Didn't like the players, fell asleep.

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Originally posted by Ripley:
Didn't like the players, fell asleep.

I watched it over Christmas with friends and we all agreed that it sucked, hard. Way, way, way too long at 2 1/2 hours and just a ridiculous storyline. I’m also pretty sure the director was trying to mock Elon Musk via the Edward Norton character or that’s at least how critics are reading it.

It seems to me like one of these movies that critics just adore, but most people who see it are underwhelmed or think it was terrible.

I too started dozing off halfway through and made myself power through it.

I liked it and I liked Knives out.

That said I totally got the Elon Musk vibe when watching, without anything external “telling me” to get that vibe.

I punched out early...

They just tried too hard...too many flips and scenes within scenes...

There is such a thing as "too much"...and they hit that level.

Really liked Knives Out --a lot. Didn't care for this new one at all, really disappointing.

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Originally posted by BGULL:

Janelle Monáe‘S character especially in Southern mode was particularly good. The other casting worked. The cameos were fun.

Janelle's Southern is real. She's from Atlanta.

Craig's Southern is just plain insulting.

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Craig's Southern is just plain insulting

I believe that is part of the joke of the character and not necessarily a lack of Craig's acting chops. I could be wrong but I think that is the case.

Guess I need to see the first one because this one to me seemed too much of overacted characters and was not that enjoyable to me.
It was disappointing to me, which is unusual as I generally can tolerate most anything.
Maybe seeing the first one is better and can get me more in tune to the vibe?

It was fair. I liked the first one better, probably because it was new.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
It was fair.

Rather shallow meaning no real depth to story or characters.
Fodder for insomniacs.

The Critical Drinker was not a fan.



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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:

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Originally posted by BGULL:

Janelle Monáe‘S character especially in Southern mode was particularly good. The other casting worked. The cameos were fun.

Janelle's Southern is real. She's from Atlanta.

Craig's Southern is just plain insulting.

Craig's is tongue-in-cheek, Foghorn Leghorn stuff. It's part of the joke.

I think it's kind of making fun of Kenneth Branagh's turn as Hercule Poirot, which seems to be not much more than a vehicle for the actor's ridiculous Belgian accent.

FWIW, I was bored by Glass Onion but I also didn't really like Knives Out all that much. Hated the last 30 minutes of exposition.

Craig's Southern is a direct copy of Kevin Spacey in House of Cards.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Craig's Southern is just plain insulting.

Craig's is tongue-in-cheek, Foghorn Leghorn stuff. It's part of the joke.

This ^^^^^

I don't believe the movie was meant to be taken seriously. I believe it was meant to be a send-up.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Guess I need to see the first one because this one to me seemed too much of overacted characters and was not that enjoyable to me.

The first one was FAR better

IIRC the director just wanted to call the movie “Glass Onion” as it has no connection to Knives Out except for Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). It was the Netflix suits that made him use “ Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”.

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Originally posted by cslinger:

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Craig's Southern is just plain insulting

I believe that is part of the joke of the character and not necessarily a lack of Craig's acting chops. I could be wrong but I think that is the case.

Depending on how you look at it, Hollywood likes to portray men with drawls and rural accents as being self-assured & gregarious, surly & patronizing or, a bigoted dim-wit....or, a pathetic combination of all those character traits.

* Craig's character is an exaggeration, just like the others.
* Hudson is the dingbat fashion model struggling to be relevant, even if it means investing in an athletic apparel brand made in a foreign sweat shop...because she thought that's where sweats are made.
* Katherine Hahn plays your stereotypical NorthEastern achievement oriented women, breaking ceilings and aspiring for higher political office married to a beta husband. Her character should've had that nasely New England accent and resembled Clinton or, Warren.
* Bautista is a gamer, who turns into a X-Games wannabe, who ages-out and is scrapping by as a mens rights vloger. Rather telling they portrayed him as being overly jacked, tatted-up, bringing his handgun and shooting it off inexplicably in a foreign country, wearing a Don't Tread On Me holster ...and he's named Duke.
* Norton's Bron character is definitely channeling Howard Hughes or, Elon Musk. He thinks he's smarter than everyone in every room he walks into.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Guess I need to see the first one because this one to me seemed too much of overacted characters and was not that enjoyable to me.

The first one was FAR better

IIRC the director just wanted to call the movie “Glass Onion” as it has no connection to Knives Out except for Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). It was the Netflix suits that made him use “ Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”.

Watched the first one last night and I agree - it was MUCH better.
I thought the second was much contrived and over-acted, not enjoyable for me.