So even though a lot of information was withheld from us, that was because the POV character hadn’t been part of those events or hadn’t told Blanc about those events. With some exceptions, the audience pretty much knew what she knew.
The thing about the first Knives Out is that Marta (Ana de Armas) was the perspective character. Perspective informs audience expectation. In omniscient-third, you can reveal the thoughts of both characters, the server, the family at a nearby table, and the spider tucked in the upper corner of a window. In limited-third, the same would happen, but with some wiggle room. In first-person, you’d described the lunch from only one perspective. Say two characters are at lunch, having a conversation. Or there’s third-person omniscient, where the perspective is completely unrestricted.
You can have third-person limited, where the scope of the writing is still restricted by what the perspective character has, is, and will experience. If you go third-person, there’s a spectrum. If you go with first-person, you’re locked into what that character knows. First-person narration being the “I” and third-person being the “he/she/they”. Whose perspective is the story written from? That leads to discussion of first- and third-person narration.
#ONION HEADLINE MAN DOES STUPID THING HOW TO#
If you spend any time learning how to write, one thing that comes up is perspective. It’s just the execution that’s so stupid Johnson himself has dialogue pointing to how stupid it is. If they were to just raise their hands and do the right thing, wouldn’t everything be better? The cronies actually have more power than they think. Ultimately, the film shows how the inversion is true. Where someone rises to the top and others just go along with everything the leader does because if they speak up they’re cut out. Each of the “best friends” are wearing golden handcuffs and only nice to Miles because he’s made their careers. Thematically, Glass Onion is showing how terrible people gain power. The world’s greatest detective has gathered the details, assessed the people involved, and his judgment of the situation is that it’s f***ing stupid.Īnd, look, to be fair, there is a reason things are so dumb.
#ONION HEADLINE MAN DOES STUPID THING MOVIE#
All the events of the movie we’ve been watching. What did Blanc just call dumb? Not Miles Bron. To which Bridie Jay says, “It’s so dumb, it’s brilliant!” Blanc shouts back, “No, it’s just dumb.” Exasperated by Miles Bron, Blanc calls out how dumb this whole thing is. Nearing the end of Glass Onion, Benoit Blanc delivers his big speech where he reveals who killed Duke. Which had me making excuses about Last Jedi and ready to re-embrace Rian Johnson as a filmmaker I’m a fan of. Even though it’s a completely different genre than Looper, the original Knives Out was, I think, as cutting edge. Then I absolutely loathed Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Looper was interesting, patient, dynamic, daring. I remember when Looper came out, I was proclaiming Rian Johnson as this tremendous talent to look out for. And now Glass Onion will haunt me for the rest of my days.Īnd I hate to say that. I’m sure there are many people who will watch Glass Onion and be entertained for 139 minutes then move on with their lives. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery might be one of the worst written movies I’ve ever seen.
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