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Paul Thomas Anderson's Christmas Gift For All Us Movie Fans!

First! by veebeeyes	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:30:11 AM
Time I ever had sex, it was awkward. But never mind that, I NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
by fluffybunnywhiskers	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:32:19 AM
that was just strange...
Phweh. by veebeeyes	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:32:38 AM
Now that that's out of the way, I promise that I'll never do it again. And I sincerely promise that I will never do it again. Having said that, I am looking very forward to this movie, but am doubtful that I'll get toi soon. I'm still waiting for No Country for Old Men to come to the cinemas in my city.
Figures... by Rakafraker	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:48:02 AM
Not in my remote vicinity. DDL is one of my faves. His rrepressablility (sp?) in My Left Foot, is frankly amazing. I gotta watch that one again.
Saw dem shits by zw	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:49:37 AM
I went to a screening of this movie last week in LA. It is as amazing as this preview would have you believe. Astonishing is the only word. Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis are in the Mike Tyson-knocking-everyone-out-in -twelve-seconds stage of their careers. They're at the height of their powers. If they improve from this point our brains will just reject it. We'll start vomitting and swearing up and down that all we saw was a blank screen. NOTE: I did not like Boogie Nights or Magnolia. I liked Punch-Drunk Love though.
Christ on a Cracker by Kingdaddy	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:52:41 AM
Do I still wish I lived in Chicago. This film's trailers have given me chills from frame one. I don't cream my fruit of the looms for many flicks, but this one glazes my Dub X's Krispy Kreme style...
Do I wish I STILL lived in Chicago that is... by Kingdaddy	Dec 22nd, 2007 01:53:23 AM
damn vodka.
im down by Muldoon	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:01:59 AM
this movie kicked infinite ass and I can't wait to hit it up again = word
December 26th in Maui, y'all! by Julius Dithers	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:03:18 AM
Thank you, Paul...
Run and check it out... by gotilk	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:06:14 AM
sure... let's see... 80 screens in my city.... wonder which one?
Yes, it will cost me roughly $600 to see this movie... by Julius Dithers	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:06:26 AM
...if we include air, ground trans & lodging, but still.
Sorry, It looks like an empty box by Rolling_Stone	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:15:33 AM
Disapointing for a trailer.
damn by MC-909	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:32:00 AM
Nothin' ever comes to North Carolina. Thanks a lot, PTA. Cool scene though.
veebeeeyes by MC-909	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:32:37 AM
Though we did get No Country. Hahahaha! Suck it!
I was just in Denver last week. by hamslime	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:58:41 AM
I went and used my last vacation days to go see Gunther and The Sunshine Girls. Should have waited I guess. Nah! That show was AWESOME!!! I will touch Paul Thomas Anderson's Tra-La-La if he asks me though
heath Ledger is JOKER by BrightEyes	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:14:39 AM
and PTA will fuck shit up !!!!!!!
Guy gets his hair cut! by judge dredds fresh undies	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:18:25 AM
Well I'm sold...
Why is it necessary to immediately label by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:22:51 AM
any good new film a masterpiece?
Why is it necessary to immediately label by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:22:51 AM
any good new film a masterpiece?
God does this look bad by geraldbeans	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:24:42 AM
I'm pissed off that I'm in one of these cities. Now I'm going to have to deal with my super-nerd film friends trying to drag me to it. Oh yeah, I want to go to a movie by the same filmmaker who made a 3 hour movie about raining frogs and people on deathbeds that we don't care about. This guy is a Malick wannabe with this REALLY EXCITING MOVIE about oil shooting up in the air. WOOOOO-HOOOOO!!!
which Portland? by The Dum Guy	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:25:28 AM

p.s. by geraldbeans	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:25:51 AM
this preview of a guy getting his hair cut shows just how pretentious of a prick PTA is.
Malick by hamslime	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:38:19 AM
Why is every movie set in a prairie a Malick rip-off? Did the guy invent dead grass or something?
yes! malick did invent grass! by geraldbeans	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:47:29 AM
and he invented the sun and the sky as well!
Oh, I guess now I'm the asshole by hamslime	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:52:42 AM
I wasn't aware of that. I apologize. Sincerely
Why Release the Day AFTER Christmas? by sloanist	Dec 22nd, 2007 04:50:29 AM
Because your mom is working on me.
