the master is truly awesome
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
it is, and i am pumped about this new one, it looks fantastic
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Now *this* is how you make a trailer. Gets your attention, bits of stuff here and there, but no idea what the plot is and don't feel like anything has been ruined or spoiled.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 September 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
agree though, xp, that having Life on Mars? as the soundtrack to the trailer helps a lot.
however, imo you have to have some wonderful footage/performances to be able to hang with Life on Mars and not get embarrassed, so i take this as a good sign
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
Deleted Jonny Greenwood tweet:
Oh it’s a lovely film. Only wrote a couple of cues for it - the score is all 70’s source cues (and all the better for that) - you’re all in for a giant PTA-shaped treat…
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
feels more like adventureland than dazed and confused to me, but with added tom waits so that's cool
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
i know that they're both of a similar cloth.
anyway, i'm looking forward to pta's linklater film!
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
I'm very territorial when it comes to '70s' soundtracks. I'm wildly looking forward to the music here (looks like his first full-out pop movie since Boogie Nights), and I know I'll be excessively critical if it doesn't comport to how I, clemenza, think everything should have been done.
― clemenza, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
It's funny, this looks much more like Boogie Nights-meets-Dazed and Confused than anything else to me.
I also haven't seen any of his more recent movies, tbh, because I stopped going to the movies for more than a decade.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
gonna watch the hell outta this
― sleeve, Monday, 27 September 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
kinda looks like Bradley Cooper learned to smash car windows from Frank Mackey
― the adventures of pavlo and schrödis (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 03:41 (three years ago) link
This looks like it's probably enjoyable but the trailer was obnoxiously trailery
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
i love this already GIVE IT TO ME
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 04:23 (three years ago) link
I guess it's hilarious that Cooper's in the role of Streisand's boyfriend after his turn in A Star is Born
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 04:24 (three years ago) link
Not to be a buzzkill because it generally looks great and I'm excited to see it, but am I the only one slightly weirded out by 29-year-old Alana Haim's love interest being 17-year-old Cooper Hoffman in Licorice Pizza?— Bonnie Stiernberg (@aahrealbonsters) September 28, 2021
are people utterly unable to detect subtext anymore?
― akm, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
people don't know how to watch things
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
They could swap this trailer out for the one for the Sopranos prequel and no one would notice
― calstars, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
huh?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
I think that was meant to be supporting evidence for Brad's assertion
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
Oh that makes sense, I read it as a dismissive thing about it being another period piece with an actor's kid.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
Awards Blogger/Movie Lefsetz Jeffrey Wells serves up the hot takes re: the casting of Alana Haim
https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2021/09/i-say-again/
FWIW, up until now I didn't know how old she is, but have people suddenly forgotten that actors (particularly those playing young folks) aren't playing their exact ages most of the time. I can certainly buy her playing younger, definitely either side of 20, which is what it looks like she's doing in the film.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
it seems like there's an age difference between the characters in the film that will not go uncommented upon, for whatever that's worth
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
trying to hard for years to be less strident in my musical opinions but can arthouse movie bros please please give Hunky Dory era Bowie a rest for God's sake
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
*so hard
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
9.20.21: It seems to me that if you’re a major-league director making a supposedly important film about a couple of love-struck kids (even though the off-screen Haim is pushing 30), you can go with one unknown as long as you pair him/her with a skilled name-brand actor, but you can’t have two unknowns carrying the film because no one will care all that much.I mean, movies deal in familiar faces and personalities for a reason…right?There are basic rules about young person relationship movies. Rule #1 is that at least one of the kids should be a half-familiar face, which helps with the comfort factor. Rule #2 is that the kids have to be at least somewhat attractive, not just to each other but to the audience. I’m sorry but ginger-haired Cooper Hoffman looks nerdy and freckly. I can’t put myself in his shoes. I really can’t. Haim isn’t anyone’s idea of a knockout either. The idea seems to be “the odd couple.”
I mean, movies deal in familiar faces and personalities for a reason…right?
There are basic rules about young person relationship movies. Rule #1 is that at least one of the kids should be a half-familiar face, which helps with the comfort factor. Rule #2 is that the kids have to be at least somewhat attractive, not just to each other but to the audience. I’m sorry but ginger-haired Cooper Hoffman looks nerdy and freckly. I can’t put myself in his shoes. I really can’t. Haim isn’t anyone’s idea of a knockout either. The idea seems to be “the odd couple.”
this guy gets paid to talk about movies? who is this mother fucker?
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
can i get a picture of this guy so i can talk about whether or not he's fuckable? hold on
He should be so lucky to look as attractive as Cooper Hoffman.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IGYUsmz.png
Haim isn’t anyone’s idea of a knockout either.
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
he couldn't be any more Incel in the Basement Criticizing Tits if he wanted to be
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
Rule #2 is that the kids have to be at least somewhat attractive, not just to each other but to the audience.
rules are meant to be broken in half and then used to beat the rulemakers
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
Oh, he's the "could you send me nude outtakes of Vinessa Shaw please" guy. I thought he rang a bell.
https://deadline.com/2007/09/creepiest-email-from-a-blogger-to-hollywood-3216/
― Alba, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
He's such a sexist/racist/other -ist turd and he's been a turd for years. I have no doubt the same people that say "actors have to be pretty" mock actors that go sans makeup etc. in movies for chasing awards.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
PTA's been on a roll since 2012 imo.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
2014
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
PTA's been on a roll since his first movie, imo. Even his not great movies, whichever ones one thinks are not great, are always interesting and worth seeing.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
And Jeffrey Wells has leaned so far into his role as an idiot villain he makes nu-Arm0nd look nuanced and insightful in comparison. At least the latter still watches and analyzes movies, some of the time.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
i pledge to never read anything about movies ever again unless an ilxor wrote it
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
wells' review of Wizard of Oz (1939) - "judy garland is certainly a bombshell and a good casting decision, but what's with the long dress all the time? the tin man, scarecrow, and lion supporting cast was an absolute mess - all three are clearly older men in costumes and makeup. and why didn't scarecrow have a sex scene with dorothy at the end? clearly there was a connection there."
