Movie review of Glass- by Beyond the Trailer

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Hello and welcome to my spoiler review for Glass, where I have to say to M. Night’s credit, we are about to have a very interesting conversation. I have a theory about M. Night that I’ll share at the end of this video. So, anyway, what I what I’m going to answer during our interesting conversation is the burning question that everyone has had since that fateful Rotten Tomatoes score emerged.

And that’s how could things have possibly gone so wrong?

Well, as I said in my non spoiler review, it’s because, once again, M. Night simply didn’t know where to go with his story. Writing is a tough gig, and the easiest part is coming up with the premise of a story that’s again, the easy part, the first act. And on that note, Unbreakable benefited from coming across as the first act of a much bigger story, which is why while initially it was a bit of a disappointment as Knight’s follow up to The Sixth Sense, both critically and financially, I mean, it wasn’t a total bomb, but it was certainly a disappointment for most moviegoers and certainly the studio. I know some of you will defend it and more and more people have come to its defense over the years. I even recently we watched it before seeing glass, and I thought it held up incredibly well. And I was very happy to see that. It’s like the third most popular movie on iTunes right now. As people get ready for a glass, everyone’s going to be so sad because we’re about to discuss. But anyway, the reason people have been so forgiving for Unbreakable is because it did seem like, you know, even though it didn’t really have an ending, it’s like, well, it’s because it’s just the first chapter. And everyone wanted to see M. Night finish that story. That was the big regret at the time and over the years until the book came out. So split was, first of all, carried by the brilliant James McAvoy, who was the best thing in glass as well. But then that twist ending, revealing that surprise. There is a sequel or there was a sequel to Unbreakable and this was it, which made everyone more forgiving of splits, AutoWeek story structure and unanswered questions as audiences were already anticipating the next chapter, which surely would answer some of those questions.

We put too much faith in M.. Night again and again and again. So glass right. That third chapter, which also turns out is a final chapter, at least for these characters. And I’m not sure what the heck M. Night was thinking, killing off his three stars rather permanently with no comic book style teases for any resurrections. I think Fortnights pretty adamant about getting rid of them. And again, I can’t understand why, because considering all the hype for Glass and Willis’s lack of work these days and MacAvoy still not quite their career, he’s close, though I really wish he would have been able to continue with this character. But anyway, I can’t imagine that Willis McAvoy and even Jackson famous for working as much as he can. He said, My family likes to spend money. I got to support them. I can’t imagine that any of them pulled a Harrison Ford and said, I’ll return, but only if you kill me yet again. Here we are with with the audience forced to watch all three characters killed right before our eyes, powerless to stop Sarah Paulson secret society from carrying out their evil plan or M. Night his own evil plan. I guess it’s a meta kind of situation, but it was so annoying. And of all the three deaths, Bruce, what Bruce Willis’s made me the most furious. I was Sam Jackson. He’d already been monologuing for a long time at that point. So I was like, you can go, there’s the door.

You overstayed your welcome. Unfortunately, he does have a moment of brilliance, I thought during the movie when his plan starts to emerge. And again, as I said in my non spoiler review, I loved his interactions with James McAvoy and I would have loved to see him interact with the superhuman world that’s about to emerge.

Damu, should I travel on for for stealing that from us?

Ok, so but yeah, but still, when he died in the movie, I wasn’t too annoyed about it with MacAvoy. I thought, well I first thought, what a waste, what a waste of a character in a performance. And speaking of performance is my second thought was damn McEvoy’s even killing it here. He’s so great. But with Willis, the reason that it made me so upset was to see David Dunn drowned in a mere puddle by faceless goons who I didn’t think we’re making much of an effort. He’s supposed to have super strength. I mean, maybe the secret society who’s against like metahumans higher still has some of them on their payroll never explained. And then also his son and partner in crime fighting, by the way, who should be a little more savvy than he is in the third act. He’s just standing mere feet away. So for that to happen, someone who reads a lot of comics, that’s simply not the way the hero goes out, especially. Well, we don’t get to see him do very much heroic. He just he knows David Dunn. I can’t believe it in three movies. Never. He never really did anything unbreakable because it was supposed to be his origin story and he was just getting started, but then he never I mean, they kind of one of the most exciting parts of the movie where I started to maybe forgive it again, was in the quad, you know, outside the mental institution. And they’re like, well, it’s fight time.

