I like how the sisters were named Cassandra and Helen. In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was blessed with visions of the future, but cursed that no one would believe her. And Helen started a war that burned everything to the ground.
Omg it takes place in Greece, Cassandra saw potential in everyone and knew that Klear would fail. Helen came as Cassandra for justice and brought up chaos, just to burn it all. And it all happened in Greece, this was definitely intentional! So cool you pointed it out!
The more reactions I watch, the more amazed I am that all of us completely missed Blanc calling "Andi" Helen when they run into each other before she gets shot.
@@Selenielka since he says stuff like “halle barry!” as an exclamation, i just assumed when i first watched it that it was just another weird little thing he says lol
Best part of this film is how before the flashback as an audience member you’re wondering when the murder mystery is going to start; but after the flashback reveal, you realize Benoit and Helen have been in the murder mystery the entire time. Such a smart story.
It's not smart at all. Jesus. It cheats the audience out of ever being able to solve the mystery themselves by hiding info and ret-conning scenes. I will never understand people thinking Johnson is a good writer. It's insane.
@@Me-eg9dm That’s the entire point of a whodunnit lol. You’re supposed to be able to put the pieces together based on what’s on screen. This film cheats you out of that because Rian isn’t smart enough to do that.
@@spenser9908 I wouldn't say that it's impossible to solve. Sure twins isn't a given but the characters who know Andi say that she's acting different, that she's not quite right, and so it's not too ambitious to expect people to guess she's a twin. Maybe the whole murder covered as a suicide isn't that obvious or that Benoit is working with Helen, but you can make the connection between its not Andi and Benoit was "invited" by someone else. Its not impossible.
I personally thought it was a nice touch for Miles to have an idea stolen from him. Helen used his idea for "Disruption" against him. First she started small with things that everyone agreed needed to be broken(the glass sculptures), then went bigger and bigger until people were telling her she needed to top. Then crossed the line by torching the Mona Lisa. Also, what I found the funniest was that Benoit was actually more angry about the stupidity of the murders than the murders themselves. He was just so disappointed.
He was def angry over the murders, but he probably was even more pissed that a bunch of smarter people were taken advantage of by someone so stupid and so devoid of his own thoughts that all he knew how to do was steal. He’s also prob a little upset at himself for even thinking that the guy might’ve been some genius.
In Knives Out, the cast didn't know the voice he'd be using until that scene where he stops Martha from confessing to the family. That look of shock on the familys' face is real, cause they weren't expecting that accent. 😁
The guy that played Darryl was the same actor that played the trooper in the first movie. It's my head Canon that he was there undercover as Benoit's backup
“A fugue is a beautiful musical puzzle, based on just one tune, and when you layer this tune on top of itself, it starts to change and turns into a beautiful new structure.” Yo-Yo Ma essentially spoils the structure of the film in the beginning. We see the entire murder from the perspective of everyone else, thinking that Blanc and Andi (Helen) are not in cahoots. But once the film reveals that Andi is actually Helen and shows the perspective of Blanc and Helen, the whole puzzle (or film) "starts to change into a beautiful new structure". It's brilliant. It's a fresh take on the Murder Mystery genre.
there's more hints and foreshadowing in the puzzles: the fibonaccit spiral where the envelope is hidden, the chess move is called a fool's mate, both showing that Miles truly is an idiot
Omg it is Yo-Yo Ma!! It was bugging me ever since I watched this, cause I just couldn’t place where I knew him … now it makes the puzzle scene even better!
You people keep telling us that it's a purposely dumb film the same way a glass onion has no layers to read into, yet you come out with this pretentious over-analysis schtick lol. Which is it?
One of the craziest things about this movie, even on rewatches and reactions, Blanc calls her Helen out loud before the reveal that there's even a sister. And no one ever catches it. This movie doesn't hide everything just to reveal it at the end, some stuff they just blantly throw out there to test the memory and awareness of the audience. And that makes for an awesome murder mystery film. 10 out of 10 easily. Great reaction! The batman bar was priceless!!!!!
42:35 He had one of the most famous paintings in the world on a loan, and for most people that would be enough. But no, he just HAD to install an override to its protective case.
The styling of Miles holding the napkin like Elizabeth Holmes holding the little Theranos vial in that news article though. So many little details that call for many rewatchings.
4:49 That is Yo-Yo Ma the world famous Cellist (Cello Player). 6:28 The Amung Us players were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, and Natasha Lyonne 8:15 Another pandemic joke, it was the cure for C-19 That Light Sculture is called an "Infinity Icosahedron Light Sculpture", All the glass panels are 1 way mirrors, and all the joints have LCD lights lining them inside.
The director wants each Benoit Blanc movie to stand on its own. He didn't even want Knives Out to be listed anywhere in marketing materials for this movie but the studios went ahead and did it anyway. I think it would have been better if it was just listed as a Benoit Blanc Mystery. Cody you did an excellent impression of him. The movie truly was brilliant. I preferred Glass Onion better over Knives Out
I can understand why they did it the way they did though, cause even though I loved Benoit Blanc in Knives out, If this movie was titled a "Benoit Blanc" movie, I would have no clue who that is. Now that theres two movies with the titular detective, the next movies marketing can probably put a lot more focus on its independence.
the climax of the film follows miles’ speech about disruption and breaking things to a point, then breaking the thing that nobody wants you to break, but in an extremely literal way :)
It's rewarding to rewatch -- a lot of stuff is set up early but you don't notice it until it pays off later. I recommend watching at least once and, every time Birdie speaks, watch the other characters in the frame. There are some great reactions. (And then, after Birdie is a joke throughout the movie, she's the first one to turn at the end.)
