#knives out: a glass onion story

[somelittleplacebetweenthestars]

superhero franchises are OUT. gay little anti-elite detective franchises are IN

#glass onion #daniel craig #knives out #knives out: a glass onion story #netflix #rian johnson #ppl are literally BEGGING for more knives out movies #who’s begging for more marvel movies? disney’s coffers that’s it

[nyxtheancient]

It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth.

-Benoit Blanc

Knives Out: A Glass Onion Story

#daniel craig #knives out: a glass onion story #benoit blanc #glass onion #rain johnson #quotes #truthoflife

[suikatto]

blanc and phillip are like captain holt and kevin, equally sophisticated but more open with their emotions, as we saw with the "No! Its just DUMB!"

Maybe they even have a little dog or a spoiled cat

#glass onion #knives out #knives out: a glass onion story #benoit blanc #phillip glass onion #i wanted to write some silly dialogue but im not creative

[sainttheosylas]

How is rian johnson feeling knowing that the rest of his life will be nothing but a victory lap?

#glass onion: a knives out mystery #glass onion #knives out #glass onion knives out #knives out: a glass onion story #the saint speaks

[lixiesbabyhands]

what i think people are missing about derol in glass onion is that he is played by noah segan. the same guy who played trooper wagner in the first knives out movie. and i for one, think noah should continue to play goofy little characters in the rest of the knives out movies. not anything to do with the mystery, not a potential killer or anything, just a goofy little guy living his best life, fangirling over his fave mystery author and getting high as hell on a billionaires greek island. good for him.

#another possibility is that it is revealed at the end of the series that its all been the same guy #and his story is interwoven #into the rest of the films #like love actually but just derol wagner living his best life #glass onion #knives out #knives out 2 #benoit blanc #trooper wagner #noah segan #glass onion movie #glass onion netflix #glass onion a knives out mystery #knives out glass onion #derol

[gaytobymeres]

I like that Benoit Blanc is in many ways a homage to previous fictional detectives, but he himself is not the central character. I think that’s what makes it fresh - the films focus on Marta and Helen, not his ability to detect and deduce which is something you can get in pretty much any detective story.

#it becomes more emotional as a result imo #glass onion #glass onion spoilers #obvs he’s a main character in that he’s the thread connecting the two stories #and he helps them #but helen and marta are the main focus #and it makes for a really interesting and emotional and captivating story #which is not to say that other detective stories are not those things #but as the audience you’re one degree of separation away from the victims #whereas in knives out and glass onion you feel a lot closer to the victims

[rebornrosess]

no but i need to know how hugh “phillip the baker dilf” grant pulled benoit “the greatest detective in the world” blanc??? personally i think it would be very funny if said greatest detective in the world was completely oblivious to hugh grant’s flirting until said baker dilf, in true romcom fashion, literally wrote his phone number with frosting on a donut for him or something.

#creds to my gf for coming up with this coffee shop au esque origin story because i need it right now #like phillip KNOWS benoit’s love for donuts and has his order memorized but pretends he doesn’t #until one day benoit happens to order something different and phillip gives him his usual order and benoit’s like hmmm something is afoot #but literally still doesn’t get that he’s flirting #anyways sorry it just means a lot to me that the main character of one of my fave movies ever is lgbt like me!!! #if anyone sees this PLS rb with any hcs u have i would love to read them #benoit blanc #glass onion #glass onion spoilers #knives out #hugh grant #netflix #maya.txt

[benoits-neckerchieves]

I love Hugh Grant the absolute weirdo

#like as if young hugh grant wasn’t lovely enough #he’s become something so wonderful #hugh grant #glass onion #wonka #paddington 2 #unfrosted #tony the tiger #oompa loompa #phillip blanc #phoenix buchanan #unfrosted: the pop-tart story #paddington #wonka movie #benoit blanc x phillip #benoit blanc #knives out #feel good movies #letterboxd #movie ratings

[nyxtheancient]

I really liked Glass Onion. As someone who is not a cinematographer, even I could see the quality of this piece of artwork. Some of the things I noticed that I thought deserved some attention are:

Whisky the cliché blond girlfriend was given more depth than what happens normally. Whisky was still compliant with many of the problems. she was not written off as a tool just to show another character’s personality.

As in the first move, there is a spectacular twist in Glass Onion. It was unique and surprising while also giving the movie a feel that can become a truly classic series. Also, the twist is given enough time to be fully flushed out. Sometimes in movies,(think a heist movie) the twist happens right in the last twenty minutes. It’s not nearly enough time after our perception of the events and characters has been turned on the head. But Glass Onion gets a solid amount of time. A perfect amount of time.

Now to be a Film Professor without being a film professor.

The way we were shown emotions without it having to be stated out loud! Is this what a good movie looks like? The way Adie grips the railing of the boat to show ‘anger’. Amazing! I never want another voiceover describing the emotion again.

Did anyone rove notice the framing of some of the shots? The focused person is in the foreground, a second in the mid-ground, and a third in the background. The rule of three was used perfectly. I know people have already pointed out the luggage as a placeholder for the people. With Adie and Blanc positioned away from the bags. Rule of three again.

Glass Onion and Knives Out give hope that good movies, that are enjoyable, can be made. It makes me wonder why I tolerate sub-pare movies that are made to be put out as quickly as possible. With the content not even being entertaining. This raises my expectations as well as standards.  

Long story short, I liked the movie.

