It doesn’t seem like he’ll actually follow through on his promise but we still have an idea of what the project could look like thanks to the power of the internet. Sandler was nominated for (and even won) a number of awards but the Academy declined to give him the nod. “If I don’t get it, I’m going to fucking come back and do one again that is so bad on purpose just to make you all pay. He discussed that possibility with Howard Stern after Uncut Gems came out and jokingly threatened to make an awful movie out of spite if he was snubbed, saying: There was plenty of Oscar buzz surrounding the Safdie brothers’ exercise in anxiety last year and plenty of people thought Sandler had a shot at getting nominated for Best Actor. Sandler has also done what he can to stay in the good graces of people who generally refer to movies as “films” and has delivered some excellent performances after taking on some pretty serious roles-including that of Howard Ratner, the diamond dealer he portrayed in Uncut Gems. However, as I grew older, Sandler’s comedy remained as juvenile as it ever was, but unlike Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused, that wasn’t necessarily something I was attracted to any longer.ĭo I wish the Sand Man was still pumping out the kind of movies that made me a fan in the first place? Of course, but at the same time, I can’t say I blame him for taking the “convince Netflix to cut you a giant check to make shitty movies filmed in exotic locations that millions of people will still watch regardless of how shitty they are” route. Deeds weren’t even close to being on the same level as the ones he’d made before them, I was still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
There was once a time where Sandler could do no wrong in my eyes, and even though movies like Little Nicky and Mr. In my eyes, nothing he does will be able to undo his earlier work, but with that said, he seems pretty fucking intent on making me question that stance time and time again. It’s kind of wild to think Adam Sandler was only 23 years old when he joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 1990, and while that achievement is pretty impressive on its own, it pales in comparison to the absolute tear he went on in the middle of the decade-one that saw him release Billy Madison in 1995 only to arguably outdo himself the following year when Happy Gilmore was unleashed on an unsuspecting world.Īs far as I’m concerned, Sandler’s contributions to comedy prior to the turn of the millennium solidified him as an absolute legend.
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