Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, November 26, 2021) Movie • Page 12

"Always Be My Maybe" is a very solid rom-com that's unfortunately been swallowed up by the Netflix algorithm.

 

tell me about it

 

painfully unfunny bit

 

i didn’t realize it was only la and nyc on nov 26 :(

 

Matrix
And this on Christmas is a double feature I’d rather wait for.

 

the matrix is the best romantic comedy of all time

 

Tell me about it

 

movie of the year. just flat out majestic.

Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim are straight up movie stars.

 

the strangest ranking possible?

https://variety.com/lists/paul-thomas-anderson-films-ranked-worst-best/2-there-will-be-blood-2007/

 

Objectively bad ranking

 

I would never call Magnolia his best film, but it is too unfairly maligned. People call it self-indulgent and too long, but that is its strength; this new hotshot director who hadn't even reached the age of 30 made a sprawling epic with raining frogs as the deux ex machina. Everything is so raw and so sad and so emotional; the way Macy professes his love to the bartender or how Tom Cruise finally cracks or how Julianne Moore yells at the pharmacist or how Jimmy Gator confesses his sins to his wife or John C. Reilly admits his mediocrity as a cop. Boogie Nights is so much more refined and "better", but the freewheeling nature of Magnolia makes it much more fun to go back and watch.

 

I've only seen Magnolia once but I loved it. Looking forward to revisiting it at some point.

 

I want to meet someone who thinks Hard Eight is his best film. There must be one out there.

 

superbly strange list

 

time magazine isn't much better

 

The Master had a really mixed response when it came out. Even a lot of otherwise reliable critics dismissed it at first.

 

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/11/26/22801227/licorice-pizza-review-paul-thomas-anderson
Adam Nayman for The Ringer

 

I see HBO Max recently added Punch Drunk Love. I saw it once as a pre-teen and don't really remember it. Worth a watch?

 

Yes! It's short, too.

 

Nayman sucks. he actually writes the way people act like tetra posts around here

 

Punch-Drunk Love is one of my favorite movies

 

it’s not in my top 5 PTA but it’s still great