Watched Uncut Gems last night. Overall I’d give it 3.5/5. The story was fairly good, but I didn’t think Sandler was as good as the hype made out. He was fine, but not as food as in Punch Drunk Love.
I found most of it to be stress/anxiety inducing but suppose that’s the point and at least it provokes an emotional response.
Watching the first episode of Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates and am enjoying it very much. It’s a fascinating look into his upbringing and his innovations.
The first episode intertwines things from his childhood and also focuses on Bill and Melinda’s foundation’s pursuit of a solution to the third world’s sanitation problem, which kills hundreds of thousands of kids every year. A shocking fact, that they are trying to alleviate.
These types of shows can often be too fact-based to be entertaining but this is very interesting with all the talk about how Bill works on these issues since leaving Microsoft, and how the various experts in industry are trying to solve the sanitation problem.
I found the first episode to be very satisfying and look forward to watching more. Bill and his wife and partner Melinda are amazing people and are doing brilliant things to help the planet. Very inspiring.