#miles brand

[night-eyes1]

#glass onion #I am talking about his clothes #But also his personality too #In the first film he was like calm and cool detective #In the second movie hes much more like a adorable sunshine #benoit blanc #daniel craig #hugh grant #knives out #glass onion a knives out mystery #edward norton #janelle monae #phillip blanc #miles bron #helen brand #cassandra brand #rian johnson

[jos-has-too-many-hobbies]

One of my favorite metaphors of Glass Onion is the Mona Lisa vs the Glass Onion.

Miles is constantly comparing himself, whether directly or indirectly, to the Mona Lisa. He wants to be “forever remembered in the same breath” as her. He plays up the mystery and the complexity of the painting, the artistry, the skill and the knowledge that went into it; All traits that he wants others to see in him.

But when Miles is describing the painting, who gets the closeup shot? Not Miles, but Helen. Helen is the one who gets multiple shots throughout the movie mirroring the Mona Lisa- same pose, same unreadable expression.

Because Miles isn’t the Mona Lisa, however much he wishes he was. Miles is the Glass Onion. Something trying to look complex and layered on the outside, when in reality, the center is in plain sight. Miles isn’t some enigmatic genius, he is exactly what he appears to be at first glance: an idiotic, rich, egotistical, shithead.

He didn’t make his own puzzles, he didn’t write his own murder, he didn’t create his own art, he didn’t even come up with the idea for his company. His island is filled with things made by other people. He isn’t even the person who did the thing that will forever connect him to the Mona Lisa. The thing that will forever tie him to Helen Brand.

Helen is the one with complexity. Helen is the one surrounded by mystery. Helen is the one who’s more than meets the eye. Helen is the Mona Lisa, and the Mona Lisa destroyed herself to take down Miles Bron.

#glass onion #knives out #miles bron #helen brand #I could talk about all the symbolism and metaphor in this movie for hours #movie analysis #wordificating

[taffybuns]

wtf movie of the century

#knives out #glass onion #benoit blanc #miles bron #andi brand #helen brand #claire debella #lionel toussant #whiskey #duke cody #birdie jay #soupdraws

[doydoune]

he'll never learn

#(in miles' voice) wright have you heard about this brand new technology called an ORGANIZER #it happens every time they leave the courtoom #those two dumb lawyers smh #dounart #ace attorney #aa #ace attorney fanart #aa fanart #pheonix wright #miles edgeworth #art #fanart #narumitsu #if you squint #wrightworth

[butchered-icarian]

"I'm not materialistic but I got a thing for you 🎸🌻"

-

Extremely cool commission I got from Lisa@Twitter!

#punkflower #hobie brown #miles morales #spiderman across the spiderverse #spiderman atsv #spiderverse #croissant gets commissions #<- brand new tag bc i cant draw!!!

[rose-nobles]

glass onion: a knives out mystery

#how it started vs. how it's going

#glass onion #glass onion a knives out mystery #glassonionedit #filmedit #chewieblog #cinemapix #cinematv #noalook #tuserlyn #tuserrachel #userbarrow #userbbelcher #userdiana #userstream #usersugar #benoit blanc #helen brand #miles bron #duke cody #*edits #eyestrain

[bookofbonbon]

my favourite part about watching Glass Onion with my niece (6) was when ‘the disruptors’ were solving the puzzle box together and her exasperated little voice going I would just smash it only for Helen to do exactly that just moments later.

#the look of pure joy on her face #she fell asleep like 5 minutes after that #little kids are funny #knives out #knives out: glass onion #glass onion #the disruptors #beniot blanc #miles bron #helen brand #cassandra brand #andi brand

[pureseasalt]

another one of those mona lisa real takes but. it is real. it had to be real. that was the point. that we’ve gotten to the point where nothing is sacred anymore.  people like miles are a parasite: they suck up all the soul in the world, all of the things that are true and good and add meaning to our lives. and what? what do they do with it? nothing. they don’t want to have it bc they appreciate it. they don’t care for it bc that’s what they do. they hoard. the paul mccartney guitar was real and he tossed it haphazardly to the sand. the rothko painting was real and it was hung upside down. also, hey, while we’re here, that was real, actual tennis icon serena williams who has given blood, sweat, and tears to get to the place where she is now and also an inspiration to people all over the world, she’s there. in his gym. working remotely as his personal instructor. because he can. everything and everyone are a commodity to over glorified assholes with all the money in the world. nothing and no one are truly valuable to over glorified assholes with all the money in the world. the real, actual mona lisa burning in this dipshit’s hands is a truth that’s difficult to swallow, but it’s a truth that has to be told. keep allowing assholes like him to take and do whatever they want. see what happens. 

