Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Rated 4.2 / 5 from 10 logs on Katalog
It's a really fun ride but in the same way that One Battle After Another is. A steady stream of chaos. I don't really think that's "enough" though. This one hovers around an almost identical structure albeit without the contemporary context, which adds some charm, but I didn't really feel anything about this being set in the 50s. It was in the 50s, but it just didn't in any way feel like it was the 50s, really. Maybe intentionally because even the music was from the 80s. In that sense, what exactly is Marty Supreme trying to convey? The time-period doesn't matter. So Marty's journey? Marty himself isn't a character particularly worth connecting to, at least not in the way Adam Sandler is in #[movie:8051:Punch-Drunk Love (2002)]. So you're watching to watch him be tested through endless trials, but where does it begin and end? ||His arc set up resistance from friends and family towards Ping Pong as a sport, but it ultimately wasn't relevant because he did everything he wanted anyway. And they were ultimately proven right? He was banned, didn't win anything significant, and just won a showmatch. It also set up orange balls, but it ultimately wasn't relevant in any way either. What did he learn about caring for someone's dog but ultimately losing it? It set up a pregnancy, which ultimately wasn't even mentioned, until the final scene in which he suddenly finds a new purpose in fatherhood. He hasn't cared about anything or anyone throughout the whole film, do we believe he suddenly does? Bashing someone's head in because he believed he was violent to Rachel doesn't really balance the playing field. He says lots of things, but his actions throughout the movie were almost entirely selfish.|| When it ended, I thought OK that was pretty fun, but what did I feel? Timothée was pretty fun but I could never not see him, same as Dune and Wonka. Stop putting him everywhere 😡 In that sense OBAA was better because DiCaprio blends into his roles more, in my opinion.
Not a dull moment in two and a half hours of sequences of hustle and chaos, it’s tense and energetic, and I loved the combination of the 50s visuals with the electronic score. In comparison to Good Time, this one had no emotional impact on me, though. I was invested in what was happening but I wasn’t particularly interested in Marty himself. And in line with Marty’s deceits and manipulations, I felt slightly deceived and manipulated by the ending. Considering the kind of person he’s consistently been the entire movie, the ending felt completely out of place and character to me (and dare I say, carried a hint of patriotism that doesn’t sit too well with me at this time.) Overall fun, got some loud reactions out of me!
I really wanted to dislike this film. I really did. Reportedly, the film spent as much on marketing as it did on the production and something about this, from a24, stabbed me straight in the guts. What a disappointing move, from a studio that seems to be one of our only avenues for escape from Netflix, Marvel, etcetera. I went in wanting to hate it. Expecting to hate it. Eager to hate it. Unfortunately, it’s a fantastic movie. I don’t have any notes. The dialogue is vivid, the acting fantastic—everything works.
The fastest 150 minutes I've spent in a cinema. If you've seen other Safdie films you know what to expect. High intensity, chaotic, realistic potrayals of shitty people in even shittier situations that you still end up rooting for. This is probably the best take on the Safdie formula so far, although I still think that #[movie:429200:Good Time (2017)] is my favourite of the bunch. Casting Chalamet in this role of a self obsessed narcissistic piece of shit who will stop at nothing to fulfil his purpose is an interesting choice. If his public facing personality is in any way honest, the character of Marty Mauser seems to be an exaggeration of Timothy himself. And the same could be said for the rest of the cast. Tyler the Creator is being his goofy self, Kevin O'Leary is a ruthless millionaire asshole etc, it all feels very realistic as everyone yells over each other in every scene. The score by OPN is striking and memorable, leaving me with this electrified feeling leaving the theatre. And the movies is HILARIOUS. There aren't any jokes necessarily but some parts of the script are so sharp and delivered in such an effective way that it's funnier than most comedies. Just an incredible thing to witness. I could gush on and on about it but it's getting late. Just a phenomenal film.
