mike francesca?!
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
finally got around to seeing good time last week and it blew me away so i'm very much looking forward to this
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
best flick abt gambling addiction ive ever seen & wildly entertaining taboot
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 21 November 2019 03:59 (four years ago) link
can't wait to see this
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 November 2019 04:11 (four years ago) link
I went to the movies on Monday and they played this trailer twice!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 21 November 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
Lol at the article in the first post marveling that Sandler is good playing someone annoying.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
i hope the weeknd/lopatin tracks surface at some pt
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Found out yesterday that this movie still doesn't have a Canadian distributor, what the fuck
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
i'm super-psyched for this even though i wasn't quite as high on Good Time as a lot of other folks, i sort of agree w/what Alfred said about it.
― omar little, Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
the energy and style is def the same as good time; i prob prefer good time slightly
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
Well.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 December 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
That can be read many different ways.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 December 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
I drank a glass of wine and a mug of coffee while watching, a gastronomic choice reflecting...the film's rhythm.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 December 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
This and Climax are the movies of the year and I'm clearly dancing willfully on the edge of oblivion.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Saturday, 7 December 2019 04:43 (four years ago) link
looking forward to seeing it
― Dan S, Saturday, 7 December 2019 05:33 (four years ago) link
Doing an advance screening/live Q&A with the Safdies this Thursday at my local Alamo (still tickets left if anyone's interested, but not that many).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 December 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
Well!
― Simon H., Monday, 16 December 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
Watched this on screener at home and enjoyed it, but picked up a ticket for a Christmas evening screening 'cause I need to see this thing with an audience.
― Simon H., Monday, 16 December 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
still mad I skipped seeing good time on a big screen, not gonna make the same mistake with this one
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 16 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
burying the lead that Kevin Garnett is in it apparently!went to must watch status
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 December 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
he's in it *a lot*
― Simon H., Monday, 16 December 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
(role was apparently originally attached to Kobe, Embiid and Amar'e)https://www.si.com/nba/2019/12/12/kevin-garnett-uncut-gems-adam-sandler
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 December 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
absolutely UNREAL levels of Tri-State Guy emanating from this interview. incredible. https://t.co/KG5p0RFovc— Max Read (@max_read) December 16, 2019
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 16 December 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
he looks like the dumpster woman from mulholland drive
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 16 December 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 December 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
This is like a sports movie if the sport was gambling
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 00:40 (four years ago) link
Listening to the soundtrack. It's great but how on earth is this going to work in context?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
It doesn't -- unless you imagine the soundtrack as the aural equivalent of Sander's fried neurons.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
Hm. Well that works in Punch-Drunk Love.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
(role was apparently originally attached to Kobe, Embiid and Amar'e)loved this tidbit from the new yorker piece:
Stoudemire was not cast, partly because he declined to shave his dreadlocks, which he did not have in his playing years.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
dvdscr of this has leaked.
― calzino, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
The use of the music is very striking, it doubles down / gets almost comically louder in scenes where you'd expect it to ease off
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
kg was great, i wouldve loved to see how kobe wouldve been ~ script wouldve had to change quite a bit
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
I thought this was much better than their last one, and just as much in thrall to the gritty neo-noir aesthetic of Chinese Bookie/Eddie Coyle - which is a good not bad thing imo.
― calzino, Thursday, 19 December 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
this is the only time I will link to an SNL clip, vintage or otherwise
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/wfpas-monsters-of-monologue-94/2872689
― Simon H., Sunday, 22 December 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
saw this at 11pm in an empty theater on xmas night, great way to blow off holiday stress.
Didnt like this as much as Good Time just bc GT felt like a bolt from the blue, but thought it was great. Only thing I didnt like was the music, which I thought was extremely bad & ridiculous in all the wrong ways, and actually ruined what should have been a couple of the strongest scenes imo. KGs performance was legit good & much better than I was expecting.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
Saw this in a basically sold-out Christmas evening screening. A couple walkouts and at least one "this is so stressful!"
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
It has that in common with Little Women.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
lol, my little women viewing was punctuated by irregular bouts of sniffles/weeping around the theater. people take their fantasies seriously!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Saw this same day as Star Wars ; both excruciating but this had more cathartic ending and more deft use of CG. Music felt like 70s after-school special scolding, which I guess this was?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Kevin Garnett’s force awakening was really done much better in this movie.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
decision to make Rey the granddaughter of Amar'e Stoudemire a major misstep imho
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
Julia Fox gonna be everywhere before long.
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
this was fantastic, upped the walking-a-tightwire-over-the-void tension of good time even further
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
the stressful cacophony of overstimulation, the weird grace of a dirtbag juggling scams. see also killing of a chinese bookie, california split
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
This is like Requiem for a Dream, but with gambling (and but good).
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 27 December 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Also, love that Eric Bogosian has this role and the completely different Bernie Sanders-type role in Succession in the same year. Thought we had lost him to Law & Order.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 27 December 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
haven't seen Eric B in eons, used to go to all his solo shows in the '80s
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 December 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Can’t believe Morbz liked a president
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 December 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
Same here, and watched Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll not long ago. This year seems like the first time in forever that he has memorable roles.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 27 December 2019 22:19 (four 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 (crĂĽt), 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 crĂĽt just referenced played over the end credits.
― TĹŤne 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.
― TĹŤne 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
I watched GOOD TIME a couple of months ago and after re-watching this one last week I do think this is the superior film, but both are great. pattinson probably with the best performance in all their work tho
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 July 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
still can't believe the main goon was a first time actor
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
At a certain level of abstraction this was them making Good Time again but better.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
yup
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
Much better than Good Time because it's a more fully realized film. I rewatched it today, and definitely holds up.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
one of my best friends watched it and kept texting me during it, stuff like "he's already crazy and we're only 40% into the movie!"
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
The manic pace of the first act is really something, it actually kind of slows down slightly after that.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link
The moment when he first shows the gem to KG really moved me this time.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:27 (three years ago) link
I could happily watch this a couple times a year for....a while
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
yeah same
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
It def occurs to me that I want to watch this again, less so with Good Time
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
Kind of hard to say, given that I've never seen the 90s remake of Night in the City (but I am aware of its reputation), this movie feels like the proper way to update that film. I almost didn't watch this--haven't seen their previous film (but will now), and the Sandler-in-a-real-movie hook doesn't interest me--so I'm surprised and delighted at how much I enjoyed this.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 17 August 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
That first sentence is missing a conjunction somewhere, but hopefully you know what I mean.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 17 August 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
definitely see GOOD TIME
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 August 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
RIP
RIP MARSHALL GREENBERG you were loved. pic.twitter.com/I1uQ1YOxMY— Elara (@ElaraPictures) February 17, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
Aw :(
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
Greatest actor of all time
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Taking vigs from beyond
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/benny-safdie-solo-the-curse-smashing-machine-1235859184/
― calstars, Friday, 5 January 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
is this the thread for discussing THE CURSE!?
bc it's really good and i am on ep 4 after starting this afternoon (it's my day off, fuiud)
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:06 (two months ago) link
Nathan For You
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:09 (two months ago) link
oh ok! thanksrelated to Uncut Gems also -- I started listening to Julia Fox's autobiography (as audiobook, read by by the author) and it's also great. there's something about her story that reminds me of Penelope Tree.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:11 (two months ago) link
So much yelling. And in the one quiet moment, you telling me that she didn't hear the *ding!* on his cellphone when she texted him from 14 feet away?
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 03:10 (two weeks ago) link
yes, that's what they're telling you
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 03:14 (two weeks ago) link