I felt that Sandler having the money to pay off the debt and still repeatedly placing bets actually made the movie better. If Uncut Gems was about a guy who fucked up in the beginning and then spent the rest of the movie racing against the clock to try to recoup the money (a la Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels), it would still work, but there is something uniquely anxiety inducing about watching a man compulsively dig himself deeper and deeper into a hole in the hopes of making one more big score. It gives more agency to Sandler’s character and really captures the feeling of a man whose gambling addiction prevents him from doing the thing that you, as an audience member, are screaming for him to do. But I’m gay so what do I know.
Nick didn't like the movie because he is Sandler's character. He figuratively won the lottery with this podcast and still wants to gamble it away on Crypto.
Also the superstitious aspect around the rock is actually kind of how gambling addicts get. They develop ideas of whats 'lucky' and follow rules that don't make sense because they believe if they do that thing, then the 'luck' is on their side.
Stav and nicks dynamic is Nick just points out nitpicky things to shit on and stav laughs and then tries to make a point about how those things aren’t actually that bad and Nick just saying “yeah”
Think how early on this is and then think about how this might turn out in the same amount of time as Opie Anthony, which they are for sure the carriers for the baton of In the way that O&A were carrying the baton from old school stern.
One thing Nick also kind of misunderstands is the “magical rock.” It’s really unclear if the rock is actually magic or if KG is just superstitious and the rock being around him as a placebo psychological effect of making him extra motivated to win or something. It’s not like “oh this is literally and undeniably magical.”
Yea I took it as this was the delusions of a gambler looking for ANYTHING to justify making a bet. This is what gamblers actually do, they create reasons to gamble out of totally random superstitious bullshit.
I definitely got the impression that it was the latter. I could totally believe that happening though. The placebo effect can definitely have profound effects on people's psychology in a lot of instances.
No offense to these guys, but most of their points are god awful. I'd have to watch it again to jog my memory, but I do remember clearly that I completely understood the movie and what was going on the entire way through... don't know what this guy's talking about when he claims the plot didn't make sense or was lazy. And of course the rock wasn't literally magical; the movie isn't fantastical or superstitious, it just has characters that are, exactly like the real world. And actually, superstitious thinking is fairly common among gamblers... how was this not obvious? The genre and tone clearly tells the audience this. I think the nitpicky dude just struggles with implication or subtext or something? I don't know.
this is the first time i’ve ever seen stav’s brain work well enough to interpret a film more accurately than nick, honestly nick seems like he just missed some details and genuinely didn’t understand the intent of the movie
I love Nick's commentary. Stav: "They're worried about their boy" Nick: "Worried enough to say hey... are you ok? because I'm still gonna sell your shit." Classic New York Jay's.
The sandman is great, as the other guy said he just loves making shitty movies and making major bag for/with his friends. The Meyerowitz Stories abd Uncut Gems are good, You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah was also actually pretty good lol
Excellent editing. The bit about Lakeith Stanfield being an angry toddler without his juice is hilarious. Also, the movie Good Time is amazing. Liked it more than uncut gems. Robert Pattinson is a G in that movie.
I felt so empty inside after Good Time, there wasn’t really any kind of hero’s journey or redeeming quality to anyone, around the midpoint when he starts screwing the 14 year old girl I was like damn, he’s not a movie character as much as a textbook example of how actual criminal scumfuck people think and behave. It was fascinating for those reasons though, just in such a different way. I’m gonna have to rewatch that one again and again and keep thinking about it, for me that’s what makes a really great movie
@@pinkfloydguy7781 memory was kinda fuzzy on that movie but doesnt leave her to get caught by the police or something in the festival place or something
Good Time is a 10 for sure. I loved Uncut Gems but Good Time is just more intense im the best way. Its great to be able to laugh at sandman’s suffering tho!
i like that despite being a forever critic of standard hollywood storytelling, when confronted with something different Nick's first reaction is "wtf this isn't right"
“I’m an upset toddler but I’m not being a man about it. I’m sad I want my juice and everybody’s gonna find out about it” brilliant foreshadowing of the great sandwich debate of ‘21
Why would you assume that he isn't trying? On numerous occasions he's claimed to sit at home for hours doing the same line in the same voice in order to get it down.
