The first knives out movie was a genuinely good watch, which is why its so surprising Rian Johnson missed the mark so badly with this movie. It tries to pretend its smart, beinging up the "glass onion" which is something hat seems to have many layers but is actually incredibly simple, and it makes it seem like the mystery has so many layers but everyone will miss it since it since its actually simple. But actually, the second we are told the real story about whats going on all along midway through the movie, everyone is bound to suspect exactly who the murderer is, but will usually look past it since its a stupid way to go. Well good job rian, you've subverted the audience by picking the plot point that is so dumb and basic that nobody would believe you'd actually go through with it

Everyone in this movie is insufferable to watch as soon as they are introduced. Every time Kate Hudson's character showed up on screen it made me want to turn the movie off, Edward Norton looks like hes trying but the writing is god awful, half the characters become background characters so much so that they become extras, Daniel Craig gives half the performance he did last time, and every character is written to be the most obnoxious people imaginable. And yes, I understand that is what Rian Johnson was going for, but why? Why would anyone design their movie to be so hard to sit through just to make a stupid point about celebrities thinking their smarter than they are (ironic considering that describes Rian Johnson) that could be said in a sentence long tweet if you really think people care, as if everyone doesn't already know that a majority of celebrities are idiotic and bad people

The finale to this movie is so incredibly bad that any good will it picked up around the middle (when the only characters on screen were daniel craig and janelle monae). Like before, the exact person you think did it actually did it. No twist, no second look to see who really did it, no final piece of evidence, its just the obvious answer all along was the killer. Then, in classic rian johnson fashion, the climax to the movie and the triumphant win for the protagonist is... a temper tantrum. The character is shown to actually be intelligent the whole movie, then in the last moment all of that goes out the window. If the ending were to play out in a realistic way at ALL, the only one being arrested and ruined is the protagonist, but for plot convenience and crappy writing, somehow the killer is the one who's ruined. I cant explain how without going into spoilers, but all Ill say is ruining a new product doesn't make the owner lose all their money, or make their previous product somehow go down the drain, and those who depend on that money still will be willing to accept it

Overall this movie is such a letdown because all it was is a 2 and a half hours wasted listening to Rian Johnsons childish view of the world and how problems get solved. Id say this movie is just a glass onion overall, but it doesn't even have the layers to pretend its complex.