I catch up on a couple of movies, namely Paul Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice" and Tim Burton's "Big Eyes."
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Blip
1/11/2015 04:43:56 am
Why can't we be friends?
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Goatician
1/11/2015 04:56:20 am
Please stop.
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Axel
1/11/2015 05:12:49 am
Have you seen 'The Guest', Brad?
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Denis Pay
1/11/2015 05:47:56 am
He actually mentioned that before, more then once, and said that it was amazing so I'd take it he liked it. He brought it up towards the end of the woman in black: angel of death midnight screening.
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Something
1/11/2015 05:47:57 am
He said he loved it in the Woman In Black 2 review.
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Axel
1/11/2015 05:55:18 am
Ah, I missed that then. Thanks for pointing it out.
Namw
1/11/2015 06:42:30 am
Anyone else notice the Halloween 3 masks projected on the wall at the halloween dance?
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BarryTheMasterOfSandwich
1/11/2015 09:29:40 am
Enough with The Guest already!
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Miguel
1/11/2015 12:08:24 pm
I hope he checks out Cold in July too. It's also an 80s throwback movie with Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, and an amazing John Carpenter-style score.
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Ozkamagis
1/11/2015 05:15:34 am
You not liking Inherent Vice too much, was a bit of a surprise. What little we get to see of your personality through the site would indicate that if ever there was a movie you'd love, this was it.
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DontMindMeNow
1/11/2015 05:29:09 am
Brad's Worst of 2014 predictions:
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jenna
1/11/2015 08:34:46 am
Don't forget Snowpiercer! I know Brad said in a couple of Q&A panels that the movie was his favorite of 2014, but that might have changed.
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DontMindMeNow
1/11/2015 08:49:54 am
Whoops, you're right, and I also forgot Edge of Tomorrow and Birdman. A Million Ways to Die in the West is also a candidate for the Worst list.
Carly
1/11/2015 05:30:23 am
Paul Thomas Anderson fanboys are the fucking WORST.
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h
1/11/2015 05:48:44 am
Tarantino and Nolan fanboys are worse.
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Brad
1/11/2015 06:07:37 am
Directors I've caught the most hell for not liking one of their movies: Terrence Malick, Zack Snyder, and Christopher Nolan. I didn't like Death Proof, and that didn't even come close to the uproar of those other director's movies.
DontMindMeNow
1/11/2015 06:41:27 am
Yeah, but even most Tarantino fans agree that Death Proof is his worst. Now, if you'd hated something like Django Unchained, you'd probably have been eviscerated (though, in fairness, it would still be better than the MOS flaming).
Carly
1/11/2015 07:24:18 am
Fanboys on any director are the kind of the reason I stay far, far away from message boards in the first place. 1/11/2015 06:43:53 am
In all honesty, yeah, I agree that Paul Thomas Anderson fanboys are terrible. But you should take a look at either Christopher Nolan fanboys or Danny Boyle fanboys! They're worse! Now mind you, I love The Dark Knight and 127 Hours, directed by Nolan and Boyle, respectively, but goddamn, if you say anything negative or average about these films, they'll assault you instantly!
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Carly
1/11/2015 07:28:34 am
Oh, Jesus. The Nolan fanboys make PTA's look sane and well adjusted. Don't get me started on them,
Smilex Hex
1/11/2015 11:35:45 am
I'll be the first to say I'm not a Nolan fan, let alone a fanboy, but Batman Begins is one of my favorite comic films. Just like MoS it wasn't perfect (no movie is) & even had things that pissed me off, but over all I love it. The Dark Knight on the other hand, while I'll NEVER say it sucks but it sure is overrated. We all know why so let's not go there. But everybody is good in the film except, ironically, Bale as Batman. His Wayne is great, if not a little stiff sometimes, but his voice was so humorously irritating. He sounded cool in Begins, why'd he make it worse?!
Smilex Hex
1/11/2015 11:55:53 am
Oh, one more thing. Since Nolan has all the praise in the world for his trilogy, can everybody forgive Schumacher for Batman & Robin & move on with their lives? I have. Don't forget it wasn't 100% his fault. The studio heads, producers, hell even the public is to blame. Let's go back in time to the '89 film. Burton made it dark, brooding & atmospheric to get away from the scent of the 60's show. He succeeds. WB makes the mistake of allowing him total control for Returns & what happens? Ooh, it's too scary for the kiddies! So Schumacher gets the 3rd, making it more bright & less violent (though I still prefer his Gotham Cities to it just being Chicago). It's a big hit with everybody, it's more family friendly. So we got the 4th one. Suddenly everybody hates Schumacher, so on & so on.
DontMindMeNow
1/11/2015 06:54:23 am
Not to mention Wes Anderson fanboys...
