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Ugh- I thought that when it said spoilers ahead, it would be just the movie being reviewed in the article, which I don’t plan on seeing. Then there were spoilers for other movies (Get Out) that I intend to watch sometime.
Get Out was released 5 years ago. I think if you haven't seen it by now that's on you. Also, Darth Vader is Luke's father, Snape kills Dumbledore, and Bruce Willis is dead the whole movie.
Glass Onion takes the well-worn detective genre and creates some genuinely surprising moments by "cheating" a little with what it shows the audience. This article says it should have played it straight. I think that would have made for a more standard, boring movie. But whatever, that's just opinion. But I think it is silly to call it bad writing. Bad implies that the writer didn't have command of their craft. It is…
Well said. The author is basically complaining that their steak dinner was the worst pizza they’ve ever had.
I’m geniunely wondering what the audience is supposed to get from all the 2020 references (Covid, Among Us, Zoom, Twitch), and the barrage of celebrity name-drops. I feel like the film was written for some specific Twitter subculture Rian Johnson is a part of, and maybe they find all the references hilarious. The mystery is dull, the dialogue obnoxious, the jokes unfunny, and the camera has that patented ugly digital…
Is this here because Miles Bron is an anagram for Elon is Mr B? "It’s practically a hit piece on Elon Musk" yeah duh, author must be a real smart one. Don't usually see movie reviews here otherwise. I thought it was pretty good, quite funny at times, fun mystery. I liked first one better but by no means was it bad.
It's not a far leap.
We are seriously in the dark ages of writing right now. It’s not that good books, movies and tv shows aren’t being made, but most of the top tier a list stuff is just astoundingly awful and amateurish. It’s like these industries are trying to make hot garbage now and only occasionally goof up and accidentally end up with a good story.
[spoiler warning] Just watched the movie yesterday evening and I was also quite disappointed, some of the choices did seem cheap, the twin, the book stopping the bullet, the "punishment" of Miles by the destruction of the Mona Lisa. I think that the movie had some potential, but after the twin reveal everything started going south. Edit: added warning
When the twin destroyed that painting, she became the villain of the movie.
Or launch an unsafe product for the general public?
Janelle Monae smashes open a mystery box with a hammer, which is direct commentary on JJ Abrams Mystery Box writing.
This movie is very very well written. Nearly every detail is paid off.
Glass Onion takes the well-worn detective genre and creates some genuinely surprising moments by "cheating" a little with what it shows the audience. This article says it should have played it straight. I think that would have made for a more standard, boring movie. But whatever, that's just opinion. But I think it is silly to call it bad writing. Bad implies that the writer didn't have command of their craft. It is…
Is this here because Miles Bron is an anagram for Elon is Mr B? "It’s practically a hit piece on Elon Musk" yeah duh, author must be a real smart one. Don't usually see movie reviews here otherwise. I thought it was pretty good, quite funny at times, fun mystery. I liked first one better but by no means was it bad.
Nevertheless, I have been amused by this movie much more than I assume that most of its viewers have been, because Miles Bron, more than resembling what I know about Elon, had an uncanny resemblance to the CEO of a startup where I have worked some years ago.
The resemblance was complete, in behavior, in speech, in the dyslexic words invented continuously, in the content of the fax messages with product feature suggestions (though my CEO used e-mail, not fax).
So I wonder how many such CEOs exist and whether the script writer has completely made up the Miles Bron character or he has indeed used a real-life CEO as inspiration.