Maybe DougJ has a more cogent take, but I don’t have a whole lot to say about The Master. It was typical PTA: a hell of a ride, and like There Will Be Blood, I need to see it again to really appreciate it. I really liked the scene that featured Ella Fitzgerald’s performance of Get Thee Behind Me Satan, but I can’t find it anywhere that I can embed here. If you have Spotify, here it is.
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BGinCHI
Pauline Kael you ain’t, brother.
GregB
More tiny penis envy from the Limbaugh set.
Obama has a “massive wad”.
Sweet mystery of life at last I’ve found you.
Thlayli
It’s trick-play day in the NFL. Two Bengals touchdowns, and a Juicebox Jesus first-down run on a fake punt.
Violet
Is this the movie about Scientology?
Or something like that.Suffern Ace
Sad news. smithonsian is reporting that the panda cub at the national zoo has died.
mistermix
@Violet: Yes, more or less.
@BGinCHI: Never said I was.
Yutsano
@Or something like that.Suffern Ace: :(
Decreae Mather
I don’t think the point was that you literally are not Pauline Kael — most of us assumed that — but that it isn’t much of a review.
SiubhanDuinne
@Or something like that.Suffern Ace:
Just saw that on someone’s FB page, and simultaneously heard it on NPR. So sad. They’re so vulnerable, those little guys.
geg6
@Or something like that.Suffern Ace:
Aw man, that sucks.
Kevin Phillips Bong
Impressive from a craftsmanship standpoint, but I felt that as a story it was a pointless exercise. There didn’t seem to be any jeopardy for any of the characters other than whether they’d continue to associate with each other. I’m all for ambiguity but it’s not a good sign when I don’t really care what happens to any of the characters at the end. Certainly not as engrossing as There Will Be Blood.
Maude
@SiubhanDuinne:
They are fragile. The zoo must be mourning.
BGinCHI
@mistermix: You dressed up as her for Halloween last year, so I was just assuming.
Thlayli
LMAO at the Jets.
dance around in your bones
@GregB:
Oh, sweet Mystery of Life, at last I’ve found you!
youtube.com/watch?v=LcvHjmLLNxQ
eta: Ok, screwed up the link and have no idea why the credits are backwards. Still funny as hell.
Lojasmo
@dance around in your bones:
Thad made me chuckle.
Rome Again
If you see people registering voters, have video ready. This kind of thing is happening. Like I keep saying, they can’t win if they don’t cheat.