Fun facts: Cassandra in Greek mythology has the gift of prophecy, but cursed with no one ever believing her. And Helen ate ambrosia and drank nectar and was impervious to harm. I thought it was a super interesting choice to name these characters that!
Helen also infiltrated the party as her sister (a Trojan Horse, if you will) and her actions destroyed Miles's empire, just like how the abduction of the mythical Helen caused the Trojan War which destroyed the city of Troy.
@@AcousticTelevisions And even more symbolism: Cassandra had a brother named Helenus who was also a prophet, but unlike his sister people believed him. Just like how the police will believe Helen when they get to the island cuz the proof is staring them in the face!
Can we acknowledge the talent of Janelle Monet? NOT a trained actress but transitioned to acting from being an 8 time Grammy nominated singer. Yes we have seen other singers transition to being lead actors and actresses but still impressive none the less.
My favourite takeaway is that having riches/high position doesn’t mean you’re smart. Miles paid another to make the box and his “rich friends” couldn’t open it alone. Even in the opening, the answers to the box were given by the mom (bless her), the assistant Peg, and Yo-Yo Ma-none of them could solve it entirely on their own. The true disruption comes from a school teacher, who’s sister just was murdered. She smashed through the box instead of “trying to play its game” like the others. The thing that gets me the most is Miles’ tangent of “we shake the system!” which is like…nah, you play and exploit it. Heck, even play by its rules…Helen is the one that “breaks the one thing that no one wants broken”: the famous painting. In the end, Miles not only stole the murder idea from our detective, but also burned the napkin when his smart friend said “why didn’t you just burn it?”….Miles is wealthy but it’s all he’s got. He really was stupid enough to murderer her after a big trial.
one of the greatest lies capitalism has brainwashed people with is that the capitalists are capitalists because of their own merit (which inversely means poor people are poor because they lack merit...leading to people hating homeless people more than the people who are oppressing them)
If you really think about it, Miles at the beginning had no money to offer. So what did he have? His charisma. In his little spiel about disrupting the system, he says it starts off with small things, and if you look at the flashback, he helped all the people with small favors, things he could pull together with some charisma and charm. But that's all he's capable of, small things, he could never do something big, and in the end, he himself could never reach his own goal of doing something that is talked about with the Mona Lisa. However, his friends all could, they all had something big to offer the world in some unique way, and Miles' recognized that and used them. He used the small things he did to manipulate them. But all he's good at is doing small things and stealing big ideas.
Miles didn't know about the twin sister, only Birdie knew. He assumed his efforts to kill Andy didn't work because there was now news until Duke told him.
It's open to interpretation. Miles was of course dumbfounded to see "Andi" show up, and my reading is that he's not quite sure what's up -- maybe it's an impersonator, or maybe against all likelihood she came out from under the sleeping pills after he left, and saved herself. My own question (which didn't occur to me till after several viewings) is how did Blanc explain his presence to Miles in just a practical sense? Details of when & where were to be supplied later, and how was he supposed to have learned those (in reality, from Helen, but what was his cover story?)? And Ethan Hawke wasn't surprised by his presence on the pier, and had a wristband for him.
@@DelGuy03 I mean Blanc did know from the invitation where the event was being held, so he likely knew which pier to go, and also given that Miles assumed that someone else sent the box to Blanc, it wouldn’t be illogical to also assume that whoever sent Blanc the box also gave him the location and meeting place information. Miles already believed quite easily that someone wanted Blanc on the island so he likely didn’t even question why Blanc would have any of the info. Also Ethan Hawke’s character likely was prepared for possible plus ones and extra people joining. I mean Whiskey didn’t get a specialized box but she came along with Duke, and Peg also didn’t get a box but she came along with Birdie. So the guy was already probably prepared in case anyone extra came along, he seems to have done it before so he was just always prepared in case anyone brought more people.
I'm shocked by Miles and Duke's reaction. She's there in the flesh with them and then that news report shows up claiming she's dead. And they don't even question it? It's just business as usual. No what's going on here? Who is this? They immediately think 'Oh, she's dead, so this is her sister' right away?
Benoit Blanc plays 'Among Us' with Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Angela and Natasha played detectives in 'Murder She Wrote' and 'Poker Face' series. Stephen was a Puzzle Master and a musician. Kareem is a former basketball player and mystery novelist.
A bit more on Sondheim: he wrote lyrics for West Side Story, music & lyrics for (just to stick to well-known movies) Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd. He was also famous for the murder-mystery puzzle games he would devise for groups of friends, and co-wrote (with Anthony Perkins) a movie mystery in the classic manner, The Last of Sheila. It takes place aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean, and the shot of everyone lined up on the gangplank is a deliberate tribute to that movie. (Rian Johnson is a great admirer of Sondheim, and also slipped a tribute into Knives Out -- Blanc sings a bit of the song "Losing My Mind" while waiting in his car.)
The concept of a 'fugue' is brought up early on in the movie: a piece of music that is the same notes but played differently over the original piece to alter the whole piece. So by going back over with 'the same notes' of the mystery, they change the 'piece' entirely
FYI, this film got an Oscar Nomination for screenplay. I wish Janelle and Daniel were nominated for lead actress and actor as well. They were so good in this movie. The last shot, she was doing a Mona Lisa pose.
Something that made me so happy abt both knives out movies, Daniel Craig has said before that he hated playing James Bond. He said it was a role full of toxic masculinity, it put insane amounts of pressure on him, and he was afraid he'd get pigeonholed as that serious sort of actor. But he loved being Benoit Blanc. It was fun and it was so so interesting. He said "fuck the famous role, I want the fog horn leg horn KFC southern detective bullshit"
This movie really shines on rewatch. Pretty much everything is shown on screen. The gun, the phone, the glass switch, even Blanc calls her Helen before the sister reveal.
I loved this movie, more than I thought I would! Janelle was amazing in it, so was Daniel. The whole cast really. It surprised me and I know the writers already working on a third one.
I did aswell But not as much as knives out I just didnt like the side characters in this movie The actress was amazing and DC is world class but thats it But other characters were not well portrayed or written for me
@@silverdoeGirl it will be the same pattern A strong woman lead and Benoit blanc helping her in achieving with a strong cast just like the first 2 movies 1 thing is for sure they will serve blanc's character well And thats the most important thing
@@bibek6713 I'd love to see a Bond unite lol - Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby - the four past Bond's still alive, even if they were cameos.
