Marty Supreme

Very good but also felt like a Uncut Gems rehash.

Feels quite meta in the context of that Chalamet SAG speech talking about being one of the greats, presumably he was already on the campaign trail for this:

Kevin O’Leary sensational - the vampire bit absolutely blindsided me and I’d like to discuss it more

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It’s not as good as Uncut Gems (I don’t really buy the final scene for one), but it is very enjoyably bananas throughout.

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Yeah, the trailer looked very “a Safdie brother has made their film again”.

Somewhere I can finally put this.

Might be the worst rapped verse of the year. Also you are now 30 you are going to the wrong afters.

Haven’t see it yet, but intend to.

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I thought it was distinctly OK. Friend I went with fully hated it, he thinks American film making has slid into “hi-jinks cinema”, as in, stuff just keeps happening because they think the audience will lose interest if not. I don’t think he’s entirely wrong.

Looking forward to watching this tomorrow

I enjoyed it, but did we need another film about a man being selfish? Makes you think!

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Doesn’t come out here for another month, total bs

Spain (this is where I meant to post this)

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Yeah it’s pretty embarrassing being behind Spurs

Mind the gap! :wink:

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Me after Uncut Gems

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Going for a wee solo cinema trip on thr 2nd to see this :slightly_smiling_face:

I saw this today. Marty Supreme doesn’t come out in Poland until late January but a few places not too far from me (although not in my home town) are having ‘przedpremiera’ (translation: pre-premiera - here they call the release dates of films ‘premieres’ even though my understanding of the word is that premiere is the official one-off things) today and tomorrow. For context, I’ve have agoraphobia for about 6 years, and before this year, I had only been to the cinema 3 times since Covid and had a panic attack in June 2021 in the cinema. I also haven’t left my home town by myself since April 2022. I bought the ticket 10 days ago to see this in Katowice. I also have panic attacks when trying to walk in snow, so up until Sunday, I was thinking about not going, because of the stress of going to another city 1 hour away by train, and navigating from my flat to the train station here, and then from the train station in Katowice to the cinema was giving me a full sense of dread. I tested the boots yesterday after a snow storm and they gave me some confidence.

It was not an enjoyable experience getting there and back, but that’s what I was willing to put myself through because I really wanted to see this film before the end of the year.

I loved the film. I’ve liked Chalamet in other things, but I really think this is his best performance. I read a review on the train home where they compared him to people like Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, and I kind of get it. And yeah, I saw Uncut Gems back in 2019 like everyone else. That’s a rare film that I watched twice in the same day. Weird Boxing Day that - I saw Uncut Gems in the morning, went to the cinema and saw the Jumanji sequel with The Rock etc, and then came home and watched Uncut Gems. And I would really like to see Marty Supreme again. And yes, this is doing a similar thing, the same way that If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You is also doing a similar thing.

One of my favourite things about this is recognising all the faces and going ‘Oh shit, it’s them’ - I knew that people like Kevin O Leary and Tyler the Creator were in this, but when I saw Penn Jillete Abel Ferrara David Mamet and although I didn’t recognise him while watching the film, in hindsight, it’s clear that the guy that Marty and Walter hustle is played by Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke’s son I also appreciated the casting of Endo, which I also didn’t realise until looking it up later.

I loved it. It is not as instantly chaotic as Uncut Gems, the madness doesn’t start until about 45(? I didn’t look at the time) minutes, but the first part sets up a lot of necessary elements that all explode in the rest of the film. If I we have to compare it to Uncut Gems, I think this is the superior film because of that. It’s also laugh-out-loud hilarious in places.

I’m now safely home, and so glad I took the (relative for most people, but not for me) risk of taking the trip to see it.

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There is a wonderful film in there that’s half an hour shorter

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Got carried away and gave it 5 stars. Not normally a long film person but it didn’t feel overly long to me.

The PiL needle drop was good.

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Might have seen my best of 2026 on the first day tbh. This thing absolutely fucking rips.

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Lol, said this exact thing to my partner in the post-film Nandos. Bang on IMO

What the fuck are you doing in Nandos, the Traitors is on