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

this is the best movie

All anger and sadness and failure and violence and American vistas

Paul Thomas Anderson is a brilliant director who recurrently fumbles the endings of his movies - except for this one. I was holding my breath watching it, hoping he wouldn't stick in some last-minute change of tone or thesis statement. As someone says above, he had the right idea to keep a delicate touch to the end.

If you don’t like the end of Phantom Thread I don’t know what to tell you but I do think the end of this one is a beautiful gentle relief

i'm sorry but no way is the end of inherent vice fumbled

the way this one winds down is perfect tho yes, otm

i actually don't have a problem with any of pta's endings so maybe i'm the wrong person to assess this

I think they’re all pretty good

It’s hilarious that Dodd’s imagination is so impoverished is that when he tries to make up a game with a motorcycle the game is “drive the motorcycle in a direction”

PTA has done his best work since 2012.

I have to register a lonely "no, not even close" whenever that idea is voiced.

For Phantom Thread, the disappointment was that all of that buildup and detail was for the banal twist "She makes him ill and he's glad to have a credible reason to take a break from working."
I actually never thought Inherent Vice got off the ground at all, but the "action scene" near the end was absurdly inadequate as a capper.
The ending of The Master reminds me a little of Malick's Days of Heaven. Life continues on from the dramatic plot of the movie and we can imagine these characters living on past the credits.

Currently would rank them in the following tiers:

• [[Magnolia (1999) * * * * *]]

• [[The Master (2012) * * * * *]]

• [[Phantom Thread (2017) * * * * *]]
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• [[Boogie Nights (1997) * * * *]]

• [[There Will Be Blood (2007) * * * *]]

• [[Inherent Vice (2014) * * * *]]
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• [[Hard Eight (1996) * * *]]

• [[Punch-Drunk Love (2002) * * *]]

Hard Eight, three stars, gtfo

the ending of phantom thread was so wonderful

Didn't like Phantom Thread much compared to the rest but the ending was good. I think I like his endings in general

would watch an entire movie of DDL ordering breakfast

all his endings are good

except magnolia

PIG FUCK!

otm

your fear of capture and imprisonment is an implant from millions of years ago

from millions of years ago

such horseshit, but people want to believe

no its true

even trillions of years

5 quadrillion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcTljVTEBE

really enjoying this lovely video essay, i feel like the video essays that youtube recommends me are so often godawful that the quality of this means even more to me

pig fuck

is this PSH's best movie?

yes

I can’t rule it out

A tougher one would be what is his worst movie. I mean, he's great in Along Came Polly.

the acting and filming are off the charts in The Master

i like the ambiguity as well

rewatched the other night, hated the ending in the past, now I think it's perfect. it's so rich and amazing, it's crazy how I tended to forget the motorcycle is where Freddie runs off and then comes back. Amy Adams is so great in that last scene at the school. i might like it more than There Will Be Blood

hated the ending in the past, now I think it's perfect.

i was going to say!

the ending blows

― famous instagram God (waterface), Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:26 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

proud of myself for being capable of change and admitting it

good on you

I love this movie so much I'm afraid a second viewing may expose flaws

The Master, Inherent Vice, Phantom Thread -- a helluva stretch!

for real. I think I'm gonna rewatch Phantom Thread next

my second viewing--just my take--made it seem even better

didn't like Inherent Vice or Phantom Thread, my "helluva stretch" is Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, and The Master

You're picking up the tab tonight, honey.

love the master and phantom thread ive watched inherent vice a few times now or at least tried to and it has a lot going for it, yelling about pancakes etc, but it just never comes together for me like in a basic way it doesnt hold my attention, i know its supposed to be a loosey goosey scene but its just too vibes reliant, afterwards im like what happened there who knows, i question the wisdom of adapting pynchon not really a writer that makes you think "this should be a movie", tho if you had to maybe an animated film would be better

well put. it's the least of the three Alfred mentioned, and it really is all about the marshmellow pizza vibes. and yes Pynchon writes some lovely sentences but at the end of the day his characters are way too cartoonish to have an impact on the reader

my "helluva stretch" is Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, and The Master

― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, March 6, 2024 11:41 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

gotta say this is a pretty fucked up opinion not the least of which because those werent released consecutively

i question the wisdom of adapting pynchon not really a writer that makes you think "this should be a movie"

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 11:52 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

btw lol his next film 2025 VINELAND

I haven't killed babies since enduring PDL all those years ago but if I watch it again no one will stop me, not even me.

while i recognize pdl isnt his best film i do think its funny, the one i actively dislike is magnolia, grandiose and stupid with a ton of begging ass 90s bs, trying to get that tarantino dough

phantom thread > the master > TWBB > the rest