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Ep. 47 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Cinema of Meaning

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Movie Review - Miles Is Already Dumb

Miles seems kind of suspect and dumb or not as brilliant as maybe you're supposed to think he is. He's more just like opportunistic exploitation of the resources around him than anything else. All these people in his central circle they vie for him or they lie for him in court because he has this leverage over them. They've also bought into sort of this artifice this sense that he is this brilliant mastermind on some level. That's one of the central critiques of the film is just critiquing those kinds of characters we hold up simply because they're successful.

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