Uncut Gems | Discussion Thread

[NOSaintsFan02]

We still doing spoilers? Movie been out for a hot minute now.

 

[shroommon]

I seen this bout 3 times by myself and various homies

More gritty crime thrillers like this need to drop ..

Apparently this movie is loosely based off the true story of the father of the directors , who use to be a jewelry runner in NY

P.S. that white girl is thick af

P.P.S. Ima need some blacklight in my house that scene was lit

 

[YAYU]

juss saw it, liked it. wish it was fleshed out better. long movie and still felt like it never actually started

good god that white girl got ass!!! regular sexy type

 

[Mr. 1nighter]

juss saw it, liked it. wish it was fleshed out better. long movie and still felt like it never actually started

good god that white girl got ass!!! regular sexy type

I think it’s fake. She’s an ig personality.

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

What did Sandler's thot think The Weeknd wanted to go in the bathroom for? To talk stock portfolios? These hose man

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

And it's unrealistic AF for a middle aged man to put his hands on a star (I know the Weeknd in 2012 wasn't the Weeknd now) and not get stomped out. Sandler's character should have got stomped out to add to the realism of the scene. Not just pushed out the club.

It's no wonder he kept seeing how far he could push people. He never got repercussion. Until the end of course lol

 

[kwazzy100]

Spoiler: Agreed....

My only reservation is will she be smart enough to “go wherever” or will she just stay in NYC, the city she knows with the connects she know?

But you’re right, the only goons who know what she looks like are laying low. The goons he called just know she’s a pretty white lady. Plus the ones that know who she is don’t necessarily feel like it’s their money they need to recover. It became about respect after being locked in that space for hours.

I JUST watched it. You're right. I was shocked they had to take him out like that, but he kept playing with people too much. Come to think of it, Howard had SO many warnings about his demise. He kept gambling it. I remember that game too, I knew he was gonna win but a twist would happen, but I didn't expect....

 

[kwazzy100]

Also this movie made me feel old af. I can’t believe I’d be watching a movie set in 2012 and have me feeling an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Linsanity discussions, those old iPhones, The Weeknd buzzing off those 3 mixtapes, replaying Some Type of Way constantly, I’ve never seen a film capture an era that was less than 10 years ago but the Safdie’s did it

2010-2013 were the best years for last decade's hip-hop. After that, it seemed meh right after.

 

[kwazzy100]

But even when you focus on the central conflict (Howard/Arno and co./Garnett and everyone else in the primary orbit of the opal), there are some thematic issues that the Safdie Brothers really don't work out to their full potential, the biggest one being the relationship between Howard's Judaism and his avarice. The movie begins with a grievously injured Ethiopian mine worker being taken to his bosses, while other miners find the opal, then fast forwards to Howard receiving said opal (bought for $100,000) and trying to screw everyone into giving him $500,000-$1,000,000 for it. There's racial, religious, economic, AND political charge to this: the white Jew is profiting off of the suffering of Black Jews, in a more prosperous nation while the latter receive nothing for their labor and pain. What this means is that Garnett asking Howard how much he paid for the opal after their transaction, and later asking Howard how right it is that he profits while the workers get nothing should be an incredibly charged moment in the film, the point where many of its themes come to a head and propels us into the final act. And it's probably the best scene in the film because of Sandler and Daniel Lopatin's score, but it's still lacking because the Safdies basically buried those themes under the weight of Howard's love life for 70% of the film (also, it was the one moment where you could say that casting Garnett was a bad decision. The original player they had in mind for the film, Amar'e Stoudemire, would have made those themes come together so much more strongly, as it becomes an issue of not just race and wealth, but also shared Jewish identity. It's no longer a question of "how could Howard do this to them?," but "how could Howard do this to OUR people, his own people?" Even Joel Embiid would have been better thematically, being Cameroonian and having more of a connection to African wealth than Garnett).

I knew this movie had to do something about socioeconomics. A few things about this movie is that it gives off racial and religious tones, but it's not that clear to understand.

 

[dvdjamm]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

7/10

All the yelling in this movie. Jesus Christ.

 

[The Guru]

I watched this yesterday while sick and banged up from a car accident.
shyt was taxing to get through, so tense

 

[Deltron]

I watched this yesterday while sick and banged up from a car accident.
shyt was taxing to get through, so tense

damn yo, feel better breh

 

[The Guru]

damn yo, feel better breh

I'm well on my way up.

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

I can't believe a girl with an ass job like that didn't get an Oscar nom