I Can't Stop Thinking About Uncut Gems

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LowercaseJai

LowercaseJai

11 ай бұрын

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A video essay on Uncut Gems, and shout out to the Safdies for afflicting me with this curse of a movie

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@death256p
@death256p 11 ай бұрын
i forgot furbies were in the film. i thought you edited them in and it was an elaborate bit several layers beyond my comprehension
@hairclipzable
@hairclipzable 11 ай бұрын
When the gems are uncut 😳
@Replicaate
@Replicaate Ай бұрын
Oddly enough this movie reminded me of Steinbeck's "The Pearl" - like here's this pretty rock that's gonna make everything better but just ends up making everything immeasurably worse, especially for the guy who thinks it'll solve all his problems. Don't know if that's what the Safdies were thinking about, but I can't shake it.
@robertfeldman2417
@robertfeldman2417 28 күн бұрын
That’s brilliant. Yeah I see it now
@Replicaate
@Replicaate 27 күн бұрын
@@robertfeldman2417 Me, brilliant? Oh you! Joking aside, I'm surprised more people didn't think of that as an influence on this movie.
@vishnu2407
@vishnu2407 22 күн бұрын
Idk if you've watched Good Time, but the safdies have and ongoing theme of exploring tragic characters whose hubris just end up making their days go from bad to worse. I feel like they're interested in the character and want to give us a window into their worlds
@CandiceCotton
@CandiceCotton 20 күн бұрын
Came here from the Two and A Half Men video, I've basically been binging your whole back catalog all day, and it's genuinely shocking to me that you don't have like 100k subs. You've certainly earned yourself a new subscriber.
@kash9432
@kash9432 11 ай бұрын
me sweating profusely while searching google for a diamond-encrusted MJ nailed to a cross: this is how i win
@goatedquest4107
@goatedquest4107 11 ай бұрын
Watching this video emphasized to me just how perfectly this film was cast. As a result of how loud and intense the whole thing is, there are entire performances that get lost in the chaos in a way that isn't at all a detriment to the film, but just shows how cleverly the Safdies implement 'load bearing characters' that hold the whole experience up. Every role is masterfully depicted & delicately placed in the runtime to balance & maintain the thrill ride of the whole experience. This video, beyond the incredible analysis, was a reminder that, yeah, Idina Menzel was in this and she totally crushed it. Another great video Jai, can't wait for whatever you're cooking up next.
@LowercaseJai
@LowercaseJai 11 ай бұрын
really glad you liked it!! Idina Menzel’s performance is staggering in this to me as well since she’s so lovely in almost every interview I came across when researching this lol. there’s a great clip of her going on Ellen being all bubbly and then it cuts to her telling Adam Sandler to die
@ivysinthetic
@ivysinthetic 11 ай бұрын
me when i'm walking past a Uncutilated Gemhouse
@sheryarahmed6331
@sheryarahmed6331 8 күн бұрын
"uncut gems is almost 4 years old" great now I'm having a panic attack about the passage of time
@Gambsmoore
@Gambsmoore 24 күн бұрын
OR TOBUSCUS. OH MY GOD WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE, JAI?
@jamez6398
@jamez6398 26 күн бұрын
I love how these guys can come from out of nowhere and end up being the most interesting new directors at the minute with their incredibly distinctive and masterful style of making movies. It's always great when talented new directors get wide recognition. Before diamonds could be artificially created synthetically, they could not be obtained via any method other than by mining it out of the ground and that scarcity made it useful for storing and transferring wealth because it won't devalue over time. So if you create something useful, you can buy a lot of things with the gems you can get. Buying things like gems, gold, or silver is still a great way to store wealth long term because their scarcity makes them valuable and, unlike money that loses value over time due to money printing and inflation, that means your savings won't halve in value in 50 years time. That's why dimaonds are so precious and wearing something that valuable on your finger rather than using it to buy something useful is a massive flex to show off how successful and wealthy your husband is, that's why diamonds became so valuable. I guess people didn't get the memo that diamonds can be mass produced now, they're kinda pointless for storing wealth now, they're used for making drills for dentists to drill teeth so they can put in fillings, diamonds look sorta pretty I guess...
