lol 2nded
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
first time seeing it I didn't think Uncut Gems was very funny
― Dan S, Saturday, May 30, 2020 11:29 PM bookmarkflaglink
Sandler getting the results of his test and asking why Jewish people get colon cancer, "we're supposed to be the chosen people", while Lakeith Stanfield is in the process of wreaking havoc in his office....
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
I love the honest contradictory opinions I still keep hearing from people who didn't necessarily know what they were in for. Stuff like "I get why it's a great movie, but I hated it" or "the acting was amazing, but I never want to see it again," stuff like that.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
maybe if Sandler did Billy Madison voice more
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
Uncut Gems is on Netflix but I’d much rather spend 2 hours watching @timheidecker do his Adam Sandler impression pic.twitter.com/LROaD3jdi1— 🤘💀 ♡ (@tweetcamey) May 25, 2020
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
I wasn't expecting him to do "comedy voices," but I was expecting him to actually sound like a New York diamond district Jew, which to my ear he didn't. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this movie, but the "darkest Africa" opener was pretty ugh, and then we're literally up Sandler's ass? I only lasted about 20 minutes in all. I bailed during Kevin Garnett's first visit to the showroom.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
I almost get a Gaspar Noe vibe from it, between there always being 2-3 people talking at once and the BGM cranked up its like the movie is trying to give you a migraine. My wife’s reaction: “that wasn’t a movie, it was 2 hours of people screaming at each other”
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
I want to say that was my wife's verbatim reaction, though I think she recognized it as a movie. It made her physically ill, a la "Dancer in the Dark."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
noe comparison otm
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 31 May 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
tap out moment for her was the scene in the shop an hour in where you've got KG's people, Arno's people, plus side plots with the doctor & Julia all at the same time, she was like "Jesus Christ does this movie have any quiet scenes at all?"
one issue I had with this was the large bet at the Sun, I am pretty sure a young woman can't just waltz into a sportsbook and place a 6-figure bet that pays a million bucks, they would automatically flag that as sharp money coming from someone they'd banned previously. Harlabob used to talk about this a lot, back when his action was either banned or severely limited at nearly every book in Vegas.
― frogbs, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
There’s no sports book at the Sun either, as I think was discussed upthread. A concession to the plot.
frogbs remember when you won the board over by explaining why deathdr0ne was an insanely bad poker player
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
hah I haven't thought about that guy in years. kinda wonder what he's been up to, seems like he's gone completely dark since that SA thread 'outed' him
― frogbs, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
noe comparison wildly offtm
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
I guess both are loud/energetic but that's literally all they have in common imo
i was thinking more of the creeping physical dread
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:23 (three years ago) link
and the blinkered, obsessed protagonists too i guess
happy to talk more about dog day afternoon too, though, which i prefer to any of noe's movies
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:24 (three years ago) link
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie is definitely a mood these Safdie's are going for imo
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:48 (three years ago) link
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/21349396/
it looks like he developed (already had?) some fairly serious mental issues. i remember playing with him a half-dozen times or so at foxwoods way back when (speaking of CT casinos), and my abiding memory of him is that he smelled terrible even by poker player standards
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:50 (three years ago) link
yes! cassavetes still the high water mark of woozy eldritch venality
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:57 (three years ago) link
just saw Heaven Knows What over the weekend. is there a thread for it? it was abysmal in the extreme. ilya is a great villain. my girlfriend and i hated him from the first shot of his stupid face. safdie bros seem to specialize in abjection. i would recommend watching if you want to see a pretty good depiction of junkie desperation and can stomach something very depressing. safdies wring very believable performances from everyone in their movies--awesome directors imo.
