Ty Watches "Marty Supreme"

I took my dad and son to see "Marty Supreme" yesterday and I have a review for you all today. I have wanted to see this movie for some time now, and it just happened to be released here in Saint Louis on Xmas day. We waited through the weekend, but saw it pretty soon after Xmas.

I was predestined to like this movie. I have become a pretty big fan of Timothee Chalamet in the past few years, ever since I saw him in "Wonka", and I like what the Safdie brothers do as far as directing. And I fully understand that this was a solo directing job from Josh Safdie, which I am all in for at this point. Josh Safdie has always felt like more of a director than his brother Benny. I feel like Benny Safdie has always wanted to be an actor, which he is very accomplished and pretty good at by this point. But Josh seems like he prefers to be behind the camera, and that is great. He brought his usual greatness to this movie as well. What I like about a Safdie directed movie is how anxiety riddled, in a good way, you feel while watching one of their movies. That was the case with "Uncut Gems", and Josh Safdie does the same thing in "Marty Supreme". The scenes shift very quickly into one another, there's always some kind of action going on, there's bad guys and good guys to root for, there's always someone talking and trying to get out of a situation and the romantic scenes always feel a little more raw and real in a Safdie movie. All that was in "Marty Supreme" and it all worked really well for me. Josh Safdie is very good at the kind of movies he makes and I want him to continue with this style of making the viewer anxious. There's no one better at making those kinds of movies at the moment.

While the direction is always incredibly important, you need actors who are up to the task, and they knocked it out of the park with the casting here. I'll get to Chamalet last because he was a revelation, which I didn't think was possible at this point in his career. What I appreciate most about a Safdie movie is they give unknowns a chance. Luke Manley, as Dion, is a first time actor and he was amazing as Marty's best buddy. I rooted for him even though others seemed mad at him from time to time. Ralph Colucci was only in a few scenes at the beginning of the movie, but the back and forth between him and Chalamet was incredible. Odessa A'Zion is becoming a star at the moment, but her work here was amazing. She was so in love with Marty, warts and all, and she tried to prove her worth to him time and again. Tyler, the Creator made his acting debut in this movie and he did a wonderful job. He was the guy Marty would hustle with and that felt like a perfect role for him. He should get many more acting jobs from this. George Gervin, former NBA star, was acting for the first time and his presence was gigantic in his minor role. Then Safdie put some former stars in bit parts and they were equally excellent. Fran Drescher played Marty's mom and she was the epitome of a mom trying to control her son. Her work opposite Chalamet was needed in this movie. Sandra Bernhart played a nurse, or something, and she was as wild here as she is in her minor role on "Severance". Penn Jillette has a very small role as a farm owner, but man is he scary and memorable. And we also have Gwyneth Paltrow playing a former aging movie star. She proved what made her such a draw in the 90's and early 2000's here. She was phenomenal in this role. I loved every second she was on screen in this mcvie.

But the cream of the crop was Chalamet. This was an incredible performance from him. He was, at the same time mind you, slimy and charming. He was always hustling and always talking his way out of some problem he inevitably created. There were times where I hated him, then in an instant I was rooting for him. The way he treated A'Zion's character throughout was mean and disgusting, yet I wanted them to be together. Paltrow's character treated him like the child he was, but there were times where I felt like they deserve one another. Chalamet has more than proven his worth in the past few years with the two "Dune" movies and "A Complete Unknown". I also loved him in "Wonka" as I mentioned before. But this performance proved that he is on another level from other actors his age. He embodied this role and he took his acting to a whole other stratosphere. He doesn't have to be the hero or the good looking dude in every movie. Marty is a hustler who is smamry and slimy, and Chalamet absolutely nailed it here. I think he has a definite Oscar nomination coming from this role and that will be two years in a row that he gets a best actor nomination. He is going to be the definitive actor of this generation and that makes me smile.

I highly recommend seeing "Marty Supreme". It is a fascinating performance from Chalamet and the movie will make you care about ping pong. This movie was great. 