Miles did'nt have any ideas on his own the entire movie Even is clothing styles in the flashbacks are stolen from others (Tom Cruise's character in Magnolia and Steve Jobs) and the picture with him holding the napkin is a direct reference of Elizabeth Holmes (the infamous Theranos founder) The "use a gun when the light's are off" came from Blanc himself and burning the napkin came from Lionel who asked him why he didn't do it already and kept it As Blanc realised at the end, he not a genius but a opportunistic bumb ass with a lot of selfconfidence
I loved the cast. I loved Daniel Craig. I loved how Hugh Grant clarified the fact that he is “married to James Bond” in this movie. I can’t wait for the next one. Funny how Daniel Craig has now made at least 2 movie franchises centered around him.
I hope Hugh Grant has more of a role in the next one. Maybe have the set up be that Blanc and Philip take a ski vacation (any vacation works, really; but the ski vacation would be a more unique setting) and while they're there, a murder happens. Then Philip can be Blanc's Watson.
I haven't seen anyone notice but when he runs into her right before she "dies" he says Helen. I noticed it and didn't think anything of it for a couple of minutes lol
2 cameos I love: 1st, Hugh Grant is actually Blanc's husband, Phillipe. (Yes, really!) 2nd, Serena Williams: *but* because she's actually reading the famous novel "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon. Referenced in "Knives Out," because Johnson is a Pynchon fan (was a guest on a podcast episode reviewing the Ouija board scene from "Inherent Vice" ...that adaptation's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who did "Magnolia"....AND during their Disruptors flashbacks in "Glass Onion," Miles is wardrobed to reference Tom Cruise's character from "Magnolia" !) ...The Yo-Yo Ma cameo's good too.
This film is amazing bc every piece of dialogue and every scene (besides the random guy lol) is essential to the plot. Down to the smokeless garden bc the entire fortress is run on Klear & a fire could spark an explosion. Every single scene is essential, which I think is amazing 😂
As a lover of Agatha Christie, it’s very funny to me how much this story is just “The Triangle At Roads” & “A Murder Is Announced” tossed into a blender. Mainly because those are my favorite Poirot & Miss Marple mysteries respectively. Triangle is about a bunch of rich people on vacation in Greece, one of whom ends up poisoned after seemingly drinking out of the wrong glass. It turns out the person who originally ordered the drink poisoned the glass himself in order to frame someone else. The biggest clue hinges on the fact everyone had preferred drinks, and that was the only time the killer ordered the victim’s drink, so that when she walked in & ordered it he could go, “Here, take mine.” The motive also involves a cheating scandal which turns out to not at all be what we first thought it’d be. “A Murder Is Announced” is about an entire small down discovering an anonymous invitation to a murder mystery party at one of their neighbor’s homes, but when they get there, she says she has no idea about it. After everyone is gathered in the living room, the lights go out and someone bursts in; in the resulting chaos, the lady of the house ends up injured and the “burglar” ends up shot with a gun belonging to one of the guests. Siblings & mistaken identities play a huge role, but in the end it hinges on the fact that only people who lived in that house could possibly have known how to short out the lights, and the lady of the house was the one who decided to turn the central heating on instead of lighting a fire, ensuring their was no source of light at all in that room. And the motive? Oh, she was impersonating her twin sister, and the “burglar” recognized her for who she really was. We even have the lady’s good friend slipping up and using the wrong name sometimes, and one of the victims is killed for realizing the killer wasn’t where they were supposed to be at the time of the original murder. And both killers go through with it partially for the potential inheritance, but primarily to preserve their own reputations.
"Clever!" "I guess..." I've seen an analysis of this scene talking about how it looks clever at first, but when you look deeper, it's not really. It's just a bunch of simple riddles that these 'disrupters' had trouble solving (it's third parties that give a bunch of big answers)
the fax machine was a small hint that the murderer was miles. apple doesn’t let the bad guy use their products in scripted media (and miles had a few references to steve jobs). and blanc playing among us told us there’s gonna be an imposter in the mix. the level of hints to the characters, the plot, etc is really layered and well placed. each find it so fun to discover. i definitely recommend multiple viewings.
@@simplyambyy We never see Miles holding the tablet though. We see Blanc catch it, and Miles must have thrown it, but we don't actually see him do it. This movie even gaslights the meta-viewers who know about Apple's movie rules! 🙂
Miles removing Andy from the company was inspired by Mark Zuckerberg doing the same to his friend Eduardo. It was mocking tech billionaires in general but especially Mr. Meta.
Every time I watch the scene with Blanc using the hot sauce to make himself cry I half expect Sean Evans to pop out of the bushes saying “Careful around the eyes”
Angela Lansbury is also in the Zoom call when Blanc is playing Among Us. Most known for playing Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is voice of "the hourly dong".
I'm proud that I knew Cody was allergic to pineapples, remembering I heard him say so after they got off the ship and before they got the spray in their mouths.