The way Rian Johnson continues to mix well the murder mystery with the prescient social commentary is chef’s kiss! 👍🏼 Also just to point out since Oak was talking about it, Miles didn’t know for sure that it was Helen, remember he didn’t actually kill Andi physically himself, he just gave her sleeping pills, so Miles’ shock is more that he thought Andi survived and had come to the island to maybe get him. He only knows for sure that Andi is dead and it’s Helen on the island once Duke shows him the news, which is why he kills Duke and then goes to kill Helen.
True but... He put her in the car with the engine running... remember Helen said she died by suicide... since he left in a hurry, he may not have known for sure she was dead... but then again how long was it, between the pills, the car and him leaving her house.
@@georgekellon2471 He saw duke coming to the house, so he could've been worrying that duke might've helped her out - that duke could've assumed andi had attempted suicide and pulled her out the car, and that andi had kept the murder attempt secret for her own reasons.
Myles didn't know 100% that Andi was dead. He gave her sleeping pills, put her in the car with the exhaust but then he left. He didn't hang out to see if it worked. She could have been reinstated.
IDK... He put the pills in her coffee ... Duke didn't get there till dusk... how long was Miles there? Sure he left in a hurry but... we also aren't sure he didn't know about Helen ... He and Andi were tight for a lot of years.
@@georgekellon2471no one knew about Helen. They said that the only one who knew was birdie. Even the rest of the crew who knew Cassandra brand before miles didn’t know except birdie
No shame for not knowing, but Steven Sondheim is far more than a "music department" guy. In many ways he was the king of musical theatre responsible for many of the great musicals of the past 80 years. He wrote the original lyrics for West Side Story, as well as being the primary writer and composer for Sweeny Todd, Into the Woods, and many other popular shows. Man was a legend!
SO MANY CAMEOS! The one during the Among Us game y'all couldn't figure out is Steven Sondheim, a Broadway icon. This was his last on screen appearance, he died in 2021 or early 2022, I can't remember. One of my favorites is when they are trying to figure out how to open the box. The famous cellist Yo Yo Ma is the one that explains the music clue.
Plus, an off screen cameo by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who voiced the hourly dong lol. He also did a voice cameo in the first movie. He voiced one of the characters on the soap opera Marta’s sister was watching in the beginning.
I love how you guys actually saw Miles give him a drink and still didnt think Miles was the killer. It really complements how this movie is being obvious, but we don't believe it can be so simple
Stephen Sondheim was one of the most famous musical composers and lyricists in the last 60 years - he wrote the music and lyrics for 16 musicals and wrote the lyrics for a few more. He was the original lyricist for West Side Story in the late 1950s and wrote famous musicals that became movies, like Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Into the Woods. Truly one of the best and greatest!
He also co-wrote the 1973 murder mystery film The Last of Sheila, which was a big inspiration for Ryan Jonson. In fact, all four of the Among Us cameos have been involved in murder mystery fiction. Angela Lansbury, of course, starred as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote several books about Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft; and after this movie came out Natasha Lyonne played the lead role in Poker Face, a mystery show created by Ryan Jonson.
One of them picking up on Miles handing Duke the glass and then just... forgetting it because everyone else didn't notice, and believed what Miles said... It also worked on my family. I noticed the glass thing, told them, and then they were like "no, see? Duke picked it up by accident" when they showed the altered scene.
I love this movie! I love all the little easter eggs in this movie. Like the red and blue painting in the background is upside-down because miles is such an idiot.
I liked it on first view, and loved it on a rewatch, picking up all the clues. I think Andi got a box because she was on the original invite list. It took a long time for the boxes to be created and delivered. After Miles killed Andi, I'd like to think he didn't cancel hers to cover his tracks. But now knowing Miles, he probably didn't think of it. At the pool, Miles described disruptors - breaking small stuff at first, to finally breaking the thing no one wants broken. And that is exactly what Helen did at the end, proving what her sister told Miles, "This (Klear) could blow up the world."
He got the idea for a murder mystery after he murdered her. He sent her an invite to conceal the fact he knew she was already dead. He wouldn't bankrupt her then invite her to hang out.
The biggest clue for me that miles was a fraud was the art. The mark rothko painting was hung upside down, the mix of art with the Mona Lisa showed a complete lack of understanding and taste but an air of wanting to seem impressive. In the bathroom when Helens drunk with Blanc, Matisses Icarus is hanging in the background - the myth of the boy who flew too close to the sun. Andis bullet wound is in the same place as the red mark in the figure too. I love that in both movies the main characters are really the Helen and Marta but Blanc is the connection. Watching it again there’s so many clues that you miss because you’re so invested in solving the case and the focus is on Miles, I definitely assumed it would be his death because of the murder mystery party he planned. Great movie, really enjoyed watching you guys trying to figure it out!
I love this movie and Knives out, it gives me that Agatha Christie styled mix of mystery, human relationships, the social commentary and comedy she had in her novels but with a fresh modern twist. I honestly don't know which I liked better honestly, this one or the first, but I'm glad you all enjoyed it.
Stephen Sondheim was the other guy in the top left corner of the among us scene. He was a composer and did Sweeney Todd to name a big one :D also the hourly Dong is voiced by Joseph gordon-levitt :)
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I am all aboard for the next Knives Out movie, Daniel Craig is brilliant and both stories and casts have been amazing so far. As long as Daniel Craig and the writers keep having fun making new stories I'll be along for the ride.
yup - I love all the characters they come up with. I've never seen a murder mystery where the killer didn't have an original thought in his head. Who kills someone and then decides to cover it up by having a murder mystery and sends his victim an invite? He already had murder on the brain!
I loved it, it gave Daniel Craig even more to do with his character and he can absolutely carry these films. He's such a great comedic actor and I love that this the guy who played Bond 2 minutes ago! I die laughing when he puts the hot sauce in his eyes and says "shitballs!" I may have rewatched that part a few times. Rian Johnson put all these fun puzzle pieces together beautifully. So stoked for a 3rd!
I like how in the first movie, Marta has to pretend Fran is alive when she is really dead in order to catch the bad guy… and that is basically a little nugget to the plot of the second movie where they pretend Andi is still alive when she is dead in order to catch the bad guy.
At the beginning when Helen/Andie smashed the box, she knew the box was from Miles…the boxes arrived with a note saying “Love, Miles”…and she refused to play “his game”…plus her anger at Miles for what he did to her sister at the trial led to her smashing the box…
I have rewatched this movie twice and I notice a couple of things. All the clues were there all along. You can see that Miles had Duke's phone in his back pocket when he jumped over the couch and he was holding Duke's gun in his hand in the hallway in the dark. Fun Fact: Miles dressed up as Tom Cruise's character from Magnolia in a flashback scene.
