+Velation Good directing doesn't make someone act well. Star Wars was weird, sci-fi shit with a fantasy storyline and I would find that hard to connect to let alone act well with. Other people could do it but people are different. I think this film was much more grounded, down to earth and dealt with issues a lot of people encounter daily, and Christensen did a good job in it. So did Saarsgard for that matter: he's a very human actor who can seem too laid back and quiet - no Meryl Streep - but in this film the subtleties in his acting/expressions etc make every scene epic and very real. edit: **so much wank in one comment**
I think the most underrated aspect of Christensen's performance was how brilliantly he was able to play Glass as meek, mild-mannered and self-effacing. Glass duped so many people for so long because they never thought him capable of breaking the rules, much less make things up out of thin air. It takes a certain amount of confidence to be this openly deceptive with such wild stories and never get called out on it by those you work so closely with. It literally took someone who never met him to stop think "wait a minute, this all sounds like a crock!". The real life Glass is no looker; he's very nerdy looking and gives off the "virgin that still lives with his mother" vibes. Exactly the type of guy people would say "he doesn't have the balls to even jay walk". Christensen on the other hand is tall, athletic and handsome, the polar opposite of Glass, someone who in high-school could get away with murder based on charms alone. But Christensen, to his incredible credit, managed to come off as weak, pathetic and insecure, not only in his dialogue, but most importantly, in his body language. His eyes and posture every time he asked "are you mad at me" and "did I do something wrong" was brilliant, and the little things along the way, such as when he think that Chuck is starting to believe his story out in Hacker Conference explaining where everyone sat at the table. He has this very bright smile, the opposite of duper's delight, so genuine in his belief that he and Chuck are agreeing with each other. Or the other great little moment, when after Chuck removes him from the office and then Glass gets a security guard to let him back inside the office and you can hear him all smiles and pleasantries, and only 90 seconds later, he alludes to Chuck that he is suicidal. I completely forgot I was watching Christensen in a performance and really believed I was watching a real person desperately try to worm his way out of trouble.
Roger Ebert in his review described Glass as like a puppy that made a mess on the carpet, but knows he'll get away with it because he's cute and everyone finds him lovable. Glass uses the self-effacing, humble act like a lethal weapon to make everyone want to support him.
Quite the opposite, they said they were fooled by Glass cuz he was popular and charming. Not because he was an innocent little angelic puppy that no one could believe would be sinister. I don’t get it. I don’t see how Glass could have ever been the popular man “in the office” if you will…and your description of him is SOLID. But I guess the office was full of nerds and he was their nerdy king. It’s the only way this makes sense.
@@mst3KGf Yeah if you watch the movie he is always complementing people, and when he comes up with an amazing story he pretends to be humble and say I don't think I will do it. Writing and Acting in this film is just top tier
Apparently, Hayden studied as much as he could the personality, mannerisms and speech patterns of Stephen Glass, which is why his performance in this film was so well acclaimed
@@missym877 Glass was well-liked because he was humble, self-deprecating, and highly empathetic. Basically everyone who knew him singled out his ability to listen and make you feel like you were being "heard". Part of the reason everyone was so betrayed when this came to light was that they felt the entire time he'd just been seeing them as potential cons/outlets for inspiration.
According to Adam Penenberg. When Chuck Lane told Steve to "give him the number" he felt a sense of rage in the voice...It was then Penenberg and Forbes realized Steven Glass is toast. This whole conversation was taken from the actual transcripts.
I find it upsetting to watch this because this film was shot a year later after "SW - attack of the clones" but Hayden Christensen's acting is exponentially better here. It's clear his performance in the prequel trilogy was negatively influenced by Lucas' directing, which is an absolute travesty.
Star Wars acting is not regular acting. I would hope that the disaster that is the sequel trilogy and more specifically the Last Jedi is finally getting people to start realizing that.
sorry bruce you can hate the story but the sequel does have more well written scenes and better actors director. mark hamill gave his best preformance in the last jedi. to bad the film let him down.
He wasn't even that bad in the prequels. I think it just boiled down to how poorly they were written and directed. Hayden Christensen is very good at playing snobby, bratty teens and that's exactly the character Anakin turned out to be in the prequels, for better or for worse. Definitely was the perfect fit for the role of Stephen Glass.
"What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." Apparently Glass hadn't practiced hard enough. Did he get complacent and think no one would check his sources?
this movie is so good and I had a knot in my stomach watching this scenes, Steve's pathological lying was so cringy, I felt embarrassed and as if I was getting caught in a lie. And this guy just went on and on... I know people like that they need help!!! Hayden gave amazing performance as a guy who's getting lost in his lies and totally transformed the way he speaks, moves, mimics... actually everyone in this movie is great! Sarsgaard acting was top class without even saying anything!
exactly, you feel like digging your nails into your palms as you watch the lies unfold, not sure why but yes you want some truth to it and beyond a point realize that there is nothing snd thats about it.