It's funny Nick says the jewelry store dudes seem to act as real jewelers, because a lot of the secondary characters are actual NYC street people (i.e., the Irish enforcer, jeweler bros.[the ones that took Garnett's ring], and the identical twin bookies).
If the movie "Click" had an ultimate counter part, this would be it one hundred percent. I had so much anxiety watching this sht. What I thought it was cheering for Adam Sandler turned out to be actually cheering for this anxiety to end.
you just helped me resolve a thread in the back of my IMDB mind. It was always going to end, we were on the wild ride from minute 1. Great experience brought to film once you digest it.
not saying its a perfect movie for everyone but jesus Nick missed a step or two. Sandler's character DIDNT always have the money to pay off his debt, he thought he had money coming in that would make him rich so he kept digging himself a hole.
He did have like two or three moments when he could have backed out and cut his losses if I’m remembering correctly but yeah, I think Nick misremembered that as him somehow always having the money to get out of it and that’s why he has this impression that the anxiety isn’t real
@Ivan Zhao he doesn’t though, he will always take whatever money he gets from getting lucky or getting help and roll it on another bet. There is no safety net because he keeps intentionally trying to cut the net down every time he manages to set one up under him. It didn’t feel to me like his father would simply bail him out any time he needed help considering he only was able to get help from him I think one time and it wasn’t exactly a “oh here have this money no problem” type situation if I recall.
SPOILERS I know I’m likely reading too much into it, but this episode made me realize something. Because of that “magical element” he started feeling invincible and lost grasp of reality and the situation at hand. Locking the mobsters up was dumb to anybody else but because he was feeling himself, and was so fixated on the idea that KG was about to fix his life for him. Then reality set in even after the W.
If I offer Nick a role in my existential arthouse drama that begins filming this winter, are most of you going to flood the trailer comment section with various lines about being gay? If so, I don’t know if it’s worth it.
The rock was not necessarily magic. Garnett fetishized it and maybe was simply inspired by it. And Adam Sandler understood that and made a clever bet. Magic realm scenes we go to in the rock sometimes can be simply interpreted as symbolism.
@@Irraptured jesus that movie..... i watched it a few weeks back after seeing your comment, loved it... while being frightened as well... thanks for the recommendation
Throughout my years in New York I had an evolving relationship with the diamond district. As a bike messenger I intermittently had pickups and deliveries in the many secure building down that block picking up uninsured envelopes of raw and/or loose gems. They wouldn't pay for the insurance to cover the value if something happened to the stones because they don't have real value. They know it. I also bought a gem scale so I could weigh mdma when I thought I was a drug kingpin for 6 months.
Honestly, the reason it's even more anxiety inducing when you watch it (unless you are also a compulsive gambler) is that you are constantly watching in disbelief that Sandler's character HAS the money and options to get out from under his debt, but refuses to just get out of trouble and be stuck like a 100 grand. He keeps layering massive risk on top of risk even when he's driving by a potential off ramp. If he didn't have the money or family to borrow it from his character would be more understandable and heroic, he'd be an underdog just trying to survive. He's so much more unlikeable because he refuses to stop gambling no matter how many chances he is given or how much privilege he otherwise has in life. Any normal dude watching has to be screaming "JUST USE THE ROCK TO PAY OFF THE DEBTS AND GO BACK TO FUCKING JULIA FOX IN YOUR CONDO, YOU DUMB LUCKY FUCK."
I feel the same about Uncut Gems as I do about Parasite. Both are experience films with a capital E. The first time you watch both, if you fuck with them, you REALLY fuck with them, and it's such a wild ride. But the thing about these thrill-ride kind of movies is that, imo, they have diminishing returns; every subsequent watch you're just chasing that first high. I think they're both still worth rewatching if only to appreciate the screenplays for both and figuring out how they both accomplished what they did. Oh and I'm in agreement with Stav, Good Time is the better (and much more rewatchable) Safdie Bros film. Can't wait for whatever those boys do next tho.
I'm pretty sure they are doing a 48hrs remake next. Edit.. Nevermind that's what they were doing, it has since been scrapped which is good because they are so good at coming up with their own stories.
