Both these movies LIED to us...!

[@BatAmerica]

Here's the core difference: Glass Onion is still a murder mystery despite its unique framing. It Ends With Us, meanwhile, wants to be a drama but is lying to its audience about being a romantic comedy. Having a character gaslight the audience is one thing, but having that be the writer is completely different.

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

That's a great point! I think IEWO had a really great opportunity to comment on the genre of Romance/RomComs and how the volatile nature of those relationships aren't usually healthy when translated to real life. Like they almost get there considering how chill/calm Atlas is and how they are also FRIENDS! but it fails to meaningfully captilize on the deeper elements just under the surface

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

I feel knives out made me overcomplicate glass onion and I am glad that was the point. The first film made us feel we had to look at every single detail. What the characters said, little clues we would over look, the camera work, etc. everything was set up or acted like a distractor. Now Glass Onion was filled with distractors which made it interesting. At times, it felt like a character study on each character making us forget it was a murder mystery movie. And I liked how we felt like Benoit Blanc overthinking everything and doing the “it’s just dumb” line. I didn’t mind being lied to. It made it fun. But I do agree that some scenes dragged making me want to sleep through them sometimes. I also loved Janelle Monet in this movie. She and Daniel Craig were my favorites.

[@davidci]

I still find it funny how so many 'critics' (ahem, Critikal Drinker) who willingly pay for the blue checkmark for Elon Musk ended up hating Glass Onion so much that they ironically prove the movie's themes, that sometimes people just can't accept such a blatant display of stupidity because they believe that someone in a position of power must be smart and talented.

[@user-mz2ne4yh2t]

Musk worshippers must think he's a genius otherwise they wouldn't explain how an idiot got where he is and they don't

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

There's a reason it's Drinker and not thinker

[@mediadetective6104]

You completely ignore the actual criticisms that destroy the message of the movie. The movie’s completely inconsistent about how smart and how stupid each character is, including it’s protagonists.

[@syafeeqahisham1740]

Honestly,I really like glass onion because of benoit blanc. Hes such an entertaining character as a detective and I felt comforted by him. Sure,he has flaws but I really like the way he solves his mysteries and his chemistry with the suspects. I just honestly,he's my favourite movie character of all times.

[@johnschmidt1262]

You have a very different experience in knives out if you realize that Miles is the murderer early on, especially if you catch that he switched drinks. That might explain the wildly different reactions to the movie.

[@JamesGreenwood-p4c]

But in Glass onion they do hide the fact Miles switches the glasses by shooting a scene where ed Norton doesn't swap the glasses and then a scene where he does. It just makes following the mystery kind of pointless if they change the story halfway.

[@Dreagon-yc3zq]

​@@JamesGreenwood-p4c you can absolutely catch it as the real scene is the one that is shown when the moment is actually happening. It's only when people start "misremembering" that the fake scene is used

[@johnschmidt1262]

​@@JamesGreenwood-p4cYes! I enjoyed the movie and thought it was fun. However, I caught a few of the times when it was lying and so the mystery ended up being really off-putting.

[@BatAmerica]

@@JamesGreenwood-p4c They still show the truth upfront. It's Miles who is lying to the audience, not the filmmakers.

[@russellchung3119]

​@@JamesGreenwood-p4cHere's the thing, though. When I watched Glass Onion the first time, I thought the same thing. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that a person's memory of events is so volatile, and therefore can be flawed and changed if you can give a convincing enough argument. I mean hell, in court, an eye-witness account is one of the weaker pieces of evidence you can have. It's great as supporting evidence, but not the main piece of evidence. Anyway, because Glass Onion clearly identities this scene as Blanc tryna remember what happen, I think it works because it's altering the memory instead of what actually happened.

[@eatatjoe]

I think what pisses me off about It Ends was the marketing. The marketing stunk ass, and focused more on the twist than the film subject herself, seemingly objectifying her as a result.

[@Asteroids50]

15:25 woah I can’t believe you spoiled Scream. I was just about to watch that

[@mayakahn-abrams2326]

Scream came out 30 years ago next year. It is not the entire internets responsibility to keep you protected from spoilers 30 years after the movie came out.

[@Asteroids50]

I know it’s hard to convey tone through text, but I was just kidding around. I was not just about to watch Scream

[@hspangler21]

​@@Asteroids50This comment made me laugh so hard, in part because I knew immediately it was a joke, and in part because I just watched Scream for the first time, 2 weeks ago. The idea of me being angry about a movie from 30 years ago being spoiled for me, honestly tickled me. 😂

[@BH-2023]

16:00 While Saltburn is an inferior version of The Talented Mr. Ripley and does have a lot of problems with it, I would disagree with you when it comes to the end. The end is not a revelation to the audience that Ollie is a psychopath that's been planning it all out from the beginning. It is pretty obvious throughout that Ollie (a) is a psychopath that's behind the downfall of the family and (b) that he has some sort of plan. What the end is, however, is Ollie, in his narcissism, revealing to Elsmith that he is a psychopath and has been planning it all out from the beginning; though, his confession is likely a lie as he is aggrandizing himself while diminishing his prey, like real life psychopaths are known to do

[@katherinealvarez9216]

2:53 I really enjoyed that line and it's delivery.

