by jellydonut25 » Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:20 pm
Glass - This movie got so SHREDDED in reviews that I almost just stayed away. But then a friend I really trust saw it and was like, "What is everyone's problem?" So I checked it out and....what the hell is everyone's PROBLEM? This is a sequel to Unbreakable and Split. It's not a Marvel movie. And I know that the movie has some other problems as well, but like...this is a good capper to a solid trilogy and fits thematically with the two previous movies. I liked it QUITE a bit. I've seen people calling it joyless...and I have to wonder if they watched it at all. McAvoy's character(s) provide PLENTY of humor. People lamenting the "SHYAMALAN TWIST" and while I agree that the twist here was a little bit clunky in its handling and presentation, the actual story reasons for the twist kinda make sense and button up a few of the plot holes I was wondering about. I don't wanna spoil it for anyone, but while it definitely was a tad clunky in the way it was done, and that knocked the movie down a peg or two, it wasn't like The Village, where the twist made almost no narrative sense. People claiming Bruce Willis' sleepwalking ruins the movie....and like, (a) Earth to...everyone, Bruce Willis sucks and doesn't care now and (b) Shyamalan was REALLY smart in his use of Willis' character and got the absolute MOST out of disinterested Bruce that he could. I'm also surprised critics, of all groups, aren't lauding the film more for its striking imagery and cinematography. Its use of camera angles and some really nice shot compositions was fairly striking, and I was taken aback a bit by how effectively Shyamalan maximized a minimal budget. And then there's the people lamenting that it's talky and not action-packed....HAVE THESE PEOPLE SEEN UNBREAKABLE AND SPLIT?!?!?!
I dunno, it's a VERY flawed movie in some ways, but I'm EASILY at a 3.5 outta 5 and I'd personally probably push it to a 4 because I was just really entertained the whole time and McAvoy's performance and the directing really pushed it to that next level for me.