I think good time helps you appreciate uncut gems more, because you can see the evolution of the visual style, and cross-film motifs (blacklights, quasi-magical elements for some examples), and I think Good times has even more of what Nick was complaining about, but the tension is more constant, so I think plot wise it's weaker, but tone wise some people might prefer it or be more impacted by it than Uncut Gems. It also depends on what you think about the twist in UG (if it even qualifies as one)
nick must be losing touch. the rock wasn't actually magic, it was that Sandlers character concocted this whole gambling scheme based on the players belief in it. not that it was actually magical. it was that the player thought it was magical and would ease the players superstition to play well (even though he could obviously play well as it probably is)
This is from when the movie came out, and if you ask me he’s dead on, awesome directing with just a less than good plot. Great anxiety building but that’s all there was to it.
People's perception of the rock being magic was more important than the rock being anything at all. That's how superstition works, it's not what it is, it's what you think it is.
@@Jim900 no he's not dead on it doesnt even seem like he gets the movie, he's just pointing shit out that doesn't matter and saying they're plot holes when that's the whole fucking point of the movie. It's like asking why Jack doesn't get on the floating debris with Rose in Titanic, it's because Jack is supposed to die for the story, pointing out that technically he could've just got on the debris misses the point it's meaningless
@@juggmkj I only know it because I've always loved reading and writing. It means flighty, unreliable. It comes from the Roman God Mercury (also known as Hermes), the messenger of the gods who delivered their missives upon his winged sandals. He was characterized as erratic, energetic, and emotionally unstable.
“It’s like there’s one part of the movie where you can take a breath and relax. That’s probably what a gamblers life is like” Stav nailing the Tone of the Film pacing there.
I like the magic element for its cinematography and how it’s derived from compounded historical exploitation. He doesn’t always have the money though, the whole fake watches sub plot is about that.
The way Nick talks about this movie reminds me of the way I would talk about a movie when I didn’t like the feeling it gave me. Not to say that that’s what it is, I think Nick’s okay with feeling sick or anxious from this. It’s the way he points out plot holes that don’t really matter/points out things that come from a direct misunderstanding of a film, it feels more like an excuse to not ‘fully commit to the world of the film’ than an actual criticism. Like if some overly disturbing film got to me I’d act like that; “oh, but someone definitely would’ve helped her out if they saw that” “it’s stupid because he definitely would’ve thought through a way to get free by then” “they would’ve caught him by now” like that may be true but it doesn’t fucking matter, the whole point is to let that stuff happen. All this to say I don’t think Nick realizes he’s doing that, but then again I’m a gay man so what do I know…
9:47 clearly these guys have never been around hood people. Its an accurate portrayal of how shady hood people act lol constant misdirection : yeah I go the stone - wait no I dont have the stone. Constant lies and misinformation. Its one of the things I loved about this movie - the characters are all shitty in their own way but thats what kinda grounds them in reality
I think nick’s really wrong about this movie. A big part of the otherwordly aspect of this movie to me is just the world Arnold lives in. He’s always living slightly outside of reality which pisses everyone around him off. I really loved it.
Mike Francesca aka Sports Pope! If you grew up in NY, you know he was one of the two sports talk radio gods that shaped the fandom for many of us in the tristate area.
The two guys that they are talking about with the championship ring actually do work there and so does the guy that works in Howards shop that goes off on his own the Safdie's like to use real non actors in their movies and that's what I like about them it gives the character more believability.
the bball game was chance but the gem , the loans and the game all together was hedged. Best case scenario he hits the bet and flips the gem, worst case scenario he loses the bet, flips the gem and pays the loan , makes a little profit
I did enjoy this movie quite significantly. This and Punch Drunk Love. EDIT: Good Time was also amazing, I am shocked I missed that movie when it first came out.
I never saw the rock as magical intervention, it came across to me like a symbol of the beliefs gamblers hold in supernatural things. Themes of this run all the way through the movie. It doesn’t have any connection, it just feels like it does. Leaves me wondering what the power of that feeling is
I felt that Sandler having the money to pay off the debt and still repeatedly placing bets actually made the movie better. If Uncut Gems was about a guy who fucked up in the beginning and then spent the rest of the movie racing against the clock to try to recoup the money (a la Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels), it would still work, but there is something uniquely anxiety inducing about watching a man compulsively dig himself deeper and deeper into a hole in the hopes of making one more big score. It gives more agency to Sandler’s character and really captures the feeling of a man whose gambling addiction prevents him from doing the thing that you, as an audience member, are screaming for him to do. But I’m gay so what do I know.