#knives out: a glass onion story #glass onion #daniel craig #mystery #rain johnson #benoit blanc

[suikatto]

I still can't believe my dad didn't like glass onion and had the audacity to say straight up it was a bad movie

He said it was too extravagant and unrealistic. my guy, this is a movie about a stupid billionaire who owns a fucking island, its supposed to be exaggerated

He also said it was too different from the first one, which to me is a good thing because then is not repetitive, and that blanc seems like a completely different character

#at least he likes the first one #glass onion #knives out #knives out: a glass onion story

[therabbitthatpostthings]

#shitpost #shitposting #love my funky lil gay detective and POC girlbosses he continues to uplift #benoit blanc #blanc and Phillip #BENOIT AND PHILLIP LOVE STORY PREQUAL MOVIE NOW #PLS RIAN JOHNSON PLEASE #knives out glass onion #knives out #glass onion

[oifaaa]

Two characters I really like in glass onion are whiskey and Peg or I should say the type of person they represent are very interesting to me since unlike most of the group they aren't as wealthy or powerful but they're still willing to play the game if its beneficial to them they also don't speak out against Miles when given the chance sure Whiskey might say to Helen privately that she thinks what happened to Andi was shitty but actually defending her in front of others not happening

#Glass onion #Knives out #knives out spoilers #glass onion spoilers #glass onion a knives out mystery #both peg and Whiskey are opportunistic but they're also selling out their own kind to do it #That's what they represent in the story #Woman who are willing to be anti feminist if it means climbing the ladder themselves #Poor people willing to work with the rich #Poc willing to work with racists bc its all beneficial to them #I like that glass onion makes a point of not only showing different types of rich people asswholes #But middle and working class #Who benefit from their proximity to the wealthy

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

The themes of grief and the love that endures for the ones we lose and how that love motivates us are so pervasive in the heroines of both Knives Out and Glass Onion they’re steeped in it. Marta keeps going because of her love and duty to the wishes of her friend whose last act was to protect her even when they’d both thought that she had killed him. Helen contacts Blanc and willingly goes to an island where she KNOWS someone will likely attempt to kill her in order to avenge and restore the dignity of the sister she loved so much and she’ll gladly burn the world down around herself to do so. It’s no mistake these two women work in nursing and teaching, fields which require a deep care for others in order to excel. It is their caring that makes both Marta and Helen and ultimately earns them their victories.

#glass onion #knives out #ITS ALL LOVE BABY! #I LOVE A STORY ABOUT LOVE! #spilling the Tea #edit: Marta also acts out of love for her family and to protect them

[arceefoxgirl]

im unable to see my therapist for the next couple of weeks so I guess it's time to find my emotional catharsis in my silly little detective movies with their silly little anti-capitalist messaging

#sexy #these movies are so fucking good #Benoit Blanc is so zaddy #ok but actually Rhian Johnson's creative method lf actually letting other people help tell a better story is so impossibly sexy #Knives Out #Glass Onion #Daniel Craig does not look like a chimp #he only looks like a chimp when he's all mysterious spymaster

[gaytobymeres]

Benoit Blanc's similarities to other fictional detectives

Specifically Holmes, Poirot and Columbo because I'm most familiar with them and saw many of their characteristics in Blanc.

Impeccable clothes - Poirot

Cigar - Columbo

Post-case slump - Holmes

Eccentric - Holmes, Poirot, Columbo

Detection as a means of helping people, not just for the sake of solving crimes - Holmes (and Poirot and Columbo to a slightly lesser extent)

Fun name – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Referred to by surname (almost) all of the time, even by close friends/partners – Columbo, Holmes, Poirot

Kindness to and deep respect for vulnerable women – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Said to be the best detective in the world – Holmes, Poirot

Fun American accent – Columbo

Hates rich people who abuse their financial influence – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Polite – Columbo (of course Holmes and Poirot can also be very polite but I don't feel like it's a defining characteristic for them the way it is for Columbo)

Rude to mean rich people in a way that is so polite the horrible rich people don’t realise they’re being made fun of/talked to rudely – Holmes, Poirot

Politeness and diplomacy that is often pushed too far and they explode into explicit anger – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Drama in resolution – all three to varying degrees, but especially Poirot

Understated and affable – Columbo

Involved in self-contained stories – Columbo, Poirot, Holmes (though a couple of Holmes stories do link closely to previous stories)

Uses the word 'afoot' – Holmes

Gay – Holmes, Poirot (I'll let you decide if this applies to Columbo)

#feel free to add to this or debate it (but kindly) #sherlock holmes #hercule poirot #benoit blanc #columbo #knives out #glass onion #acd sherlock holmes #obviously many of these were intentional and the films have a definite poirot vibe #like benoit blanc is a homage to other detectives but still fresh - i like that he is not the most central character for example #hes an homage to older detective fiction but the films bring a different perspective #i could maybe make this into a venn diagram but for ease it is a list #holmes doesnt necessarily help women get their revenge but he also doesnt stand in their way #like with kitty winter and then the women who shot CAM #actually im not too familiar with kitty winter's story so dont quote me on it but im pretty sure she fits the point im making #left out some obvious ones like 'consults with police' bc that's boring imo

[shifting-worlds]

Me reading news article after news article that suggests I watch death on the nile (2022) if I liked glass onion

#glass onion is perfection… how dare you compare it with the worlds worst adaptation known to man #glass onion #glass onion: a knives out mystery #knives out #death on the nile #starkid #twisted #twisted: the untold story of a royal vizier #shifty speaks