You two LITERALLY missed like 80% of what happened in this movie (the double meaning behind most of the dialogue, the metaphors, the jokes...) Jesus.. I kind of feel bad for you :S
no shot. what's smarter? wasting time figuring out a bunch of boring/arbitrary child games or just cutting to the chase and realizing you can just smash the box
my guess is, I think they portrayed the box as super difficult in the beginning, to give us the feeling of a complicated, smart, well thought out film. But knowing the ending, and how the mystery really was simple and not over complicated, you can look back at the box in the beginning and see, it was never really that difficult, so much so that the average middle aged woman who's into their puzzles and crosswords could solve it.
@@yeppers3701 theres a video called "Glass Onion's Start Tells You The End" that talks about that, the box is the main thing but there were other clues as well
Bingo. The consensus is that it isn't as good as the first...but it doesn't have to be. He wasn't trying to top it, he knew all he could really do is just embrace a completely different story and just carrying over Blanc. It stands on its own. That's why he even fought to keep the Knives Out title out, so the automatic association would be diminished.
@@Zombie_Trooper it’s a good method. same thing happened in the show ‘the white lotus’ season 1 and 2 were completely different storylines and different locations, but carried over one of the characters played by jennifer coolidge. I’d like to see more of that tbh
One of my favorite little touches that someone pointed out, when Miles is asking Birdie to take the fall for the sweatshop in Bangladesh. "Miles is gonna pay me off, he said if I take full responsibility for the sweatshops, he'll pay me the value of my shares!" He doesn't say like $30 Million. He says "the value of her shares"... which are gonna plummet through the floor after the news of the sweatshops breaks.
It’s possible Miles didn’t actually consider that the stocks would tank after the news broke, unless someone told him that would be the case. Remember: he’s an idiot who has never had an original thought.
If you notice, Miles nods at Lionel after burning the napkin, because he literally just said “you still kept the envelope? You didn’t burn it?” Even that wasn’t an original thought for Miles
I didn't notice that, but that's great. There are so many little things throughout the movie. Like when Blanc says to Miles, "For someone on this island, this is not a game." He's not lying, and he knows he's not lying, because he knows it's not a game to Helen. Just a bunch of little touches like that are terrific.
It's just packed together so neatly. How they start breaking things with Helen before she goes too far and begin to try to stop her once she crosses the line, circling back to Miles monologue on disruption. How Lionel says "You didn't just burn it?" Giving Miles another idea to steal minutes later. How Derol literally tells everyone to ignore him yet we all subtly suspect him. Ugh, it's so good.
I'm actually surprise that people suspect Derol at all, he's a filler character, in detective mystery genre, people like him are automatically out of the selection, simply because of the fact that the movie or show wants the viewers to take a guess at the culprit, so for them it would be nonsense for a completely filler and minor character like Derol to be the culprit.
Extra icing on the cake is that Derol is played by actor Noah Segan -- who also played the boyish Trooper Wagner in "Knives Out" (the guy who exclaims, "That means she lied!" after Marta pukes in Ransom's face). I saw one netizen comment under another RUclips video about how one could interpret this as Blanc sending policeman-turned-fan Wagner ahead of him in Greece to act as extra security. (And then they just sit together in the end to watch the chaos Helen creates.)
Glass Onion is the greatest casual cameo movies ever. The total number of cameos is just mind blowing. Just Benoit's Among Us game crew was heavily loaded.
I can't believe it took me this long to realize why Miles sent Andi the box: it served as his plausible deniability. Why would he invite someone he knew to be dead?
@@SapphireSeahorse494 He mentions in the movie that he could barely get those boxes because of the tight deadline, so I think Jeff is most likely right
Hugh Grant cameos as Phillip, Blanc's domestic partner, Joseph Gordon-Levitt voices Miles's Clock, the Hourly Dong.. Several celebrities make cameo appearances as themselves in the Among Us Game ncluding Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Natasha Lyonne and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Also Yo-Yo Ma,, Jake Tapper, and Serena Williams. Sondheim and Lansbury both died before Glass Onion was released and the film is dedicated to both of them.
Fun fact Ethan Hawke filmed this Cameo during the filming of Moon Knight, he took a flight from Budapest to Greece for a weekend because both projects were filming close enough to pull it off 😃 🌙 🧅
I actually really love how even though Blanc was standing over Cassandra's dead body nobody suspected he did it for even a second. Everyone trusts him to be an innocent man and it both avoids cliché drama and adds to his character.
I guess it really shows how well known he is that no one doubts his ability or his character which is great to see. I always hate when doubt is casted on the person trying to help and they get killed for no good reason.
I get that, but accusing a word's best detective is not a good idea lol. He could literally prove you wrong in 30 seconds and you would only make a fool of yourself.
What’s brilliant about both this and the previous Knives Out is that as a modern audience we go into these movies with the thinking skills for classic whodunits and Clue. Rian Johnson knows this, so he creates a story that completely turns the classic set ups and formulas upside down to successfully throw us off. We think the murder mystery starts when Duke dies, when all along Blanc and Helen as Andi have been playing the murder mystery game right in front of us.
More than that, after "Knives Out" he knew that peoples would be looking for another complicated plot, so he went with the "the secret is that it's dumb" angle.
@@elbruces exactly! We all thought the most likely killer was the billionaire who had something to lose, but it couldn’t be that simple, and he couldn’t be that dumb! I thought the ending was great, even if there was no real twist
I love how you called the hard kambucha "liquid courage", then later Blonc gave the whiskey to Helen in an offer of courage because that's kinda what licor is for her, a little push to say/do what she needs done. A little detail I just noticed too is that Andi part her hair on the left, while Helen (pretending to be Andi) did it on the right. It's just a tiny tiny detail but so cool imo. Also, I read somwhere that Helen is supposed to mirror the Mona Lisa in her single head shots, like that little smirk she does sometimes it's a smile, others she is angry, it changes all the time.
Kate Hudson was the 2nd best character in my book this sequel... The way she took this role and just tune the dumbness up by 100 is just pure gold. Really makin her mama proud.
the way miles was so devastated when the mona lisa was burned when he killed duke and cassandra like they were nothing was so psychopathic. the painting was more important for him than the life of a human being
This movie is exceptional at gaslighting you and the characters. It will literally show you the truth and then turn around and tell you right to your face you're wrong and this is what actually happened and if you question it they pile more on to make you feel like you were indeed wrong.
Forever will love the fact that there is a scene where you can CLEARLY see Miles pull the gun out from behind his back and put it on the drink table. Full view of the camera.
When Miles was asking everyone to look at Birdie's dress I knew it was a classic magician's diversion; directing the eye to look elsewhere. The film wanted you to realize it and pay attention to Miles giving the glass to Cody so we would doubt our own eyes later on.
