tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post967001486366265934..comments2024-03-29T04:19:43.461-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Review: GLASSPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-35276524080738254162019-01-26T22:11:48.927-06:002019-01-26T22:11:48.927-06:00You hit just about all of my thoughts after seeing...You hit just about all of my thoughts after seeing GLASS today. I think my biggest issues stem from the lack of a clear central character. I'd feel better about the ending if Dunn were clearly the central character, and if we were seeing the culmination of his choices, rather than those consequences being a side effect.<br /><br />I guess SPOILERS to be more clear:<br /><br />As a fan of UNBREAKABLE, I was probably never going to be happy about David Dunn dying. But if his death had been the result of a sacrifice on his part, rather than a villain reveal it would have felt more earned. It also would have helped if he'd had more to do in the movie. I don't feel like I can even say whether or not Bruce Willis felt completely checked-in, because he wasn't given anything, really, to check in to. There's no scene with him that feels like it has the same weight as the kitchen scene in UNBREAKABLE, and it felt like that would have been an easy fix by putting the three central characters together more prior to the big fight (which also would have given us a chance to have a better reunion between Dunn and Elijah) or a substantial scene between David and his son.Matt Lintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633393626021227127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-30139191999246684362019-01-26T22:08:56.002-06:002019-01-26T22:08:56.002-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matt Lintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633393626021227127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-92165813428450334852019-01-26T16:35:13.438-06:002019-01-26T16:35:13.438-06:00I've read many reviews of this movie but this ...I've read many reviews of this movie but this one was my favorite. You summed up all my thoughts so I have nothing to say. Well done, sir.Brent Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741998097323944343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-327692030003005582019-01-24T08:22:37.698-06:002019-01-24T08:22:37.698-06:00Your second paragraph struck a cord. I agree that ...Your second paragraph struck a cord. I agree that it's not a great sequel to Unbreakable in terms of deepening the characters or themes. It's a better Split sequel.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-89841757100950782852019-01-24T08:19:36.399-06:002019-01-24T08:19:36.399-06:00It's such a frustrating movie but one I want t...It's such a frustrating movie but one I want to watch multiple times. Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-84997401421688160762019-01-24T08:16:02.325-06:002019-01-24T08:16:02.325-06:00For me, the second viewing helped. It went from a ...For me, the second viewing helped. It went from a movie I was embarrassed to like (because of the critical consensus) to one I just liked. And yes, Unbreakable is amazing.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-20488366220919377152019-01-23T23:44:11.719-06:002019-01-23T23:44:11.719-06:00I found this movie ... satisfactory. It was great ...I found this movie ... satisfactory. It was great revisiting these characters again! I just wish David Dunn had more to do, there was an entire stretch of the movie where he just disappeared! Also, the part of the movie taking place in the psych hospital resolved a little too neatly and rang false. Perhaps because I work in a psych unit. It really bothered me! Great write up, Adam. I feel like I need to see it again, only laying aside my expectations, to fully form an opinion on this one. The problem is that Unbreakable set the bar so so high. IMO it was close to a masterpiece.Scott Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176818136058868304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-29682934137992286812019-01-22T17:09:35.878-06:002019-01-22T17:09:35.878-06:00"I also wonder if budget issues actually crea..."I also wonder if budget issues actually created more thoughtful film making"<br /><br />Of course it does. The best example is JawsKuniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872530831159876322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-31065583562577111202019-01-22T15:43:47.473-06:002019-01-22T15:43:47.473-06:00"It’s disappointing to know I’ll have to watc..."It’s disappointing to know I’ll have to watch Unbreakable and remember how his character ends up at the end Glass."