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what’s your favorite by Paul?
“There Will Be Blood” for me
There Will Be Blood but that’s kinda not fair because I’ve only seen two movies from him
Magnolia
there will be blood, second magnolia
There Will Be Blood, and I've seen all of his movies, including Licorice Pizza
Nice to see the Parent Teacher Association ranking we've all been waiting for.
You read my mind.
To Sir With Love
I thought the same thing
This made me wheeze laughing
@Miles Doyle tl;dr
My Ranking: 9. Hard Eight (The dude was early twenties when he wrote and directed this, and you can feel it. He just hasn't matured yet). 8. Boogie Nights (Totally agree with Karsten, it's great, but PTA just keeps getting better). 7. Punch Drunk Love (Hot take maybe this is a better Sandler performance than Uncut Gems, and he's hitting it out of the park in that). 6. Magnolia (A masterpiece and used to be my favorite, but might be the only one that doesn't get better with repeat viewings but instead kind of starts to wear thin). 5. The Master (This movie contains two of the most puzzling characters I've ever seen on screen). 4. Licorice Pizza (the runningest movie of all time). 3. Inherent Vice (first watch it was 3 stars, it's progressively added more. Every PTA gets better with repeat viewings but I've watched this one the most and it keeps getting better every time, you need at least two just to untangle the noir plotting, and I also read the book after my second viewing, which is amazing and increased my appreciation of the film). 2. There Will Be Blood (I drink your milkshake) 1. Phantom Thread (a perfect movie)
I'm obsessed with ur videos
Yes! Inherent Vice gets better each time u watch it
Phantom thread is indeed perfect
You feel that about Magnolia? I only started to really enjoy after seeing it several times. It's coke head Anderson at his very best. It's ambitious, daring and could have been a total disaster, but the fact he pulled it off is the fuel he needed to keep going. It's not my 'favorite', fair enough, but it's the Anderson movie I have rewatched the most. You'll see whispers of it throughout his work too, especially the last two movies.
Since reading Pynchon, have you noticed the many other references to Pynchon in PTA's movies? You know Anderson had David Foster Wallace as a tutor briefly in college too? If you bare that in mind watching Magnolia, that film makes more sense. Knowing Anderson if a fan of what we called 'post modern' literature is key to understand his approach to story telling...and his choice of stories to tell.
My favorite Paul Anderson movie is resident evil
How did only have 14 likes
Bro exactly
Event Horizon
legitimately the hardest director to rank imo
Scorsese is also difficult to rank
Kurosawa also
^ those are more so because they have so many films that of course they're gonna be hard to see and rank. PTA has 9 that are hard to rank and its always been hard for him even in the past with less films
Not for me
@@radentstwo9793 good for you
Must be nice to have a theater actually playing Licorice Pizza 😪
@@Oppenheimer1702 the closest it’s playing for me is 35 minutes away..I don’t wanna do that if I can just watch it at the theater that’s 10 minutes away from me.
@@JordanNMusic the closest to me is 80km away. And I would gladly go there right now If I had the chance.
This was me with French dispatch
None around me are playing it! I literally cant find one cinema in my area that are playing it ughhh
The theater in my city was playing it for three days as there weren't many theaters to spare with all the blockbusters. Otherwise, I'd have had to drive two hours to see it 😭 It's unfortunate.
The enthusiasm with which he describes Phantom Thread is how I feel about There Will Be Blood. Everything is perfect. The criticism I’ve heard that it lacks a humanistic protagonist is fair, but it also demonstrates that those with real power (Plainview and Eli) often don’t have the same feelings and vulnerabilities due to the dog eat dog world we live in. Daniel suppresses his sadness about his disconnect with his son by being angry. He wouldn’t have driven himself to be successful without the very spark of greed that ultimately leads to his downfall. He (seems to) genuinely care about his son and cries when he leaves him. This in turn leads to his profound feeling of betrayal when he kills his “brother”. He has no one in the world except his son who literally can’t listen to him. Given, that is his choice, but loneliness strikes even those who “hate most people”. Daniel’s descent into madness in the final act is him having completely given up on humanity and finding relief in only alcohol and ultimate revenge and victory over Eli at the end. TLDR: Daniel is far more than a one-dimensional character to me.
