Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Ben Shapiro gives reasons why he doesn’t like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery movie. (Read More Here).
Ben Shapiro wrote: “I regret to inform you that “Glass Onion” is actively bad. I will discuss first the actual writing of the movie followed by the politics of it. Both suck. SPOILERS follow.
“First, the writing. The first half of the movie is a complete misdirect and a waste of time. We only find out about the actual murder we’re supposed to investigate full one hour and ten minutes into the film, as well as an entirely new backstory (Miles never invited Blanc, and Andi has a twin sister masquerading as her). We’re actively deceived by the writer.
“Why the misdirect? Because the story itself in the purest form of incredible laziness. It relies on not one, not two, but three bad writing tropes: an identical twin, a comprehensive journal, and a moron of a murderer.
“You can write your way out of literally any scenario given an identical twin (which removes the need for linear coherence), a comprehensive journal (which explains everything) and a moron for a murder (which removes the necessity for plot logic).
“So instead, we get an hour of wasted time, because we have to make up for the fact that the murderer is perfectly obvious from moment one. Rian Johnson actually knows this. That’s why by the end, he is telling the audience via Blanc that everything Miles Bron did is dumb (read: the ENTIRE PLOT OF THE FILM).
“This is the lazy writer’s way out: you know what you’re written is bad, so you just say it’s bad, and hey, look, now you’re clever and cynical. For more on this, and many more of Johnson’s giant failures.”
