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Meh, it was too much like The Great Gatsby with oil. Only two sympathetic characters in the whole thing, so while interesting things were happening, I felt very detached. The ending was hilarious, though, in that tragi-comic sort of way.
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The soundtrack was terrible; jarring, inappropriate to the period, and just too much experimental wankery. Apparently it was by the guy from Radiohead, so if that's your cup of tea, enjoy.
I was sold on PTA directing this until I saw Punch Drunk Love. And wanted to pull out my eyeballs and jam them into my ears. Boogie Nights was good though.
I was sold on PTA directing this until I saw Punch Drunk Love. And wanted to pull out my eyeballs and jam them into my ears. Boogie Nights was good though.
Where you being beaten severely while watching PDL?
Because that is the only legitimate excuse for not loving that movie.
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PDL was depressing to me for some reason. Maybe it just wasn't for me.
I was sold on PTA directing this until I saw Punch Drunk Love. And wanted to pull out my eyeballs and jam them into my ears. Boogie Nights was good though.
Where you being beaten severely while watching PDL?
Because that is the only legitimate excuse for not loving that movie.
You're the first person I've interacted with that actually enjoyed that movie.
The story isn't even worth bothering with, it's just a vehicle for DDL. I just watched Daniel Day Lewis act perfectly for over two hours.
Does anyone else like certain scenes were not well set up? In the trailer there seems to be a scene sitting around the fire where the Sunday father says "my son is a vessel for the holy spirit". In the movie, in the scene where Eli asks him "where is our money Daniel" and gets slapped, Daniel seems to jump on him fast and mock him with something like "I thought you were a vessel for the holy spirit". I feel like there was a scene where they setup that better but it was cut for time purposes.
Also, the jump from 1911? to 1929 seemed a bit sudden. The relationship between HW and Mary also just kind of appeared right before that jump, like they couldn't figure out where to put those scenes.
I know the movie was already 2 hours and 38 minutes but...extended cut, anyone?
The story isn't even worth bothering with, it's just a vehicle for DDL. I just watched Daniel Day Lewis act perfectly for over two hours.
Does anyone else like certain scenes were not well set up? In the trailer there seems to be a scene sitting around the fire where the Sunday father says "my son is a vessel for the holy spirit". In the movie, in the scene where Eli asks him "where is our money Daniel" and gets slapped, Daniel seems to jump on him fast and mock him with something like "I thought you were a vessel for the holy spirit". I feel like there was a scene where they setup that better but it was cut for time purposes.
Also, the jump from 1911? to 1929 seemed a bit sudden. The relationship between HW and Mary also just kind of appeared right before that jump, like they couldn't figure out where to put those scenes.
I know the movie was already 2 hours and 38 minutes but...extended cut, anyone?
The long jump was to show that Daniel had accomplished everything he needed and wanted to and had become a deranged alcoholic with nothing left to do. I don't think they needed to expand at all on Mary and HW, especially with the 2:38 running time.
I was sold on PTA directing this until I saw Punch Drunk Love. And wanted to pull out my eyeballs and jam them into my ears. Boogie Nights was good though.
Where you being beaten severely while watching PDL?
Because that is the only legitimate excuse for not loving that movie.
You're the first person I've interacted with that actually enjoyed that movie.
I loved Punch-Drunk Love, I thought most people did. Nobody I know or have watched it with has disliked it.
Heard the interview with him on NPR this afternoon and he sounds like he really got into the role.
He veers into pretty ardent method acting in most, if not all, of his roles.
Indeed, moreover there's his voice. I could listen to him and Hugo Weaving speak for hours.
Doesn't he stay in character throughout movie production?
Like if you call him up to talk about the movie and his role, he'll talk about it, but always in character?
I heard he did that for Gangs of New York at least. So rad.
In all of his interviews he's been out of character, but out of the many interviews of him out there I haven't seen one where he has the mustache or looks like he may be on set. He is well-known for staying in character on set when the camera isn't rolling though. I don't fully understand how someone can do that...
I have a couple questions for anyone who's seen it:
1. HW tried to set the fire because he was feeling neglected by his father and jealous of the half-brother right? Not because he somehow realized from the diary that the guy was a fraud.
2. So the only time that we see Paul and not Eli is with our first meeting with Paul Dano when he asks Plainview for 500 (then 600) dollars in order to know where Paul/Eli is from? And from that point on Paul has disappeared and we're only seeing Eli?
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Heard the interview with him on NPR this afternoon and he sounds like he really got into the role.
He veers into pretty ardent method acting in most, if not all, of his roles.
Indeed, moreover there's his voice. I could listen to him and Hugo Weaving speak for hours.
Doesn't he stay in character throughout movie production?
Like if you call him up to talk about the movie and his role, he'll talk about it, but always in character?
I heard he did that for Gangs of New York at least. So rad.
In all of his interviews he's been out of character, but out of the many interviews of him out there I haven't seen one where he has the mustache or looks like he may be on set. He is well-known for staying in character on set when the camera isn't rolling though. I don't fully understand how someone can do that...
I have a couple questions for anyone who's seen it:
1. HW tried to set the fire because he was feeling neglected by his father and jealous of the half-brother right? Not because he somehow realized from the diary that the guy was a fraud.
