#glass review

[ankle-beez]

[ID: A five-star review of "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" by ankle-beez on Letterboxd that reads,

"absolutely fucking incredible. so glad that lucasfilm didn't go forward with rian's star wars trilogy because this means he gets to make as many of these as he wants

also probably the most cathartic watch of 2022 after witnessing billionaires and conservatives make everybody's lives miserable for the past 12 months".]

#angel.post #glass onion a knives out mystery #glass onion #knives out #my letterboxd reviews

[spaceytrash]

How could anyone see Hugh Grant opening the door to Blanc's apt. with an apron on, flour in his hair and a sourdough starter in his hand and think yep that's his butler/roommate? It's HUGH 'ROMCOM LEGEND' GRANT in a domestic setting what else could he play but Blanc's bf/husband?

#glass onion #knives out #hugh grant #benoit blanc #mystuff #sorry but I've seen too many posts and reviews/reactions that call him blanc's roommate or worse butler and I can't with it anymore #like it's HUGH GRANT #how is your first impression not immediately romantic partner #hsjsghaga

[ladyantiheroine]

I really have to hand it to Rian Johnson. The whole whodunnit murder mystery genre is one that can get really stale. There’s only so many unique things you can do with the set-up of “someone is dead and we need to figure out the who what where and why of it all.”

But Knives Out and Glass Onion managed to make the genre feel fresh and genuinely twisty. Not just in the typical “the murderer wasn't who you thought it was, it was actually this guy!!” kind of way.

When I saw the Glass Onion trailer with the whole “every person has been invited to a murder mystery party game” set-up I found it…a bit corny. But I shouldn’t have underestimated this franchise because it took that Clue-like scenario and completely flipped the table on it.

Anyway, Glass Onion is a great movie. It has similar themes, archetypes, and tropes as Knives Out but not in a way that feels like a copy-paste of the latter. It rhymes but doesn’t repeat.

My brain is leaking but in a good way.

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #or movie review I should say #glass onion #rian johnson #knives out #daniel craig #janelle monae

[deep-sea-scholar]

Okay I need to rant about Glass Onion for several paragraphs

WARNING: SPOILERS!

Glass onion is phenomenal, and I personally enjoyed its themes more than the first Knives Out movie.

Now don’t get me wrong, Knives Out is arguably the better film, but its strengths lie in the complexity and brilliant execution of its core mystery.  It’s a fantastic self-contained story about a shitty rich family and the people they directly affect.  The members of the family range across the political spectrum and all express different ideologies, but the moment a migrant working-class woman has a legitimized shot at their inheritance they band together to prevent her from improving her life.  It's interesting commentary on how wealthy people can talk a big game about helping others and being good people, but ultimately fall morally short when such actions threaten what they feel they “rightfully deserve.” But that's arguably the limitation of the film as its focus is entirely on the interpersonal conflict between the Thrombey family and Marta.

Glass onion isn’t limited by that.

The entire thematic core of Glass Onion concerns the damage that the rich and powerful can do to the world if they aren’t supervised, criticized, or limited. 

Aside from our lovely detective Benoit Blanc, the murdered Andi Brand, and her twin sister Helen, all of the characters are shitty people that are damaging the world in a uniquely horrible way as a direct consequence of the unchecked power and wealth they wield.

To start we have Governor Claire Dubella.  Her success in her political career has relied almost entirely on monetary support and influence from the films big bad and Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos analogue Miles Bron. Her platform has good objectives, and she’s passionate about hard topics like climate change, but her ability to act is entirely limited by the influence Miles has on her.  If Miles wants her to do something, she feels like she has no choice but to, which results in her greenlighting an experimental powerplant that Miles wants built to advocate for his new fuel source.  It’s untested technology, it’s volatile and dangerous as fuck, and Claire feels like she has no choice but to go along with it because if she doesn’t Miles will withdraw support from her career, or worse, support her opponents.  She likens it to selling her soul, and it really is.  She willingly undermined the health of her constituents for the sake of saving her career, and the shitty part is that Miles only controls her because she lets him.  She could deny the power plant, or leave Miles, at any time, but she doesn’t because she perceives the personal risk as to great.  She is a politician that won’t stand up for the people she represents, and no one calls her out on it.