Something that I only noticed while watching you guys is that, in addition to the stolen ideas that Benoit points out, Miles also stole the idea to burn the napkin (Lionel asked “you still kept the envelope? You didn’t burn it or anything?”). Another lil detail that’s fun to realize is that the snippet of Among Us shown at the start relates to the movie in a way beyond just being a whodunnit / hidden role game that was popular during the pandemic: it’s a game that involves playing an “impostor” role, which Benoit and Helen both played while around the rest of the cast
The dude in the background of the island, Derol, is played by the same actor that played Trooper Wagner in Knives Out. There's a great list of details from this movie on Buzzfeed that really points out so much good stuff!
Stephen Sohdheim is one of the people playing Among Us with Blanc. He was, of course, famous as a composer of musicals, but he also co-wrote the script (with Anthony Perkins of _Psycho_ fame) for _The Last of Sheila,_ which was one of the inspirations for this movie.
i was literally in the middle of watching your love actually reaction when this video popped up! i'm honestly so obsessed with your reactions. i love how y'all actually get into the movies and give proper thoughts on it, so i'm excited to see what y'all think of this one and if you're able to catch some of the clues. for me, the first one was definitely better but this was still an amazing sequal
One of the bizarre easter eggs I love in this movie is that Miles' costume and hair during the flashback sequence when the gang all hung out at the Glass Onion bar is based on Tom Cruise's look from the movie Magnolia (1999). It's another very subtle way of showing that his character has no original ideas or personality; everything is borrowed or stolen, even his style.
Don't know if someone mentioned it (didn't read all the comments) but the phrase Dave is thinking about is when the great grandma says that Ransom is "back again" because she thinks she saw him climb the trellis twice.
i have never clicked on a notification so fast, been waiting for this!! i love glass onion (dare i say it, better than knives out) and i’ve watched a lottt of reactions of it😂 excited to watch it again with you guys!✨
I don’t know if the statement that the Mona Lisa’s expression changes each time you look at her is true, but - whether it’s true or not - the statement does call back to the fact that the expression of Harlan Thrombey’s portrait from the first movie changes each time the camera stops on it.
My favorite moment in this film is when Blanc introduces Helen to everyone and you can *just* see that one braincell in Miles’ head working overtime to piece information together that this wasn’t actually Andi despite being shown the news of death earlier. It’s the same face he made when Lionel asked why he didn’t burn the letter. Miles Bron truly is an idiot and Edward Norton was so good 😂
I don't think Miles knew that was Andi's sister. He gave Andi a sleeping pill and put her in the car with the engine running, then left. I doubt he waits until Andi is dead so when he saw Andi arrived on the island, he probably assume Andi wake up earlier and survive.
I’m with Mason Quinn and The Oak on this one, I enjoyed this one more than the original. It was so different. The twin sister isn’t something you would ever could have guessed. The twists were next level. And it was so funny! Had so many great laughs.
Rewatching this and I have to tell you, the banter between friends at the very beginning when Mason says the name of the metallica person and Dave goes like "that's not him" his tone alone xD AND the Oak laughing!! great friends banter and trust, love it!
This movie is chock full of details that are worth checking. Pay attention to the music score. The interweave of Bach's fugue in the background score... The subtle use of Danny Elfman's Batman theme in the scene between Benoit and Helen just after he tells her he's not Batman (the world's greatest detective). Pay attention to YoYo Ma's description of a Little Fugue from Birdie's party scene at the begining. It perfectly describes the twist and structure of the movie's screenplay. A lovely tune, that, when overlayed upon itself becomes a whole new piece of music. Among the glass sculptures you can see a replica of the Knife sculpture from the first movie... And so much more. Stephen Sondheim not only wrote the broadway play 'Sweeney Todd' about a famous mass murderer (the devil barber of Fleet Street) but he also co-wrote the scren play for the movie 'The Last Of Sheila' about a millionaire whoinvites a group of friends to the south of France for a week-end of fun and games, only for someone to end up murdered. Many critics picked up right away that the Glass Onion was inspired by Last Of Sheila.
I honestly cant imagine how the screenplay was written, its so detailed. I also liked the fact that it is wildly different from the 1st movie as it subverted expectations and it is also kind off meta in terms of how it also plays with the audience.
I think Janelle Monae is my favourite in this particular movie (and in others). I was just wondering if any of you have watched or reacted to Hidden Figures. Janelle Monae plays one of the main characters and I love the movie so much but I haven't seen many people react to it.
Kate reminds me of Goldie in Overboard in this! I really enjoyed this movie. Looking forward to adding it to my collection of mysteries. Hope they have another one in the works with Daniel.
Sondheim was one of the best musical theater composers of all time. He wrote Sweeney Todd, Company, Into the Woods, etc. And he did the lyrics for West Side Story.
I do like the name "Cassandra Brand." It reminds me of mystery novelist Christianna Brand, who was a member of the Detection Club. (Other members included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Gilbert Chesterton.)
Benoit Blanc - "Miles Bron isn't an idiot" Benoit Blac later on - "Miles Bron is an idiot" Miles had no original ideas. He stole Andi's idea, then the scientist he met for Klear, Benoit's idea for the lights, and even burning the napkin came from someone else. Helen fulfilled her sister's promise of burning (literally) his empire to the ground.
The Oak has a great point about Wd Morton’s character knowing it was Andi’s sister. His look upon seeing her is one of absolute terror. Like he is seeing a ghost.
I'm really enjoying Daniel Craig as a Colonel Sanders character...lol... This who done it was...different...perhaps it's because the first one took me by surprise..and I thank Dave again for editing so cautiously that folks who haven't see the movies are able to follow all the clues and plots... Looking forward to the next..if there is one..episode...great way for Daniel to transition his way out of a fixed character assignment..while still using mental deduction and reasoning... Cheers fellas !... 🌿🌿🌿
Also, to answer Oaks thinking Miles knew right away that it was Ellen, instead of Andi, when she got to the Island, isn’t right. He was just shocked, because he thought he killed her, but did not find out she actually had died until Duke showed him the notification on his phone, which he was using to blackmail Miles. Hence, why miles killed him right away.
idk if someone's mentioned this over the 4 months this video has been posted, but another instance where miles steals someone's idea is that the "Love Miles xo" cards that came with the boxes delivered to the friends is the exact same handwriting as the red envelop that andi had emailed the threat with "Love Andi xo" this man really has no original bone in his body lol
Steve S. is Stephen Sondheim, he wrote a lot of great musicals including Into the Woods, Company, And Sweeney Todd. Fun fact, Angela Lansbury played a lead role in Sweeney Todd on broadway!