@Robert-ju6ub
@Robert-ju6ub 12 күн бұрын
This movie burrowed its way into my mind and hasn't left. I love it. Such a stressful experience lol. And that beginning and ending shot is key to it, I believe. Great video.
@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145
@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 24 күн бұрын
I agree with most of your points about the larger themes of the movie, but I think you got my boy Howard all wrong. He doesn't need everyone else to lose, he's not even greedy per se, he's just a gambling addict. He lives for the feeling of putting it all on the line. Stability and safety are boring, but also frightening to him. So when he has a chance to just do the smart thing and pay the debt, he can't do it. Giving up that part of himself feels like a death to him, so he ends up another kind of death instead. The kind where you, yknow, _die._
@VirtualMarmalade
@VirtualMarmalade 4 күн бұрын
oh i thought for a second that the most iconic line is when he's holding the rock and says "i'm gonna come"
@narcoticundertow
@narcoticundertow Ай бұрын
This is really great, hope you achieve success with your channel. This and the Two And A Half Men video essays are really great video essays
@BrickIt_
@BrickIt_ 2 күн бұрын
Uncut Gems immediately shot up to my top 5 favorites of all time as soon as i saw it. I know there is a vast plethora of movies out there but this one just spoke to me. The safdies really had one of the best indie runs of the 2010s.
@ld7496
@ld7496 29 күн бұрын
bruh you da same guy who did the two na half men!! so glad that caught the algorithm man you make good work
@cjsdizzy
@cjsdizzy 28 күн бұрын
Genuinely gross that there so many shit reviews from audiences when this is the best thing Adam Sandler has done in probably his entire career
@nachofwg
@nachofwg 26 күн бұрын
Probs people who had this sad expectation going in that it would be like every other damn movie they’ve been consuming for the last ten years lmao. Lots of people like their media unchallenging and surface level. That’s how they win 🤮
@bertchintus4103
@bertchintus4103 24 күн бұрын
I absolutely despise Adam Sandler and never thought he was funny, I never even liked the "OG classic comedies" that a lot of people make exceptions for like Billy Madison or Wedding Singer. That being said, I absolutely adore this movie, I have seen it a dozen times and it still hits the same, and Adam Sandler was absolutely phenomenal in this role, mind blowing performance.
@josiahtheawkward6008
@josiahtheawkward6008 25 күн бұрын
21:28 Isn’t this the plot of Pixar’s Coco?
@jourdanbrasil9890
@jourdanbrasil9890 29 күн бұрын
Fire video bro. Keep doing this
@claire-not-there
@claire-not-there 20 күн бұрын
i really appreciate that mankind divided edit at 3:00. adam "i asked for this" sandler
@NigerianSeafood
@NigerianSeafood 26 күн бұрын
Excellent video but the thing I wanted to say most is you were so real for using that Raidou Kuzunoha theme at the end.
@fatterman138
@fatterman138 27 күн бұрын
OutKast mentioned✅ Discussion about the safdie brothers work✅ Subscribed✅
@cucumver8159
@cucumver8159 11 ай бұрын
Adam Sandler wake up, new Jai just dropped.
@HenryStowecroft
@HenryStowecroft 11 ай бұрын
my name is amante and i approve this video
@stevescotthiphop
@stevescotthiphop Ай бұрын
Found your channel today from the Two and a Half Men video, currently watching through all your content. Great stuff, keep it up! You seem to be a Safdie fan, I'd love to see your thoughts on The Curse
@pedroberoes49
@pedroberoes49 6 күн бұрын
Uncut Gems is a movie I watch to remind myself that, in this fucking life, nothing matters
@MM-bn5yc
@MM-bn5yc Ай бұрын
10:42 trax jump scare
@HangmanOfficialUploads
@HangmanOfficialUploads 21 күн бұрын
I'm reminded of War On Everyone, which is also one of those movies the trailer lied about and then the actual movie being mind blowingly great for completely different reasons than what you expected.
