It has become more of a narrative structure. The loose and parallelism of the past is gone. The textbook-like Epic mode, the protagonist is bright, and even the supporting role, strictly speaking, there are only two, one of which (that is, the fake brother) hardly needs to perform. . And this time, PTA didn’t want to spend any effort to explain the miscellaneous roles. It’s not that he didn’t have the patience. You know, the foundation of PTA’s family is the creation of group portraits, so many people say that the Achilles’ heel of "TWBB" It’s a one-man show, I think it’s totally irresponsible nonsense-just imagine if the people in this film are like "Magnolia" and have endless troubles, or like "No Country For" "Old Men" is the same as each show off, how do you look at this scene?
In addition, maybe everyone seems to be particularly obsessed with Daniel Day-Lewis. In many people's film reviews, he can't see anything except him. How good Paul Dano’s performance is, maybe a little too much force, but the premise of this film is to work hard collectively, slightly surpassing realism, which is also the style of PTA.
Some people also say that Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack for "TWBB" is a mystery and a noisy soundtrack. I really can't hear the mystery, but it is very appropriate to the story, and it is really a soundtrack written for the movie. It’s even more nonsense to be overwhelmed by the noise. The two most exaggerated and anti-traditional sections are the burning of the derrick and the knocking of the tubing. But who will be distracted by these two? ! As JG's first official film soundtrack (the previous "Bodysong" can only be counted as a ticket), the starting point is really high. At least it can be seen from this album that his grasp of string music is becoming more and more mature. Perhaps, this little handyman who once entered Radiohead under "begging" will take a broader road in the future.
The most people say is that PTA has begun to say goodbye to the past. All right. If you say so, isn't he saying goodbye all the time? He has never photographed the same thing. I haven't seen his debut work "Sydney", but how much do the four subsequent works have in common with each other? But these are all PTAs, a passionate young man who likes Altman and Scorsese, likes Westerns, likes Los Angeles, likes to read, and likes to write. Finally, after more than ten years of being indecent, and playing in the movie circle for so long wearing the hat of "bad youth", he began to pay tribute to high-quality movies. But those who think that he will embrace mainstream movies and start to march towards the "temple" don't have to worry about it, he is not that kind of person at all. Maybe, tomorrow he will continue to tinker with a neuropathy film, like "Punch Drunk Love". If he has his persistence, it is "good-looking". Try to look as good as possible, and it doesn't matter if you use everything you learn from others.
Some people say that "TWBB" is not as deep as "No Country". Perhaps this is the most ridiculous comment-what is depth? Can it be measured with a ruler? One discusses the social changes and the world’s deteriorating situation, the old people cannot understand the new people’s melancholy and sorrow; the other discusses the struggle between greed and morality, the accumulation of capital and the cleansing of religion, as well as the complex and huge oil extraction in the United States. history. Excuse me, which is the depth and which is shallow?
"TWBB" is a movie that really tests the director's skills-precisely because there are few characters, the story is linear, and at the same time relatively loose. How to tell one era, or even the changes of several eras, with just one person is really a challenge for directors like PTA who didn't have many works in the past.
As far as PTA is concerned, "TWBB" is definitely a great masterpiece, but the point is that this movie tells us that his future is even more limitless. When he filmed Boogie Nights 10 years ago, who could have expected that even Altman himself would give him the responsibility of completing the last work on his behalf before he died. Altman once predicted that "TWBB" would be a masterpiece, but unfortunately, he didn't even catch a glance at the rough cut version. As a result, PTA dedicated "TWBB" to Altman. The elderly should be very pleased. At least, before "TWBB", I had doubted whether PTA had the ability to become a master in addition to borrowing and chaos. Now, I have no doubt that if there will be a master among the filmmakers born in the 70s, It must be him.
Two additional sentences:
If you want to say that this movie has a flaw, I think the first thing is Daniel Day-Lewis, he is too famous, too deeply rooted, and mistakenly attracted too many Day-Lewis’s personal fans to watch this film. Then evaluate the film-however, this film is not the cup of tea for these people.
Finally:
This is a movie that makes people speechless for a long time after watching it. I didn’t want to write a review. I was afraid that I would be too subjective and that I could hardly say a word. The so-called "responsible" comment can't help but post some trivial arguments.
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