And I was like, OK, this is kind of exciting, I have to say. And I’m impressed that thanks to the editing and the music and the story, that even though it’s just a dude in a poncho and a shirtless guy in some sweatpants facing off against each other with the dude in a wheelchair over there and a Goth coat, I’m still kind of excited for what’s about to happen. But unfortunately, you know, what happened was that David Dunn got I mean, like, how does glass, Mr Glass get killed? A punch to the stomach, which is enough to kill him, of course, especially like someone like the beast. But and then how does the beast die? The classic, you know, red laser pointer from the gun scope and then he just bleeds out in Onya Taylor Joy’s arms and then David Dunn in a frickin puddle. In a frickin puddle. I think I thought that would be like poetic or ironic or like, you know, really, really, you know, intellectually stimulating, like, oh, just think that’s how much of a weakness water was. But I just found it really annoying. Right. I’m like, I’m not going to stand somebody who can be drowned in a puddle of water. I just can’t do it. All right. So, yes, I read a lot of comics and like any super fan and also it’s my job. I’ve studied them as well. But I’m like, well, I have no doubt that he’s read a lot of comics and studied them.

I don’t think he loves them at all or even genuinely respects them. Now, to clarify, I do think that he takes comic books very seriously and I do think he’s impressed with their success, but I don’t think he understands why they’re so successful. You know, he has he has interesting ideas. And he reminds me of Julie Taymor or Zack Snyder, outsiders looking in and trying to twist comics into something that does personally excite them. It’s also a little bit on a side note, like with what Kathleen Kennedy is trying to do with Star Wars. You know, I’m not personally interested in this, but I see that others are. So I’m going to try and make it something that I am interested in. And like Taymor and Snyder and Knight has some downright brilliant insights into comic books. And there are some brilliant moments in all three of his movies. And if he’d had a bigger budget, maybe he’d have artistry. Really impressive artistry is Taymor and Snyder did as well. But also, like both of them, his comic endeavor is ultimately doomed now. Yes, Sarah Paulson’s Dr Ali staple actually works for a secret society where apparently one of the criteria for being a member is that you’re a bad actor. I’m right. I know that you only shoot in and around Philadelphia to be around your family. Maybe you should have Bustan some extras from New York City. It was distracting. I was like, that is so an extra you know, I was I mean, I can’t believe when they were filming, they weren’t like, this is really bad.

I can’t believe we’re going to put this in a major motion picture that, again, is so hotly anticipated and try and pass this off as our secret society, real student filming. Like, just get your friends in there. Maybe it was some nice friends, but it should have been said, hey, friend, and the friend should have understood. You’re just not a good enough actor to be a part of a secret society. I would have reshot those scenes. I thought they were so bad, but they were bad for many reasons. So, yes, apparently there’s a secret society, a secret society. It’s been around for who knows how long, which likes to meet in restaurants. You’ve seen some clips from the trailers of these meetings waiting for the one or two people who aren’t members of the society but are in the restaurant to leave so they can have their meeting. If you’re a secret society, by the way, is so big, the bartenders and waiters are also members, which is not have secret societies work, duh. They’re very elitist, as anyone knows who’s read a comic. But anyway, how do you keep new unsuspecting people from walking up to the restaurant during the meeting and saying, like table for two, also with so many members and a rather obvious risk tattoo, which I had no idea what it was? Was it a nucular symbol? Was it a three leaf clover? Apparently the secret society does not include any marketing people or graphic designers.

But anyway, how is no journalist picked up on this by now? Because, you know, the tattoo was so obvious that people’s shirts, short sleeves just had to roll back a little bit. And I was like, what the heck is that also? I mean, I guess glass because he knew he was ahead of you. A couple of steps ahead of least stable. I guess he did notice the tattoo on her wrist. But I would think that, you know, so I think that if so, again, so many people had it, it would become a point of interest eventually in the media or at least on the Internet. Right. People be tweeting like, what’s the symbol that everybody has? All right. So my secret society, I would say overall plays out like the belief of a ranting conspiracy theorist who nobody takes seriously rather than a talented or even good writer who made an effort to dream it up. All right. So there are two more big twists in the movie now. One is that one of the secret societies main goals is to keep superhumans from becoming public. For some reason, they don’t want superhumans out there. They like the world the way it is. So their first plan of attack is to convince super humans that the. Crazy, so they give up on their own, they give up on their powers, they stop trying, which is the point of these three gentlemen stay at the mental institution in the first place.