Next, we have Duke Cody, the Alpha male men’s rights streamer who is just like, the absolute worst person in this film.  His views and opinions are incredibly toxic, his actions and beliefs directly hurt the people he influences through the hurtful products he promotes, and thanks to Mile's wealth and influence both he and his terrible, terrible, terrible opinions have official backing and some form of legitimacy.  He’s almost the direct inverse of Claire, being someone who really shouldn’t have support, but is getting it anyway because he’s Mile’s friend.  And because Miles doesn’t care and is giving Duke support and helping him dodge legal trouble, he enables Dukes terrible opinions and lets them influence and hurt people.  

Then we have Birdie, my personal favorite of the disruptors.  She is a fashion designer, media star, and breathtakingly, beautifully, stupid. She’s not actively malicious like some of the other characters, but she is just so fundamentally incapable of thinking things through. When paired with her wealth and influence, this results in horrifying real-world consequences.  She has her iconic fashion line of sweatpants made at the most infamous sweatshop in Bangladesh not because she doesn’t care, but because she thought a sweatshop is just a shop where you make sweatpants.  She’s just very stupid, but at the very least has the decency to be aware of it.  She even decides to own up to her Bangladesh mistake of her own volition, independent of the plot.  The problem is that no one corrected for her, or guided her, or worked to influence her decisions.  Miles just cared about what her brands could do for him and was perfectly willing to throw her under the bus to preserve his image.

Last of the four Disruptors is Lionel Toussaint.  Not much to say about him actually, he’s fairly straightforward.  He works directly under Miles as a scientist and is a parallel for the people that want to have confidence in tech ‘pioneers’ like Elon Musk.  After all they’ve been successful, and things have worked out in the past, surely, we can give them leeway with new technology development.  But there’s a reason why technology is prototyped and tested, and that’s because things always go wrong, and you need to take time and care to figure out how to ensure new technology is safe.

Which leads us to this asshole.

Miles goddamn Mona Lisa Burning Bron.

The absolute, motherfucking, shithead moron directly responsible for everything bad that happens in this film.

I lied about Duke Cody because this absolute buffoon is the actually the worst person in this film.

He manipulates politicians into endangering their constituents for his own gain, he enables the absolute worst and most toxic people by giving them legitimate platforms, he promotes influencers without caring for what their unchecked actions result in, and he deludes the people that work for him and want to believe in him with self-assured delusion.  This man is arrogant, an indiscribable moron (worse than Birdie because at least she acknowledges her failings), dangerously delusional, obsessed with control, and most damning of all, unchecked.

Miles Bron is a direct look at how too much unchecked power, wealth, and influence results in unmitigated disasters.  He doesn’t care about helping people, because he doesn’t take the time to make sure untested technology is safe for the public, handwaving legitimate concerns with denial and false assurance.  He doesn’t care about his friends, because he murders two of them the instant, they become a threat to his control.  He’s not smart, because all of his genius is the result of other people, he’s just skilled at advertising it as his own to get the credit.  All he cares about is doing what he wants and being in control, because his opinion and self-worth and legacy is more precious to him than any other thing in the world.  The man is a lie so absolute, so convoluted, and so stupidly straightforward that the slightest piece of truth will bring the facade of his existence crumbling down.  And it’s hard to acknowledge something like that in the real world because someone that successful being that malicious and dumb sounds incredibly stupid.  It’s an easy lie to buy because it’s more believable than how stupid the truth is.