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wek
1/11/2015 09:02:26 am
Really? They seem to be fairly mild to me most of the time. They may say that you don't get it or that the movie is not for you, but I've never seen one go over the top like a Nolan fan will.
DontMindMeNow
1/11/2015 09:34:33 am
Anyone's better than Nolan's rabid fans (I say this as someone who has enjoyed all of the films he directed, even TDKR), but Wes' fans can get vicious, generally depending on the specific film you're criticizing. Life Aquatic won't draw a big reaction, but God help you if you say a word against Moonrise Kingdom.
The Hand of Onan
1/11/2015 10:53:20 am
Nolan fans are by far the worst because they're all teenage boys who think they are intellectuals. because they think no one else understands Nolan film. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT UNDERSTAND NOLAN FILMS. HE FUCKING SHOWS YOU WHAT JUST HAPPENED AND THEN TELLS YOU WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN ENDLESS EXPOSITION TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN'T FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST HAPPENED. SHORT OF BEATING YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH A BIG HAMMER AND SCREAMING THIS WHAT JUST HAPPENED AND THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS FOR TWO HOURS, HIS FILMS COULD NOT BE MORE OVER EXPLAINED. WE GET NOLAN FILMS. SOME OF US JUST DON'T LIKE THEM.
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Longinus
1/13/2015 10:53:14 pm
I'm a PTA fanboy. Boogie Nights is the movie that made me interested in studying film and getting into screenwriting and filmmaking, and I can be accused of "liking it just because Paul Thomas Anderson's name is on it," as Brad had mentioned in the video.
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Freddie Quell
1/11/2015 05:34:52 am
Why do people hate me so much?
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joliet_jane
1/11/2015 06:03:57 am
Yes, the stuff that happened in the courtroom apparently actually did happen. How it looked IRL I don't know, but Walter Keane was truly insane. With psychopathy.
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angelique_sp
1/11/2015 02:25:38 pm
Yeah, he sure as hell was psychopathic (with perhaps a touch of psychotic) .... He absolutely -terrorized- that poor family.
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Brent Lonkey
1/11/2015 06:12:27 am
Inherent Vice? more like Incoherent Vice! Yeah, movie kinda sucked. Only scene I liked was when Bigfoot was eating pancakes at an Asian eatery, yelling for more pancakes. but wow did this film suck.
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BoogerKitty
1/11/2015 06:43:56 am
I bet Inherent Vice was popular out here in Colorado. Also about internet commenters and fanboys. Someone need to make a movie about 7 internet commenters locked in the same room. It would be interesting to see how they would act if they were forced to interact face to face and own up to any past comments they have made.
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BradTriesBrad
1/11/2015 06:45:44 am
i like the preview stillshot for this video
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davide
1/11/2015 07:49:47 am
the trailer was great because it looked like the big lebowski style.
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BarryTheMasterOfSandwich
1/11/2015 09:41:23 am
I would have seen Big Eyes this weekend, but it disappeared from my local theater since last week. That was annoying.
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positivelySlime
1/11/2015 09:42:02 am
I downloaded the screener of Inherent Vice and watched it this afternoon (don't crucify me, it isn't playing in my town). I didn't have any problems with the plot. I read that it was complicated before I saw it, so I did my best to pay close attention. Plus I had the luxury of rewinding if I missed a line of dialogue. If you can remember the characters' names and who they are, then it isn't all that difficult. But I can entirely understand why someone wouldn't like it. I'd say it is worth a second viewing if you got lost. I really enjoyed it.
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Chris
1/11/2015 09:49:59 am
In all honesty Brad, if you had read the book "Inherent Vice" before seeing the movie, you would have liked it more. If you have ever heard of the author of the book, Thomas Pynchon, he is considered one of the greatest living writers, and his novels are usually dense and complex novels, filled with many many MANY characters, obscure pop culture references, and the novels usually involve multiple sub plots and conspiracy theories. From what I have seen from people who have seen the movie, most people who either hated or "didn't get" the movie, haven't read the book, and the people who have read it love the film. Like I said, the book is extremely complex and dense and full with many different sub plots and vignettes, Pynchon is an acquired taste, and knowing that you love obscure references towards pop culture and movies, I figure you would LOVE Pynchon if you gave him a chance at some point. with that being said, PTA did take ALOT out of the book for the movie, mostly parts that he connected rather greatly by adding them to already important events within the movie. he took out parts that would have made the movie seem even MORE padded than what you thought it already was around the second half of the film. but, yet again, that s the difference between literature and film, two different mediums that need adjusting when telling a story. Anyway, I feel if you had read the book before seeing it, the plot would have made more sense to you, because, like you said in this review, the story is pretty confusing.
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Drexel "The Dream" Hemsley
1/11/2015 11:17:29 am
In other words: It's the old "you only get to enjoy / understand / appreciate the movie if you do your 'homework' first" again.