<br /><br />OK, never going to see this now. That may sound trite, but David Dunn strangely also means something to me and I can't do that to myself when I have so few heroes left. James K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12683106504604576537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-14808020664598605992019-01-22T13:22:36.691-06:002019-01-22T13:22:36.691-06:00I love this movie. Of course it has issues, but I ...I love this movie. Of course it has issues, but I just love it. I love Adam’s idea of it being an ihop movie, but I need this movie to exist in 2019. The gaslighting, or glasslighting, is my favorite part. For that reason, the “have you ever seen a good magician” and the “old bars” and the “YouTube tutorials” are incredible moments. As an audience we know we are being lied to and watching the doubt crept into the characters creates a visceral reaction. <br /><br />I also wonder if budget issues actually created more thoughtful film making. TheUltimatePodcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645296269241631537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-38419560356084051462019-01-22T11:59:26.417-06:002019-01-22T11:59:26.417-06:00Great piece for sure! Really hard to tackle all of...Great piece for sure! Really hard to tackle all of this movie the way you did. benpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680256171903996080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-48777169946253739902019-01-22T11:49:28.151-06:002019-01-22T11:49:28.151-06:00I think this film will be an interesting study ten...I think this film will be an interesting study ten years down the road. Some of it I was so on board with, but you really hit home my issues with your "Ugly" section. <br /><br />It's a movie I wouldn't have minded being 2.5 or 3 hours if things could have played out a little better. I like the idea that he set up a "cinematic universe" as one of the twists, I just don't like how he did it. <br /><br />Dunn's character wasn't handled with the care I thought it deserved.Ryan Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004316432957895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-70954572633360935822019-01-22T09:19:47.006-06:002019-01-22T09:19:47.006-06:00MILD SPOILERS
GLASS had me locked in right from t...MILD SPOILERS<br /><br />GLASS had me locked in right from the jump, lost me with the secret society reveal, and then completely won me back at the train station. I was genuinely moved by the cut from present day STC to the breakfast scene from UNBREAKABLE (my favorite scene from that movie). Great piece Adam!Jack Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01946953994842219793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-33346961790600423182019-01-22T08:13:05.496-06:002019-01-22T08:13:05.496-06:00I agree with a lot of your review, even though in ...I agree with a lot of your review, even though in the end I come out more on the side of disliking it than you did. For all the issues it has (and it has a *lot* of issues), I was happy just seeing a movie that's 100% unfiltered M. Night in theaters again in 2019, and your quote on liking his voice more than his lyrics is spot on for me also. His movies have this tone that is often disconnected and dour, while still having this unapologetic sincerity to it. And I think M. Night's strengths lie in show-don't-tell, the quiet lingering shots where the characters' silence speaks volumes. It's a shame he doesn't lean more into this in Glass, since the actual dialogue often feels hokey or on the nose, and gets more troublesome as the movie progresses. His direction is still top-notch, and I wonder if The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are examples where the grip of studio executives actually helped him tone down some of his weaknesses.<br /><br />My biggest problem with Glass is that, even ignoring these shortcomings, at best it builds on a movie that in my opinion already explored it's story to its full potential, either by retreading character arcs we've already seen or by adding new layers of plot/world-building that (in my opinion) don't add anything to the story introduced in Unbreakable. <br /><br />SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT: Really? Rusty bars and Youtube tutorials on climbing? Nice try, but M. Night is trying to sell us an idea here that falls apart instantly if you remember the events in Unbreakable (or even Split for that matter). And the new questions that are raised (What is James McAvoy's connection to Glass? Outing superheroes in public? Secret societies controlling the facts?) felt largely like subplots that don't really affect the bigger story in any meaningful way, other than to have some twists to reveal at the end. Which is a bummer, because for all the jokes M. Night has been the punchline of in the last 20 years, I think the twist at the end of Unbreakable was incredibly strong (if not delivered clumsily) and served an important function in wrapping up its characters and themes. <br /><br />So yeah. I wasn't a fan, but there are *good* things in Glass. I just wish there was more of it, and less of the bad stuff. I'd love to see what Night can do in collaboration with another writer, because I'm not sure complete creative freedom is something that benefits his movies. To Bleronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446890426911994341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-86113362233834978752019-01-22T07:29:04.866-06:002019-01-22T07:29:04.866-06:00All i have to say is: Same. You hit the nail on th...All i have to say is: Same. You hit the nail on the head on everything that's good and bad with the movies. The movie is not getting superngood reviews and i don't understand why. But i guess it's the usual everything-has-to-be-good-or-bad-no-inbetween.<br /><br />Thanks for this AdamKuniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872530831159876322noreply@blogger.com