Jack Nevada Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Hard Eight 3/4Boogie Nights 3,5/4Magnolia 4/4Punch-Drunk-Love 3,5/4There Will Be Blood 4/5The Master 4/4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 There Will Be Blood > Punch-Drunk Love >>>> Boogie Nights > Hard Eight > The Master > Magnolia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 You like Hard Eight better than Magnolia? That's interesting. imo Hard Eight is a solid debut but easily PTA's weakest work. Magnolia is a masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Magnolia, for me, is easily his weakest. It doesn't lack for ambition, which is great, but its characters and their stories are very uneven in terms of how interesting and compelling they are, and it often crosses the line from an actors' showcase into LOOK AT US, WE'RE ACTING HERE! The script and direction also suffer from that, often being showy without earning it (personally, I had to keep myself from rolling my eyes during both the sing-along bit and the frogs bit). To me it feels less like an organic film and more like a collection of various things that Anderson had to get out of his system, just throwing everything that was on his mind into a single movie. Well, I'm glad he did get it out of his system because he followed it up with two original masterpieces in which everything is in its place and everything works perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 Oh, I was enormously touched by the sing-along scene. That's easily the highlight for me. Truly beautiful moment. And while I can see the frog device being a problem to some people, I personally liked the frogs. There's something both mischievous and graceful about it. I had a bigger problem with the annoying Julianne Moore character. But yeah, Magnolia's a divisive movie, it seems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Magnolia has some of the worst story telling of any Hollywood picture. The stories of some of the characters are just ridiculous and the sing along is laughable imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 PTA is a good director but I dont adore him like some on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Hard Eight - 5.5 Boogie Nights - 10 Magnolia - 7.5 Punch Drunk Love - 7.5 There Will Be Blood - 10 The Master - 9.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Three of his films (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, TWBB) are some of my all time favorites, so I clearly like this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Magnolia>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Edited May 12, 2014 by acsc1312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 1. TWBB (This is like perfection, top 20 all time material) 2. Boogie Nights 3. Punch Drunk Love 4. Magnolia 5. The Master 6. Hard Eight (Easily his weakest) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 1. Magnolia (A) 2. There Will Be Blood (A) 3. Boogie Nights (A) 4. The Master (A) 5. Punch-Drunk Love (B+) Haven't seen Hard Eight. Needless to say, Inherent Vice is one of my most anticipated movies of the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Gold Medal: There Will Be BloodSilver Medal: The MasterBronze Medal: Boogie Nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