When you rewatch it (and you know you will) please pay attention to the music after Blanc says 'I'm not Batman'. when he gets the idea to have Helen impersonate Andi the composer subtly lays in the Danny Elfman Batman theme in the underscore. It's just one of many cheeky little details that makes this movie so much fun and so textured. Notice among the crystal and glass sculptures is a replica of the knives sculpture from the first movie. When Andi holds up the napkin Leslie Odam Jr. says to Edward norton 'You kept it? You didn't even burn it?' which gives Miles the idea of burning it. He then mugs to his scientist friend, aknowledging that the idea came from him. Miles shows his idiocy all the way through the movie... mispronouncing Gillian Flynn's name, etc. Cameos: The asian man who describes a fugue at Birdie's party is the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The voice of the hourly DONG is actor Joseph Gordon Levitt who has had parts in all of the directors' movies since BRICK. (He did a voice on tv in a scene from Knives Out at Marta's mother's house)...
37:12 First rule of storytelling - nothing is ever mentioned unless it comes up again later. Even if it's just a case of a leading character passing someone in the street at the beginning of the story and then at the end passing that same person at the end of the story
If you want to disrupt something, you start with something small. Something people wanted you to break. But then you keep going. People will tell you to stop. But that's true disruption. Because nobody wants you to break the system itself. Helen started by breaking a glass, then she built up to breaking the entire Glass Onion. Then Miles tried to get her to stop from breaking the Mona Lisa, but she's the true Disruptor.
I actually do like this one better because it is the kind of murder mystery I really like. I was in the minority and only just kinda liked the first one but found this one hilarous on all levels. I love that we are watching a mystery inside a mystery and that Benoit expected an intelligent adversary which is why he had trouble figuring out who the murderer was being bad at dumb things.
This movie was super fun, now if I’m comparing to the first one. Hands down the first. Does it deserve the meh reviews it got ? Not at all. I hope they do more and a sequel to bullet train omg it was SOOOO GOOD!
I actually think the second film is much better, in terms of creativity and writing. The first one is more of a traditional mystery movie, but I find this one much more original and creative (and smart). But that´s just me.
I think I just prefered the setting of the first one and the characters. It felt more cozy and fancy rather than a luscious summer vacation like this one.
was just thinking about how id love for you guys to react to this and this popped up! i like the first better, but this was still really good and really fun to watch
Yeah, this one was far more predictable, except for the twin twist, which could be considered cheating, but it was entertaining as you said. Good 2020 references and a charismatic cast
My favorite comment (that I’m not sure who said first) is that the first movie is an autumn movie, and the second movie is a summer movie. I want the next one to be winter themed! Also SPOILER: the movie starts on my bday 5/13, and Whiskey’s bday is my best friend’s bday 5/9~
I'm torn on whether Glass Onion is a spring or summer movie, since it canonically takes place in May. Either way, once they hit four, they could call it the "Kill For All Seasons" quadrilogy, after the fictional book that Trooper Wagner name-drops about the trick window in the first one. I vote Kelly Marie Tran as the next "woman of color that Benoit Blanc helps to self-actualize."
@@RobinHood3000 If the next one is a winter movie, then they could have the setup be Blanc and Philip (mostly because I hope Hugh Grant has more screen time in the next one) take a ski vacation, and then a murder happens. You could have Philip be Blanc's Watson, since he hasn't really had one yet. Neither Helen nor Marta really fit the role the Watson is designed to play, namely the audience surrogate who asks the detective to explain his reasoning.
I appreciate that someone else made the Hellraiser inference and I would pay good money to see Benoit Blanc versus the Cenobites. Just imagine: Rich Dinghole opens the box and plans to sacrifice 5 people (or however many) he knows by inviting them to his home to solve his "murder" and Blanc gets tied up in it, figures out he is alive, and then rules lawyers his way into convincing the Cenobites that Dinghole's offer can't be accepted and they drag him to Hell anyway. Pinhead makes some sort of offer to Blanc for being interesting and Blanc is his usual self, says something coy about the spouse trying a challah recipe soon that he promised he'd help with, and peaces out the end Roll Credits. Take my money.
38:24 I love about Blanca’s mystery movies is that the more he solves them, the more he grows frustrated over the complex stupidity and shitty ness of the suspects and the execution of the crime!
About halfway through I was 1000% convinced it was Derol. Because they were trained from the get-go that he didn't exist, even if he was right in front of them. Goes to show I could never be a detective lol
Loved your reactions! And the thing with watching is that you can get almost all the clues by yourself - while first watching, I was perplexed when Miles gave Duke his glas, I saw that while it happened, and also heard Blanc call 'Cassandra' Helen. But it is so good that they made it like that, bc then you CAN really guess with them and try to find the one responsible for yourself. And bc so many people missed those tiny clues - and I'm sure there are lots more - it certainly is rewatchable for that fact alone
The only question I had at the end was whether or not that guitar from the beginning was actually Paul McCartney's guitar. Because as we could see he was playing it right handed. I'd forgotten this little fact but was watching it with my dad and he commented on it straight away - Paul McCartney is left handed. So either that's just a right handed guitar he was playing and lied about who's guitar it was to show off (or he got cheated into renting what he thought was McCartney's guitar because he was too ignorant to know about it), or he's playing a left handed guitar right handed. Though I guess the main point is that that's someone else's property he was playing that he had on a lend, something that could be worth a lot of money to a lot of people, and he just unceremoniously dropped it.
