). Phillip's played by Hugh Grant, and he seems to be quite the cook and baker.
@@jenniferschillig3768 ohhh ok thank you for explaining, I had the same idea when I saw Phillip I just wasn’t sure if I was reading too much into it :)
My favorite detail is the reaction of Edward Norton’s character when he saw the last guest coming to the beach (won’t say who for spoilers)… but his face says it all, he was literally seeing a ghost and the acting is perfect
@kollie79but with how stupid he is, he might genuinely have seen it as a failed attempt to kill her and not paid a whiff of attention to Andi's family. Not sure which interpretation is correct, let alone best
One thing about Kate Hudson character that I noticed was her insecurity about her age. She looks amazing but didn’t go in the pool because she didn’t want to be compared to Whiskey. What is even more interesting is when you see her sitting by the pool. Her stomach isn’t flat and unrealistic. It is the way a person’s stomach would look. That little touch for me completely made me understand her character. Yes she is a literal idiot, but she completely understand how women are judged in the real world and she adjusts. Also idiots and the thoughtless are the most dangerous.
EXCELLENT observation. I caught that too and really appreciated the authenticity of that moment. Kate looks absolutely PHENOMENAL and yet, her character still is strangled by unrealistic body expectations. It’s a very sad and real issue and yet another reason why Birdie is one of the best characters in the film.
Reading to much into it dog… it’s just how a woman of her age looks. Not placing her there with a specific age showing her stomach fat not in the pool…
Oh that's interesting. I totally didn't catch that. I think I was just blown away and how good she looks and I haven't personally seen her in a film in over a decade I think.
One thing I find to be little off putting is that how Birdie says Miles was in her control but when we go to the flash back we see it was Miles who gave her start itself. So, how?
bro that is the most surface level character writing. oohh shes aging and is envious of the hot young woman?? wow rian johnson thats incredible man 10/10 character writing
Another thing to point out which I thought was interesting was that in Bron’s monologue about what the Disruptors are, he is literally describing everything that will happen with Helen. Down to the “Your partner is going to tell you to stop…” so when everyone gets tired of breaking all the glass… Helen keeps going even after being told to stop by everyone, emphasis on Bron. This was really well written
Heh. Also the irony is that the 'disruptors' didn't disrupt anything because they fed off the very system of power they claimed to be disrupting. The true disruptor was Helen because she broke that power. I'll also add I was amused to see that the murder mystery game the characters were supposedly there for got disrupted by Blanc and the supposed 'disruptors' got peeved about it.
i can't overstate how much i love that the epiphany that leads blanc to solving the mystery is literally "oh this visionary tech billionaire is actually just the dumbest person in every room he's ever occupied"
I REALLY love Whiskey because SHES the one ACTUALLY playing the system. She has a plan, she’s using Duke who’s TRYING and failing to use Miles. She’s actually succeeding, while the others are floundering. All while being taken as Duke’s personal eye-candy
Blanc’s lack of understanding of how dumb the solution actually is can also be seen in the clue chart he made with Helen. He didn’t even include Bron on it because it’d be so stupid for Miles to actually commit the murder.
My favorite moment in the film is the shot where Miles is shown in the shadow while Blanc is fully lit. It was the moment I knew that yes, it was that simple. Miles was the killer. And the best part is Blanc still can't see it at that point.
Glass onion reminds me of the time in third grade when my sister was having a paper airplane contest. After watching everyone in her class act like geniuses and argue about who was following the directions better she got up, crumpled up a piece of paper, and threw it past every other airplane as they all flew backwards. I have a really cool sister.
Reminds me of a post where a dude entered a robotics competition in his school and the rules were to build a robot that would navigate a maze in order to put out the fire of a candle, you could also gain bonus points if your robot entered every room as well as how fast your robot completes the task, so, he admitted a dry ice cube and built sort of a robot to melt it, not only the fog swept through every room he was by far the fastest to extinguish the candle, he was unqualified, but man, isn't this hysterical? Lol
Ironically, I made the same mistake as most of the characters while watching this movie. The whole time, I was waiting for the big reveal, the big detective speech that would reveal everything and wrap everything up in a neat little bow. When that speech came, however, that didn't happen. His goons stayed by his side because they had too much to lose. When Helen torches the place, I was left sorta dumbfounded, expecting something better, more sophisticated than what actually went down. Only after I watched this video did I realize that the whole movie was setting up that conclusion. I took the glass onion as a metaphor to be used in the context of it's mystery, not the movie's message as a whole. I was so focused on peeling back the layers, I didn't look to see that they were clear.
But that's kind of cop out. "We know you're waiting on a big twist, the twist is . . . we aren't going to give you one". All they did was make a bad movie with a lackluster ending.
@@FLdancer00 the twist being there's no twist at all is exactly the bullshittery that murder mysteries are loved for btw. Also while I can understand people thinking the ending was underwhelming, to call this movie bad??? It reeks of insanity.
@@vikimoananu4705 Anyone who calls this movie a masterpiece probably has a smooth brain. This movie is highly mediocre. You may have basic taste, so you're awed by it, but that doesn't mean it's good. I'm far from the only person who feels this way.
@@FLdancer00 I was looking for someone not praising a (imo) pretty shit movie. How tf did everyone get out of the massive explosion unscathed, it was called a hydrogen bomb, and a hydrogen bomb the size of a mansion would completely obliterate anything on there. And how tf does miles let blanc stay on his island. Miles knows he killed someone, that person then shows up to his island and then there is also the best detective in the world, what a coincidence. You could argue that miles in a moron, but then how does he come up with the ingenious method of killing duke with plain pineapple juice, or how does he create the complex invitation. The movie makes no sense, and the ending wasn’t clever whatsoever, it would have been a lot better if there was a plot twist we could have figured out, but overlooked. Instead the writers just pull information out of thin air that explains everything.
Slight spoiler: A couple things I noticed about Miles. I noticed the words he used were not real words. I was like what the heck, did he get his lines wrong and they rolled with it? When they revealed he was just stupid all along, I was like ok that all makes sense now lol. Very well done!
Honestly my brain heard it. I'm like okay I clearly need to half listen to this guy. Like it went there so quick 🤣 with him so when Blanc comes to the realization I was like "oh that makes sense....."
The part that made me suspicious of Miles was "Paul's guitar" when playing blackbird on the beach when really it does not have the logo to indicate it is the guitar. It may be me as a musician over analysing things
I personally especially loved how annoyed Benoit was with how dumb Bron turned out to be. Daniel Craig repeatedly saying ‘dumb’ in that accent just about took me out
Most of the movie was good despite the plot holes.. The ending made absolutely no sense tho.. It'd of been a twist if the black girl killed her twin and then try to frame ed norton..That'd of been better than the ending they had i think..
@@ryanr9299 But, why would she even have to do that? Andi's death was already deemed a suicide. She would have no reason to go to the island, nor did she know about Miles and the napkin.
I loved this movie. The satirical play of these rich people who are portrayed as dumb after they are caught with their pants down. Or the mental habit of people trusting rich people in power because they have gained their trust due to their reputation. It is just amazing
Also love this movie, but what the fuck is this guys problem with Elon Musk?? I do not lean either way politically, and Musk has stated the same, but this dude was insanely critical of Elon Musk and it kind of turned me off of the video a bit. Far right people are idiots, but this dude seems insanely far left with some of his comments. Absolutely no reason to make this video political at all. Even the Trump comment put me off too. Like fuck off man, just do your video, no need to inject your personal agendas.
My favorite detail that changes upon rewatch is when Miles throws the crystal of Klear to Blanc. The first time around, it feels like a move of confidence, that he trusts his intelligence so much that *of course* it's going to be fine when he throws it. Lionel and Claire's rightfully freaked out reactions seem like overreactions the first time, just because of how cocky Miles is being. But, when you see it again and you know that Miles is just an idiot who doesn't understand anything, the first thought is "holy shit he just threw hydrogen gas in his own home, who DOES THAT he's so STUPID." The facade, as the viewer, is gone. It's fascinating to me how different this movie is when rewatching it; I arguably had more fun the second time than the first
lmao, this is the most ham-fisted social commentary I've ever seen in a movie. It guess you can consider it "done right" if you have room temperature IQ.
I love you referring to Bron's gaslighting and feel it was a missed opportunity to point out that yes, there was definitely gaslighting, and then his house blew up because of Bron's "better" source of fuel (aka gas) and it literally being lighted aka ignited by fire! I truly feel that can't be an oversight on the producers and writers parts because this is indeed a glass onion!
I love this idea but also can see it being part of the Beatles idea that was suggested at the beginning that it’s a much more Simpler film but I’d love if either were true
I am gonna say... The scene of Birdie screaming because "Andi" appears after "Murdered", just made me explode... It grabbed me so offguard but it fits so well for her character...
@@The_KlaVra yeah mate I hope so to 😂😂🤷♂️I thought I would like this movie, because I loved the first one. But come on this is probably one of the stupidest movies I’ve seen in my entire life
Ending made no sense and the only resolution would be that the protagonist ended up in jail for attempted murder, endangerment and damaging/destroying property...
Actually, that film reminded a lot of an Agatha Christie novel written in 1933. In which a rich man with a lot of enemies was so intelligently and effectively stabbed in a specific point in the neck everyone thought the murderer knew what he/she was doing (maybe a doctor even). In reality, the murderer was the most obvious person ever. Moreover, that person was a very silly, self-centered, simple but nice and confident person (who also took refuge in audacity) and just got really lucky, killing the man on the spot (then two other people who were getting in the way of his/her happy dreams) and nearly getting away with it. And at the end, rather than being upset he/she was found guilty, the remorseless murderer was more concerned about their future new posterity and hoping to get a lot of people attending his/her hanging. Yep... Human nature wouldn't change I suppose.