Dr. Ali Stable convinced them that not it’s not true, which I guess some people might argue was a good scene in the movie when she tries to break down what’s actually actually happening with them. But I’m like, I’m seeing David Dunn do impossible feats of strength. It’s just it’s a he’s the one who has the most trouble believing her, you know, trying to dismiss it. Although, of course, Glass is pretending to be like in a coma or really hugely sedated. So he obviously never believed any of it at any point. But and I did like James McAvoy, you know, his his group of, you know, personalities questioning whether or not the beast was real. That was kind of interesting. But I didn’t think that any of her arguments were that convincing. To be honest with you, Dr. Staple’s, I was like, yeah, I don’t think these these are not good. She just seemed like one of those really annoying people that we’ve all talked to now and then. All right. So now, if that doesn’t work, if they can’t convince these people they don’t have powers, they kill them, which is exactly what happens in the movie. However, thanks to the security cameras, the doctor St. Paul installed to keep an eye on Mr. Glass because she suspected that maybe he was playing possum before his death, Glass hacked the hospital computer to send that footage not to the world, but to their supporting characters who then themselves release it to the world, which I thought was weird.

I’m like, did you guys give this any context or do you just put it out there? But anyway, the idea is that supposedly this will inspire other super humans, heroes and villains to step forward in another movie or because I don’t think it’s going to quite work out as a film, maybe a TV show. I can see that being the pitch three movies leads to a TV series. And I can you know, no matter what happens because of the interest in these three films and night and in the streaming wars are going on right now, I can see someone picking up an unbreakable series no matter what happens with this film. Honestly, if I were a streaming service or a studio, I’d be like, I think this is a good chance for us to maybe get this at a good price. Now, the other big twist is that Kevin Wendle Crum’s father was on the train. The glass derailed, the one that started David down on his own path back and unbreakable. And because his father died, Kevin was left with his abusive mother, whose abuse brought into fruition, you know, into existence. The Beast is one of his personalities, you know, the only superhuman part of him. And they made it very sad that his his father was going to try and seek help for his multiple his sons multiple personality disorder. And that’s why he was on the train, although his father didn’t seem like someone who be married to the mother who was who they painted.

And so they just seemed like they were in different economic classes. And, you know, it just didn’t seem like a family at any point. It seemed like a plot device. So Glass argues before again, the beast kills him for killing Kevin’s father because the beast is like, I swore to protect Kevin and you’ve hurt Kevin. But anyway, Glass says it can’t possibly be a coincidence that he the glass created both the beast and the overseer, you know, a.k.a. David Dunne. And I think, you know, obviously it’s not a coincidence. Obviously, that’s what might come up with. So that would mean that going forward, any new superhumans, again, heroes or villains that emerge likely also have a connection to that fateful train crash. So that would have been a really cool and credit scene for a movie that has no end credits in having Dr. Staples secret society figure this out and maybe looking at the train manifest that and then that would at least give the audience a little hope after such a devastating ending. But no night ain’t that smart or business savvy. So as you can see, the third act of glass is a real show, throwing away not just the very strong first two thirds of this movie, but three excellent characters who should be leading the way and this new superhuman world that’s about to emerge. That is something that I think would be far more exciting than it than what we have.

Which is it continuing without them? Why would you why monitor them? And they didn’t even intentionally monitor themselves. I guess maybe glass did to some degree. But because I don’t know, I wonder when he was planning to tell the bees, because when you know, when David Dunn starts, because David Dunn started figured it out as well. When David Dunn starts to tell him hourglasses, like don’t tell him just yet. I think it was done or told told him or that was the son. I forgot who it was. But, you know, Glass had also known this. And I I wonder at what point it would be beneficial for glass for that to come out. You know, his plan was so unraveling at that point, who knows? Although I did like what his mother said, he said I wasn’t a mistake and his mother said you were spectacular. I was like, well, again, what a waste. So what do you think of the third act of glass? Do you want another movie or do you want it to be a TV show or can you just simply not trust me anymore? But you know what he’s so good at coming up with first acts, with pitches that he keeps tricking us to come back to him. That’s his superpower. Although I think it’s clear at this point that my. Is a villain, not a hero. So, again, that’s my spoiler review of Glass. I look forward to hearing your thoughts down below.

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