I think the accusation that he isn't humanistic is people not wanting to look at themselves for what they really are (or what people really are). People see Daniel as greedy and angry. Someone who betrays his family. And at the end of the movie, we say "what a dark man, how could he do that?" but there is a slow build up to this. Rewatch the movie with the thought process, would I do the same thing in this situation? And most people would get halfway through the movie walking the same exact path Daniel Plainview did. He was a man who grew jaded because of the hardships he faced throughout the film. He was an angry man, not because he's the villain, but because he's the hero in his own eyes. He hiked for miles on a broken leg for his gold mine, and then turned that into an oil drilling business. He took a fatherless child and made him his own. Built the business into an empire. He's the hero. To me, Daniel Plainview is one of the most human characters I've seen in film. He's a man trying to build a life for himself and everything around him that he loves falls apart. I think a lot of TWBB critics, miss the mark on who Daniel Plainview really is.
@@nathancarroll7347 I watched TWBB with my aunt who turned to me at the end and asked “and why do you like this movie again? What do you get out of it?” I think most people probably feel that way with movies that delve into darkness, but it’s disappointing to me that many people can’t get out of their own way psychologically to see the greater purpose behind fictional negativity.
I agree. To me DDL in Phantom Thread felt completely disconnected from reality, and the nature of their relationship seems like nothing anyone would tolerate after the first few conflicts. But perhaps their insecurities are strong enough that they are united by that bond. In contrast, DDL's Plainview in TWBB feels much more connected to my lived experience as a man, which is why its #1 for me. While I've pursued my career from a more passionate drive than Plainview's pure obsession with wealth/power, its left me in a similar place of isolation as an accepted downside of the commitment required for success. His struggle feels very real to me, and I find him to be the most relatable of all PTA characters.
Couldn’t agree more, I find Plainview absolutely fascinating and arguably the best performance by DDL ever.
@@bencarlson4300 so relatable. My mom has always loved war films, so I showed her Come and See, and although she saw the artistic and cinematic importance of the film, she could not get over the brutally raw and unrelenting nature of the film. This is especially unfortunate for a movie like come and see, as some of its best attributes is it’s unsettling, revolting, and dehumanizing nature, which in my opinion is what actually crafts it into the most human encapsulation of what war stands for.
He honestly has at least 5 perfect films, so hard to pick favorites.
The Master is as close to perfection as film making can be: 1. The processing scene is ranked among the best dialogues in cinema history. 2. Cinematography is 65mm, almost never used in contemporary film making, but perfectly applied to the late 1940’s 3. Jonny Greenwood’s Alethia remains his single best composition. 4. While Joaquin Phoenix and Seymour Hoffman were incredible, this film captures Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons and Rami Malek early. 5. It’s the best depiction of cultism in modern cinema, and the capture of PTSD (when it was called shell-shock post WWII) was stunning.
Agreed it's an incredible piece of art that works on so many levels
The Master changed my life, it’s film making up there with Kubricks work
It also just feels like a metaphor for our GD country. Narcissistic charlatan who genuinely believes what he is doing is right hoodwinks mentally unstable men with masculinity/sex issues and PTSD and tries to take over the world.
not just the dialogue in that scene but the goddamn performances, holy hell.
@@maxis4343 FR!
Paul Dano should have been nominated for an Oscar for There will be Blood. So so good in that film. Criminal act by the academy not to have nominated him.
This is quite a welcomed addition to the ranked series
I watched punch-drunk love for the first time last week and right after finishing it I immediately went to check if you had a PTA ranking. Great timing Karsten
I watched it for the first time a couple days ago
would you recommend it? ive been wanting to watch
@@lanie7569 I honestly wasn’t as crazy about it as I thought I would be, but it wasn’t bad by any means. It’s my first PTA film but I’m planning on watching more
Wouldn’t better timing have been last week?
@@lanie7569 personally, it's one of my favorites of all time. despite some people criticizing it for being shallow in its plot, i still view it as one of the best i've ever seen because of how unique it is check it out if you like romance movies, you probably won't be disappointed
The Dirk/Scotty scene in Boogie Nights never fails to break my heart. PSH was such an incredible actor.
I know I felt so bad for Scotty
I’m a fuckin idiot 😫
literally just bought licorice pizza tickets so this is great timing
Same😂 Seeing it in an hour! So pumped
Same lol
What makes Paul's filmography so insanely great is that I share literally none of these rankings with you (Aside from Hard Eight at the bottom) and yet I can still fully understand and to an extent agree with your choices. He's just that personal of a writer and that tight of a director. Every film of his speaks to someone in completely different ways.