@@christal4117 oh jeez don't be such a pretentious buzz kill. btw the director literally said that the inspiration for Knives Out was Agatha Christie novels
In one of my favorite musicals, Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings “If I was a Rich Man” and there’s a line that’s always stuck with me. “When you’re rich, they think you really know”
So I’m at the point where they point out now simple the puzzle is, yet as a man in in wood work I’d like to appreciate how smooth the joinery is. Like damn those boxes are pretty perfect.
Did anyone else notice this tiny detail in the film? In the scene where Birdie talks about how Miles used to be this little thing in her pocket, you can see Andi throw the voice recording into Birdie’s bag and sit down. I think it’s a really cool detail that worth mentioning.👍🏻👏🏻 Edit: I also just noticed that we can see Miles holding duke’s gun for a split second at the time stamp -1:14:19 on Netflix when the light shines on Miles very briefly. I’m loving this movie more and more, bravo the makers.👏🏻
Yeah they showed Miles switching glasses, grabbing Duke's gun when he was showing him Andi's article, then throwing the gun in the ice bucket when he makes the spiked pineapple drink for him. Sadly a lot of viewers caught the glass switch and it kind of took away from the mystery but I guess it keeps with the theme of glass onion. (Also the scene you mentioned is actually at 1:06:46 but there was 1:14:19 left on the movie, Netflix is weird with their timestamp system)
Something I love about both Knives Out and Glass Onion is that whilst Blanc solves the mystery in both films it's only because of the actions of the heroines that the villains get punished. Ransom would have likely gotten off Scott free if not for Marta hiding Fran's death and Bron would have been fine if Helen hadn't taken the opportunity to reveal the truth of klear.
I loved the first one and as such this film was one of my most hyped films of the year, and it did not disappoint. The film was hilarious and subversive in a different way to the first one. It has the same charm as the original, but it’s different enough that it’s not just the first one but sunnier. With the whodunnit genre it can be very easy to fall into just doing the same story again but with different characters and settings and I like that this film has seemingly tried its hardest to zig where the original zagged. Between this, The Last Jedi and the first Knives Out, Rian Johnson is definitely one of my favourite filmmakers working today,
On one layer, this is another homage to cozy mysteries. On another, it's just what you said - a brutal takedown of the 1% and their hangers-on. I loved it. The performances were pitch-perfect. Edward Norton was exactly right for Not-Elon. Dave Bautista reminds me of swole influencers like the Liver King (who just had to admit to taking steroids). Kate Hudson, as you noted, was terrific in her role, which her mother would've played just as perfectly in a previous generation. And Janelle Monae deftly switched between essentially three roles: Andy, Helen, and Helen-as-Andy. It was just delightful. As an English teacher, I picked up on Not-Elon's malapropisms and outright made-up words right away, and so I knew he was a stuffed-shirt pseudo-intellectual from the start. It made me think about other pseudo-intellectuals who have somehow found audiences that hang on their every word, who have also convinced themselves that they're the real deal when, in fact, they're not.
One of my absolute favorite parts was not just how the mona lisa got burned, but that it was only helen who thought about doing it and only her who wanted to go thru with it. this isn't just an indictment of billionaires' place in our society, but of the whole "i'm all for BLM but please don't smash the windows of my favorite starbucks" crowd. Everyone at the party - the lesser 1% - knew miles was shit and were totally down for smashing *his* shit. But they didn't want the whole system to go. Of course, in the movie, the whole system was not destroyed. But I think the mona lisa, with all its high cultural significance, and the repetitive cuts to it that remind us how the whole room is designed to protect it, is clearly a stand-in for a broader critique of "the system" than just one billionaire being taken down. It's not about miles, it's about the whole apparatus that put the mona lisa on a pedestal in the first place and then lent it out to some asshole just because he had the money to do so. If you want to protect the mona lisa, you failed at making a system that could do so, but valorizing it in the first place is already an indictment of how corrupt the system is in the first place.
@@user-to6fy9of9e Lmao 😂😂maybe 🤷♂️nah mate I honestly didn’t think about the last Jedi when watching this movie. I loved the first knives out, but this one just sucked to me
Saw this movie in theatres on Sunday and it was such a fun experience, love this movie and Benoit Blanc is one of my favourite fictional characters of all time.
What an amazing compelling movie this was, You had Daniel Craig once again leading another mysterious murder mystery and he plays his role amazing in the movie as do all of the other actors/actresses who are Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline just to name a few and they were all very good. This movie has a very good well thought out story to it and you get to learn about all of the different characters in the movie which is good and their are a couple of shocks and twists in the movie too which are interesting. Also their is a lot of good humour in this movie that is very funny I must of laughed quite a few times. So what starts out as a fun murder mystery game on a private island turns into a real murder investigation that sets off all sorts of events which are very interesting throughout the movie you learn how everyone and everything is connected and you learn some truths and some lies too which made for a amazing movie. Do I think this was as good as the first one my answer yes I think it was as good as the first one I wouldn’t say better but equally as good each movie has their own really good things about it so yeah. So yeah overall a amazing mysterious and compelling movie that is definitely worth a watch especially if you like murder mysteries.
It instantly became one of THE ESSENTIAL murder mysteries. It’s just absolutely brilliant and sharply written. I wish I could write half as good as Rian.
Unfortunately, this movie is nowhere near as good as the first one. Now, clearly Ben Shapiro made an absolure fool of himself with his Twitter rant about this movie, but it really wasn't that good. I was quite impressed during my first viewing. But the second time? With all the knowledge available, so I can pay attention to detail, it was quite messy. The writing just wasn't that good. A) Everyone on the island has motive to kill Andi, right from the get go. The existence of the napkin is proof for their pugury. B) (minor detail): As a scientist I was hardcore triggered that they could carry around 'crystallized hydrogen' for that long. It would have evaporated almost immediately, unless it was either -260°C or something around 500-600 atmospheric pressure. Both of which would have killed everyone instantly. C) The timeframe of Andi's murder is completely messed up (they get very specific of what happens when multiple time, and it practically never adds up). D) Johnson doesn't trust the audience at all. Whenever a past scene is referenced, it HAS to be shown again. Even the scene where Blanc hands Helen the Hydrogen (a completely out of character decision btw "Well, I failed, how about you potentionally kill everyone in the room? Good luck."). We see him hand her the drink and something obscured (which obviously has to be the Hydrogen) alongside a direct reference to the Hydrogen. And then, not 10 minutes later, we see the exact same scene again, only this time we actually see the crystal. I felt almost insulted. I could keep going, but you get the point. That being said, it was fun, the message was well delivered and pretty unique, yet relevant and one the nose. The red thread of the Glass Onion as the metaphor of all metaphors works on (ironically) so many layers in this film. It just feels like Johnson sacrificied a thought out mystery plotline (like Knives Out was) for the intricate metaphor.
This movie was BRILLIANT. I was particularly impressed with Janelle Monae, Daniel Craig, and Edward Norton. The humor, wit, quirkiness, camera work, casting chemistry, and overall storyline were a masterpiece. I haven’t seen Knives Out 🙈but I definitely plan to watch asap after this. Well done Rian Johnson 👏👏👏
it's a perfect, and a genius move by Rian. The first movie was soooooooo good, so complicated and smart. With this 2nd movie saying "it's a glass onion. sometimes it's just actually some DUMB shit that someone with money/power could do just because they can" it sets the movie back and make the line, and expectation for the next movie back. Next movie can be anything. And it'll be good.
I like Knives Out more, it’s faster paced and has more memorable characters and it was more of a movie about Ana De Armas character with Blanc as a side character rather than him be basically the main character until halfway through but, Glass Onion has the better, more complicated mystery and twist
really? REALLY? more complicated mystery and twist what ? You mean you didnt arrive to the conclusion that Miles is playing them like an idiot literally 30 mins of the runtime? And only to be proven that the mystery is indeed that simple? WHAT?
@@Wakkiau Uhm....yes? I think that goes for a lot of people in the comments? I've seen my fair share of of tired tropes, and I still didn't catch that he was the main culprit until the end, so I don't see why you're reacting so strongly
Surely Johnson can't keep making these bangers. There's gotta be a limit to the brilliance. I hope there isn't, but the Knives Out franchise is too brilliant to be sustainable.
I can already see the rich spanish mogul character Bardem would no doubt play invite Blanc over to his exclusive Ibiza resort where some Agatha Christie shenanigans will no doubt ensue
I find it so impressive that he’s able to tell a mystery really well through the perspective of the detective without it feeling like he’s just straight lying to us the entire time. All these clues are in the background of the beginning of the film we just don’t have brain of Benoit
When I watched it a second time I was able to take in the puzzle box without being distracted by the extravagant presentation. The puzzles are actually laughably simple. I am extremely peeved there wasn't an actual stereogram on the box though
To this day I will forever remember the continuous laughter of the audience I watched this movie with, all thanks to the amazing sequel that Glass Onion is.
.... and after the credits EVERYONE was arrested and charged with perjury, attempted murder, interfering with a police investigation, concealing evidence, extortion, bribery, arson, property destruction... Brilliant movie!!!
Another low key clue that Bron doesn't have an original idea in his head is when he can't understand why Blanc is even there to begin with. So when Blanc asks could the box have been reset and sent, Bron immediately says hang on and then just repeats what Blanc just thought of as confirmed fact and then adapts to this new occurrence. He literally stole ideas twice from Blanc.
