Glass: 10 Most Unintentionally Funny Bad Moments

1. The Twist(s) And Their Lack Of Impact

Glass 2019
Universal Pictures

True to form, Shyamalan attempts to out-Shyamalan himself here, as Glass features not one, not two, but three twist endings. That is not an inherently bad thing, its just that the twists themselves are also not particularly shocking and they don't actually have an impact on the film itself.

The first twist is the reveal that the train crash that killed Kevin Wendell Crumb's Dad (the event that led to him developing his split personalities) was, in fact, the same train crash that David Dunn survived and Mr. Glass caused in Unbreakable.

This twist is broken in a lot of ways such as the fact that saying Kevin's Dad died on in a train crash nineteen years ago and then revealing you're a stealth sequel to Unbreakable makes the vast majority of audiences jump to this conclusion immediately, a full three years ago.

Or the fact that Kevin himself would have already known this information, seeing as it is common knowledge in this universe that Mr. Glass caused that accident. But worst of all is that it leaves no impact on The Horde or the film.

The second twist is that Dr. Staple is a member of a secret society working to keep superheroes a secret from the world. This doesn't really change anything about the film, not raising the stakes or changing the conflict. It's just kind of met with a shrug, even by the characters in the film.

And last but certainly not least is the twist that Mr. Glass' plan all along was to upload security footage of the parking lot brawl to the internet and show the world evidence of superheroes. The film places all of its chips on this being a trilogy-culminating finale that opens a whole new "universe".

But again, The Horde and Mr. Glass' powers and various crimes are common knowledge in this universe, as is Dunn as The Overseer. So would this footage even really change much of anything to the general public?

Nope. Not really.

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