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Counterpoint: nah
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
I really really did not like The Master but it was interesting and I guess worth seeing somehow. Moreso than say Hateful 8 which I didn't like either but didn't have as strong a negative reaction as with The Master.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
I can watch Hard Eight anytime but can't finish Magnolia and will not dare to endure Punch Drunk Love again.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
My hot take is that The Master had some wonderful scenes and incredible performances, but was not a very good movie.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
i am not the one to be in this discussion, because i am a fool, but i'll bet that to some people, "some wonderful scenes and incredible performances" adds up to a "good movie", even if the rest of the elements aren't quite so impressive. kind of like a musical performance/album can be saved by some exceptional elements
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
i'm not sure i believe that, mind you -- i don't, i don't think -- but just wondrin
I hated "Hateful Eight" so much.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
I was being a little flip, I just didn't think it all held together as a satisfying film. I loved PSH and Joaquin's performances and they had some incredible moments together, but I was frustrated that they only hinted at some of the more interesting things going on around them (Amy Adams was wasted, imo, and I think there was a more interesting thread about how her character influenced Dodd, but it was only hinted at). I didn't hate the move, it's just the last PTA movie I want to revisit at this point.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
Eh I'm already wanted to walk back that Adams was "wasted", I just wanted more of her in it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
almost everyone in the movie was wasted to one degree or another though, haha, wouldn't surprise me
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
To borrow from Kael, The Master was straining so hard to be great it wasn't even good.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
did you even SEE that scene where joaquin phoenix fucks the sand though? to me, that was everything
― typo hell #6: i really don't much at all (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
I really liked this film, but Alana carries the overwhelming majority of it. Didn’t think the Gary role was very well acted.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 21 October 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
he just smiled and gave me a licorice pizza
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 21 October 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
I finally saw Hard Eight, leaving Phantom Thread as the only one I haven't seen. Hard Eight is fine, a little slight and way too in thrall to that whole '90s thing of how every flick had to turn needlessly bloody and violent in the final act, but Philip Baker Hall and John C. Reilly save it from being a dud.
Of the ones I've seen I'd probably rank 'em
Boogie NightsMagnoliaInherent ViceLicorice PizzaThere Will Be BloodHard EightThe MasterPunch-Drunk Love
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
Descending order:
Phantom ThreadThe MasterInherent ViceBoogie NightsThere Will Be BloodHard EightMagnoliaPunch-Drunk Love
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
i watched hard eight pretty recently and its better than my memory of it (which was favorable btw), v direct & affecting imo
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
I would have loved the hell out of Hard Eight had I seen it back in 1996, but from 2022, I wanted more of the first two thirds - just Hall and Reilly talking and bumping up against Vegas weirdos.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Magnolia is the only one I think is bad.
― Chris L, Friday, 21 October 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
PTA is 9 for 9, fuiud
― insane oatmeal raisin cookie posse (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 22 October 2022 01:39 (one year ago) link
i haven’t seen hard eight but i agree w whiney basically
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 October 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
What am I missing in Inherent Vice? I watched it a second time and likes it even less. It just…. wanders. It’s kinda like the Big Lebowski if you drained the humor out of it.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 22 October 2022 03:50 (one year ago) link
inherent vice is very funny
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Saturday, 22 October 2022 04:07 (one year ago) link
if josh brolin chewing and swallowing a lit blunt doesn’t make you laugh, idk
inherent vice is a whole vibe & it is gloriousi mean fuck, it’s basically freaked-out chandler + weed x paranoia … what could be more enjoyable
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 October 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
and yeah, it’s funny as hell
It's a weird movie for sure. I like it a lot but I get why people don't. There's so many similar vibe, shaggy dog neo-noirs from the '60s/'70s that leave me cold and I'm still not sure why Inherent Vice worked for me when like, The Long Goodbye didn't
― Nhex, Saturday, 22 October 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
Just watched this, can I say it's simultaneously a good movie and a lousy one?
Good: Alana Haim is spectacular, Hoffmann is convincing enough, I did believe the relationship (though I don't have great hopes that it will last, it's so contingent on the specific points they're both at in their lives), I appreciate the continuing Haim family multiverse (see also "No Body No Crime")Bad: the plot that moved the characters between emotional checkpoints...boring and way too long. Especially the Hollywood stuff that I've seen before. I wish I could have seen the same characters in a different film.
Ultimately the only PTA I've liked is Inherent Vice (have not seen The Phantom Thread), maybe we're not meant to be.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
rewatching, can confirm still great“Ugh, Danielle I’m eliminating property tax for the elderly and saving the mountains and you’re talking about free Pepsi”
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 00:29 (one year ago) link
that part in licorice pizza where you hear the todd rundgren radio ad is the closest i've come to experiencing asmr— boss crude (@bosscrood) December 15, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link
lol i love that part
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
the way Alana is reading Jack Holden’s face like an ancient text for ANY clue of what the fuck he’s talking about
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 01:57 (one year ago) link
For some reason (the title I guess?) I thought this was a movie about the music industry in the 70s; I watched it for about an hour last night thinking "Enough with the waterbed shit, when is s/he going to get a record deal?"
― fetter, Monday, 1 July 2024 10:54 (three months ago) link