It's one of the few movies that I actually loved more the second time around when I knew the twists. It didn't even hide most of them, just distracted the audience with something else.
they are all great actors, but I was especially amazed by Edward Norton/Miles' reaction to seeing "Andi"/Helen. He looked shocked to the core, and absolutely terrified.
I'd say it's less of a takedown of Elon Musk and more of like a Zuckerberg type, cuz Musk doesnt really use buzzwords or say anything THAT dumb. Not sure if there's any perfect parallel though.
Also his idea to burn the original written on the napkin wasn't even his own idea, he's questioned as to why he didn't burn it, and lo and behold a few minutes later he does just that.
As someone who loves murder mysteries, I thought this would be another basic reskin of murder on the orient express, but goddamn this movie blew me away; the second half was some of the best writting in a movie this year.
@@caseysshenanigans708 I never said anyone had to change their mind. If other people can put what they like about it, why can't I say what could've been improved? Should people ONLY comment when they agree with everyone else?
@@caseysshenanigans708 I am very concerned. It confuses me that people can say the movie title and masterpiece in the same sentence. It's mediocre at best. I don't understand how peoples standards have gotten so low. I didn't love Shawshank Redemption, but I could absolutely understand the praise that it gets. Knives Out was fantastic. But this? I just don't see it.
I was a bit scared at first. That the movie wouldn't hold up to my own expectations, which, lets be honest, would not have been the movie's fault if that wasn't the case (blame my own hype for that one). But when we are hit with the FLASHBACK?!??!?! I was screaming in excitement, jumping around my living room pointing at the screen from that point foward. It doesn't reach the same heights in visuals as the original in my eyes, in pure sincerity. Knives Out was like a green, tightly knit sweater that you wear on a winter night. Glass Onion is more like a simple, yet fashionable open shirt, the type you wear on the beach. But the script? The writing? MASTERPIECE
It's weird how we got two really good, really direct anti-capitalist stories from major film producers this quarter alone (this and "Andor" don't mess around), and there are people who still miss the point.
I just thought of this movie as phenomenal as the first one, but seeing this video, wow...this movie is the most cleverly excuted piece of media I've ever witnessed. An incredibly entertaining and Strong movie. Easily my favorite of 2022.
@@raymondsims7042 don't start alright. I've seen the original, loved it. I've seen every big release of 2022, I've grown up with all the Bond movies, Indy movies, star wars, Laurel and Hardy even. I've seen DC movies, marvel movies, every big show from those respective franchises. Hell I've even loved those biographic movies they have really taken off the past few years, what I mean by my statement is that it's so clever how they set us up for something very intelligent, but then when it's looked at, it's just dumb. Everyone in this movie seems to be normal when you first look at them, but as it progresses we see that they're all just retarded. Not many movies can do that without feeling like a shitty movie. And glass onion does it flawlessly.
@@TheDc007fan yeah I get it but it’s not an original concept by any means mate😂😂yes rich people are actually not as smart as they think they are. Yup seen it before now give me a good movie🤷♂️this was not one at all in my opinion. And obviously miles brought them over there for a “murder mystery game” he was still going to follow through with that. I predicted it.idk glad you thought it was brilliant, but I thought it was honestly horrible.
I feel like what makes or breaks this movie for people is if they can accept the fact that the movie itself is a glass onion. Despite all the layers and complexity it builds up, the grand reveal is straightforward and basic. If you can appreciate the intention, you’ll enjoy it, but if you’re hoping for something more complex, it’ll fall flat. Personally, I liked it, I’d rather have a movie that strives for a unique structure rather than a “cleverer” one.
This video it's self is a a Glass Onion. Throughout the whole video he restates what a Glass Onion is over and over again in different ways to make his video about the Glass Onion seem complex. In fact, look at the pictures about the video. They are the same shots being repeated over and over again. He doesn't even have the effort to switch the order of the clips. It is a Glass Onion about the movie The Glass Onion. And I find it interesting and I like it.
I don't understand why people are getting so triggered over this movie. I loved it, it's fun, it looks great, it has relevant commentary and a message, the cast is amazing, I'm kind of obsessed with it right now.
Let me start of by saying I love north movies, but, Where I feel it fell flat was after the reveal of the napkin to the group,instead of just handing it over to Benoit blanc she just waves it in front of him, practically dancing and being surprised when he actually does something. Also I know Blanc was basically berating him for being stupid and arrogant but the gun was still missing it just felt kinda off to still not think he was a danger to the group.
Just saw it, I found it to be underwhelming. Building up so much potential tension, not showing us the possible clues but just explaining them to us and then reveal it all in an explosion - the first one executed the mystery reveal so much better and much subtle than just an arrogant Detective narrating through the entire thing.
Read the comments and became embarrassed with the fact that people still don’t want to accept that the idea of modern capitalists who are fueling the progress is just a political myth. It’s a new variation of the Protestant ethics myth which became obsolete because of the scientific progress imo.
The film reminded me of Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, in which a man (somewhat like Miles Brown) mysteriously invites 8 people who all committed crimes to his mansion on a private island. (Spoilers) They all get killed one by one as the island descends in anarchy and cannot leave due to the isolation of it all. The whole novel as many many similarities with Glass Onion, both are respectively brilliant.
Man I loved this movie. I might be in the minority but I actually liked it more than the first, except for the climax. Felt like they were just trying to wrap it up at the end. Daniel Craig was even better and the comedy hit harder to me. Great sequel for sure and you can't say that about most.
There should've been a Kanye based character in Glass Onion, it would've been even more amazing if Rian Johnson took a shot at him and his fanbase as well hahah
Jesus Christ. This is not a masterpiece. It's average at best. None of the characters are likeable apart Daniel Craig and everyone thinks the film is so clever because it admits to being dumb. Like Wow, it knows it's basic. Stunning
17:03 Another sign that Birdie doesn't care about the mask regulations is her many instances of racist statements and saying that everything is "woke these days". That's exactly the kind of person who wouldn't care about COVID regulations if not downright actively resisting them. Poor Peg! She is also in a similar position to the disruptions in that her life depends on Birdie's success just as the disrupter's lives depend on Miles's success.
Blanc really just pulls it all together, only watched this movie because it's basically just Blanc solving another mystery, Daniel Craig also really looks like he's enjoying the role which makes his character even greater.
@cynthmcgpoet Despite the songwriting credits being "Lennon McCartney", as they were for all songs written by either of them during their time in The Beatles by agreement, no matter if the songs were written by either individual or collaboratively, "Glass Onion" has been acknowledged by many sources to have been a song written by John Lennon with little to no input by Paul McCartney. (This is sourced in many places, probably the most telling is in Paul's book "Many Years From Now" where Paul says about "Glass Onion", "...it was his song, his idea...it was a nice song of John's.") By the time of the recording of what we call the white album, the three main song writers of The Beatles were mostly working on their own. And "Glass Onion" was definitely a John song...not a Paul song.
I just got out of the theater after watching it and yeah it's better than the original. It's without a doubt one of the best films of 2022. Hope to see more!
@@FilmSpeak What a way to end 2022. The Menu, The Fabelmans, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Spirited, All Quiet On The Western Front, and She Said all being great films. Also I saw an early screening of Puss in Boots and MAN YOUR GONNA LIKE IT ALOT (Probably the best animated film of 2022) and hopefully Avatar The Way of Water can join that list! Love you videos! Keep up the great work!
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I don’t like any of Rian Johnson’s work at all so I’m not gonna do that to myself. I hated Knives Out and wasn’t mystified at all. At no point did I wonder who did it.
I thought it was equal but not the same as Knives Out. Although I was more emotionally entangled with Marta's story in the first film (and loving how the first sets us up with wanting Blanc to solve the mystery and then manipulates us into wanting the perpetrator to get away with it only to reveal there was still a mystery we were distracted from... the doughnut hole doughnut inside of the doughnut hole of the doughnut that was inside of the larger doughnut's doughnut hole), I found the second film more engaging by having fewer characters we spend more time with. To explain, I was more emotionally invested in the first movie; but by having fewer characters in the second and letting us more time to get to know the suspects, I was more entertained by the ensemble. Plus the second movie was more entertaining in a humorous sense. In the end, the first movie was Marta's story where the second felt more like Blanc's (rather than "Andi's"). So, what I loss from the first film was made up for by other things gained; and it equaled out. I love them both differently.
I’d love to hear your take on Something in the Dirt. It has similar themes, but a very different genre, snd sized movie. Moorhead and Benson, are really fun filmmakers, who do so much with such small budgets. Their latest very much gets into the madness of seeing patterns and mysteries to solve everywhere.
One of the best films I have seen!! So glad it lived up to the original! I would watch as many of these as Craig and Johnson are happy to make. These are truly excellent whodunits, as you said, masterpieces, both of them!
Something about LOJr’s character is that yeah he’s wearing a mask and seems to be the only one doing covid precautions properly but his facial hair doesn’t allow a proper seal(kinda like Rian didn’t want it to have Knives Out in its name(fair) and I still prefer the first one cuz I got to see it in theatre right before the pandemic I think it was..super fun and man the cast being family just elevated it but watching GO more is the way to do it cuz it’s so obvious in hindsight and the little details where Miles says some stupid shit or tries to gaslight is so good
The 2 banger scenes in this movie for me are (Minor spoilers) When Blanc gets mad at Miles for stealing his idea And when Helen is trying not to get hot sauce
90% of this video is a rant about how how billionaires = idiots. It has no critical thoughts about the film itself. If you had come to hear analysis of the movie, save your time. EDIT - Ok I thought I'd be the only one leaving a mean comment. But with 15% dislikes, I can see I am not the only one. Sorry, but I am tired of UA-cam "critics" shoving personal life opinions into misleadingly titled videos,
This could be Craig's retirement plan. Reappear as Benoit Blanc every few years for a Knives Out mystery. I hope this series doesn't end as a trilogy. The content could be limitless.