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Chris
1/11/2015 11:41:10 am
calm down, dude. I'm just saying it as it is. PTA Eva said himself that he wanted to be faithful to the book. I'm saying the story IS complex and dense, but there are ALOT of things in the book that made te story seem more coherent than it appears in the movie. that's what I'm saying. and besides, that's just your opinion. when it says best adapted screenplay they obviously have to compare the script version to the actual book, because if they don't, how else can they tell if it is a good or "best" adaption????
Devilmikey00
1/11/2015 11:35:36 am
You shouldn't need to do homework to make a movie good, it should stand completely on it's own. If it doesn't then you failed to make a good movie and you failed even harder to make a good adaptation.
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Chris
1/11/2015 11:50:39 am
okay, you are both obviously missing the point of what I was trying to say. I'm not saying that EVERY adaption from a book to a movie has to be read first in order to fully understand or like the movie version, I was just saying it would have seem a little more coherent and understable where the plot was going if he had. like I said, the book goes far more into detail about the plot, and PTA changed a lot of that because there is a lot more shit going on in the book. so please, stop trying to make this retarded misconception that I'm saying all adapted movies have to read the subject material first to understand it, this one would have made it a little easier considering, like I said, the story is very complex and dense.
Handsome Pete
1/11/2015 01:49:12 pm
You know what would be funny? If someone tried it the other way, releasing a book that makes no sense without seeing some movies first.
NancysNightmare
1/11/2015 12:57:32 pm
Brad has said that he isn't a big reader. But who knows, you've made Thomas Pynchon sound like an interesting author.
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sergeant343
1/12/2015 05:42:54 am
Even with that said, reading the book would not help one understand the movie, for the both exist in separate universes. Sure it can be faithful to the book, but that does not mean everything is going to be the same or that they are both going to give the same answers.
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Jeb
1/11/2015 10:14:34 am
What about Frankenweenie? I thought you liked that when you saw it with Jake in 2012? I thought it was a pretty good movie and a good return to form for Tim Burton.
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Brad
1/11/2015 11:14:30 am
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That was a really good flick.
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Alex
1/11/2015 11:20:47 am
Now, the reception of Inherent Vice absolute fascinates me, and I haven't even seen it yet. film critics almost all said the same things you did-- it's too hard to follow. Fans of the book all said that it was too easy to follow. Fans of the author hate the book because it's too easy to follow. It's like this massive ouroboros of condescension and pretension, which is of course expected, considering the fact that its a PT Anderson film based on a Thomas Pynchon novel. If you think PTA fans are annoying, you've never met a Pynchon fan.
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David Johnson
1/11/2015 11:37:33 am
What do you think of Christoph playing Blofeld in SPECTRE Brad?
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Dayne
1/11/2015 12:09:20 pm
Speaking of whiplashes, are you ever gonna review Whiplash? Assuming it came to Springfield or not.
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Eric Cartmenez
1/11/2015 12:14:31 pm
You talked me out of seeing Inherent Vice Brad. Thanks for saving me some money.
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NancysNightmare
1/11/2015 12:43:03 pm
I wholeheartedly agree with your thoughts on Big Eyes but I was so pleased with seeing a genuinely good Tim Burton film again, I let the problems go and named it one of my favorites of the year. But I'm glad you brought up Lovelace, that's a movie I was thinking about recently. Lovelace is certainly seedier but both are about women being abused for so long and finally standing up for themselves and by extension their art, which I think is a rather good story.
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CommanderZx2
1/11/2015 01:00:00 pm
How are you planning to do with the best/worst videos? I quite enjoyed the formula used for the 2013 worst list with the two sets of dynamic duos. I felt that worked better as it allowed each person to adequately describe the movie they saw. The longer the videos the better as far as I am concerned.
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maggie
1/11/2015 01:11:02 pm
YES! I'm hoping that all of Team Snob gets to voice out their worst of 2014 lists, including Sarah because I think she might have seen just as many bad films (not sure though) but it's always great getting to hear her opinions.
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angelique_sp
1/11/2015 01:20:29 pm
As one artist to another ..... I wouldn't mind hearing some of Dave's thoughts on 'Big Eyes' as well (part. the business/thievery/control of your work aspects).
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DoctorBollocks
1/11/2015 01:51:48 pm
Man, I have never ever commented but I have to get my words out about this movie cause I just saw it today and it's been on my mind. So I'm a fan of both Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon. I read the book and thought it was both funny and poignant at times. People will throw around the term "Pynchon-Lite" and it is compared to the works that came before but it doesn't make it bad, at all. And you don't HAVE to have read the book to get the movie, because, i'm gonna be polarizing, this movie was pretty...unfocused? Like, I'm going to probably watch it again, but this already seems like Paul Thomas Anderson's weakest film. Its like he was trying to capture the novel while also attempting something like a Cheech and Chong movie as well as The Bib Lebowski and, as you said, LA Confidential. But I feel like he skipped out on some of the more poignant moments of the book, such as Pynchon's politics, etc. Still, that might not have made the movie any better. I enjoyed what I saw, I was laughing a few times even, and thought it looked good too but, overall, it was a big disappointment.