#glass onion #knives out #benoit blanc #miles bron #helen brand #with the way that miles is the mona lisa was bound to get destroyed or at least damaged either way

[dingustripas]

I just finished watching Glass Onion for the third time so now you get to hear my rant about it but the details are out of order in the timeline because I’m lazy

(SPOILERS AHEAD)

When Miles lifts the gun off of Duke, we can actually see it pre-Blanc explaining it. The scene where the two hug you can see Miles take the gun and slip it into the back of his jeans.

Following the gun thing, we, the viewers actually SEE the gun itself (pre-Blanc’s explanation) when Miles goes back to the mini bar to put it in the ice bucket. Although it’s kind of hard to see it’s very clearly a gun but our eyes manipulate our minds into thinking it’s a drink because it is indeed a minibar.

They show how Miles places the drink in Dukes hand pre Blanc’s explanation but quickly distract us with the groups dynamic and Birdie.

Phillip is skeptical of Helen when she asks for Blanc, we can assume that he and Blanc have had negative run ins with people from jobs. Also Phillip might be judging Helen’s character, who she is, because he doesn’t want to put Blanc into a situation where he’s in true danger. He’s a detective not Batman.

Birdies mask at the beginning of the movie at the boat is just fucking chains across her face in diamond pattern.

Blanc doesn’t have a gag reflex when the dude in the white suit puts Miles “covid vax” down his throat. (Bc he’s 🏳️‍🌈)

Andi, when she first comes up with the idea for Alpha and starts working with Miles, is wearing dark colors. The dark blue pinstripe suit, her completely black ensamble when we see her at the Glass Onion (the bar). But when she’s challenging Miles she’s wearing both Black and white. At the trial she’s wearing a light almost off white suit. Why is this important? Because what color is Helen wearing when she shuts miles down? White. The color white is, in itself, a color that symbolizes Miles downfall.

Connecting back to the white idea, Whiskey is wearing all white (her bathing suit) when she reveals crucial information about Miles giving her the Taurus necklace for her birthday. (Which leads to his downfall when Blanc puts 2+2 together that he killed Andi)

“Im really bad at dumb things” -Blanc. The reason he didn’t catch on to what was going on with Miles earlier was because Miles is stupid. Miles is so dumb that he fucking befuddled Blanc because Miles is so stupid.

Blanc isn’t uncomfortable about his arousal around Birdie when she put her legs up on him while Miles talks about being ‘Disrupters’. He’s uncomfortable because he’s GAY and has a BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND.

There’s a bunch of owls and small trinkets of birds in Birdies room.

The movie, at the very beginning, with Miles mystery invitation box thing hints at where the envelope is hidden. The fibonacci sequence on the box has the center blocked out in black, where we will later see in the film is red which is where Miles is hiding the envelope. For fucks sake the movie even goes out of its way, with Dukes mother, to point out the sequence. (“The first one’s a fibonacci sequence” -Dukes mom).

During the dinner Whiskey is wearing the same golden chain body jewelry that Birdie was wearing earlier at the pool. So this could mean two things: 1. They have the same chain and 2. Whiskey borrowed the chain from Birdie.

Now connecting to my first point about the chain jewelry above. The reason why Miles likes Whiskey, despite her sleeping with him for the sake of Dukes channel, is because Whiskey reminds him of younger Birdie. Birdie even talks to Peg about how dazzled and amazed Miles was when he first met her and how she wishes it was like that again. Then when they’re smashing the glass sculptures, the first thing Whiskey smashes is a sculpture of a bird. Hence smashing Miles perception of her as another person he can use like he used Birdie.

“You have him turn around so he can have deniability” -Aaron Burr in Hamilton (Basically what Blanc was thinking when he walked out of the room)

When Blanc is trying to light his cigar in the “Smokeless garden” the reason the alarms go off is because because just the smoke and small flames from Blanc’s cigar could cause “another Hindenburg”.

The ending scene with Helen and Blanc after Blanc asks her if she’s ready to go home, Helen’s sitting stance mimics the Mona Lisa. Miles said “It all started with her” in reference to his success being inspired by the Mona Lisa. But it all ended with Helen and her stance at the end mimicking the Mona Lisa is meant to represent that. The beginning and end of Miles Bron.

Blanc refers to alchol as offering Helen “some courage”. Ofc as we all know alcohol is commonly referred to as “Liquid Courage”.

We should’ve known Miles was the killer for this simple reason: The glass he handed to Duke. Duke dying holding Miles’s glass is literally like a signed note. Duke died with Miles name literally written on the crime scene.