He has said he wants to play him for the rest of his life and I am very much up for that.
@@katashworth41 Fr? That would be amazing.
This movie proves they used all their creativity on the first movie, this sequel is terrible in comparison
@@edun4513 L take.
@@GabesEdtiz the first one is just to good but this second one is definitely a good movie also I do feel like Craig was a much better actor in the second movie
I think my favorite bit of characterization for the cast comes at the very end when Andi is destroying the mansion. she starts out smashing all the glass artwork and the rest of the cast joins in, including Miles, because to them it's just a game. it's just them getting out a bit of aggression without long lasting consequences because it feels good. but then she keeps going, she smashes more and more expensive work, and the rest of the characters start getting genuinely uncomfortable. they don't ACTUALLY want to disrupt anything, they want the illusion of disruption, of resistance. shattered glass is messy, but it's a benign mess that can be quickly swept up. you can't un-burn the house down.
that whole scene was pure gold. You worded it perfectly
That reminds me of miles little speech in the beginning
When she started smashing the glass, I thought she was trying to see which of the sculptures was made of Klear (or at least to scare the rest of the group into thinking it). Making a sculpture out of "magical disruptive genius chemicals" seems like something that someone as narcissistic as Elon (sorry, "Miles") would do...
Very good point. Miles talks about being a disruptor but certainly doesn't want HIS life to be disrupted. He started out wanting to break the system, but now he is rich he is the system, and is as conservative as any of the old-money types from the first film.
Agreed! I've been thinking a lot about that 'smashing' scene -- Andi smashes the glass (something small), then continues through the other art pieces as the others join in. But when she gets to the Mona Lisa -- "THE thing", as Miles would say -- no one wants her to destroy it and they all flee or try to stop her. She's the only true disruptor, the only one willing to get up to that line regarding Miles' 'system' -- and then cross it. That's why I love how she gives Miles the crossed 'double bird' just before she goes after the painting, just as he did when he explained his 'disruptions' to Blanc earlier on. Kudos.
I think a big part of Blanc's very visible frustration over Miles was that at the beginning Blanc said he needed a "great case." He ended up with two very very simple ones.
One low-key clue that the puzzle box is dumb is Duke's mom easily solving multiple clues without even really trying
Great observation 😂
Hahaha yep 😂
I took it more as a funny/ironic moment in which the “mens rights” activist goes from posturing on social media with the perspective that “men should be in charge because men are smarter” to being bossed around and easily outsmarted by a woman. He’s as much of a poser/grifter as all the others.
Wouldn't say that's dumb. She recognized patterns immediately that I would have not and all the scientists and governors in the call struggled with. The mom is just cracked at these games.
Besides, of course the puzzles are easily solveable. They're meant to be casual fun before you get your hands on the invitation.
@@Serryy but weren’t the ‘scientists and governors’ kind of proven to just be grifters benefitting from the Ed nortons money/influence? Like, I don’t think they’re ever shown to actually be intelligent. The only character who is besides Blanc is Dukes girlfriend or Janelle Monaes character. (The names have all escaped me)
I just love the format of Blanc being a part of some else's story. It lends itself to so much opportunity for new characters and casts to appear on a franchise.
A bit like Mad Max in that way.
@@Icameron259 oh your right. I never actually made that connection lol.
There's a 3d movie on its way.
Yeeeeees precisely! And it's a super fun character trait to watch, too. It's SO engaging to me to watch him do everything he can to empower others, instead of focusing on getting ahead himself.
It's akin to those old westerns with a lone rider who is basically the vehicle through which we experience a new cast every time.
One thing that should be mentioned - the main players’ relationship to Peg; the stressed out, overworked lackey of Birdie; the plain-Jane wallflower who always knows where the fire extinguishers are. She has obviously been to many of these events held by Miles, yet when she speaks to him directly, he can’t even remember her name. Everybody gets their own monogrammed glass with their favourite beverage - except Peg, who gets tossed a paper cup without even being acknowledged (side note - later on, she’s writing her name on that cup, as if she’s desperate to be like the entitled asshats around her.) She is one of the truly competent and efficient people in this film, but she’s not one of the rich ‘disruptors,’ so she never even gets heard. She obviously has enough influence over Birdie that Birdie feels the need to hide her emergency phone like a child, and can put her point to Birdie about the statement Miles wants her to sign concerning the sweatshops. Yet, in the end, her own employment and income is entirely dependent on Birdie being a beautiful idiot.
I’m sure there’s a subtext there somewhere 😏
Hehe pineapple
I will never get over people like you in these comments typing out paragraphs like this because you think you've made some crazy character trait discovery. mf this is boiler plate character writing. it literally doesn't get any more basic than this. congrats tho, you can comprehend movies at a high school level
Alas Peg was underused or was a red-herring as the potential murderer. Either way I’d have liked for her to have had a more important role. The movie would have been the same without her.
@@CaptainVideo1960 then who would be holding Birdie accountable? Who would WE relate to? Her importance was the fact that she was underutilized. That's literally the theme of her character and almost EVERY assistant who works in or around Hollywood. To make her more important would completely negate that-- she isn't a mastermind, a disruptor, or main character. She's just there, struggling, and in the end her future is as ambiguous as Birdie's as it should since Peg-- herself-- is not the type to be as extreme as Andie or Helen. To see a gradient of women, to distinguish between ambition vs greed vs narcissism, to enjoy the nuance of that, I feel the movie was successful in abundance.
This isn't just a whoosh, this is like, you sitting in the eye of a tornado and looking straight up with binoculars lmao
@@nailinthefashion Luckily, movies are subjective and we enjoy what we enjoy and can disagree on some points and agree on others. Well stated, even if I don’t totally agree. What bothers me in the comments section is when someone takes their opinion and belittles or insults someone else’s comments,(opinions), as though they are the arbiter of what is good or not.
In addition to these films just being incredible, can we all appreciate how cool it is that we're getting these original films with so much substance actually do well and penetrate pop culture in an era where it feels like you need to be a superhero movie to make a lot of money. The first one made over 300 million and if Netflix hadn't been stubborn I think this one would have too. It's heartening.
true we need more of those good originals Movies
The amount of superhero Movies in Years are making me sick. I wish The Superhero Genre Release 4 Movies Maximum But Guess Thats What nowdays Movies make most Money
I loved the first film for that very reason, and I was so scared the second would be a silly knock off, or a cash grab on such good characters, or a stupid pull for a reskin of an Agatha Christie. I had a number of moments where I was so scared of the movie turning into Death On The Nile (where the villain gets victimized early on to feign innocence...for a long sec I was really worried they'd go for the classic redeemed bimbo bit and made Whiskey the villain). I couldn't be happier to be wrong. It was spectacular! And so perfect at showcasing how they're idiots! Which was the whole point!!! And when Blanc told her to "remember why your sister left" I gasped out loud and shouted "HYDROGEN!!!" STUNNING!!!
Well said
Can we compliment a movie without insulting a superhero movie out of no where? No one feels like you need to be a superhero movie to make a lot of money and youre acting like thats a bad thing.
@@Samonti-ns6od you should be ashamed of your atrocious taste.
Idk if anyones touched on this but one of my favourite things about this movie was the character derol. I spent the whole movie assuming that he had to be involved because he was so out of place compared to everyone else, but in reality he was just another glass onion, he was literally just someone who was staying in the house and had nothing to do with any murders or schemes. I think it’s a great example of how we assume that things should be more important and intricate than they actually are, and are supposed to have meaning, like the other rich characters that are talked about in the video.
It's funny because after Knives Out, when they/Miles told us upfront that Derol wasn't going to be part of it I believed it. I was like "ah yes a red herring, thanks"
Derol does have a purpose. He's a metaphor, an allegory, and if you look at the brand of beer he's drinking, you'll realize what he represents.
@@tinyetoile5503 haha "corona"
Yeah I thought he maybe had some secret role or was the one who really had the envelope but nope. Bro was just there for the ride
I love that the smartest things miles does comes from other people. Blanc points out that Miles steals his Andie murder attempt from Blanc himself, but also Miles didn’t think to burn the envelope! Until Lionel points out how dumb that is and asks why he’d keep it instead of burning it, and then Miles burns it in Helen’s hand. He couldn’t even figure out “I should get rid of the only physical evidence of my fraud and murder” on his own he needs someone else to say it. He’s so dumb 😂
He was dumb enough to constantly steal other people's ideas 🥴 (Andi's napkin with Alpha on it, Blanc's throwaway statement for the party, Lionel's side comment of how he didn't even burn the napkin)
lionel straight up says in his introduction that miles faxes over the dumbest shit and is like "but one of them actually got turned into something so...." and even if we (like, me) see the obvious ridiculousness we still miss the point that no, he's actually just really stupid. like with billionaires and rich folk in general there are so many hoops we all jump over to be like, "yeah they're stupid but they do this one thing really well," and it's like no- they're actually just dumb and it's all about appearance and status and the appearance also isn't them being smart about appearance it's just other people thinking that they're being smart about the appearance
I think the fun part is that it's fairly obvious and clear early on that Miles was the murderer, but Johnson and the whole cast are able to keep you engaged through the whole thing and makes you question yourself for the same reason that Blanc gets so flabbergasted when he has his big reveal.
Personally, I sat there and went "It's miles. But it can't be that easy, can it? It's totally him. But it's so dumb. Yup, everything points to miles. Whens the twist?"
@@banana403 I honestly didn't know it was miles mostly cuz I barely paid attention when he spoke. I was hoping he'd get real life murdered most of the time because of the dumb shit I was unintentionally tuning out.
