― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Dr Morbius, Friday, 23 March 2007 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Both BN and IV are pretty cartoony, but imo Inherent Vice tries too hard and isn’t very funny, while Boogie Nights tries much, much too hard, but has funny moments, even if it’s too glib about its characters’ suffering, in that very 1990s post-Tarantino way
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
otm. yeah when i rewatched BN a few years ago and it felt a lot more broad and sitcom-y than i remembered, constantly telling you that its characters are idiots in a specific way that feels very of its time now. still funny imo.
i completely forgot that the mp/yp construction was in Boogie Nights. ive definitely heard it at various times over the years since and never clocked it as a BN reference. mindblowing if thats actually the coinage.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Boogie Nights has so many characters that are poorly hiding their personal issues and pain, with most of the tragedies played off as comedic as to not turn it into a different movie
That’s probably the through-line in a lot of PTA’s work, whether he’s cloaking tragedy with comedy or presenting genuinely harrowing things punctuated with a series of punchlines
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
I suppose that glibness about tragedy is also just a sign of a filmmaker in their 20s
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
It does allow some moments of real pain, particularly for Julianne Moore's character. But some things, like William H. Macy's character, are definitely played more kind of as pathetic punchlines.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
imo Inherent Vice tries too hard and isn’t very funny
sigh
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
pretty much all of his films are very funny though
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
I think PTA absolutely views most of his own films as comedies
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
The final line of There Will Be Blood makes me crack up every time
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
I can't remember it, but my brain wants to say it's "nobody's perfect!"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
I could’ve sworn it was “ain’t I stinker?”
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
I thought it was Slim Pickens saying “Yahooo!”#OneThread
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
“I’M FINISHED!”
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
Our 70mm run of Paul Thomas Anderson's BOOGIE NIGHTS must end Thursday! Below are 📸 of the actual print you will see!Don't miss the party of the summer. 🎟️: https://t.co/oXN2lvB3jY pic.twitter.com/xs6VIJ7fUj— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) August 22, 2023
might hit this up, hardly remember the movie
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:44 (eight months ago) link
saw it for the first time last year... it absolutely ruled as a big screen experience.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:36 (eight months ago) link
His name is...Carne Asada.
His partner's name is...Doctor Casino.
Those are great names!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:37 (eight months ago) link
"You know my reputation. 70 millimeters of tough load..."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:00 (eight months ago) link