This is exactly how i felt watching this. Almost none of my placements are the same but I was like yes i get that to all of his choices. And i of course have the basic film bro opinion of ranking TWBB number 1 but i accept arguments for almost all of them being number 1, including LP which I just saw and adored
I've argued about this on Reddit, so I'll just write it here too. I think that thematically, the movie is about people who use other people for personal gain, especially in regards to gender dynamics, and the racist Asian bit is an extension of that: Gary uses Alana and she uses him, as well, for her own sexual self worth. When she sees him making out with a girl she immediately finds a random guy and kisses him because even though she doesn't like him back, she likes that he finds her attractive, and derives some of her ego from it. In the scene where he leaves in a huff she changes her tune because she knows he doesn't actually need her, but she WANTS him to need her. He also uses her, to be fair, to feed his own ego, and make himself feel more mature. Gary's mom uses him, as well, but less maliciously. Alana uses every man she has a relationship with in the movie: Her first boyfriend she wants to use as a nice Jewish boy her family would approve of, but that doesn't work. She uses Gary, she uses Holden, she uses Wachs, etc. This is thematically everywhere in the movie, and the racist Asian bit to me is an example of a white guy using Asian women as a prop he's using to sell a product. The fact that he replaces his first Asian wife with a second one is further emphasis on this, he thinks they're interchangeable and doesn't think of them as people.
wow this really makes sense. have to rewatch the movie now.
Phantom thread was a movie that totally caught me off guard, i really wasn’t expecting much going in (no reason in particular) and absolutely loved it during and after
1. Magnolia 2. There Will Be Blood 3. The Master 4. Boogie Nights 5. Phantom Thread 6. Punch Drunk Love 7. Licorice Pizza 8. Inherent Vice (I haven’t seen Hard Eight yet) I’ve really enjoyed every PTA film that I have seen and he is definitely one of my favorites, the majority I have watched within the last 6 months so I’m almost certain that the order of this list will continue to change as time passes
The only PTA movie I've seen is Phantom Thread and I came here just to see where it was ranked...I was not disappointed. Def one of my fav movies of all time and one of my favorite theater experiences. It was just me and like 5 70+ year old ladies in the theater. At one point the power flashed out and while they were getting the movie back up, one of the ladies yelled "Put back on the story!!" Old ladies at theaters are very cute. I was really irritated that Phantom Thread was mostly written off when it came out because it was about a dress maker and not like...cowboys or whatever. I feel like most people didn't even watch it, as evidenced by Vicky Krieps not getting a Best Actress nom when she managed to make herself equal to DDL of all people? That's incredible, and she was a new actress at the time! Anyway, I think about Phantom Thread at least weekly, it's just so iconic to me.
For me 9. Hard Eight, just an average movie, but a great debut for a 23-24 year old director. 8. Inherent Vice, okay just a little unfocused, and some comedy that doesn't quite land for me. 6. Phantom Thread, a little too slow and quiet for my taste, but very well done. 5. Magnolia, very well done, but the sort of opposite were it's a little too fast paced and hard to get into at points. I'd rather watch each of the segments one by one personally, but cutting back and forth so much it gets a little repetitive. But love the surreal, almost magical-realism ending. 4. The Master, very good, great acting, great cinematography, just slightly too slow and there's not as much narrative tension as I'd want. 3. Punch Drunk Love, fantastic, great pace, great acting, just a bit hard to watch because it SO accurately depicts cringy and mean-spirited behavior of everyone in his life. Not a flaw in the movie, just something I have to be in the right mood for. 2. Boogie Nights, fantastic, almost perfect. Only qualms would be the mild pretentiousness of directing flamboyancy, and a little too much of copying Scorsese's and Tarantino's styles. 1. There Will Be Blood, perfect, just perfect. I've not seen Licorice Pizza yet.
Boogie Nights is number 1 and then there will be blood number 2 imo. Boogie Nights is a clearly Inspired and influenced by Scorsese and Tarantino’s style. But I also like how it is inspired but he also brings his own style to it. I think it’s his best movie by far.
he was 26 when he made hard eight
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Slow shouldn’t be mentioned when you’re ranking pta. It’s inherent
@Miles Doyle no one cares about your preaching
Yessss Phantom Thread to me is the film that make me understand love at a deeper level. At my 1st viewing, I'm totally baffled by the twist, but I can't stop thinking about it since. The film really is a technical feat, but it also show love at it's rawest and most essential form: a partnership of equals that can only fulfulled the people involved.
