https://youtu.be/IM0oUb689Y4?t=15m46s
As with Magnolia, Cruise’s signature charm is perfectly weaponized in the most unique way.
Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith’s opening scene is one of the most delightful and romantic scenes between two characters, the writing being top notch throughout. A gorgeously directed thriller, intense the whole way through with a packed, chaotic club scene with perfect visual clarity. Michael Mann is the shit.
It’s almost 5:00 AM
I am feeling lonely and disconnected from reality
Terrified of forgetting
And all I hear is the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th
Perhaps PTA’s most sprawling and meandering film yet; my heart felt full right at the start.
I love Cooper Hoffman’s fucked up tooth and I love that he and Alana Haim look like normal people, I love that the whole Haim family is here and I love Herman Munster’s cameo and Bradley Cooper’s over the top over the edge performance. I feel like I have more nuanced feelings on it but I dunno it’s a very sweet depiction of young love and I had a blast watching it all the way through.
If I fall asleep during Licorice Pizza tomorrow I’m dropping the rating down to a half star
Quentin Tarantino: I will spend over two hours doing nothing but showcase my masturbatory fantasy of Hollywood with a bunch of underwhelming cameos then bring the film to a sudden climax in which I indulge in horrifying and merciless violence against women
Watch Inherent Vice instead.