Never thought he was smart. But didn't think he was that dumb.
@@banana403 But just like a glass onion: even though the mystery has many layers to it, it was completely transparent so it hid nothing.
A few observations:
-Another way Miles shows us who he is is in his choice of words. When he's introducing Klear, he doesn't say something like "I want to make sure this planet is livable for future generations" or "I want to free the world from petro-states' shenanigans and reduce the possibility of conflict" or anything. No, it's all about the legacy HE wants, how HE wants to be spoken of in the same breath as the Mona Lisa. It's all self-centered language, not other-centered.
-It's interesting to contrast the "disruptors" with Blanc. He's well-off and has celebrity friends, but his friends are in the creative arts, and seem kind, compassionate, and generous. (As, I understand, at least Sondheim and Dame Angela were IRL.) His interactions with these people and with those he helps are based in empathy and kindness, and he appears to have a stable, loving relationship.
Fair! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of Blanc’s friends too, and he seems like one of the most humble NBA legends alive right now
@@mrswagg2ful And HE'S also in the arts to an extent, and the detective field...he wrote three novels about Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft.
i really like your analysis but what do you mean when you say that blanc has a stable loving relationship?
@@ghostphrog Well, he lives with his husband/partner (don't know if they're formally married or not). Phillip's played by Hugh Grant, and he seems to be quite the cook and baker.
@@jenniferschillig3768 ohhh ok thank you for explaining, I had the same idea when I saw Phillip I just wasn’t sure if I was reading too much into it :)
My favorite detail is the reaction of Edward Norton’s character when he saw the last guest coming to the beach (won’t say who for spoilers)… but his face says it all, he was literally seeing a ghost and the acting is perfect
he knew clearly who she really was ? Because at the end he seems surprised
@@MarionCMS62 He was shocked that Andi was able to survive after he tried to kill her and wondering why she was there.
@kollie79but with how stupid he is, he might genuinely have seen it as a failed attempt to kill her and not paid a whiff of attention to Andi's family.
Not sure which interpretation is correct, let alone best
I love that part too. A moment later he touches her shoulder, like he’s almost expecting his hand to go through her like a ghost
One thing about Kate Hudson character that I noticed was her insecurity about her age. She looks amazing but didn’t go in the pool because she didn’t want to be compared to Whiskey. What is even more interesting is when you see her sitting by the pool. Her stomach isn’t flat and unrealistic. It is the way a person’s stomach would look. That little touch for me completely made me understand her character. Yes she is a literal idiot, but she completely understand how women are judged in the real world and she adjusts.
Also idiots and the thoughtless are the most dangerous.
EXCELLENT observation. I caught that too and really appreciated the authenticity of that moment. Kate looks absolutely PHENOMENAL and yet, her character still is strangled by unrealistic body expectations. It’s a very sad and real issue and yet another reason why Birdie is one of the best characters in the film.
Reading to much into it dog… it’s just how a woman of her age looks. Not placing her there with a specific age showing her stomach fat not in the pool…
Oh that's interesting. I totally didn't catch that. I think I was just blown away and how good she looks and I haven't personally seen her in a film in over a decade I think.
One thing I find to be little off putting is that how Birdie says Miles was in her control but when we go to the flash back we see it was Miles who gave her start itself. So, how?
bro that is the most surface level character writing. oohh shes aging and is envious of the hot young woman?? wow rian johnson thats incredible man 10/10 character writing
Another thing to point out which I thought was interesting was that in Bron’s monologue about what the Disruptors are, he is literally describing everything that will happen with Helen. Down to the “Your partner is going to tell you to stop…” so when everyone gets tired of breaking all the glass… Helen keeps going even after being told to stop by everyone, emphasis on Bron. This was really well written
Heh. Also the irony is that the 'disruptors' didn't disrupt anything because they fed off the very system of power they claimed to be disrupting. The true disruptor was Helen because she broke that power.
I'll also add I was amused to see that the murder mystery game the characters were supposedly there for got disrupted by Blanc and the supposed 'disruptors' got peeved about it.
i can't overstate how much i love that the epiphany that leads blanc to solving the mystery is literally "oh this visionary tech billionaire is actually just the dumbest person in every room he's ever occupied"
"the dumbest person in every room he's ever occupied"
OH MY GOD LMAO XD
As dumb as Miles is I still feel like Birdie has him beat. I think even he knows what a sweatshop is.
I bet that the framed napkin still had Andi's fingerprints on it. Actually, I bet Miles's fingerprints were still all over Andi's house.
same!!!
The movie was db
whiskey was a literal icon, i’m so happy for madelyn cline. everyone else was incredible too, my favorite movie of the year
Madelyn is a goddess. I mean, the average attractiveness level in this movie is through the roof but Madelyn was in another stratosphere
I REALLY love Whiskey because SHES the one ACTUALLY playing the system. She has a plan, she’s using Duke who’s TRYING and failing to use Miles. She’s actually succeeding, while the others are floundering.
All while being taken as Duke’s personal eye-candy
Blanc’s lack of understanding of how dumb the solution actually is can also be seen in the clue chart he made with Helen. He didn’t even include Bron on it because it’d be so stupid for Miles to actually commit the murder.
My favorite moment in the film is the shot where Miles is shown in the shadow while Blanc is fully lit. It was the moment I knew that yes, it was that simple. Miles was the killer. And the best part is Blanc still can't see it at that point.
…because he’s so terrible at dumb puzzles 😂😂😂
What scene is that?
@@rebeccacummings6697 Might be the napkin display scene
@@rebeccacummings6697 I believe it's after Blanc spoils his murder mystery and Miles takes him upstairs
@@bunnyhana7482 Oh, I see what you're talking about now
Glass onion reminds me of the time in third grade when my sister was having a paper airplane contest. After watching everyone in her class act like geniuses and argue about who was following the directions better she got up, crumpled up a piece of paper, and threw it past every other airplane as they all flew backwards. I have a really cool sister.
This sounds like a fake story. Not saying it is. But it sure sounds like one
@@ammonite0257 literally so what?
@@ammonite0257 How? All of the concepts in the story sound real and grounded.
@@ammonite0257real or not, you’d never know lol
Reminds me of a post where a dude entered a robotics competition in his school and the rules were to build a robot that would navigate a maze in order to put out the fire of a candle, you could also gain bonus points if your robot entered every room as well as how fast your robot completes the task, so, he admitted a dry ice cube and built sort of a robot to melt it, not only the fog swept through every room he was by far the fastest to extinguish the candle, he was unqualified, but man, isn't this hysterical? Lol
Ironically, I made the same mistake as most of the characters while watching this movie. The whole time, I was waiting for the big reveal, the big detective speech that would reveal everything and wrap everything up in a neat little bow. When that speech came, however, that didn't happen. His goons stayed by his side because they had too much to lose. When Helen torches the place, I was left sorta dumbfounded, expecting something better, more sophisticated than what actually went down. Only after I watched this video did I realize that the whole movie was setting up that conclusion. I took the glass onion as a metaphor to be used in the context of it's mystery, not the movie's message as a whole. I was so focused on peeling back the layers, I didn't look to see that they were clear.
But that's kind of cop out. "We know you're waiting on a big twist, the twist is . . . we aren't going to give you one".
All they did was make a bad movie with a lackluster ending.
@@FLdancer00 the twist being there's no twist at all is exactly the bullshittery that murder mysteries are loved for btw.
Also while I can understand people thinking the ending was underwhelming, to call this movie bad??? It reeks of insanity.
@@vikimoananu4705 Anyone who calls this movie a masterpiece probably has a smooth brain.
This movie is highly mediocre. You may have basic taste, so you're awed by it, but that doesn't mean it's good. I'm far from the only person who feels this way.
@@FLdancer00 People can like what they like. No need to call them smooth-brained
@@FLdancer00 I was looking for someone not praising a (imo) pretty shit movie. How tf did everyone get out of the massive explosion unscathed, it was called a hydrogen bomb, and a hydrogen bomb the size of a mansion would completely obliterate anything on there. And how tf does miles let blanc stay on his island. Miles knows he killed someone, that person then shows up to his island and then there is also the best detective in the world, what a coincidence. You could argue that miles in a moron, but then how does he come up with the ingenious method of killing duke with plain pineapple juice, or how does he create the complex invitation. The movie makes no sense, and the ending wasn’t clever whatsoever, it would have been a lot better if there was a plot twist we could have figured out, but overlooked. Instead the writers just pull information out of thin air that explains everything.
Slight spoiler: A couple things I noticed about Miles. I noticed the words he used were not real words. I was like what the heck, did he get his lines wrong and they rolled with it? When they revealed he was just stupid all along, I was like ok that all makes sense now lol. Very well done!
Honestly my brain heard it. I'm like okay I clearly need to half listen to this guy. Like it went there so quick 🤣 with him so when Blanc comes to the realization I was like "oh that makes sense....."
The part that made me suspicious of Miles was "Paul's guitar" when playing blackbird on the beach when really it does not have the logo to indicate it is the guitar. It may be me as a musician over analysing things
Knives Out had a genius villain, Glass Onion had a dumb one. I love it.
And also the genius villain was an outcast/loser of the family, while the idiot villain is seen as a genius by the general public.
I personally especially loved how annoyed Benoit was with how dumb Bron turned out to be. Daniel Craig repeatedly saying ‘dumb’ in that accent just about took me out
@@Sebisajiminstan It's the way Blanc was appalled with Miles' bullshit while simultaneously being mad at HIMSELF for buying into his game.