Ty

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Ty Watches the "Eric Andre Show" Season 4 Episode 5

After a one week hiatus, "The Eric Andre Show" was back this past Friday. This one started as usual, with the announcer saying Andre's name, and he proceeded to run at the stage, with intentions to destroy, but before he could crash the stage, he slipped into a portal. This wouldn't allow him to trash the stage, at first. But, after floating through the portal for a minute, he was dropped back on the stage, and this was when he proceeded to do his usual damage. He crushed his desk. He attacked the band. He threw vases and pots. His other new wrinkle this week, there was a guy dressed like a scientist that looked to be doing some blood work. Andre found this man and repeatedly punched him in the face. Just when you thought the bit was going to end, it went on for an extra 10 to 15 seconds. This is one of the things I love about Eric Andre, his willingness to push a bit too its outer most limits.

After the destruction, Hannibal Buress was announced, and he entered the stage on a kayak attached to a pallet of wood. Buress has been making some pretty cool entrances this season. After Buress exited the kayak, Andre started his monologue. This time around, very angrily, Andre just kept saying "joke, joke, joke, punchline", over and over again. He did this a few times, and Buress started to laugh. After Buress was filmed laughing, the band was laughing and so was the studio audience. Andre ate this up. Buress proclaimed that he figured out the secret to comedy. Andre continued with the words, "joke, joke, joke, punchline", and some dancers came on the stage. They were talking gibberish that was overlapped with Andre's words. Then, Penn Jillette entered the stage and said the words, "magic, magic, magic, atheism" over and over again. All the talking was overlapped, and, much like the opening with the scientist, the bit was pushed to the very edge.

Before they introduced the first guest, they immediately cut to a pre taped segment. This segment was called "Grocery Goofs". It was meant to be a blooper type show, a la "America's Funniest Home Videos", but it had Andre's twist to it. Instead of being a blooper show, when a customer entered and tried to buy a juice, Andre told him it cost 47 dollars. The customer was confused, but that was just the start. This was the only "blooper" type thing because right after charging way too much for a juice, Andre emerged from behind the counter, wearing nothing except a T shirt. This was very awkward for the customer. Andre kept talking to the customer like nothing was weird at all, but then we see another man, fully nude, emerge from behind the counter. Andre tells the customer that this guy is his "sex slave", and the customer can't leave fast enough. Andre tries to make it hard for the man to leave, but the guy makes his way out. It was all meant to be a spoof, but it was still disturbing and hilarious, two things only Eric Andre can pull off.

Then, we get back to the show, and they introduce their first guest, actor Jesse Williams. The interview was weird, as always, and at one point, Andre tells Williams that the interview is going to become extreme, and he straps some head gear on Williams that is fully equipped with 5 or 6 Go Pro's, and the camera it shot from Williams point of view. It was very shaky and nauseating, and when Williams noticed that Andre was trying to have a bowel movement on his desk, that was when he decided to leave.

Next up was the Brotendo segment. This was weird and wild, as always. Andre would approach people on the street, I should mention that he wears a bikini top, a Dr. Seuss hat, weird sunglasses and super high top boots, and says nonsense to them like, "I just got my crystal meth medical card", or " I just returned from Burning Man and it just isn't the same anymore". This time around, he had a fake double guitar, and pretended to shred in front of many confused onlookers.

They then cut back to the set and they had their second guest, Jillian Barberi on. This interview went off the rails quick. Andre started to complain about his messed up desk, and he ripped the top off to reveal a little person dressed like him and another little person that looked like Jillian Barberi. Not to be outdone, Hannibal Buress had a person that was dressed just like him as well. They were all talking over one another, saying the same thing. Barberi was very quickly turned off, saying it was like an acid trip, and she left the stage.

We are then transported back to their "Grocery Goofs" segment, but this time, it focused on the fully nude man, saying he was hosting a show for hostages. He tried to interview people, and as to be expected, they all turned him away. It was gross and weird, but still, it made me laugh.

At the end Andre had a rapper and a professional eater do a rap battle, while also having a hot dog eating contest. The rapper continually vomited and the eater was a terrible rapper. It was pretty funny actually. I don't like throwing up personally, but I find humor in others doing it, especially on TV.

The show ended there, and it was great to have "The Eric Andre Show" back after its short hiatus. I love his weird humor and I very much looked forward to watching the next episode. There will be another new episode this Friday, so come back next week for my review.

Ty

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