I love the real world celebrity comparisons to the "Glass Onion" characters in this film. Miles Bron ( Edward Norton ) = Elon Musk Duke Cody ( David Bautista ) = Joe Rogan Lionel Toussaint ( Leslie Odom Jr. ) = Steve Wozniak ( to Miles Steve job ) Birdie Jay ( Kate Hudson ) = Kim/Kourtney/Khloe Kardashian Claire Debella ( Kathryn Hahn ) = Corrupt Politicians Derol = Kato Kaelin Alpha, Miles Company = 2022 Twitter Miles Car = Tesla
Oh yeah, and Netflicks essentially paid for a sequel already, and Both Johnson and Craig have indicated they're happy to make *at least* one more. So I think there'll be a sequel. Probably a couple of years or so away as Johnson likes to have immaculate plots and then direct the film, so it can't be rushed. But it will be worth the wait.
The way they zoomed in on Helen's face at the end threw me. I was like wait was it Cassandra the whole time that was pretending to be Helen!? I think at that point my brain was overthinking it.
Ill forever love the ending of this movie, her face as she hits the button is so good. Helen was the true disruptor, she did what no one else would and burned the fucking mona lisa 😂😂
Yeah totally just watched this for Benoa Blanc, my favorite thing about these movies, watched this in a heartbeat when I saw him in the advertisements, I would never watch another knives out movie if he isn't there no matter how good the next one would be if Blanc is not there it's never gonna be worth it 🤣
Yeah I didn't realize til I saw the second time how glaringly obvious miles was trying to distract everyone so he could give duke his glass, like jingling keys at a baby, going "ooh wow, look at her spin! Look at that dress!"
"Why would you hold it up to him?" BECAUSE - it was a small napkin with an even smaller watermark on it *that she wanted him to see!* It's not quite aa illogical as many make out. But overall, good reaction video guys. Cheers.
I think that the group saw an opportunity to cut ties with Miles, and they took it. He was going to crush all of their futures. They probably didn't flip on him out of the goodness of their heart.
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I like how the sisters were named Cassandra and Helen. In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was blessed with visions of the future, but cursed that no one would believe her. And Helen started a war that burned everything to the ground.
Nice! Wow
Omg! I hadn't made that connection!!!! 😂 That's awesome!
Man, that is fantastic. I did not even realize that. Also, it adds yet another layer given the fact that the story takes place in Greece.
Cassandra also had a twin named Helenus that also had the gift of prophecy
Omg it takes place in Greece, Cassandra saw potential in everyone and knew that Klear would fail. Helen came as Cassandra for justice and brought up chaos, just to burn it all. And it all happened in Greece, this was definitely intentional! So cool you pointed it out!
"It's Batman."
"I am NOT Batman."
Holy shit, flawless timing. 😆
Totally
The more reactions I watch, the more amazed I am that all of us completely missed Blanc calling "Andi" Helen when they run into each other before she gets shot.
Didn’t notice until editing 😂😂
I was oblivious at various different points but surprisingly noticed him calling her Helen for some reason lmao
@@Selenielka since he says stuff like “halle barry!” as an exclamation, i just assumed when i first watched it that it was just another weird little thing he says lol
And her southern accent too🤦🏼♂️😅
I thought it was related to the "Helle Berry!" thing earlier.
Best part of this film is how before the flashback as an audience member you’re wondering when the murder mystery is going to start; but after the flashback reveal, you realize Benoit and Helen have been in the murder mystery the entire time. Such a smart story.
Exactly! Its so genius in that regard!
It's not smart at all. Jesus. It cheats the audience out of ever being able to solve the mystery themselves by hiding info and ret-conning scenes. I will never understand people thinking Johnson is a good writer. It's insane.
@@spenser9908 Heck I don’t care if I can’t solve it I can’t solve it anyway I just want an entertaining plot and it did deliver.
@@Me-eg9dm That’s the entire point of a whodunnit lol. You’re supposed to be able to put the pieces together based on what’s on screen. This film cheats you out of that because Rian isn’t smart enough to do that.
@@spenser9908 I wouldn't say that it's impossible to solve. Sure twins isn't a given but the characters who know Andi say that she's acting different, that she's not quite right, and so it's not too ambitious to expect people to guess she's a twin. Maybe the whole murder covered as a suicide isn't that obvious or that Benoit is working with Helen, but you can make the connection between its not Andi and Benoit was "invited" by someone else. Its not impossible.
I personally thought it was a nice touch for Miles to have an idea stolen from him. Helen used his idea for "Disruption" against him. First she started small with things that everyone agreed needed to be broken(the glass sculptures), then went bigger and bigger until people were telling her she needed to top. Then crossed the line by torching the Mona Lisa.
Also, what I found the funniest was that Benoit was actually more angry about the stupidity of the murders than the murders themselves. He was just so disappointed.
He was def angry over the murders, but he probably was even more pissed that a bunch of smarter people were taken advantage of by someone so stupid and so devoid of his own thoughts that all he knew how to do was steal. He’s also prob a little upset at himself for even thinking that the guy might’ve been some genius.
In Knives Out, the cast didn't know the voice he'd be using until that scene where he stops Martha from confessing to the family. That look of shock on the familys' face is real, cause they weren't expecting that accent. 😁
The guy that played Darryl was the same actor that played the trooper in the first movie.