@michaelweedon4297
@michaelweedon4297 24 күн бұрын
i love de blob great game great OST always lovely to hear the soundtrack just discovered your channel (from the 2 1/2 men video) great job keep up the good work
@drumcanjones
@drumcanjones Ай бұрын
"Frankenstein was the monster's name" got a sub out of me. Good man.
@COLLIE_TOONZ
@COLLIE_TOONZ 28 күн бұрын
I first watched Uncut Gems as a teenager with my brother. The moment I saw the Furby chain I knew I had to have it.
@Scerttle
@Scerttle 24 күн бұрын
3:27 Ayyyyyyyyyy Breath of Fire 3 overworld music! I LOVE that track!
@fivedollardare
@fivedollardare 11 ай бұрын
A new Jai vid? A Monday treat!
@seifhouache7366
@seifhouache7366 29 күн бұрын
bro you deserve a million subscribers holyshit
@smilingbuffo
@smilingbuffo 23 күн бұрын
Just found your channel and bingin all your videos. Quality stuff man, cant wait to see what you make next!
@wizcatcheslightning
@wizcatcheslightning 6 ай бұрын
5:55 Nice Chrono Cross music 😎
@Skellingtor97
@Skellingtor97 11 ай бұрын
i watched this and your other video, and though i know you from the bunker i must say what really got me was the gran turismo 4 music. thank you
@mobius0zero
@mobius0zero Ай бұрын
I'm just here for the BOF 3 jams in the background. Love it
@schmedly_in_real_life
@schmedly_in_real_life 11 ай бұрын
rithm algo
@yeahnolol
@yeahnolol Ай бұрын
how does this video have less than 2k views ?? its so perfect and funny
@cowboyfedora6290
@cowboyfedora6290 Ай бұрын
I just realized that Kevin Garnett’s last name is a parallel to the gem garnet. I’m starting to think Kevin Garnett buys gems because his family name is one.
@chiri-theoden4264
@chiri-theoden4264 Ай бұрын
I cannot explain to you the out of body experience I just had when suddenly the "Plains of Time" track from Chrono Cross starts playing in the background of this video. Such an underappreciated game and soundtrack. Maybe there's a video there about the difference between being a good piece of media and being a good sequel, and how that's effected the way Chrono Cross is (or in some cases isn't) remembered 😂 Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Love your stuff! Cheers
@dicegameuchiha
@dicegameuchiha 11 ай бұрын
Yes
@redgreen2453
@redgreen2453 26 күн бұрын
Best DVD I bought ngl
@Problematist
@Problematist 21 күн бұрын
5:44 To me, that's cinema.
@bunp12
@bunp12 11 ай бұрын
great video!!! when i first saw this in my sub feed, I immediately said to myself i had to watch uncut gems before i watched this and i did, and its a great movie definitely had some of the same thoughts presented here, how the opal rock felt like it had this tiny grain of supernaturality to it the score is definitely very important to the film, cant imagine it any other way and im so mad that they were just able to transition from the opal kaleidoscope to a colonoscopy so smoothly, it just worked really well! howard is fucked up, he deserves his fate, its a little sad though in the movie, it said that all told, it took about 18 months to get that opal i have to wonder if that opal obsession is what started his path down to being like this or maybe he was always like this? who knows…. thats just A Film Theory sorry, anyway, great video, please keep it up 🔥🔥🔥
@msjkramey
@msjkramey Ай бұрын
I haven't seen this, but Hey Ya came out when I was a kid, it felt a little off but it was a bop, so I didn't care. Then, I listened to it again and wow, I just love "cognitive dissonance songs." Any song that sounds one way and the lyrics are completely contradictory, and then your brain tries to fit that round peg in a square hole
@BlisaBLisa
@BlisaBLisa 23 күн бұрын
all i knew about this movie was "im so sad im so fucked up" that clip would flash into my head whenever i felt like shit lmao