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Handsome Pete
1/11/2015 02:18:07 pm
They should have played up the humor in Big Eyes, played down the surreal stuff. Even the name is a mistake.
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Tar
1/11/2015 08:18:43 pm
You like Double Toasted? I knew you would.
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burt reynolds
1/11/2015 09:41:34 pm
seriously, im a hetero guy,and am i the only one that think brad is kinda cute now adays? i dont mean that ina negative way but when he smiles hes kinda cute...you know
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BoogerKitty
1/12/2015 04:25:28 am
He does have a great smile. :)
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egg mcmuffin
1/11/2015 11:21:54 pm
Big Eyes was the first Burton movie that wish was more Burtony. What a total bore.
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The Viewer
1/12/2015 02:57:02 am
Brad, you still need to see Selma, Foxcatcher, Whiplash and Etan Hawke's Premonition.
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Andrew
1/12/2015 04:13:30 am
I swear I wrote this review of "Inherent Vice" before I saw this.
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Link1492
1/12/2015 05:03:54 am
What if Paul Thomas Anderson and Paul W.S. Anderson switched movies they directed? I would love to see P. T. Anderson do Resident Evil.
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TPenn225
1/12/2015 06:39:41 am
I loved Big Eyes. It was nice to see a Tim Burton movie that did feel like something similar to Big Fish because it was so dissimilar to his usual stuff, like Big Fish. I really wanted to like Tim Burton again, and this gave it to me. And Waltz was just so goddamn charming, I want to hate him but I couldn't with that damn shit eating grin of his.
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Jason S.
1/12/2015 09:05:44 am
you're gonna be at Magfest as well? awesome. if you have any free time, I'd like to challenge you and/or Jake to Killer Instinct at the arcades. that is if he plans to be there. what do you say Brad? are you up for the challenge?
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bottleofplastic
1/12/2015 09:06:24 am
I agree with points you had with Inherent Vice, and I didn't love it but I still enjoyed it a lot until maybe the last 15 minutes or so when it lost me a bit. My main problem was honestly just the confusing plot, and some of the minor issues you had with the soundtrack. 30 minutes in I stopped being able to follow along with it. I just really enjoyed the characters and the ambiance of the 1970's LA enviornment. I also agree that the first half was a lot better than the second, but everytime that Josh Brolin was on screen man....he was gold.I'd say it was better than The Master which I didn't like as much as his other films. But it left an impression on me too. Big Eyes on the other hand I didn't like. I thought there was a lot of unecessary things with the plot (like Jason Schwartzman's character randomly popping up just so he can have more screeentime) and I really didn't care for the screenplay or characters. Christoph Waltz I disagree with you about cause I thought he was just over the top AS HELL. I mean my god I love the guy but towards the end when he's doing all the courtroom shenanigans I was just like come on man just tone it down. He was seriously overacting for me and that's the main reason I didn't care for the film, along with the tonal shifts you mentioned which really took me out of the movie.
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BarryTheMsterOfSandwich
1/12/2015 10:16:55 am
My plan for this weekend was to see Big Eyes, but on Saturday, when I checked the showtimes, I learned that it had already been pulled from my local theater.
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Kaelee
1/12/2015 02:55:26 pm
I just got back from seeing Inherent Vice with the boyfriend, and I kind of felt the same way about it as you in the end, Brad - though, oddly enough, almost by exact opposite proportions. For the first half or so I was just kind of sitting there, occasionally leaning over and whispering "what the hell are we watching?", but it didn't really GET really funny and entertaining to me until it reached about the second half (which is about where Martin Short came in, I think, so we do agree that he was really funny).
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A Prinny
1/14/2015 02:19:49 pm
From what I heard about Big Eyes, they actually toned down the courtroom antics and it was way wackier in real life. I need to look it up for the confirm but it;s what Tim Burton said on the Daily Show.
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Andrew
1/17/2015 01:37:30 pm
First Brad, I was really happy to hear you mention the boys at Double Toasted and I don't know why.
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3/12/2015 02:10:24 pm
I loved Inherent Vice, but it's not one of his best films, if that makes sense. It took me two views to really love it more than I did the first time. It's like... I haven't felt this way towards a PTA flick since Hard Eight - by that I mean coming out of it not putting it way up in my favorites of the year (yes, even The Master). I'm gonna get it on blu-ray to see it again as well.
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Warner Brothers Productions
4/16/2015 07:21:43 pm
Hey, we're planning the DVD release of Inherent Vice and we'd like to use your blurb on the box cover.
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