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Post subject: Re: Film: Phantom Thread (PTA/Daniel Day-Lewis)
Posted: Sun April 01, 2018 4:48 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
I dug this movie, but similar to what strat said above, I don't have an immediate desire to see it again. That differs from most of PTA's movies that I love--when the credits hit for TWBB, I just want to start it all over again, every time. I had the unfortunate experience of watching Phantom Thread in 25-minute chunks while feeding babies in the middle of the night--I think if I really immersed myself in it for 2+ hours straight I might be more inclined to praise it highly. Saying "the acting was great" feels like a cheat because everyone knows it is / knew it would be. I think my favorite parts were when the characters let loose--so much of it is so stuffy and tense that when the characters let their guard down (I'm thinking of when they kiss on the street after taking the dress back from the drunk lady, or when they're driving in the car around the time of their first meeting) that it feels so fresh and earned. This is the opposite of how I felt in The Master--my favorite stuff in that was the intense one-on-one stuff, and the wide-open scenes felt like the moving taking a breath for the better scenes. Just an interesting reversal to me.
Simple Torture wrote:
I think it's already clear that it's going to fit into his career-long focus on con-men, which I'm totally on board with.
Post subject: Re: Film: Phantom Thread (PTA/Daniel Day-Lewis)
Posted: Sun April 01, 2018 7:24 pm
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
The longer I sit with this movie, the more I absolutely fucking loathe it. It's to the point where I'm actually starting to dislike PTA in general because I hate this one movie so much.
Post subject: Re: Film: Phantom Thread (PTA/Daniel Day-Lewis)
Posted: Sun April 01, 2018 7:32 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
The longer I sit with this movie, the more I absolutely fucking loathe it. It's to the point where I'm actually starting to dislike PTA in general because I hate this one movie so much.
Reading over your comment, you know what this movie didn't make me do much of? I didn't feel much of anything while I watched it. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it; I didn't feel sympathetic for any of the characters, I didn't feel anger or disappointment over any of their decisions, I didn't feel relieved at their triumphs or sad at their failings; it was almost an entirely cerebral experience. That's not a great thing, and surprising for a director who made me feel sympathy for fucking Tom Cruise's character in Magnolia.
Post subject: Re: Film: Phantom Thread (PTA/Daniel Day-Lewis)
Posted: Sat April 14, 2018 2:41 am
jeeeesus relax already
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm Posts: 36265
I loved it. Beautifully crafted, framed and acted. Brilliant score that stand on its own and a marvelous scrip about love with so many layers. PT at the top of his game.
1-There Will Be Blood 2-The Master 3-Hard Eight 4-Phantom Thread 5-Magnolia 6-Boogie Nights 7-Punch Drunk Love 8-Inherent Vice
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