Cole's Film Log

Phoenix is out of this world in The Master. Hoffman is brilliant as always, but the role as a teacher and "higher power" suits him particularly well. The Master he was indeed.

Movie is exceptional. Like many of my favorite films, this is also a movie I needed time to absorb. Even my favorite, No Country for Old Men, was like that. Both started at a 6/10 or something - a well-made film that I couldn't truly grasp and I did know there was more to it than just that. And both got me thinking days after, they got me wondering and remembering various scenes, themes etc. I rewatched it and BAM there it was. But not all go directly to a 10/10. Some slowly climb, but evidently lands at a masterpiece or close to it.

I hate how misunderstood The Master seems to be. 7.1 at IMDb? Seriously? But as always, screw the ratings... The Master is masterful.

#30 - Gangs of New York (2002)

What a mess. Easily the weakest Scorsese i've seen and it's embarrassing that this got nominated for best picture. The editing during the main fight scenes my god that was cringeworthy. Also, the historical inaccuracy is another thing that hurt and what made everything so much worse was the love story between Leo (and his awful accent) and Cameron Diaz who is just so miscast it hurts. The saving grace was Daniel-Day Lewis' performance as he somehow makes a movie out of this. I hope the ones I haven't seen from Marty are much better than this or else i'll be painstakingly disappointed.

To this day I have yet to actually finish this movie.

It's a record type of movie for me, with 3 or was it 4 viewings going only as far as half way, which I think is the longest I could suffer.

Daniel Day-Lewis is always a pleasure, but most of everything else sucks and is so so boring and stilted and stiff and annoying. The opening fight and all is entertaining enough and I always find myself saying "maybe i'll make it through this time" but it's waaay downhill from there.

Your rating is almost generous. I admire how you managed to get through it all.

I actually love this film, and I think Leo is great in it. The only thing that bothered me was Diaz, not to the extent that others dislike her, but she is weak. I just think it's a great revenge film.

Gone Girl was alright, it wouldn't make my top five Fincher films though.