![]() ![]() It either ends up getting overshadowed by another bad decision, or a small streak of good luck followed by another bad decision.Īrno got killed because he hired the gangsters in the first place, riding around acting like he’s Tony Soprano, not understanding who the fuck he’s dealing with. The movie is also so fast-paced, so we don't get much time to really digest the consequences of each bad decision he makes. ![]() ![]() We don't see his wife walk-in on him cheating with Julia, but his wife knows about it (or maybe she did walk-in on it off-screen), so the effect is still roughly the same. We don't see him physically rob Demany, but he got rid of his watches off-screen, and who knows what awful chain-of-events that might cause for Demany going forward. We don't see him physically hurt someone, but his actions led to Arnie's murder. Moreover, we never really see him hurt someone in an egregious, empathy-ridding type of way, even though the actual effect of his actions are just as bad, if not worse. I think he should receive some empathy, but I feel like people are giving him more empathy than he deserves due to his charisma. ![]() The ending was the only redemption possible for his character as I saw it. I appreciate the mental health aspect of his struggle, but even then, I don't think they present him as a character who has any hope of truly "hitting bottom" or acknowledging his narcissism in any way. I'm a sucker for a good redemption story, but this character wasn't set up as having any hope of becoming a positive force in anyone's life. What else was there to him? He was clearly not much of a husband, he was barely a father, he stole the watches his business associate was keeping in his safe. Once he scores at the end, my first reaction was "They better be killing this guy, or else I don't really see what the point of this arc has been." Fortunately, the mob guy was there to tie it all up and give his character the closure the movie more or less demanded. It's interesting that you would say that, since I saw him as a wildly unsympathetic character who managed to skate through the movie hurting everyone around him while narcissistically refusing to even acknowledge the role his own addiction is playing in hurting his family and associates. His gambling addiction wasn't everything about him, and to not have empathized with him at all would be weird So yeah again, was Howard dying really worse/more tragic than if he had lived?Īlso if Howard did live at the end, how do you think it changes the theme/moral of the film? I think that had Howard lived at the end of this story that he still would have died later, but perhaps would have gotten even more people hurt/killed or who knows what else. Howard was a scumbag and no matter how big he won he'd never change or give up his wild and dangerous lifestyle. Personally while I enjoy the ending of the film and am unsure whether the Safdies were going for a "tragic" ending, I think if they were it would have been better to leave Howard alive. The reason I'm making this post though is not to say I wish Howard didn't die but rather, was Howard dying really worse/more tragic than him living? It's really not a surprise based on his actions and "affiliates," but I was still a bit disappointed that he had to die and it is sort of tragic. One of these predictable events is how Howard will end the movie, which just so happens to be with a bullet in the cheek. The movie is kinda predictable but more in a way that makes you say "god I hope X doesn't happen" and then it of course does. I saw Uncut Gems the other day and loved it, really excellent movie, stressed the hell out of me. In the title but again SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! ![]()
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