The Master (Nov 2012)
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This film looks superb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1O1vb9AUU&feature=youtu.be
Paul Thomas Anderson never fails to impress, especially alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Can't wait to see it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1O1vb9AUU&feature=youtu.be
Paul Thomas Anderson never fails to impress, especially alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Can't wait to see it!
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I know the anticipation surrounding this is colossal, but, dear Lord, I stopped breathing once or twice during that.
Can't come soon enough.
The fact is, it's not one of his best.
everyone will go on about the performances, and there's no denying that both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix pull out all the acting stops with sublime performances.
And yet the film overall is quite a dull affair. The film relies heavily on the relationship between Hoffman and Phoenix, but sadly at the expense of any kind of story. It oh so plods along, serving as nothing but a face off between the two male leads, with the twinkling of Oscar gold in their eyes.
Considering all the hype regarding whether or not this was based on Scientology is completely pointless, as the whole issue of cults is hardly ever addressed, which is a real missed opportunity.
Overall, great acting, shame about the film.
Review here.
Joaquin Phoenix said the Oscars were "total, utter bullshit" last month, which is a some what odd thing for someone with the "twinkling of Oscar gold in their eyes" to do.
From http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/joaquin-phoenix
He has no chance of winning best actor.
Critics have been a bit tardy as well. No 'master' piece etc. Still a must see though.
Hopefully it's as good as Johnny Greenwood's soundtrack, which is sublime indeed. All old songs and eerie discordance. Lovely stuff.
I would say the characters are interesting but not realised as well as they could be, and the story isn't nearly as interesting as it has the potential to be
Should have seen Argo instead...
If you're expecting some sort of expose of Scientology, you'll be sorely disappointed because it's really not about that. The relationship between Freddie Quell (Phoenix) and Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is central and there is one stand-out scene for me which was spellbinding...
Special mention to Amy Adams - fantastic as always.
Self-indulgent twaddle.
Longest two and a bit hours I've had to endure in a long time.
A lot of the reviews of the film have said that it suffers from a lack of plot. All characterisation and no plot.
I am sort of intrigued by it being in 70 mm.
From the looks of the views here it seems not to be worth seeing then.
As for the film - well - hmmmmm. I don't see why it needed 70 mm, it doesn't feel very 'cinematic' to me. Apart from the fact that there are not that many landscape type scenes, this film is a character study. That is where it falls down on so many levels. Over long, and it doesn't seem to know what message it might be trying to convey. The subject matter(religion, in this case Scientology and a person dealing with PTSD)could be interesting, but the storyline doesn't help it.
Good performances from Hoffman and Phoenix, but that can't help the film out that much.
I liked 'Magnolia' and 'Boogie Nights' from PTA. 'There Will Be Blood' was okay, although I did think that Daniel Day Lewis just did a John Huston impression for most of the film. That film was alright, but perhaps not deserving of all the critical praise it received.
I appreciate that PTA tried to do something different here - I just don't think it worked out that well.