Most of the movie was good despite the plot holes.. The ending made absolutely no sense tho.. It'd of been a twist if the black girl killed her twin and then try to frame ed norton..That'd of been better than the ending they had i think..
@@ryanr9299 But, why would she even have to do that? Andi's death was already deemed a suicide. She would have no reason to go to the island, nor did she know about Miles and the napkin.
I loved this movie. The satirical play of these rich people who are portrayed as dumb after they are caught with their pants down. Or the mental habit of people trusting rich people in power because they have gained their trust due to their reputation. It is just amazing
All of this! 🎯
Also love this movie, but what the fuck is this guys problem with Elon Musk?? I do not lean either way politically, and Musk has stated the same, but this dude was insanely critical of Elon Musk and it kind of turned me off of the video a bit. Far right people are idiots, but this dude seems insanely far left with some of his comments. Absolutely no reason to make this video political at all. Even the Trump comment put me off too. Like fuck off man, just do your video, no need to inject your personal agendas.
SPOILER:
Also how Andy was gassed to death
My favorite detail that changes upon rewatch is when Miles throws the crystal of Klear to Blanc. The first time around, it feels like a move of confidence, that he trusts his intelligence so much that *of course* it's going to be fine when he throws it. Lionel and Claire's rightfully freaked out reactions seem like overreactions the first time, just because of how cocky Miles is being. But, when you see it again and you know that Miles is just an idiot who doesn't understand anything, the first thought is "holy shit he just threw hydrogen gas in his own home, who DOES THAT he's so STUPID." The facade, as the viewer, is gone. It's fascinating to me how different this movie is when rewatching it; I arguably had more fun the second time than the first
The two Knives Out movies are social commentary done right...
Absolutely! Sharp, funny, and all too accurate
So true
Yes
honestly didn't expect that from the same guy responsible for the Canto Bight sequence (and the entirety of TLJ).
lmao, this is the most ham-fisted social commentary I've ever seen in a movie. It guess you can consider it "done right" if you have room temperature IQ.
Helen's closing smile was just like the Mona Lisa's.
Ha! Yes great catch.
Is she smiling? Is she not? Either way, she made you look.
I love you referring to Bron's gaslighting and feel it was a missed opportunity to point out that yes, there was definitely gaslighting, and then his house blew up because of Bron's "better" source of fuel (aka gas) and it literally being lighted aka ignited by fire! I truly feel that can't be an oversight on the producers and writers parts because this is indeed a glass onion!
I love this idea but also can see it being part of the Beatles idea that was suggested at the beginning that it’s a much more Simpler film but I’d love if either were true
I am gonna say... The scene of Birdie screaming because "Andi" appears after "Murdered", just made me explode... It grabbed me so offguard but it fits so well for her character...
The movie was bloody trash 😂😂😂horrible movie! One of the stupidest crap I’ve ever seen in my life
@@raymondsims7042 every different person has a different opinions... I hope you can find a movie you like...
@@The_KlaVra yeah mate I hope so to 😂😂🤷♂️I thought I would like this movie, because I loved the first one. But come on this is probably one of the stupidest movies I’ve seen in my entire life
"WHAT IS REALITY?"
Some would say that…. the ending was fire 🔥
EXPLOSIVE!
This is a non-smoking garden...
I’d say the ending was a fire, that burned up an already bad script.
Art is an Explosion
Ending made no sense and the only resolution would be that the protagonist ended up in jail for attempted murder, endangerment and damaging/destroying property...
Actually, that film reminded a lot of an Agatha Christie novel written in 1933. In which a rich man with a lot of enemies was so intelligently and effectively stabbed in a specific point in the neck everyone thought the murderer knew what he/she was doing (maybe a doctor even). In reality, the murderer was the most obvious person ever. Moreover, that person was a very silly, self-centered, simple but nice and confident person (who also took refuge in audacity) and just got really lucky, killing the man on the spot (then two other people who were getting in the way of his/her happy dreams) and nearly getting away with it. And at the end, rather than being upset he/she was found guilty, the remorseless murderer was more concerned about their future new posterity and hoping to get a lot of people attending his/her hanging. Yep... Human nature wouldn't change I suppose.
i highly recommend you utilise the word "they" it would make your writing a lot better
Please don't insult Agatha Christie novels by comparing this cheesy movie to it.
Lord Edgware Dies?
@@christal4117 oh jeez don't be such a pretentious buzz kill. btw the director literally said that the inspiration for Knives Out was Agatha Christie novels
@@joshuajohn8870 oh you don't say?
I like that knives out and glass onion are two different approaches to challenging the mystery genre!
AND the "eat the rich" kind of commentary :D
yes yes
In one of my favorite musicals, Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings “If I was a Rich Man” and there’s a line that’s always stuck with me. “When you’re rich, they think you really know”
So I’m at the point where they point out now simple the puzzle is, yet as a man in in wood work I’d like to appreciate how smooth the joinery is. Like damn those boxes are pretty perfect.
Edit this is no reflection on the puzzles themselves just the end finish of the box presented to us the viewer.
I can’t wait to see where the Benoit Blanc franchise goes. He’s been a great addition to the long line of seemingly aloof genius detectives.
The movie was dumb
@@jothegreek Bruh
Did anyone else notice this tiny detail in the film? In the scene where Birdie talks about how Miles used to be this little thing in her pocket, you can see Andi throw the voice recording into Birdie’s bag and sit down. I think it’s a really cool detail that worth mentioning.👍🏻👏🏻
Edit: I also just noticed that we can see Miles holding duke’s gun for a split second at the time stamp -1:14:19 on Netflix when the light shines on Miles very briefly. I’m loving this movie more and more, bravo the makers.👏🏻
Yeah they showed Miles switching glasses, grabbing Duke's gun when he was showing him Andi's article, then throwing the gun in the ice bucket when he makes the spiked pineapple drink for him. Sadly a lot of viewers caught the glass switch and it kind of took away from the mystery but I guess it keeps with the theme of glass onion.
(Also the scene you mentioned is actually at 1:06:46 but there was 1:14:19 left on the movie, Netflix is weird with their timestamp system)
You can clearly see Duke's phone in Miles' pocket, even tho they said many times that Miles doesn't have a phone. It's really fun!
Something I love about both Knives Out and Glass Onion is that whilst Blanc solves the mystery in both films it's only because of the actions of the heroines that the villains get punished. Ransom would have likely gotten off Scott free if not for Marta hiding Fran's death and Bron would have been fine if Helen hadn't taken the opportunity to reveal the truth of klear.
The movie was dumb
@@jothegreek Do you not have something better to do?
I loved the first one and as such this film was one of my most hyped films of the year, and it did not disappoint. The film was hilarious and subversive in a different way to the first one. It has the same charm as the original, but it’s different enough that it’s not just the first one but sunnier. With the whodunnit genre it can be very easy to fall into just doing the same story again but with different characters and settings and I like that this film has seemingly tried its hardest to zig where the original zagged. Between this, The Last Jedi and the first Knives Out, Rian Johnson is definitely one of my favourite filmmakers working today,
On one layer, this is another homage to cozy mysteries. On another, it's just what you said - a brutal takedown of the 1% and their hangers-on. I loved it. The performances were pitch-perfect. Edward Norton was exactly right for Not-Elon. Dave Bautista reminds me of swole influencers like the Liver King (who just had to admit to taking steroids). Kate Hudson, as you noted, was terrific in her role, which her mother would've played just as perfectly in a previous generation. And Janelle Monae deftly switched between essentially three roles: Andy, Helen, and Helen-as-Andy. It was just delightful. As an English teacher, I picked up on Not-Elon's malapropisms and outright made-up words right away, and so I knew he was a stuffed-shirt pseudo-intellectual from the start. It made me think about other pseudo-intellectuals who have somehow found audiences that hang on their every word, who have also convinced themselves that they're the real deal when, in fact, they're not.
duke don’t dance with pineapple bro 💀💀
So good 😂
One of my absolute favorite parts was not just how the mona lisa got burned, but that it was only helen who thought about doing it and only her who wanted to go thru with it. this isn't just an indictment of billionaires' place in our society, but of the whole "i'm all for BLM but please don't smash the windows of my favorite starbucks" crowd. Everyone at the party - the lesser 1% - knew miles was shit and were totally down for smashing *his* shit. But they didn't want the whole system to go. Of course, in the movie, the whole system was not destroyed. But I think the mona lisa, with all its high cultural significance, and the repetitive cuts to it that remind us how the whole room is designed to protect it, is clearly a stand-in for a broader critique of "the system" than just one billionaire being taken down. It's not about miles, it's about the whole apparatus that put the mona lisa on a pedestal in the first place and then lent it out to some asshole just because he had the money to do so.
If you want to protect the mona lisa, you failed at making a system that could do so, but valorizing it in the first place is already an indictment of how corrupt the system is in the first place.
Rian Johnson HAS to make more of these, just watched it on Netflix. What a masterpiece yet again, wow!
Jesus Christ 🤦♂️
@@raymondsims7042 its unreal isn’t it? How…
@@seanhannan6700 that movie was horrible 😂😂
@@raymondsims7042 y’all still mad about the last Jedi 😂😂😂
@@user-to6fy9of9e Lmao 😂😂maybe 🤷♂️nah mate I honestly didn’t think about the last Jedi when watching this movie. I loved the first knives out, but this one just sucked to me
I also really like the fact that Benoit Blanc empowers women of color in both movies
Saw this movie in theatres on Sunday and it was such a fun experience, love this movie and Benoit Blanc is one of my favourite fictional characters of all time.
