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polywha OP t1_j27nqck wrote

Reply to comment by After_Hovercraft7822 in Question about The Glass Onion (spoilers) by polywha

That 1st part makes sense. But the 2nd part, if you've ever worn flat open toe shoes like that before when glass smashes it's pretty difficult for it not to fly into your shoe or foot as well. I smashed a glass once while wearing flip flops and it got all over my feet

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DeathByBamboo t1_j27x9hg wrote

Sometimes with movies you need to exercise your suspension of disbelief. This means, basically, that in order to enjoy movies, we sometimes overlook instances of the movie not following logical rules of the real world.

It would make the movie cumbersome and exhausting if they slowed it down to have realistic results of glass being all over the ground. In fact, the unrealness of it is highlighted when they slide cartoonishly across the floor as though the glass were ice.

Movies are rarely realistic, and ones that are more realistic tend to be slow and ponderous because life doesn't exist at an entertaining pace.

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ryle_zerg t1_j288hzj wrote

With Rian Johnson movies, suspension of disbelief is basically a requirement.

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BosomBosons t1_j27uds7 wrote

Also depends on the type of glass, some glass shatters in sharp shards, other glass shatters into more gravel like pieces.

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ScamIam t1_j27v3we wrote

I thought all the “glass” was actually Klear? That’s why I assumed it functioned and broke differently than real glass

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BennoDXB t1_j28ef94 wrote

The scientist and the mayor almost shit themselves with panic that the tiny little piece might have fallen when bron threw it. It doesnt seem likely that you can happily smash hundreds of pounds of it with no ramifications.

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rawcane t1_j284c0p wrote

Oh was it? I didn't understand what the point of smashing all the glass was. In fact this would make the explosion more deadly. Need to watch again!

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Orlando_the_Cat t1_j27t08y wrote

And especially when they all run out as the placd is exploding. There should have been glass flying EVERYWHERE.

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chrispy_t t1_j27tndy wrote

TBH it’s pretty hard to accumulate the billions of dollars needed for someone to own an island which takes away from the movie for me/s

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Butch_Beth t1_j282zpd wrote

There aren't actually famous independent detectives in the real world, I found this hard to get over.

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Scep_ti_x t1_j27uzom wrote

Just look how fast todays tech megabillionaires gained their wealth. When I was 20 nobody even knew Musk, Zuckerberg or Bezos...And Gates was at somewhat around 40 or 50 billions at that time. Today every second CEO of any medium Tech company has dozens of billions under his pillow.

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FangornOthersCallMe t1_j27ur0h wrote

I think it’s just luck. If you look at the glass when Helen is running towards the Mona Lisa, there’s hardly any glass in the spots where her feet land despite being everywhere else.

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blackbirdpie t1_j2862ua wrote

I was expecting this to be a plot point- where somehow Norton's shoes get stolen and he remains stuck on his little island surrounded by glass shards of his misspent fortune unable to walk out. Was left a bit disappointed that it was just smashing his stuff for the sake of it.

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Butch_Beth t1_j282rwe wrote

This isn't a problem with the film, it's a cinema sin.

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bitesized314 t1_j28hoga wrote

I had a cup shatter on a counter and a shard got stuck in my hand and neck. I'm sure the chance is there that they could get glass in their eyes easily doing this. But it's a cool scene.

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