fierceindependence23

fierceindependence23 t1_je776tz wrote

Reply to comment by Dogbuysvan in Uncut Gems by ivebeenwrittenoff

Yeah, its really not a story driven plot; it's more about experiencing the emotional makeup of the main character for a few hours.

A lot of character driven independent films are like this--not a lot of plot, but all about "a day in the life of" only they do it well.

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fierceindependence23 t1_je75kx3 wrote

Here we go with every other post saying, "It gave me so much anxiety!" or "It was so anxiety inducing!" or some variation using the word "anxiety."

It was a shit movie, filled with non stop everyone yelling over each other so much you couldn't understand a goddamn word. When Christopher Nolan makes a film and you can't understand the dialog, its non stop criticism...but in this film when you can't understand the dialog, its "art" or "a great film" or whatever. The concept and story was fine, but the execution was horrible, and there was nothing spectacular about the acting either.

I can only thing I can gather that the reason so many people like it, is because they grew up in homes with non stop yelling and arguing, and as adults, this film reminds them of that "anxiety inducing" childhood and as people do, look back on their childhoods filled with fear and anxiety and intensity with fondness, even when it wasn't so great. Comments like this and this prove the point.

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fierceindependence23 t1_j6dapbz wrote

I see. That makes sense. And IF that is the case, wouldn't that render any complaints moot?

In other words, when you sign over the rights to your image or voice for a film, for full payment up front (I seem to recall James Earl Jones doing this for the voice of Darth Vader, 10k in cash rather than residual payments) there is nothing to complain about later.

Or am I missing something?

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