What an amazing compelling movie this was,
You had Daniel Craig once again leading another mysterious murder mystery and he plays his role amazing in the movie as do all of the other actors/actresses who are Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline just to name a few and they were all very good. This movie has a very good well thought out story to it and you get to learn about all of the different characters in the movie which is good and their are a couple of shocks and twists in the movie too which are interesting. Also their is a lot of good humour in this movie that is very funny I must of laughed quite a few times.
So what starts out as a fun murder mystery game on a private island turns into a real murder investigation that sets off all sorts of events which are very interesting throughout the movie you learn how everyone and everything is connected and you learn some truths and some lies too which made for a amazing movie. Do I think this was as good as the first one my answer yes I think it was as good as the first one I wouldn’t say better but equally as good each movie has their own really good things about it so yeah.
So yeah overall a amazing mysterious and compelling movie that is definitely worth a watch especially if you like murder mysteries.
It instantly became one of THE ESSENTIAL murder mysteries. It’s just absolutely brilliant and sharply written. I wish I could write half as good as Rian.
@@FilmSpeak good video, but totally unnecessary to inject your political views into the video.
Unfortunately, this movie is nowhere near as good as the first one. Now, clearly Ben Shapiro made an absolure fool of himself with his Twitter rant about this movie, but it really wasn't that good.
I was quite impressed during my first viewing. But the second time? With all the knowledge available, so I can pay attention to detail, it was quite messy. The writing just wasn't that good.
A) Everyone on the island has motive to kill Andi, right from the get go. The existence of the napkin is proof for their pugury.
B) (minor detail): As a scientist I was hardcore triggered that they could carry around 'crystallized hydrogen' for that long. It would have evaporated almost immediately, unless it was either -260°C or something around 500-600 atmospheric pressure. Both of which would have killed everyone instantly.
C) The timeframe of Andi's murder is completely messed up (they get very specific of what happens when multiple time, and it practically never adds up).
D) Johnson doesn't trust the audience at all. Whenever a past scene is referenced, it HAS to be shown again. Even the scene where Blanc hands Helen the Hydrogen (a completely out of character decision btw "Well, I failed, how about you potentionally kill everyone in the room? Good luck."). We see him hand her the drink and something obscured (which obviously has to be the Hydrogen) alongside a direct reference to the Hydrogen. And then, not 10 minutes later, we see the exact same scene again, only this time we actually see the crystal. I felt almost insulted.
I could keep going, but you get the point.
That being said, it was fun, the message was well delivered and pretty unique, yet relevant and one the nose. The red thread of the Glass Onion as the metaphor of all metaphors works on (ironically) so many layers in this film.
It just feels like Johnson sacrificied a thought out mystery plotline (like Knives Out was) for the intricate metaphor.
@@duffal0 cry
This movie was BRILLIANT. I was particularly impressed with Janelle Monae, Daniel Craig, and Edward Norton.
The humor, wit, quirkiness, camera work, casting chemistry, and overall storyline were a masterpiece.
I haven’t seen Knives Out 🙈but I definitely plan to watch asap after this. Well done Rian Johnson 👏👏👏
Janelle Monae at this movie up and left no fucking crumbs
@@nourmallysalty Completely agree. She held the lead role so well. I loved her in Antebellum.
it's a perfect, and a genius move by Rian. The first movie was soooooooo good, so complicated and smart.
With this 2nd movie saying "it's a glass onion. sometimes it's just actually some DUMB shit that someone with money/power could do just because they can"
it sets the movie back and make the line, and expectation for the next movie back. Next movie can be anything. And it'll be good.
I like Knives Out more, it’s faster paced and has more memorable characters and it was more of a movie about Ana De Armas character with Blanc as a side character rather than him be basically the main character until halfway through but, Glass Onion has the better, more complicated mystery and twist
Yeah I feel like the characters are more interesting than Blanc himself. Blanc is more of a catalyst for characters to do their best.
really? REALLY? more complicated mystery and twist what ? You mean you didnt arrive to the conclusion that Miles is playing them like an idiot literally 30 mins of the runtime? And only to be proven that the mystery is indeed that simple?
WHAT?
@@Wakkiau Uhm....yes? I think that goes for a lot of people in the comments?
I've seen my fair share of of tired tropes, and I still didn't catch that he was the main culprit until the end, so I don't see why you're reacting so strongly
@@caseysshenanigans708 damn must be hard lacking such basic deduction skill.
@@Wakkiau You seriously went out of your way to roast my intelligence instead of just letting it be?
Your timing for this video was perfect for me. I just watched it earlier today. I have not been able to get this movie out of my mind since then.
Surely Johnson can't keep making these bangers. There's gotta be a limit to the brilliance. I hope there isn't, but the Knives Out franchise is too brilliant to be sustainable.
I'll keep faith unless there's a dud; as long as the movies are still this good and Craig & Johnson are still making them I'll keep watching them
Rian Johnson is the modern Jane Austen. Absolutely razor-sharp wit used to satirise social archetypes while making prescient commentary on class.
He’s the man!
Okay....that works!
lol
This movie had a bunch of clever setups but was nearly braindead compared to knives out
I saw this in theaters with my extended family, and boy was it a fun watch! I really loved the way the whole mystery played out!
The Bar is that damn low, people think this is good..
Great video essay dude! Definitely one of the best films of 2022. So good!
Thank you!
Just occurred to me that even the framed napkin of “child = NFT” is miles ripping off Andi’s original act of her formula for the company on a napkin
I was fascinated by this movie. The whole plot turned into a strange comedy.
So Bond and Paloma together first. Then Bond against Hinx.
Next Knives Out, I'm calling it: it's Craig against an extremely rich Javier Bardem.
DON’T TEASE ME LIKE THAT!
@@FilmSpeak You can already see it, can't you ? 😀😀
@@MrWillcapone Absolutely haha
I can already see the rich spanish mogul character Bardem would no doubt play invite Blanc over to his exclusive Ibiza resort where some Agatha Christie shenanigans will no doubt ensue
I find it so impressive that he’s able to tell a mystery really well through the perspective of the detective without it feeling like he’s just straight lying to us the entire time. All these clues are in the background of the beginning of the film we just don’t have brain of Benoit
When I watched it a second time I was able to take in the puzzle box without being distracted by the extravagant presentation. The puzzles are actually laughably simple.
I am extremely peeved there wasn't an actual stereogram on the box though
To this day I will forever remember the continuous laughter of the audience I watched this movie with, all thanks to the amazing sequel that Glass Onion is.
.... and after the credits EVERYONE was arrested and charged with perjury, attempted murder, interfering with a police investigation, concealing evidence, extortion, bribery, arson, property destruction...
Brilliant movie!!!
Just finished the movie and my first takeaway is WOW Daniel Craig’s perform was world class! Truly broke the mold as a bond actor. Wow
Another low key clue that Bron doesn't have an original idea in his head is when he can't understand why Blanc is even there to begin with. So when Blanc asks could the box have been reset and sent, Bron immediately says hang on and then just repeats what Blanc just thought of as confirmed fact and then adapts to this new occurrence. He literally stole ideas twice from Blanc.
Very spot on. I absolutely loved this film and yes I was expecting something complex but it didn’t need to be and the reveal was just as impactful.
Another point on the Clair’s mask is she only correctly wore her mask when she was recognized by an outsider: Blanc.
It's one of the few movies that I actually loved more the second time around when I knew the twists. It didn't even hide most of them, just distracted the audience with something else.
they are all great actors, but I was especially amazed by Edward Norton/Miles' reaction to seeing "Andi"/Helen. He looked shocked to the core, and absolutely terrified.
I'd say it's less of a takedown of Elon Musk and more of like a Zuckerberg type, cuz Musk doesnt really use buzzwords or say anything THAT dumb. Not sure if there's any perfect parallel though.
Also his idea to burn the original written on the napkin wasn't even his own idea, he's questioned as to why he didn't burn it, and lo and behold a few minutes later he does just that.
As someone who loves murder mysteries, I thought this would be another basic reskin of murder on the orient express, but goddamn this movie blew me away; the second half was some of the best writting in a movie this year.
This is so concerning.
This whole comment section is concerning 😬
@@FLdancer00 Are people not allowed to like what they want? Are you physically incapable of letting these guys be and going about your day?
@@caseysshenanigans708 I never said anyone had to change their mind. If other people can put what they like about it, why can't I say what could've been improved?
Should people ONLY comment when they agree with everyone else?
@@FLdancer00 That's not what I meant either. I'm just concerned that you seem concerned about people liking this movie.
@@caseysshenanigans708 I am very concerned. It confuses me that people can say the movie title and masterpiece in the same sentence. It's mediocre at best.
I don't understand how peoples standards have gotten so low.
I didn't love Shawshank Redemption, but I could absolutely understand the praise that it gets. Knives Out was fantastic. But this? I just don't see it.
I was a bit scared at first. That the movie wouldn't hold up to my own expectations, which, lets be honest, would not have been the movie's fault if that wasn't the case (blame my own hype for that one).
But when we are hit with the FLASHBACK?!??!?! I was screaming in excitement, jumping around my living room pointing at the screen from that point foward.
It doesn't reach the same heights in visuals as the original in my eyes, in pure sincerity. Knives Out was like a green, tightly knit sweater that you wear on a winter night. Glass Onion is more like a simple, yet fashionable open shirt, the type you wear on the beach. But the script? The writing? MASTERPIECE
It's weird how we got two really good, really direct anti-capitalist stories from major film producers this quarter alone (this and "Andor" don't mess around), and there are people who still miss the point.
Chives Out
I just thought of this movie as phenomenal as the first one, but seeing this video, wow...this movie is the most cleverly excuted piece of media I've ever witnessed. An incredibly entertaining and Strong movie. Easily my favorite of 2022.