It's my head Canon that he was there undercover as Benoit's backup
omg i hadnt realized that yet!
I hope he's in the third one. That would be a neat little easter egg.
“A fugue is a beautiful musical puzzle, based on just one tune, and when you layer this tune on top of itself, it starts to change and turns into a beautiful new structure.”
Yo-Yo Ma essentially spoils the structure of the film in the beginning. We see the entire murder from the perspective of everyone else, thinking that Blanc and Andi (Helen) are not in cahoots. But once the film reveals that Andi is actually Helen and shows the perspective of Blanc and Helen, the whole puzzle (or film) "starts to change into a beautiful new structure".
It's brilliant. It's a fresh take on the Murder Mystery genre.
Ahh that’s so amazing. Gotta love the layers of detail
there's more hints and foreshadowing in the puzzles: the fibonaccit spiral where the envelope is hidden, the chess move is called a fool's mate, both showing that Miles truly is an idiot
I like how it's just casually Yo-Yo Ma too. Like what the fuck is he doing here lmao
Omg it is Yo-Yo Ma!! It was bugging me ever since I watched this, cause I just couldn’t place where I knew him … now it makes the puzzle scene even better!
You people keep telling us that it's a purposely dumb film the same way a glass onion has no layers to read into, yet you come out with this pretentious over-analysis schtick lol. Which is it?
I love the fact that the final shot of the movie is Helen sitting on the doc, in the exact pose as the Mona Lisa.
Cody googling who the world's greatest detective was, being Batman of course and in turn have Blanc say he wasn't Batman was perfect
One of the craziest things about this movie, even on rewatches and reactions, Blanc calls her Helen out loud before the reveal that there's even a sister. And no one ever catches it. This movie doesn't hide everything just to reveal it at the end, some stuff they just blantly throw out there to test the memory and awareness of the audience. And that makes for an awesome murder mystery film. 10 out of 10 easily. Great reaction! The batman bar was priceless!!!!!
42:35 He had one of the most famous paintings in the world on a loan, and for most people that would be enough. But no, he just HAD to install an override to its protective case.
The styling of Miles holding the napkin like Elizabeth Holmes holding the little Theranos vial in that news article though. So many little details that call for many rewatchings.
4:49 That is Yo-Yo Ma the world famous Cellist (Cello Player).
6:28 The Amung Us players were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, and Natasha Lyonne
8:15 Another pandemic joke, it was the cure for C-19
That Light Sculture is called an "Infinity Icosahedron Light Sculpture", All the glass panels are 1 way mirrors, and all the joints have LCD lights lining them inside.
RIP Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim.
The director wants each Benoit Blanc movie to stand on its own. He didn't even want Knives Out to be listed anywhere in marketing materials for this movie but the studios went ahead and did it anyway.
I think it would have been better if it was just listed as a Benoit Blanc Mystery. Cody you did an excellent impression of him. The movie truly was brilliant. I preferred Glass Onion better over Knives Out
I agree that that's what the subtitle should have been, but I fully understand why they did it that way.
I can understand why they did it the way they did though, cause even though I loved Benoit Blanc in Knives out, If this movie was titled a "Benoit Blanc" movie, I would have no clue who that is. Now that theres two movies with the titular detective, the next movies marketing can probably put a lot more focus on its independence.
the climax of the film follows miles’ speech about disruption and breaking things to a point, then breaking the thing that nobody wants you to break, but in an extremely literal way :)
It's rewarding to rewatch -- a lot of stuff is set up early but you don't notice it until it pays off later.
I recommend watching at least once and, every time Birdie speaks, watch the other characters in the frame. There are some great reactions. (And then, after Birdie is a joke throughout the movie, she's the first one to turn at the end.)
Even Whiskey when he’s explaining what a disrupter is, you can see her facial expressions kinda falter but she just corrects it & plays it off.
Miles did'nt have any ideas on his own the entire movie
Even is clothing styles in the flashbacks are stolen from others (Tom Cruise's character in Magnolia and Steve Jobs) and the picture with him holding the napkin is a direct reference of Elizabeth Holmes (the infamous Theranos founder)
The "use a gun when the light's are off" came from Blanc himself and burning the napkin came from Lionel who asked him why he didn't do it already and kept it
As Blanc realised at the end, he not a genius but a opportunistic bumb ass with a lot of selfconfidence
The double-take at Serena's cameo is golden. One would think MIles would be cheap enough to get pre-taped workouts, but he went the whole hog.
I loved the cast. I loved Daniel Craig. I loved how Hugh Grant clarified the fact that he is “married to James Bond” in this movie. I can’t wait for the next one. Funny how Daniel Craig has now made at least 2 movie franchises centered around him.
I haven't watched any James Bond movies, but because of Craig I kinda want to at least see the ones with him now.. Love the man as Benny
@@ConductiveFoam They're pretty decent I would say that they get worse as they go on, but they're all good fun. Casino Royale is timeless.
I hope Hugh Grant has more of a role in the next one. Maybe have the set up be that Blanc and Philip take a ski vacation (any vacation works, really; but the ski vacation would be a more unique setting) and while they're there, a murder happens. Then Philip can be Blanc's Watson.
@@ninakrishnamurthy6674Maybe.
They'll have a child but the child's grown up and that child will be the watson
@@moneylover318 That could be fun.
