Glass

The sequel to both 2000s Unbreakable and 2017s Split, Glass sees Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy, and Anya Taylor-Joy all reprising their roles from the previous films. M. Night Shyamalan's superhero thriller starts out as a typical film in the genre with Willis and McAvoy fighting before being captured by the authorities and sent to a mental institution, the same one as Jackson's Mr. Glass. From there it switches to a more psychological and subdued film that focuses on whether the characters really have powers or is it all in their minds. The performances from many of the actors, especially from McAvoy, Jackson, and Willis are all really good. What makes this film different from other superhero movies is that it's much slower and smaller, relying on the psychological aspects with much smaller characters. With Sarah Paulson portraying a psychiatrist treating what she sees as people with delusions of super heroics, she does a good job at capturing that more psychological side. The later reveal and twist of who she is and what she's a part of does add something new to the genre that's never been done before, though not all of it works due to having been introduced so suddenly at the end and not mentioned before. While the first fight between the two powerful characters is done well, it's hard to see because of how dark it is while their last is better done. There are some parts of the film where the dialogue is not well written and doesn't come out very effectively, especially when certain events are compared to that of comic books and their terminology happen too often especially by Glass. Besides the dialogue, there are other things in Glass that feel way too over the top and silly such as The Beast's voice and growling or the video that's sent out at the end to reveal superheroes to the world is just the final fight between David Dunn and The Beast and not more footage of other heroes in the institution. Over all: 65%
2019 top list so far:
1. The Upside
2. Glass