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LocalNative said:
Licorice Pizza is just phenomenal. Favourite PT Anderson film since Punch-Drunk Love - Alana Haim has got a massive future in Hollywood if she decides to go down that path, she's incredible.

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Really looking forward to this; he's one of my favorite directors, and I'm glad to hear you liked it. My favorite PT Anderson film is probably the last one I've watched of his, be it Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, The Master, There will be Blood, etc.
 
Started watching the new Matrix film last night. Decent premise about the game within a game and a reboot, but it didn't hold my attention, mostly because I was too tired. I'll finish it another night. The first Matrix movie was awesome, providing the same giddy awe that you got from the first Star Wars or Pulp Fiction; to me, all subsequent ones including the reboot just won't capture that feeling.
 
verreauxi said:
Really looking forward to this; he's one of my favorite directors, and I'm glad to hear you liked it. My favorite PT Anderson film is probably the last one I've watched of his, be it Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, The Master, There will be Blood, etc.
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He's brilliant.

My favourite film of his is Boogie Nights, Mark Wahlberg's breakout role, it has some laugh out loud and some really dark scenes in it.

The Master, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood are sublime movies and his best work.
 
EverTheOptimist said:
He's brilliant.

My favourite film of his is Boogie Nights, some laugh out loud and dark scenes in it.

The Master, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood are sublime movies and his best work.
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The scene where Eddie and his mom get into a fight, and she's tearing his posters off the wall, and he leaves crying was sublime and sad.

If you haven't seen his very first film, it is here; he made it while in High School:

 


witchdoc187 said:
Good film in its day. Did it stand the test of time?
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Yes absolutely. Douglas was in a hot streak of good roles back then, and he plays the hardbitten gruff NYC detective really well. Garcia is great as his charismatic young protégé, after watching this I feel he should have had a much higher profile career, he's terrific in this. The Japanese detective Ken Takakura is really good, a very honest and sensitive performance. There were apparently accusations of xenophobia and racism in reviews when it came our over 30 years ago, I just don't see why. It's a fish out of water story with nice pacing and set pieces. The Yakuza bad guy is a bit cartoonish but the setting, atmosphere and action are just boss.
 
Watched a good Norwegian film last night, Max Manus, Man Of War. True story about resistance fighters in WW2 Norway, good film. Lead actor was in Jo Nesbos Headhunters which is great, that's how I came across this one.
 
rylojr said:
Soylent Green (1973):


Since this year is the year it it set in...... I thought I'd revisit it on Amazon Prime. It's a very 1970's vision of the far future (the year 2022) in a hopelessly overpopulated New York city (40 million) and pollution has caused environmental disaster. Rampant global warming, the destruction of the economy, the global ecosystem in a mess, animal and plant life wiped out, mass starvation.... Lawlessness and a sweltering heatwave.
The only food left for the starving global population is "Soylent Green" - a man-made food that is limited in supply and causes rioting whenever it is released to the public in a small amount.

It's got a very dated view of women, some nasty violence and a brilliant vision of a world on the absolute brink. The costumes are very of their time as well. The American Footy helmets the riot cops wear are boss though.

Storyline is tense and always interesting, some very clever ideas and decent performances. The twist at the end is great.... Pretty common knowledge now but if you go into the movie cold it's a great sinister moment.

I first saw it on TV as a kid in the 80's so it had a big impact on me...

The plot in a paragraph: a paranoid conspiracy thriller with Chuck Heston as a lowly grunt cop doggedly investigating a mysterious death and eventually unravelling a horrible secret.

Check it out... It's FAR OUT. Got that great sweaty mistrust of authority that loads of 70's movies have. Plus the opening montage is just a work of GENIUS... absolutely blistering use of music, still images and editing.


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Watched this during the week, decent enough
 

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