― davey, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
also, i remember reading kobe turned the part in Uncut down because he also wanted to direct?! lololol
― davey, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 10:32 (three years ago) link
he would have been great for the part - more threatening than garnett who just can't help being adorable imo
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
my comparison to Noe was more about how they deliberately try to make the viewer feel uneasy through means other than dialogue, set design, and lighting. leading the movie off with an hour straight of people talking over each other, for example
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/21349396/it looks like he developed (already had?) some fairly serious mental issues. i remember playing with him a half-dozen times or so at foxwoods way back when (speaking of CT casinos), and my abiding memory of him is that he smelled terrible even by poker player standards
I figured he had to have either killed himself or landed in jail, this was a dude who absolutely would not stop posting. like even after getting hacked and having all his personal shit leaked he was back the next day with "journal 6/7/13: jacked off into a shoe 4 times today". not surprised to find out he had severe mental problems.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
I feel like some of the characters in Safdie films would be vulnerable to poster's disease if they ever used social media
― mh, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
what’s the best movie about posting
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NHQVSXHRL._AC_SY400_.jpg
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
a lil movie called the social network i mean hes literally sittig on his computer hitting refresh on fb at the end xp
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
yeah but that's kinda on the nose if you ask me
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
All the President's Men
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
enhance
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
Convoy
breaker breaker, 19 19 a copy, rubber sock here
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
god there is so much Vangelis in this soundtrack, I love it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
oooh she's an uncut gemshe's untouched by man
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
I saw this last week and didn't like the first third or so, especially the jewish stereotypes with the fake teeth. My wife almost left early on.
From the point of the seder revealing that Arno was Howard's brother-in-law, I stopped caring about the characters and just enjoyed the ride. The second half especially has some very funny moments, like when Julia gets the "Howie" tattoo and Howard whines pathetically, "ah, now you can't be buried with me." Loved the Billy Joel musical cue, such an NYC thing.
The posts upthread otm about Howard having no clue he was about to be killed and dying at his happiest moment.
It would have been amazing if the song crüt just referenced played over the end credits.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
started watching this but I was very hungover and it was straight claustrophobic close up shots and people shouting for the first 15 minutes so I figured I'd come back to it
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
lol this is a terrible hangover movie
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
DL, we’ve got to make sure we caution you about what kind of space you need to be in to consume media! I feel like we’ve failed you a few times now
― solo scampito (mh), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
yeah i cant imagine anything worse for a hangover short of a blacksmith convention lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
trump rally
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 9 July 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
I liked this overall. Better than Good Time. Some serious flaws. By 20-30 minutes before the end I had just completely given up on Howard as a character so I kind of stopped caring what happened. It just stopped being fun or interesting watching a very stupid and simple man remain lost in his delusions. Also a flaw in Adam Sandler's performance I think, he ran out of tricks.
I didn't mind the "jewish stereotypes," tbh, the world and the people felt real and human enough to me. I mean, those kinds of lowlifes exist in this world, and some of them are Jewish.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
I think it helped to watch this on fairly low volume on my laptop -- I couldn't have handled it in a theater.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
OTOH I guess it works in that way as a portrait of a compulsive gambler. Because you know it doesn’t even matter if someone like that wins their million dolllar bet, they’ll find some way to squander it and get into trouble again.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 26 July 2020 06:07 (three years ago) link
yeah I thought the way it portrayed his addiction was pretty effective
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
I liked this overall. Better than Good Time. Some serious flaws. By 20-30 minutes before the end I had just completely given up on Howard as a character so I kind of stopped caring what happened. It just stopped being fun or interesting watching a very stupid and simple man remain lost in his delusions.
Lol, you and me are opposites. When I stopped caring about the character is when I started enjoying the movie.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Monday, 27 July 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
A lot of really compelling performances though, including Sandler even though I thought he ran out of steam before the end. Lakeith Stanfield seems like the most underrated/unsung standout in the film, Idina Menzel almost too real as the fed up wife
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
KG was great as a just very slightly alternate universe version of himself
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
I didn't even realize that was Judd Hirsch until I just googled btw, another great one
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 July 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
I thought KG was passable for most of the film but that scene just before howard places the big bet where they really gave him a shot to spread his wings was kind of a miss for me
julia fox was the revelation of the movie. the safdies have brought out pretty killer performances by first time actresses a couple of times now
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link