I know 2 of you and it took me the Breaking Dawn part 2, your Hunger Games series and Narnia series before I finally made the connection 😅. Each video I kept thinking Appleton looked so familiar and that Answer looked just like someone who graduated a year under me. Finally connected the dots that Andrew is indeed Buddy’s brother (he had to be as he looks just like him) once I made that connection, I then realized I used to know Dave well as back in the late 90’s he dated my best friend Anjali. Small world! I just found your channel a couple of days ago and love you guys!!
JESSSSS!!!!!! Before we started doing movie reactions and were doing regular guy-talk podcasts I told a story about partying at your house! 1/2 a bottle of vodka, got sick in your parents bedroom aaaand then passed out in a camper! Good times!!!! -David
Really great film, so much fun. I absolutely love Benoit solving the murder mystery in 30 seconds because I was kinda afraid they were gonna turn him into a bit of a spoof of himself, coming up with intricate solutions and being wrong throughout the film.
Stephen Sondheim is the greatest musical theatre composer ever and if you watch closely you will notice Benoit is a huge fan as he keeps singing his songs
I love the fact Bron says his car is one of a kind, it’s a Porsche 918. They made 918 of them, hell the Porsche dealership down the road from me had one for a bit. And I live near small city of little importance.
What I truly appreciate about the Mona Lisa twist is that even if Helen is to blame for actually pushing the button, chances are Miles is on the hook due to installing the override. He did that against the security protocols that the insurance company had set. If that override wasn't installed, Helen couldn't have destroyed the painting. More to the point, he seems to know the dangers of Klear, as evidenced when he reacted to Helen before she threw it. You could see that he realized in that moment what was going to happen. So he took on the world's most famous painting, ignored the safety protocols that the insurance required, in a house being powered by a highly combustible fuel which he knew about. Again, the guy is a cocky idiot.
At the opening I just thought they were being revealed as something other than brilliant, because it was basically Duke's mom giving them most of the clues to solve the puzzles of the box, besides Yo-yo ma helping with them with the music portion. With Andi (before she was revealed as Helen), I just thought she was a woman scorned, and was going to indulge in playing whoever sent her the box silly game. That she was just ticked off. The legendary scene for me, is Janelle Monáe's run on the Mona Lisa (THE BEST), and that look at end (Where she had that Mona Lisa look and smile) Brilliant!!!!
I feel Knives Out had bigger plot twists. When I saw Glass Onion, I was able to anticipate a decent amount of what was going to happen starting with Dukes death. This was still a great film but I just thought the first one had a bit more mystery to it.
Because it deviates from the formula of a murder mystery. The focus is on the characters, instead a satire to the current landscape in different fields.
The director Rian Johnson has Joseph Gordon-Levitt in all of his movies in some capacity and in this movie he is the "gong" sound! Also the Actor for Derol (Noah Segan) was Trooper Wagner in the last film! Many also theorize that since Bron is always taking ideas, all the terrible ideas sent to Toussaint were thought up by Derol while he was high and Bron sent it to Toussaint as his own ideas.
IDK if Miles knew that it was the sister. At least right away, I mean he did leave her knocked out in a car, and left, sure she should have died but I mean he didn't confirm so something could have happened to save her. And yeah Duke was the only one who knew he was at Andis house, but I dunno don't think Miles had intended to kill him until Duke tried to blackmail him for his slot.
Darol was also in Knives Out as the state trooper. He is a good friend of Rian Johnson as is Joseph Gordon Leavitt. Both are in every Rian Johnson movie. Joseph was the voice of the dong.
What I love about the ending is that Helen is the true 'disruptor' by her actions, and poses like the Mona Lisa
kinda like Helen of Troy?
Fun facts:
Cassandra in Greek mythology has the gift of prophecy, but cursed with no one ever believing her.
And Helen ate ambrosia and drank nectar and was impervious to harm.
I thought it was a super interesting choice to name these characters that!
Helen also infiltrated the party as her sister (a Trojan Horse, if you will) and her actions destroyed Miles's empire, just like how the abduction of the mythical Helen caused the Trojan War which destroyed the city of Troy.
@@ninakrishnamurthy6674 hells yeah!
@@AcousticTelevisions And even more symbolism: Cassandra had a brother named Helenus who was also a prophet, but unlike his sister people believed him. Just like how the police will believe Helen when they get to the island cuz the proof is staring them in the face!
Can we acknowledge the talent of Janelle Monet? NOT a trained actress but transitioned to acting from being an 8 time Grammy nominated singer. Yes we have seen other singers transition to being lead actors and actresses but still impressive none the less.
100 percent. She crushed it.
Her background came from Musical Theater, so its not surprising she's able to go between music and acting so well!
I love that Duke carries around a gun he never needs but doesn’t even have an epipen on his person
Epipens are for BETAS!!!!
My favourite takeaway is that having riches/high position doesn’t mean you’re smart. Miles paid another to make the box and his “rich friends” couldn’t open it alone. Even in the opening, the answers to the box were given by the mom (bless her), the assistant Peg, and Yo-Yo Ma-none of them could solve it entirely on their own.
The true disruption comes from a school teacher, who’s sister just was murdered. She smashed through the box instead of “trying to play its game” like the others.
The thing that gets me the most is Miles’ tangent of “we shake the system!” which is like…nah, you play and exploit it. Heck, even play by its rules…Helen is the one that “breaks the one thing that no one wants broken”: the famous painting.
In the end, Miles not only stole the murder idea from our detective, but also burned the napkin when his smart friend said “why didn’t you just burn it?”….Miles is wealthy but it’s all he’s got. He really was stupid enough to murderer her after a big trial.
Then, had a murder mystery to try and hide his involvement.
one of the greatest lies capitalism has brainwashed people with is that the capitalists are capitalists because of their own merit (which inversely means poor people are poor because they lack merit...leading to people hating homeless people more than the people who are oppressing them)
If you really think about it, Miles at the beginning had no money to offer. So what did he have? His charisma. In his little spiel about disrupting the system, he says it starts off with small things, and if you look at the flashback, he helped all the people with small favors, things he could pull together with some charisma and charm. But that's all he's capable of, small things, he could never do something big, and in the end, he himself could never reach his own goal of doing something that is talked about with the Mona Lisa. However, his friends all could, they all had something big to offer the world in some unique way, and Miles' recognized that and used them. He used the small things he did to manipulate them. But all he's good at is doing small things and stealing big ideas.
