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Post by THawk on Jan 23, 2019 23:08:12 GMT
Overall it was a good, possibly very good wrap-up to the trilogy, a 7 or a 7.5 I'd give it. Yes, thematically it wasn't quite as sharp and as strong as the first two, and it was more of an exercise in terms of connecting and building on the themes the first two films already achieved, but it was executed maybe as well as it could have been. At point you either love or hate M Night's twists - I for one love them and loved them here - yes you could tell they were coming, but there was still some poetry in the way it all flawed at the end.
Glass is certainly a film that deserves a rewatch, and I can see my opinion of it going down or improving, either way. I think this third film was enjoyable, finely acted, and did indeed accomplish a good synergy with the other two, making this into a great trilogy, one that will be remembered and talked about for a long time - even if, again, on its own it didn't reach new heights.
Definitely worth seeing.
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Post by Nora on Jan 24, 2019 1:31:03 GMT
Overall it was a good, possibly very good wrap-up to the trilogy, a 7 or a 7.5 I'd give it. Yes, thematically it wasn't quite as sharp and as strong as the first two, and it was more of an exercise in terms of connecting and building on the themes the first two films already achieved, but it was executed maybe as well as it could have been. At point you either love or hate M Night's twists - I for one love them and loved them here - yes you could tell they were coming, but there was still some poetry in the way it all flawed at the end. Glass is certainly a film that deserves a rewatch, and I can see my opinion of it going down or improving, either way. I think this third film was enjoyable, finely acted, and did indeed accomplish a good synergy with the other two, making this into a great trilogy, one that will be remembered and talked about for a long time - even if, again, on its own it didn't reach new heights. Definitely worth seeing. well aaid. agree with all. especially the “poetry” part. |
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Post by darkpast on Jan 25, 2019 7:46:36 GMT
i will take this movie any day over disposable mcu films, i prefer movies that make you think over turnoff your brain mildly fun/entertaining mcu films
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 23:39:22 GMT
i thought this was really good too. in the beginning i thought it was silly, in the middle i got a little bored, but by the end i was quite into it. Shyamalan does it again!
i can see why some people says he's pretentious. if you're impatient or find it difficult to suspend your disbelief, it can easily go wrong. but that's kind of what makes it brilliant because the movie becomes about that (suspending your disbelief) in a way with the heroes and their self doubts. just when you think it starts go sour, it dodges your expectation, and ties back rather nicely all the way to the end.
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Post by Nora on Feb 8, 2019 8:47:34 GMT
so glass was made for 20 and earned 200 at the box office so far. pretty impressive indeed. glad to see the movie do So Well.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 10, 2019 20:14:06 GMT
it was good Mcavoys still in tip top form as well.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 11, 2019 0:38:09 GMT
I love Unbreakable and really like Split, but this movie never rose above, "Eh, it's okay I guess", and the final act was downright horrible IMO. what made the final act so horrible? secretive clandestine organization was rather weakly implemented. Also not sure how I felt about the confirmation they had superpowers. |
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Post by Nora on Feb 11, 2019 2:07:37 GMT
what made the final act so horrible? secretive clandestine organization was rather weakly implemented. Also not sure how I felt about the confirmation they had superpowers. did u at any pount doubt that David or Barry HAD superpowers? |
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Post by hi224 on Feb 11, 2019 2:20:14 GMT
secretive clandestine organization was rather weakly implemented. Also not sure how I felt about the confirmation they had superpowers. did u at any pount doubt that David or Barry HAD superpowers? i liked that the first two movies are more ambigous regarding that aspect of the plot. |
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Post by Vits on Sept 19, 2019 6:04:42 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 20, 2019 1:08:50 GMT
I really liked it as well. I don't normally pull the "people didn't get it" card, but I think it's applicable in this case.
I don't think people got Unbreakable at the time either, so maybe this will be a cult classic down the road as well.
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Post by Vits on Sept 20, 2019 22:30:18 GMT
I don't normally pull the "people didn't get it" card, but I think it's applicable in this case. How so?
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Post by Maly Class Productions on Sept 22, 2019 17:35:21 GMT
I really liked it as well. I don't normally pull the "people didn't get it" card, but I think it's applicable in this case. There was nothing to get. Everything about it was awful. It took a long time to finally get going and the writing of it was so dumb. They only had 2 nurses, or whatever the hell they were, being guards and they carried a flashlight because it was a dimly lit psychiatric ward. Why the f*** would it be that way when there is a mass murderer there and also a deranged murderer there? Security doesn't matter? And the girl has sympathy for The Beast?...Are you f***ing kidding me??? And then when the cops are there she is telling them to not hurt the psychopath who killed peopled brutally...That is so stupid. And she cries when the psychopathic murderer dies... So dumb! And the stupidest part was when the cops finally got there. Instead of guns or tasers, all they use is riot shields...WTF?!...What were they going to do with them? Just continue to push him back until...what??? Cops never use riots shields to stop one person.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 25, 2019 19:51:38 GMT
I don't normally pull the "people didn't get it" card, but I think it's applicable in this case. How so? Well, look at Maly's post. We live in the post-Cinema Sins world of movie criticism where the only thing that matters are how many plotholes you can ding. The director made an artistic visual choice to underlight the hospital, but DING, real hospitals don't look like that. Anya Taylor Joy's character feels sympathy for her former captor, either because of Stockholm syndrome or because she recognizes he's legitimately ill and not in control of his actions, but Maly personally wouldn't feel sympathy for him in her place so DING. Similarly, everyone I've talked to who hates the ending doesn't understand and doesn't care what it means or how it deconstructs comic books, which has been the point of this franchise since the original Unbreakable in 2000. Fuck themes and author intent, where's our big climax?! |
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Post by Nora on Sept 30, 2019 1:46:57 GMT
Well, look at Maly's post. We live in the post-Cinema Sins world of movie criticism where the only thing that matters are how many plotholes you can ding. The director made an artistic visual choice to underlight the hospital, but DING, real hospitals don't look like that. Anya Taylor Joy's character feels sympathy for her former captor, either because of Stockholm syndrome or because she recognizes he's legitimately ill and not in control of his actions, but Maly personally wouldn't feel sympathy for him in her place so DING. Similarly, everyone I've talked to who hates the ending doesn't understand and doesn't care what it means or how it deconstructs comic books, which has been the point of this franchise since the original Unbreakable in 2000. Fuck themes and author intent, where's our big climax?! this |
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