The amazing thing about this is that if you rewind or rewatch the "original" clips before everything is shown again and explained, you'll realize it was the same the whole time and you had just missed it the first time. And I love that you guys guessed it. I haven't seen anyone else do that in advance.
Normally a journal on its own wouldn’t stop the bullet, but an inch of bullet resistant glass would be pretty effective at making up the difference. It’s a subtle little detail, but a nice touch.
I think a possible reason for Helen to break all the sculptures and destroy the room is that it could look like the fire and all the destruction was spontaneously caused by Klear. It would be his word against Helen's to tell what really happened. Afterward, when Miles asks everyone, "We all know what we saw, right?", he wants them to tell the truth that the destruction was done by Helen. But they're not willing to defend him, even though it's the truth. Instead they are ready to give testimony that will take him down, some of which is true and some of which is not.
I love that the other low-key thing is that this movie has a "Kato" staying in the guest house {room} and it is never really addressed either. He just ends up randomly in scenes.
They really hammered home that Miles didn't have an original thought of his own even at the end, too. He didn't even consider burning the napkin until he was asked why he didn't just burn it instead to begin with. smh
Would’ve been hilarious if Darryl was played by Jeff Bridges, because Darryl kind of reminded me of the Dude. I wonder how many people will know what I’m talking about. 😂😂😂
1:02:22 Basically a confirmation of what we've come to realise throughout this movie - they all hate him. I mean, they rely on him for financial support and are all pretty selfish but they still hate him. And that of course comes in useful later
I can't say whether each one is better. I just feel it's on par and a great new case. I'm happy to see Benoit Blanc being a brand new character. It's like James Bond, and I wonder if the character with have that endure.
One of the (many) things I love about this movie is Janelle Monae's performance. Before I saw it I'd heard how amazing she was in it. Now I'm a huge fan of hers and was puzzled, because for the early part of the movie she seemed a little stiff. But then we found out that was a nervous Helen posing as Andi. And in the flashback we saw Helen as herself. And other flashbacks showed the real Andi. And Ms Monae was playing three different roles! She was amazing!
When I first watched it. I did catch Miles handing the drink to Duke and was wondering what the heck he did that for. Then when Andi got killed and Blanc cried. I was wondering about that too. Why did he cry for her and not Duke.
And yet, Blanc crying is a beautifully executed red herring. He isn't crying for Helen because at that point he knows she's not dead. He's crying because he got hot sauce in his eyes, but it helps convince the first time watcher that Helen really is dead till the reveal that starts the final act.
On rewatching you notice he isn't crying for Andi/Helen, he's covered in sweat all over his forehead like he would be from the chili sauce. So much brilliant attention to detail.
What I love is that when I first watched it, I knew who it was after Helen’s story was revealed. Because I recalled what happened when everyone arrived at the island. “Andi’s” arrival shook Miles to the core. And it struck my Nancy Drew curiosity.
I saw an interview with Kate Hudson and Daniel Craig. Kate mentioned that Birdie was always trying to flirt with Benoit. She specifically mentioned the dinner table scene where she asks if people could work together.. I missed her look to Benoit and his reaction. Also, I heard that they wanted to convey that Kanye had gifted Miles his large portrait.
The one thing I do feel like people aren't talking about is the fact that in order to testify that they saw the napkin, they're going to have to acknowledge under oath that they committed perjury, which a good lawyer could use to undermine their credibility.
Yeah, ppl claim that the friends don’t get punished in the end but they’re totally going to get in trouble for lying under oath. But it’s clear they don’t care. They want to take him down, and they could claim he was threatening them. That said, their credibility might be called into question, but they also got Helen, Whiskey, and Blanc’s testimonies as well as a dead body that they’d be able to prove took pineapple Juice. And the whole Klear burned up the Mona Lisa thing
Rian Johnson YOU MAD GENIUS!!!! This is honestly one of the best mystery movies ever made! (Spoiler Alert below) This whole time I was expecting a clever murderer, but in reality (like most billionaires) he’s just a dumb and lucky con man who quite literally built an empire of lies. I almost gave up on this movie the moment I saw her get up close to Miles because I knew he would either rip it out of her hand and eat it (like Mac did in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) or something like that. But thankfully all that dumb luck and lies came back and bit him in the ass because his home, his reputation, and his empire were all burned down by a high school teacher and the world’s greatest detective.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Seriously, I put Benoit Blanc up there with Sherlock Holmes and Batman as the best fictional detectives of all time.
@@unforeseeable2.058 WHOA WHOA WHOA! I can see similarities but does Benoit have a tank that can hit 120 mph and eject a motorcycle with anti-tank rifles strapped to the front?🤣🤣🤣
It took me however many viewings to realize, when Miles is starting the game and Blanc spoils it, Miles started to say "As Watson said to Holmes" before being cut off. He was probably going to say "The game is afoot". It's a quote from Holmes to Watson. So even when he doesn't get to finish the line, he's probably misquoting it
what i love about this series is there is just only one morally good character and everyone else is corrupted and tries to drag that person to the road but at the end, good triumphs. i love that about this franchise, and loved your reaction.
The thing about that movie people don't realise is that Mona Lisa is only this famous because it's got stolen in 1911. It was not well known before and its value skyrocketed after the scandal. It is the worlds most famous painting due to PUBLICITY and because it is so famous people are constantly trying to find deeper meaning to her. Mona Lisa's value is in its own fame. And Miles is so fascinated with her because what it represents to him
Overall tho, is any art valuable to anyone? Traditional art, especially old art, all of it can be easily replicated nowadays. You can create even crazier visuals as well. I feel like the only reason museum art is special is cuz of the historical context. Mona Lisa was made with oil paints, and Da Vinci invented it. He invented other artistic techniques and standards and they were used in ML. It was a big deal back then, but basic at this point. This Art is special for its historical and cultural and artistic context. Nothing else. You’re right in that publicity made it for the common ppl, but the ML isn’t anything better or worse than any other random historical art piece. It’s all about the brand. You’re right tho, in that Miles wouldn’t care about the other stuff & just the branding cuz he’s egotistical and shallow and ignorant. But to say that it has no value to anyone else is wrong cuz there are people who care about art and history.
There are so many easter eggs for people who know things about things (unlike Miles). Like...no, that's not Paul McCartney's guitar from when he wrote "Blackbird". Because unlike Miles Bron, Paul McCartney is left-handed. Just little things that are right out in the open _if you know to notice it._ The whole gag of the movie right there.
In another video, commenters confirm that Blackbird was indeed composed on a right-handed guitar. Although the way he just threw it on the ground was the point of the scene to me.
To answer the question of your title... yes! And Janelle Monáe was the star! Such a beautiful, stunning, elegant, funny, charming, and talented woman. If she was my type, I'd have biggest crush on her. Now I have to patiently wait for Knives Out III. Hope they bring back Janelle. Who'd of thought a cozy traditional murder mystery like Knives Out would lead to a trilogy with such a fanbase?