I've never seen any of these films but I'm going to now. Thank you for sharing, I've only begun my movie watching experience last year thanks to creators like you, so thank you soo much for opening a whole new world for me :)
N/A - Licorice Pizza 1. Inherent Vice (rewatched recently and everything finally clicked; best movie about America’s fall into collective neoliberal psychosis I’ve ever seen) 2. The Master 3. There Will Be Blood 4. Punch Drunk Love 5. Phantom Thread (only seen once, need to revisit) 6. Boogie Nights 7. Magnolia 8. Hard Eight
I can respect this list but I’m not a fan of Inherent Vice.
glad to see that I'm not the only one who loves inherent vice
I also feel that Inherent Vice is his best movie. I was completely hooked in from the first viewing - and maybe that has something to do with where I'm at in my life right now, because this movie really spoke to my soul in a way that few movies ever have. I think your take on it being a sort of critique of neoliberal capitalism is right, although, it took me a few hours after watching the movie to even realize it. But I had a gut feeling from the beginning that this was a very sharply pointed, and focused movie despite everyone complaining about it being unfocused.
There Will Be Blood is my favorite film and I agree that it is pretty much an objectively perfect film. I personally do connect with Daniel Plainview. I love the tasteful abstract nature of it, the low use of music, the dry atmosphere, and the 2 extreme main characters.
I think what is guy forgot is that Daniel plain view is the most human person in the movie because if his evil he is, I dint think he gets plain views obsession with competition and being the one on top, like dude he not see the ending of TWBB?
I used to listen to Phantom Thread score while studying but then I had to stop because then I’d only think about the complexity of the movie. Great list!!
When you’re watching cinema, sometimes you can’t explain it, but you can FEEL it. I felt so unsettled watching Phantom Thread. I couldn’t exactly tell what the film was trying to say, but I was moved. Phantom Thread uses a romance story to show the influence of maternal love and I hadn’t seen that in a romance film before. It’s so dark and beautiful and I LOVE IT
Magnolia for me became maybe my favourite movie ever the first time I saw it. It had me thinking for weeks after, just about how imperfect people can be and how life can just be tough cause sometimes shit happens. Each character does get a little less time but the melodramatic writing and fast pace editing balances that aspect out and probably made it the quickest 3 hours of my life!
PTA's films age really well. After seeing a censored version of Inherent Vice on a small screen on a flight, I gave it another after sifting through the film's setting/references/concepts/symbolism. Huge difference. This has been the case for several of his other films.
I'm glad there is so much love for Phantom Thread!
1:45 Never seen Hard Eight, but wow this really is like a “90s R-rated debut indie film” bingo board.
I agree with Phantom Thread being #1. At first I didn't understand the ending the first time I watched it. Then I sat on it for 3 years and re-watched it, and it clicked. As Karsten said, my perception of romance changed with my re-watch. It really is a masterpiece.
what is your explanation about the ending?
@@xylan9543 No one asked, and there’s definitely a deeper meaning, but for me it’s that she manipulated him all along
@@syncops834 wdym no one asked?? huh?
@@xylan9543 I mean no one asked of my opinion
@@syncops834 ohhh LOL.. yeah it could be that she is manipulating him or it's just their love that is twisted and fucked up where they need to be vulnerable to feel loved
Been waiting for this one for a while. Thanks Karsten, your content is awesome and you don’t know how much I appreciate it.
1. There Will Be Blood - a perfect film. Funny that my other favorite film came out the same year (No Country for Old Men). 2. Magnolia - Cruise should've won an Oscar. Like a melancholy puzzle that perfectly pieces together. 3. Boogie Nights - put PTA on the map for a reason; completely captures an era. 4. The Master- powerhouse performances where irresistible force (Hoffman) meets immovable object (Phoenix) 5. Phantom Thread - we are still in 10/10 territory here, an elegant swan song from Daniel Day Lewis 6. Punch Drunk Love - Sandler can act! 9/10 7. Licorice Pizza - sweetly nostalgic, Bradley Cooper steals the show 8/10 8 Inherent Vice - respect the intention and vibe, but simply not my style of humor 7/10 9. Hard Eight - a solid, entertaining, above-average and completely non-spectacular film 6/10
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The Master is one of the greatests movies ever made, i realized that on a third viewing. Its just hypnotic.