This is my favorite journalism movie of all time. When I read or watch Chuck Lane talk about Russian hacking of any kind, I always watch this movie again because it completely changes the context of what he's saying.
Totally agree. Incredibly hard to watch and so cringe worthy, yet I routinely come back to this scene to watch every once in a while because it's so powerful. Hayden's performance is so good. He is so close to just admitting how much he fabricated basically everything, yet he is so deep in his pathological lying that he feels compelled to just keep going no matter what; convinced that he was tricked the whole time - that he is the victim.
Hackers conference. That alone should have nailed him. Computer hackers having a conference? What would the marquee outside the building say? "Welcome Hackers And The Cops Who Want To Arrest Them"?
***** Yes, there are conferences that call themselves "hacker conferences," but the majority are for persons involved in legitimate security issues. There is also a controversy on what defines a "hacker," and whether it can be used to describe legal activities. "The actual events, time-spans, and details of various themes of these conventions not only depends on the specific convention attended but also its perceived reputation. Typically the actual details of any given convention are couched in mild secrecy due to the legality of certain panels, as well as the willingness of attendees to explain themselves to law enforcement and less computer-savvy individuals..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security_conference#Hacker_conferences
The real Stephen Glass was even more of a worm than Hayden's portrayal. In reality he tried to manipulate his coworkers and Marty Peretz into thinking that Chuck Lane was the real villain and get him fired. Fortunately Lane was too smart for this and by the end he had overwhelming evidence of Glass's fraud.
I think they alluded to that when Hayden’s glass went into the room when Lane was starting to catch onto his lies. And kept saying how Lane cared more about the magazine than his people
If you listen to the excellent commentary track on the dvd Chuck Lane states that even here at this meeting he was already highly suspicious of Stephen's story and he just sat poker faced listening to him digging himself further into a ditch lol.
What if the call went like: “Hi Stephen, we just have a few questions about your story Hack Heaven...” “Oh that one? I made the whole thing up lol” “Eyyyy lmao”
The beauty of this movie is that it tricks you into thinking Chuck is the asshole bad guy, but he is in fact the hero and tries to be accommodating to Glass, even having a private phone call with the Forbes guy to minimize the blowback on Glass.
That’s when he thought glass was careless in his fact checking. Once he realized he straight lied and intentionally covered his tracks, he’s no longer concerned about the blowback glass will receive…and rightfully so.
Right on the nose, all of you. It was mostly, Glass's own POV, including the classroom scene, before blindsiding us with the reality. This is so we the audience would know what it's like to be the victim of Glass's deceptions, just as the readers and staff of the New Republic were, along with the rival magazine.
I never really saw chuck as the bad guy. He just was tired of the b.s. and wanted to get to the truth. I really enjoyed Peter sarsgaards performance in the movie very believable.
I mean it’s night and day Star Wars has never been the platform for the best acting. This film should have easily been nominated for acting Oscar’s because it’s built on the actor’s performances and Sarsgard and especially Hayden nail it, best performances of their careers at the time. Tho it was great to see Hayden have his best Star Wars performance in 2023 with Ahsoka. And I’ve heard Sarsgaard gave an amazing performance in his new film Memory
It's terrible to think about how bad Hayden Christensen's career was derailed by the horrible direction he received in the Star Wars prequels. He was a very promising actor, ruined by a franchise that has overstayed its welcome and it's a shame.
For a really good performance. He nailed Anakin's role. Especially that he only had two movies. he deserved to have three movies with the character like everyone else.
@@ade8182 He's coming back for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, so we'll see if proper direction and a more tightly written script can give him what he needs to turn in the performance we all know he's capable of.
the younger generations seems to love the prequels more so than the original trilogy. Hayden's performance as Anakin/Vader has become more beloved with the younger generation as well, and that is heartwarming. we'll see what happens with the Kenobi series soon to drop, but it is very promising.
Star Wars didn't overstay it; the problem was that Lucas didn't execute things well. He's a brilliant IDEA man, but he needs people to give him feedback/direct
@@JD-el9eo how was he supposed to be a macho badass when most of his scenes are romance or Palpatine manipulating him or him being darth vader. Literally only time he gets to play clone wars anakin is the first 20 min of ROTS which he nailed aswell. I really wish he is in the kenobi series and gets to do more anakin in clone wars era
That's really the beauty of Glass. You really have no idea what he's thinking. Everything he says is called into question; is he invoking genuine feeling or is he just bullshitting? Why would he dig himself into a deeper hole than he's already in?
i don’t care what people say but no matter what I think Hayden is a really good actor. he did great in Star Wars prequels and his other movies. i also just love his voice lol and he’s just such a great guy. love him💕💕
Glass is still the protagonist and Lane is still the antagonist. The former is what you call a villain protagonist, while the latter is what you call a hero antagonist. Remember that a protagonist is simply the leading character of the story. An antagonist is simply the one who opposes the protagonist
@@titan133760 The screenwriters have been clear that they intentionally shifted POV to Lane halfway through the story because the audience would want to "kill themselves by the end" if it was purely from Glass' POV. Make no mistake, Lane is both the hero of the story and the protaganist, this isn't a clear cut "villain rise and fall" movie.