A really great small detail that I don’t see often mentioned is in the art room the Rothko painting (the blue and red one) is hung upside down. Proving that Miles is just a pseudo intellectual as well as having no real understanding or respect of art and shows how oblivious he really is compared to what he says he values in regards to art and legacy.
36:33 ...game over 😂 these guys were seeing through the plot the whole time. Oh man one of the joys of being on youtube is when Dos Cavzos and MacReact, react to a good show/movie.
After re-watching "Knives Out," I probably like "Glass Onion" a bit more! It's more rocknroll, it's a bit more fun, & funnier...I love some of the details, like Blanc is actually married to Hugh Grant's character, Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" comes back as the book Serena Williams is reading, at one point Miles is dressed like the Tom Cruise character from "Magnolia".....I also love that everything Miles describes in his disruptors speech, incl. about pushing things too far...is exactly what Helen does during the climax: she becomes an agent of change, & does something productive with that rage. Even though "Knives Out" ends on a good note challenging the status quo, "Glass Onion" shows someone who does more than challenge it, but attacks it, head on. Which takes courage, as Blanc says. Also, Kate Hudson hasn't had so much fun since "Almost Famous" ...! And, I need more Daniel Craig + Janelle Monae co-starring in movies! Great chemistry.
Funny enough, my initial reaction to the Mona Lisa burning was that instinctive resistance you had, but after I thought about it, yeah who cares. If the original goes up in flames, what does that even matter? He had it hidden away in a private residence, so it may as well be gone from public view anyways, and everyone has access to what it looks like, plus stacks of essays about what makes it great. Really, the only one affected by its loss would have been Miles
Plus Helen didn't just avenge her sisters death, by killing Klear she did what her sister did and protected a whole bunch of people. All those people would have been in danger of blowing up their homes. Hell the world as Andi puts it. You're supposed to be resistant to her burning the Mona Lisa. "Are you willing to break the thing, nobody wants you to break?." Helen is a true disruptor.
First I thought it was Katherine Hahn, because she clearly bumped into Dave Bautista before he drank and died. But no one talks about that. Then I thought it was Derol. He just couldn't be in this movie for no reason whatsoever. But apparently he was there as a running cameo joke for only Rian Johnson to laugh at, because Derol is played by Noah Segan, who has appeared in every one of Rian Johnson's projects in the past. It's the same as Sam Raimi casting Bruce Campbell or Quentin Tarantino casting Samuel L. Jackson.
Best fan theory I saw for Derol is that he sort of represents COVID. There's no indication that the magic spray actually does anything, Miles is probably just making it up so they'll all feel better. Meanwhile Derol is just hanging around... 'pretend I'm not here.'
@@JonathonLapak Ha! I don't know if I'd go that far, but the realization that Miles is an idiot made me realize the spray was probably bogus on the re-watch. We go in expecting "Rich guy gets the magic vaccine", but probably a blend of essential oils and horse de-wormer in an overpriced spray-gun.
I just realized when Miles took the gun off Duke and I'm really seeing it for the first time, I mean I watch a lot of reaction to this movie and I want to watch it over back again, but what I finally realized is that miles is a opportunist he is not a genius he is actually an idiot but most of what he has is because of dumb luck, like he sees a opportunity and he seize on it and it either come out good or come out bad but the way people look at him like a genius the bad tend to just be forgotten.
I can't believe they guessed soem of these things. Then again: a broken clock is right twice a day. 30:50 from all the reactiosn I've seen non of them caught on that he called her Helen instead of Andy I also love Daryl. they threw him in as a red haring. Because they know, you don;t introduce a person for nothing. and that is exactly what they did.
38:14 But he wouldn't have been able to do any of it if And hadn't introduced him to the group in the first place. She was the one who brought them together because she could see that they could be something else. And then when she came up with the idea that founded the company - she made all of them.
My question was why did she bother, big thing for me about the movie is I can see all the characters together but for Andi. Did Miles have moneyto begin with, because why would you want to hang with him in the first place?
@@dangermouse4871 guess so. That Miles had money and connections to make things happen. Makes sense that the whole time he was the money and Andi was the brains. also explains the sullen, sulky spoilt child reaction he has whenever something doesn't go his way - that at the end of the day he's just an overgrown entitled spoiled brat who either shows off or throws temper tantrums. Also explains why he's never cautious, he's never had to stop and think about stuff first.
Fun fact: The original Mona Lisa was actually painted on poplar wood, where as the one in the glass onion appears to be canvas. So canonically it seems the French did in fact sell Miles a fake and he was just too stupid to realise he got duped. (which makes sense, I mean art museum’s don’t just rent priceless art pieces)
I havne't found anything that can summarise the disruption theory, but when Miles said "this place is the full reclamation of everything I've achieved"....... according to a google search reclamation means: 1. the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right 2. the cultivation of waste land or land formerly under water. So like Blanc said, it's a word but it's not the right word. Also turns out circumspective means: given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautions. So again, by no means the right word.
Miles character reminds me of the villain character from The Italian Job, who Norton also played. They are similar in their lack of originality and stealing everyone’s ideas
1:07:41 Phrasing! LOL Great movie, great reaction! Things I picked up on was that Duke saying that Miles almost pancaked him and Miles cut him off. I saw that Miles gave Duke the glass and then I heard Blanc say Hellen when they met up before she was shot. Like Knives out I sussed it was Ransom but didn't know exactly all the details which they replicated here.
It was the most fun I had at the cinema last year (and I saw Top Gun Maverick twice) was even worth relying on my local rail franchise (it took 2 buses and 4 trains to get to a cinema that was showing it). Hugh Grant nearly brought the screen down.
When Helen started breaking glass sculptures I genuinely thought the guy might have been dumb enough to have a bunch of "art" made from Klear. Can you imagine?
I loved it because I guessed 3 things right before they happened. When Ed was scared about the 'time' I knew what would happen. I saw the hot sauce coming just before he reached into his pocket. As Mr Craig, near the ending, gave his speech to the women I knew what she would go after. I had doubts as it took awhile to get there but sure enough I saw it.
I had an interesting thought. This movie is a visual and auditory mystery, but not a classic mystery. Old school mysteries (books) had misdirection, but that misdirection was through individual character perspectives. This movie lies with the camera, which makes it fun and entertaining, but not a solvable mystery. I understand why people like it. I enjoyed it too. But I would not consider it solvable in any sense or reach of the word.