I haven't seen anyone notice but when he runs into her right before she "dies" he says Helen. I noticed it and didn't think anything of it for a couple of minutes lol
2 cameos I love: 1st, Hugh Grant is actually Blanc's husband, Phillipe. (Yes, really!) 2nd, Serena Williams: *but* because she's actually reading the famous novel "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon. Referenced in "Knives Out," because Johnson is a Pynchon fan (was a guest on a podcast episode reviewing the Ouija board scene from "Inherent Vice" ...that adaptation's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who did "Magnolia"....AND during their Disruptors flashbacks in "Glass Onion," Miles is wardrobed to reference Tom Cruise's character from "Magnolia" !)
...The Yo-Yo Ma cameo's good too.
This film is amazing bc every piece of dialogue and every scene (besides the random guy lol) is essential to the plot. Down to the smokeless garden bc the entire fortress is run on Klear & a fire could spark an explosion. Every single scene is essential, which I think is amazing 😂
As a lover of Agatha Christie, it’s very funny to me how much this story is just “The Triangle At Roads” & “A Murder Is Announced” tossed into a blender. Mainly because those are my favorite Poirot & Miss Marple mysteries respectively.
Triangle is about a bunch of rich people on vacation in Greece, one of whom ends up poisoned after seemingly drinking out of the wrong glass. It turns out the person who originally ordered the drink poisoned the glass himself in order to frame someone else. The biggest clue hinges on the fact everyone had preferred drinks, and that was the only time the killer ordered the victim’s drink, so that when she walked in & ordered it he could go, “Here, take mine.”
The motive also involves a cheating scandal which turns out to not at all be what we first thought it’d be.
“A Murder Is Announced” is about an entire small down discovering an anonymous invitation to a murder mystery party at one of their neighbor’s homes, but when they get there, she says she has no idea about it. After everyone is gathered in the living room, the lights go out and someone bursts in; in the resulting chaos, the lady of the house ends up injured and the “burglar” ends up shot with a gun belonging to one of the guests. Siblings & mistaken identities play a huge role, but in the end it hinges on the fact that only people who lived in that house could possibly have known how to short out the lights, and the lady of the house was the one who decided to turn the central heating on instead of lighting a fire, ensuring their was no source of light at all in that room.
And the motive? Oh, she was impersonating her twin sister, and the “burglar” recognized her for who she really was.
We even have the lady’s good friend slipping up and using the wrong name sometimes, and one of the victims is killed for realizing the killer wasn’t where they were supposed to be at the time of the original murder.
And both killers go through with it partially for the potential inheritance, but primarily to preserve their own reputations.
"Clever!" "I guess..."
I've seen an analysis of this scene talking about how it looks clever at first, but when you look deeper, it's not really. It's just a bunch of simple riddles that these 'disrupters' had trouble solving (it's third parties that give a bunch of big answers)
That Batman line was such perfect timing I couldn’t stop laughing😂😂😂😂
"It's Batman."
"I am not Batman"
That got me laughing, not gonna lie
the fax machine was a small hint that the murderer was miles. apple doesn’t let the bad guy use their products in scripted media (and miles had a few references to steve jobs).
and blanc playing among us told us there’s gonna be an imposter in the mix.
the level of hints to the characters, the plot, etc is really layered and well placed. each find it so fun to discover. i definitely recommend multiple viewings.
He had the apple tablet though, apple broke the rule in this movie
@@falconeshield forgot about that, tho i guess since he gave it to blanc, it technically wasn’t “his” anymore?
@@simplyambyy We never see Miles holding the tablet though. We see Blanc catch it, and Miles must have thrown it, but we don't actually see him do it. This movie even gaslights the meta-viewers who know about Apple's movie rules! 🙂
Loved it, loved your reaction, but was anyone else freaked out when Chucky suddenly appeared in the background?
I like how before the flashback we can see Helen put the recorder in birdies bag also when miles makes duke take his glass
And him putting the gun in the bowl
@@luiza.limaneves And Norton handing Bautista the MILES glass when he sits down.
Miles removing Andy from the company was inspired by Mark Zuckerberg doing the same to his friend Eduardo. It was mocking tech billionaires in general but especially Mr. Meta.
Every time I watch the scene with Blanc using the hot sauce to make himself cry I half expect Sean Evans to pop out of the bushes saying “Careful around the eyes”
Angela Lansbury is also in the Zoom call when Blanc is playing Among Us. Most known for playing Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is voice of "the hourly dong".
I'm proud that I knew Cody was allergic to pineapples, remembering I heard him say so after they got off the ship and before they got the spray in their mouths.
I saw him hand the drink to him the first time.
When you rewatch it (and you know you will) please pay attention to the music after Blanc says 'I'm not Batman'. when he gets the idea to have Helen impersonate Andi the composer subtly lays in the Danny Elfman Batman theme in the underscore. It's just one of many cheeky little details that makes this movie so much fun and so textured. Notice among the crystal and glass sculptures is a replica of the knives sculpture from the first movie. When Andi holds up the napkin Leslie Odam Jr. says to Edward norton 'You kept it? You didn't even burn it?' which gives Miles the idea of burning it. He then mugs to his scientist friend, aknowledging that the idea came from him. Miles shows his idiocy all the way through the movie... mispronouncing Gillian Flynn's name, etc.