Nick didn't like the movie because he is Sandler's character. He figuratively won the lottery with this podcast and still wants to gamble it away on Crypto.
yeah i was on board until you said you were gay, opinion promptly ignored
Agreed
Oh, you're gay? Name every man.
Also the superstitious aspect around the rock is actually kind of how gambling addicts get. They develop ideas of whats 'lucky' and follow rules that don't make sense because they believe if they do that thing, then the 'luck' is on their side.
Stav describing Uncut Gems as Jewish Training Day feels like it deserved more respect.
💀💀💀
Trading Day.
Sheckel Day
@@MaggotAddict21 Touché
@@skyry101 lmao I like this
Uncut Gems gave me anxiety.
You watch the whole movie without knowing who is gay and that keeps the tension going up.
The twist when we learn that kevin garnett is gay and black
Cheers adam
oh shit it was rawls the whole time fuuuuuuuuu
@@paytonking4673 oh so *THAT* is what he’s doing with that rock.
I’m gay fellas
Stav and nicks dynamic is Nick just points out nitpicky things to shit on and stav laughs and then tries to make a point about how those things aren’t actually that bad and Nick just saying “yeah”
You missed Stav's brilliant analysis on how the women in the movie are indeed hot
*tries and fails, but Nick says yeah anyway
Think how early on this is and then think about how this might turn out in the same amount of time as Opie Anthony, which they are for sure the carriers for the baton of In the way that O&A were carrying the baton from old school stern.
@Bonsai Fauci I mean I don’t necessarily have a problem with it I was just noticing a pattern
... yeah
One thing Nick also kind of misunderstands is the “magical rock.” It’s really unclear if the rock is actually magic or if KG is just superstitious and the rock being around him as a placebo psychological effect of making him extra motivated to win or something. It’s not like “oh this is literally and undeniably magical.”
Funny cause usually its something stav would have trouble with "is the rock magic,does it have magic"
Plus, the magical rock didn’t save Howard from the bullet, so there’s that.
Yea I took it as this was the delusions of a gambler looking for ANYTHING to justify making a bet. This is what gamblers actually do, they create reasons to gamble out of totally random superstitious bullshit.
I definitely got the impression that it was the latter. I could totally believe that happening though. The placebo effect can definitely have profound effects on people's psychology in a lot of instances.
No offense to these guys, but most of their points are god awful. I'd have to watch it again to jog my memory, but I do remember clearly that I completely understood the movie and what was going on the entire way through... don't know what this guy's talking about when he claims the plot didn't make sense or was lazy. And of course the rock wasn't literally magical; the movie isn't fantastical or superstitious, it just has characters that are, exactly like the real world. And actually, superstitious thinking is fairly common among gamblers... how was this not obvious? The genre and tone clearly tells the audience this. I think the nitpicky dude just struggles with implication or subtext or something? I don't know.
Adam wishes he could be uncut
This is America. All of them are circumcised.
@@Avengerie hey, some people's parents are cool as fuck
@@Avengerie Umm no? Lot of people don't believe in mutilating children.
@@JohnSmith-ty2he you sad you can’t have your foreskin back? 😢😢
@@theeoddments960 Huh? Uncut for life.
this is the first time i’ve ever seen stav’s brain work well enough to interpret a film more accurately than nick, honestly nick seems like he just missed some details and genuinely didn’t understand the intent of the movie
“But you said I could have a juice!” His read on Lakeith was spot on 😂
Those jewelers really are just regular NYC Jewish jewelers. They seemed authentic because they are.
I love Nick's commentary.
Stav: "They're worried about their boy"
Nick: "Worried enough to say hey... are you ok? because I'm still gonna sell your shit."
Classic New York Jay's.
Every ten years or so Adam Sandler has to do one where he actually tries
him and that whole group of people who make children's comedy films. owen wilson did wes anderson stuff and that bird watching thing with jack black.
Yeah his last one was Click. Near enough to ten years.