Not so sure about it. The clues are there. For who is paying attention, it's solveable. For example, Blanc called the fake-Andi as "Helen". The scene where Miles gave his glass to big-guy (forgot his name) is shown for us as well. We actually heard about Miles almost being pancaked in the begining, we just didn't connect the dots. There is also a scene where we can see a phone in Miles pants pockets, but we know that he doesn't use one. And in the invitation said that major details about the trip will be tell later. If Blanc never was a Miles guest, so how did he get to the meeting point? The movie has also misdirection. The point is the viewers being fooled by Blanc's words. He said that he solved the box, but we didn't see that. Actually, we haven't even seen a new box in his hands. Misdirection.
No, we can’t figure out the Andi twist ahead of time, but Duke’s murder and Helen being shot is easily solvable, since the movie made a point of having everything out in the open
@@theonegoldengryphon What do you mean by "out in the open"? The bulletproof book placed in the breast pocket? The "obvious" use of hot sauce as fake blood? It's a prop-fuelled mystery-box, where people say "oh neat! that's how they used that obviously important prop"
@@BillyLemonZest No, I mean figuring out that Miles poisoned Duke with his allergy and shot Helen. I didn’t mind that the Helen/Andi twist was unpredictable, because that’s kind of the point of that sort of twist- re-contextualizing events we’ve already seen.
@@theonegoldengryphon Solid points. Maybe I was little turned off because a great mystery movie is way better the second time because you see everything from the perspective of the final truth, but this movie just took care of that for you and told a 1-hour story twice. And it cheated a little by adding reveals in the second telling that were absent in the first, like Helen/Andi seeing Duke while he was watching his girl.
LMAO, I just realized something...Miles stole the idea of burning the original napkin from Lionel. Because he burned the napkin right after he said " After all of that, you still kept it? You didn't burn it or anything?" which further shows how unoriginal and stupid he is.
I think the first one was better but I enjoyed this one almost as much. This one felt shorter to me for some reason though even though they’re about the same length.
The first has a better story, this one has better story-telling. And in a murder mystery, how you tell the story is everything, which is why so many people have weirdly conflicted feelings about the two: it feels like the first OUGHT to be better, but the second feels more satisfying and enjoyable. For me it's a bit like saying which is better Alien or Aliens? Apples and oranges even though they're both very clearly the same franchise.
I didn't like the movie first time I saw it, but revisiting, it it is great. Because the conceit is essentially that it's simple. So you go in from Knives Out trying to do a murder mystery in your head, but the answer is staring you in the face the whole time.
I love the symbolism of the mona lisa - it's just like miles. It has no real meaning or higher value than anything else, but for some reason society practically worships it. It wasn't even that famous on its own until different circumstances happened to it. The loss of the mona lisa in the film shouldn't mean that much; the whole reason Helen burned it was because it meant a lot to Miles. The fact that most of the audience is more affected by the destruction of the fictional mona lisa than the murder of fictional Andi doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Because they’re both fictional but the Mona Lisa actually exists irl & Andi does not. Also, ML is relevant in terms of history and art. No traditional museum art is valuable beyond the historical significance.
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You two LITERALLY missed like 80% of what happened in this movie (the double meaning behind most of the dialogue, the metaphors, the jokes...) Jesus.. I kind of feel bad for you :S
I love how Dukie's mom is like literally the second smartest person in the film and it is just not discussed.
Yup, right behind Blanc. Lionel figured the box out from hearing her in the background so he still has a ways to go
Nah I think the smartest guy is Darryl. Reaping the benefits of being in that paradise without all the drama.
no shot. what's smarter? wasting time figuring out a bunch of boring/arbitrary child games or just cutting to the chase and realizing you can just smash the box
my guess is, I think they portrayed the box as super difficult in the beginning, to give us the feeling of a complicated, smart, well thought out film. But knowing the ending, and how the mystery really was simple and not over complicated, you can look back at the box in the beginning and see, it was never really that difficult, so much so that the average middle aged woman who's into their puzzles and crosswords could solve it.
@@yeppers3701 theres a video called "Glass Onion's Start Tells You The End" that talks about that, the box is the main thing but there were other clues as well
In the end, Helen was the only true disruptor. She was the only one willing to cross the line to do the unthinkable.
Absolutely!!
Hell yeah!!
...and that last Mona Lisa Smile.
I think Rian Johnson did the smart thing and rather than try to top the original he went for a different tone with this one
Bingo. The consensus is that it isn't as good as the first...but it doesn't have to be. He wasn't trying to top it, he knew all he could really do is just embrace a completely different story and just carrying over Blanc. It stands on its own. That's why he even fought to keep the Knives Out title out, so the automatic association would be diminished.
Thats not necessarily why the different tone, it was just needed. Whether better than the first or not 🤷🏾♂️
@@Zombie_Trooper it’s a good method. same thing happened in the show ‘the white lotus’ season 1 and 2 were completely different storylines and different locations, but carried over one of the characters played by jennifer coolidge. I’d like to see more of that tbh
@@uncledrew2334ok dude 🙄 u said something without saying anything. It’s a different tone bc he wanted a different tone. There’s no other reason.
@@Zombie_Trooper ohhhhh yeah i wouldve loved this movie more if they kept out "Knives Out"
One of my favorite little touches that someone pointed out, when Miles is asking Birdie to take the fall for the sweatshop in Bangladesh.
"Miles is gonna pay me off, he said if I take full responsibility for the sweatshops, he'll pay me the value of my shares!"
He doesn't say like $30 Million. He says "the value of her shares"... which are gonna plummet through the floor after the news of the sweatshops breaks.
That's what I thought. I rolled my eyes on how stupid the birdie character is
It’s possible Miles didn’t actually consider that the stocks would tank after the news broke, unless someone told him that would be the case. Remember: he’s an idiot who has never had an original thought.
If you notice, Miles nods at Lionel after burning the napkin, because he literally just said “you still kept the envelope? You didn’t burn it?” Even that wasn’t an original thought for Miles
Literally nothing about Miles is original. Even the concept of his character is based off of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.
@@unforeseeable2.058 Miles Bron is anagram of "Elon is Mr. B" (= Bezos)
@@shredd5705 I did not know that. Damn that’s clever.
@@unforeseeable2.058 Even showing up at Andi's house to kill her was suggested to him by her email: "You know where to find me."
I didn't notice that, but that's great. There are so many little things throughout the movie. Like when Blanc says to Miles, "For someone on this island, this is not a game." He's not lying, and he knows he's not lying, because he knows it's not a game to Helen. Just a bunch of little touches like that are terrific.
It just hit me... Kathryn Hahn's husband was calling to tell her the news of Andi's death but she ignored his phone call😵💫
Fun fact: the painting that Miles Bron has of himself is actually Edward Norton's face superimposed over Brad Pitt's body in Fight Club.
And it makes sense bc of course an egotistical person like Miles would commission a painting like that.
@@DAMIENDMILLS It makes twice the sense considering the plot in Fight Club
@@grumpycato8314 So many layers. Like the Glass Onion itself.