@scottrastyles2592
@scottrastyles2592 11 ай бұрын
you are cool! I don't really like movies, but you are cool
@LowercaseJai
@LowercaseJai 11 ай бұрын
thank you! give movies another shot, you might like them this time round
@mewfeuille
@mewfeuille 11 ай бұрын
imo movies are pretty good
@vaguetype
@vaguetype 11 ай бұрын
😳😳😳 new jai video
@Fakery
@Fakery 26 күн бұрын
ATL-iens
@lukecwolf
@lukecwolf 18 күн бұрын
I should be thinking about this movie more these days but it just evades me. This was one of my favorite movies in 2019 alongside Parasite. I think watching this before the pandemic hit and permanently transformed my life did something. I remember the suffering in both movies, but Howard just never seemed relatable. There's dirt poor people like Parasyte everywhere I go throughout my life, it was only when I grew up that I knew all the Howards that exist and I try to avoid. Howard is one of the weirdest villains in that he's so despicable and yet we all know someone. Frail ego, infalliable, treats people like material objects. I meet them when I play trading card games, gambling addicts, landlords, city officials, etc. I want to say that like about hating someone to their face but never have the chance. But he's also someone who really only exists in the present. He's indistinguishable from a lot of people we interact with, buy also because he's someone we can't distiniguish, and a lot of peoppe who refuse to admit it
@SimplyMavAgain
@SimplyMavAgain 11 ай бұрын
i concur!
@pcell450
@pcell450 11 ай бұрын
rolling down the strip on vogues
@ricksgrandauditorium8790
@ricksgrandauditorium8790 23 күн бұрын
I hate it when people confuse my Mogwai for a fkn Furby.
@wizcatcheslightning
@wizcatcheslightning 6 ай бұрын
Oddjob truly is how one wins GoldenEye multiplayer
@saoirse8460
@saoirse8460 11 ай бұрын
❗️lets go!!
@91Vault
@91Vault 26 күн бұрын
my only issue with the movie was some of the instances where they were trying to create that atmosphere of chaotic tension were a little bit contrived: ie early on when the door to his jewelry shop wont open. Otherwise good movie and great use of Sandler
@digitalquintessence
@digitalquintessence 20 күн бұрын
Ok I had to look it up but his eyes legit do shrink when he looks at the opal for the first time. What th. Why did they do that.
@harpreetbains4557
@harpreetbains4557 6 ай бұрын
Keep the good work going 👍
@TheMetarceus
@TheMetarceus Ай бұрын
Ma dude may i please have the name of soundtrack thats going on at 3:46 ? And since we're here can i have the rest of the playlist ? I mean omg everything is just so immaculate here taste wise. Lovely !
@goop_lord
@goop_lord 11 ай бұрын
eunnekhautt dgzemeisz
@cactusshadow9840
@cactusshadow9840 23 күн бұрын
I enjoyed how Sandler put loan sharking and gambling addiction on blastoscar caliber performance
@MichaeP
@MichaeP 20 күн бұрын
Got a sub for using the breath of Fire overworld theme
@mewfeuille
@mewfeuille 11 ай бұрын
cut this.
@brimple
@brimple 16 күн бұрын
Can you please put a list of the music you use somewhere? These tracks are good
@SoppyBiscuit
@SoppyBiscuit 29 күн бұрын
At-liens was said ironically right
@leotrollstoy2351
@leotrollstoy2351 16 күн бұрын
Good video
@tapirman111
@tapirman111 11 ай бұрын
wait Howard Ratner was jewish? wtf how did i miss that
@Jack-vb4qy
@Jack-vb4qy Ай бұрын
bro he’s a jewelry seller in new york how did you not get that or am i missing the joke
@infectedanimal9830
@infectedanimal9830 29 күн бұрын
Pretty sure they make it clear while he’s with his extended family
@DeepEye1994
@DeepEye1994 24 күн бұрын
I wouldnt be surprised if the title has a double meaning referring to what most Jews do to their willies.