He's a fantastic actor I think he genuinely just enjoys doing shitty comedies with his old standup friends
The sandman is great, as the other guy said he just loves making shitty movies and making major bag for/with his friends. The Meyerowitz Stories abd Uncut Gems are good, You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah was also actually pretty good lol
@@BlindSwami_he likes the money
Excellent editing. The bit about Lakeith Stanfield being an angry toddler without his juice is hilarious. Also, the movie Good Time is amazing. Liked it more than uncut gems. Robert Pattinson is a G in that movie.
I felt so empty inside after Good Time, there wasn’t really any kind of hero’s journey or redeeming quality to anyone, around the midpoint when he starts screwing the 14 year old girl I was like damn, he’s not a movie character as much as a textbook example of how actual criminal scumfuck people think and behave. It was fascinating for those reasons though, just in such a different way. I’m gonna have to rewatch that one again and again and keep thinking about it, for me that’s what makes a really great movie
@@pinkfloydguy7781 memory was kinda fuzzy on that movie but doesnt leave her to get caught by the police or something in the festival place or something
a G
Also, Robert Pattinson absolutely killed it in The Rover with Guy Pierce. That movie rules. Not to mention The Lighthouse which was also sick.
Good Time is a 10 for sure. I loved Uncut Gems but Good Time is just more intense im the best way. Its great to be able to laugh at sandman’s suffering tho!
This was one of the more undiscovered movie discussions on the show so I'm happy it's been edited into a Clangers video.
i like that despite being a forever critic of standard hollywood storytelling, when confronted with something different Nick's first reaction is "wtf this isn't right"
Stav’s Jewish Training Day comment was underrated.
When Nick knows a movie is great, he knows he has to get serious in order to "not like it"
“I’m an upset toddler but I’m not being a man about it. I’m sad I want my juice and everybody’s gonna find out about it”
brilliant foreshadowing of the great sandwich debate of ‘21
Nick shitting on the movie and then Stav trying his hardest to redeem it for Nick to just eply "yeah" sends me
I mean, what's the argument? People said the movie would make Nick feel bad, but he just enjoyed it without the anxiety, therefore that's a bad thing?
@@Flike245 yeah basically
Nick always tries to best Stav in any way possible and it's unbearable.
@@DonceBeats Nick just IS better. He doesn't have to try.
@@ZeranZeran nope. He's actually a tryhard.
Clip channels that are actually good and transformative/elaborative. Respect.
they don't deserve it
Nick's impressions are always spot on and he doesn't even try that hard
Why would you assume that he isn't trying? On numerous occasions he's claimed to sit at home for hours doing the same line in the same voice in order to get it down.
The guys that kiss up to Nick are the worst. He didn't even do an impression in this video, you simp
@@tinman3747 you didn’t watch the video?
@@MegaShiney99 repeating the things that a character said is not an impression
@@tinman3747 repeating it in their voice is an impression mate
It's funny Nick says the jewelry store dudes seem to act as real jewelers, because a lot of the secondary characters are actual NYC street people (i.e., the Irish enforcer, jeweler bros.[the ones that took Garnett's ring], and the identical twin bookies).
Every one of Nick's critiques of why he didn't like the movie, is EXACTLY why it was such a great movie.
Every critique of this movie is exactly that
If the movie "Click" had an ultimate counter part, this would be it one hundred percent. I had so much anxiety watching this sht. What I thought it was cheering for Adam Sandler turned out to be actually cheering for this anxiety to end.
you just helped me resolve a thread in the back of my IMDB mind. It was always going to end, we were on the wild ride
from minute 1. Great experience brought to film once you digest it.
Click was brutal... Brutally gay.
no joke click made me cry as a kid. lol I thought it was gonna be a billy madison type movie
not saying its a perfect movie for everyone but jesus Nick missed a step or two. Sandler's character DIDNT always have the money to pay off his debt, he thought he had money coming in that would make him rich so he kept digging himself a hole.
He did have like two or three moments when he could have backed out and cut his losses if I’m remembering correctly but yeah, I think Nick misremembered that as him somehow always having the money to get out of it and that’s why he has this impression that the anxiety isn’t real
Yeah this is a classic case of them not understanding a movie and thus thinking its not as good because they didn’t know wtf they even saw aha
And that opal turned out to be worthless , or not near as much as he thought is was going to auction off for.