@@vishaansingh1019This movie was an absolute masterpiece I love how they did that especially how it turned out that Glass was actually talking to no one and just imagining getting praise from high schoolers while the entire magazine were clapping for Chuck who was originally built as the asshole turns out to be the hero
I had no idea Hayden Christensen was a good actor until I watched this clip...I’m just sorry for the bad rep he gets from Star Wars, he’s not bad at all in here.
If Glass had never been caught, he might've had in mind in writing a novel under a pseudonym where his "journalistic" career was the plot and the book title was called 'Duped Moronics'.
Anyone who has lied ever knows this is a perfect example of how a lie turns into another lie that turns into another lie. Better just live a life where you can be as honest as possible because lies are too hard to keep track of.
This movie is loaded with young actors back then who are now known. Melanie Lynskey, Steven Zahn, Rosario Dawson, Peter Saarsgard, Chloe Sevigny. Hayden Christensen was well known because of Star Wars but the others not so much.
They could become pen pals, then, as he is now working as a lawyer of all things, she would want him to represent her in court once she subsequently demanded a new trial based on jury prejudice from her first trial. I wouldn't put it past either of them!
@@corinnedrake3628Yeah he was nominated for a golden globe a year before AOTC even came out. In fact his performance in Life as a House was so really liked that he was the first choice for The Notebook but because of the Star Wars hate the producers went with Gosling instead. People always say how Star Wars is such a great thing but I actually think Hayden could have possibly had a better career had he not done Star Wars
He was a good match for Star Wars, George Lucas wasn't a good match as director in Star Wars. And as if Star Wars has good performances overall, literally every actor in star wars has had way better performances outside Star Wars. Stop taking it so seriously its a kids film
Right there is a giveaway that Stephen is lying. When he offered to give Adam (Steve Zahn) the number for Jim Ghort. If he was trying to hide his fabrications, he should have waited for Adam to ask for the number, instead of just offering it.
he was trying to distract from the suspicious website by offering up some info they wanted...trying to get back on their good side and change the subject, but Penenberg caught him
I agree. There's more: when Stephen apologizes for the false info "they" gave him. If he had been telling the truth, why should he apologize? The supposed source should be apologizing to him for the incorrect info.
The giveaway was that the number for Jim Ghort that Stephen was about to give to Pennenberg would most likely lead to a phony voicemail of Jim Ghort that either Stephen or his brother made to further validate his lie. But pennenverg knew it wasn’t a Nevada number. So when Chuck said “give him the number” they presumably dialed it and heard the fake voicemail saying it was Jim Ghort which couldn’t be since it’s not Nevada
I always hated it when he walked into the office holding his pen in his mouth (1:00). When I see people do that, it makes it look like they're working very hard and persistently, but I don't see why it would hurt to just keep it in your pocket until you need it. It's small enough to fit in any pocket, even when pockets are full. People just annoy me when they hold things in their mouth.
@@missym877 I think you find it more encouraging towards me than annoying. After all, I expressed a thought, and it interrupted your life enough to respond to it. BTW, when you wrote that reply, were you holding a pen in your mouth? :P
That it took this article to expose Glass. And not the loads of articles bashing conservatives… no, they let those simply slide by. Even though conservative news outlets similarly reached out to New Republic claiming foul play
Funny though, that fictitious piece describing shenanigans at the young conservatives' conference are mere kid's play compared to what so-called conservatives are now doing and are willing to tolerate lmfao!
@@streetgato9697 not at all. Just because your bully of choice throws accusations out regularly and holds others to standards they would never hold themselves to. In other words: nice way to justify trying to defame conservatives.
It's crazy that this Glass character thought he would be able to just lie his ENTIRE "journalist" career. It was just matter of time until he'd be caught
@@awakenow7147 I have no idea why people are still using that word that should have died back in 2016 it's actually annoying than Hayden Christensen. using it doesn't make you cool or funny.
@@saithfeed511 I don't think the word is mean't to make anyone cool or funny. Its mean't to describe an actual feeling that one has when empathizing with someone who is doing something embarrassing. I actually like Hayden Christensen. I think Igor is trying to say that he feels embarrassed for the character during the entire movie. The character is lieing about stuff and is slowly being found out. Watching the character go through this process can cause second hand embarrassment for the viewer. Therefore, a cringe response. I'm referring to you as an anti-cringe hipster...mainly because I'm just being an a-hole. But I do understand where you're coming from. It gets annoying when people keep using lame internet words. But it doesn't necessarily decrease their value or meaning.