#glass onion #knives out #daniel craig #benoit blanc #andi brand #helen brand #whiskey #rian johnson #fibonnaci #puzzles #murder mystery #he dead #miles bron #movies #solving #solving problems #is this problematic #gay #*dying* #big fucking mood #what the fuck #lgbtq #janelle monae

[bossygifs]

(Insp)

#glass onion #fire #explosion #knives out #benoit blanc #helen brand #miles bron #claire debella #lionel toussaint #leslie odom jr #kathryn hahn #daniel craig #janelle monae #edward norton #movieedit #moviegifs #filmedit #filmgifs #spoilers #glass onion spoilers

[holypowell]

#LIKE WHAT WAS THAT #slow ride honest to god fr playing over their pissing contest takes me out every single time #IM SCREAMING #has this been done yet #this is the best thing i’ve done personally #shitposting that got me popular on stan twt >>> #transferring it onto here #my brand #top gun maverick #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #top gun #sereshaw #hangster #top gun: maverick #glen powell #miles teller #mine

[everyscreentoobeseen]

Just realized the biggest irony in having Miles take the fall for burning the Mona Lisa. Miles made an entire career out of taking credit for other people's achievements and always having a "disruptor" take the fall when one of his idiotic ideas might backfire on him.

But when Helen (yes it was actually Helen who burned the mona Lisa) burns the most famous art piece in the world, all his disruptors plan to blame him. Talk about comeuppance.

#glass onion spoilers #glass onion #david craig #janelle monae #knives out #helen brand #benoit blanc #miles bron

[a-door-to-somewhere]

Rewatched glass onion, here's some more things I liked that I picked up on the second time around

- Helen's face as she destroys the box- it's not the calm coolness we see from 'andi' it's grief

- peg's already putting put fires in the box opening scene

- the invitation has an evil eye on it, symbolizing jealousy, ill wishing (which killed andi)

- birdie claims she says what everyone's thinking but doesn't want to say. On the boat, she tells 'andi' (helen) "nobody wants you here," but miles greets andi with a "I'm so glad you came."

- andi could've just taken a picture of the napkin itself as evidence. But she deliberately sent the proof to only the Shitheads, instead of just to the courts. In that scene, a picture of an ourobouros is behind her, symbolizing the cycle of manipulation, blackmail, and games between the rich bitches

- we all get to see what the Shitheads look like while they lie in the court scene (Claire stutters, avoids eye contact, Birdie is too casual, Lionel is too quiet, etc.) And they're all terrible at it. The lot of them really didn't straight up lie at all- the most they did was lie by omission, until it came to flat put deny visual evidence for miles.

- miles gets all squirrely when Benoit asks why his car is 'here,' because he'd just been driving it around on another continent to kill andi and such- so it's not one of a kind, either

- miles makes a dumbass comment to whiskey about the necklace he gave her

- while there certainly is a chekhov's smoking napkin, the random guy, Derol, was actually just a random guy

#glass onion #knives out spoilers #knives out #glass onion spoilers #movie details #birdie jay #benoit blanc #miles bron #lionel toussaint #claire debella #peg glass onion #cassandra brand #andi brand #helen brand #a door opens up

[janknabobfdi]

Can we just talk about how different the killers' plans were between the two movies

Ransom used a secret passage way only Harlan knows about to switch the medication to get Marta's inheritance nullified by the slayer rule. With the only evidence pointing to him being a few dog barks and a senile grandma.

If Marta didn't give Harlan the right medications by touch she wouldn't even KNOW that she killed someone, the toxicology report would notice a morphine overdose and she gets arrested for medical negligence.

Despite Marta actually giving Harlan the right medications and being witnessed the Fran, He manages to improvise his way into silencing Fran and framing Marta for her murder.

Literally the only reason why his plan didn't work was because he underestimated Marta's competency as a nurse.

Meanwhile Miles drove his SIGNATURE CAR on his way to kill Andi, Gave Duke his glass IN PLAIN SIGHT in front of everyone and lied about being the target despite the fact that toxicology reports will say that Duke had PINEAPPLE JUICE instead of poison. WHEN MILES ISN'T ALLERGIC TO PINEAPPLE JUICE.

#knives out #glass onion #benoit blanc #marta cabrera #ransom drysdale #harlan thrombey #miles bron #andi brand #duke cody

[jesuisici33]

omg miles really is an idiot when he shot helen he had a glove on hoping that would make sure no fingerprints would be on the gun but when he took duke’s gun earlier he was barehanded which means his fingerprints WERE ALREADY on the gun making the glove useless what a fucking idiot

#glass onion #knives out glass onion #glass onion spoilers #knives out glass onion spoilers #miles bron #helen brand

[saving-stark]

You know, this scene is so much more visceral watching it the second time round, cause this time, you know it’s literal

#andi brand #glass onion #knives out #janelle monae #Helen brand #Benoit blanc #the glass onion #miles bron #Daniel craig