@Ivan Zhao he doesn’t though, he will always take whatever money he gets from getting lucky or getting help and roll it on another bet. There is no safety net because he keeps intentionally trying to cut the net down every time he manages to set one up under him. It didn’t feel to me like his father would simply bail him out any time he needed help considering he only was able to get help from him I think one time and it wasn’t exactly a “oh here have this money no problem” type situation if I recall.
@@samlibutti But then who gives a shit. A character who persistently and knowingly wanders into trouble is unempathisable.
SPOILERS
I know I’m likely reading too much into it, but this episode made me realize something. Because of that “magical element” he started feeling invincible and lost grasp of reality and the situation at hand. Locking the mobsters up was dumb to anybody else but because he was feeling himself, and was so fixated on the idea that KG was about to fix his life for him. Then reality set in even after the W.
It’s very funny to me that Nick is refusing to recognize how good this movie is mainly because Adam raved about it lol.
I dislike it because I’m gay and I wear Hugo Boss
If I offer Nick a role in my existential arthouse drama that begins filming this winter, are most of you going to flood the trailer comment section with various lines about being gay? If so, I don’t know if it’s worth it.
The clout is worth its weight in gold bro
Yes and yes.
100%
The rock was not necessarily magic. Garnett fetishized it and maybe was simply inspired by it. And Adam Sandler understood that and made a clever bet. Magic realm scenes we go to in the rock sometimes can be simply interpreted as symbolism.
These guys recall ability is next level.
Nick trying so hard to hate on the movie because "Adam liked it" 🤣 typical nick
Speaking of panic attacks, the boys should definitely watch “Harsh Times” with Christian Bale. That’s a fuckin panic inducing movie.
I rewatched that movie so many damn times , i woould pick that over both these films mentioned.
Check out Green Room
@@Irraptured Watched it , also really good.
@@sbstnpofadder miracle mile is similar in its tension.
@@Irraptured jesus that movie..... i watched it a few weeks back after seeing your comment, loved it... while being frightened as well... thanks for the recommendation
Throughout my years in New York I had an evolving relationship with the diamond district. As a bike messenger I intermittently had pickups and deliveries in the many secure building down that block picking up uninsured envelopes of raw and/or loose gems. They wouldn't pay for the insurance to cover the value if something happened to the stones because they don't have real value. They know it.
I also bought a gem scale so I could weigh mdma when I thought I was a drug kingpin for 6 months.
the ost is so good
Honestly, the reason it's even more anxiety inducing when you watch it (unless you are also a compulsive gambler) is that you are constantly watching in disbelief that Sandler's character HAS the money and options to get out from under his debt, but refuses to just get out of trouble and be stuck like a 100 grand. He keeps layering massive risk on top of risk even when he's driving by a potential off ramp. If he didn't have the money or family to borrow it from his character would be more understandable and heroic, he'd be an underdog just trying to survive. He's so much more unlikeable because he refuses to stop gambling no matter how many chances he is given or how much privilege he otherwise has in life. Any normal dude watching has to be screaming "JUST USE THE ROCK TO PAY OFF THE DEBTS AND GO BACK TO FUCKING JULIA FOX IN YOUR CONDO, YOU DUMB LUCKY FUCK."
I feel the same about Uncut Gems as I do about Parasite. Both are experience films with a capital E. The first time you watch both, if you fuck with them, you REALLY fuck with them, and it's such a wild ride. But the thing about these thrill-ride kind of movies is that, imo, they have diminishing returns; every subsequent watch you're just chasing that first high. I think they're both still worth rewatching if only to appreciate the screenplays for both and figuring out how they both accomplished what they did. Oh and I'm in agreement with Stav, Good Time is the better (and much more rewatchable) Safdie Bros film. Can't wait for whatever those boys do next tho.
I'm pretty sure they are doing a 48hrs remake next.
Edit.. Nevermind that's what they were doing, it has since been scrapped which is good because they are so good at coming up with their own stories.
I think good time helps you appreciate uncut gems more, because you can see the evolution of the visual style, and cross-film motifs (blacklights, quasi-magical elements for some examples), and I think Good times has even more of what Nick was complaining about, but the tension is more constant, so I think plot wise it's weaker, but tone wise some people might prefer it or be more impacted by it than Uncut Gems. It also depends on what you think about the twist in UG (if it even qualifies as one)
I disagree with parasite. I picked up a lot more on the second viewing
Yeah dude, Parasite is very much made for multiple viewings.
