Marty Supreme

(M)arty (M)auser flip it around… (W)illy (W)onka

It was good, but all over the place. It would mention one thing and then move on from it, then come back to it later etc.. whole thing with the dog, that led to nowhere, orange ping pong balls, which also led to nowhere… just felt like it was dragging on.

When I watched Uncut Gems, I was not in the right state of mind. I wanted a quick, easy, non-stressful movie that we could just throw on as we chill out. Uncut Gems was not that movie. But, for Marty Supreme, I knew EXACTLY what to expect. I knew it would be stressful, I knew it would be loud, and I knew it would be overwhelming. So, this time, I absolutely loved it.

It really is incredible how chaotic Safdie was able to make this movie. In the second act, there are SO many scenes where a bunch of people are yelling all at once, and it creates total sensory overload. It stressed me out like no other movie has (again, besides Uncut Gems). And that’s SO COOL. It makes so much sense for the movie, and it is so fitting as the movie follows Marty finding himself in increasingly more undesirable situations.

And, let’s talk about Marty. Timothée Chalamet was absolutely fantastic in this movie. Marty is both insanely charismatic and appealing as well as incredibly egotistical, impulsive, and selfish, and he’s able to juggle all those traits with such ease. I haven’t seen him in many things besides this and Dune, but I can absolutely agree with people that this is my favorite role that I’ve seen him in.

I also think this concept is just so fun. When I first heard that this movie would be about “ping-pong,” I was admittedly pretty skeptical. How on earth do you make a compelling movie about ping-pong? But, as soon as I sat down to watch the movie, it made complete sense to me. It’s about so much more than just ping-pong, but it still remains at the core of the movie — it’s all just so well done.

This movie is VERY, VERY similar to Uncut Gems. Like, I felt like I was just watching a remake of the same movie at points — it’s that similar. That could be a fault to some people, but it really wasn’t to me. I ended up liking this one more not only due to the fact that I was just more mentally prepared for this style of movie, but also because Timothée Chalamet really just put it on another level for me. Great, great movie.

good soundtrack

wow. wtf. and. no words.

8/10