I have only seen Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. I liked them both well enough, but am not really tempted to see the rest of his work.
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-t - Jan 29, 2018 1:40:34 pm PST #1341 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
msbelle - Jan 29, 2018 4:44:06 pm PST #1342 of 3463
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Saw I, Tonya tonight. It was fine.
As for Anderson, I liked Boogie Nights, but loathed Magnolia and did not enjoy Punch Drunk Love. I would never seek out his work, but might eventually watch the others.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2018 2:16:04 am PST #1343 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think Boogie Nights is the only one of his movies I've seen. I'll probably add Phantom Thread as #2.
Amy - Jan 30, 2018 2:56:01 am PST #1344 of 3463
Because books.
I definitely want to see Phantom Thread, and of the others Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. You know, someday.
Scrappy - Jan 30, 2018 5:11:08 am PST #1345 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk and like the rest of his films.
Calli - Jan 30, 2018 6:21:36 am PST #1346 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I saw Boogie Nights and found myself basically indifferent to it at the end. Pretty much a sense of, "That was a thing I saw. OK." I didn't want to see Magnolia or Punch Drunk Love, and nothing I heard about them changed my mind. They seemed to have a lot of awful people being awful, and nothing much to make up for it, and I can watch the news as part of my cable package if I want that.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2018 6:25:22 am PST #1347 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I hated Magnolia so much that I haven't been willing to watch any other PTA movies, even though I heard good stuff about Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love, and There Will Be Blood. (Because I also heard good stuff about Magnolia, and that was a goddamn lie.)
They seemed to have a lot of awful people being awful, and nothing much to make up for it
Because basically this. Ugh.
(To be fair, I also seem to be lacking the gene to appreciate Wes Anderson movies -- maybe it's just an Anderson thing across the board? -- but I didn't *loathe* Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums; I just didn't really get the point of them.) (Apparently I am meant to stick to superhero movies.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2018 9:16:40 am PST #1348 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
For what it's worth, I found watching (parts of) earlier Wes Anderson movies painful, but was delighted by The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Jessica - Jan 30, 2018 9:47:57 am PST #1349 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
PTA movies tend to enrage me on first viewing and then 48 hours later I realize I love them. So far The Master, There Will Be Blood, and Magnolia have all followed that pattern.
Vonnie K - Jan 30, 2018 9:48:31 am PST #1350 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I was like, "I need help to reacting to something" during the entirety of Magnolia, but I freakin' LOVED the singalong part to "Wise Up." In fact, I was obsessed with the soundtrack for a good couple of years after the movie came out -- I mean, it's basically an Aimee Mann album, and a great one at that. I remember having quite a few maudlin crying session to "Save Me." *cracks up* *pets young(ish) Vonnie on the head*
For what it's worth, I found watching (parts of) earlier Wes Anderson movies painful, but was delighted by The Grand Budapest Hotel.
YES. The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favourite Wes Anderson movie by a long mile. Ralph Fiennes is utterly brilliant in it and obviously should do more comedy.
Speaking of Wes Anderson, I am both buh? and intrigued about Isle of Dog, the trailer for which played before I, Tonya: [link]