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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 13, 2021 0:01:27 GMT
Though I don’t watch it often, each viewing only deepens my appreciation. Great production values with impressive cinematography. The music score from Jonny Greenwood is just as important. Of course, there is Daniel Day-Lewis in a performance for the ages. The oil well fire scene is a masterpiece. One of the better films of the 2000s.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 13, 2021 0:48:23 GMT
7/10 I like it.
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Post by kiwicrunch on Nov 13, 2021 1:01:55 GMT
It's a powerful film. Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the best directors, ever. Great actors, like Daniel Day-Lewis and Joaquin Phoenix, were eager to work with him. I'm eager to see his new film, Licorice Pizza.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 13, 2021 1:05:21 GMT
I respect the film-making but can't say I really liked it. DDL is exceptional though.
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Post by petrolino on Nov 13, 2021 1:19:37 GMT
I find it heavy-going but the effort is paid off. It's a movie I hope to return to at (highly) irregular intervals.
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Post by salomonj on Nov 13, 2021 4:18:10 GMT
I find it to be entrancing, personally.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Nov 13, 2021 5:29:35 GMT
I respect the film-making but can't say I really liked it. DDL is exceptional though. I agree. I've seen the film only once and did not like it. It is oddly soulless.
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 13, 2021 11:04:43 GMT
Bonafide masterpiece. Among the best of the current century.
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Post by Lux on Nov 13, 2021 11:56:42 GMT
While Daniel Day Lewis is the type of actor that cretins like to cling to to feel sophisticated TWBB was an average not bad not good flick.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Nov 13, 2021 15:15:09 GMT
10/10
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 13, 2021 15:26:40 GMT
As far as i remember its a good movie
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Post by Vits on Nov 13, 2021 17:48:19 GMT
8/10
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Post by drystyx on Nov 13, 2021 18:02:03 GMT
It's a good movie. What really makes it "different" is something no one mentions.
It's a story about the "other characters". The characters who are usually the heroes, that family that Daniel decided to give in to, for whatever reason, were the Swiss family Robinson, the Sacketts, the McCahans, the Earps, the Skywalkers, the Lucianos. They were the families that people just decided to let win, while targeting other families to "make lose". All families made the same efforts, but some were granted "passage" and victory. Some weren't.
This story never even shows the "hero" family. It shows the demon possessed villain who chooses whom to terrorize, the focal person he terrorizes for no reason, and the other supporting characters who are close to that terrorism.
Plainview is a monster, pure and simple. There is no motivation other than rationalizing reasons to be a monster. He sets out to terrorize hand picked people. His adopted son recognizes this, and becomes a different sort of hero. A real hero.
It's a good story. Using this fresh approach, even though it's about a dull, unmotivated punk (Daniel Plainview), the other characters are a bit more inspired and motivated in how they have to deal with this demon possessed maniac.
Some people seem to like something about a milk shake. I had to re watch it to see what they were talking about. It's a strange, uninspired scene, for those of you who can't remember it. It's just one of the maniac's rants in which he pretends he's some kind of god just because he keeps targeting this one poor young man for destruction.
The novelty of making it about the supporting characters is enough to make this 8/10. It can't be any higher, because it's too much of an ordeal to sit through the boring bragging of Plainview. That's no slight on Day's acting. That is what he was supposed to do. It's just a dull character. The interesting parts are how the more interesting characters deal with him.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 13, 2021 19:26:11 GMT
I like DDL's performance & its technical aspects more than the story proper. I think it & No Country for Old Men same year is one of those super combos we often see in cinema.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 13, 2021 23:04:38 GMT
I like it better every time I see it as well. Of course, I wasn't very fond of it the first time, what with its off-putting characters and both DDL and PTA getting a bit too much credit for doing impressions of things from Jack Nicholson movies.
But yeah, divorced from that insane 2007 hype back when it was the second coming of Citizen Kane, it is a very good film.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Nov 14, 2021 21:10:18 GMT
It's not bad, but definitely don't trip myself over it like so many others do. DDL's performance is amazing, of course, and Dano isn't bad himself, but the rest of the movie - eh. Could've been about half an hour shorter.
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Post by Downey on Nov 14, 2021 21:22:50 GMT
It's overrated.
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Post by lune7000 on Nov 14, 2021 21:53:32 GMT
It's a good movie. What really makes it "different" is something no one mentions. It's a story about the "other characters". The characters who are usually the heroes, that family that Daniel decided to give in to, for whatever reason, were the Swiss family Robinson, the Sacketts, the McCahans, the Earps, the Skywalkers, the Lucianos. They were the families that people just decided to let win, while targeting other families to "make lose". All families made the same efforts, but some were granted "passage" and victory. Some weren't. This story never even shows the "hero" family. It shows the demon possessed villain who chooses whom to terrorize, the focal person he terrorizes for no reason, and the other supporting characters who are close to that terrorism. Plainview is a monster, pure and simple. There is no motivation other than rationalizing reasons to be a monster. He sets out to terrorize hand picked people. His adopted son recognizes this, and becomes a different sort of hero. A real hero. It's a good story. Using this fresh approach, even though it's about a dull, unmotivated punk (Daniel Plainview), the other characters are a bit more inspired and motivated in how they have to deal with this demon possessed maniac. Some people seem to like something about a milk shake. I had to re watch it to see what they were talking about. It's a strange, uninspired scene, for those of you who can't remember it. It's just one of the maniac's rants in which he pretends he's some kind of god just because he keeps targeting this one poor young man for destruction. The novelty of making it about the supporting characters is enough to make this 8/10. It can't be any higher, because it's too much of an ordeal to sit through the boring bragging of Plainview. That's no slight on Day's acting. That is what he was supposed to do. It's just a dull character. The interesting parts are how the more interesting characters deal with him. Your post is the only one that actually talks about the movie.
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