On a rewatch the true joy of seeing Helen posed as Mona Lisa surfaces / and the glass destruction scene follows Miles instruction on how to be a disruptor exactly, including the double finger gesture.
7:20 RIP Stephen Sondheim and Angela Landsbury! 💔 Stephen Sondheim passed away this year at 93 I think. He wrote Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics to West Side story. Sondheim Wrote a mystery film called The Last of Shiela, which Rian Johnson said he drew inspiration from. The man was a legend. Angela Landsbury, in addition to starring in Murder She Wrote, was also the original Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway. As a die hard Musicals nerd, I literally squealed when I saw their cameos. Especially playing Among Us.
Actually Stephen Sondheim died last year right after Thanksgiving and Angela Lansbury is the one who died this year, but ya, they were both absolutely amazing people who were true legends in musical communities
Janelle did legitimately play two characters: She portrayed Andi in the flashbacks-- when the movie showed how all the friends gathered together at the Glass Onion and she introduced Miles to the group, then when Andi told Miles she would not support KLEAR and split the company, in the courtroom, and again when Miles poisoned her in her kitchen. She played Helen the rest of the time. An interesting detail most people have failed to mention is the difference in Helen's and Andi's hair part. Helen's hair is parted on the right side and Andi's on the left. This is something that tends to occur with identical twins who are essentially mirror images of each other. Subliminally, this would have been the first clue to the group that something wasn't quite right with Andi. Claire feeling as though something was off with Andi could be attributed to her brain subconsciously noting the difference in the hair part, but her consciously dismissing it. As for GLASS ONION, overall, bravo! 👏🏼 👏🏼 All should "take a moment to just "inbreathiate" its brilliance. This word was the first real clue of Miles' colossal stupidity. Blanc eventually told the audience, during the pre-dinner planning discussion with Helen on the beach, that Miles would have to be stupid to have been the one to kill Andi. Most of us, of course, brushed that very obvious first clue off, because Blanc did. He came right back around to the very first realization-- Miles is a dumba**, so of course he would do it. Man, I love how consistently clever the movie is. I agree with you that THE LAST JEDI is a beautiful movie, definitely the best of the sequel trilogy. Rian got the best work out of all the actors, the cinematography was glorious, and the script was the least derivative. Great watch along and review!
I think one people forget too is the reason why he dismissed Miles (before going to the island, in Helen's flashbacks). He says that Miles is too smart to kill Andi. Because there's a chance of the envelope getting out (aka making him prime suspect). And he could get someone else to do it. And then he realizes: Miles is an idiot. So he wouldn't have realized this.
One detail I catched in my first rewatch and I loved is, and this is not as important or as impressive as other fun facts but I found ot genius, is when Miles is about to give Duke his glass, he constantly pointed at Birdie's dress "Look at her" "Look at the colors on the dress" and the other characters where like "Yeah, Birdie" including Duke, that simple dialogue not only managed to distract the characters of what he was doing, but he also subconsciously distracted the audience. Brilliant.
I appreciate that you have a long post-movie chat. So many reaction channels fail to sum up their thoughts afterwards or discuss the movie as a whole to really open up a discussion, they just see the credits and go "Thanks for watching. Like and subscribe, bye!"
@7:56, we hear a gunshot. But because we assume that a gunshot would be out of place, we dismiss that initial assessment and went with a more "realistic" or "suitable to the situation" explanation of that sound - a vehicle backfiring. That immediate jump was followed by the sound of a loud motorcycle which just solidifies our adjustment of expectations. ONLY to be followed by continuous gunshots seconds later. That is basically the entire movie. At one point or another, we suspect who the "bad guy" is but dismisses ourselves because of one reason or another. This scene essentially foreshadows what the movie is at its core - our initial instinct / deduction is correct all along.
well hello fellow tlj enjoyers and intellectuals!! knives out is one of my all-time favorite films for both quality and also personal reasons but i still saw this movie three times in the theaters and i loved that i kept catching new details every time! cant wait to see your reaction :) edit: the Mona Lisa sounds adds to the tension, like you can see the characters visibly flinching sometimes, and often it punctuates the dialogue. the closeups are to underline the way miles talks about her as an inscrutable observer and the way andi identifies with her, knowing more than she lets on
This was fantastic, Derek! Your commentary had me crying laughing at times. It's amazing how many things you pick up on during subsequent rewatches, like Blanc referring to "Andi" as Helen before she got shot. Rian Johnson did a wonderful job on this film, and Janelle Monae is a superstar!