Thought it was PTA directing JLA by messi	Dec 22nd, 2007 05:11:27 AM

Thought it was PTA directing JLA by messi	Dec 22nd, 2007 05:11:34 AM
AHHH
I just wish Paul Anderson (minus the Thomas) by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 22nd, 2007 05:18:57 AM
had a special Christmas gift for all us movie fans as well: his retirement.
TWBB is a fantastic film... by Executor	Dec 22nd, 2007 06:19:10 AM
Daniel Day Lewis is amazing. And he's not being "pretentious" with this clip, he's just giving us a deleted scene...this isn't even in the movie. Not to mention that any 15 second clip (other than a few of the DDL/Paul Dano confrontations) won't do the film justice. Just see it. And see it again.
Howdy, Tomzinger! by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 22nd, 2007 07:32:19 AM
And merry Christmas to ya.
It's playing in Toronto on the 29th... by DanielKurland	Dec 22nd, 2007 07:46:02 AM
just one show at one theatre, described as a "special advanced screening"
I posted before watching the video... by DanielKurland	Dec 22nd, 2007 07:48:06 AM
Sorry, although in Toronto it's playing at 10:30, not at midnight.
Classic! by Shawn F.	Dec 22nd, 2007 08:29:10 AM
Showing a 160-minute film like this at midnight? Great movie, but I'm not sure I would want to start watching it at midnight. Oh, there will be blood all right...
um ... by Toe Jam	Dec 22nd, 2007 08:52:05 AM
so should i arrive at the theater at 11:59 p.m. friday? or 11:59 p.m. saturday? because midnight saturday -- technically -- would mean having to show up friday night. and has anyone been able to get tickets to the screening at the mayan in denver? the link is at www.therewill beblood.com, but it says no tickets are available for any shows that day -- as of yet. maybe i'll just give the mayan a phone call and see what's up.
TomBodet's post made me laugh by HeWhoCannotBeNamed	Dec 22nd, 2007 09:08:32 AM
Can't wait for this flick. My kind of film.
Bill The Butcher by Dr Uwe Boll	Dec 22nd, 2007 09:33:56 AM
DDL looks sprightly in this one, I'll be looking forward to it. Seems a return to form after PDL (I'm a Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Sydney fan - what can I say). Toodles.
hope it is better than "no country..." by krycek08	Dec 22nd, 2007 09:52:14 AM
man that movie was terrible
No offense to the Alamo Ritz by maptoearth	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:27:39 AM
I have gone to the Alamo for years. I love it. I have gone to the gimmick shows, the special screenings (most recently The Mist), and to just about every scenario. Yet I cannot, I will not, see There Will Be Blood at the Alamo. It is too noisy and not as good quality as other theaters in town. I am dying to see this movie. But I want to be lost in it. But you can't do that at the Alamo. It is too loud and, lets be honest, it is not the best theater in town. And by that, I mean it is not the be sound and picture theater in town. I am chomping at the bit to see daniel day lewis tear it up on screen yet again. But alas, I will have to wait till January. I love you Alamo, but you are not the place for me, with this movie.
birdy birdman by maptoearth	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:29:37 AM
to get tickets to the austin show, go to alamodrafthouse.com and click on the alamo ritz. then just go to december 29.
What's with the PTA hate? by TerryMalloy	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:42:48 AM
Because he has long tracking shots suddenly he's aping Scorsese? Er--no, he's aping Altman? Or wait...now it's Malick? His greatest influence on this movie was "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which he said he watched every night, so if anything he is aping John Huston. If you don't like his movies, that's fine. But let's not pretend he is a bad filmmaker when it comes to craft or style. And let's not pretend that his movies are that awful either. I'd rather see 100 PTA films then watch "Fred Claus" once. And I hope to God you would too. Go see the film and then you can decide whether you want him to make any more movies.
is it FREE? by zooch	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:42:50 AM
that would be a gift.
DanielKurland by DHJeffries	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:47:14 AM
What theatre in Toronto? Cumberland? Varsity?
"Spiraling down the river into obscurity" by TerryMalloy	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:55:59 AM
Yeah, I mean, look at these reviews: "The watershed achievement of both Day-Lewis' and Anderson's careers", "A Masterpiece from PTA", "Boldly and magnificently strange, 'There Will Be Blood' marks a significant departure in the work of Paul Thomas Anderson", etc. etc. Here's one for you comicgeek: "Too real to keep popcorn audiences interested, but for more patient moviegoers Daniel Day-Lewis's hypnotic performance makes it a must see". Oh yeah, and it won 5 NY Film Critic Awards, including Best Director, and is nominated for Best Picture of the Year at the Golden Globes. So, yeah, his career is really going downhill right now.
maptoearth by zooch	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:58:05 AM
and go to another theatre and have to deal with people speaking over the movie and babies crying? no thanks.
