Dear all
I'm new to this site and this is my first post. Its nice to find people that love this film as much as me. I only watched this film recently on Sky and I'm disgusted with myself that I took so long to see it! I have since bought the 2 disc special ed.
Ever since I watched it I can't stop thinking about it, if I'm not watching it I'm thinking about it and I've noticed lately I'm starting to act differently and see life in a different way. I've always been a bit of a loner and a bit reclusive but I swear I'm getting worse since seeing this film! I can totally understand how Daniel feels about people, even more so since breaking up with my first love a year ago (We was together for 4 years).
I'm losing interest in people, tend to be quite short with people that appear slow or irritate me and actually quite enjoy drinking whiskey and being moody.
I almost feel like if I have this film to watch and my whiskey to drink, then nothing else matters....
Lukey: welcome to the obsession! at least you have a forum now to live out your obsession. have fun going through all the threads, I did when I first found this website. the film is a wealth of questions about love, life, obsession, sanity (insanity), the thin threads that tie us together, hatred, etc. I have watched this movie dozens of times and i still find ongoing questions, especially when it involves such a perplexing, enigmatic character such as Plainview who defies explanation.... i used to watch this movie at least every day, now I watch it only a couple times a week. It's so much better on DVD, than TV. also, if you are a lit person, i would check out the posted script too. it's a fun read...
Thank you for the welcome. Where are you from by the way? I'm from the UK.
I'm definately going to read the script and I think I've probably ready about 50% of the threads on here already!
I can just totally identiy with his hatred for people, I feel like that so often and a night in watching TWBB is so much more appealing to me right now than being out with people that irritate me.
Hi Lukeyb316: Yeah, i definitely remember that feeling. I enjoyed reading the script, if only to get more insight into the characters since the movie is so enigmatic sometimes... leaves a lot for the imagination.... however, for the six months after it came out on DVD, i probably watched portions of it almost everyday, often just playing in the background while I did other stuff... i still watch it from start to finish about once a week...
I'm from Pennsylvania in the US ... have you read Oil! ? many people here have, but I probably won't be able to until this summer....
anyhoo, fun talking to you and meeting someone new here !
I think this thread was the reason I finally decided to join this forum. So, thank you LukeyB316
I was debating whether or not to join only because I tend to get bored with message boards pretty easily and I didn't want to register at this one and then give up on it a week later. But...I see now that I'm not the only one who's obsessed with this movie and feels that it's taken over my life. I need to have a place to discuss it with like-minded people (because the only other person I have is my sister and she doesn't like it as well as I do).
The first time I saw it was when it first came out on dvd. I didn't see it a second time until last week and I can now safely say I'm obsessed. I loved it when I first saw it and honestly didn't mean to wait so long to see it a second time. I'd say it's quite close to the perfect movie.
You say you can relate very much to Plainview. I'd say I feel the same way. But I think that's what's great about that character. He fits so many archetypal images and he's a character (however depraved and twisted he may be) that every person can relate to on some level.
EDIT: for some reason it posted my comment twice. Whoever has the ability to delete this one, please do so :)
You're welcome The Third Revelation!
I sometimes daydream about winning the lottery and how bad it would actually be for me because I really could see myself just getting away from everybody and living in a big house with only myself for company.
I find people generally very selfish and very disappointing, part of me longs for a meaningful connection with somebody again but all in all, I'd rather go it alone, at lease I can trust myself.
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