Anyway, ultimately my conclusion is that we see a strikingly accurate portrayal of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in this film, and it was very cathartic seeing their hopes, ambitions, and house burn down around them.  Because billionaires like them are shithead morons that lie to and manipulate everyone, and their arrogant and harmful self-delusions compound through the people they manage to influence.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

#knives out #glass onion #benoit blanc #film #mystery film #movie review #elon musk #jeff bezos #Need a hard kick in the nuts #literary analysis #movies #netflix #eat the fucking rich #can't believe a murder mystery radicalized me #rambling

[hockpock]

Glasses Review - Firmoo

Hello vision impaired friends, I bring you the gospel of Ordering Your Damn Glasses Online

I have previously ordered from EyeBuyDirect (luxotica/lenscrafters'/America's Best in disguise, sorry.) and Zenni Optical ( most well known online provider, A+ would recommend) and have seen lots of ads for free pairs from a competitor, Firmoo. I have too much prescription for the free pair offers to ever work out from ANY provider, but their fun designs put them on my list.

When my current glasses broke, I was dinking around and saw their current promotion is Buy One Get One Free PLUS 20% off lenses and as lenses are the real $$$ I jumped on that like tigger on crack. I am VERY nearsighted with astigmatism and the average pair of glasses from lenscrafters used to cost me $300 minimum.

After much deliberation with a million tabs open and a poll I ignored the results of for Reasons, I ordered a pair of clear frames and a pair of purple steampunk-y wireframes . Two pairs of HIGH PRESCRIPTION glasses for $87 shipped. I could cry, y'all.

Note: I have an up to date prescription and a nifty app that measures Pupillary Distance or 'PD'. you will need both these things accurate to have the best experience buying your glasses online.

I ordered them 9/22, they shipped 9/25, I received them 9/29 with regular shipping. They came well packed - each pair was in a bag made of cleaning cloth material inside a sturdy plastic case and they come in a foil bubble mailer.

Both pairs feel well made, with lots of attention to detail-

however I did not pay attention to detail or pay extra money for the Re-he-heaaallly thin lenses. So the clear ones are slightly too big and I hate the way the nose pieces sit, while the purple ones are a wee bit small across the temple and heavy to boot. I haven't had dents in my nose like this since I was 12.

the website lists their exchange policy as 30 days, the pamphlet that came with the glasses says 60. Either way it was pretty painless to go into my order history and select "exchange". The form I filled out with my reasons for dissatisfaction promised me I would be contacted within 24 hours.

My 'personal Firmoo consultant', 'Karen', emailed me with a code for the full price before discount of both pairs + standard shipping, as well as the usual customer service canned answers about checking the sizing information and did I know I could upgrade the lenses?

Also I could keep the failed pairs 'FOR NOW', here are some places that accept glasses as donations. (mixed messages, Karen, but sweet!)

New friends are April006, round anodized wireframes with a cute dingly gem thing, and Sandy020 , literal tortoiseshell cat eye frames.

This time I used the site's search terms to cut the temple width and earpiece length options down and double checked the weight of the base frames. (14g vs 24g for the round wireframes before my coke-bottle lenses. RIP my nose. )

New order was placed 10/5 and they arrived 10/17 . (last time I checked the tracking estimated arrival had creeped from the 19th up to the 23rd so grain of salt. This may be a tactic to make the order feel like it got here faster or legit delays. In my case there was a federal holiday involved.)

Complete disclosure I'm gonna grab a pair of pliers and take the little dangly off the wireframes. It makes a noise when I move my head and if I don't fold the frames in the right order when I take them off it'll scratch up the lenses. I ain't gonna remember to avoid that, so off it goes.

The Good:

Large selection, Good Quality, Good Communication. Lots of Off the Beaten Path options for internet weirdos. Firmoo p much always has a promotion going.

My wallet is so happy. SO HAPPY. Frames run $20-30ish to start. lenses will vary with your prescription and options.

If y'all want 50% off your first frames and to give me a $10 credit they have a referral program and my code is T4Z8I2. BOGO20 is a better value but it expires 11/01/23.