The painting was to divert your attention from what was really happening. Like the cast, everyone's attention was on something else. Where it was the painting's case opening and closing, or watching Birdie dance. The whole idea was so you didn't pay attention to Miles handing his drink to Duke. So when Miles said Duke took his drink, that's what we all remember. 😅
Thanks, Derek! I also love THE LAST JEDI. 🔍 I loved this mystery, too... and I worked with one of the minor actors, Jackie Hoffman... some years ago in Manhattan. In THE GLASS ONION she played the smart-mouthed mother of 'Duke Cody' in a few scenes near the beginning... had some great, sarcastic lines. #SleepyWaffles #RianJohnson #GlassOnion
As Duke's mom she reminded me of my mother. She would literally hand me a laundry basket she was carrying to free up her hands to slap me into next week for doing or saying something stupid.
jack dorsey is infamous for not having any sart devices or mobiles in his home, pretty sure the fax machine is a play on that. i think the over the top dumbass billionaire who capitalises on the people closest is also very zuckerburg- i thought that dave batistas character bringing his young hot girlfriends by was also a little epstieny nod too- as well as the secret island that all the locals wanna stay away from. Cant wait for the next one, love that benoit's partner is hugh grant and that he plays among us with other celebrities, including angela landsbury rip famous for murder she wrote!
i just loved the placement as a Chekov's gun. I also loved how the destruction of it was foreshadowed at the very beginning in the scene where miles serenades dave batista's girlfriend on the beach before just discarding the valuable beatles guitar with no thought, because it was "worth it to see the look on your face" as it not only shows how miles will discard anything of value when it no longer serves him- and then the Mona lisa is destroyed with no thought because Helen knew it would be worth it "to see the look on his face"
You were not far off with your guesses there. Absolutely loved this movie. Also, for me. I think Rogue one was peak Star Wars for me. Encapsulates everything Star Wars has ever been.
I was kind of spoiled because I went to Wikipedia to look up all of the cast names, and it has Janelle Monae as both Andi and Helen, so I was expecting a twin.
Definitely a worthy sequel, loved it. Great reaction as usual. Also, agree about The Last Jedi, although I still prefer both SW: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back over it.
THANK YOU!! As an OG Star Wars fan who didn't like the prequels, I totally loved The Last Jedi. And I don't care about all the drama surrounding this film. If others didn't like it, that's on them. That's their opinion. It's not mine, and I don't care to discuss it further
wow that's brave of you to say that about TLJ lol. But seriously tho it's my favourite as well, and imo succeeds in bringing in new fans like myself to the franchise. I think most people who hate it are hardcore og fans who cling to their own expectations a bit too much.
Na. Just more outspoken people that hate it. But, by all means, be sure to reply to every comment on this video letting everyone know that TLJ is "a terrible movie and all."
I enjoy THE LAST JEDI, as well. It's definitely my favorite of the sequel trilogy. Of the Disney era movies, it and ROGUE ONE are neck and neck as my favorite, for different reasons.
Great reaction! This was a fun one, IMO on par with Knives Out. Honestly, if you have enjoyed this film, and the original Knives Out, you'll probably like Brick, his noir mystery debut.
Something I haven’t heard mentioned. Is that Kanye on the mural? Maybe u did comment on it and I missed. Me my wife was cracking up at the rediculous Kanye mural on the wall in the dining room.
Well, you're not going to get any flak from me for appreciating The Last Jedi. It's probably my second favorite Star Wars movie as well, after Rogue One.
The big news event people were talking about was Musk buying Twitter than messing it up. Miles' line about 'sometimes you don't break the things people dislike, but true disruptors break the things people like' seemed like a direct reference to this.
On a rewatch the true joy of seeing Helen posed as Mona Lisa surfaces / and the glass destruction scene follows Miles instruction on how to be a disruptor exactly, including the double finger gesture.
I had an aneurysm reading that....
7:20 RIP Stephen Sondheim and Angela Landsbury! 💔
Stephen Sondheim passed away this year at 93 I think. He wrote Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics to West Side story. Sondheim Wrote a mystery film called The Last of Shiela, which Rian Johnson said he drew inspiration from. The man was a legend.
Angela Landsbury, in addition to starring in Murder She Wrote, was also the original Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway.
As a die hard Musicals nerd, I literally squealed when I saw their cameos. Especially playing Among Us.
Actually Stephen Sondheim died last year right after Thanksgiving and Angela Lansbury is the one who died this year, but ya, they were both absolutely amazing people who were true legends in musical communities
And my personal favorite of hers was blue Hawaii with Elvis
And there was an homage to The Last of Sheila with the dock scene.
