Here's another clue for you all - GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, etc etc

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I also agree he’s a better filmmaker than writer, he should get a good co-writer to punch up his scripts.

Was anyone expecting this one to be more than fun, or, for that matter, think the first one was aiming for more than fun? I thought they both were a blast, more or less grown up entertainments that are smart, unpretentious, well-made, fun for the whole family and bear (and seem designed for) repeat viewings. Couldn't ask for more, really, especially for a genre that's surprisingly hard to pull off, let alone a sequel with literally every single person watching closely, trying to figure it out in real time. It's a neat trick, surprising people perpetually primed for a surprise.

Fwiw, I thought the twin stuff was amusing for its pro forma audacity. It's such a murder mystery trope, but tackled here with some degree of novelty, imo.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 December 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link

yeah I enjoyed all of that, it’s definitely a movie that is mostly just celebrating the fun of its genre tropes & going a bit silly with it all

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 December 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link

who in the audience isn't thinking about Musk?

Or Sam Bankman-Fried, or for some us Liz Truss... it's been a weird year.

We rewatched it tonight, the writing really is amazing.

Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 25 December 2022 22:32 (one year ago) link

Watched this tonight. MVP is the costume designer, big laugh when Craig appeared in the blue and white striped top and revealed a moment later he was wearing matching shorts.

Dan Worsley, Monday, 26 December 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link

craig’s costuming was deliriously good

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 26 December 2022 00:38 (one year ago) link

So, is Blanc gay? A cameo by a Certain Star who acts as his boyfriend suggests so.

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 December 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link

yah

mh, Monday, 26 December 2022 00:54 (one year ago) link

that striped bathing suit was excellent

mh, Monday, 26 December 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link

cameo by a Certain Star who acts as his boyfriend suggests so.

That plus hollering Losing My Mind to himself in the car in Knives Out.

more crankable (sic), Monday, 26 December 2022 01:17 (one year ago) link

I did enjoy Derol’s introduction of just wandering thru things with a half-full 12-pack of coronas on the beach

Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 26 December 2022 02:11 (one year ago) link

is there a breakdown of all the artwork?
i’d do a rewatch just to try & catch all of that

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 December 2022 02:19 (one year ago) link

Yeah Johnson confirmed the queer Blanc a few months ago.

A particular scene in the sequel, seen by Insider, indicates that Blanc is living with a man. When asked during a press conference at the London Film Festival, whether this means the character is queer, Johnson replied: "Yes, he obviously is."

Johnson added, referring to the actor who cameos as Blanc's lover: "And there's nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with."

Rewatched Knives Out last night and Glass Onion tonight with the family; in the latter case I was the only one who had seen it already, and it passed the same test that Knives Out did for me in that the beats and moments, now that you know to look for them, all still land just right. And both films are heightened reality character types a-plenty; that’s why they land, and little surprise the ‘real’ lead in both films, carefully hidden by the marketing, is someone who comes across as an actual person who could exist (though admittedly in GO’s case we don’t get to know that person as thoroughly due to the plot mechanics, an unavoidable weakness in comparison).

I have to add this as well: there’s a certain moment I can’t discuss in GO without spoiling but let’s just say my entire family absolutely loved it because there’s someone in my family history who was saved from death in an incredibly similar circumstance. Best private unplanned in joke ever.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 December 2022 06:04 (one year ago) link

I thought that was something that only happened in movies/Tv!

FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 December 2022 06:21 (one year ago) link

Good piece on the artwork in the movie https://news.artnet.com/art-world/glass-onion-art-collection-production-design-2233174 I thought that the Rothko looked a bit odd.

Anyone know who did the eskimo painting with multiple ice holes? Thought it may be Miguel Calderon but seems not.

Dan Worsley, Monday, 26 December 2022 09:51 (one year ago) link

london's prince charles:
https://imgur.com/a/JgcWSM5

mark s, Monday, 26 December 2022 11:17 (one year ago) link

i mean:
https://i.imgur.com/DMW3vKo.jpg

mark s, Monday, 26 December 2022 11:17 (one year ago) link

I thought that was something that only happened in movies/Tv!


Surprise!

Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 December 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link

the Blanc bathing suit (and the "DONG"s) seem like Evil Under the Sun references and also good Last of Sheila vibes

corrs unplugged, Monday, 26 December 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link

haven't seen this yet so I'm trying to avoid the Ben Shapiro thread but LMAO at him complaining about the movie's "misdirection". like have you ever seen a movie before dude

frogbs, Monday, 26 December 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link

Helen had her sister's diaries with her and in her room didn't she. I think she mentioned going through them. Definitely had had one in her jacket pocket so not going to be around for any further perusal.

Stevolende, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link

THIS IS A NON SMOKING GARDEN

sleeve, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link

(I think I liked this even more than the first one, certainly more over-the top with the ending)

sleeve, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link

"It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth" was an all time zing

sleeve, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link

And her reaction too, deciding to take it as a compliment.

THIS IS A NON SMOKING GARDEN

― sleeve, Monday, December 26, 2022

A line with resonance -- someone said it to me not long ago

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 December 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link

PLEASE KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN ALFRED

sleeve, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link

Pretty much everything was smoking by the end innit.

Stevolende, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link

lol

sleeve, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link

heh

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 December 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link

I thought that was something that only happened in movies/Tv!

I don't know if we're talking about the same thing, but my wife's uncle got in a motorcycle accident once where it's possible the only thing that saved his leg, or at least saved it from serious damage, was the phone in his pocket, which worked as a buffer when he slid across the street. The phone was iirc shaved down in half by the friction.

Pretty much everything was smoking by the end innit.

Which is a payoff to the no-smoking garden! At first it comes off as some stupid rich tech guy affectation, but then it's revealed there's a reason there's no smoking allowed, lol.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 December 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link

Live footage of Ben Shapiro tweeting about why he didn't like Glass Onion. pic.twitter.com/YXXLu50Plq

— Adam Lance Garcia (@AdamLanceGarcia) December 26, 2022

i thought parts of this were pretty cringey, as the kids say. It's alright I guess.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 26 December 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link

I havent seen anyone mention it yet but the vert start where they were all invited as his "closest circle of friends" to a private island to "be normal" was a clear swipe at Kim K.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link

Oh! And Benoit playing "Among Us" in the bath haha that one only just occured to me.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:51 (one year ago) link

i disliked the breaking glass climax a great deal. happy to see the mona lisa consumed though

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:52 (one year ago) link

Benoit getting even more outraged as he realizes the "only idea with panache" was actually stolen from him was A+++, so many good little bits throughout this

"my therapist says this is a toxic relationship"

sleeve, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link

Was there any point to the painting's seurity screen going up and down constantly? (other than it being quite funny).

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:59 (one year ago) link

Rian Johnson is just online (the recurrence of "pancaked" is an I Think You Should Leave reference, i bet) and just funny enough to give these movies some teeth. While Star Trek and other franchises kissed Musk's ass (and even Herzog treated him seriously in one of his docs), Johnson is apparently one of the few people in Hollywood who realized he's an idiot, with no "but my Tesla" equivocation, full stop. That combined with how truly infectious Craig and Monae's enthusiasm is made this legitimately entertaining.

Chris L, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link

I was loudly outraged by all the malapropisms throughout the movie, so it was a nice payoff when that unexpectedly delivered

sleeve, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link

xxp I think being funny is enough, but it's possibly also there to give us a fair shot at realising what's going to happen just before it does, that it's not "oh yeah the Mona Lisa, they mentioned that an hour ago"

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link

i thought parts of this were pretty cringey, as the kids say. It's alright I guess.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)

Not sure I'd be even that generous, but thank you. Was waiting for at least one no before registering a second one.

clemenza, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 02:05 (one year ago) link

The whole show of how to override the screen was a setup for the climax.

Busting something that everyone wants broken: All that glass sitting on pillars just waiting to be smashed. Breaking the thing that nobody wants you to break: Mona Lisa.

(Not counting you cynical fucks who DO want the Mona Lisa to go up in flames.)

Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 03:22 (one year ago) link

I cackled when Birdy’s assistant was confronting her about the statement and had to read the incriminating email from the secret phone; also, “it was an HOMAGE to Beyoncé but they did NOT take it that way” basically Kate Hudson was a nonstop delight

castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 04:04 (one year ago) link

otm

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 07:16 (one year ago) link

the treatment of the guitar the song that gives the title was written on might strike some as sacrilegious like.

Stevolende, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 10:13 (one year ago) link

That was “Blackbird” he played on the beach.

assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link

Also he faked her out, it wasn’t the real one.

Chris L, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link


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