One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson, September 26, 2025) Movie • Page 11

I've finally stopped being bitter enough to talk about how I signed up for a test screening for this movie at a Regal in Chicago like 3-4 months ago that got canceled the day of. They rescheduled it like a week later and I couldn't make the new date but my friend did; after the test screening they announced that they had just screened the finished movie and PTA was there and bouncing between the two rooms in the theater that were showing it. Also apparently he just walked out the front door after the movie was over, got in a limo and drove off

also my friend said the movie was great

 

This is going to be a very long 2 weeks. I need this now

 

Well yeah, because his run from Magnolia to The Master is almost flawless. Second-tier Anderson is still better than almost any other filmmaker, though.

 

There Will Be Blood
The Master
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
Inherent Vice
Phantom Thread

Licorice Pizza

I have not seen Hard Eight.

 

Boogie Nights
There Will Be Blood
The Master
Magnolia
Inherent Vice
Punch-Drunk Love
Licorice Pizza
Phantom Thread
Hard Eight.

Literally no bad movies. Gonna rewatch as many as I can.

 

oh shit oh fuck

 

Punch-Drunk Love
The Master
There Will Be Blood
Boogie Nights
Phantom Thread
Magnolia
Licorice Pizza
Hard Eight
Inherent Vice

It's probably been about 10 years since I watched Magnolia, I should revisit it.

 

I was the perfect age and in the perfect moment of my own film discovery when I saw Magnolia for the first time. I remember finishing it at like 3am and thinking it was the single best movie I had ever seen. I have cooled a lot on it since (PTA himself thinks he should tighten it up) but I think im ready to fall in love with it again with another rewatch

 

Magnolia has been a grower for me. I think about Cruise's performance at least weekly.

 

Rewatched magnolia this year. Great movie. PDL is his best though.

 

1. The Master
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Punch-Drunk Love
4. Magnolia
5. Boogie Nights
6. Phantom Thread
7. Licorice Pizza
8. Inherent Vice
9. Hard Eight
10. Junun

 

1. The Master
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Magnolia
5. Punch Drunk Love
6. Inherent Vice
7. Phantom Thread
8. Licorice Pizza
9. Hard Eight

 

And he is only 55. Think of all we can get from him going forward.

 

1. TWBB
2. Boogie Nights
3. The Master
4. Magnolia
5. Punch Drunk Love
6. Phantom Thread
7. Inherent Vice
8. Licorice Pizza
9. Hard Eight

 

And he fully does not understand Tarantino's "10 Movies and I'm done" rule. PTA wants to make movies til he drops dead on a set.

 

Anderson served as assistant director for Robert Altman on A Prairie Home Companion because insurance wouldn't cover the production due to Altman's age. A very honorable assist to one of the aging greats.

 

It is weird to see advanced tickets and showtimes for an Anderson film. Usually it is weeks of waiting after the typical New York/Los Angeles premiere and rollout.

 

1. The Master
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Punch Drunk Love
5. Magnolia
6. Phantom Thread
7. Licorice Pizza
8. Inherent Vice
9. Hard Eight

 

Rewatched licorice pizza a few weeks ago. Still enjoyed it but it’s probably near the bottom for me.

 

i would agree the trailer does not appeal to me, tone seems a bit all over the place. i’ll still check this out of course

Magnolia
Boogie Nights
TWBB
…
Licorice Pizza
Phantom Thread

haven’t seen his others yet

 

Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, and Magnolia are my three favorites. I like everything I've seen (everything but Hard Eight at this point) but I really have to revisit The Master because it did not really click with me on my one watch. Also I was really h*gh when I watched Licorice Pizza and I had fun but I think I need to give that one another try lol

I have been dabbling in Vineland this last week and it's very cool, interested to see how the film draws from the novel

 

vineland is surely one of my least favorite pynchons but it would still be an a-tier release for many of his contemporaries

 

I started reading it and enjoyed it but then I got super into a conspiracy theory book and also can’t stop playing Balatro

 

Have you read any Pynchon? I didnt rate PTA attempt but also got the impression it would be better as a book

Edit: I havent read any

 

Inherent Vice years ago before the movie and I loved it. His “essentials” are on my list