JasonXIX

The thing that's so irritating about these last two Scream movies is the hypocrisy.

They make a point of criticizing certain horror movie cliches, which is fine because self awareness is part of the franchise. But then they shamelessly use other horror movie cliches whenever it suits the narrative.

There are instances of people wandering through dark alleys, loud jump scares, false scares, and of course all the characters make stupid decisions.

To be fair, I am guilty of making some stupid decisions too. I have now watched five Scream sequels.

At this point, the Scream franchise has turned into the exact thing Wes Craven was making fun of in the first film.

"His dock doesn't float. His wonder fuel is a disaster. His grasp of disruption theory is remedial at best. He didn't design the puzzle boxes. He didn't write the mystery. Like everyone in the world, I assumed Miles Bron was a complicated genius. But why? Look into the clear centre of this glass onion. Miles Bron is an idiot!

Basically an allegory for Zuckerberg, Musk, Rogan, Trump, and every other public figure and social media influencer the general public looks to for inspiration as 'geniuses'.

Time after time, these people openly show us that they are idiots, yet they continue to have sycophant followers who support them.

Glass Onion is an entertaining little 'Who Done It?" movie, with a lot to say about our current society where the "truth" now seems to be subjective opinion.

Fans will be unhappy that Michael Myers is not featured more, but after the last disaster that was "Halloween Kills", I'm not sure what is left to do with Michael Myers.

The main problem with a character like Myers is that he is only scary when he is an unknown shape and boogeyman. The more we know about him, the less effective he becomes. This severely limits the type of stories and plots you can put the character in.

This movie is similar in concept to Friday the 13th part V: A New Beginning, and Jason Goes to Hell. Both of those movies tried to do something different with Jason Voorhees, and both failed.

Considering this is now the 13th film in the Halloween franchise, David Gordon Green made a brave decision to change things up a bit. A better option would be to simply stop making Halloween movies. Halloween (1978) is still the best, and tells you all you need to know about Michael Myers.

But don't worry, if you love 'The Shape', just wait a few years for the next mindless reboot.