The insurance policy will not cover the mona lisa. he installed the over-write button
Janelle did legitimately play two characters: She portrayed Andi in the flashbacks-- when the movie showed how all the friends gathered together at the Glass Onion and she introduced Miles to the group, then when Andi told Miles she would not support KLEAR and split the company, in the courtroom, and again when Miles poisoned her in her kitchen. She played Helen the rest of the time. An interesting detail most people have failed to mention is the difference in Helen's and Andi's hair part. Helen's hair is parted on the right side and Andi's on the left. This is something that tends to occur with identical twins who are essentially mirror images of each other. Subliminally, this would have been the first clue to the group that something wasn't quite right with Andi. Claire feeling as though something was off with Andi could be attributed to her brain subconsciously noting the difference in the hair part, but her consciously dismissing it.
As for GLASS ONION, overall, bravo! 👏🏼 👏🏼 All should "take a moment to just "inbreathiate" its brilliance. This word was the first real clue of Miles' colossal stupidity. Blanc eventually told the audience, during the pre-dinner planning discussion with Helen on the beach, that Miles would have to be stupid to have been the one to kill Andi. Most of us, of course, brushed that very obvious first clue off, because Blanc did. He came right back around to the very first realization-- Miles is a dumba**, so of course he would do it. Man, I love how consistently clever the movie is.
I agree with you that THE LAST JEDI is a beautiful movie, definitely the best of the sequel trilogy. Rian got the best work out of all the actors, the cinematography was glorious, and the script was the least derivative.
Great watch along and review!
I think one people forget too is the reason why he dismissed Miles (before going to the island, in Helen's flashbacks).
He says that Miles is too smart to kill Andi. Because there's a chance of the envelope getting out (aka making him prime suspect). And he could get someone else to do it.
And then he realizes: Miles is an idiot. So he wouldn't have realized this.
This was a good Knives Out sequel, Janelle Monae was so fantastic in this.
One detail I catched in my first rewatch and I loved is, and this is not as important or as impressive as other fun facts but I found ot genius, is when Miles is about to give Duke his glass, he constantly pointed at Birdie's dress "Look at her" "Look at the colors on the dress" and the other characters where like "Yeah, Birdie" including Duke, that simple dialogue not only managed to distract the characters of what he was doing, but he also subconsciously distracted the audience. Brilliant.
I appreciate that you have a long post-movie chat. So many reaction channels fail to sum up their thoughts afterwards or discuss the movie as a whole to really open up a discussion, they just see the credits and go "Thanks for watching. Like and subscribe, bye!"
The Last Jedi is my second favorite STAR WARS film as well. And I'm someone who was there on opening weekend in 1977.
@7:56, we hear a gunshot. But because we assume that a gunshot would be out of place, we dismiss that initial assessment and went with a more "realistic" or "suitable to the situation" explanation of that sound - a vehicle backfiring. That immediate jump was followed by the sound of a loud motorcycle which just solidifies our adjustment of expectations. ONLY to be followed by continuous gunshots seconds later.
That is basically the entire movie. At one point or another, we suspect who the "bad guy" is but dismisses ourselves because of one reason or another.
This scene essentially foreshadows what the movie is at its core - our initial instinct / deduction is correct all along.
well hello fellow tlj enjoyers and intellectuals!! knives out is one of my all-time favorite films for both quality and also personal reasons but i still saw this movie three times in the theaters and i loved that i kept catching new details every time! cant wait to see your reaction :)
edit: the Mona Lisa sounds adds to the tension, like you can see the characters visibly flinching sometimes, and often it punctuates the dialogue. the closeups are to underline the way miles talks about her as an inscrutable observer and the way andi identifies with her, knowing more than she lets on
This was fantastic, Derek! Your commentary had me crying laughing at times. It's amazing how many things you pick up on during subsequent rewatches, like Blanc referring to "Andi" as Helen before she got shot. Rian Johnson did a wonderful job on this film, and Janelle Monae is a superstar!
I cried at the scene where Benoit said "it's blanc'ing time," and blanc'ed all over the place. Pure masterpiece
The painting was to divert your attention from what was really happening. Like the cast, everyone's attention was on something else. Where it was the painting's case opening and closing, or watching Birdie dance. The whole idea was so you didn't pay attention to Miles handing his drink to Duke. So when Miles said Duke took his drink, that's what we all remember. 😅
“Inbreathiate” took me out the first time I heard it…like that is def not a word 💀💀😂
Thanks, Derek! I also love THE LAST JEDI. 🔍 I loved this mystery, too... and I worked with one of the minor actors, Jackie Hoffman... some years ago in Manhattan. In THE GLASS ONION she played the smart-mouthed mother of 'Duke Cody' in a few scenes near the beginning... had some great, sarcastic lines. #SleepyWaffles #RianJohnson #GlassOnion
As Duke's mom she reminded me of my mother. She would literally hand me a laundry basket she was carrying to free up her hands to slap me into next week for doing or saying something stupid.
