Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

[Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson]

A mellow film about a psychologically abused guy who's being drowned in his own business and learn to fall in love. I enjoyed Adam Sandler's performance as Barry Egar. I think he fits the role. Barry Egar is a kind of person who being disrespected by his family, but he's a strong, persistent guy, who will do anything he wants. Before he met Lena (Emily Watson), he didn't stood up for what he deserves, but then he fell in love and it seems somehow, cure his psychological problems.

I like this movie first time I saw the first scene. Brilliant cinematography, typical PTA, love it. Then in the middle, the tense is getting higher and with the score support. This is an innocent film. The scenes that involves the piano also makes me happy, it seems that the little piano, in sort of strange way, helps Barry release his strangled mind.

Totally recommended.

Rate: 8.5/10
Imdb rate HERE

Magnolia (1999)

[Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson]

Phew! Magnolia simply one of the best movies I've ever seen. What can I say? PTA at his best, beside There Will Be Blood definitely (this one won oscar)! But this movie completely continues to thrill me. I feel shook up when scenes changing. First of all, this movie is 3 hours long but I didn't feel like that long. I mean this movie is carrying me so well that I feel it's just like normal duration of a movie. 3 hours of masterpiece. Bravo, PTA.

The first scenes confusing me. I refuse to read the reviews of this movie. I think it will gives me greater expectation until the end. It does. Then I continued, I keep my eyes on the screen, it won't let me see other things. The cinematography is incredible, the scenes are so tense, I can feel my heart beating in couple scenes. This movie speaks the mouth can't. It grips you but also chills you.

The storyline is about how coincidence connects to each other, you may not see how it actually connects, but it does. It makes you think, though, but not in a complicated way.

Great casts indeed. I love how much they got in characters. My favorite character in this movie is Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), he plays this one innocent nurse, who's really helpful and involved too much in a family, but inside he's just a really really nice guy. There's so many things I want to say about this film, but it turns out that I don't have many things to write, I'm afraid I'll look dumb and I don't want to spoil things and you must need to see the FAQ of Magnolia HERE. It's impeccable. Big line: love, pain, honesty, forgiveness, courage, hope.

My recommendation overall is you need to see this movie, buy the dvd, watch it, again and again if you like! I personally going to find time to watch this movie again, and tell my boyfriend to watch it :)

Rate: 8.5/10
Imdb rate HERE