![[Part 1] Shattered Glass but only the lines from Hayden Christensen](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZvA9T3hSK0w/mqdefault.jpg)
Nobody talks about the performances in which Hayden proved himself as one good actor...so underrated this guy jeez
+Applehead3391 Maybe it was just good directing
+Velation Good directing alone does not make it a good movie or a good acting performance but a good mix of direction, ability and talent.
+Velation
Good directing doesn't make someone act well. Star Wars was weird, sci-fi shit with a fantasy storyline and I would find that hard to connect to let alone act well with. Other people could do it but people are different.
I think this film was much more grounded, down to earth and dealt with issues a lot of people encounter daily, and Christensen did a good job in it. So did Saarsgard for that matter: he's a very human actor who can seem too laid back and quiet - no Meryl Streep - but in this film the subtleties in his acting/expressions etc make every scene epic and very real.
edit: **so much wank in one comment**
+Sen Wank...? Why would you... even say that...?
because I'm socially anxious; that's basically the only reason
I think the most underrated aspect of Christensen's performance was how brilliantly he was able to play Glass as meek, mild-mannered and self-effacing. Glass duped so many people for so long because they never thought him capable of breaking the rules, much less make things up out of thin air.
It takes a certain amount of confidence to be this openly deceptive with such wild stories and never get called out on it by those you work so closely with. It literally took someone who never met him to stop think "wait a minute, this all sounds like a crock!".
The real life Glass is no looker; he's very nerdy looking and gives off the "virgin that still lives with his mother" vibes. Exactly the type of guy people would say "he doesn't have the balls to even jay walk".
Christensen on the other hand is tall, athletic and handsome, the polar opposite of Glass, someone who in high-school could get away with murder based on charms alone. But Christensen, to his incredible credit, managed to come off as weak, pathetic and insecure, not only in his dialogue, but most importantly, in his body language.
His eyes and posture every time he asked "are you mad at me" and "did I do something wrong" was brilliant, and the little things along the way, such as when he think that Chuck is starting to believe his story out in Hacker Conference explaining where everyone sat at the table. He has this very bright smile, the opposite of duper's delight, so genuine in his belief that he and Chuck are agreeing with each other.
Or the other great little moment, when after Chuck removes him from the office and then Glass gets a security guard to let him back inside the office and you can hear him all smiles and pleasantries, and only 90 seconds later, he alludes to Chuck that he is suicidal.
I completely forgot I was watching Christensen in a performance and really believed I was watching a real person desperately try to worm his way out of trouble.
Roger Ebert in his review described Glass as like a puppy that made a mess on the carpet, but knows he'll get away with it because he's cute and everyone finds him lovable. Glass uses the self-effacing, humble act like a lethal weapon to make everyone want to support him.
Quite the opposite, they said they were fooled by Glass cuz he was popular and charming. Not because he was an innocent little angelic puppy that no one could believe would be sinister.
I don’t get it. I don’t see how Glass could have ever been the popular man “in the office” if you will…and your description of him is SOLID. But I guess the office was full of nerds and he was their nerdy king.
It’s the only way this makes sense.
@@mst3KGf Yeah if you watch the movie he is always complementing people, and when he comes up with an amazing story he pretends to be humble and say I don't think I will do it. Writing and Acting in this film is just top tier
Apparently, Hayden studied as much as he could the personality, mannerisms and speech patterns of Stephen Glass, which is why his performance in this film was so well acclaimed
@@missym877 Glass was well-liked because he was humble, self-deprecating, and highly empathetic. Basically everyone who knew him singled out his ability to listen and make you feel like you were being "heard". Part of the reason everyone was so betrayed when this came to light was that they felt the entire time he'd just been seeing them as potential cons/outlets for inspiration.
Anakin? Is that you?
Obi-Wan Kenobi bring out the sand
“IT’S OVER STEPHEN, I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND” - Chuck Lane
Quite interesting indeed, this movie was. #englishmajorsftw
Your apprentice is defying the Counsel again.
Obi-Wan Kenobi anakin was so powerful the force had to give him another life in a different universe
Yesss
Just genius the way so much of this scene plays off Sarsgaard's facial expressions,he was so good in this movie
@Kartun Land Which Sarsgaard
Yes! And that subtle push-in starting around 3:09 really makes clear how he is starting to put things together in realization.
Sarsgaard's silences speak volumes.
@@ttime441
Peter Sarsgaard
(playing Chuck Lane).
According to Adam Penenberg. When Chuck Lane told Steve to "give him the number" he felt a sense of rage in the voice...It was then Penenberg and Forbes realized Steven Glass is toast.
This whole conversation was taken from the actual transcripts.
Thanks, that's some great piece of trivia. Do you have more? I like that kind of stuff.
I have been trying to find those transcripts and I haven’t been able to
The whole movie is based off an article from Vanity Fair.
