Boogie Nights

Could have watched that opening sequence for a lot longer, PTA's usage of sweeping camera movements and long takes alongside his usage if colour and music create such a fun but also deeply tragic universe that I could have lived in for hours. Some of my favourite PTA characters as well with Mark Wahlberg as Dirk, Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Scotty and Don Cheadle as Buck. The ending was weirdly quite wholesome which was not at all what I was expecting, themes of surrogate family as well as the complexities of finding community within such a corrupt, seedy world at the fringes of society were really well handled, loved the opening long take as well. Recommended. 5/5