What movies are you watching?

[Kaius]

I think im having more fun conversing with you guys about movies than I would watching one, so imma post until everyone goes away.

[epilogue]

How many of the movies I recommended earlier have you seen?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Simple Torture]

I watched The Graduate today and now I understand about 10% more Simpsons jokes.

I haven't had a movie-watching experience like this since watching Citizen Kane a few years ago; this movie has seeped into so many different corners of pop culture that it was almost like watching a loose adaptation of a book I've read--everything was eerily familiar.

On its own merits, of course, it's a great film. I was struck by two things: how early and how quick the iconic "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me line" line and the corresponding shot through her leg comes into play; the film doesn't dwell on it, and I'm shocked how often it gets misquoted (as a question instead of a statement). It's also great how erotic the film can be with zero real sex scenes and about .25 seconds of nudity; everything is implied, and the tension builds in an awkward, start-and-stop way that's perfect for the subject matter.

"I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends."

"He certainly is a good walker."

[Kaius]

Birdman
Wish I Was Here
Drinking Buddies
Mulholland Drive (I was in high school tho )
Melancholia
Velvet Goldmine
The Butcher Boy

Man. That's it!

[Simple Torture]

Magnolia
Boogie Nights
Punch-Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
The Master
Inherent Vice

if we're going to play this game:

There Will Be Blood
The Master
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Punch-Drunk Love
Inherent Vice
Sydney

(The line between 1 and 2 on that list is razor thin, btw)

[epilogue]

I love DDL. That's a good movie.

Cool. Then you can probably skip Magnolia for now. You should definitely see it eventually. It's another movie you'll really appreciate for the performances, which are across the board outstanding. Everyone is great in it. But it's over 3 hours long and people don't always "get" it or like it what its saying even if they do "get" it. I adore it and it's still probably my favorite of PTA's movies. But I didn't really care for TWBB outside of DDL and Paul Dano.

I think Magnolia is PTA's strongest film by a fair margin. Ah hell, I'll just rank 'em:

Magnolia
Boogie Nights
Punch-Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
The Master
Inherent Vice

I'd go:

Magnolia
The Master
Punch-Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
Hard Eight
Boogie Nights

Haven't seen Inherent Vice.

[Kaius]

Away We Go is really great, too. You should check that one out, K.

Haven't seen.

Ooh. Krasinski! I'd have to rent it tho... I'll make a note on my phone. That's one I will watch with the Mrs.

[epilogue]

Birdman
Wish I Was Here
Drinking Buddies
Mulholland Drive (I was in high school tho )
Melancholia
Velvet Goldmine
The Butcher Boy

Man. That's it!

You should really check out Birdman and Drinking Buddies today.

[Jorge]

The Master is my favorite PTA film by a lot.

[Simple Torture]

Those auditing scenes between PS Hoffman and Phoenix....lordy! That's, like, the definition of dialogue to me.

[Simple Torture]

After watching The Graduate earlier (see above) I watched Cloverfield when the baby napped this afternoon. Because, you know, those movies go together.

[Orpheus]

Those auditing scenes between PS Hoffman and Phoenix....lordy! That's, like, the definition of dialogue to me.

It's funny because those scenes are essentially them doing a Meisner Exercise, which is basically an intense form of partner acting that people do in classes. I laughed out loud when they started doing it, and wondered if that was something that them and PTA came up with outside the scope of the original script. God, I fucking love that movie.

[b_i_revisited]

"Zodiac"

I'd never seen this and it's pretty darn good.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

"Zodiac"

I'd never seen this and it's pretty darn good.

Hell yes. Fincher's best work

Hey! Something we agree on!

[bada]

Slow West. Can't decide if I liked it or not.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

zoolander 2 - this was pretty much a complete retread of the first one, but i don't even care...i laughed a lot and was never bored

arlington road - the first hour or so isn't bad, but it starts to go downhill then the last 30 minutes are ridiculous...a few glaring plot holes plus terrible directorial decisions ruin it

[BurtReynolds]

[E.H. Ruddock]

Aww yiss