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Rating: 3/4
The Master
A very interesting and very creative attempt from hit Director Paul Thomas Anderson. For all of you not knowing Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson is a critically acclaimed Director who is known for making dark-drama Films with SOME black comedy into it. His first feature length Film "Hard Eight" received critical acclaim by Critics and that's what got him to make Some of his most well-known works including Films like "Boogie Nights" (1997) and "Magnolia" (1999). His Film "Punch-drunk love" (2002) was best known for having lead actor Adam Sandler (that's right ADAM SANDLER) give a real foray into acting. Nobody even recognized him in that Film. Sandler got A LOT of recognition for that Film. Probably Thomas Anderson's biggest accomplishment was probably "There will be blood" (2007). The Film blew critics and Audiences away for it's performance by star Daniel Day-Lewis, storytelling, directing, and the Films ending. Daniel Day-Lewis even won Best Actor at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. Then a decade after "There will be blood" was released it was on practically every Critics best-of-the-decade list. Now that I said that, I want to say that (in my opinion) this is NOT Thomas Anderson's best work. Don't get me wrong I love Thomas Anderson's work, but I found "The Master" to be a little to astute for my blood. Now there's nothing wrong with being astute, don't forget astute is why Critics and Fans LOVE Paul Thomas Anderson, but sometimes when a Film starts to become that it gets a little bit complicated at times and it gets pretty hard to follow the Films narrative flow. Again, stuff like a great narrative flow is why Critics fucking LOVE Paul Thomas Anderson. Trust me on that. So The story for this is that Joaquin Phoenix plays a world war II veteran named Freddie Quell who meets a religious leader, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, named Lancaster Dodd. After they met Lancaster tells Freddie to spread the word of the religious organization he is putting together. And he does. Trust me the story may sound a bit simple BUT IT'S NOT. AT ALL. Despite this, Paul Thomas Anderson has gotten together a great cast in this. He has people like Joaquin Phoenix ("Walk the Line", "I'm still here"), Anderson's personal favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote", "Synecdoche, New York"), and Amy Adams ("Julie & Julia", "The Fighter"). They all give great and probably Oscar worthy performances in this. Who really should get some recognition for this Joaquin Phoenix. He knocks this Film out of the park. He delivers so much emotion in this that I was never bored once with his character. He was my favorite character in this as a matter of fact. For my problems that I had with the story and narrative flow I thought It was a very solid work from Anderson and I can't wait to see what he'll do next.
The Master
A very interesting and very creative attempt from hit Director Paul Thomas Anderson. For all of you not knowing Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson is a critically acclaimed Director who is known for making dark-drama Films with SOME black comedy into it. His first feature length Film "Hard Eight" received critical acclaim by Critics and that's what got him to make Some of his most well-known works including Films like "Boogie Nights" (1997) and "Magnolia" (1999). His Film "Punch-drunk love" (2002) was best known for having lead actor Adam Sandler (that's right ADAM SANDLER) give a real foray into acting. Nobody even recognized him in that Film. Sandler got A LOT of recognition for that Film. Probably Thomas Anderson's biggest accomplishment was probably "There will be blood" (2007). The Film blew critics and Audiences away for it's performance by star Daniel Day-Lewis, storytelling, directing, and the Films ending. Daniel Day-Lewis even won Best Actor at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. Then a decade after "There will be blood" was released it was on practically every Critics best-of-the-decade list. Now that I said that, I want to say that (in my opinion) this is NOT Thomas Anderson's best work. Don't get me wrong I love Thomas Anderson's work, but I found "The Master" to be a little to astute for my blood. Now there's nothing wrong with being astute, don't forget astute is why Critics and Fans LOVE Paul Thomas Anderson, but sometimes when a Film starts to become that it gets a little bit complicated at times and it gets pretty hard to follow the Films narrative flow. Again, stuff like a great narrative flow is why Critics fucking LOVE Paul Thomas Anderson. Trust me on that. So The story for this is that Joaquin Phoenix plays a world war II veteran named Freddie Quell who meets a religious leader, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, named Lancaster Dodd. After they met Lancaster tells Freddie to spread the word of the religious organization he is putting together. And he does. Trust me the story may sound a bit simple BUT IT'S NOT. AT ALL. Despite this, Paul Thomas Anderson has gotten together a great cast in this. He has people like Joaquin Phoenix ("Walk the Line", "I'm still here"), Anderson's personal favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote", "Synecdoche, New York"), and Amy Adams ("Julie & Julia", "The Fighter"). They all give great and probably Oscar worthy performances in this. Who really should get some recognition for this Joaquin Phoenix. He knocks this Film out of the park. He delivers so much emotion in this that I was never bored once with his character. He was my favorite character in this as a matter of fact. For my problems that I had with the story and narrative flow I thought It was a very solid work from Anderson and I can't wait to see what he'll do next.