Despite the negative reviews from critics (holding an approval rate of 37% in rotten tomatoes), GLASS is a perfect ending to the Eastrail 177 trilogy.

The Split sequel failed to impress the critics and a part of the audience. When it comes to the Box office, Glass did a wonderful piece of work by raking in $246 million worldwide with a domestic collection of $111 million but the negative reviews crushed the director.

Night Shyamalan was always sensitive to reviews. He told the NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he delivered a lecture: “I was in London when I heard the U.S. reviews for ‘Glass’ were poor, I was in a makeup chair for a TV show, and I cried.”

If there is a Superhero, a protector, then there must be a Super-villain. Obviously that’s how the world works. We love both David Dunn and Kevin Crumb. They will fight each other till death and if one of them gets to live, it would be unjustifiable. The only ending that is both justifiable and puts an end to all this is for both of them to die.

Night Shyamalan said that he had the ending in his mind when he was filming Unbreakable, back in 2000. You know that Elijah created both of them. What actually disappointed people is they all wanted The Beast to battle David during the public unveiling of the city’s newest high-rise tower. But this is real life, like what Elijah says, not a comic book. We can’t put real life situations into boxes. If you wanted them to fight in front of the public, how do you expect that to happen? Lets talk facts now. what’s Elijah’s main mission? He wants the world to see that heroes and villains exist. He needed a plan to do this. So he used the tower thing to mislead Ellie Staple and provoke David to break out of his cell. He never wanted them to fight in front of the public. It’s all about what Elijah is, a mastermind, and a true mastermind never reveals his actual plan. Also, both The Beast and David are equally powerful. So if they were to fight in the tower, it would be an endless fight with no winner.

Forget your expectations. It had to end like this. Yes, I know that most of you wanted the film to be a bit more dramatic. If you think about the characters and how the story was built, this is the most suitable way. The characters determine the story. Shyamalan did not take the power out of his characters. I have heard people saying David’s death was unscrupulous. But he is a vigilante, and the law sees him as a criminal. So he must die. His only weakness is water. There was no other way to kill him. This is not MCU or DCEU. This is Night Shyamalan’s universe and we should let him be different. He is a great filmmaker and will always be one of my favorite directors.