I find it upsetting to watch this because this film was shot a year later after "SW - attack of the clones" but Hayden Christensen's acting is exponentially better here. It's clear his performance in the prequel trilogy was negatively influenced by Lucas' directing, which is an absolute travesty.
Star Wars acting is not regular acting. I would hope that the disaster that is the sequel trilogy and more specifically the Last Jedi is finally getting people to start realizing that.
sorry bruce you can hate the story but the sequel does have more well written scenes and better actors director. mark hamill gave his best preformance in the last jedi. to bad the film let him down.
dannyhuskerjay True words. I don't agree with some of the story choices of the sequels, but the acting and scene direction is amazing.
Simba J writing and clunky dialogue too
Simba J the prequels are my thing! They are awesome!
Hayden Christensen is great in this!
gapjunction11 This proves it wasn't his fault for being mediocre in the prequels, but George Lucas's for piss poor direction
usc trojans1987 the prequels were awesome! I really enjoyed them.
He wasn't even that bad in the prequels. I think it just boiled down to how poorly they were written and directed. Hayden Christensen is very good at playing snobby, bratty teens and that's exactly the character Anakin turned out to be in the prequels, for better or for worse. Definitely was the perfect fit for the role of Stephen Glass.
So was Peter Saarsguard
He dodges, he weaves, but the truth comes after him like a bloodhound.
Yes. A lie might have its way temporarily, but the truth will always have the last laugh in the end.
Or a buttplug.
He protec
He attacks
Most importantly he lied about the hack
this is so painful to watch.
moral of story: be professional in your line of work. have integrity and be honest.
There are actual real life recordings of this conference call. I would kill to hear them.
You more or less are, this entire scene was copied word-for-word from the real transcripts.
@@thomasharkins4779 Wow that's awesome
Hayden's performance really sells the scene, you feel the tension has his lies start to slowly unravel.
"What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." Apparently Glass hadn't practiced hard enough. Did he get complacent and think no one would check his sources?
this movie is so good and I had a knot in my stomach watching this scenes, Steve's pathological lying was so cringy, I felt embarrassed and as if I was getting caught in a lie. And this guy just went on and on... I know people like that they need help!!! Hayden gave amazing performance as a guy who's getting lost in his lies and totally transformed the way he speaks, moves, mimics... actually everyone in this movie is great! Sarsgaard acting was top class without even saying anything!
exactly, you feel like digging your nails into your palms as you watch the lies unfold, not sure why but yes you want some truth to it and beyond a point realize that there is nothing snd thats about it.
Agreed! Word for word!
This is my favorite journalism movie of all time. When I read or watch Chuck Lane talk about Russian hacking of any kind, I always watch this movie again because it completely changes the context of what he's saying.
Totally agree. Incredibly hard to watch and so cringe worthy, yet I routinely come back to this scene to watch every once in a while because it's so powerful.
Hayden's performance is so good. He is so close to just admitting how much he fabricated basically everything, yet he is so deep in his pathological lying that he feels compelled to just keep going no matter what; convinced that he was tricked the whole time - that he is the victim.
This movie makes your nerves fried which leads to laxative feelings which leads to pooping this movie made me poop
Hackers conference.
That alone should have nailed him.
Computer hackers having a conference? What would the marquee outside the building say? "Welcome Hackers And The Cops Who Want To Arrest Them"?
***** Yes, there are conferences that call themselves "hacker conferences," but the majority are for persons involved in legitimate security issues. There is also a controversy on what defines a "hacker," and whether it can be used to describe legal activities.
"The actual events, time-spans, and details of various themes of these conventions not only depends on the specific convention attended but also its perceived reputation. Typically the actual details of any given convention are couched in mild secrecy due to the legality of certain panels, as well as the willingness of attendees to explain themselves to law enforcement and less computer-savvy individuals..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security_conference#Hacker_conferences
NJGuy1973 You are absolutely right! I watched this a couple of days ago and I thought that too about the hackers conference.
hahah funny enough, they really do. Defcon and a couple others. Yes, the FBI routinely shows up to catch hackers but also offers jobs!
That's very true. They indeed have such events for hackers.
What about defcon?
Anakin and Ahsoka reunited over the phone
The real Stephen Glass was even more of a worm than Hayden's portrayal. In reality he tried to manipulate his coworkers and Marty Peretz into thinking that Chuck Lane was the real villain and get him fired. Fortunately Lane was too smart for this and by the end he had overwhelming evidence of Glass's fraud.
I think they alluded to that when Hayden’s glass went into the room when Lane was starting to catch onto his lies. And kept saying how Lane cared more about the magazine than his people
The way the actor is portraying the lying and the increased hidden panic is very well done.
And they say this guy cant act.
If you listen to the excellent commentary track on the dvd Chuck Lane states that even here at this meeting he was already highly suspicious of Stephen's story and he just sat poker faced listening to him digging himself further into a ditch lol.
The slow burn of Peter Saarsgard here is masterful.