Magnolia is my favourite film of all time. Never fails to amaze me
Mine too
Loved your list and insights on each masterpiece! Happy to subscribe
Boogie Nights is by far my favorite PTA film. His masterpiece imo.
If you slow down the video at 0.75x and go to 12:45 you can see PSH in Magnolia. Little editing mistake that is not worth mentioning so why am i writing this comment i have no idea
Paul Thomas Anderson gives us a lot of movies that are great to masterpiece. His movies are very affective after you watch it. Great vid 👍 and also my favorite film from PTA is Boogie Nights
Mate i know it may sound impossible but i absolutely concur with the entire list and your perspectives on them! I feel the same way and I believe our respective journeys with PTA are quite similar in many facets. Exquisite list! I love all of these lists you do because of how honest they are regardless of what others may think, keep up the great work
For me, it’s Boogie Nights. It was perfectly casted with easily the most memorable scenes in any of his movies. It touches all of the emotions: humor, drama, horror, pity, excitement, and shock as we watch the rise, fall, and redemption of Dirk Diggler.
i loved inherent vice. Completely unique experience. I've yet to find anything like it save perhaps the big Lebowski. What it sets out to do it prefects. Great acting performance by pheonix
kinda random reply, but if you’re looking for similar stories, i’d recommend any novel by Thomas Pynchon, the author of inherent vice. the first time i read Crying of Lot 49 i was thinking to myself “this is like big lebowski but in novel form”.
@@oyasuminafan6625 Yea bro, just jump into Gravity's Rainbow. No way you'd choose to recommend 49 out of every Pynchon book, I'm fairly sure even Pynchon himself considers that to be him at his weakest.
@@eskybakzu712 he’s said as much, but it’s still great and an easy read at that.
Not gonna lie, for a millisecond i completely bought into you having TWBB at last place.
Same here. 😂😂😂😂
I swear you upload these videos whenever I’m obsessed with a particular director. First it was Stanley Kubrick, then Fincher, and now PTA
This is already one of my favorite videos, you got me so bad with that first bit 😂 time to finish
Just saw Licorice Pizza- my first time seeing PTA after hearing folks sing his praises for years. It worked for me because the stakes weren't too high (hence the downplayed romance), and Paul is essentially showing you his childhood through rose-colored glasses, but he isn't trying too hard. Can't wait to watch his more "serious" films...
Finally someone that understands my obsession with Phantom Thread! Every time I suggest this one to friends or acquaintances, they come back thinking I'm deranged
I agree. Phantom Thread is a perfect movie IMO. And yes, there will be blood and the master gets better in rewatch.
100% agree with Phantom Thread being the best. So freaking good. It is entrancing to watch. Every time it gets to scenes I’m like “yes! Here is that scene!” Love it.
I think for Licorice Pizza it is supposed to be young people desperate for fulfillment. Its not just a romance in the sense of people trying to find each other or one person trying to find someone in a tunnel visioned manner. It is two young people trying to find meaning in the world, meaning in life. So Gary has a thing for Alana but then grows to realize she wont have a thing for him and he moves on to bigger and better things. Then it switches with Alana liking Gary but by then Gary has found other things for himself rather than stuck to liking Alana. THEN Gary likes Alana again but he sees that the older guy is into her and steals his whole Pinball thing. But from there Alana comes to realize from other bits of the story that who she wanted was there the whole time, that being Gary. While Gary came to realize that he could try fulfilling his life with other means. Other girls, business, what not. But Alana grew to be his best friend and girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. She made his life easier and you could see there through the aggressive way he ran the pinball business on its opening night. So finally they ran to each other and yeah, it was a beautiful moment. And there is so much more to the film that I did not mention but to me that was the big takeaway and why it was so beautiful. For now, definitely my favorite PTA film.
I still think Barry's awkwardness is so adorable. After he's put his cards on the table and meets her in Hawaii, she goes in for the kiss and he's walking up with his arm outstretched for a handshake. Like, he dropped all this money and time just to see her and she actually agrees instead of running, but he still doesn't want to be presumptuous. Its just so damn cute.
I've been waiting for this video for a very long time
I think Magnolia might be my favorite. You just get so many characters and storylines that weave in and out of each other. And everyone gets a catharsis in the end. You get the music, the cinematography, the dark comedy, the dialogue, and the overarching themes that link them all together. Definitely feels like something PTA would only attempt when he was younger. Feels truly original.