They reset the box, almost imitate what's in the box from seven
Ed brought that from home
It's just packed together so neatly. How they start breaking things with Helen before she goes too far and begin to try to stop her once she crosses the line, circling back to Miles monologue on disruption. How Lionel says "You didn't just burn it?" Giving Miles another idea to steal minutes later. How Derol literally tells everyone to ignore him yet we all subtly suspect him. Ugh, it's so good.
I'm actually surprise that people suspect Derol at all, he's a filler character, in detective mystery genre, people like him are automatically out of the selection, simply because of the fact that the movie or show wants the viewers to take a guess at the culprit, so for them it would be nonsense for a completely filler and minor character like Derol to be the culprit.
@@4ricz813 the idea at least crossed my mind that he was an accomplice
Extra icing on the cake is that Derol is played by actor Noah Segan -- who also played the boyish Trooper Wagner in "Knives Out" (the guy who exclaims, "That means she lied!" after Marta pukes in Ransom's face). I saw one netizen comment under another RUclips video about how one could interpret this as Blanc sending policeman-turned-fan Wagner ahead of him in Greece to act as extra security. (And then they just sit together in the end to watch the chaos Helen creates.)
Ugh? That means you hate it.
Glass Onion is the greatest casual cameo movies ever. The total number of cameos is just mind blowing. Just Benoit's Among Us game crew was heavily loaded.
Personal favorite is Joseph Gordon-Leavitt as the voice of the Hourly Dong.
Bullet Train was also fantastic for cameos
I can't believe it took me this long to realize why Miles sent Andi the box: it served as his plausible deniability. Why would he invite someone he knew to be dead?
he also might have paid for the boxes to be constructed and planned for them to be sent before andi's email and subsequent murder.
@@SapphireSeahorse494 He mentions in the movie that he could barely get those boxes because of the tight deadline, so I think Jeff is most likely right
@@kangke57 I mean, she was killed about a week before the island stuff, and the boxes arrived only like 2 days after she died, I think.
@@SapphireSeahorse494 The movie is over, but the investigation continues 😁
@@kangke57Add to that the obvious that he got the idea to have a murder mystery game from Andi's actual murder
Hugh Grant cameos as Phillip, Blanc's domestic partner, Joseph Gordon-Levitt voices Miles's Clock, the Hourly Dong.. Several celebrities make cameo appearances as themselves in the Among Us Game ncluding Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Natasha Lyonne and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Also Yo-Yo Ma,, Jake Tapper, and Serena Williams. Sondheim and Lansbury both died before Glass Onion was released and the film is dedicated to both of them.
Fun fact Ethan Hawke filmed this Cameo during the filming of Moon Knight, he took a flight from Budapest to Greece for a weekend because both projects were filming close enough to pull it off 😃 🌙 🧅
I actually really love how even though Blanc was standing over Cassandra's dead body nobody suspected he did it for even a second. Everyone trusts him to be an innocent man and it both avoids cliché drama and adds to his character.
I guess it really shows how well known he is that no one doubts his ability or his character which is great to see. I always hate when doubt is casted on the person trying to help and they get killed for no good reason.
I get that, but accusing a word's best detective is not a good idea lol. He could literally prove you wrong in 30 seconds and you would only make a fool of yourself.
same occured to me several times watching poirot. i guess they're just above suspicion by default.
“So dumb it’s brilliant.”
Sums up this entire movie more than I can put in a thousand words and I love that 😂
NO! IT'S JUST DUMB!
Also nicely sums up Miss Birdie Jay ! XD
What’s brilliant about both this and the previous Knives Out is that as a modern audience we go into these movies with the thinking skills for classic whodunits and Clue. Rian Johnson knows this, so he creates a story that completely turns the classic set ups and formulas upside down to successfully throw us off. We think the murder mystery starts when Duke dies, when all along Blanc and Helen as Andi have been playing the murder mystery game right in front of us.
More than that, after "Knives Out" he knew that peoples would be looking for another complicated plot, so he went with the "the secret is that it's dumb" angle.
@@elbruces exactly! We all thought the most likely killer was the billionaire who had something to lose, but it couldn’t be that simple, and he couldn’t be that dumb! I thought the ending was great, even if there was no real twist
I love how you called the hard kambucha "liquid courage", then later Blonc gave the whiskey to Helen in an offer of courage because that's kinda what licor is for her, a little push to say/do what she needs done.
A little detail I just noticed too is that Andi part her hair on the left, while Helen (pretending to be Andi) did it on the right. It's just a tiny tiny detail but so cool imo.
Also, I read somwhere that Helen is supposed to mirror the Mona Lisa in her single head shots, like that little smirk she does sometimes it's a smile, others she is angry, it changes all the time.
I thought it was obvious once the Mona Lisa popped up. All her enigmatic expressions were copying Mona Lisa's - and the actress succeeded too, I think
Kate Hudson was the 2nd best character in my book this sequel... The way she took this role and just tune the dumbness up by 100 is just pure gold. Really makin her mama proud.
This movie gets better with a rewatch because you see everything. It's all in plain sight with a sleight of hand to distract the audience.
E.g. 25:05, where you can clearly see Miles stashing the gun in the bar. It's literally right there.
"HALLE BERRY!"
That makes me laugh so hard EVERY SINGLE TIME
I like how it is a replacement for holy shit and expresses that Blanc finds it spicy and hot= Halle Berry.
the way miles was so devastated when the mona lisa was burned when he killed duke and cassandra like they were nothing was so psychopathic. the painting was more important for him than the life of a human being
Than the life of people he spent years with
Still can’t believe they got hugh grant to play blanc’s husband
Same! lol
Poor Birdie. Too stupid to realize the stock is going to tank and Miles wont have pay her more than pennies 😭
This movie is exceptional at gaslighting you and the characters. It will literally show you the truth and then turn around and tell you right to your face you're wrong and this is what actually happened and if you question it they pile more on to make you feel like you were indeed wrong.
Forever will love the fact that there is a scene where you can CLEARLY see Miles pull the gun out from behind his back and put it on the drink table. Full view of the camera.
@@SapphireSeahorse494 And the scene where Helen said it could be Miles and the detective said he is too smart to do that.
When Miles was asking everyone to look at Birdie's dress I knew it was a classic magician's diversion; directing the eye to look elsewhere. The film wanted you to realize it and pay attention to Miles giving the glass to Cody so we would doubt our own eyes later on.
@SapphireSeahorse494 and When they're looking for Duke's phone you can clearly see it in his back pocket
The twist and turns throughout this movie are insane like the last film.
The amazing thing about this is that if you rewind or rewatch the "original" clips before everything is shown again and explained, you'll realize it was the same the whole time and you had just missed it the first time.
And I love that you guys guessed it. I haven't seen anyone else do that in advance.
