Wreck It Ralph - 7/7
Live Action Aladin - 6/7
Uncut Gems - 6/7 but I'll never watch it again without a pound of Xanax at my disposal. Did you know Garnett's character was originally supposed to be Embiid?!?
1917 - 5.5/7 - one shot wasn't distracting except I had no idea how much time was supposed to have taken place, because it wasn't supposed to be 2 hours
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 6/7
Irishman - I have no idea how to rate this movie. I thought the first two acts were fine but the third act is top fuckin notch. Also, I really wish they would have stuck with the original title "I Heard You Paint Houses"
I just listened to an interview on this. It was originally supposed to be Amare Stoudamire because the directors are huge Knicks fans, and Amare is Jewish so it had a whole other element to it. but over time to have Amari's hair match the game footage he would've had to cut his dreds and he didn't want to do it.
Next they went with Joel Embiid, but it took too long and ended up getting in to the season and didn't work out, then they got to KG.
At one point Kobe Bryant's people were interested and they wrote up a script, but it didn't go anywhere. I think Embiid probably does a great job in the role too and they had written in some stuff about reclaiming the gem for Africa which would've been an interesting story line. But I don't think it works just as well as the Game 7 and KG because anyone that follows the NBA knows how big that Celtics run was and it adds a bit.