I would love to see a Coen Brothers ranked, and i know there will be one soon
Been waiting on this one for a while
I love how you described magnolia. Ngl I was horrified when you put it 6th initially, but listening to your reasoning really convinced me. Still has a soft spot in my heart as the first PTA film I watched so I was just mind blown by his style, dialogue, the idiosyncrasies of all the characters turned up to 11.
This is great timing for me, just started working through PTA's' filmography! I liked how you addressed how each film connected with you emotionally as well as the technical elements -- well articulated thoughts! I did happen to notice when your Letterboxd diary showed up you rated Network 7/10 and Matrix Reloaded 8/10. I hope I'm not the only person to notice this travesty :)
damn... agree with everything u said on Phantom Thread. one of my favorite movies of all time. and to this day, i cannot put a finger on exactly what it is that makes me obsessed with it. aaaaaaaaahhh
I felt exactly the same way when I watched Phantom Thread for the first time. It was a brilliant cinema experience!!
I literally worship PTA in cinema like I love that man. My top 3 are Phantom Thread, Boogie Nights, and The Masters they literally live rent free in my head like I always think of them. The most underrated PTA film must be Drunk Punch Love it really is imho the must underrated PTA film.
This is the most I have ever agreed with any of your rankings. So glad to watch your pick for #1, I have only liked that film more and more as time has gone by.
Maybe im crazy but licorice pizza is at the top of my list. I was so drunkenly in love with the dreamy setting, and I felt so nostalgic for something I am 30-40 years younger than!
I thought it was like a 7/10. The relationship just doesn't work for me. Also the film is so repetitive that I started feeling the length of the film . I don't get that feeling with There Will Be Blood, The Master, or Inherent Vice as they keep you enthralled from the beginning to the end.
@@TheCosmicFailure interesting- i’m a huge sucker for lovely little period pieces, might be why. phantom thread is probs my number 2 for that reason, then TWBB, then god idk, huge toss ups
@@calzonetrash I get that. The time period in Inherent Vice is one of the reasons why I love that film. Even though they aren't PTA films it's the reason I like Dazed & Confused, Everybody Wants Some, and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
I still haven't seen Phantom Thread but I've only heard great things about it. There Will Be Blood is probably my favorite of his. DDL gives one of the greatest acting performances of all time.
@@TheCosmicFailure for sure, inherent vice was a nice movie but i was high out of my mind when i watched it and understood 0 of it
Nice to see someone else that couldn't connect with 'There Will Be Blood'. It's an objectively great film, but doesn't do a whole lot for me personally. I'll have to revisit it sometime in the future
Im approaching this with a fresh lens, I’m taking a film analysis this semester and wanted to take a stab at watching Phantom Thread, my next thought was “KZhead the director” and your video came up, really glad I watched, I don’t think anything has been spoiled by me watching your video, so great job. This is to sorta give me a little better insight on what to look for. Kudos, cheers.
I like what you said about phantom thread having value in its human element. It’s just a matter of taste and what you’re valuing at the time. When I’m valuing horror as a genre, There Will Be Blood is a contender for best movie ever made. But phantom thread is a revolutionary haunting funny and engrossing romance and sometimes I find myself thinking it’s his best work.
The fact I just binged all his movies, I was hoping you would make this video, and I was in the middle of another list… thank you simulation
I'm so glad to see PDL so high on your list. Objectively it's probably not his best, but it's definitely my favorite. I haven't seen Phantom Thread yet, but I'm very much surprised to see it #1.
The Master is one of those films that has continued to stick with me and intrigue me in wanting more and more of it. And it’s visually so so stunning 😮💨🙌🏼
I swear I was just was wondering when you were going to rank PTA! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
PTA is the closest to a modern day Kubrick that we can get. His ability to pick up a different genre, main character, or setting is incredible. He can do simple and he can do complex. The man has it all. All of his films require multiple viewings. All of them have deeper symbolism. Despite all of them having very different perspectives and plots, they all talk about love and family in one way or another. I can’t even rank his films honestly, my top 5 could change depending on the day.
internet vice is so perfect, i'll die on the hill that it's his best
YOOOOO YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Totally agree with the number one. Phantom thread es outstanding. !!!
