Hmm. I was a fan of the show back in the day. Didn’t watch the last couple of seasons tho. I’ll check it out–but I hope it’s better than this trailer.
Scott Mumford (Dad Mod from r/paulthomasanderson)
Hmm. I was a fan of the show back in the day. Didn’t watch the last couple of seasons tho. I’ll check it out–but I hope it’s better than this trailer.
Checked out NIGHT AMBUSH last night. (Original title, ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT.) Didn’t care for it at all. Considered a lesser Powell/Pressburger–Powell himself didn’t like the film. "Watching the movie again years later, Powell complained that he “was surprised by how bad the film was…”
I don’t have TCM, but I hope I’ll get an opportunity to hear Paul’s comments about his selections.
I’m an hour into HIS KIND OF WOMAN, but I’ve never been dazzled by Mitchum or Russell, unfortunately, so I’m struggling a bit with that one as well. 😏
As much as I admire PTA’s creative output, many of his recommendations have left me scratching my head. 🤷♂️
[edit] For the record, I have seen and enjoyed DINER and SWEET SMELL.
Sounds like you might have prejudged his story without actually reading it?
First show I ever hate-watched!
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (2002)
Just my luck: I re-watched this about three weeks ago. A week later I noticed that a local rep house is running a 4K restoration of it on their big screen.
Rats. Didn’t see “Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson” on there (yet). 🤞
Nicely written. Thanks for the post!
Likely an unpopular opinion, but I found it all style and no substance. I agree with this critic:
“The trouble is there’s just not enough here to fully engage the viewer beyond the trademark aesthetics — no emotional pull or lingering feeling and too few genuine laughs. For a movie so curiously weightless it seems awfully pleased with itself, its moments of magic evaporating almost instantaneously.”
They’ve been promoting OPPIE for weeks, I’m not sure bailing on the red carpet event will effect the films opening numbers at all.
Hey, that’s tonight! Let’s see how the day shakes out.
If you ever do BOOGIE NIGHTS, I’M IN!!
Further confirmation that I am, indeed, above average.
I’d never hate-watched a show before–and tbh I had a blast. So awful that I tuned in every week just to see if they could keep it up (or, down in this case).
Tried three times to get thru it. So for me, literally unwatchable. 🤷♂️