As someone raised catholic but currently very much in blanc’s camp, I thought the faith debates in this were very well written
This movie does a great job of balancing legitimate criticism of those who would abuse religion/faith for personal gain without condemning/making fun of those who do believe. Reminds me of Righteous Gemstones in how well it handles that.
that first meeting between Blanc and Jud with the natural light coming in through the window was insanely gorgeous to look at and so well written
Just watched Glass Onion in prep for seeing this on Saturday. I do think Knives Out was better because Chris Evans is so much fun and it was a more traditional mystery, but I loved how this switched it up by having the flashbacks be about what Blanc and Helen did and not the suspects, and how the core of the mystery was expecting complexity when there was none, which I think is kind of insightful.
Also, the bit where Blanc realizes that Miles stole his attack on Helen from something Blanc told him is hilariously executed.
Think I respected this more than I enjoyed it. But I respected it quite a bit! There’s just so much exposition clawing back the energy every time things get going.
I liked this! felt long tho. and not as sold on josh o'connor as the movie wanted me to be but I just adore benoit blanc as a character at this point
Enjoyed this a lot. Agree with the praise and criticism in here, as well as the respect Rian has for people of faith. Sound design was awesome. Glad Netflix gave this a chance in theaters because all the afternoon showings were sold out everywhere.
I appreciated that Rian was trying for something different here, even though Benoit Blanc felt more restrained except for of course the scenes in the church and when he's listening to showtunes Andrew Scott playing a loser was so off it took me forever to recognize him, at least Kerry Washington and Cailee Spainey were still beautiful and Thomas Hayden Church is always delightful also hope the next step in his career involves someone other than Netflix because this was meant to be seen in a big theater
I am a quarter of the way through and I am going to take a guess to see if am right by the end Was it Thomas Haden Church because Brolin was fucking Glenn Close ?
I saw this with my parents because we all saw the first two together. Going into the theater my mom asked “Jamie Lee Curtis is in this one, right?” Then when we were leaving she asked “Was the detective guy in the second one?” I think I’ve been paying $15 a pop for her to take a two hour nap lol
My mom definitely took a nap, but gathered enough of the plot together to enjoy the ending. Then she said she remembers not liking the original Knives Out and not seeing the second one. She was just happy we all got out to the movies and the movie didn’t have a lot of swearing.
One thing I disliked about Glass Onion was how in-your-face it was about trying to shoehorn in current day political/cultural references, it felt so forced and cheap. While there were a few of those kinds of references here (and in the original), I feel like they did a much better job at letting the story and characters serve as thematic parallels without beating you over the head with it Also, ”Benoit Blanc Pwned”
My theory halfway through was that when they were discussing how impossible it would have been for someone to kill Brolin while he was in the closet, that Brolin planned his own death along with Glenn Close for some reason relating to the fortune, so I was actually somewhat close even though it was more of a guess that I couldn’t actually explain lol
I actually think it was relevant to the message it was trying to send, and it's even more relevant now. I mean, it's not hard to see Miles as an analogue for Musk, and demonstrating how he's an idiot who just happened to ride the coattails of people who were more talented, or find people he could put under this thumb, or basically anything to boost his image beyond what it should be and fuel his ego. And for most of the movie, Miles gets away with it. The only reason he doesn't in the end is because by then he's finally in a position to be threatened and so everyone else jumps ship. The COVID thing I think works on a couple of levels, because one it provides the backdrop that Blanc is stir-crazy and looking for anything to tax his skills, which itself proves to be a misdirect because he actually is on the trail of something significant. But also Miles provides what everyone assumes is some kind of prevention so they don't have to wear a mask, but knowing what we know about Miles later, it's almost certain it was a nothingburger. Which doesn't figure into the plot, but it's fun to think about. Honestly, I kind of like the idea of these films as a vehicle to both act as a fun mystery yarn and a way to poke fun at the shittiest dregs of our society. Not enough people are actively doing that, so if Rian Johnson can do it and entertain at the same time, I'm down.