How is that character any different than Gangs of New York? by TerryMalloy	Dec 22nd, 2007 11:10:32 AM
Well, in TWBB Day-Lewis plays an oil tycoon in the turn of the century California who feels alienated from the entire human race, even his own family. Seems to be a greedy man as well. In Gangs of New York, he plays a butcher in 1846 New York City who hates immigrants and is basically a violent monster. They both hate people, but for different reasons. And if you can't tell that there is a difference in the characterization, then I can't help you. I am amazed that anyone would criticize Day-Lewis for not changing between role to role. That's kind of why he is the best actor alive today.
tix on sale in Boston by Shawn F.	Dec 22nd, 2007 11:17:41 AM
I looked on AMC's website and they are selling tickets for the midnight show at the Boston Commons. Just an FYI for any beantown folk interested.
The Greatest Gift Would Be To Not Release It by topaz4206	Dec 22nd, 2007 12:21:40 PM
A good 85% of Americans that insist on seeing this will come back to this thread, angry and $10 poorer.
zooch by maptoearth	Dec 22nd, 2007 12:42:35 PM
I agree that babies crying and people talking over a movie should be punished by death....with that said, I would rather see a movie like There Will Be Blood, (where there is a fifteen minute stretch of no dialogue from what I understand), at a theater that has better quality in picture and in sound. And at the Alamo you are guaranteed to have waitstaff make noise, the sound of beer opening, and the general noise of people eating. (don't get me wrong, I love seeing master pancake there and other fun movies) I plan on seeing a noon showing of There Will Be Blood at a theater with a better system. Less people, less noise, WAY better movie quality.
PTA and DDL by Darth Busey	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:30:12 PM
You've got the touch. You've got the power.
this looks like the film of the year to me by Gwai Lo	Dec 22nd, 2007 02:31:24 PM
ever since the trailers landed this has been the one to watch for me. so far i'd say this year is a tight race between no country for old men and into the wild, but that's just me. i'd also put eastern promises, rescue dawn, zodiac, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, and brand upon the brain in the highest echelon, with like another 20 movies the next notch down. damn it's been a great year for film. but there will be blood looks like it's going to own the year, and i can't even believe i have to keep waiting into 2008 for it. i also plan to see a matinee in some big cattle feed megaplex, so i can be assured that i will have an empty theater free of distraction. paul thomas anderson has a pretty good track record. i love boogie nights, like magnolia, don't like punch drunk love (although, to be fair, there is not a single adam sandler movie that i do like) and haven't seen hard eight. regardless of what he's done, there will be blood looks like masterful filmmaking.
I didn't hate Magnolia... by DoctorWho?	Dec 22nd, 2007 03:23:19 PM
I just think he derailed that movie with that ending. Great characters.That's what I personally found so dissapointing...I was emtionally invested with them,and the payoff?...FROGS. You dont tag on cutsie,clevr whimsy to the end of heavy character drama like that. Such a thing as being TOO clever for your own good. That's why he gets the 'pretentious 'label. That's just artsy bullshit.
Varsity in Toronto by DHJeffries	Dec 22nd, 2007 04:00:35 PM
Never mind, Daniel. TWBB starts at 10:30 at the Varsity theatre on Bloor, and tickets are already on sale. Just printed off two!
to all those in denver ... by Toe Jam	Dec 22nd, 2007 04:05:40 PM
looks like this movie starts its regular theatric run at the mayan on jan. 4. so i'm not sure if it's worth going out of your way to attend the midnight screening less than a week earlier.
I like how NYC was left off. by PVIII	Dec 22nd, 2007 05:30:10 PM
Big FU to the city that gets everything cool. Damn it.
seattle, yes! by BadMrWonka	Dec 22nd, 2007 05:59:59 PM
now, uh, where do I go to get more info and tickets?
