Why hasn’t PTA, despite many attempts including his most recent kino Licorice Pizza, been unable to surpass his sophomore masterpiece, Boogie Nights?
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Why hasn’t PTA, despite many attempts including his most recent kino Licorice Pizza, been unable to surpass his sophomore masterpiece, Boogie Nights?
Was it a giant wiener? It looked quite thin
This might be a universe-shattering lesson for you, but...
Sometimes, women lie.
because Boogie Nights is the greatest story nobody dared to tell and he literally summed up the entire porno industry in one movie.
It's one of the GOAT movies of all time. The fact that based Burt hated it and wanted it not released makes it even better.
He'll never come anywhere close to touching the greatness of Boogie Nights. But that's OK most people make only one true classic and other good movies.
>he literally summed up the entire porno industry in one movie
not an accomplishment
Sure it is, Puritan.
this
but TWBB is easily his masterpiece
The Master is where he peaked hard.
The Master and TWBB are his magnus opus however
can someone explain to me what the frick the drug deal/fire cracker scene was all about
>can someone explain to me what the frick the drug deal/fire cracker scene was all about
I have a theory. That character and Crazy Chester from The Weight are the same person.
All the characters in The Weight are based on real people and supposedly Crazy Chester's thing was he would set off firecrackers at parties. (That's why Crazy Chester lies and says I'm a peaceful man, he isn't he sets off firecrackers).
Levon Helm and PTA both lived in Hollywood in the late 70s early 80s.
Either that or it's just supposed to be a subtle way of pointing out that the producer is a pedophile because he's taking advantage of a twink who is mentally deficient setting off firecrackers like a kid.
What's there to explain? Why are frogposters so incredibly stupid
putney swope reference, thats it really. other than the jessie's girl track being used in a scene where there are no women. pretty sure there is a jesse in the film too.
>TWBB
>The Master
>Punch Drunk Love
all better than Boogie Nights, which is basically his NOTICE ME TARANTINO movie.
It’s the closest anyone has gotten to making a Scorsese-style movie just right, a beautiful film.
Burt Reynolds deserved an Oscar for this.
this fricking homosexual has never directed a good movie
kys Black personlover
literally the exact opposite
PTA is the dictionary definition of entry level cinema. He not only steals from better directors, but he does it without any irony like Tarantino.
I am personally fine with it though. Because through PTA, all these freshmen college students will discover Robert Altman, who was the real deal. They will discover Scorsese, the most important American film director of our time, they will discover Kubrick, and the Coen Bros.
Through Altman, they will discover Renoir, through Kubrick, they will discover Ophuls, Scorsese to Fellini. Suddenly they realize PTA was just a child with no original thoughts in his head, that his films just revolve around quoting better directors while adding epic catch phrases like "I drink your milkshake!" and "Pig frick!" Really there is no bigger clue in to how meaningless his cinema is when the only thing people discuss when mentioning his movies are 'le epic catch phrases, dude!'
You might say great artist steal, but what Picasso meant by this is that great artists are able to understand what works and manipulate it. PTA merely 'mimics'. This is why it is completely obvious who he is mimicking from film to film.
>Robert Altman, who was the real deal.
name your best obscure altman to prove you are worthy to diss PTA
>obscure Altman.
The obscure Altman stuff is the bad and actively forgotten (Dr. T. and the Women). His best is universally recognized as brilliant. Altman’s rep has always been his inconsistencies
california split, images, secret honor...there are plenty of lesser known great altman films.
I take it back, You’re right. I focus on his early work (MASH, macabe), big budget genius flops (Popeyes), reinvention (player/short cuts). I watched California split long and it was great. Gonna deep dive soon for the reminder..
mcabe and mrs miller
although i like early pta, the ones i really cant stand were made after the master
Images is so underrated. Easily top 3 for Altman.
>PTA
>Entry level
No. That would be marvel shit and speilberg. Most normies don't know who PTA is.
Also what exactly did he steal? Magnolia and The Master seem pretty original to me.
>Magnolia and The Master seem pretty original to me.
Then you haven't seen Short Cuts, Black person. Literally even has Julianne Moore.
> He not only steals from better directors
Not true. That’s Tarantino. PTA has a distinctive style including whip pans and long tracks. Really every director is somewhat derivative, but PTA manages a style that isn’t wholly “unique” (aka Wes Anderson) or thematically repetitive (Nolan muh Time Shifts / Shyamalan muh twists). That’s he gets indulgent, like Magnolia. Hard to nail what exactly he’s going for in stuff like Master. Often seems more like a process then a vision.
Jews pushed this movie and The People vs. Larry Flynt so people could accept porn on the internet.
Licorice Pizza was good except the plot was shit
Magnolia was his magnum opus
>all these nitpicks
I actually feel something while watching PTA movies. It's really difficult for a filmmaker to actually get the jaded audience to become emotionally involved. PTA is able to do that pretty consistently.
he surpassed it multiple times, most recently with inherent vice. boogie nights is maybe 1/3 of a good movie, the rest is basically an extended SNL skit. the only thing he's done worse than it is magnolia.
There Will Be Blood > Boogie Nights > Punch-Drunk Love > The Master > Inherent Vice > Hard Eight > Phantom Thread > Magnolia
Haven't seen Licorice Pizza yet.
frickin' perfect ranking bro
licorice was a literal 3/10 until the very end which nearly redeemed it but it really fricking sucked so much so it actually made me mad
sean penn and Bradley cooper were the only two people who could act in the entire film
Magnolia > Boogie Nights > TWBB > Punch-Drunk Love > Sydney > The Master > Phantom Thread > Licorice Pizza > Inherent Vice
inherent vice is a jerkoff joke film, quite fitting that it stars that fricking HACK joaquin
yeah if you ever want to hear the dumbest criticism imaginable of boogie nights then listen to QT attempt to drop nerd knowledge. he goes on and on and on about how burt reynolds was obviously styled after a particular porn director but he wouldn't have said that stuff! or something
agree
the master is incredibly overrated. if you're gonna' make the PSH-LRH joke then go all the way with it. LRH actually had a really disgusting bizarre surreal life so why not show that? instead we get endless freddie who is a boring boring guy. a nothing amy adams performance also as per usual. couldn't care less about those characters
real power ranking coming through
boogie nights > the master > inherent vice > phantom thread > punch drunk love > magnolia > hard eight > licorice pizza
>no twbb
dropped
twbb is in a category of its own, goes without saying it's his best. like no country is the best coen movie but stands outside their filmography. there was something in the water in 2007.
wh..what is with all the reddit spacing in this thread
>le degenerates doing le degenerate things
I understand someone who lives in a suburbs working 9-5 who never experienced anything real to like this
Punch Drunk Love > Boogie Nights > TWBB > The Master > Magnolia > Phantom Thread > Hard Eight > Licorice Pizza
hard eight is so misunderstood
You think so, old timer?
Frick you.
Heh.
Just having fun