A good movie

Since I'm such a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis, I was obviously dying to watch this movie. Well, to be honest, even though I really liked it, pretty much like his 2 previous directing efforts, it didn't really blow me away after all. I mean, from a technical point of view, sure, it was quite mesmerising, every shot was gorgeous, the soundtrack perfectly set the mood and, as usual, Daniel Day-Lewis was just amazing and completely disappeared in this character. Eventually, what bothered me with this movie was this love story which was in my opinion actually rather unromantic. I mean, you can say whatever you want about this guy but, at least, he was honest as he didn't try to fool anyone about his qualities and shortcomings. On the other hand, I won't blame Vicky Krieps who gave a strong performance but it was just rather sad to see her character trying to force this man to become someone else and, in the process, she also pushed them to stay together when their relationship had obviously run its course. Of course, you might argue that she was just completely fanatic as he was, albeit in a different area, but remains the question, what was her added value in his life and in this couple? Not much, as far as I was concerned. On the other hand, you could argue that many couples stay together from the wrong reasons and I guess that’s a choice they both made after all. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn't become another masterpiece, it was still another solid directing effort from Anderson and another powerhouse performance from Day-Lewis so the damned thing is definitely worth a look.


7/10