You know people just throw that word around

You’re right but I was gonna try to argue against the point in good faith anyways, I guess that’s my character flaw lol

People say The Master and Inherent Vice and to a lesser extent Phantom Thread are pretentious

Only maybe if he came out the gate with that type of energy. I don't see how it applies if he worked his way there through s*** like Hard Eight and Boogie Nights. Maybe I don't understand the word.

Even being in this thread is tantamount to co-signing pedo s***

I always felt inherent vice was deeply unserious, a very funny and wild adventure, almost feeling like a stoner buddy comedy at times. That’s hilarious, if they find that film pretentious I’d almost say they took it too seriously lol

The master is trippy but I wouldn’t say pretentious works to describe the film itself, although Hoffman plays a pretentious man, very well I might add.

Overall it just feels like pretentious is a new placeholder for weird or slightly indulgent lol

It basically means, “I don’t understand this and I don’t believe you do either”. I have, on occasion, reached for the word pretentious, but that’s when I think a movie thinks it’s smarter than it is. Like Batman v. Superman or something.

Yeah, but the character’s dialogue is still based on Pynchon, and the plot isn’t exactly easy to follow. Most people aren’t ok with not being able to follow along and just existing on vibes.

Regina Hall

PTA is like complete opp of pretentious lol. A lot of his stuff is maverick/rough and wholly American/Californian. Sleaze cinema.

worst word of the 21st century for me. Used wrongly almost 99% of the time

They’re hiding her

All I know that Magnolia is a pretentious film as people or critics proclaimed it.

The musical segment is the only PTA moment that makes me

A riff on Altman with intertwined stories. Impeccable writing tbh

Aimee Mann

The movie or that scene?

The movie

For sure

Haven’t seen since high school, but rewatch it again. Still as good.