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11 hours ago, futureman said:

was licorice pizza legitimately good?  I always meant to watch it. 

It's worth watching, but I think I had my hopes set super high because of the trailer.

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5 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

In for this.  I've only ever seen boogie nights.  Planning on a PTA watch party thru the week as the wife is out of town.  Any recs on where to start?

Inherent Vice and Licorice Pizza are fun. The rest of his movies are not fun. Great, but not fun. 
 

PTA is a genius. He got Oscar worthy performances from Mark fucking Wahlberg and Tom Cruise. 

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11 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

In for this.  I've only ever seen boogie nights.  Planning on a PTA watch party thru the week as the wife is out of town.  Any recs on where to start?

Not sure there is a right answer to this, but I would watch them in chronological order unless you are just looking for the highlights. There Will Be Blood and The Master are two of the great films in cinema history, but they are certainly heavy. Phantom Thread is in my personal top 3 for PTA (username checks out), but some find it slow. Magnolia is an epic. Licorice Pizza will feel like a refreshing iced tea after watching all the others. 
 

Inherent Vice, Hard 8 and Punch Drunk Love are historically considered his lesser films, but even those would be the best films in most other directors’ filmography.

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3 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Not sure there is a right answer to this, but I would watch them in chronological order unless you are just looking for the highlights. There Will Be Blood and The Master are two of the great films in cinema history, but they are certainly heavy. Phantom Thread is in my personal top 3 for PTA (username checks out), but some find it slow. Magnolia is an epic. Licorice Pizza will feel like a refreshing iced tea after watching all the others. 
 

Inherent Vice, Hard 8 and Punch Drunk Love are historically considered his lesser films, but even those would be the best films in most other directors’ filmography.

Ok, I'll start with Hard 8.  Thanks!

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2 hours ago, veritas aequitas said:

Hard 8 is criminally underrated

Yeah, Hard 8 is a good place to start.  Terrific film.  Follow it up with Boogie Nights (my personal fave among PTA's movies), and that's a really good double feature.

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On 3/27/2025 at 3:20 PM, Carl Spackler said:

I don't really know what it's about, but I'll watch just about any PTA film.  In.  

yep, absolutely!

PTA, Coens, and Tarantino... magnificent trio. might not always be the best ever, but they consistently make original, interesting and usually fantastic films!

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1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

I’m a little jealous of someone watching all of those PTA films for the first time. But I’ve somehow never seen The Master so I get to check that out with fresh eyes. 

So far finished hard 8 and about 45 mins left in Magnolia.  Skipped Boogie Nights as I've already seen, but will probably go back and rewatach after I finish the others. 

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I’m a little jealous of someone watching all of those PTA films for the first time. But I’ve somehow never seen The Master so I get to check that out with fresh eyes. 

I saw the Master when it first came out in the theaters. I liked it a lot. But over the years I’ve revisited it and it’s highly rewatchable. Some amazing performances and moments in there, obviously led by Hoffman and Phoenix.
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On 3/29/2025 at 12:40 PM, Carl Spackler said:

Yeah, Hard 8 is a good place to start.  Terrific film.  Follow it up with Boogie Nights (my personal fave among PTA's movies), and that's a really good double feature.

My hard 8 usually follows a boogie night

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My PTA ranking:

 

1a) There Will Be Blood

1b) Boogie Nights

1c) Magnolia

Seriously can't choose between the three. They're all perfect. 

Slight Drop

4) Phantom Thread

5) Punch Drunk Love

Excellent films. Just a notch below the top three. 

Slight Drop

6) Hard 8

7) Licorice Pizza

Very good movies. Hard 8 being his first film, it shows the promise of what's to come. Licorice Pizza is just a straightforward (for PTA) coming of age/love story that I really enjoyed. It's just not as ambitious or grand as the films in the top two tiers.

Pretty Big Drop

😎 The Master

9) Inherent Vice

I understand that The Master is an epic film. I just thought it was boring. Inherent Vice is the only PTA film I haven't finished. Tried watching it twice and was so bored I fell asleep both times and never bothered powering through to finish. 

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31 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

My PTA ranking:

 

1a) There Will Be Blood

1b) Boogie Nights

1c) Magnolia

Seriously can't choose between the three. They're all perfect. 

Slight Drop

4) Phantom Thread

5) Punch Drunk Love

Excellent films. Just a notch below the top three. 

Slight Drop

6) Hard 8

7) Licorice Pizza

Very good movies. Hard 8 being his first film, it shows the promise of what's to come. Licorice Pizza is just a straightforward (for PTA) coming of age/love story that I really enjoyed. It's just not as ambitious or grand as the films in the top two tiers.

Pretty Big Drop

😎 The Master

9) Inherent Vice

I understand that The Master is an epic film. I just thought it was boring. Inherent Vice is the only PTA film I haven't finished. Tried watching it twice and was so bored I fell asleep both times and never bothered powering through to finish. 

1. There Will Be Blood (there really isn’t another option)

2. The Master

3. Phantom Thread

4. Boogie Nights

5. Magnolia

Gap here

6. Punch Drunk Love

7. Licorice Pizza

8. Hard 8

9. Inherent Vice

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1 hour ago, BERT said:

My hard 8 usually follows a boogie night

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My top 2 PTA films are Boogie Nights and TWBB.  I'd have to think about #3 and beyond, but I can tell you The Master would be toward (or at) the bottom.  It aspired for greatness and didn't come close.    

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