People can’t seem to agree on 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.' (via Lifestyle.INQ)
Rian Johnson’s ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ just recently came out on Netflix and people can’t seem to agree on it. And it’s not because of Benoit Blanc’s flamboyant “kentucky fried fog horn leg horn drawl” as Chris Evan’s character in the first movie angrily described, or his overtly exaggerated and drawn out eureka moment monologues that border on intellectual masturbation, rather, because of Johnson’s intentional subversion of the murder mystery genre.
YouTube film critic ‘The Critical Drinker’ mentions via Twitter, “Glass Onion may be one of the most triumphantly, defiantly stupid movies I’ve ever seen. How it somehow fooled people into thinking it was a smart, complex mystery is absolutely baffling.” Glass Onion may be one of the most triumphantly, defiantly stupid movies I’ve ever seen. How it somehow fooled people into thinking it was a smart, complex mystery is absolutely baffling.The so-called film critic further delved into his thoughts regarding the film in an 11-minute video. Central to his disdain for the franchise’s sequel are the “what ifs” in a plot that isn’t tightly sealed to his standards, that would not make much sense when critically examined.
In response to his rambling, various individuals have shared what the term “glass onion” really meant. Apparently, it originated from a Beatles song of the same name, which meant overanalyzing something that is not intended to mean anything more than what it is. With an actual onion, peeling its layers inch you closer to its center, as if taking hint by hint until you unravel the truth to the mystery at its core.
Someone mentioned that just because a film is trying to portray stupidity or trying to make a commentary on it, it doesn’t excuse it from poorly executing the idea in a matching simple-minded manner. That is an entire discussion in itself—sure there are plot inconsistencies, convenient surprises, and irrational decisions, all symptoms of lazy writing—I don’t agree with that, but it can be argued.
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