@DeepEye1994
@DeepEye1994 24 күн бұрын
I bet the movie's title has a double meaning/metaphor to what that community does with foreskins
@josephmullen4553
@josephmullen4553 4 ай бұрын
When we getting a twin peaks vid please?
@LowercaseJai
@LowercaseJai 4 ай бұрын
i'm a huge fan of twin peaks but i think i'd have to find an angle on it first that i'd feel satisfied talking about for the length of a full video. thanks for the idea though! i'd love to do one eventually.
@missingtexture98
@missingtexture98 23 күн бұрын
Is track playing around the 19:00 mark from SMTIV?
@unlikelyvee
@unlikelyvee 5 ай бұрын
That ending was great haha
@unlikelyvee
@unlikelyvee 5 ай бұрын
And god i need to rewatch this movie now
@horusreloaded6387
@horusreloaded6387 22 күн бұрын
I don't know, maybe it is just Adam Sandlers, I can't look past his casting, but I just can't get investing into the praise here. Especially when all the praise is "they do this thing bad but they do it intentionally" (from mixing to how its shot).
@mk-fu6dc
@mk-fu6dc 22 күн бұрын
you're such a chill dude bruh most of the video essayists (especially the ones who talk about movies) on youtube are so pretentious it makes me wanna kms but you're chill asf like you seem like a cool dude to hangout with
@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI
@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 15 күн бұрын
Nah sorry but you’re wrong.. Kevin Garnetts NBA career peaked in 2008.
@funny2xUS
@funny2xUS 26 күн бұрын
The most iconic line is actually " I'm so sad I'm so fucked up "
@wizcatcheslightning
@wizcatcheslightning 6 ай бұрын
Wait...the universe got destroyed in Akira? I've only seen the anime, which seems to be the manga held together by glue and duct tape.
@nickdaring
@nickdaring 5 ай бұрын
@uxirager
@uxirager Ай бұрын
Uncut gems when cut minerals show up: 💀
@natetheoracle
@natetheoracle 11 ай бұрын
Adam Sandler? Curious…
@dbooze148
@dbooze148 21 күн бұрын
pronouncing it @liens was a joke right..... right?
@llDbGll
@llDbGll 27 күн бұрын
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@TanteiRotana
@TanteiRotana 25 күн бұрын
adam sandle
@user-pc3io5ji1o
@user-pc3io5ji1o 25 күн бұрын
The ultra rich here have hundreds of millions of dollars while the average American has less than $1k in their savings account if they even have one. I fucking hate this country so much.
@FirstlastDone-li4no
@FirstlastDone-li4no 16 күн бұрын
18:57 Adam looking like Adam Jensen just like the Deus ex reference at 3:00
@Doncergio
@Doncergio 24 күн бұрын
The entire field of stat died when you showed that graph at 1:10. Like, bruh, how are the amount of "movies released" going down, lmao.
@Shut.Eye.Cinema
@Shut.Eye.Cinema 24 күн бұрын
16:00 - Synthetic does mean "made in a lab", but for all intents and purposes, it's the same stone with the same exact properties. So the word "cheap" is misleading, unless you wanted people to root against Russia, because it was pioneered in Novosibirsk and now faces "sanctions" (restrictions).
@TotalXPvideos
@TotalXPvideos 25 күн бұрын
I wasn't a fan of this movie, understood what it did but it made it very hard to watch. Did find it funny tho that it felt "anti-Semitic" to me and I wondered if that community complained about it and it boiled down to Adam Sandler saying "isn't it nostalgic???" And the group went "ah yes actually, oh we scamps with our ruining everyone around us for monetary gain horhorhor" and that was the end of that.
@StakeFromJateFarm
@StakeFromJateFarm 20 сағат бұрын
just so everyone knows the Outkast album title is pronounced "Atlantiens" Atlanta + Alien
@SpaceJamzzz
@SpaceJamzzz 17 күн бұрын
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