Movies: Uncut Gems

[kook10]

That’s a fair point. Again, I’ll say that on a second viewing it’s not as noticeable or annoying/distracting.

I have a kid, so that is the first grown up movie I have seen in the theater in ages. Zero chance of seeing it again until it streams. Did you watch both times on the big screen?

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

I have a kid, so that is the first grown up movie I have seen in the theater in ages. Zero chance of seeing it again until it streams. Did you watch both times on the big screen?

Haha, I totally get that. Surprised you were even able to get one viewing in!

I did see it twice on the big screen.

 

[Osprey]

I watched it over the weekend and wrote a review in the Last Movie You Watched thread. I hated it for the same reasons that so many others do: it's loud, vulgar and chaotic, the soundtrack is overbearing, none of the characters are likable or worthy of sympathy, it's too long and so on. It seems like everyone agrees that it's very anxiety inducing (by making you feel the stress that the main character is experiencing) and either loves that about it or hates that about it. If that kind of thing engrosses you and puts you on the edge of your seat, the movie may be right up your alley, but if it sounds like it would irritate you or make you uncomfortable, it's probably best that you skip it.

 

[Trap Jesus]

I watched it over the weekend and wrote a review in the Last Movie You Watched thread. I hated it for the same reasons that so many others do: it's loud, vulgar and chaotic, the soundtrack is overbearing, none of the characters are likable or worthy of sympathy, it's too long and so on. It seems like everyone who watches it agrees that it's very anxiety inducing and is split into either the camp that loves that about it or hates that about it. If that kind of thing puts you on the edge of your seat, the movie may be right up your alley, but if it sounds like it would irritate you or make you uncomfortable, it's probably best that you skip it.

Did you see Good Time? All those descriptions sound like their last movie they made. It's something I loved although haven't been able to check this one out yet.

 

[Osprey]

Did you see Good Time? All those descriptions sound like their last movie they made. It's something I loved although haven't been able to check this one out yet.

No, I haven't seen Good Time. I wasn't going to, but I see now that it has much higher of an audience score than Uncut Gems (81% vs 51%), so maybe I'll check it out. There are several audience reviews of Uncut Gems from people who really liked Good Time and were quite disappointed in Uncut Gems, so maybe the generalization that I just made isn't foolproof. Perhaps it's possible to put all of those things into a movie in a way that isn't as polarizing.

 

[Puck]

I found it tough slogging through the first part of the anxiety driven flick but I realized the film was intended to be that way. So I Zen'd out and dissociated from the characters and just let it ride for the second half. I enjoyed the second half better. I ended up liking it at the end (once I gave up caring). You either love this or hate it and I can understand both sides.

Like I said, I ended up liking it at the end but it was a difficult film to enjoy. It was interesting to see the inside workings of the NY diamond industry.

 

[Trap Jesus]

No, I haven't seen Good Time. I wasn't going to, but I see now that it has much higher of an audience score than Uncut Gems (81% vs 51%), so maybe I'll check it out. There are several audience reviews of Uncut Gems from people who really liked Good Time and were quite disappointed in Uncut Gems, so maybe the generalization that I just made isn't foolproof. Perhaps it's possible to put all of those things into a movie in a way that isn't as polarizing.

I just think what you're describing just sounds a lot like it. Safdie Bros have a really distinctive style that's a lot of close ups combined with shouting dialogue/really intense score that just creates a really kinetic and visceral feel to their movies. Characters in Good Time were also unlikable, although there's a goal the lead wants to achieve that makes you root for him.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Just released on Netflix today, just finished watching it.


I thoroughly enjoyed it. I mean It's not an A++ tier movie or anything like say Pulp Fiction or Fight Club or anything like that.


But it's a wild ride right from the start of the movie until the very last scene. Definitely anxiety driven and if you're into this type of movie you'll be on the edge of your seat pretty much the entire way.


Adam Sandler also did an excellent job, his best performance ever and I would say he absolutely should have gotten an Oscar nod for his work.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Thank god it's on Netflix, didn't expect it this early. This was one of my most anticipated movies of last year and it simply never came out in theaters around me, I couldn't believe it. It's not like it's that small of a movie.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Gonna watch this on Netflix!

 

[Vincent Vega]

Sandler should've gotten a nom, he was incredible.

I enjoyed him more in this than Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.

 

[TheCanasianfrasian]

i'm about halfway through, fell asleep last night because i was tired.

so far its alright, suspense is actually pretty well executed.

my main gripe with this movie is that the majority of the scenes have too much going on in terms of dialogue. Characters screaming, everyone talking over each other, its hard to follow. Its a complaint i have for any movie thats like this because i watch all my TV with subs as i like to know and understand everything thats going on. With subs turned on, sometimes there are 3 lines at the same time on the screen that are being said by 3 different characters.

