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Re The Master, can you please elaborate on "shallow and empty script"? My wife felt similarly ~"it's a huckster and a lost child searching, duh." I felt there w
by smcnally 14y ago
Re The Master, can you please elaborate on "shallow and empty script"? My wife felt similarly ~"it's a huckster and a lost child searching, duh." I felt there was more. Re "two great performances," I presume you refer to Pheonix and Hoffman -- agreed, and add Amy Adams. It was shot beautifully. Jonny Greenwood's score was enough on its own to see it a second time.
- baddox 14y agoThe Master chose to follow the most uninteresting character: an alcoholic prone to streaks of violence with no real personality, motivations, or character arc. And there was a potentially extremely interesting character with his own cult right around the corner in Lancaster Dodd, but both were largely unexplored aside from the early "debate" with a skeptic and the admittedly excellent "processing" scene. There was a throwaway line from Dodd's son saying his dad makes everything up, but Dodd's psyche and motivations were never explored. It's hard to even say whether he sincerely believes his stuff.