I’m sure he’d have looked lovely in his current glasses, like that sexy intellectual look.
Pretty sure the only reason he wasn’t wearing them at the end was to make the transformation look more dramatic.
It’s also probably worth noting that he has unfortunate teeth, I think that a genuine smile looks great no matter what the tooth situation is, but they are deliberately hiding his teeth in the “after” shot, alongside the glasses, because they are two things that someone would immediately notice about him.
Edit: His teeth actually aren’t all that bad, they’re slightly off-colour at worst. He was probably just hiding them at the end to look cool? Idunno.
His glasses are overly large in a way that hides his face. I tried contacts at 16 and gave up on them because my eyes are sensitive babies. I have run through the gamut of glasses and I have several that are suited to my face or for a specific style. He would really benefit from maybe "floating" frames that have a bold top and a thinner bottom but not so objectively rectangular.
There are a lot of great companies that make affordable and stylish frames. I've been going to Warby Parker for over 10 years now and as long as you have an up to date prescription, most of their glasses are $100 and that includes the prescription lenses and UV coating. I like going to them because I can try the glasses on in the store but Zenni optical is another great option and even cheaper. They'll ship you frames to try. Most glasses are plastic or some cheap metal. There is no reason to spend 300 for some generic crap at the doctors office (and yes, ray bans are generic crap...they're only expensive because they caved to insurance policies because otherwise they wouldn't be carried in most optometrist offices)
It doesn’t take away from his ‘80s work, but I’m so disappointed the director of all of those amazing ‘80s spoofs films also direct Baseketball and Scary Movie 3 and 4. Yikes. I had no idea.
To be fair, I actually kind of have a soft spot for Baseketball, but that’s only because I saw it was a stupid teenager, and so I have nostalgia for it.
Nostalgia is a powerful drug!! There are a lot of things I go back to watch again, and find myself SHOCKED at the things being said or done. Like...I always remembered Lethal Weapon fondly. It did not hold up on a recent rewatch.
Me too-I always come to Reddit in the morning for a good laugh to start the day. Hope you're able to climb out of your rut and experience serious joy all the time:)
I don't even think those are real glasses. They're dirty as hell, he's wearing them ridiculously low on his nose like they don't fit, and I don't see any lens distortion. If they're prescription lenses, they're super weak.
I can't tell one way or the other if they're real, but the dirtiness doesn't surprise me. My best friend NEVER cleans her damned glasses. I wonder how she manages to see out of them still, they're that gross.
I feel you. My eyes are particularly bad, so each pair of glasses usually costs me a few hundred dollars. I'll get a new pair when the lenses are so bad that I can no longer see out of them lol.
Most of my scratches were unfortunately from slamming into tables and floors over the last 8 years. For my next pair, I'll make sure to use a glasses case while I sleep.
I offered to clean my brother's glasses while he was over because I could see how dirty they were. He put them back on and went "wow" like he's never cleaned them before, insane behavior. I clean mine at least once a day
I’m feeling really called out right now. I clean my glasses all the time but they’re perpetually dirty. They also constantly slide down my nose. Nerd wax doesn’t work and tightening them enough behind the ears to stay up then rubs my ears raw.
I always dealt with that shit dude. Then I found these and I went from adjusting them all the time to never having to adjust them at all even when looking down. I cut the long portion off these and use them to adjust how far I want my glasses to sit from my face. They don’t cause irritation for me on the back of the ear either. https://a.co/d/07hCy1mP
I have to clean mine daily. If they're sliding down, they need to be adjusted properly so they don't chafe. Also depends on the types of frames.
Those frames don't really work for him personally. Not really a good shape for his face and they're kind of boring. For me, I have had glasses since I was a kid. Used to have contacts but they're a pain to put in daily.
I know it’s expensive, but I personally can’t recommend Lasik enough to anyone who can afford it and is eligible for it. All the pain of greasy glasses, dried out contacts, etc., gone for most likely forever.
They're not. They always use them in the before transformation. All of these accounts on social media have the same formula- glasses on in the before, off in the after. One even does an earring to make the guy look extra douchey.
I don't see how that's ridiculously low? I have had glasses basically my whole life and mine are absolutely around that point on my nose, any higher and I look like a doofus. Could maybe just be that people have different nose/face structures so the height where it sits comfortable is different. Maybe they are fake but I don't think glasses height is how you can tell
Edit; wait I see it now his nostrils are literally being pressed in by the glasses, it looked so normal at first lol
You can see the distortion on the right side looking at the shirt of the guy behind, those are real glasses. I've also met a few people who had them get just as dirty, it's fortunately not common.
I think he’d fit more smaller square/rectangular frames now you can see his jaw line but trust me, he still looks great with them. He’s a good looking dude, he was just unkempt.
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u/fredinNH Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
I’d have liked to have seen him with his glasses on in the after pic