Parasite is a much better film all-round, compared to uncut gems
nick identifies himself as a character he later says is "a gay man"
You should clip them discussing Hereditary. Similar moment of nick completely missing the point
What episode is that?
nick must be losing touch. the rock wasn't actually magic, it was that Sandlers character concocted this whole gambling scheme based on the players belief in it. not that it was actually magical. it was that the player thought it was magical and would ease the players superstition to play well (even though he could obviously play well as it probably is)
and its that classic supernatural element that gambling addicts fall into with their "lucky" items
This is from when the movie came out, and if you ask me he’s dead on, awesome directing with just a less than good plot. Great anxiety building but that’s all there was to it.
People's perception of the rock being magic was more important than the rock being anything at all. That's how superstition works, it's not what it is, it's what you think it is.
Ah yes the magic of trickery.
@@Jim900 no he's not dead on it doesnt even seem like he gets the movie, he's just pointing shit out that doesn't matter and saying they're plot holes when that's the whole fucking point of the movie. It's like asking why Jack doesn't get on the floating debris with Rose in Titanic, it's because Jack is supposed to die for the story, pointing out that technically he could've just got on the debris misses the point it's meaningless
Goddamn the crouching tiger hidden dragon bit was so good
"I'm the guy at the end [...] He's gay. He's a gay man."
🤨
Everyone here is the man at the end
Those brothers create tension and use pacing really well.
The way I saw it Stanfields character was meant to be erratic to demonstrate his childish and mercurial mental state.
"mercurial", gfy college boy
@@pantsedjuniorhayseed4816 me no like big words
@@pantsedjuniorhayseed4816 the fuck is a college
I only know the word "mercurial" because there was an item in League of Legends named "mercurial scimitar". No idea the definition =p
@@juggmkj I only know it because I've always loved reading and writing. It means flighty, unreliable. It comes from the Roman God Mercury (also known as Hermes), the messenger of the gods who delivered their missives upon his winged sandals. He was characterized as erratic, energetic, and emotionally unstable.
Wake up babe, new Clangers upload
“It’s like there’s one part of the movie where you can take a breath and relax. That’s probably what a gamblers life is like” Stav nailing the Tone of the Film pacing there.
Supernatural? There's nothing supernatural, they're just superstitious.
"But you said I could have a snack" had me dying
“Those dudes that look like Michael Cera” fuck that got me 😂
I like the magic element for its cinematography and how it’s derived from compounded historical exploitation.
He doesn’t always have the money though, the whole fake watches sub plot is about that.
Another superb dissection, gentlemen. Big ups.
13:21 Stav saying those guys are so funny looking, and being glad he’s not them, is just hilarious.
I laughed so hard. Absolutely God-tier level lack of self awareness.
I almost think it was a backhanded joke about how bad he looks and he gets it.
great film, great pod, great video.
Nicks ability to remember lines from movies that he’s probably only watched once is incredible
One of Nick's worst moments.
When does he not have shit movie takes?
Nick is unbearable to listen.
The way Nick talks about this movie reminds me of the way I would talk about a movie when I didn’t like the feeling it gave me. Not to say that that’s what it is, I think Nick’s okay with feeling sick or anxious from this. It’s the way he points out plot holes that don’t really matter/points out things that come from a direct misunderstanding of a film, it feels more like an excuse to not ‘fully commit to the world of the film’ than an actual criticism. Like if some overly disturbing film got to me I’d act like that; “oh, but someone definitely would’ve helped her out if they saw that” “it’s stupid because he definitely would’ve thought through a way to get free by then” “they would’ve caught him by now” like that may be true but it doesn’t fucking matter, the whole point is to let that stuff happen. All this to say I don’t think Nick realizes he’s doing that, but then again I’m a gay man so what do I know…
yea you're right
This video sync is amazing. Subbed
Thank you Clangers!!
Thank you for this.
I watched it for the first time last night. I like how it doesn't give you a moment to breath.
I want all movie reviews done by the boys
It took me a second but you actually edited these clips to follow the dialogue, well played my freaky enron
I'm gay by the way
It's hard to get panic attacks when you're literally prescribed medication to prevent panic attacks.