My head canon is that most of Miles’ ideas come from his stoner buddy Dave.
@@kvolttihis name was Derol, which is a really dumb name ngl Dave would have been better 😂
Miles didn't know about the twin sister, only Birdie knew. He assumed his efforts to kill Andy didn't work because there was now news until Duke told him.
I think he did know, because after Helen speaks out after his disruptor speech he says "That was so real"...I thought that meant he knew who she was
It's open to interpretation. Miles was of course dumbfounded to see "Andi" show up, and my reading is that he's not quite sure what's up -- maybe it's an impersonator, or maybe against all likelihood she came out from under the sleeping pills after he left, and saved herself.
My own question (which didn't occur to me till after several viewings) is how did Blanc explain his presence to Miles in just a practical sense? Details of when & where were to be supplied later, and how was he supposed to have learned those (in reality, from Helen, but what was his cover story?)? And Ethan Hawke wasn't surprised by his presence on the pier, and had a wristband for him.
@@DelGuy03 I mean Blanc did know from the invitation where the event was being held, so he likely knew which pier to go, and also given that Miles assumed that someone else sent the box to Blanc, it wouldn’t be illogical to also assume that whoever sent Blanc the box also gave him the location and meeting place information. Miles already believed quite easily that someone wanted Blanc on the island so he likely didn’t even question why Blanc would have any of the info.
Also Ethan Hawke’s character likely was prepared for possible plus ones and extra people joining. I mean Whiskey didn’t get a specialized box but she came along with Duke, and Peg also didn’t get a box but she came along with Birdie. So the guy was already probably prepared in case anyone extra came along, he seems to have done it before so he was just always prepared in case anyone brought more people.
I'm shocked by Miles and Duke's reaction. She's there in the flesh with them and then that news report shows up claiming she's dead. And they don't even question it? It's just business as usual. No what's going on here? Who is this? They immediately think 'Oh, she's dead, so this is her sister' right away?
@@Sthuthukile Its hard to tell because either could be true, but I don't think he would try to kill Helen if he knew she wasn't Andi
Benoit Blanc plays 'Among Us' with Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Angela and Natasha played detectives in 'Murder She Wrote' and 'Poker Face' series. Stephen was a Puzzle Master and a musician. Kareem is a former basketball player and mystery novelist.
A bit more on Sondheim: he wrote lyrics for West Side Story, music & lyrics for (just to stick to well-known movies) Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd. He was also famous for the murder-mystery puzzle games he would devise for groups of friends, and co-wrote (with Anthony Perkins) a movie mystery in the classic manner, The Last of Sheila. It takes place aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean, and the shot of everyone lined up on the gangplank is a deliberate tribute to that movie. (Rian Johnson is a great admirer of Sondheim, and also slipped a tribute into Knives Out -- Blanc sings a bit of the song "Losing My Mind" while waiting in his car.)
Also, one of the glass statues was the ring of knives from the first movie.
This was Angela Lansbury's last movie, it makes me so sad!!
It's Sondheim's last appearance on film too. It wasn't planned that way, but I find it a lovely memorial recognition of both of them.
Also...Rian Johnson is the creator behind Natasha's new show Poker Face.
The concept of a 'fugue' is brought up early on in the movie: a piece of music that is the same notes but played differently over the original piece to alter the whole piece. So by going back over with 'the same notes' of the mystery, they change the 'piece' entirely
FYI, this film got an Oscar Nomination for screenplay. I wish Janelle and Daniel were nominated for lead actress and actor as well. They were so good in this movie.
The last shot, she was doing a Mona Lisa pose.
This movie is like what classic Hollywood would have looked like in a just world.
Something that made me so happy abt both knives out movies, Daniel Craig has said before that he hated playing James Bond. He said it was a role full of toxic masculinity, it put insane amounts of pressure on him, and he was afraid he'd get pigeonholed as that serious sort of actor. But he loved being Benoit Blanc. It was fun and it was so so interesting. He said "fuck the famous role, I want the fog horn leg horn KFC southern detective bullshit"
The only people who call it toxic masculinity are those crazy feminist.
@@damonestephens8722 Only toxic men think feminists are crazy, rights are aren’t pie. More for others doesn’t mean less for you.
This movie really shines on rewatch. Pretty much everything is shown on screen. The gun, the phone, the glass switch, even Blanc calls her Helen before the sister reveal.
She even speaks in her normal accent when they are outside before she gets shot before you know it's Helen
I loved this movie, more than I thought I would! Janelle was amazing in it, so was Daniel. The whole cast really. It surprised me and I know the writers already working on a third one.
I did aswell
But not as much as knives out
I just didnt like the side characters in this movie
The actress was amazing and DC is world class but thats it
But other characters were not well portrayed or written for me
@@bibek6713 It'll be interesting what the writer does with the next one.
@@silverdoeGirl it will be the same pattern
A strong woman lead and Benoit blanc helping her in achieving with a strong cast just like the first 2 movies
1 thing is for sure they will serve blanc's character well
And thats the most important thing
@@bibek6713 I'd love to see a Bond unite lol - Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby - the four past Bond's still alive, even if they were cameos.
@@bibek6713 idk Rian Johnson has come to be known for subversion so maybe for the 3rd movie they’ll want to shake the formula up
I love how The Oak always looks bored when he's focused 🤣😁😋
The way Rian Johnson continues to mix well the murder mystery with the prescient social commentary is chef’s kiss! 👍🏼
Also just to point out since Oak was talking about it, Miles didn’t know for sure that it was Helen, remember he didn’t actually kill Andi physically himself, he just gave her sleeping pills, so Miles’ shock is more that he thought Andi survived and had come to the island to maybe get him. He only knows for sure that Andi is dead and it’s Helen on the island once Duke shows him the news, which is why he kills Duke and then goes to kill Helen.
True but... He put her in the car with the engine running... remember Helen said she died by suicide... since he left in a hurry, he may not have known for sure she was dead... but then again how long was it, between the pills, the car and him leaving her house.
@@georgekellon2471 In that case, we need to recall just how stupid Miles is. Somebody like him could be thrown off rather easily.
