Glass [Blu-ray]

If you haven't seen 'Unbreakable' and 'Split' then do not read this review because you'll have no idea what I'm talking about because 'Glass' is the final film in the trilogy and I'll be including *spoilers for the first two films* in this review. In 'Unbreakable' we met the character David Dunn, who is just a normal guy/security guard who discovers that he has super strength. He also was the sole survivor in a few different massive accidents and has a bit of ESP where he can sense which people at the stadium he works at have weapons or drugs on them. We also met Elijah Prince, a man who has a case of 'brittle bone' disease who as an infant broke every bone in his body just by being born. Elijah is convinced that if he is super weak, there must be a complete opposite to him - and there is - and it's David. Elijah effectively convinces David that he's a superhero, while viewing himself as a super genius, as we learn that Elijah has been tracking David and his 'accident surviving' for years (since Elijah caused a handful of them to 'test' David, without David's knowledge). In 'Split,' we meet Kevin, a man with 24 different personalities (and names) due to childhood abuse. One of those personalities (Dennis) abducts three young women and hold them in an underground location. Dennis believes that the 24th personality 'The Beast' plans to rid of the world of those he considers to be 'impure' aka those who haven't suffered at all during their live (like his host, Kevin did as a child). We do get to see 'The Beast' emerge at the end, with super strength and animalistic qualities (we also learn that Kevin worked at the zoo, hence The Beast having such qualities like climbing & jumping). In the end, The Beast spares the main female character, Casey, recognizing self-harm scars as her coping mechanism for having been abused by her uncle when she was a child. Now, onto 'Glass' where David, Elijah and Kevin are all in a hospital for the mentally disturbed. They're all being treated by a visiting doctor who believes she can cure them of their shared belief that they're super human. 'Casey' from the second movie plays a part, as well. I won't post any spoilers for 'Glass' but I will say that I really enjoyed the use of color for each 'super hero' in the film: purple for Elijah, blue for David and yellow for Kevin. It's a subtle detail, but cool to see nonetheless. I admit that I was underwhelmed near the end of the film, but it was still a good watch and I suppose a suitable ending to the trilogy.

Excellent movie

Worked good

I've taken a vacation from work this week, and have found myself successively engrossed on as many days in the three films - "Unbreakable", "Split", and "Glass" - that relate the story of this fascinating and thought-provoking alternate reality that writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has conceived. I recommend this series of movies highly to anyone who's a comic book/superhero fan, but tired of the MCU's increasingly convoluted and repetitive approach to the genre on cinema, or bored with anticipating yet another regurgitation of Superman's or Batman's origin stories and background. There are no flashy costumes here, and no gonzo super-team gang-ups on a primary villain as we're used to seeing from Marvel. But nonetheless, I'll maintain that these are some of the very best superhero films to come along, and some of the most unique by virtue of their director's singular and highly stylized personal vision. This is an intelligent and sustained take on the superhero myth that shows great care and a lot of thought in conception and execution. "Glass" manages the herculean task of tying three feature-length three films together in a satisfying way that maintains character and plot consistency, but still offers enough twists and turns to surprise by the end. Samuel Jackson, Bruce Willis, James MacAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and all the other actors are absolutely terrific, and nail their parts here with aplomb (particularly the stunning MacAvoy!). The bonus features on this Blu-ray alone total to a substantial amount of viewing time, with fascinating looks at deleted scenes and mini-interviews with Night that precede each as he explains why he chose to excise them, plus much more. Special appreciation and chops need to be extended here for the courtesy to the customer of providing captioning for each and every one of these, which is sadly still not a norm for special features on Blu-rays and DVDs (but should be). [POSSIBLE SPOILER AHEAD] If I had to pick a nit at all - and I do so only reluctantly, to explain why I've given this four stars and not five - I'd have to concede that for such a secured prison for superhumans or for people who believe they're superhuman as the medical facility depicted herein purports to be, security and sufficient personnel to staff it appear to be only sketchily conveyed, and lacking in numbers. How was Elijah, for example, able to do so many things outside of his confined quarters, in a place where supposedly there were cameras everywhere? And why were the staff that we did see seemingly so lax in entering prisoners' rooms? This is only a detail, however, and I'm willing to let M. Night slide on this one seemingly overlooked point a bit, because everything else he wrought here was so entertaining and engaging. It doesn't surprise me that this didn't do as well with critics as Shyamalan apparently hoped, because it does ask a certain amount of patience and attention to details on the part of the viewer, who's charged with following a rather labyrinthine story line. through the eyes of multiple characters. (And in the case of MacAvoy's character alone, literally through the eyes of multiple characters).

Dans l'ensemble, le film est très prenant et se clôture avec une fin à laquelle je ne m'attendais pas. Les trois personnages sont réunis : l'homme aux os de verre, l'homme incassable et l'homme aux 24 (maintenant) personnalités. Ils sont tous dans un hôpital psychiatrique dirigé par le Dr Elie Staple. Elle s'occupe justement de personnes qui sont persuadés d'être des être surhumains, afin de les convaincre que tout justement a une explication et qu'ils ne le sont pas. La première partie du film se concentre beaucoup sur le dialogue, et arrive à nous faire douter de tout ce que l'on a pu voir jusqu'à présent. Est-ce vrai ou non ? J'ai plutôt été surprise de la tournure du film dans sa seconde partie et fin. Le titre du film prend ainsi tout son sens, mais le scénario devient un peu trop fouilli voire incohérent par ses nombreux twists. Ce qui ne m'a pas empêchée d'apprécier tout de même l'histoire dans sa globalité et de retrouver ce brillant casting, surtout les différentes personnalités de Kevin Crumb joué par un James McAvoy sensationnel. Un peu déçue également des seconds rôles, surtout concernant le personnage de Casey, qui ne sert pas à grand chose malheureusement. J'ajoute aussi un très bon point sur la manière de film en gros plan, et les couleurs liées aux néons, ça attire le spectateur.

Muy buena edicion, material adicional subtitulado.

Regista altamente visionario che ha saputo (non so come abbia fatto) mettere insieme 3 dei suoi personaggi, ognuno con caratteristiche e personalità diverse in questo gran finale facendo quadrare perfettamente i suoi film in questo piccolo ma grande capolavoro, una storia incredibile dove rimarrete stupiti dalla bravura del regista film che amo molto visto che più che la violenza si usa molto l'introspezione, vi sembrerà di dubitare anche voi se appunto questi 2 antagonisti siano in realtà supereroi o sia tutto frutto della loro psiche che si convince di poter fare cose oltre l'umana comprensione, anche qui finale non affatto scontato anzi potrà sembrarvi un po' banale ma in realtà racchiude un senso mto profondo bello, bello consigliatissimo ovviamente vanno visti i primi 2 capitoli per comprenderlo appieno.

Part of a great 3 part series. I have them all.

Leider kann der Film trotz Angabe der Sprachen nicht in Deutsch geschaut werden. Fehlinformation!!!