DoctorWho? by Sith Witch	Dec 22nd, 2007 06:05:01 PM
Magnolia's rain of frogs didn't come out of nowhere. Go back and pay attention to how many visual references there are in the film to the book of Exodus, and how much the story is about people making judgments about each other, we the audience making judgments about them (before their real motivations are revealed), and ultimately, God judging everyone as the plague of frogs arrive and cleanse the palate for renewed lives.
nyc wasn't left off ... by Toe Jam	Dec 22nd, 2007 09:18:13 PM
i believe it opens in several theaters in both new york and los angeles that same weekend, so a midnight screening in either would be rather pointless. this is for us little people who don't live in either.
So close Gwai Lo by kilik777	Dec 22nd, 2007 09:20:37 PM
but i have to disagree about Rescue Dawn. Check out this site to see all the factual in accuracies that movie contained. http://www.rescuedawnthetruth. com/ Yes it was a great cinematic experience but it gets degraded once you know the truth of what really happened. I pick Zodiac so far as the best film. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
Toe by PVIII	Dec 22nd, 2007 10:28:16 PM
Good to know, thanks. I'll be seeing it new years day.
This movie comes out on the 26th. At least in NYC by i kick tits	Dec 23rd, 2007 12:21:58 AM
...but I'm assuming everywhere else too. How is it a sneak preview to see it on the 29th?
Toronto! I'm there by bb6634	Dec 23rd, 2007 12:26:14 AM

Daniel Day-Lewis makes winning an oscar by zooch	Dec 23rd, 2007 02:25:59 AM
look easy.
"Fred Claus" Director is directing Flash by messi	Dec 23rd, 2007 03:15:04 AM
so much for Warner's movies. Maybe Dark Knight's success and critical success wil wake Warner the fuck up and they will get Mark Waid and Doug Lyman on Flash and then Geoff Johns and Steven Spielberg on Green Lantern. Nothing worse than a movie that needs style being directed by someone without it and without any vision.
The Dum Guy by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Dec 23rd, 2007 04:04:33 AM
The only Portland that matters (read: Oregon). Thankfully I live there (or here, rather), so this works out well.
Damn it! by Mace Tofu	Dec 23rd, 2007 04:12:15 AM
I'd have to drive 15 minutes to get to Sacramento ... oh ... : )
"The End, Done" by TerryMalloy	Dec 23rd, 2007 01:41:16 PM
Not yet you scallywag. First of all comicgeekoid, it doesn't make sense to say that PTA is imitating a filmmaker if you can't identify the filmmaker he is imitating. Or if you can't figure out exactly how he is imitating him/her. PTA has many influences that inform his style (just like we all do), but these influences combine to create something altogether new. Believe it or not, even Scorsese had filmmakers that inspired him. Same with Altman. And Malick. I believe "There Will Be Blood" will force you to realize that he does not "ape" anyone. Even if he did, the world could use more people that imitated the likes of Scorsese and Malick. Oh yeah, and my nuts have been numb recently, how the hell did you know that?
Let's not mince short-sighted interpretations... by Bone-In Foray	Dec 23rd, 2007 03:27:13 PM
...but rather allow ourselves the freedom of enjoying a film that - amongst a few other this year - may be some of the best cinema unleashed in America this decade. Enjoy it for what it is and stop attempting to mimic the local over-zealous, amateuristic film critic. "I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty." --James A. Garfield
The same people who wine about PTA ripping off by Lovecraftfan	Dec 23rd, 2007 03:27:36 PM
are the same people who cant agree about who or what hes ripping off in PDL or TWWB for that matter. Talk about hypocrites.
comicgeekoid by TerryMalloy	Dec 23rd, 2007 06:20:38 PM
can you be more specific please? You're arguments are like bland oatmeal.
What's this gotta do with Resident Evil?! by BoggyCreekBeast	Dec 23rd, 2007 06:46:00 PM
Sorry, had to do it.
yup by ragingdrunklove	Dec 23rd, 2007 08:05:47 PM
already got my tickets. anybody who doesn't like PTA doesn't like me and uh...well...that's fine with me, i guess, but you're missing out because i'm a fantastic sort of guy.
Badlands by hamslime	Dec 24th, 2007 03:16:47 AM
was obviously a direct rip off of Bonny and Clyde. How dare Malick ape Arthur Penn. See how silly that sounds? Although it may be true, does that make Badlands any less of a great movie? Besides I'm not famliliar with Malick's movie about oil, religion, and greed.
Theatre in Sacramento? by gotilk	Dec 24th, 2007 04:16:12 AM
Can't find any info, anywhere.