@@georgekellon2471 He saw duke coming to the house, so he could've been worrying that duke might've helped her out - that duke could've assumed andi had attempted suicide and pulled her out the car, and that andi had kept the murder attempt secret for her own reasons.
Myles didn't know 100% that Andi was dead. He gave her sleeping pills, put her in the car with the exhaust but then he left. He didn't hang out to see if it worked. She could have been reinstated.
IDK... He put the pills in her coffee ... Duke didn't get there till dusk... how long was Miles there? Sure he left in a hurry but... we also aren't sure he didn't know about Helen ... He and Andi were tight for a lot of years.
@@georgekellon2471no one knew about Helen. They said that the only one who knew was birdie. Even the rest of the crew who knew Cassandra brand before miles didn’t know except birdie
No shame for not knowing, but Steven Sondheim is far more than a "music department" guy. In many ways he was the king of musical theatre responsible for many of the great musicals of the past 80 years. He wrote the original lyrics for West Side Story, as well as being the primary writer and composer for Sweeny Todd, Into the Woods, and many other popular shows. Man was a legend!
SO MANY CAMEOS! The one during the Among Us game y'all couldn't figure out is Steven Sondheim, a Broadway icon. This was his last on screen appearance, he died in 2021 or early 2022, I can't remember. One of my favorites is when they are trying to figure out how to open the box. The famous cellist Yo Yo Ma is the one that explains the music clue.
Plus, an off screen cameo by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who voiced the hourly dong lol. He also did a voice cameo in the first movie. He voiced one of the characters on the soap opera Marta’s sister was watching in the beginning.
If there was an Oscar or whatever for thumbnails y'all would win all of them!!😍
hahah your too kind! Thank you!
I love how you guys actually saw Miles give him a drink and still didnt think Miles was the killer. It really complements how this movie is being obvious, but we don't believe it can be so simple
Stephen Sondheim was one of the most famous musical composers and lyricists in the last 60 years - he wrote the music and lyrics for 16 musicals and wrote the lyrics for a few more. He was the original lyricist for West Side Story in the late 1950s and wrote famous musicals that became movies, like Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Into the Woods. Truly one of the best and greatest!
Yes! I’m so glad someone brought him up. He’s brilliant!
He also co-wrote the 1973 murder mystery film The Last of Sheila, which was a big inspiration for Ryan Jonson. In fact, all four of the Among Us cameos have been involved in murder mystery fiction. Angela Lansbury, of course, starred as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote several books about Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft; and after this movie came out Natasha Lyonne played the lead role in Poker Face, a mystery show created by Ryan Jonson.
One of them picking up on Miles handing Duke the glass and then just... forgetting it because everyone else didn't notice, and believed what Miles said... It also worked on my family.
I noticed the glass thing, told them, and then they were like "no, see? Duke picked it up by accident" when they showed the altered scene.
This movie almost broke the scale of entertainment! Nice to see two 5/5 on this movie
I love this movie! I love all the little easter eggs in this movie. Like the red and blue painting in the background is upside-down because miles is such an idiot.
I liked it on first view, and loved it on a rewatch, picking up all the clues.
I think Andi got a box because she was on the original invite list. It took a long time for the boxes to be created and delivered. After Miles killed Andi, I'd like to think he didn't cancel hers to cover his tracks. But now knowing Miles, he probably didn't think of it.
At the pool, Miles described disruptors - breaking small stuff at first, to finally breaking the thing no one wants broken. And that is exactly what Helen did at the end, proving what her sister told Miles, "This (Klear) could blow up the world."
He got the idea for a murder mystery after he murdered her. He sent her an invite to conceal the fact he knew she was already dead. He wouldn't bankrupt her then invite her to hang out.
Also what Helen did at the beginning. She was always a disruptor
The biggest clue for me that miles was a fraud was the art. The mark rothko painting was hung upside down, the mix of art with the Mona Lisa showed a complete lack of understanding and taste but an air of wanting to seem impressive. In the bathroom when Helens drunk with Blanc, Matisses Icarus is hanging in the background - the myth of the boy who flew too close to the sun. Andis bullet wound is in the same place as the red mark in the figure too. I love that in both movies the main characters are really the Helen and Marta but Blanc is the connection. Watching it again there’s so many clues that you miss because you’re so invested in solving the case and the focus is on Miles, I definitely assumed it would be his death because of the murder mystery party he planned. Great movie, really enjoyed watching you guys trying to figure it out!
I love this movie and Knives out, it gives me that Agatha Christie styled mix of mystery, human relationships, the social commentary and comedy she had in her novels but with a fresh modern twist.
I honestly don't know which I liked better honestly, this one or the first, but I'm glad you all enjoyed it.
Stephen Sondheim was the other guy in the top left corner of the among us scene. He was a composer and did Sweeney Todd to name a big one :D also the hourly Dong is voiced by Joseph gordon-levitt :)
Miss Janelle Monae was brilliant! She was my favorite character. I can't wait for the third one!
I agree!
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I am all aboard for the next Knives Out movie, Daniel Craig is brilliant and both stories and casts have been amazing so far. As long as Daniel Craig and the writers keep having fun making new stories I'll be along for the ride.
yup - I love all the characters they come up with. I've never seen a murder mystery where the killer didn't have an original thought in his head. Who kills someone and then decides to cover it up by having a murder mystery and sends his victim an invite? He already had murder on the brain!
I loved it, it gave Daniel Craig even more to do with his character and he can absolutely carry these films. He's such a great comedic actor and I love that this the guy who played Bond 2 minutes ago! I die laughing when he puts the hot sauce in his eyes and says "shitballs!" I may have rewatched that part a few times. Rian Johnson put all these fun puzzle pieces together beautifully. So stoked for a 3rd!
OMG the whole squad is there 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I like how in the first movie, Marta has to pretend Fran is alive when she is really dead in order to catch the bad guy… and that is basically a little nugget to the plot of the second movie where they pretend Andi is still alive when she is dead in order to catch the bad guy.
4:13 His mom let him hold the laundry basket so she could slap him lmao.
At the beginning when Helen/Andie smashed the box, she knew the box was from Miles…the boxes arrived with a note saying “Love, Miles”…and she refused to play “his game”…plus her anger at Miles for what he did to her sister at the trial led to her smashing the box…
I have rewatched this movie twice and I notice a couple of things. All the clues were there all along. You can see that Miles had Duke's phone in his back pocket when he jumped over the couch and he was holding Duke's gun in his hand in the hallway in the dark. Fun Fact: Miles dressed up as Tom Cruise's character from Magnolia in a flashback scene.