Every time I reflect on what my favourite film of all time is I flip-flop between either Magnolia or There Will Be Blood. TWBB is a masterclass in acting, writing, editing and cinematography but Magnolia has elicited emotions in me I’ve never felt before watching a movie. As the story reaches its emotional crescendo I’m filled with basically every human emotion conceivable at once.
After seeing it yesterday, I'm feeling like Licorice Pizza is a top 3 PTA for me (I'm not an impulsive person when it comes to film ranking either). I absolutely felt immersed in the world and the characters (like Inherent Vice), but I was never bored watching it (like Inherent Vice). In fact, I could've watched another 3 hours of it. I think as people marinate on LP it'll slowly move its way up the PTA rankings.
Totally agree. I’ve seen it three times already and in 70mm!!
@@gusrocha913 I just saw it again a few hours ago. Just as good the second time
Never understood the hype for licorice pizza especially with the constant unredeemable qualities especially with certain main characters we are stuck with in the movie
@@yeeyeebubba1885 aren’t morally ambiguous or bankrupt characters navigating life on the margins of society par for the course in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies? 🤔
@@yeeyeebubba1885 I forgot that liking a movie with characters that (like real people) have both redeemable and in redeemable qualities means you fully support every single one of their actions and don't bother to think critically about their decisions or the context of their decisions. You sound very intelligent
Been waiting for this one 😩😩😩😩
At first I was amazed you only put There Will Be Blood at #3, but as you explained your reasoning, I actually think I agree. It is missing a human touch, a je-ne-sais-quoi that is absolutely present in both Punch Drunk Love and Phantom Thread. the thing I love about PTA is that his videos are all so different they’re hard to compare to one another. Such a great director. great video!
That's what makes the movie so enthralling for myself. To watch a realistic portrayal of somebody so blinded by greed that he allows it to dictate his choices. There are glimpses in the film where u can see his humanistic side but its quickly taken over by his ego. I actually believe he cared for and loved his son but there's just something inside of him that wouldn't allow him to express it. There Will Be Blood is the best film to feature an antagonist as their MC. Uncut Gems tries to do something but fails horribly at every turn. There's nothing compelling about their MC he just yells 24/7.
IMO, Licorice Pizza is the best movie since Parasite. I absolutely loved it and it's an unequivocal masterpiece!
I agree.
Just because of the fact that PTA managed to successfully adapt a Pynchon novel, Inherent Vice should be a lot higher
YES! So glad you put Phantom Thread on top.
1. The Master 2. Phantom Thread (fuckin might be number 1 tho) 3. Boogie Nights 4. There Will Be Blood 5. Licorice Pizza 6. Magnolia 7. Inherent Vice 8. PDL 9. Hard Eight
I’ve only seen one of these films, but my favourite’s unlikely to change, because There Will Be Blood (the one I’ve seen) is one of my favourite films ever made. That whole ending scene between Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. Incredible. Not to mention (spoilers) I love that the final line of a film entirely centred upon Daniel Day-Lewis’ acting is just: “I’m finished.”
Even though I know exactly what’s gonna be high and what is gonna be low on the list, I still wanna see a Francis Ford Coppola ranking.
Phantom Thread is an absolutely 100% valid #1 ranking
my list looks quite different but i have to agree with almost every point you made in this video. probably PTA's greatest power is the way he can connect with audience on such a personal level, that every movie of his means something different to everyone, there is something to love in every one of his, and the rest is just a question of personal preference. He grew so much as a filmmaker throughout his carrier, but you gotta love the young nervous energy of his earlier movies just as much as the restrained subtle focus of his more mature later movies.
I wish people would appreciate Inherent Vice more. It's my number one and one of my favorites of all time. I love that movie to death!
For a debut film I thought hard eight was pretty solid in terms of early hints of his visual style and the characters he creates. Not enough mention in this vid of his perfect repeat casting selections from the beginning like Phillip baker hall and John c Riley
To be fair, his feelings on it his feelings on it are mostly rooted in the very understandable experience of student film knockoff syndrome. That shit can take years to recover from.
@@tatehildyard5332 very true, i'm going through the "film school" gauntlet myself
@@ericlynn Oof. Who is it desensitizing you to? I find Tarantino and Wes Anderson are the most common. And let’s just be relived not a lot of them know how to imitate the Wong Kar Wai look
Agreed, I liked it more than phantom thread. THAT film was a bore.
Oh my god, I love this list!