0:49 "Are you serious? You're throwing the copy desk under the bus?" Chuck's look is priceless
😂I didn't notice that before!
What if the call went like:
“Hi Stephen, we just have a few questions about your story Hack Heaven...”
“Oh that one? I made the whole thing up lol”
“Eyyyy lmao”
The look on Rosario Dawson's face when she sees the "website" is priceless. She's like, "Who the hell does this guy think he's fooling?"
haha yes, that was really well done. even her character where she cleverly tries to get on the byline.
Anakin and Ahsoka :')
Commander Tano reads her master well
Now Rosario and Hayden have actually been in the same piece of media again
"This guy's toast..." Zahn, Saarsgard, Hayden...ALL GREAT!!!!
The beauty of this movie is that it tricks you into thinking Chuck is the asshole bad guy, but he is in fact the hero and tries to be accommodating to Glass, even having a private phone call with the Forbes guy to minimize the blowback on Glass.
They kept it pretty true to how it all really went down
He is what is called the "hero antagonist".
That’s when he thought glass was careless in his fact checking. Once he realized he straight lied and intentionally covered his tracks, he’s no longer concerned about the blowback glass will receive…and rightfully so.
Right on the nose, all of you. It was mostly, Glass's own POV, including the classroom scene, before blindsiding us with the reality. This is so we the audience would know what it's like to be the victim of Glass's deceptions, just as the readers and staff of the New Republic were, along with the rival magazine.
I never really saw chuck as the bad guy. He just was tired of the b.s. and wanted to get to the truth. I really enjoyed Peter sarsgaards performance in the movie very believable.
Hackers conference was real, it was the week after the drug dealers Gala and the child pornographers annual dinner.
😆
there were and are hackers conferences...but not like glass described
I liked Hayden as anakin but I think this was his best performance. He nailed this role
This actually redeemed him as an actor for me.
lets not neglect the fact that these are 2 entirely different genres of film. star wars movies are not known for the dramatic character acting.
I mean it’s night and day Star Wars has never been the platform for the best acting. This film should have easily been nominated for acting Oscar’s because it’s built on the actor’s performances and Sarsgard and especially Hayden nail it, best performances of their careers at the time. Tho it was great to see Hayden have his best Star Wars performance in 2023 with Ahsoka. And I’ve heard Sarsgaard gave an amazing performance in his new film Memory
I'm amazed the real Stephen Glass didn't submit a piece about the Bowling Green Massacre.
It's terrible to think about how bad Hayden Christensen's career was derailed by the horrible direction he received in the Star Wars prequels. He was a very promising actor, ruined by a franchise that has overstayed its welcome and it's a shame.
For a really good performance. He nailed Anakin's role. Especially that he only had two movies. he deserved to have three movies with the character like everyone else.
@@ade8182 He's coming back for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, so we'll see if proper direction and a more tightly written script can give him what he needs to turn in the performance we all know he's capable of.
the younger generations seems to love the prequels more so than the original trilogy.
Hayden's performance as Anakin/Vader has become more beloved with the younger generation as well, and that is heartwarming. we'll see what happens with the Kenobi series soon to drop, but it is very promising.
He said in an interview he withdrew from acting because he felt he hadn't earned it. He took up farming. Interesting.
Star Wars didn't overstay it; the problem was that Lucas didn't execute things well. He's a brilliant IDEA man, but he needs people to give him feedback/direct
This movie is so damn good.
I took an ethics class for my journalism major at SIUC and we watched this!!
Shattered Glass and Life as a House were amazing performances from HC. So good. He'd play a great creepy villian
@@JD-el9eo which he did very well in ROTS
@@JD-el9eo how was he supposed to be a macho badass when most of his scenes are romance or Palpatine manipulating him or him being darth vader. Literally only time he gets to play clone wars anakin is the first 20 min of ROTS which he nailed aswell. I really wish he is in the kenobi series and gets to do more anakin in clone wars era
I can see him play Harvey Dent in the Matt Reeves Batman. Imagine him and Pattinson going head to head
@@ade8182 facts
I wish Criminal Minds was still on. Or Law and Order SVU. He’d be great in those!
Can you imagine doing this, being Glass, knowing the whole thing was bullshit? What did he think was gonna happen?
I know, right? Did he think it would never come to light?
That's really the beauty of Glass. You really have no idea what he's thinking. Everything he says is called into question; is he invoking genuine feeling or is he just bullshitting? Why would he dig himself into a deeper hole than he's already in?
Glass thought he was so clever that he would get away with it.
If only Hayden pulled a Pattinson and do more dramatic roles after his big franchise role. He's definitely got the acting chops to pull it off.
i don’t care what people say but no matter what I think Hayden is a really good actor. he did great in Star Wars prequels and his other movies. i also just love his voice lol and he’s just such a great guy. love him💕💕
It's over Stephen, Forbes has the high ground!