Cameos: The asian man who describes a fugue at Birdie's party is the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The voice of the hourly DONG is actor Joseph Gordon Levitt who has had parts in all of the directors' movies since BRICK. (He did a voice on tv in a scene from Knives Out at Marta's mother's house)...
37:12 First rule of storytelling - nothing is ever mentioned unless it comes up again later. Even if it's just a case of a leading character passing someone in the street at the beginning of the story and then at the end passing that same person at the end of the story
Loved Cody’s guessing so much of the plot and seeing his reaction when they materialized!😂
I love how Blanc calls Clue "a dumb game" and yet that's exactly what he has Helen do - go from room to room, trying to find clues to solve a murder.
If you want to disrupt something, you start with something small. Something people wanted you to break. But then you keep going. People will tell you to stop. But that's true disruption. Because nobody wants you to break the system itself.
Helen started by breaking a glass, then she built up to breaking the entire Glass Onion. Then Miles tried to get her to stop from breaking the Mona Lisa, but she's the true Disruptor.
I actually do like this one better because it is the kind of murder mystery I really like. I was in the minority and only just kinda liked the first one but found this one hilarous on all levels. I love that we are watching a mystery inside a mystery and that Benoit expected an intelligent adversary which is why he had trouble figuring out who the murderer was being bad at dumb things.
I love this one more too!! I liked the story better and the setting is much more fun.
This screenplay is definitely worthy of an Oscar. Calling it now.
Oh please tell me you're joking.
The random guy walking around with the corona beer was supposed to represent COVID lol
This movie was super fun, now if I’m comparing to the first one. Hands down the first. Does it deserve the meh reviews it got ? Not at all. I hope they do more and a sequel to bullet train omg it was SOOOO GOOD!
I actually think the second film is much better, in terms of creativity and writing. The first one is more of a traditional mystery movie, but I find this one much more original and creative (and smart). But that´s just me.
I think I just prefered the setting of the first one and the characters. It felt more cozy and fancy rather than a luscious summer vacation like this one.
My brain is melting... It is stuck with the thought, thanks to you Carlos Salazar, Benoit Blanc meets Ladybug on a cruise ship.
The second was better
What meh reviews? The reception to this has been overwhelmingly positive.
notice how he only burns it after Lionel asks him why he didn’t already burn it, man has literally never had an original thought
*spray to the throat*
"He is unfazed!"
*My boyfriend and I side eye each other*
The hourly Dong was played by Joseph Gordon Levitt.
was just thinking about how id love for you guys to react to this and this popped up! i like the first better, but this was still really good and really fun to watch
Yeah, this one was far more predictable, except for the twin twist, which could be considered cheating, but it was entertaining as you said. Good 2020 references and a charismatic cast
My favorite comment (that I’m not sure who said first) is that the first movie is an autumn movie, and the second movie is a summer movie. I want the next one to be winter themed!
Also SPOILER:
the movie starts on my bday 5/13, and Whiskey’s bday is my best friend’s bday 5/9~
I'm torn on whether Glass Onion is a spring or summer movie, since it canonically takes place in May. Either way, once they hit four, they could call it the "Kill For All Seasons" quadrilogy, after the fictional book that Trooper Wagner name-drops about the trick window in the first one.
I vote Kelly Marie Tran as the next "woman of color that Benoit Blanc helps to self-actualize."
@@RobinHood3000 If the next one is a winter movie, then they could have the setup be Blanc and Philip (mostly because I hope Hugh Grant has more screen time in the next one) take a ski vacation, and then a murder happens. You could have Philip be Blanc's Watson, since he hasn't really had one yet. Neither Helen nor Marta really fit the role the Watson is designed to play, namely the audience surrogate who asks the detective to explain his reasoning.
I appreciate that someone else made the Hellraiser inference and I would pay good money to see Benoit Blanc versus the Cenobites. Just imagine: Rich Dinghole opens the box and plans to sacrifice 5 people (or however many) he knows by inviting them to his home to solve his "murder" and Blanc gets tied up in it, figures out he is alive, and then rules lawyers his way into convincing the Cenobites that Dinghole's offer can't be accepted and they drag him to Hell anyway. Pinhead makes some sort of offer to Blanc for being interesting and Blanc is his usual self, says something coy about the spouse trying a challah recipe soon that he promised he'd help with, and peaces out the end Roll Credits. Take my money.
38:24 I love about Blanca’s mystery movies is that the more he solves them, the more he grows frustrated over the complex stupidity and shitty ness of the suspects and the execution of the crime!
My favorite line in this movie is the breastification of America lmao. Imo just as good as the first can't wait for more
I love that you got it but “for all the wrong reasons.” You stuck with it! I figured it out and then second guessed it away by the end. 🤪
the 1st one was such a great mystery, it was great that they went the opposite direction. dumb antagonist who escapes but still doesnt escape
Omg the Batman/world's greatest detective bit 😂
26:07 I almost snorted water out of my nose, the timing of that comment was so perfect XD
About halfway through I was 1000% convinced it was Derol. Because they were trained from the get-go that he didn't exist, even if he was right in front of them. Goes to show I could never be a detective lol
The smoke alarm in the smokeless garden is the same alarm from the Golden eye N64 video game.