The Bad:

Not flexible about lens options- you go down one track and pick your options within that. If there was a way to put tinting on a pair of glasses other than blue light blocking I couldn't find it. (in contrast I believe Zenni lets you choose a range of colors and tint depth on any pair, designed as sunnies or not)

You Will Get Emails. Firmoo REALLY wants you to buy more glasses and post about it and tell your friends and HERE THIS CODE IS ONLY GOOD FOR 3 DAYS, GO BUY NEW GLASSES. They are marketing themselves to fashionable young influencers who change styles every month. Unsubscribe with impunity.

like Zenni, this is a company with the majority of it's functionality based overseas. It's cheaper because you're ordering directly from a factory and not paying Luxotica's markups to itself. Customer service is mostly English as Second Language speakers and there may be delays.

Not For Emergencies. I was able to coast on a pair of glasses from a prescription or 2 ago but it's gonna take time for your order to be made and shipped.

Overall I'm very happy with them and will probably order again.

Next time I have spare money I'm aiming at Wherelight because y'all. they are next down on the list of reputable to shady AF but they have the most amazing WTF designs.

#glasses #low vision #review #pock posts a thing #firmoo.com #vision impaired #long post

[themirokai]

If you just go by accents… they’re from the same place.

And I’m pretty sure it ain’t Texas.

#in full transparency #this came to me when I was listening to the Pop Culture Happy Hour review #of rwrb #and Glen Weldon said that Uma #was foghorn leghorn-ing it up #benoit blanc #ellen claremont #red white and royal blue #knives out #glass onion #uma thurman #daniel craig

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

If I had a nickel for every movie I saw in March of 2024 about lesbians, cars, and dead guys, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#drive away dolls #love lies bleeding #if i had a nickel #film #film review #ethan coen #rose glass #margaret qualley #geraldine viswanathan #kristen stewart #katy o'brian #lesbian #lesbian film #queer cinema #i love how these movies aren't even really being marketed as just queer movies #they're just movies #drive away dolls was fun and made me laugh a lot #love lies bleeding kinda made me nauseous and nearly gave me a panic attack #so i think they both accomplished what they were supposed to

[eclecticfeverdream]

Now this review has reached its target audience. if we're talking about the Mamma Mia! And Knives out/Glass Onion venn diagram I'm right in the middle.

#glass onion #knives out #mamma mia #daniel craig #letterboxd #movie review #movies #netflix #musicals #greeksummer

[chaoticace22]

Glass Onion has Stefon’s full recomendation

#glass onion #glass onion a knives out mystery #stefon's review #benoit blanc #daniel craig #janelle monae #edward norton #kathryn hahn #kate hudson #jessica henwick #madelyn cline #hugh grant #ethan hawke

[mayasaura]

While it was a lot of fun, I think there are some places where Glass Onion just doesn't hold together as well as it could. Take Peg, for example.

The film calls Miles and Co out for overlooking her, forgetting her name, generally treating her like an extension of Birdie, but then it fails to rise above that. Peg was with Birdie for ten years. Ten years caught up in this wheel of assholes, she had to have known them all. The way she stares at Andi could have been something more than a natural effect of proximity to Janelle Monáe. But Beniot never once looks into her relationship with Andi, and the audience never finds out. She's not even on Helen's little Cluedo pad, and the film just uses her as the delivery system for Birdie's motive.

#glass onion #glass onion spoilers #critical review #glass onion critical #like I said very very fun movie!! #but about as deep as the song it gets its name from

[chikinan]

pro tip: you can draw anything you want

#this is my year end review #shin dorohedoro #betty grof #mati draws #they have a lot in common! glasses #and uh whatever that was about not letting their partner's die against their wishes

[thundergrace]

😊💫 Ben Shapiro hated Glass Onion because of its "politics" 💫 🥳

#glass onion #glass onion a knives out mystery #knives out 2 #reviews are no longer needed

[normalbrothers]

TOMMY: Why do you play games with people when there's no benefit to you? TATIANA: In Russia, because we were bored. In England, because we don't know how to stop. At least there are silly games and orgasms. TOMMY: So lets fuck.

