Glass Onion

[unspeakablehorror]

I think Glass Onion is a fun movie and I enjoyed it, but I really don't think 'Elon Musk is evil' is a revolutionary statement on any level.  This movie is not a critique of capitalism any more than a story about an evil king being deposed is a critique of monarchy.  It doesn't even really engage with racism much except superficially via joking about Birdie Jay's extreme cluelessness.  So when there are movies like Get Out that are funny, clever, terrifying, and incisive about racism, it would be weird to give this movie any special kudos for its handling of the topic.  And to compare Glass Onion to its predecessor, Knives Out critiques American xenophobia more than this film critiques antiblack racism.

Basically, my assessment of Glass Onion is that it's an enjoyable, well-acted, and well-crafted story, but I think anything trying to make it out to be any kind of substantive critique or have any significant thematic message is quite misguided.