Poll

What's your favorite by PTA?

don't like any
0 (0%)
haven't seen Any
1 (2.2%)
Hard Eight
1 (2.2%)
Boogie Nights
9 (19.6%)
Magnolia
9 (19.6%)
Punch-Drunk Love
4 (8.7%)
There Will Be Blood
15 (32.6%)
The Master
2 (4.3%)
Inherent Vice
4 (8.7%)
Junun
0 (0%)
Phantom Thread
1 (2.2%)
Licorice Pizza
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 34

Author Topic: Anderson, Paul Thomas  (Read 16315 times)

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2009, 09:45:13 AM »
Thought it was a secret only I knew  :)

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2009, 09:59:01 AM »
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Boogie Nights
3. Punch Drunk Love
4. Magnolia

Haven't seen Hard Eight.

I think what this shows, is to me, he should make nothing but period pieces, because I haven't liked a present set film he's done.

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2009, 10:40:56 AM »
I've only seen 3 of his 5 films. The 2 I haven't seen are apparently major ones, so I'm in no position to talk too much about PTA.
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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2009, 11:05:00 AM »
Distance represents difference in quality....


1. TWBB



2. Boogie Nights








3. Punch Drunk Love
4. Magnolia







5. Hard Eight



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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #24 on: April 13, 2009, 03:21:58 AM »
1. Magnolia
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Hard Eight

Hard Eight is really interesting as a historical document. It's a perfect signpost to where he's going in later films. Punch-Drunk Love could well move up when it gets a much needed revisit.

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #25 on: April 13, 2009, 12:04:47 PM »
PDL.

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2009, 01:53:31 PM »
There Will Be Blood
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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #27 on: April 13, 2009, 02:14:02 PM »
Favorite = Boogie Nights
Best = There Will Be Blood

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2009, 04:36:15 PM »
1. Boogie Nights - Great
2. Magnolia - Great
3. There Will Be Blood - Great
4. Punch Drunk Love - Really need to see this again.
5. Hard Eight - Crap

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Re: What's your favorite PTA film?
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2009, 07:23:03 PM »
Paul Thomas Anderson is one of my favourite directors so it's very hard for me to say, but I am totally smitten with Punch Drunk Love, so that would be my number one. Having rewatched There will be blood recently I think I like it even more than my initial viewing. Here's how I would rank them;

1.)Punch Drunk Love
2.)Magnolia
3.)There Will be Blood
4.)Boogie Nights
5.)Hard-8

 

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