posted that mostly for "homeless rabbis" line
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
Man this was relentless.It really reminded me of that novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that's written so specifically like a dream, with the main dude kind of sleepwalking from one important task to another but never quite completing each one and seemingly getting tangled in all the duties, risks, seemingly forgetting the point of each one or leaving some valuable thing somewhere vulnerable, although this film takes it to fever pitch level and Sandler kind of has it in hand for enough of it you're not quite sure if he'll pull it all off or end up chucked out of a window.
― kinder, Sunday, 9 February 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
"homeless rabbis" line was great.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Friday, 14 February 2020 02:19 (four years ago) link
The Uncut Gems title font is Albertus, which I think of as the Ginsberg's Howl / National Review font.
― jaymc, Friday, 14 February 2020 04:35 (four years ago) link
my first thought was that its pretty close to the classic John Carpenter font - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/John_Carpenter%27s_The_Thing_%28closing_credits_Logo%29.png / https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/60/59205/full-1920x816/59f8d023/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China-Directed_by_John_Carpenter.jpeg?resolution=0
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
Jewish excellence!!!! https://t.co/fk6OehAaZm— Naomi Fry (@frynaomifry) February 18, 2020
would watch
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
:D
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 23:43 (four years ago) link
Will watch.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
Lol @ “Flipanthrophy”, perfect
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
YesAnyone seen Go Get some rosemary?
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
oh fuck that's great news
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 05:10 (four years ago) link
the Safdie brothers aren't directing the pilot? what the
― lukas, Friday, 28 February 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
Howard this weekend:
running around buying black-market way -overpriced disinfectant wipes & TP & boasting about his collection. He’d spend the first 10 days on L.I. being the family man they forgot he could be till he’d run mad, hop in His car & catch covid from a stranger trying to track down Julia https://t.co/jRAiruwmFM— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) March 15, 2020
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 15 March 2020 05:24 (four years ago) link
ME: I want a three-way parlay on coronavirus. Travel suspended from Europe, NBA season suspended, Tom Hanks has it. You take lightning bets? I want a lightning bet on the stock market dive -- thousand bucks a pointYOU: That's the dumbest fuckin' bet I ever heard ofME: pic.twitter.com/T36UBHbTwz— limited breadsticks (@limitlessjest) March 12, 2020
― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 March 2020 06:39 (four years ago) link
I'm going to put this here, too:
Dawn of the Dead (1978)Directed by George Romero pic.twitter.com/91cvhlLLga— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) March 17, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
Your chance to own the bejewelled Furby.
https://a24auctions.com/auctions/gems-uncut-gems
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 17 May 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
kinda want that MJ pendant
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
just bid on it. i own't win but the idea of even having a chance is killing me lol
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
lol just gave up on the bidding war. money's going to charity so at least that amount has increased!
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 May 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
it was me, I outbid you! any day now the MJ pendant will be MINE!
also the charity doesn't exist, it's a sham set up by ME! NYEH HEH HEH HWEE!
― lumen (esby), Monday, 18 May 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
I only just realised Howard's surname is Ratner. Possibly a reference to the infamous jeweller who buried his own company by declaring his products to be shit...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ratner
People say, "How can you sell this for such a low price?", I say, "because it's total crap."[6]He compounded this by going on to remark that one of the sets of earrings was "cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn't last as long."
He compounded this by going on to remark that one of the sets of earrings was "cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn't last as long."
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 18 May 2020 11:18 (three years ago) link
or the nyc real-estate dude who bought the Nets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Ratner
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 May 2020 11:35 (three years ago) link
and took a similar attitude towards them tbh
haha when I started watching the film I thought it was going to be about Gerald Ratner for a moment there.The 'Ratner effect' is in general parlance here iirc
― kinder, Monday, 18 May 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
finally saw this todayI really liked it. But god SO fucking stressful! Mr Veg was more underwhelmed, he just thought Howie was a dope & didnt care much what happened to him, lol. I think I just like movies about hubris & ppl making bad decisions? all the stress of robbing peter to pay paul alone while making insane bets and having a mistress and a family and maybe colon cancer. like you could kinda tell within the first 30 minutes that he was gonna end up dead some way or another. but the verité of being right there in his life was pretty genius. and so many great characters, just wall to wall like a great gritty 70’s crime movie.the intensity felt kinda Dog Day Afternoon for me? not the story but that feeling of real-life actual panic. and as the audience you just get airdropped into that diamond showroom like aghfuuuuck jesus get me out of here
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
I think I just like movies about hubris & ppl making bad decisions?
have you watched the safdie's Good Times yet because ohhhhhhh man
― Clay, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
hahah otm
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
I really liked Good Time
― Dan S, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
I mentioned in another thread that I wasn’t crazy about the obsession with men's jewelry, the NBA, and gambling in Uncut Gems. The milieu overwhelmed the plot for me
― Dan S, Sunday, 31 May 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
In retrospect it was memorable though, and Adam Sandler was good
― Dan S, Sunday, 31 May 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
otm
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 31 May 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
― Dan S, Saturday, May 30, 2020 10:02 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i think this is a fair criticism. good time has a little bit more to say as far as rob pat's character justifying doing whatever he wants as an act of caring for his brother.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
I loved Good Time!!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 May 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
as much as uncut gems caters brilliantly to some of my interests, i do think good time is a slightly better movie
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
agreed cad
― Clay, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
i think it’s easier to root for RPattz’s character, for sure. plus his brother adds some human stakes whereas Howie’s whole stort hinges on a lot of material stakes that could easily leave a lot of ppl cold
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
*story
the end of gems, when you are locked in howie's world and watching the bet play out, is superlative filmmaking and an amazing payoff for the stress of the movie.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
gems has a quality of getting lost in its own plot a little, who owes what to who and why, whereas ime good time flows effortlessly from one point to the next
― Clay, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
yeah totally agree with that
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
i really liked how Uncut Gems was so immersive
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
I significantly prefer uncut gems if only because it's much funnier
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
it is but good time has the indelibly funny moment of
SPOILER
breaking the wrong guy out of the hospital
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:27 (three years ago) link
first time seeing it I didn't think Uncut Gems was very funny
― Dan S, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
now I wanna watch good time again
― Clay, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
i keep thinking the nba should replay the celtics playoff game from the climactic seen on nba tv and make a big deal event of it, like pop ups tracking howard's bets and such, hey nba marketing people this was my idea plz be in touch with my representatives
― Clay, Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:17 (three years ago) link
lol 2nded
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
― 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