THE MASTER (2012) P.T. Anderson's film on the origions of Scientology (sort of), Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, and Laura Dern

i loooooved magnolia at the time, but the time was 20 years old and emo as hell

dude gets points for using terrific actors and stealing from the greats in a way that suggests he actually understands what makes them great, but that's about all i can say for him now

how involved was he w/ altman's prairie home companion?

I still don't know what to make of TWBB but Boogie Nights is kinda terrific and terrible at once. But maybe that's too harsh--there's just something callow about it despite some really imaginative set pieces and writing.

I think he was just the back up director for insurance purposes on PHC. AFAIK he hung around the set but didn't really do much.
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But maybe that's too harsh--there's just something callow about it despite some really imaginative set pieces and writing.

it's like half altman and half anchorman

which i def understand the appeal of

people, Metacritic and RT scores always include that 40% of robotic whores who will sign off on any studio film that is hyped in any way whatsoever, not all of whom rhyme with Meter Dravers.

lol yes, but a score of 90 will still be among the highest rated films of the year, including all the other hyped studio films

my point anyway was that metacritic is a collection of middlebrow critics who all obviously like the new pta movie

lol at Meter Dravers

Teeter Brahearse

Skeeter Slavers of Trolling Crone Magazine calls The Master "A heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat, non-stop thrill ride of a searing, soulful dramedy with lots of heart for the whole family!"

so, I think this movie is really just 'punch drunk love' with joaquin phoenix in the place of adam sandler and PSH in the place of emily watson.

sold!

i was just wondering aloud earlier today what punch drunk love would have been like with a real lead actor

lol

Bret Easton Ellis ‏@BretEastonEllis

God, I wish P.T. Anderson would spend his huge talent on something trashy and sexy and fun. The current movie suggests an ominous dead-end.

Bret Easton Ellis ‏@BretEastonEllis

The Master: Yeah, whatever: I haven't made the great movies P.T. Anderson has, but you don't need to be a chef to know if a meal tastes bad.

is pot/kettle/black too obvious of a pun here?

Bret Easton Ellis's desperate cries for attention are kind of the most pathetic thing going right now, dead heat with the Romney campaign

Yeah he's totally wrong: Anderson has never made a "great" movie. (Haven't seen this one yet.)

God, I wish P.T. Anderson would spend his huge talent on something trashy and sexy and fun.

whats boogie nights???

half a movie

Rex!

http://observer.com/2012/09/the-master-rex-reed-philip-seymour-hoffman-joaquin-phoenix-paul-thomas-anderson/

i think my favorite part of that was Rex's decision to put "freaky" in front of Todd Solondz's name

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Just saw this in 70mm--still digesting but I liked it about as much as I liked TWBB, which is a lot with reservations.

Strangely (or perhaps not) it reminded me a lot of Gregory Bateson's thesis about alcoholics and their obsessive need for self-control--basically the dialectic that both Freddie and Dodd seem to struggle with.

this is a fantastic movie without a script

rex reed is funnier to read than armond. in his TIFF report he called this movie "the latest hyperthyroidal discharge from paul thomas anderson".

removing bookmark from thread because i'm not seeing this until next thursday

hyperthyroidal discharge? gross

this is a character study of joaquins face

^OTM.

I really liked it.

I don't get the "...but what it's all ABOUT?" criticisms. Seems a backwards way to approach this movie.

have to decide between seeing this or the Rodriguez doc on Tuesday

Saw a trailer for this at the Rodriguez doc.

This kinda reminded me of Raging Bull in a weird way.

i think the "what's it about?" questions are kinda off base too but there's definitely a feeling (at least after a first viewing) that watching it feels a bit desultory and stultifying.

desultory and stultifying

repeat x times like 'back beyond'

time-travel farce called Cloud Atlas

there is no time travel in this story

I'm sure that movie will suck but no need for misrepresentation Rex

"And what's with all these wizards. ENOUGH WITH THE WIZARDS ALREADY"

I don't get the "...but what it's all ABOUT?" criticisms. Seems a backwards way to approach this movie.

yeah. i'm totally prepared to be unimpressed by this movie, but ebert's review in particular seemed dim in this regard.

This paragraph is amazing in its detail

With so many amateurs who run what’s left of the once-great movie industry making bad movies that pander to an easy-to-satisfy youth market that doesn’t care what it’s watching as long as the projectors keep running, and with so many bogus producers who used to be parking lot attendants at the Brown Derby always miraculously raising the money to make more, one thing is certain: no matter how rotten the movie is that you just suffered through, there’s always another one on its way that is 10 times worse

*gasps for breath*

Rex is really getting his Andy Rooney on, lol

god i love that he threw Brewster McCloud in with a pile of movies from the 00s

we should poll that list

would love to know if he did that stream of consciousness or if there was a logic to having one stray bit of old hippie horseshit in with all the modern hipster horseshit

also how the fuck i have never heard of this history of mankind movie

lol brewster mccloud

Harpo Marx played Isaac Newton?!

i dunno if there's some other bit with dennis as napoleon but he's pretty damn unhysterical in this clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ae9O1jAEIo