#[fondly recalls the review that called season 3 a grand guignol theatre] #because it is! #peaky blinders #tvedit #peakyblindersgifs #tv #one of the most viscerally discomforting scenes for me though ngl but i like to work overtime in the freudian nightmare of staggering #depravity mines #unironically caro posting that essay on in the glass cage was painfully timed #the erotic/violent gaze and compromised/passive spectatorism #there's aspects of it in pb too so much focus on eyes and watching and seeing (or not)

[jaykorianddickkoriforlife]

For ONCE I want a movie where the main character and their companion(s) choose to be selfish, and do the wrong thing for each other instead of sacrificing or hurting each other for the greater good. I want them to acknowledge what they're doing is fucked up, and that they feel guilt over it, but they still choose each other even if it means causing hell for all others. I want to see a movie where the expected "good, and noble" people do the opposite because they'd rather see the world burn than hurt each other. I just want a movie where what's expected to happen doesn't happen, and they're selfish for themselves, and whom they love. I want to see that kind of love on screen for once as fucked as it is. I've seen it happen in books, but I want to SEE it on screen.

Edit:

I want to add that I'm talking about wanting to see BOTH of them simultaneously decide it. Not when one person says fuck the world, and the other doesn't so it creates an issue, and they end up fighting over it because one is having difficulty moving on from it. I want them to be the main characters, I want them both to decide it, I want to see both of them live, essentially 'win', as happily as they can with each other while the world ends, even when the time is ticking for them as well. I don't want to see their demise. I just want to see them choose each other selfishly, and live till the very end before the screen fades into black.

#knock at the cabin review #knock at the cabin #andrew and eric and wen walking through the apocalypse but as a family #no one irritates me as m. night shyamalan does with how his movies end except split #but then he ruins it with glass #jonathan groff #ben aldridge #m. night shyamalan #rupert grint #nikki amuka bird #abby quinn #dave bautista #psychological movie tropes #movie tropes #unsurprising endings #movies #fandom ideas #cuz y not #apocalypse universe #apocalypse movies #apocalypse #the fact that he changed the ending irritated me #psychological movies #they deserved better #AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL #a selfish love but as much of a true one as all others #and they dont fight over it with eachother and it ends with them WINNING in the end and living while the world perishes #I need to add that edit based on some tags ive seen #i dont want them fighting over it #and i want to see them as mainies not sideies lol

[benoits-neckerchieves]

Feel free to explain why in the comments or reblog with ur favourite scenes or whatever

#really interested to see what ppl will say #choices roughly based on letterboxd and rotten tomatoes #daniel craig #james bond #007 #benoit blanc #knives out #glass onion #the girl with the dragon tattoo #logan lucky #layer cake #cowboys and aliens #road to perdition #the golden compass #letterboxd #rotten tomatoes #imdb #movie review #movie poll #movie ratings

[abybweisse]

Ch204 (p1), Cover and title pages

As I mentioned before, in spoiler posts, Snake and Finny are wearing variations on the costumes they wore to the Halloween party in ch120... which was less than two months ago (for them).

Snake's witch/wizard costume now looks more like he's a student at Hogwarts, while Finny's vampire outfit now looks inspired by Anne Rice characters.

But I also mentioned the glasses and the crown of thorns, which have been added to the costumes and hold separate meanings from the costumes. I see Snake's glasses as an indication he has trouble seeing the truth about Doll as an enemy. And that Finny wears that crown of thorns because of the burden he bears, the feelings of guilt he has for not telling Snake that his friends died... and how Finny had a part in their deaths.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #finny #finnian #snake #halloween #cover art #cover page #title page #chapter release #chapter review #chapter analysis #crown of thorns #glasses #symbolism #hogwarts #harry potter #vampire chronicles #anne rice #pop culture #sheesh they were bobbing for apples less than two months ago #doll #circus troupe #circus members #observation #sep 15 2023 #part one #part 1