Normally a journal on its own wouldn’t stop the bullet, but an inch of bullet resistant glass would be pretty effective at making up the difference. It’s a subtle little detail, but a nice touch.
I think a possible reason for Helen to break all the sculptures and destroy the room is that it could look like the fire and all the destruction was spontaneously caused by Klear. It would be his word against Helen's to tell what really happened. Afterward, when Miles asks everyone, "We all know what we saw, right?", he wants them to tell the truth that the destruction was done by Helen. But they're not willing to defend him, even though it's the truth. Instead they are ready to give testimony that will take him down, some of which is true and some of which is not.
I love that the other low-key thing is that this movie has a "Kato" staying in the guest house {room} and it is never really addressed either. He just ends up randomly in scenes.
They really hammered home that Miles didn't have an original thought of his own even at the end, too. He didn't even consider burning the napkin until he was asked why he didn't just burn it instead to begin with. smh
Glass Onion was hilarious. The plot and twists were fun. I watched it with the fam and it had us cryin
Would’ve been hilarious if Darryl was played by Jeff Bridges, because Darryl kind of reminded me of the Dude. I wonder how many people will know what I’m talking about. 😂😂😂
1:02:22 Basically a confirmation of what we've come to realise throughout this movie - they all hate him. I mean, they rely on him for financial support and are all pretty selfish but they still hate him. And that of course comes in useful later
I can't say whether each one is better. I just feel it's on par and a great new case. I'm happy to see Benoit Blanc being a brand new character. It's like James Bond, and I wonder if the character with have that endure.
He is not brand new character. He is a ripoff from Hercule Poirot. Like modern day Hercule Poirot.
The first one is better because Ana de Armas.
@@joesmith1642 you know what? You probably right. Damn she is gorgeous
@@lauris5275 this isn’t a parody
One of the (many) things I love about this movie is Janelle Monae's performance. Before I saw it I'd heard how amazing she was in it. Now I'm a huge fan of hers and was puzzled, because for the early part of the movie she seemed a little stiff. But then we found out that was a nervous Helen posing as Andi. And in the flashback we saw Helen as herself. And other flashbacks showed the real Andi. And Ms Monae was playing three different roles! She was amazing!
When I first watched it. I did catch Miles handing the drink to Duke and was wondering what the heck he did that for. Then when Andi got killed and Blanc cried. I was wondering about that too. Why did he cry for her and not Duke.
and he calls her helen when they're talking before she's shot
@@yanksrgreat now that, I didn’t catch.
And yet, Blanc crying is a beautifully executed red herring. He isn't crying for Helen because at that point he knows she's not dead. He's crying because he got hot sauce in his eyes, but it helps convince the first time watcher that Helen really is dead till the reveal that starts the final act.
On rewatching you notice he isn't crying for Andi/Helen, he's covered in sweat all over his forehead like he would be from the chili sauce. So much brilliant attention to detail.
What I love is that when I first watched it, I knew who it was after Helen’s story was revealed. Because I recalled what happened when everyone arrived at the island. “Andi’s” arrival shook Miles to the core. And it struck my Nancy Drew curiosity.
I saw an interview with Kate Hudson and Daniel Craig. Kate mentioned that Birdie was always trying to flirt with Benoit. She specifically mentioned the dinner table scene where she asks if people could work together.. I missed her look to Benoit and his reaction.
Also, I heard that they wanted to convey that Kanye had gifted Miles his large portrait.
The one thing I do feel like people aren't talking about is the fact that in order to testify that they saw the napkin, they're going to have to acknowledge under oath that they committed perjury, which a good lawyer could use to undermine their credibility.
Yeah, ppl claim that the friends don’t get punished in the end but they’re totally going to get in trouble for lying under oath. But it’s clear they don’t care. They want to take him down, and they could claim he was threatening them.
That said, their credibility might be called into question, but they also got Helen, Whiskey, and Blanc’s testimonies as well as a dead body that they’d be able to prove took pineapple Juice. And the whole Klear burned up the Mona Lisa thing
Rian Johnson YOU MAD GENIUS!!!!
This is honestly one of the best mystery movies ever made!
(Spoiler Alert below)
This whole time I was expecting a clever murderer, but in reality (like most billionaires) he’s just a dumb and lucky con man who quite literally built an empire of lies. I almost gave up on this movie the moment I saw her get up close to Miles because I knew he would either rip it out of her hand and eat it (like Mac did in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) or something like that. But thankfully all that dumb luck and lies came back and bit him in the ass because his home, his reputation, and his empire were all burned down by a high school teacher and the world’s greatest detective.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Seriously, I put Benoit Blanc up there with Sherlock Holmes and Batman as the best fictional detectives of all time.
Blanc says he’s not Batman when in actuality, he’s better than Batman.
@@unforeseeable2.058 WHOA WHOA WHOA! I can see similarities but does Benoit have a tank that can hit 120 mph and eject a motorcycle with anti-tank rifles strapped to the front?🤣🤣🤣
@@thedarkknight2221 no, but he ought to.
@Unforeseeable 2.0 Also, listen closely when he says he's not Batman, a little bit after he sits down you hear notes of the Danny Elfman Batman theme.
@@Prowl76 wait, when he is out on the terrace of his apartment?
It took me however many viewings to realize, when Miles is starting the game and Blanc spoils it, Miles started to say "As Watson said to Holmes" before being cut off. He was probably going to say "The game is afoot". It's a quote from Holmes to Watson. So even when he doesn't get to finish the line, he's probably misquoting it
I also realised Miles stole the idea to burn the napkin from Lionel
Aside from Daniel Craig, yes, Janelle Monae is the show stopper! What a performance!
Took me a rewatch to notice Benoit calls Andi "Helen" when he sees her outside.
Also, I love how in the flashback Miles is literally dressed as Tom Cruise in Magnolia.
It was super funny that Duke carries a gun in his speedos but not an epipen lol
Only an MRA tryhard would be ready to shoot his enemies at any moment but not think a food allergy would get the drop on him
I know right! I'm deathly allergic to nuts and I have an epipen on me at all times, even though nuts are pretty easy to see in most foods!!
what i love about this series is there is just only one morally good character and everyone else is corrupted and tries to drag that person to the road but at the end, good triumphs. i love that about this franchise, and loved your reaction.
The thing about that movie people don't realise is that Mona Lisa is only this famous because it's got stolen in 1911. It was not well known before and its value skyrocketed after the scandal. It is the worlds most famous painting due to PUBLICITY and because it is so famous people are constantly trying to find deeper meaning to her. Mona Lisa's value is in its own fame. And Miles is so fascinated with her because what it represents to him
Overall tho, is any art valuable to anyone? Traditional art, especially old art, all of it can be easily replicated nowadays. You can create even crazier visuals as well. I feel like the only reason museum art is special is cuz of the historical context. Mona Lisa was made with oil paints, and Da Vinci invented it. He invented other artistic techniques and standards and they were used in ML. It was a big deal back then, but basic at this point.
