The main problem with "phantom thread" is that it's not a visceral experience. People to go the movies to feel, to relate to the characters, to experience things they wouldn't in 'real life'.
Since this is a Day-Lewis/Thomas Anderson project, it was bound to be labelled as an "elegant masterpiece". On a more prosaic level, the moral of the story could be that no matter how fastidious and sophisticated a man is, he is still a man following his - so to speak - "Woodcock".
For several years Paul Thomas Anderson has established himself as one of the best, if not the best, living director. In his most recent work, he ventures to treat an apparently romantic story, but with an extremely deep, dark and twisted subtext.
Can we please have a law that film trailers have to actually present the gist of movies? This was yet another movie that pretended to be about a deep, mysterious guy and a passionate relationship and turned out to just be weird and completely unsatisfying.
A slow, matured, romance drama with a perfect touch of elegance. Not very heartbreaking neither very heartwarming but never the less feels warm from time to time.
A masterpiece in every sense of the word. The music, the acting, the intensity, the scenery, the plot and all the details in a simple look or touch.
If you are a fan of CGI and all-together super heroes movies stay away from this one. It's like a piece of classic music that most of people would refuse looking for a 3 minute pop song.
The last 10 minutes felt rushed and totally out of character. The movie had so much potential, though wasting a substantial amount of "film" only to rush the end into a hasty, unlikely, and deplorable ending.
Phantom Thread is far more than its chic and lavish stylings from director Paul Thomas Anderson but rather a deep introspective on the toxicity that love breeds within any and all relationships. The film in essence follows renowned dressmaker Reynold Woodcock who crosses paths with Alma a young woman who soon becomes entangled with his career as she becomes both his muse and lover.
