WOW ZOMGWTFBBQ Part II: new Paul Thomas Anderson trailer!!!

[AJay2000]

I had to abort reading the rest of the thread because I felt the need to put my two cents in now.

The first film I ever saw DDL in was "Last of the Mohicans." I did not see it in the theaters, I rented it, and upon my first viewing of the videotape (yes it was that long ago) I immediately rewound to watch it again. The combination of DDL with the direction of Michael Mann makes it onto my top ten list of all time. A wonderful acheivement that dealt with an ambigous if too-often regarded original text. James Fenimore Cooper, while being a great writer, wrote a convoluted, difficult to read descripition of this period of time. Yes, great piece of literature, but debatable.

My take on this trailer is that PTA has taken the style and vision of Punch Drunk Love and attributed it to this film. I think most people will be taken aback by its starkly artistic attitude - this will not be an ABC color by numbers movie. It will be confusing, it will be stark, and it will deceptively brilliant and excellent.

Side notes: I watched "My Left Foot" for the first time the other day, and fell back in love with DDL. If you haven't watched this film you will be blown away by the performance Lewis evokes. You truly believes he is disabled, not in the way you need to suspend your deisbelief to believe that Jamie Foxx was blind in the Ray Charles bio-flick. Was Foxx's performance wonderful? Yes. Was it deserving over the other nominees? No. Daniel Day Lewis is an acting genious, to be compared to the greats of all time, as Christian Bale will be regarded one day, as I believe him to be a distant and close relation to DDL. The two are the best actors walking the face of the Earth today.

On a minor side note, I saw "The Darjeeling Limited" last night. It was immediately my favorite Wes Anderson film to date. Is he uber-emo? Yes. Is he derivitive and solely reluctant to rely on his personal style? Yes. Is he one of the best writers and filmakers on the planet? An unqualified YES. I LOVED the film, and I highly recommend/urge you to go see it at first chance.

That's all this frustrated writer has to say. Can't wait for this film.

Jay