Review of Glass (2019) by Scienceadvisor — 22 Jan 2019

The last third of the movie is exposition city, describing what is going on instead of doing it. The degredation of the writing is shockingly poor with plot holes and contrivance that leaves the buildup as disposable. The Shyamalanic twist is disappointing to say the least, and the big reveal ranges from yawn-inspiring to soul-shattering. The dropped continuity of two murderers (the largest mass murderer in history and the other a cannibal of young girls) suddenly being treated their powers are a positive, is downright demented and betrays the previous two movies in yet another attempted retcon by Hollywood. The final objective point is that for a movie called Glass, it would have been nice if he was in the first two-thirds of the film. When he finally does arrive it does pickup, but by that point the writing has degraded to the point where even McAvoy and Jackson can save it. The combat is decent in the first third, and lackluster and disappointing for the rest of the movie.

I guess all the people handing out 10s while suggesting the reviewers are wrong were not really paying attention to the series, and are treating Glass as a stand-alone movie, when it is the third part of a trilogy. As a single movie it would be better by one point, but as the climax to a nearly 20 year series it just falls flat. You would have to be not only easy to please, but have a comprehensive disorder to truly enjoy Glass. Either that or use some form of temporary method of achiving that state. If you have seen the previous two movies (Unbreakable and Shattered) you will have to see it for yourself, but set your expectations very low as it all falls apart in the end. Great performances from McAvoy and Jackson as well as the build up, but sadly the delivery is unsatisfying.