Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro let it be known on Twitter how he felt about Glass Onion, the Knives Out sequel.
In the movie, Danial Craig comes back as detective Benoit Blanc with an all new mystery to solve.
Glass Onion is directed by Rian Johnson and stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe and Dave Bautista.
Critics and fans have had nothing but good things to say about the film.
Except for Shapiro who had so much to say about the sequel he posted a 17 tweet thread about it on Twitter.
\u201cI regret to inform you that \u201cGlass Onion\u201d is actively bad. I will discuss first the actual writing of the movie followed by the politics of it. Both suck. SPOILERS follow.\u201d— Ben Shapiro (@Ben Shapiro) 1672059041
Shapiro's biggest issue seemed to be that the first part of the movie used the technique of misdirection.
\u201cFirst, the writing. The first half of the movie is a complete misdirect and a waste of time.\u201d— Ben Shapiro (@Ben Shapiro) 1672059041
Isn't that one of the big appeals to mysteries?
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The internet did not disappoint. They seemed to find Shapiro's rant amusing.
\u201cBen Shapiro being Very Very Angry that a whodunit misled the viewers in the first half is legit the funniest thing to happen in 2022\u201d— Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk (@Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk) 1672066013
\u201c@nameshiv just wait until he watches poirot, sherlock, castle, bones, the mentalist, psych, gone girl, CLUE\u2026.\u201d— Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk (@Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk) 1672066013
\u201c@nameshiv Wait until he finds out it's not even a true story.\u201d— Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk (@Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk) 1672066013
\u201c@nameshiv Dude being angry that a movie had a plot is hilarious.\u201d— Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk (@Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk) 1672066013
\u201c@nameshiv Feels like he was upset he couldn\u2019t figure it out beforehand so it had to be badly written or made no sense\u201d— Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk (@Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite Buk) 1672066013
Shapiro then went on to add several tweets about the politics of the movie.
\u201cRian Johnson\u2019s politics is as lazy as his writing. His take on the universe is that Elon Musk is a bad and stupid man, and that anyone who likes him \u2013 in media, politics, or tech \u2013 is being paid off by him.\u201d— Ben Shapiro (@Ben Shapiro) 1672059041
Shapiro is a failed scriptwriter, so it makes sense he wouldn't exactly understand the techniques used by successful directors.
The conservative commentator grew up in Los Angeles, California where his mother was an executive of a television corporation and his father was a composer.
He wrote a script that was reportedly well received and began the process of finding an agent. Soon after, he got a call from a television agent who told him he would never find a job as a scriptwriter.
"One of our agents Googled you and found your website. I’m not sure we can represent you, because he thinks your political views will make it impossible for you to get a job in this town."
There is nothing wrong with not liking a movie.
Not all movies are going to be everyone's cup of tea.
But Shapiro's extreme dislike for the film Glass Onion and his subsequent public rant on Twitter is not only a little strange, but entirely hilarious.