Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is one of the most incredible films I’ve ever watched. A masterpiece that does a perfect job at showing the peaks and the trenches of the porn industry and cocaine addiction. Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most gifted directors I’ve been blessed with watching. This movie doesn’t stop for almost THREE HOURS. And every single minute feels as important and intense as the last.  The Colors, the 70s and 80s themes, and the score are all a perfect fit for the Disco Age Porn Industry story that PTA is trying to achieve.  Boogie Nights has some of the greatest one shot scenes I’ve ever seen. I was in awe at Andersons ability to make the audience feel like they are basically in the film.  PTA finds ways to jump and display each emotion at the highest level. This film truly is the most entertaining yet chaotic film I’ve ever seen. It’s perfect and disturbing at the exact same time.  Boogie Nights is one of the most transformative set and costume designs I’ve ever witnessed.  The cast is a ballot of S and A tier actors, and most of whom were in P.T Andersons first film as well, Hard Eight.  I’ve always said Mark Wahlberg isn’t a great actor, but he was incredible and proved me wrong for three hours straight. This is his definitive, best career role. Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheedle, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William Macy, were all also brilliant. This is some of the best acting to grace the industry.  I will sit here and argue that more than 15 characters are standouts, and that’s simply shows P.T Andersons greatness.  The entire cast knew what this film was going to be.  A MASTERPIECE.  A chaotic and brilliant story that approaches a difficult topic in the film industry and does it with perfection.  Paul Thomas Anderson is brilliant. What a monumental movie for a 27 year old directors second film ever. Boogie Nights is my favorite movie