Would you prefer a reply from Vader or Glass?
digging the hole so deep you just can never get out of it..
2:50 Busted
Adam: "605 that's not Nevada"
Stephen: .....FUCK
3:25
It was when the protagonist became an antagonist and the antagonist became the protagonist...
Glass is still the protagonist and Lane is still the antagonist. The former is what you call a villain protagonist, while the latter is what you call a hero antagonist.
Remember that a protagonist is simply the leading character of the story. An antagonist is simply the one who opposes the protagonist
@@titan133760 The screenwriters have been clear that they intentionally shifted POV to Lane halfway through the story because the audience would want to "kill themselves by the end" if it was purely from Glass' POV. Make no mistake, Lane is both the hero of the story and the protaganist, this isn't a clear cut "villain rise and fall" movie.
@@vishaansingh1019This movie was an absolute masterpiece I love how they did that especially how it turned out that Glass was actually talking to no one and just imagining getting praise from high schoolers while the entire magazine were clapping for Chuck who was originally built as the asshole turns out to be the hero
Chiiiile, when I first saw this scene, I was sweating right along WITH Steven...and the look of doubt and sheer agitation on his boss’s face???😱😱😱
I had no idea Hayden Christensen was a good actor until I watched this clip...I’m just sorry for the bad rep he gets from Star Wars, he’s not bad at all in here.
3:21 The boss just wants to deck him
0:49 should be a meme. An "Are you fucking. Serious." meme.
@@Seneillion Oh my god, yes! How has this not become a meme template yet?
saw glass in an interview. hayden did great job portraying this "character".
Anakin on deathsticks
Anakin and Ahsoka!
If Glass had never been caught, he might've had in mind in writing a novel under a pseudonym where his "journalistic" career was the plot and the book title was called 'Duped Moronics'.
Or “The Fabulist”
Frank and Ahsoka just trying to finish Anakin whole career 😭💀
I feel sorry for the real guy this movie is based on.
Why, he straight up lied to thousands of people
Anyone who has lied ever knows this is a perfect example of how a lie turns into another lie that turns into another lie. Better just live a life where you can be as honest as possible because lies are too hard to keep track of.
1:31 Rosario's smile is so cute!😍
2:42
Fun Fact: 605 is the Area Code for South Dakota
Tons of huge tech companies there
Anakin if he had stayed in journalism school be like :
Hayden Christensen I wonder if he would have been good in the movie Spotlight
Mr Blue maybe as the journalist who lives near the ‘treatment Center’
Good question, that's another good movie. What role would you give him? I would have given him the Mark Ruffalo character.
Mr Blue he would have been amazing
"It does not require many words to speak the truth." -Chief Joseph
Stephen: "Are we off the record?"
Forbes guy: "If you like."
Girl: picks up pen and starts writing
Hot damn girl
This new Republic article is a sieve.
Fiction does have an appropriate place and use. This just isn't one of them.
Gives me anxiety just to watch!
Something tells me they aren't going to grant him the rank of Master.....
Oh he is a master ... at getting caught.
This movie is loaded with young actors back then who are now known. Melanie Lynskey, Steven Zahn, Rosario Dawson, Peter Saarsgard, Chloe Sevigny. Hayden Christensen was well known because of Star Wars but the others not so much.
1:21 Ahsoka??
THIS GUY WAS A REMARKABLE COMPULSIVE LIAR LIKE JODI ARIAS
They could become pen pals, then, as he is now working as a lawyer of all things, she would want him to represent her in court once she subsequently demanded a new trial based on jury prejudice from her first trial. I wouldn't put it past either of them!
Coming here after HC confirmed for Kenobi series
Didnt know general skywalker had a desk job…
2:52 honestly he could’ve just said “yeah Jim Gort wasn’t born in Nevada, and he didn’t change his number after moving to Nevada.”
Stephen probably said something about it being an office number, not a cell number
He got caught up in his own bullshit.
Matt Vender
But there does appear to be a state in the Union named Nevada
Peter Sarsgaard was smoking HOT in this .
ikr
1:42 That was the tinder. The phone number at 2:43 was the match. From there, it was all downhill.
I love this movie
I put Jukt Micronics on my resume.
Proof hayden can actually act
Painfully beautiful.
If you ever had to make up lies on the fly to your superiors to cover up for something then this scene becomes viscerally real
Greg heffleys dad vs annakin skywalker
Anakin and Ahsoka were friends though?
Holy shit they got him cold.
Hayden was amazing in this movie
He's been so stigmatized thanks to Star Wars but this should prove he can act
@@jaelie8398he’s proven way before Star Wars he can act it’s just writinh
@@corinnedrake3628Yeah he was nominated for a golden globe a year before AOTC even came out. In fact his performance in Life as a House was so really liked that he was the first choice for The Notebook but because of the Star Wars hate the producers went with Gosling instead. People always say how Star Wars is such a great thing but I actually think Hayden could have possibly had a better career had he not done Star Wars
Looks like he is a master.. at getting caught.
