Also curious why they gave slightly tweaked names to the Lucille Ball/William Holden characters but the unflatteringly portrayed Jon Peters is just Jon Peters...
Maybe he's got enough self-awareness to say "Yeah, I was at coke-crazed insane person back then, wasn't I?"
I know LP wasn't a comedy per se...but how odd is it that the semi-controversial "Japanese restaurant owner" bit is the only one that really lands...and that The Master and Phantom Thread are twice as funny as PTA's breezy '70s teen movie.
Yeah this person seems to have an ant in his knickers about all things Haim. They’re a fantastic band IMO, especially live.
They really don't do anything for me, but I'm not like praying for her to fail, either. I was really impressed by this woman's acting performance, no matter who she is. I didn't know until later that her sisters were in it!
Saw this today and loved it. I braved the hordes in town to see a 70mm showing - beautiful print, well worth making the effort. I suppose you could say it's all rather inconsequential, but it's telling a very human story and we don't always need more than that. Personally I found it joyous and also hilarious in places and with a great soundtrack (the Clarence Carter being a particular favourite) too. Go see!
Thinking about why I didn't care for Gary's character more...that exchange between Alana and the waitress in the restaurant bathroom was maybe a bridge too far.
Yeah that was an odd scene. What were they trying to tell us with that? Was she giving Alana accurate information? Or was that the storyteller’s way of telling us that Gary valued Alana more than he did any other girl before her?
To be fair, nobody knows why you're named Licorice Pizza, either. My only regret is, the film was set in such an early time period, that nobody was casting a Beach Boys movie Gary could audition for. He would have nailed that.
So disappointing. The first film of the entire year I went to and I got a Boogie Nights retread with waterbeds replacing porn stars. I LOVED Phantom Thread and The Master, such mature and confident films that I revere so I was expecting way more. The film hinges on a relationship that is more creepy than loving, the main actors are appealing but it's a whole lot of nothing, just more nostalgia-baiting than anything, Am I actually supposed to care about the exploits of some Hollywood hanger-on who became Tom Hanks producing partner? I had high hopes for Bradley Cooper's take on Jon Peters but it was such a ridiculous script it went nowhere. The funniest scene(s) was the the one we're not allowed to laugh at (I did, oh well), the moving van down the hill was inspired but like WTF where the hell did that Taxi Driver homage come from? I hope a relative of William Holden or Lucille Ball punches PTA in the face for that utter nonsense (plus Sean Penn needs to retire, he is unwatchable now) that he gets away with. Yeah, I did not like it.
The record store, Dilly!!! That’s all it’s ever been about for me. Seriously though, that quick cameo of the store in Fast Times at Ridgemont High was brilliant back in the day.
Point is...we don't know why Anderson made a movie named after a record store that doesn't come up...and since you're not a record store, nobody knows why you named yourself that. I know why I'm named after my first paying job that got me my first real stereo, but...well, I went to Kroger a lot when I was a kid, should I have named myself after a grocery store I visited a lot instead...?
