I couldn't find another thread on this. Just got out for the theater. Very well made. Very well acted. But what am I missing on the screenplay. I did not enjoy the story. What were yalls thoughts.

Same. Daniel Day Lewis is fantastic. Some really funny dialogue as well. But I can't decide what I saw. Was it a story about mental illness? A love story?

Left the theater with a lot more questions than answers

I was hoping someone would start a thread on this because I'm curious as to what exactly this movie is about. I doubt I'll ever see it because the subject matter isn't my thing but I'm at least intrigued about the plot.

That's the movie I was talking about. Don't know what all these other guys are talking about

https://www.eater.com/2018/1/26/16928906/food-phantom-thread

pretty good overview with a few spoilers, so if you're planning on seeing you might not want to read.

MAROON said:

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Same. Daniel Day Lewis is fantastic. Some really funny dialogue as well. But I can't decide what I saw. Was it a story about mental illness? A love story?

Left the theater with a lot more questions than answers

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We just saw this and this is exactly how I feel. I thought it was a really good movie, but the last 10-15 minutes confused the crap out of me. Funny though.

Very well done. I have a lot of unpacking to do about this film though. Still not sure what I saw... But in a good way.

Greenwood's score was incredible.

Just got out. It was the last of the 9 Best Picture nominees to see. Wow. The best word I could use was mesmerizing. Just held my attention the entire time. Really loved it.

First and foremost of course DDL is fantastic as always.

I wish Vicky Krieps had gotten more awards buzz. She was great in her role by itself, but the fact that she went toe to toe with DDL and held her own was amazing. I kept thinking to myself how I would sh%t my pants if I was on the other end of a DDL stare down and she stood right up to it.

And the writing was fantastic. Right from the get go, the breakfast scene with the initial girl, something like:

DDL: "No more sweets for breakfast. I told you that."
Girl: "No I don't remember... or maybe you told someone else."

PT pretty much tells you everything you need to know in two frickin lines. Damn. Such a greater filmmaker. And as others have said, all the framings were beautiful. Like when she leaves for NYE and he sits. He fills the left side of the screen, yet the door on the right is everything. You have maybe the greatest actor ever on screen alone and yet my eye was staring at a door. That's directing.

Like others said. A lot to unpack.

To me the mother was key. Alma wanted to hurt him with the mushrooms but it revealed something. That he needed to be cared for when he was weak. That he loved his mother and her death left a hole in him. Alma filled that hole. The scene where he is talking to his mother's ghost, Alma comes in crosses the screen, forcing the camera to follow, and then comes back across and the mother is gone. She quite literally has replaced the mother, filled the space DDL was looking for.

After he gets well he is a changed man from the love he received, subconsciously having a mother back in his life. He makes a speech about the mistakes he has made in his life and made over and over again. As time goes on we see him start to settle in his old ways, to make the same mistakes, but Alma goes to the mushrooms again because he wants to take care of him and that is the only way. DDL watches her and realizes it all and they settle into a beautiful relationship.

Jonny Greenwood

Saw this last night and I really enjoyed it. Agree with Jim01 and ATM1876 reviews.

Also echo Johnny Greenwood's score was phenomenal.

Amazing filmmaking from PTA. I really didn't care for The Master, and I'm shocked that I found this movie to be so much more interesting than that one... DDL is so mesmerizing. Have to say Leslie Manville (Cyril) was fantastic too. Her Oscar nom was very well deserved.

By the way, Reynolds Woodcock sounds like the classiest porn name ever.

This is on HBOGO if anyone was curious, but didn't see it in theaters.

Saw in theaters back in February, but finally getting a chance to rewatch it solidifies it as one of my favorite movies from last year. Just a weird little movie.