Can I just say that your content recently has been especially awesome?? Love all of your videos, thank you for bringing a bright spot to my day!
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Something that I only noticed while watching you guys is that, in addition to the stolen ideas that Benoit points out, Miles also stole the idea to burn the napkin (Lionel asked “you still kept the envelope? You didn’t burn it or anything?”). Another lil detail that’s fun to realize is that the snippet of Among Us shown at the start relates to the movie in a way beyond just being a whodunnit / hidden role game that was popular during the pandemic: it’s a game that involves playing an “impostor” role, which Benoit and Helen both played while around the rest of the cast
The dude in the background of the island, Derol, is played by the same actor that played Trooper Wagner in Knives Out. There's a great list of details from this movie on Buzzfeed that really points out so much good stuff!
Stephen Sohdheim is one of the people playing Among Us with Blanc. He was, of course, famous as a composer of musicals, but he also co-wrote the script (with Anthony Perkins of _Psycho_ fame) for _The Last of Sheila,_ which was one of the inspirations for this movie.
i was literally in the middle of watching your love actually reaction when this video popped up! i'm honestly so obsessed with your reactions. i love how y'all actually get into the movies and give proper thoughts on it, so i'm excited to see what y'all think of this one and if you're able to catch some of the clues.
for me, the first one was definitely better but this was still an amazing sequal
The lesson is "don't assume someone is smart just because they are rich."
One of the bizarre easter eggs I love in this movie is that Miles' costume and hair during the flashback sequence when the gang all hung out at the Glass Onion bar is based on Tom Cruise's look from the movie Magnolia (1999). It's another very subtle way of showing that his character has no original ideas or personality; everything is borrowed or stolen, even his style.
He also dressed up as Steve Jobs when they were at Alpha. Wore those black turtlenecks.
I know you guys loved this...everyone casted here did a great job, i think they will do more of these...great reaction
Don't know if someone mentioned it (didn't read all the comments) but the phrase Dave is thinking about is when the great grandma says that Ransom is "back again" because she thinks she saw him climb the trellis twice.
I love this reaction so much. Watching you guys come up with new theories every 10 seconds hehe that's the most fun!
i have never clicked on a notification so fast, been waiting for this!! i love glass onion (dare i say it, better than knives out) and i’ve watched a lottt of reactions of it😂 excited to watch it again with you guys!✨
I don’t know if the statement that the Mona Lisa’s expression changes each time you look at her is true, but - whether it’s true or not - the statement does call back to the fact that the expression of Harlan Thrombey’s portrait from the first movie changes each time the camera stops on it.
My favorite moment in this film is when Blanc introduces Helen to everyone and you can *just* see that one braincell in Miles’ head working overtime to piece information together that this wasn’t actually Andi despite being shown the news of death earlier. It’s the same face he made when Lionel asked why he didn’t burn the letter. Miles Bron truly is an idiot and Edward Norton was so good 😂
I don't think Miles knew that was Andi's sister. He gave Andi a sleeping pill and put her in the car with the engine running, then left. I doubt he waits until Andi is dead so when he saw Andi arrived on the island, he probably assume Andi wake up earlier and survive.
I’m with Mason Quinn and The Oak on this one, I enjoyed this one more than the original. It was so different. The twin sister isn’t something you would ever could have guessed. The twists were next level. And it was so funny! Had so many great laughs.
I loved this one more as well!!
I JUST finished your Knives Out reaction, what a perfect time for this to have been uploaded!
Duke's mother is the MVP, and every time I rewatch this my heart breaks for her.
Rewatching this and I have to tell you, the banter between friends at the very beginning when Mason says the name of the metallica person and Dave goes like "that's not him" his tone alone xD AND the Oak laughing!! great friends banter and trust, love it!
This movie is chock full of details that are worth checking. Pay attention to the music score. The interweave of Bach's fugue in the background score... The subtle use of Danny Elfman's Batman theme in the scene between Benoit and Helen just after he tells her he's not Batman (the world's greatest detective). Pay attention to YoYo Ma's description of a Little Fugue from Birdie's party scene at the begining. It perfectly describes the twist and structure of the movie's screenplay. A lovely tune, that, when overlayed upon itself becomes a whole new piece of music.
Among the glass sculptures you can see a replica of the Knife sculpture from the first movie... And so much more. Stephen Sondheim not only wrote the broadway play 'Sweeney Todd' about a famous mass murderer (the devil barber of Fleet Street) but he also co-wrote the scren play for the movie 'The Last Of Sheila' about a millionaire whoinvites a group of friends to the south of France for a week-end of fun and games, only for someone to end up murdered. Many critics picked up right away that the Glass Onion was inspired by Last Of Sheila.
I just notice Cody said he had his google feeds alert set for all his friends thats why he was the first to know Andi was dead
Whole squad together after so long I'm so happy 😭😭
The ending's so cathartic (and a good "be careful what you wish for" moment).
I honestly cant imagine how the screenplay was written, its so detailed. I also liked the fact that it is wildly different from the 1st movie as it subverted expectations and it is also kind off meta in terms of how it also plays with the audience.
In Knives Out, when Blanc is waiting in the car for Marta, he's listening to his iPad and singing a song written by Steven Sondhiem.
I think Janelle Monae is my favourite in this particular movie (and in others). I was just wondering if any of you have watched or reacted to Hidden Figures. Janelle Monae plays one of the main characters and I love the movie so much but I haven't seen many people react to it.
I think Janelle Monae did a wonderful job as well
What I love is that the plot has layers like an Oger.
Oh I ment onion
Kate reminds me of Goldie in Overboard in this! I really enjoyed this movie. Looking forward to adding it to my collection of mysteries. Hope they have another one in the works with Daniel.
One of my favorite blink-and-you-miss it details is at @13:03 you can see Helen throw the recorder into Birdie's bags!
Sondheim was one of the best musical theater composers of all time. He wrote Sweeney Todd, Company, Into the Woods, etc. And he did the lyrics for West Side Story.
I do like the name "Cassandra Brand." It reminds me of mystery novelist Christianna Brand, who was a member of the Detection Club. (Other members included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Gilbert Chesterton.)
Also Joseph Gordon levitt voiced the DONGGGGG every hour 😂
Someone pointed out that the last shot of Helen is framed and angled so she looks just like the Mona Lisa. I loved that.