This Art is special for its historical and cultural and artistic context. Nothing else. You’re right in that publicity made it for the common ppl, but the ML isn’t anything better or worse than any other random historical art piece. It’s all about the brand. You’re right tho, in that Miles wouldn’t care about the other stuff & just the branding cuz he’s egotistical and shallow and ignorant. But to say that it has no value to anyone else is wrong cuz there are people who care about art and history.
There are so many easter eggs for people who know things about things (unlike Miles). Like...no, that's not Paul McCartney's guitar from when he wrote "Blackbird". Because unlike Miles Bron, Paul McCartney is left-handed. Just little things that are right out in the open _if you know to notice it._ The whole gag of the movie right there.
In another video, commenters confirm that Blackbird was indeed composed on a right-handed guitar. Although the way he just threw it on the ground was the point of the scene to me.
To answer the question of your title... yes! And Janelle Monáe was the star! Such a beautiful, stunning, elegant, funny, charming, and talented woman. If she was my type, I'd have biggest crush on her. Now I have to patiently wait for Knives Out III. Hope they bring back Janelle.
Who'd of thought a cozy traditional murder mystery like Knives Out would lead to a trilogy with such a fanbase?
1:03:49 Lionel told him he needed at least two years to test it to see if it was safe. And he went right ahead and put it into the whole mansion
Very last shot of this movie is Janelle Monae posing just like Mona Lisa.
1:04:28 - Yup, he was just a red herring all along 😂
A really great small detail that I don’t see often mentioned is in the art room the Rothko painting (the blue and red one) is hung upside down. Proving that Miles is just a pseudo intellectual as well as having no real understanding or respect of art and shows how oblivious he really is compared to what he says he values in regards to art and legacy.
He also doesn't realize that the Mona Lisa is a fake, even though it's on canvas and the original is famously painted on poplar wood.
Nope, it is wood. The layer you see peeling off is the oil paint, as you can definitely see the wood beneath
This is my first reaction video with you guys and I’m sold!!! Obsessed!!! You got a new subscriber!
i don’t think it’s better than knives out, but i also don’t care because it’s still good and very fun to watch lol.
36:33 ...game over 😂 these guys were seeing through the plot the whole time. Oh man one of the joys of being on youtube is when Dos Cavzos and MacReact, react to a good show/movie.
After re-watching "Knives Out," I probably like "Glass Onion" a bit more! It's more rocknroll, it's a bit more fun, & funnier...I love some of the details, like Blanc is actually married to Hugh Grant's character, Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" comes back as the book Serena Williams is reading, at one point Miles is dressed like the Tom Cruise character from "Magnolia".....I also love that everything Miles describes in his disruptors speech, incl. about pushing things too far...is exactly what Helen does during the climax: she becomes an agent of change, & does something productive with that rage. Even though "Knives Out" ends on a good note challenging the status quo, "Glass Onion" shows someone who does more than challenge it, but attacks it, head on. Which takes courage, as Blanc says.
Also, Kate Hudson hasn't had so much fun since "Almost Famous" ...! And, I need more Daniel Craig + Janelle Monae co-starring in movies! Great chemistry.
Poor Duke's mom and Andy 😭
Funny enough, my initial reaction to the Mona Lisa burning was that instinctive resistance you had, but after I thought about it, yeah who cares. If the original goes up in flames, what does that even matter? He had it hidden away in a private residence, so it may as well be gone from public view anyways, and everyone has access to what it looks like, plus stacks of essays about what makes it great. Really, the only one affected by its loss would have been Miles
Plus Helen didn't just avenge her sisters death, by killing Klear she did what her sister did and protected a whole bunch of people. All those people would have been in danger of blowing up their homes. Hell the world as Andi puts it. You're supposed to be resistant to her burning the Mona Lisa. "Are you willing to break the thing, nobody wants you to break?." Helen is a true disruptor.
"Whos daryl???"
Me: _"Mephisto"_
Daryl isn't part of the experience, he's just hanging out.
First I thought it was Katherine Hahn, because she clearly bumped into Dave Bautista before he drank and died. But no one talks about that.
Then I thought it was Derol. He just couldn't be in this movie for no reason whatsoever. But apparently he was there as a running cameo joke for only Rian Johnson to laugh at, because Derol is played by Noah Segan, who has appeared in every one of Rian Johnson's projects in the past. It's the same as Sam Raimi casting Bruce Campbell or Quentin Tarantino casting Samuel L. Jackson.
Best fan theory I saw for Derol is that he sort of represents COVID. There's no indication that the magic spray actually does anything, Miles is probably just making it up so they'll all feel better. Meanwhile Derol is just hanging around... 'pretend I'm not here.'
@@JonathonLapak Ha! I don't know if I'd go that far, but the realization that Miles is an idiot made me realize the spray was probably bogus on the re-watch.
We go in expecting "Rich guy gets the magic vaccine", but probably a blend of essential oils and horse de-wormer in an overpriced spray-gun.
@@RothAnim derol carried around a bottle of corona so it could very well be the joke
Usually you cast Edward Norton as a evil character so I tought right from the begining that he is the killer.
He always plays the same sort of character. His character in Birdman is almost identical to Miles
The best part about this movie is it hides almost nothing, all the clues needed to solve the case are there and in plain sight.
This is the first time I noticed that the "puzzle guy" apprenticed to Ricky Jay.
Daryl was carrying a case of Coronas when he’s first seen, pretend I’m not here. He symbolizes COVID
45:49 A bit of me still wants to call it 'pimping her out' rather than convincing her
I just realized when Miles took the gun off Duke and I'm really seeing it for the first time, I mean I watch a lot of reaction to this movie and I want to watch it over back again, but what I finally realized is that miles is a opportunist he is not a genius he is actually an idiot but most of what he has is because of dumb luck, like he sees a opportunity and he seize on it and it either come out good or come out bad but the way people look at him like a genius the bad tend to just be forgotten.
I can't believe they guessed soem of these things. Then again: a broken clock is right twice a day.
30:50 from all the reactiosn I've seen non of them caught on that he called her Helen instead of Andy
I also love Daryl. they threw him in as a red haring. Because they know, you don;t introduce a person for nothing.
and that is exactly what they did.
If you like the Benoit Blanc stories, maybe you should check out Murder on the Orient Express.
4:30 "Miles is probably like the Tony Stark of this world"
Me: More like the Elon Musk....
Edward in this film looks like Matthew perry
38:14 But he wouldn't have been able to do any of it if And hadn't introduced him to the group in the first place. She was the one who brought them together because she could see that they could be something else. And then when she came up with the idea that founded the company - she made all of them.