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

Yes! I just got the Daniel Craig 007 Collection, and while I love those movies, it's so clear that Daniel Craig is capable of more range and character. Seeing his more quirky performances in the Knives out Franchise and a few other recent films makes me so happy we're in his wacky era

[@orefamzy9832]

He was sooo stressed😭😭😭

[@markant9534]

Blake Lively changed a lot of the original script, she wanted her character to look stronger despite the movie being about domestic violence.

[@user-mz2ne4yh2t]

And then spent the whole press tour acting as she made the funniest of comedies, i really don't like her vibe, despite of whether Baldoni's accusations turn out to be true or not

[@grievegirl1]

@@user-mz2ne4yh2t​​⁠Blake lively can be criticized but it’s worth noting that the press strategy of “don’t mention the violence just focus of her journey” was the promotion strategy she was contractually obligated to fulfill by the studio. If you look in the lawsuit in outlines the strategy (created by the studio) and she just followed the talking points exactly as they lay out. So we can blame Sony for that or argue that Blake leaned into it too much but she was following orders there. It was Justin who went off script last minute to focus on the violence and seriousness of the topic to cast himself as a sensitive and serious “ally” and make her look callous/unserious in comparison

[@goober479]

Interesting I see these comments whenever this movie is mentioned and then Baldoni’s PR agent admitted to using bots to change the narrative in his favour. What you said doesn’t really have much to do with the video, it’s just angry at Lively saying the same criticism we saw all over Reddit. Like you didn’t watch the video lol

[@ninamiller001]

@@goober479 It does feel like Baldoni's PR team is everywhere. They must be paid a fortune.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodash]

Honestly, I really disliked Glass Onion. I know people love it, I just didn't enjoy it as a film. Benoit Blanc is great... but I figured out the plot early on and ended up feeling cheated by it, and I'm not really sure why.

[@EJD339]

It’s one of those movies I love but don’t really recommend to most people

[@friendlyneighbourhoodash]

@@EJD339 i much prefer knives out to glass onion lol

[@houddythequeen]

I loved Knives Out but hated Glass Onion. Benoit is still a great character but Glass Onion just felt... inevitable. I didn't find it nearly as clever as it's creator thinks it is and while I didn't guess any of the twists, I also wasn't the least bit surprised by any of them because it all felt very predictable (and quite boring since I really hated all the characters and didn't much care what happened to any of them).

[@VianoCorp]

Holy Christmas sweater arc

[@DanielleA2023]

THOSE are movies that reveal the truth. Most movies lie.

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

No...

[@FeliciaWilliams1908]

Yikes glad I saw the comment about Saltburn. I haven’t seen it yet so couldn’t continue the video. Interesting analysis. I will come back to it after I see the movie.

[@jonathanwhite8904]

Glass onion was such a drastic step down from knives out. A huge part of the fun of a who done it is the fact that theoretically the audience can figure it out. Taking the fun part out, it's just a dumb, bland, preachy waste of time.

[@mediadetective6104]

Exactly this, including the fact the movie is inconsistent about the intelligence of all of its characters which destroys the story’s message

[@jmaggio909]

That is a funny comment because Agatha Christie's novels are famous for lying to their audience and not being able to be figured out by the reader.

[@chakimn222]

👍

[@Patrick-wl6pw]

I agree lie trailer it money not message joker heath ledger quite

[@Patrick-wl6pw]

Best take

[@kimhill3614]

Well, thanks for spoiling Saltburn on a video that's not even about Saltburn.

[@FeliciaWilliams1908]

Thanks for posting this comment. I was enjoying the video and saw the comment so stopped watching it. I will come back to it.

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

Sorry that this spoiled saltburn. I do feel like the movie is out long enough that if you're actively wanting to see it no spoilers there's been plenty of time. Also there's ten seconds plus between saying I'm gonna talk about saltburn and the spoiler which I thought would be long enough but I guess not. Theoretically I could put a visual indicator saying spoiler alert or say it aloud quickly but either way it seems like that wouldn't have given you enough time, and pausing for longer after saying spoiler alert would kill the pacing. I can't say where the line is between a 1 year old film and a film from the 90s since you don't seem mad about the scream spoiler, but i made a call that saltburn had been out long enough that people worried about spoilers would have seen it and i think the comparison adds value to my discussion. If you were planning on watching saltburn soon and i ruined that experience I apologize. While that was not my intent it seems to have been the result and I'm sorry

[@redpenda99o]

@@TheWritersBlockOfficial you did nothing wrong. you were right. you considered everything and made the correct choice, and were extra cautious with the pause. if they don’t know the end of saltburn by now, that means they didn’t care about it for a year and probably jus want something to gripe about.

[@youtube_moderator]

lol people still watch Rian Johnson's trash?

[@TheWritersBlockOfficial]

Being mad at rian Johnson is aggressively 2017. Do better

[@nopenope620]

One man's trash another man's treasure

[@KindredKaye]

You must be a really fantastic writer, considering all of your comments on this channel have to do with complaining about writing… Please, tell me, what is a movie that is well written? Let me guess Citizen Kane?

[@mediadetective6104]

@@TheWritersBlockOfficial Can’t think of a single one of his movies that’s actually good or holds up under scrutiny. Only one is maybe the first Knives Out movie but it’s enjoyability mainly has to do with the cast rather than the movie’s plot or writing. Bad movies are still bad movies, no matter what year it currently is

[@jmaggio909]

@@mediadetective6104 I like a lot of his films, but I think I would single out Brick as a near-perfect homage to 1940s-style film noir.