Why did the 2019 movie Uncut Gems resonate so much with left twitter and chapo? I remember everyone losing their shit when that came out.

  • BGDelirium [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't care what anyone says, you can't convince me to watch an Adam Sandler film. I've seen two crud films of his and an untold amount of cringy trailers.

    It's before my time but the era of SNL that spat out Sandler, Schneider, and Spade just makes you wonder how such unfunny, uncharismatic doofuses kept making money for 30 years.

    • Goadstool [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Like the RLM guys say, there are "Adam Sandler Movies" (i.e. Click, Billy Madison, Anger Management, Happy Gilmore) and then there are movies made by other people who utilize Sandler in a role that suits him (i.e. Uncut Gems, Punch Drunk Love, Spanglish).

      That said, I tried watching Uncut Gems and I couldn't endure the intensely mumbly dialogue.

        • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Spanglish was a very meh movie. I liked it but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it again ever.

          Adam Sandler gets way too much credit for playing a normal person instead of an Adam Sandler character.

          He is good in Uncut Gems though. And I haven't seen meyerowitz stories yet but I heard it's decent.

    • pooh [she/her, any]
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      3 years ago

      It’s before my time but the era of SNL that spat out Sandler, Schneider, and Spade just makes you wonder how such unfunny, uncharismatic doofuses kept making money for 30 years.

      Some of the genuinely funny ones like Chris Farley and Phil Hartman died. :/

      • BGDelirium [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        This is true. Loved Phil Hartman on the Simpsons and NewsRadio.