The first one was like ten times better, this movie complete rubbish in my opinion 🤷♂️
@@raymondsims7042 you do you guy.
@@TheDc007fan this is seriously “ the most cleverly executed piece of media you’ve ever witnessed” 🤔😂😂😂lad you couldn’t have seen to many movies huh??
@@raymondsims7042 don't start alright. I've seen the original, loved it. I've seen every big release of 2022, I've grown up with all the Bond movies, Indy movies, star wars, Laurel and Hardy even. I've seen DC movies, marvel movies, every big show from those respective franchises. Hell I've even loved those biographic movies they have really taken off the past few years, what I mean by my statement is that it's so clever how they set us up for something very intelligent, but then when it's looked at, it's just dumb. Everyone in this movie seems to be normal when you first look at them, but as it progresses we see that they're all just retarded. Not many movies can do that without feeling like a shitty movie. And glass onion does it flawlessly.
@@TheDc007fan yeah I get it but it’s not an original concept by any means mate😂😂yes rich people are actually not as smart as they think they are. Yup seen it before now give me a good movie🤷♂️this was not one at all in my opinion. And obviously miles brought them over there for a “murder mystery game” he was still going to follow through with that. I predicted it.idk glad you thought it was brilliant, but I thought it was honestly horrible.
I feel like what makes or breaks this movie for people is if they can accept the fact that the movie itself is a glass onion.
Despite all the layers and complexity it builds up, the grand reveal is straightforward and basic.
If you can appreciate the intention, you’ll enjoy it, but if you’re hoping for something more complex, it’ll fall flat.
Personally, I liked it, I’d rather have a movie that strives for a unique structure rather than a “cleverer” one.
This video it's self is a a Glass Onion. Throughout the whole video he restates what a Glass Onion is over and over again in different ways to make his video about the Glass Onion seem complex. In fact, look at the pictures about the video. They are the same shots being repeated over and over again. He doesn't even have the effort to switch the order of the clips. It is a Glass Onion about the movie The Glass Onion. And I find it interesting and I like it.
I don't understand why people are getting so triggered over this movie. I loved it, it's fun, it looks great, it has relevant commentary and a message, the cast is amazing, I'm kind of obsessed with it right now.
Mostly "conservative"-leaning people it seems... Pls just try to enjoy things
@@HeiressOfLoganbeerento be honest, I also see persons fucked only for the mystery itself, not for the message of the movie itself
Let me start of by saying I love north movies, but, Where I feel it fell flat was after the reveal of the napkin to the group,instead of just handing it over to Benoit blanc she just waves it in front of him, practically dancing and being surprised when he actually does something. Also I know Blanc was basically berating him for being stupid and arrogant but the gun was still missing it just felt kinda off to still not think he was a danger to the group.
Just saw it, I found it to be underwhelming.
Building up so much potential tension, not showing us the possible clues but just explaining them to us and then reveal it all in an explosion - the first one executed the mystery reveal so much better and much subtle than just an arrogant Detective narrating through the entire thing.
Read the comments and became embarrassed with the fact that people still don’t want to accept that the idea of modern capitalists who are fueling the progress is just a political myth. It’s a new variation of the Protestant ethics myth which became obsolete because of the scientific progress imo.
The film reminded me of Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, in which a man (somewhat like Miles Brown) mysteriously invites 8 people who all committed crimes to his mansion on a private island. (Spoilers) They all get killed one by one as the island descends in anarchy and cannot leave due to the isolation of it all. The whole novel as many many similarities with Glass Onion, both are respectively brilliant.
Rian Johnson that his inspiration for Knives Out was Agatha Christie novels.
Man I loved this movie. I might be in the minority but I actually liked it more than the first, except for the climax. Felt like they were just trying to wrap it up at the end. Daniel Craig was even better and the comedy hit harder to me. Great sequel for sure and you can't say that about most.
There should've been a Kanye based character in Glass Onion, it would've been even more amazing if Rian Johnson took a shot at him and his fanbase as well hahah
Jesus Christ. This is not a masterpiece. It's average at best. None of the characters are likeable apart Daniel Craig and everyone thinks the film is so clever because it admits to being dumb. Like Wow, it knows it's basic. Stunning
17:03 Another sign that Birdie doesn't care about the mask regulations is her many instances of racist statements and saying that everything is "woke these days". That's exactly the kind of person who wouldn't care about COVID regulations if not downright actively resisting them.
Poor Peg! She is also in a similar position to the disruptions in that her life depends on Birdie's success just as the disrupter's lives depend on Miles's success.
Blanc really just pulls it all together, only watched this movie because it's basically just Blanc solving another mystery, Daniel Craig also really looks like he's enjoying the role which makes his character even greater.
this is definitely his next Bond level role that he'll be remembered for imo
Besides Blanc, both Evans and Norton are well casted as the villains in their movies
John Lennon wrote glass onion, not Paul.
They both did. Thanks, Google!
@cynthmcgpoet Despite the songwriting credits being "Lennon McCartney", as they were for all songs written by either of them during their time in The Beatles by agreement, no matter if the songs were written by either individual or collaboratively, "Glass Onion" has been acknowledged by many sources to have been a song written by John Lennon with little to no input by Paul McCartney.
(This is sourced in many places, probably the most telling is in Paul's book "Many Years From Now" where Paul says about "Glass Onion", "...it was his song, his idea...it was a nice song of John's.")
By the time of the recording of what we call the white album, the three main song writers of The Beatles were mostly working on their own.
And "Glass Onion" was definitely a John song...not a Paul song.
I just got out of the theater after watching it and yeah it's better than the original. It's without a doubt one of the best films of 2022. Hope to see more!
Hell yes! Glad you loved it. Absolutely one of the years best. Can’t wait to see it again!
@@FilmSpeak What a way to end 2022. The Menu, The Fabelmans, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Spirited, All Quiet On The Western Front, and She Said all being great films. Also I saw an early screening of Puss in Boots and MAN YOUR GONNA LIKE IT ALOT (Probably the best animated film of 2022) and hopefully Avatar The Way of Water can join that list! Love you videos! Keep up the great work!
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I have not watched it but it looks awesome
I don’t like any of Rian Johnson’s work at all so I’m not gonna do that to myself. I hated Knives Out and wasn’t mystified at all. At no point did I wonder who did it.
I thought it was equal but not the same as Knives Out.
Although I was more emotionally entangled with Marta's story in the first film (and loving how the first sets us up with wanting Blanc to solve the mystery and then manipulates us into wanting the perpetrator to get away with it only to reveal there was still a mystery we were distracted from... the doughnut hole doughnut inside of the doughnut hole of the doughnut that was inside of the larger doughnut's doughnut hole), I found the second film more engaging by having fewer characters we spend more time with.
To explain, I was more emotionally invested in the first movie; but by having fewer characters in the second and letting us more time to get to know the suspects, I was more entertained by the ensemble. Plus the second movie was more entertaining in a humorous sense. In the end, the first movie was Marta's story where the second felt more like Blanc's (rather than "Andi's").
So, what I loss from the first film was made up for by other things gained; and it equaled out.
I love them both differently.
I’d love to hear your take on Something in the Dirt.
It has similar themes, but a very different genre, snd sized movie.
Moorhead and Benson, are really fun filmmakers, who do so much with such small budgets. Their latest very much gets into the madness of seeing patterns and mysteries to solve everywhere.
this entire video is an glass onion
Miles didn't even come up with the sign-off in the invitations. He stole that from Andi too.
I couldn't disagree more on everything you said about Elon Musk man, you should seriously do more research
One of the best films I have seen!! So glad it lived up to the original! I would watch as many of these as Craig and Johnson are happy to make. These are truly excellent whodunits, as you said, masterpieces, both of them!
Is this the first movie to acknowledge Covid as a plot point?
Sure sounds like it. Its genius
@reesemonkey that’s what I meant. Is this the first movie in which the “COVID-19 pandemic” exists…
@@SOoshi_art it’s not genius… and it’s not the first
@@enternamehere142 first big movie to have covid acknowledged in the plot. Haven’t seen any other big movie that has done that yet
@@SOoshi_art Don’t look up? And that’s took me 2 seconds to think of lol
I love how you said clear and still spelled it Klear 22:20
Something about LOJr’s character is that yeah he’s wearing a mask and seems to be the only one doing covid precautions properly but his facial hair doesn’t allow a proper seal(kinda like
Rian didn’t want it to have Knives Out in its name(fair) and I still prefer the first one cuz I got to see it in theatre right before the pandemic I think it was..super fun and man the cast being family just elevated it but watching GO more is the way to do it cuz it’s so obvious in hindsight and the little details where Miles says some stupid shit or tries to gaslight is so good
It’s often the same when you study historic people. Those who were the most powerful and most important often were not as clever as we think at first.
Rewarding myself with seeing this once I get my editing done, CANT WAIT !!!
Aw man thank you! I hope you love the vid!
The 2 banger scenes in this movie for me are
(Minor spoilers)
When Blanc gets mad at Miles for stealing his idea
And when Helen is trying not to get hot sauce
90% of this video is a rant about how how billionaires = idiots. It has no critical thoughts about the film itself. If you had come to hear analysis of the movie, save your time.
EDIT - Ok I thought I'd be the only one leaving a mean comment. But with 15% dislikes, I can see I am not the only one. Sorry, but I am tired of UA-cam "critics" shoving personal life opinions into misleadingly titled videos,
yes.. i am dissapointed
@@chrowx another bitter star wars fan lmfao you guys are so obvious 😭
@@6Pope9 why’d you watch this video then 💀
A glass onion: something that's supposed to have layers and appears to have them at first glance, but not really because it's a sculpture of glass.