And why, pray tell, would I pit these two masterpieces against each other?
Because I can.
No. Actually, they do have important things in common.
Terrific performances by Daniel Day-Lewis in TWBB and River Phoenix in TMQ, but I guess that's not enough to make a comparison.
But both films feature a doomed fanatic: oil tycoon Daniel Plainview and eco-techno Frankenstein Allie Fox, two men with a plan to escape society.
Also, both men have to deal with a benign Preacher character and both feuds end in violence.
While big accidents are fairly common in frontiersman stories, the explosions in both these films prove to be very signficant.
The Mosquito Coast is the last place where you'd expect an explosion to happen, and it looks impressive and truly horrific.
If someone told me, you can have only one of these two movies...I don't think I could make that choice. Could you?
Because I can.
No. Actually, they do have important things in common.
Terrific performances by Daniel Day-Lewis in TWBB and River Phoenix in TMQ, but I guess that's not enough to make a comparison.
But both films feature a doomed fanatic: oil tycoon Daniel Plainview and eco-techno Frankenstein Allie Fox, two men with a plan to escape society.
Also, both men have to deal with a benign Preacher character and both feuds end in violence.
While big accidents are fairly common in frontiersman stories, the explosions in both these films prove to be very signficant.
The Mosquito Coast is the last place where you'd expect an explosion to happen, and it looks impressive and truly horrific.
If someone told me, you can have only one of these two movies...I don't think I could make that choice. Could you?