Couldn’t get past the fact that Adam Sandler didn’t do the “Conditioner is bett-ah” voice.
9:47 clearly these guys have never been around hood people. Its an accurate portrayal of how shady hood people act lol constant misdirection : yeah I go the stone - wait no I dont have the stone. Constant lies and misinformation. Its one of the things I loved about this movie - the characters are all shitty in their own way but thats what kinda grounds them in reality
@Ben Garrison "hood people" as in non Jewish people, hey hey I'm also very gay
Ah yes "hood people"
yep you definitely grew up in the "hood"
And not a white dude from the suburbs
@@God_gundam36 ah he ain’t wrong tho. Any white suburb twenty something addict will tell you this
"hood people" - white guy from the suburbs
….but You did say I could have a juice
This is the best movie review I've ever heard.
It wild they got away naming the most jewish film “uncut”
Julia Fox in UC is fenomenal and gorgeous
and she's gotta fade aceee
@@sincere9142 after a couple of google searches, I can concurr that she indeed, has an fadde aceee
I think nick’s really wrong about this movie. A big part of the otherwordly aspect of this movie to me is just the world Arnold lives in. He’s always living slightly outside of reality which pisses everyone around him off. I really loved it.
This is literally the best fucking movie review I’ve ever seen in my life.
I'm a simple man. I see a Clangers joint, I upvote.
Go back
Hell yeah dude
I loved Adam in this!
Yes this is quality content never stop 👌
how does nick remembers all the lines from movies?? its seriously impressive
I got 'Jeopardy' at 5:00. I watch 'Jeopardy' at 5:00.
Nick referring to those two random dudes as Michael Cera killed me. I never noticed it but they are dead-on Jewish late 50’s versions of him.
Holy shit he nailed Lakeith Stanfelds whole vibe
U guys are hilarious....subbed.
Awesome channel, subbed
Stav says he's happy he doesn't look like those bald michael ceras when he sort of looks like them now
nick not talking about feeling anxiety, while also only able to feel anything unless hes done 5 lines of coke
"Those guys are so funny-looking, im glad im not them" - Stav
Nick's observations always kill me, the Michael Cera looking people is so spot on hahahaha
Mike Francesca aka Sports Pope!
If you grew up in NY, you know he was one of the two sports talk radio gods that shaped the fandom for many of us in the tristate area.
Nick just didn't get the movie, there's literally a scene where they explain it to you.
“That ecosystem” is a great inference to some kind of semi aquatic terrarium full of amphibians.
The two guys that they are talking about with the championship ring actually do work there and so does the guy that works in Howards shop that goes off on his own the Safdie's like to use real non actors in their movies and that's what I like about them it gives the character more believability.
the bball game was chance but the gem , the loans and the game all together was hedged. Best case scenario he hits the bet and flips the gem, worst case scenario he loses the bet, flips the gem and pays the loan , makes a little profit
Really bummed me out to see the Sandman and Bogosian get killed at the end.
Finally a new clangers
It’s funny how none of nicks complaints here hold up looking back. It was just extremely popular and he had to be contrarian like always lol
Old take but I still can't handle the irony of the most Jewish movie of all time being called 'Uncut'.
The most Jewish movie of all time is actually the Meyerowitz Stories, which ironically is also an Adam Sandler film where he is actually acting.
clangers my man!! hell yeah
It makes my day when I see clangerstv upload ❤️👏🏻 doing gods gay work.
this Editing is top notch
6:00 nick accurately predicts amazing cultivation simulator
I did enjoy this movie quite significantly. This and Punch Drunk Love.
EDIT: Good Time was also amazing, I am shocked I missed that movie when it first came out.
I really enjoyed watching this uncut gem of a movie. A jewish "jewelier" having a gambling addiction was a refreshing new mix.
I never saw the rock as magical intervention, it came across to me like a symbol of the beliefs gamblers hold in supernatural things. Themes of this run all the way through the movie. It doesn’t have any connection, it just feels like it does. Leaves me wondering what the power of that feeling is
"This is me, I'm gay" -adam sandler
Should watch Ben Wheatley's 'kill list' that movie gave me a heart attack
It’s funny film school. Such great content.
Cool I’m gonna watch it again