My question was why did she bother, big thing for me about the movie is I can see all the characters together but for Andi. Did Miles have moneyto begin with, because why would you want to hang with him in the first place?
@@dangermouse4871 guess so. That Miles had money and connections to make things happen. Makes sense that the whole time he was the money and Andi was the brains. also explains the sullen, sulky spoilt child reaction he has whenever something doesn't go his way - that at the end of the day he's just an overgrown entitled spoiled brat who either shows off or throws temper tantrums. Also explains why he's never cautious, he's never had to stop and think about stuff first.
I really enjoyed this film!
I love that Rian Johnson thanked Bill Hader at the end for helping him create Andi and Helen. That's so cool!
Poor Darryl, just constantly catching strays instead of his billionaire friend
That was the world famous Boston Robotics dog in the background. The ones being designed to carry heavy loads for troops.
When it comes out, you should react to The Menu.
It's out on HBO Max!
12:05 there was some moment in it that bag moves
Fun fact: The original Mona Lisa was actually painted on poplar wood, where as the one in the glass onion appears to be canvas. So canonically it seems the French did in fact sell Miles a fake and he was just too stupid to realise he got duped. (which makes sense, I mean art museum’s don’t just rent priceless art pieces)
Are you seriously reppin' Dom Mazzeti merch in this video? I LOVE IT.
I havne't found anything that can summarise the disruption theory, but when Miles said "this place is the full reclamation of everything I've achieved".......
according to a google search reclamation means:
1. the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right
2. the cultivation of waste land or land formerly under water.
So like Blanc said, it's a word but it's not the right word.
Also turns out circumspective means: given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautions.
So again, by no means the right word.
Miles character reminds me of the villain character from The Italian Job, who Norton also played. They are similar in their lack of originality and stealing everyone’s ideas
1:07:41 Phrasing! LOL Great movie, great reaction! Things I picked up on was that Duke saying that Miles almost pancaked him and Miles cut him off. I saw that Miles gave Duke the glass and then I heard Blanc say Hellen when they met up before she was shot. Like Knives out I sussed it was Ransom but didn't know exactly all the details which they replicated here.
It was the most fun I had at the cinema last year (and I saw Top Gun Maverick twice) was even worth relying on my local rail franchise (it took 2 buses and 4 trains to get to a cinema that was showing it). Hugh Grant nearly brought the screen down.
The quality of these movies tell me 2 things. 1st that Rian Johnson is actually a good director and 2nd that he ruined Star Wars on purpose.
It's always fun watching brothers and sisters do reactions.
When Helen started breaking glass sculptures I genuinely thought the guy might have been dumb enough to have a bunch of "art" made from Klear. Can you imagine?
how does everyone miss blanc saying helen when the lights are off
1:08:27 she poses like mona lisa right here
I loved it because I guessed 3 things right before they happened. When Ed was scared about the 'time' I knew what would happen. I saw the hot sauce coming just before he reached into his pocket. As Mr Craig, near the ending, gave his speech to the women I knew what she would go after. I had doubts as it took awhile to get there but sure enough I saw it.
Hey, are you going to finish the first season of the Vinland saga before the second season starts?
The real Mona Lisa is painted on a piece of wood the way it burns it looks like canvas kinda curious
The kombucha is "hard" kombucha. Like hard lemonade......
I had an interesting thought. This movie is a visual and auditory mystery, but not a classic mystery. Old school mysteries (books) had misdirection, but that misdirection was through individual character perspectives. This movie lies with the camera, which makes it fun and entertaining, but not a solvable mystery. I understand why people like it. I enjoyed it too. But I would not consider it solvable in any sense or reach of the word.
Not so sure about it. The clues are there. For who is paying attention, it's solveable. For example, Blanc called the fake-Andi as "Helen". The scene where Miles gave his glass to big-guy (forgot his name) is shown for us as well. We actually heard about Miles almost being pancaked in the begining, we just didn't connect the dots. There is also a scene where we can see a phone in Miles pants pockets, but we know that he doesn't use one. And in the invitation said that major details about the trip will be tell later. If Blanc never was a Miles guest, so how did he get to the meeting point? The movie has also misdirection. The point is the viewers being fooled by Blanc's words. He said that he solved the box, but we didn't see that. Actually, we haven't even seen a new box in his hands. Misdirection.
No, we can’t figure out the Andi twist ahead of time, but Duke’s murder and Helen being shot is easily solvable, since the movie made a point of having everything out in the open
@@theonegoldengryphon What do you mean by "out in the open"? The bulletproof book placed in the breast pocket? The "obvious" use of hot sauce as fake blood? It's a prop-fuelled mystery-box, where people say "oh neat! that's how they used that obviously important prop"
@@BillyLemonZest No, I mean figuring out that Miles poisoned Duke with his allergy and shot Helen. I didn’t mind that the Helen/Andi twist was unpredictable, because that’s kind of the point of that sort of twist- re-contextualizing events we’ve already seen.
@@theonegoldengryphon Solid points. Maybe I was little turned off because a great mystery movie is way better the second time because you see everything from the perspective of the final truth, but this movie just took care of that for you and told a 1-hour story twice. And it cheated a little by adding reveals in the second telling that were absent in the first, like Helen/Andi seeing Duke while he was watching his girl.
LMAO, I just realized something...Miles stole the idea of burning the original napkin from Lionel. Because he burned the napkin right after he said " After all of that, you still kept it? You didn't burn it or anything?" which further shows how unoriginal and stupid he is.
Bro what happened to Duke’s corpse?
I think the first one was better but I enjoyed this one almost as much. This one felt shorter to me for some reason though even though they’re about the same length.
The first has a better story, this one has better story-telling. And in a murder mystery, how you tell the story is everything, which is why so many people have weirdly conflicted feelings about the two: it feels like the first OUGHT to be better, but the second feels more satisfying and enjoyable. For me it's a bit like saying which is better Alien or Aliens? Apples and oranges even though they're both very clearly the same franchise.
I didn't like the movie first time I saw it, but revisiting, it it is great. Because the conceit is essentially that it's simple. So you go in from Knives Out trying to do a murder mystery in your head, but the answer is staring you in the face the whole time.
1:06:00 The Mona Lisa is painted on a wooden board not on canvas. Clearly a fake.
I love the symbolism of the mona lisa - it's just like miles. It has no real meaning or higher value than anything else, but for some reason society practically worships it. It wasn't even that famous on its own until different circumstances happened to it. The loss of the mona lisa in the film shouldn't mean that much; the whole reason Helen burned it was because it meant a lot to Miles. The fact that most of the audience is more affected by the destruction of the fictional mona lisa than the murder of fictional Andi doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Because they’re both fictional but the Mona Lisa actually exists irl & Andi does not.
Also, ML is relevant in terms of history and art. No traditional museum art is valuable beyond the historical significance.
Another great reaction!❤