2. So the only time that we see Paul and not Eli is with our first meeting with Paul Dano when he asks Plainview for 500 (then 600) dollars in order to know where Paul/Eli is from? And from that point on Paul has disappeared and we're only seeing Eli?
That reminds me, at the end (spoiler)
Plainview mentions that he paid Paul 10000$ and that he has three of his own oil setups now, but it was origonally 500$? What was going on with that?
Heard the interview with him on NPR this afternoon and he sounds like he really got into the role.
He veers into pretty ardent method acting in most, if not all, of his roles.
Indeed, moreover there's his voice. I could listen to him and Hugo Weaving speak for hours.
Doesn't he stay in character throughout movie production?
Like if you call him up to talk about the movie and his role, he'll talk about it, but always in character?
I heard he did that for Gangs of New York at least. So rad.
In all of his interviews he's been out of character, but out of the many interviews of him out there I haven't seen one where he has the mustache or looks like he may be on set. He is well-known for staying in character on set when the camera isn't rolling though. I don't fully understand how someone can do that...
I have a couple questions for anyone who's seen it:
1. HW tried to set the fire because he was feeling neglected by his father and jealous of the half-brother right? Not because he somehow realized from the diary that the guy was a fraud.
2. So the only time that we see Paul and not Eli is with our first meeting with Paul Dano when he asks Plainview for 500 (then 600) dollars in order to know where Paul/Eli is from? And from that point on Paul has disappeared and we're only seeing Eli?
That reminds me, at the end (spoiler)
Plainview mentions that he paid Paul 10000$ and that he has three of his own oil setups now, but it was origonally 500$? What was going on with that?
This movie was amazing. Day-Lewis basically is the movie.
I thought the score was fine, though it perhaps overpowered a few scenes.
The ending was just perfect. Real spoilers follow:
From Plainview's final confrontation with HW... "YOU'RE A BASTARD FROM A BASKET!" to his revenge for his previous humiliation by Eli "I AM A FALSE PROPHET AND GOD IS A SUPERSTITION!" to "I'm finished."
Has anyone read the novel? I thought The Jungle was awesome for about half it's length, but couldn't finish it due to it's unrelenting negativity and repetitiveness.
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I was sold on PTA directing this until I saw Punch Drunk Love. And wanted to pull out my eyeballs and jam them into my ears. Boogie Nights was good though.
Where you being beaten severely while watching PDL?
Because that is the only legitimate excuse for not loving that movie.
shinto you magnificent bastard, now I have to see Punch Drunk Love.
ebert makes a comparison to Citizen Kane in his review and i think his remark that perhaps the biggest shortcoming in the movie is Plainview's lack of a Rosebud is pretty much spot on
there's really just not the first damn thing to even THINK about building any shred of audience allegiance with Plainview and in the end that's all that really holds the film back from being a masterpiece in my eyes
ebert makes a comparison to Citizen Kane in his review and i think his remark that perhaps the biggest shortcoming in the movie is Plainview's lack of a Rosebud is pretty much spot on
there's really just not the first damn thing to even THINK about building any shred of audience allegiance with Plainview and in the end that's all that really holds the film back from being a masterpiece in my eyes
I would agree with that statement. I told my g/f when we were leaving that I half expected Plainview to say "rosebud" at the end.
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No the ending is awesome and very satisfying. You really get to see the depth of DDL's character.
The soundtrack was terrible; jarring, inappropriate to the period, and just too much experimental wankery. Apparently it was by the guy from Radiohead, so if that's your cup of tea, enjoy.
The ending is wonderful.
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINAGE!
Where you being beaten severely while watching PDL?
Because that is the only legitimate excuse for not loving that movie.
You're the first person I've interacted with that actually enjoyed that movie.
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Also, the jump from 1911? to 1929 seemed a bit sudden. The relationship between HW and Mary also just kind of appeared right before that jump, like they couldn't figure out where to put those scenes.
I know the movie was already 2 hours and 38 minutes but...extended cut, anyone?
Indeed, moreover there's his voice. I could listen to him and Hugo Weaving speak for hours.
Doesn't he stay in character throughout movie production?
Like if you call him up to talk about the movie and his role, he'll talk about it, but always in character?
I heard he did that for Gangs of New York at least. So rad.
I have a couple questions for anyone who's seen it:
2. So the only time that we see Paul and not Eli is with our first meeting with Paul Dano when he asks Plainview for 500 (then 600) dollars in order to know where Paul/Eli is from? And from that point on Paul has disappeared and we're only seeing Eli?
That reminds me, at the end (spoiler)
The only thing that left me wanting was Paul Dano's performance, especially during the church scenes.
He was fucking with him.
I thought the score was fine, though it perhaps overpowered a few scenes.
The ending was just perfect. Real spoilers follow:
Has anyone read the novel? I thought The Jungle was awesome for about half it's length, but couldn't finish it due to it's unrelenting negativity and repetitiveness.
shinto you magnificent bastard, now I have to see Punch Drunk Love.
there's really just not the first damn thing to even THINK about building any shred of audience allegiance with Plainview and in the end that's all that really holds the film back from being a masterpiece in my eyes
I would agree with that statement. I told my g/f when we were leaving that I half expected Plainview to say "rosebud" at the end.
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