STONE COLD 64 posted:

Our very first pick for 2023 Movie Club is....

THE MASTER dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WTM8eO1Oec

While we will draw for another movie next Monday, all movies will have a two week period to be watched and reviewed. The deadline for this film is Jul 24.

Roth posted:

Haven't seen any other PTA films besides this and There Will Be Blood but it's really impressive how he gets such over the top and intense performances out of the leads without it feeling forced.

Fungah! posted:

itll prove something bitch

symbolic posted:

just finished watching it, god drat what a movie. i hadn't actually seen it before, just been wanting to for a while since it's #2 on my list of PTA films to check out and i figured more people would've seen TWWB already. i'm really bad at analyzing or talking about movies but gonna try my best, haven't read anything spoilered so far so i could come to my own conclusions first

Phoenix and PSH absolutely steal the show, god-tier acting. Phoenix is quite possibly my favorite actor of all time and he nails the vibe of being competent enough to function but unhinged enough to be off-putting, so when Freddie caves into his mad dog side like during his arrest where he goes insane in his prison cell it's less par for the course and more a massive release (also read before and remembered during the movie that him destroying the toilet was purely improv and since it was a historical prison he destroyed a historical artifact lmao). i also mean mad dog rather literally cuz it always feels like PSH has him on a leash tugging him back, as exemplified during the climax where Dodd's singing to Freddie to try and subconsciously coax him back into the fold, but also naturally when Freddie attacks More and the cops in defense of Dodd. inversely, PSH makes Dodd absolutely terrifying in that when he's quiet and subtle he's well-spoken and convincing, and when he raises his voice or loses his temper he's an absolute force of nature that can shout you down and clam you up. in particularly early on i was captivated by the initial questionnaire scene where Dodd just slowly breaks Freddie and his lies down solely by repeating and barraging him with questions. that scene in particularly stood out to me, along with the framing of Dodd eating lunch outside with all his followers aside from Freddie trying to make sense of the wall, as well as him and Freddie being shown to drive opposite directions during the motorcycle scene with the latter two making me think Freddie never did truly connect with the Cause itself, only needing someone - anyone - to connect to and no matter how how far he runs, he can never escape what Dodd ingrained into him, as the final scene shows

think for a first-time viewing i'd give it roughly an 8/10 but i think going back through and being able to pay closer attention would ratchet it up even higher since it feels like there's a lot to dissect beneath the surface. absolutely need to watch more PTA if he cranks out stuff like this. godfuckindamn

MacheteZombie posted:

Fungah! posted:

adding the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford to my picklist

trying to jack off posted:

gently caress you

symbolic posted:

teh sword of d00m

MacheteZombie posted:

Imo Cage is the best actor currently working. He's simply incredible.

BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

Are y'all requiring a rewatch (probably a good idea anyway) to star or otherwise opine about a flick?

I've seen Mandy and The Wrong Guy and think they're both really good and possibly underrated.

May give Gamera a go this evening to get into the flow of the thread but I was just wondering.

Fungah! posted:

guy who's spent two months sayin he's going to pick speed racer: i picked speed racer

Fucker posted:

take ppl that havent posted itt in a month off the wheel imo

Fungah! posted:

all that said if th next person picks a japanese movie i'll personally perform hokuto no ken moves on them

Fungah! posted:

ok crank 2. this movies dogshit in a big way, idk i guess i cn see what other people like but it can kiss my rear end. i'm gonna watch speed racer again. ½

starbarry clock posted:

he rules

MacheteZombie posted:

With music done by oingo boingo Danny Elfmans band

STONE COLD 64 posted:

ddinkins picked this next jam.

Memories Of Murder - dir. by Bong Joon Ho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_HQwQU8ls

This movie will expire October 30th.

I cannot find this streaming for free so you'll have to look somewhere else

elf help book posted:

justwatch pointed me to this site i didnt know about (but i didnt end up using it) https://www.kanopy.com/en it lets you stream movies for free with your library card have any of you used it before

symbolic posted:

that was legit my other pick next to The Master. hell yes

Fungah! posted:

starbarry clock posted:

Synedoche, New York

im not sure i 100% got it but more like synapse, new york amirite

its very very very very sad

but i did laugh at a few scenes

i thought the realtor showing off the house and trying to sell it while it was on fire was funny

and i thought the way they described how his father died of cancer was hilarious and then that extra small coffin put me over the edge

as i said i dont get how some of the events are connected, i guess uh...

the play is a man on a deathbed reliving his memories, but as he slips further and further into the lonesome oblivion these memories begin failing him and end up becoming distorted, and as the cast which are his brains synapses start fading, he ends up alone in the shell of his brain with only one memory left to cling to as he passes on

that said, PSH as the director of the brain might not even be the actual physical person, i get some hints it might be his daughter? its the little girl dying maybe? im still pretty confused

reminded me a lot of The Master

but yeah overall i liked it but now im depressed thanks rear end in a top hat
10/10

elf help book posted:

this killed me 100% vvvv

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STONE COLD 64 posted:

the scene of him adding artificial tears and then immediately crying was amazing. 9/10.

symbolic posted:

worst movie doctors of all time imo