Lol I understood that reference.
I don't know why but guy on 00:30 reminds me on Marty MCFly's mother 🤣
I spoke to them a million times
I tend to agree it could have just been a bad match for star wars because he is very good in this movie.
it was a good match for star wars
He was a good match for Star Wars, George Lucas wasn't a good match as director in Star Wars. And as if Star Wars has good performances overall, literally every actor in star wars has had way better performances outside Star Wars. Stop taking it so seriously its a kids film
I know that I also agree ❤
Right there is a giveaway that Stephen is lying. When he offered to give Adam (Steve Zahn) the number for Jim Ghort. If he was trying to hide his fabrications, he should have waited for Adam to ask for the number, instead of just offering it.
he was trying to distract from the suspicious website by offering up some info they wanted...trying to get back on their good side and change the subject, but Penenberg caught him
I agree. There's more: when Stephen apologizes for the false info "they" gave him. If he had been telling the truth, why should he apologize? The supposed source should be apologizing to him for the incorrect info.
The giveaway was that the number for Jim Ghort that Stephen was about to give to Pennenberg would most likely lead to a phony voicemail of Jim Ghort that either Stephen or his brother made to further validate his lie. But pennenverg knew it wasn’t a Nevada number. So when Chuck said “give him the number” they presumably dialed it and heard the fake voicemail saying it was Jim Ghort which couldn’t be since it’s not Nevada
I always hated it when he walked into the office holding his pen in his mouth (1:00).
When I see people do that, it makes it look like they're working very hard and persistently, but I don't see why it would hurt to just keep it in your pocket until you need it. It's small enough to fit in any pocket, even when pockets are full. People just annoy me when they hold things in their mouth.
Or it can just be a subconscious habit. Not everything in life is a con. Just most things.
You’re obsession with this is more annoying
@@missym877 I think you find it more encouraging towards me than annoying. After all, I expressed a thought, and it interrupted your life enough to respond to it. BTW, when you wrote that reply, were you holding a pen in your mouth? :P
That it took this article to expose Glass. And not the loads of articles bashing conservatives… no, they let those simply slide by. Even though conservative news outlets similarly reached out to New Republic claiming foul play
Funny though, that fictitious piece describing shenanigans at the young conservatives' conference are mere kid's play compared to what so-called conservatives are now doing and are willing to tolerate lmfao!
@@streetgato9697 orange man bad
@@streetgato9697 not at all. Just because your bully of choice throws accusations out regularly and holds others to standards they would never hold themselves to. In other words: nice way to justify trying to defame conservatives.
Still is ❤
4:39 *Everyone meme this!*
Yes! Why has this not become a meme template yet?
Stephen is so busted
Rosario Dawson and Hayden Christensen both in the Star Wars universe as Anakin and Ahsoka is 🔥🔥🔥
That's Phoebe's ex-gay ice-dancer husband innit?
Oh my god yes!
Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker in the same movie. Great !
It's crazy that this Glass character thought he would be able to just lie his ENTIRE "journalist" career. It was just matter of time until he'd be caught
Anakin and Ahsoka
Ahsoka is not in this?
@@loyalcompanion2104 Ever seen the latest Mandalorian episode? Rosario Dawson plays Ahsoka
@@gilangsetyawibawa185 Yeh but the actress isn't in this movie
@@loyalcompanion2104 She is in this movie
She's the girl in the glasses
Very attractive to ❤❤❤
I like that Ahsoka protect Anakin 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Hate to be that guy but.. Anakin and Ashoka in the same film!
Good movie just watched
I guess the plan to rule the galaxy didn’t work out huh?
Greg's Dad really needs a second Job to feed Manny
The whole movie is a giant cringe
My thoughts exactly. It hurts!!!
people like you overusing the word "cringe" and using it as a bad thing is a giant cringe.
@@saithfeed511 You're an anti-cringe hipster. Thats pretty cringe.
@@awakenow7147 I have no idea why people are still using that word that should have died back in 2016 it's actually annoying than Hayden Christensen. using it doesn't make you cool or funny.
@@saithfeed511 I don't think the word is mean't to make anyone cool or funny. Its mean't to describe an actual feeling that one has when empathizing with someone who is doing something embarrassing. I actually like Hayden Christensen. I think Igor is trying to say that he feels embarrassed for the character during the entire movie. The character is lieing about stuff and is slowly being found out. Watching the character go through this process can cause second hand embarrassment for the viewer. Therefore, a cringe response.
I'm referring to you as an anti-cringe hipster...mainly because I'm just being an a-hole. But I do understand where you're coming from. It gets annoying when people keep using lame internet words. But it doesn't necessarily decrease their value or meaning.
Dupd Micronics
This movie is so perfectly cringey.
I can’t watch this
Ever
Total cringe everytime