Loved your reactions! And the thing with watching is that you can get almost all the clues by yourself - while first watching, I was perplexed when Miles gave Duke his glas, I saw that while it happened, and also heard Blanc call 'Cassandra' Helen. But it is so good that they made it like that, bc then you CAN really guess with them and try to find the one responsible for yourself. And bc so many people missed those tiny clues - and I'm sure there are lots more - it certainly is rewatchable for that fact alone
The way you called out so many things before the reveal! The batman and mona lisa line was amazing haha
The only question I had at the end was whether or not that guitar from the beginning was actually Paul McCartney's guitar. Because as we could see he was playing it right handed. I'd forgotten this little fact but was watching it with my dad and he commented on it straight away - Paul McCartney is left handed.
So either that's just a right handed guitar he was playing and lied about who's guitar it was to show off (or he got cheated into renting what he thought was McCartney's guitar because he was too ignorant to know about it), or he's playing a left handed guitar right handed.
Though I guess the main point is that that's someone else's property he was playing that he had on a lend, something that could be worth a lot of money to a lot of people, and he just unceremoniously dropped it.
I love the real world celebrity comparisons to the "Glass Onion" characters in this film.
Miles Bron ( Edward Norton ) = Elon Musk
Duke Cody ( David Bautista ) = Joe Rogan
Lionel Toussaint ( Leslie Odom Jr. ) = Steve Wozniak ( to Miles Steve job )
Birdie Jay ( Kate Hudson ) = Kim/Kourtney/Khloe Kardashian
Claire Debella ( Kathryn Hahn ) = Corrupt Politicians
Derol = Kato Kaelin
Alpha, Miles Company = 2022 Twitter
Miles Car = Tesla
Miles did one smart thing this entire movie, he sent andy a box knowing she was dead.
Happy new year! This movie is fantastic, love every single cast member.
Let’s get to 100k!
I’m a newer subscriber to you guys but I just love your reaction videos to popular movies/shows, especially horror. Keep it up, you’re both awesome! 🙂
26:08 BEST PART OF THE VIDEO
Oh yeah, and Netflicks essentially paid for a sequel already, and Both Johnson and Craig have indicated they're happy to make *at least* one more. So I think there'll be a sequel. Probably a couple of years or so away as Johnson likes to have immaculate plots and then direct the film, so it can't be rushed. But it will be worth the wait.
HOW IS NO REACTOR RECOGNIZING ANGELA FLIPPING LANSBURY
*sees title*
No it's not, it's just dumb!
The music guy is Yo-Yo Ma. Joseph Gordon-Levitt voiced the "Dong."
Woo! You guessed it early!
Movie was actually good and super fun watch again again
rian is currently writing the script for knives out 3! so excited
I just found out the random guy in the background was Trooper Wagner from the first movie! 😂😂
The way they zoomed in on Helen's face at the end threw me. I was like wait was it Cassandra the whole time that was pretending to be Helen!? I think at that point my brain was overthinking it.
I think it was meant to emulate the Mona Lisa smile
Definitely subscribing, you two are great fun to watch. You got so into it.
Ill forever love the ending of this movie, her face as she hits the button is so good. Helen was the true disruptor, she did what no one else would and burned the fucking mona lisa 😂😂
I heared that they planed 3 Knive Out Movies.
Heard Rian Johnson is writing it now! I’m down for plenty more Benoit Blanc 😂
I love how I was just thinking about this movie and I see your video 😸
Apparently at the time of filming, Ethan Hawke was in the area filming for Moon Knight and came down to set for a day.
I highly recommend watching The Brothers Bloom. Same director, similar feel but with conmen.
Yeah totally just watched this for Benoa Blanc, my favorite thing about these movies, watched this in a heartbeat when I saw him in the advertisements, I would never watch another knives out movie if he isn't there no matter how good the next one would be if Blanc is not there it's never gonna be worth it 🤣
The drink switch was is the original scene its pretty epic how the movie makes you forget
Yeah I didn't realize til I saw the second time how glaringly obvious miles was trying to distract everyone so he could give duke his glass, like jingling keys at a baby, going "ooh wow, look at her spin! Look at that dress!"
Loved your reaction to knives out and am here for this!!
i would honestly watch someone rewatch it to catch all the hints and setups. I think that but be almost as much fun as to watch a first time reaction
I love Helen's little Mona Lisa smile at the end.
YAAAAY I am so glad you guys are doing this! Can't wait to watch. I really enjoyed this.
42:08 Amongst all the self-important phones she's the only true disruptor.
I like how the plot has layers like an oger. shit i meant onion
They recognized Kareen and Natasha but not Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Sondheim, and Angela Lansbury, lol
Also fun fact the hourly dongs voice is Joseph Gordon levitt
"Why would you hold it up to him?" BECAUSE - it was a small napkin with an even smaller watermark on it *that she wanted him to see!*
It's not quite aa illogical as many make out.
But overall, good reaction video guys. Cheers.
I couldn’t help but think… That’s a big Dukey!
40:40 Fun Fact: That reaction was real, in one shot and accidental but it made the Final Cut.
21:11 his characters first and last name is Duke Cody
I think that the group saw an opportunity to cut ties with Miles, and they took it. He was going to crush all of their futures. They probably didn't flip on him out of the goodness of their heart.
I feel bad for duke’s mom, he may have been a shit head but he was her son
I feel like I'm the only one who noticed Yo yo Ma at the start.
Can't wait for Wake up Dead Man!
I won't be surprised if they make a Knives Out trilogy.
Dong was Joseph Gordon Levitt