Dear shitheads, by PotSmokinAlien	Dec 24th, 2007 09:46:18 PM
This movie looks fucking amazing. If you hold the opposite opinion, well then i hope you enjoy ALIEN VS PREDATOR: THE FIRST ONE WAS RATED PG-13 AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE MADE SOME NOISE ABOUT THAT AND THEN DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE HAPPENED SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE RATING OF THIS MOVIE, IT IS RATED R AND WE PUT IT IN THE FUCKING TITLE JUST SO EVEN THE VERY MOST BRAIN-DEAD OF FUCKWITS WOULD HAVE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS RATED R (rated r). A green christmas to all.
GOTILK by Bungion Boy	Dec 26th, 2007 12:31:52 AM
I too am near Sacramento, sir, and can not find any information as to where it will be. I assumed one of the multiplexes, like Greenback maybe, but then I thought possibly the Crest. If you come back and see this, let me know if you hear anything, and I will return the favor if I hear anything as well.
I would just like to say... by Knuckleduster	Dec 26th, 2007 12:47:13 PM
... that I love Paul Thomas Anderson. LOVE.
LIKE I SAID by comicgeekoid	Dec 26th, 2007 03:07:17 PM
Saw it, liked it. Good perfomances all around, and YES, PTA's direction was still a bit of a "mix tape," specifically from Chinatown. Biggest weaknesses, movie seemed too long for what it was saying. It would have made an amazing short subject (40-50 minutes) but the running time made it seem bloated.
Are you people fucking retarded? by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 26th, 2007 03:25:06 PM
How anyone can diss either this or No Country for Old Men is beyond me. And for the record, I would love to see what movies from this year those people did enjoy. This just goes to show that some people will talk shit about anything. "That Citizen Kane is a real piece of shit." Death to the PTA haters.
Malick aped your mom by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 26th, 2007 03:26:15 PM
She did. I saw the footage.
uh by comicgeekoid	Dec 26th, 2007 03:59:26 PM
DIS? Wow, I didn' know PTA was your "homie." It's always a sign of total sanity to take a personal stake in work that isnt your own and people you dont know.
comicgeekoid by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 27th, 2007 12:27:48 AM
Use apostrophes in "don't" and "isn't." That will ALMOST make you seem intelligent, fucktard.
Cruel Reality by comicgeekoidtoo	Dec 27th, 2007 11:14:31 AM
Hey homo joe, here's an apostrophe for ya': don't. As in...you don't have an argument...you don't have a life...you dont matter and you don't have anything going and you dont get a check for anything PTA or any other real worker gets. You're a faggoty dork and I fucked your mom on Christmas morning. That was my gift to HER.
Real comic gold there, comicgeekoidtoo by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 27th, 2007 02:48:27 PM
Do the world a favor and fall on your saber, my friend.
youre a loser by comicgeekoidtoo	Dec 27th, 2007 03:36:18 PM
die on new years eve, because really, what have you got going to live for? or has your dad shoved his man balls down your throat so often that you've actually begun to like it?
So entertaining... by MattGuyOR	Dec 27th, 2007 05:54:53 PM
...to see two guys fight like little girls. Closet cases. Just come out like men, and admit you're hard for each other and get it over with. Sheesh.
I'm ready to admit... by comicgeekoidtoo	Dec 27th, 2007 10:56:13 PM
that I like ur mom's tight ass, MattGuy. Nice name "Guy." You like guys, "guy"?
Sold out in Toronto... by DanielKurland	Dec 28th, 2007 01:07:12 PM
Kicking myself that I didn't order tickets early, but I don't know what I was expecting really. I guess I've waited tihs long, I can wait another week. Still disappointed though.
Needs Ghoulardi by Blood T Cat	Dec 28th, 2007 02:05:08 PM
and Berwyn
toronto not sold out, apparently... by mixedup	Dec 30th, 2007 01:32:34 AM
so they moved it to a bigger cinema and apparently sold tickets at the door. hopefully some of you made the trek to toronto (or live in the city and went)...it's a fantastic movie.
Denver Showing by Wolftever	Dec 30th, 2007 11:46:54 AM
Caught the Denver midnight show this morning, and was amazed by what I saw and heard. Beautifully warped, flawed, incredible movie. I still don't think it's as good as No Country For Old Men, but an awesome accomplishment nonetheless.
DAMMIT!!! by Crimson King	Jan 1st, 2008 06:58:15 PM
I can't believe I missed this!!!!

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