Benoit Blanc - "Miles Bron isn't an idiot"
Benoit Blac later on - "Miles Bron is an idiot"
Miles had no original ideas. He stole Andi's idea, then the scientist he met for Klear, Benoit's idea for the lights, and even burning the napkin came from someone else.
Helen fulfilled her sister's promise of burning (literally) his empire to the ground.
P.S. Duke's mom is the best part lol
The Oak has a great point about Wd Morton’s character knowing it was Andi’s sister. His look upon seeing her is one of absolute terror. Like he is seeing a ghost.
super excited to watch!! thanks for all the content you guys put out!!
I'm sharing instantly even though this isn't my favorite movie! You guys are awesome!
I'm really enjoying Daniel Craig as a Colonel Sanders character...lol...
This who done it was...different...perhaps it's because the first one took me by surprise..and I thank Dave again for editing so cautiously that folks who haven't see the movies are able to follow all the clues and plots...
Looking forward to the next..if there is one..episode...great way for Daniel to transition his way out of a fixed character assignment..while still using mental deduction and reasoning...
Cheers fellas !...
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Yesssss thank you! I was hoping you guys would react to this one after Knives out :) And what a movie right!? haha Cheers!
This also smacks of "Murder by Death". Especially the dinner scene.
just finished re-watching your harry potter reactions a few hours ago lol ❤ love you guys!
Also, to answer Oaks thinking Miles knew right away that it was Ellen, instead of Andi, when she got to the Island, isn’t right. He was just shocked, because he thought he killed her, but did not find out she actually had died until Duke showed him the notification on his phone, which he was using to blackmail Miles. Hence, why miles killed him right away.
idk if someone's mentioned this over the 4 months this video has been posted, but another instance where miles steals someone's idea is that the "Love Miles xo" cards that came with the boxes delivered to the friends is the exact same handwriting as the red envelop that andi had emailed the threat with "Love Andi xo" this man really has no original bone in his body lol
The day Diamond Dave gives out a 5 will be a day remembered in history.
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Steve S. is Stephen Sondheim, he wrote a lot of great musicals including Into the Woods, Company, And Sweeney Todd. Fun fact, Angela Lansbury played a lead role in Sweeney Todd on broadway!
I know 2 of you and it took me the Breaking Dawn part 2, your Hunger Games series and Narnia series before I finally made the connection 😅. Each video I kept thinking Appleton looked so familiar and that Answer looked just like someone who graduated a year under me. Finally connected the dots that Andrew is indeed Buddy’s brother (he had to be as he looks just like him) once I made that connection, I then realized I used to know Dave well as back in the late 90’s he dated my best friend Anjali. Small world! I just found your channel a couple of days ago and love you guys!!
JESSSSS!!!!!! Before we started doing movie reactions and were doing regular guy-talk podcasts I told a story about partying at your house! 1/2 a bottle of vodka, got sick in your parents bedroom aaaand then passed out in a camper! Good times!!!! -David
Really great film, so much fun. I absolutely love Benoit solving the murder mystery in 30 seconds because I was kinda afraid they were gonna turn him into a bit of a spoof of himself, coming up with intricate solutions and being wrong throughout the film.
2:00 This is why I watch you guys! Just some pals having fun!
ITS JAMES HETFIELD lol
Peg was in the Netflix movie The Gray Man with Chris Evans
Stephen Sondheim is the greatest musical theatre composer ever and if you watch closely you will notice Benoit is a huge fan as he keeps singing his songs
I love the fact Bron says his car is one of a kind, it’s a Porsche 918. They made 918 of them, hell the Porsche dealership down the road from me had one for a bit. And I live near small city of little importance.
What I truly appreciate about the Mona Lisa twist is that even if Helen is to blame for actually pushing the button, chances are Miles is on the hook due to installing the override. He did that against the security protocols that the insurance company had set. If that override wasn't installed, Helen couldn't have destroyed the painting. More to the point, he seems to know the dangers of Klear, as evidenced when he reacted to Helen before she threw it. You could see that he realized in that moment what was going to happen.
So he took on the world's most famous painting, ignored the safety protocols that the insurance required, in a house being powered by a highly combustible fuel which he knew about.
Again, the guy is a cocky idiot.
At the opening I just thought they were being revealed as something other than brilliant, because it was basically Duke's mom giving them most of the clues to solve the puzzles of the box, besides Yo-yo ma helping with them with the music portion. With Andi (before she was revealed as Helen), I just thought she was a woman scorned, and was going to indulge in playing whoever sent her the box silly game. That she was just ticked off. The legendary scene for me, is Janelle Monáe's run on the Mona Lisa (THE BEST), and that look at end (Where she had that Mona Lisa look and smile) Brilliant!!!!
I feel Knives Out had bigger plot twists. When I saw Glass Onion, I was able to anticipate a decent amount of what was going to happen starting with Dukes death. This was still a great film but I just thought the first one had a bit more mystery to it.
I like that this one basically predicted what happened with twitter and Elon Musk.
Because it deviates from the formula of a murder mystery. The focus is on the characters, instead a satire to the current landscape in different fields.
I felt like it fit with the theme of the glass onion, something simple that appears to be complex
When the puzzle box started opening I thought of the movie Hellraiser.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a world renowned Sherlock Holmes scholar and author.
I've been waiting for this all day👍
Edward's character *doesn't* know that Andi is actually her sister in disguise. He thinks she survived and doesn't remember what happened
That freaking protection-glass in front of the Mona Lisa going up and down was giving me guillotine vibes the whole time. Super stressful
Blanc Oak!! He had so many parts right. 👍 Great reaction, guys!!
I used to love those 3D books from the 90s. I usually cross my eyes and slowly adjust to see the 3D art
The director Rian Johnson has Joseph Gordon-Levitt in all of his movies in some capacity and in this movie he is the "gong" sound! Also the Actor for Derol (Noah Segan) was Trooper Wagner in the last film! Many also theorize that since Bron is always taking ideas, all the terrible ideas sent to Toussaint were thought up by Derol while he was high and Bron sent it to Toussaint as his own ideas.
IDK if Miles knew that it was the sister. At least right away, I mean he did leave her knocked out in a car, and left, sure she should have died but I mean he didn't confirm so something could have happened to save her.
And yeah Duke was the only one who knew he was at Andis house, but I dunno don't think Miles had intended to kill him until Duke tried to blackmail him for his slot.
Darol was also in Knives Out as the state trooper. He is a good friend of Rian Johnson as is Joseph Gordon Leavitt. Both are in every Rian Johnson movie. Joseph was the voice of the dong.