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obyteo t1_j27pq4f wrote

Reply to comment by ifisch in Question about The Glass Onion (spoilers) by polywha

Similar opinion here, I liked the setting and the development but once we got to the big 3rd act reveals things got really dumb real fast and not just from the bad guy but from the good person, it seemed nonsensical how they arrived to the destruction instead of something like recording the bad person confessing or something like that...

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pijinglish t1_j27um2f wrote

His comeuppance isn't arrived at via the napkin, or the loss of his company, it's in the unavoidable fact that he'll be forever known as the idiot who destroyed the Mona Lisa.

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TheLisan-al-Gaib t1_j2822b3 wrote

I imagine the French government would lock his ass up, wouldn't they?

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obyteo t1_j289ks8 wrote

Yeah but that wasn't the original plan, Helen found the key evidence and for some reason took the original in front of the killer who, by this point, still should have a gun... And when he burns it she and Blanc figure the destruction plan out, which depended on her being able to reach that button before the guy with a pistol on hand. Pretty dumb ending.

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Guilty-Presence-1048 t1_j28hkq9 wrote

It's twofold. The first is the Mona Lisa. The second is the legal consequences coming from the disruptors turning on him. He'll be destroyed, not just his reputation but financially too.

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sjfiuauqadfj t1_j27tm7o wrote

recording a confession is pretty cliche, but thats where miles played it smart because he doesnt actually confess so theres nothing to record

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Guilty-Presence-1048 t1_j28hg3h wrote

Exactly. He feigns incredulity when she says he burned the napkin. The whole thing was the other "disruptors" protecting him with lies and then turning on him as the final beat to the plot.

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obyteo t1_j289sif wrote

I expected something clever like that being a dummy napkin for him to burn and be confident he's clear or some other clever method, not here Helen remember you can make the house explode and survive unscathed to then press a button that makes the Mona Lisa burn before the killer with a gun stops you...

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