Is PTA the best director of all time? What do you think is his

>>82098405
Pic related is fucking boring and grossly overrated.

Favorite is Boogie Nights. Still have to see There Will Be Blood. Wasn't a fan of The Master.

>>82098405
Me and my friend used to call this movie 'There Will Be Sleep' cause it was so boring and it was on tv like 3 times a day.

>>82098469
>>82099099
you'd have to be very dumb to think this movie is boring

>>82098405
No way although I do like him. Inherent Vice is by far his best, his earlier stuff I don't care for. The Master was also quite good

>>82099099
you and your friend are plebs

>>82099099
kek

>>82099099
youre both retards

>>82099137
It's like a Zola book but as a movie, ie boring.

>>82099137
No man, that's just what PTA wants you to think. It's one of those middlebrow films with lots of plot that tries to intimidate the easily-led with its tone into accepting tedium as the price of maturity. Resist it. The highbrow and the lowbrow are all part of a patrician diet, but the middlebrow must be treated with great caution. Otherwise, before you know it you'll be putting John Huston films in your top ten.

>>82099521
Can you give us a few examples of high brow films then?

>>82098405
>for me it's a tie between The Master and Magnolia
>The Master is really great as well

I don't know anon I think There Will Be Blood was pretty good. On the other hand anon I thought There Will Be Blood was pretty good too. But have you considered There Will Be Blood as his best movie? I thought There Will Be Blood was good.

>>82099669
mistyped anon

>>82099685
sounds good anon

>>82098405
As an American I loved There Will Be Blood. It shows the cut throat effort to build industry in the early 20th century.

>>82099669

It's not pretty good, it's a monument to human mastery of the cinematic art form. It's going to be in the top 10 movies of this century.

Milkshake is an unironic greatest moment in cinema this century

>>82099649
I'll give you one tip - go see A Quiet Passion.

>>82099766
eh it was alright. didn't get to see the whole thing because we were all drinking and talking throughout. afterwards everyone agreed that they didn't really reconcile some of the plot points or explain why he killed his brother which i thought was bad writing

>>82099766
If it was, you wouldn't be using a tortured phrase like "human mastery of the cinematic art form". The only good thing in it is Dano's performance.

>>82099847
You haven't seen shit, son. American studio filmmaking has been finished for years as far as art is concerned. If it was up for Oscars, it's not going to be on a high level.

>>82099940

what's better?