Sandler so far is really great. I've seen many of his movies, even the more serious roles, and i think this is maybe his best performance ever.

 

[Trap Jesus]

i'm about halfway through, fell asleep last night because i was tired.

so far its alright, suspense is actually pretty well executed.

my main gripe with this movie is that the majority of the scenes have too much going on in terms of dialogue. Characters screaming, everyone talking over each other, its hard to follow. Its a complaint i have for any movie thats like this because i watch all my TV with subs as i like to know and understand everything thats going on. With subs turned on, sometimes there are 3 lines at the same time on the screen that are being said by 3 different characters.

Sandler so far is really great. I've seen many of his movies, even the more serious roles, and i think this is maybe his best performance ever.

This movie purposely wants to create confusion where you aren't picking everything up so you get wrapped up in the chaotic environment. Especially at the start the directors wanted to create an environment where you may not understand who everyone exactly is or what everyone is saying but you pick up just enough to get a sense for the characters. Like at the start with KG in the shop the background noise and conversations are amplified to the max, that's intentional.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I've been waiting a long time to watch this movie. Sandler did a really good job, and like everyone else is saying, it goes to 100 mph immediately and doesn't stop. All the loud conversations are there to set the hectic pace.

I think the best way to describe it though was that it was a very good movie but I didn't enjoy the experience of it because of increased anxiety. Almost like a rollercoaster that you don't want to be on but can acknowledge that the ride was still very good.

 

[Voight]

Honestly the trailer hyped it up way too much.

Good movie, but nothing special IMO

 

[OzzyFan]

I've been waiting a long time to watch this movie. Sandler did a really good job, and like everyone else is saying, it goes to 100 mph immediately and doesn't stop. All the loud conversations are there to set the hectic pace.

I think the best way to describe it though was that it was a very good movie but I didn't enjoy the experience of it because of increased anxiety. Almost like a rollercoaster that you don't want to be on but can acknowledge that the ride was still very good.

For me it was arguably the best movie of the year I've seen and I thought Sandler deserved an oscar nod. And this is exactly how I feel about it. Loved the movie a lot, but the stress I felt throughout the movie made me never want to rewatch this again.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Would've been better if Howard had any redeemable qualities. Hard to sympathize with a guy who deserves his pyrrhic victory.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I don't understand why viewers or readers care so much about sympathizing or relating to characters at all.

 

[OzzyFan]

Apparently an extended cut of this movie is being released. In theaters by me this weekend, an extra 19 minutes of footage added:

Uncut Gems - Extended Cut | Fandango

 

[Osprey]

I don't understand why viewers or readers care so much about sympathizing or relating to characters at all.

It's because that's what makes you care about them, and caring about the characters tends to make you a lot more invested in what happens to them. Movies and books are basically fantasies. You watch or read them and fantasize about being in the settings and events depicted and in the characters' shoes. When you relate to the characters in one or more ways, it's easier to become immersed.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

It's because that's what makes you care about them, and caring about the characters tends to make you a lot more invested in what happens to them. Movies and books are basically fantasies. You watch or read them and fantasize about being in the settings and events depicted and in the characters' shoes. When you relate to the characters in one or more ways, it's easier to become immersed.

I get that but personally I don't enjoy art in that way anymore. I don't find it makes the work better or makes it easier to get into it. Some of my favorite works have unreedemable characters and personally, I'm far more interested in singular worlds other than my own and the one I live in to care to relate. At any rate, I'd be far more interested in relating to the self-effacing artist's sensibilities that creates the work as opposed to his or her characters.

 

[Osprey]

I get that but personally I don't enjoy art in that way anymore. I don't find it makes the work better or makes it easier to get into it. Some of my favorite works have unreedemable characters and personally, I'm far more interested in singular worlds other than my own and the one I live in to care to relate. At any rate, I'd be far more interested in relating to the self-effacing artist's sensibilities that creates the work as opposed to his or her characters.

I took you too literally, then. You said that you didn't understand it, so I tried to give the answer (or part of it), but it sounds like you just don't subscribe to it.

BTW, I don't think that unredeemable necessarily means unrelatable. For example, take Arthur Fleck in Joker. Viewers can relate to him in a few ways and feel sympathy for him, even though he gets progressively unredeemable. In fact, he does far worse things than Sandler's character does in Uncut Gems, yet I would argue that he's a bit more sympathetic of a character because he's partly a victim of a cruel world, whereas Sandler's character is only a victim of his own bad choices.

 

[Ol' Jase]

Excellent movie made even better by Sandler’s performance. He needs to do more movies like this, he has serious chops that shouldn’t go to waste.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Finally watched this and didn't get the hype. It was ok but way too long and I hated the seemingly endless dramatic music on nearly every scene.

 

[Miguel Cairo]

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