New movie "Licorice Pizza" by Paul Thomas Anderson, out now.*

Hard to say. When I think of Anderson I think Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and Magnolia.
When pressed, I remember great parts of The Master and Punch Drunk Love. Despite a
memorable Daniel Lewis performance, I thought There Will Be Blood was an overrated
pile of dog s***. I'm saving Inherent Vice for a rainy day after I've read the novel again.

 

Sorry to hear that! I would have provided an antidote by screening The Girl Can't Help It or Rio Bravo afterwards to remind them just how worthwhile and fun a good movie can actually be.

 

Well played!

 

For me There Will Be Blood is the single greatest film ever made. From the performances to the visuals to the storyline there's just so much depth to everything. Yes Daniel Day Lewis is a tour de force in the film but there's so much more beyond his performance. The whole thing about oil men, crooked preachers, brother against brother and so forth is so rich and rewarding and simply stunning to watch I'm out of words to describe how phenomenal There Will Be Blood truly is. I'm flabbergasted that anyone could consider it overrated garbage, but to each their own. I just know for me personally it's a work of art that will never be bettered.

 

I agree his first three films are really special. Boogie Nights is mind-blowingly rich in characterization and tone.

 

I've seen most of PTA's films, but I've never watched any of them a second time. I'll make an exception for this one, it's really delightful.

 

I've not got a personal ax to grind about the petroleum industry, Christians, the nuclear family or the existence of actual 'alpha males'...
so the 'depth of theme' here is just the usual "I hate daddy" Baby Boomer countercultural claptrap to me. Boring in 1968...boring now.

 

Give Boogie Nights another screening sometime. More nuance there than you remember...and some truly outstanding performances from the entire cast.

 

Harper Valley.

 

Jeannie C. Riley vs. John C. Reilly? WTF!

 

John C. Reilly has a cameo as Herman Munster. Unsure who was cast as Lily.

 

I think you're correct. In the scene at home where the younger brother is watching the Dodger game, Vin Scully mentions a Steve Garvey stat over the "regular season". I interpreted that to mean that the game was a post-season playoff game that would typically occur in a late Sept-Oct timeline.

 

I enjoyed this movie much more than I expected to. One of the best flicks I've seen in the last few years

 

Piffle. It's one of the finest American movies of the last 20 years.

 

You forgot to add the "IMO"...

 

Why? In case anyone thought it was my Auntie Nora's opinion? Get a grip.

 

The next step is to check out HAIM's music if any of you haven't.

 

Interesting take. I feel like PTS's films are either loved or hated, there is rarely a middle ground.

Personally, I loved There Will Be Blood, and thought DD Lewis was incredible. I hated Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love, and was lukewarm on Boogie Nights.

Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza were incredible, and highly rewatchable. I have yet to see The Master, but will one day.

 

I watched HBO's Deadwood shortly before I saw There Will Be Blood, so I couldn't help thinking that in a more realistic scenario they would have feeded him to the pigs early in the movie. The beginning with the mine shaft was great, but it was overblown and overacted from then on.

 

PTT's endings used to bother me, now I get it, they're just part of the ride.