When he said he felt dizzy and on edge after seeing the master for the first time was really relatable because the first time I saw it I slowly realized I had an ear infection over the course of the runtime and was in intense pain by the end and I couldn't think of a better film that encapsulated that feeling as well
Just saw licorice pizza. Like it a lot. Probably gonna need to see it again but it was lots of fun. Wasn’t a big fan of the racist humor. Not that I found it offensive or anything. Just thought it was pointless and unfunny. Other than that, it was good
Same, but is that actually gonna affect your score?
@@aarongutierrez7705 I mean kinda. The movie made a point of stopping just to make those jokes. And they were literally just the same jokes both times and it got even less funny when they did it the second time. And thinking about it there a lot of weird shit that was really pointless in the movie like the cop plot that starts and is resolved in literal minutes
It did show us something about the world and the characters. The businessman (I forget his name) is one of the few adults in Gary's life and the kind of people he surrounds himself with. This person is so shallow he treats his wives like replaceable objects and dehumanizes them in the most patronizing way possible. They are there for business and nothing more. As a hustler this is the kind of person Gary learns from and runs the risk of becoming.
It wasn’t pointless🤦♂️
@@georgefreemon2935 well it’s main point was too be funny and I didn’t find it funny. So to ME personally, I found it pointless
For me literally any of his films besides Hard Eight could be argued to be his best. I truly think they all have such unique things going for them. He also has like 4 movies that i would consider to be "aesthetically" perfect (TWBB, Phantom T, The Master, and Licorice Pizza)...I mean jesus christ does it get prettier than these films?
I agree with you on the fact it’s not in the conversation for his best but it’s still a entertaining movie and I found it to be quite underrated.
@@eosnshsmshesjjssg totally agree. I have given all of his films 5 star ratings on letterboxd except for Hard Eight, which I gave either a 4 or a 4.5. So even though its easily my least favorite I think it's fantastic, especially for a debut film.
My ranking: 1. Phantom Thread (literally visual ASMR) 2. There Will Be Blood (Draaaaaaaaaaaainage Eli u boi) 3. Licorice Pizza (watched this on a second date and it was a gorgeous experience) 4. The Master (that interrogation scene) 5. Boogie Nights (loved the aesthetics, an absolute journey) 6. Magnolia (used to be my fav because it was the first PTA I’ve ever watched, I just can’t go back to it as much) 7. Punch Drunk Love (the music was my fav part of this but it was still very entertaining) 8. Hard Eight (still loved it, found out about it on frank ocean’s fav film list and didn’t even know it was PTA) Haven’t watched Inherent Vice yet. PTA is my fav director after Tarantino and Fincher
Yes! Great to see - punch drunk love near the top. I agree with your top 3 completely.
HAHAHA. My heart sank when I saw there will be blood at #9.
Licorice Pizza is fucking amazing. Absolute masterpiece
Thank you for making me want to re-watch Phantom Thread again. And I haven't watch Punch-Drunk-Love but definitely watching soon.
1. The Master 2. Boogie Nights 3. Punch-Drunk Love 4. There Will be Blood 5. Inherent Vice 6. Phantom Thread 7. Licorice Pizza 8. Magnolia 9. Hard Eight
I find some of his films to be so different that it's difficult to rate. However, I do have my personal favorites. I would preface by saying I've only just seen Licorice Pizza and, I believe, my feelings towards it will improve on rewatch. Which would be similar to Phantom Thread which took repeated viewings for me to love. Also, I saw Magnolia only once as a teenager and didn't care for it. I need to revisit it as I'm sure I would like it more then my 14 year old self did as my 12 year old self hated Punch Drunk Love. 1. Punch Drunk Love 2. Phantom Thread 3. There Will Be Blood 4. The Master - this is a great film which is an unpleasant watch for me, but I'd rate it highly despite that 5. Boogie Nights 6. Licorice Pizza - I think will likely supplant The Master on repeated viewings 7. Inherent Vice 8. Magnolia 9. Hard Eight
Totally agree with you on how Licorice Pizza stands. I have an entire letterboxd review describing my feelings towards it but if I were to sum it up, it’s strange and has a weird feeling but it’s so good and amazing, but I feel like I’d need to watch it more times and upon those several viewings will I really get and learn to love the movie. GREAT RANKING‼️‼️
YES my favorite youtuber talking about my favorite director LETS GO
Perfect ranking