Glass (2019) - Quotes

Quotes about Glass: [https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/entertainment/glass-review/index.html "''Glass'' half full: ''Unbreakable'' sequel yields split decision", ''CNN'' (17 January 2019)] * Brian Lowry, in

Quotes about Glass: [[Split (2016 American film)|Split; [w:M. Night Shyamalan|M. Night Shyamalan; [Unbreakable; [mythology] ] was a surprise hit for director ], but its most satisfying gambit came in unexpectedly setting up a sequel to his 2000 thriller ]. The result, Glass, isn't a breakthrough, but proves just clever enough to come out on the right side of a split decision. … After a promising start, the writer-director labors toward the end in conjuring his trademark twists, before offering what feels like a reasonable resolution to this whole experiment. Ultimately, Glass maintains a solid sense of tension, while like Unbreakable wrestling with the ] that surrounds comic books and superheroes — a theme that seems more timely now, with such fare dominating the box office, then it did when the century began.

The Beast: [to Casey, gripping him] Release me.

Casey Cooke: Let me talk to Kevin Wendell Crumb.

The Beast: Release me!

Casey: I need to talk to Kevin Wendell Crumb.

The Beast: He needs me!

Casey: Kevin Wendell Crumb! … Kevin Wendell Crumb! … Kevin Wendell Crumb!

Kevin: Hey.

Casey: The Beast listened to me. He didn’t do what he wanted. You can tell him what to do.

Kevin: I'm not in charge of the light.

Casey: Yes — yes, you are. … It feels good doesn’t it? … Will you stay in the light with me — for a little while?

Kevin: It's not so bad being in the light.

Dr. Ellie Staple: * To herself

Dr. Ellie Staple: What have you done, Elijah?

Dr. Ellie Staple: * To hospital staff

Dr. Ellie Staple: These patients were very disturbed. Let me just simply state that everything which occurred was related to drugs in their systems, or their heightened state of mania.

Dr. Ellie Staple: * To Mr. Glass

Dr. Ellie Staple: [[gods] I don't think we are particularly evil, and we don’t choose sides. We try to stop both of you. If there is one of you, the opposite of you appears, it escalates, we step in. There just can't be ] amongst us. It's not fair — things were just fine for 10,000 years, our way.

Dr. Ellie Staple: * To David Dunn

Dr. Ellie Staple: They sent me here for you three. Tell me the truth. Did I almost convince you you were an ordinary man? I would have left you alone, but when the Horde showed up here, then I just had to come.

Mr. Glass: [Last words] I wasn’t a mistake, Momma.

Mr. Glass: This was not a "Limited Edition" — this was an origin story, the whole time.

Mr. Glass: [To Pierce, shortly before The Beast kills him] This is where they'd paint you with big eyes and bubbles of confusion over your head.