I had some friends with mothers like that, too. 🍻
You got a subscription to your channel from me just for saying how much you liked The Last Jedi!
Serendipity! Just as I was looking for Glass Onion reviews!
jack dorsey is infamous for not having any sart devices or mobiles in his home, pretty sure the fax machine is a play on that. i think the over the top dumbass billionaire who capitalises on the people closest is also very zuckerburg- i thought that dave batistas character bringing his young hot girlfriends by was also a little epstieny nod too- as well as the secret island that all the locals wanna stay away from. Cant wait for the next one, love that benoit's partner is hugh grant and that he plays among us with other celebrities, including angela landsbury rip famous for murder she wrote!
I do think the sounds and shots of the Mona Lisa were to distract the viewers so they'd miss some of the clues, and it definitely worked, in my case.
i just loved the placement as a Chekov's gun. I also loved how the destruction of it was foreshadowed at the very beginning in the scene where miles serenades dave batista's girlfriend on the beach before just discarding the valuable beatles guitar with no thought, because it was "worth it to see the look on your face" as it not only shows how miles will discard anything of value when it no longer serves him- and then the Mona lisa is destroyed with no thought because Helen knew it would be worth it "to see the look on his face"
You were not far off with your guesses there. Absolutely loved this movie. Also, for me. I think Rogue one was peak Star Wars for me. Encapsulates everything Star Wars has ever been.
29:43 Your cat scratching at the door 😂
I was kind of spoiled because I went to Wikipedia to look up all of the cast names, and it has Janelle Monae as both Andi and Helen, so I was expecting a twin.
Definitely a worthy sequel, loved it. Great reaction as usual. Also, agree about The Last Jedi, although I still prefer both SW: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back over it.
THANK YOU!! As an OG Star Wars fan who didn't like the prequels, I totally loved The Last Jedi. And I don't care about all the drama surrounding this film.
If others didn't like it, that's on them. That's their opinion. It's not mine, and I don't care to discuss it further
For me, Janelle Monae played both Helen and Andy GREAT JOB. I ENJOY A GREAT WHO DONE IT, THIS ONE GAVE ME A RUN FOR MY MONEY. GRRAT JOB EVERYONE
THANK GOD, ANOTHER SANE PERSON WHO SEES the greatness of the last jedi.
TLJ = masterpiece, one of my favourite films.
@@Henipah That's such a crazy statement that 99% of people will assume you're joking
@@Shzzaam because it is horrible
wow that's brave of you to say that about TLJ lol. But seriously tho it's my favourite as well, and imo succeeds in bringing in new fans like myself to the franchise. I think most people who hate it are hardcore og fans who cling to their own expectations a bit too much.
I heard to gong is Joseph Gordon levitt
Not a hot take, btw. There are people that hate TLJ, but tons of people also love it.
Wayyyyy more that hate it though, it being a terrible movie and all
Na. Just more outspoken people that hate it. But, by all means, be sure to reply to every comment on this video letting everyone know that TLJ is "a terrible movie and all."
I enjoy THE LAST JEDI, as well. It's definitely my favorite of the sequel trilogy. Of the Disney era movies, it and ROGUE ONE are neck and neck as my favorite, for different reasons.
4:46 so true tho
Great reaction! This was a fun one, IMO on par with Knives Out. Honestly, if you have enjoyed this film, and the original Knives Out, you'll probably like Brick, his noir mystery debut.
This movie didn't disappoint!!!!@@@@
12:40 A-- I-- YALL----
😂 You were not as wrong as you think--I feel like you caught a lot of things and commented on them before they were revealed.
Something I haven’t heard mentioned. Is that Kanye on the mural? Maybe u did comment on it and I missed. Me my wife was cracking up at the rediculous Kanye mural on the wall in the dining room.
51:15 electric cars are not gonna stop us breeders...
THANK YOU for saying you like The Last Jedi. I thought I was the only one who liked it.
Well, you're not going to get any flak from me for appreciating The Last Jedi. It's probably my second favorite Star Wars movie as well, after Rogue One.
The big news event people were talking about was Musk buying Twitter than messing it up. Miles' line about 'sometimes you don't break the things people dislike, but true disruptors break the things people like' seemed like a direct reference to this.
Omg! I was closing my ears and shouting ‘la la la la’ knowing you might say ‘The last Jedi’ and you did 😮😮 😱🥺😭😓
Joking aside, I did like this movie 🍿
It's the GOAT star wars movie
The last Jedi was godawful.
Nah. Top 3 star wars film
@@SleepyWaffles not even close. It eviscerated the general feel of Star Wars.
Nah it's an incredible film
@@SleepyWaffles which completely disrespects the continuity it’s supposed to be in.
How so?